History VideoGame / StickRanger

[[caption-width-right:1000:The Title Cover, along with the eight classes[[note]] From L-R, T-B: {{Box|ingBattler}}er, [[MasterSwordsman Gladiator]], Sniper, [[ProjectileSpell Magician]], [[MagicStaff Priest]], [[TheGunslinger Gunner]], [[KnowsTheRopes Whipper]], and [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang Angel]][[/note]].]]

[[caption-width-right:1000:The Title Cover, along with the eight classes[[note]] From L-R, T-B: {{Box|ingBattler}}er, [[MasterSwordsman Gladiator]], [[ArcherArchetype Sniper]], [[ProjectileSpell Magician]], [[MagicStaff Priest]], [[TheGunslinger Gunner]], [[KnowsTheRopes Whipper]], and [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang Angel]][[/note]].]]

** [[AloofArcher Sniper]]: A ranged attacker who uses bows. Depending on the bow used, he may aim his arrows in a high arc, or fire straight at enemies ahead of him. STR boosts his range, DEX boosts his damage, and MAG lets him build up MP. His bows have good range, and the magic bows don't need a huge MAG stat, but some enemies are hard to hit with his arrows, and the terrain can block them.

** Sniper: A ranged attacker who uses bows. Depending on the bow used, he may aim his arrows in a high arc, or fire straight at enemies ahead of him. STR boosts his range, DEX boosts his damage, and MAG lets him build up MP. His bows have good range, and the magic bows don't need a huge MAG stat, but some enemies are hard to hit with his arrows, and the terrain can block them.

** [[TheArcher Sniper]]: A ranged attacker who uses bows. Depending on the bow used, he may aim his arrows in a high arc, or fire straight at enemies ahead of him. STR boosts his range, DEX boosts his damage, and MAG lets him build up MP. His bows have good range, and the magic bows don't need a huge MAG stat, but some enemies are hard to hit with his arrows, and the terrain can block them.

* RecurringCharacter: Surprisingly, the [[BoxingBattler Boxer]] has the most appearances in the entirety of the Dan-Ball franchise, appearing in a later game called Monster Box (which [[CoolSword Gladiator]], [[TheArcher Sniper]], and [[ProjectileSpell Magician]] also appear in), and an older game simply titled: ''"Ray Trace Fighter"'', where it fights other characters that lack arms and rely solely on kicks.

* RecurringCharacter: Surprisingly, the [[BoxingBattler Boxer]] has the most appearances in the entirety of the Dan-Ball franchise, appearing in a later game called Monster Box (which [[CoolSword Gladiator]], [[TheArcher Sniper]], and [[ProjectileSpell Magician]] also appear in), and an older game simply titled: ''"Ray Trace Fighter"'', where it fights other characters with no arms and rely solely on kicks.

* These classes attack from further away than the short-range classes - far enough away to avoid being hit by almost every enemy attack. Their weapons have the most variety in range, but their average range is moderate. They get various amounts of LP from investing points into STR, AGI and MAG. These classes are fairly consistent across all stages of the game.

!Short-Range Classes:

!Medium-Range Classes:

!Long-Range Classes:

** [[TheGunslinger Gunner]]: A ranged fighter who uses a variety of guns, to hit enemies from a distance with mainly physical projectiles. All guns besides his starting gun cost money to fire. STR boosts his damage, DEX lets him shoot faster, and MAG reduces the cost of guns down to a minimum of $1 per shot. His guns already have excellent range, but the terrain can block most shots, and he only gets guns that deal physical, thunder or fire damage.

** [[TheGunslinger Gunner]]: A ranged fighter who uses a variety of guns, to hit enemies from a distance with mainly physical projectiles. All guns besides his starting gun cost money to fire. STR boosts his damage, DEX lets him shoot faster, and MAG reduces the cost of guns down to a minimum of $1 per shot. His guns already have excellent range, but the terrain can block most shots, and he only gets guns that deal physical, thunder or fire damage.

* [[BoxingBattler Boxer]]: The fastest melee attacker, who fights using gloves. STR raises his attack damage, DEX raises his attack speed to a limit of 5-10 AGI (frames between attacks), and MAG lets him build up MP. His magic attacks can be really strong, but to capitalize on them he needs a decent amount of MAG, and his bad range means he'll take the most hits from enemies.
* [[CoolSword Gladiator]]: A methodical melee fighter, who uses a sword to strike enemies. STR boosts his max attack damage, DEX boosts his minimum attack damage, and MAG lets him charge up MP. The sword's length allows him to hit multiple enemies at once and attack from a safer range than a Boxer, but he doesn't deal as much damage to individual enemies, and some of his better magic swords require high MAG.
* [[TheGunslinger Gunner]]: A ranged fighter who uses a variety of guns, to hit enemies from a distance with mainly physical projectiles. All guns besides his starting gun cost money to fire. STR boosts his damage, DEX lets him shoot faster, and MAG reduces the cost of guns down to a minimum of $1 per shot. His guns already have excellent range, but most shots can be blocked by the terrain, and he only gets guns that deal physical, thunder or fire damage.
* [[ProjectileSpell Magician]]: A ranged fighter who fires magical projectiles. STR boosts his range, DEX lets him shoot faster, and MAG boosts his damage. His magic spells are powerful enough that he can act as support or a direct attacker, and he doesn't need to charge up MP, but the spells have high AGI (low rate of fire), and some of them don't pass through terrain.
* [[MagicStaff Priest]]: A support class, who uses magic staves that hit all enemies within range, but deal relatively weak damage compared to most other classes' weapons. His main purpose is the buffing aura he provides to the rest of the party. His STR boosts the party's attack damage by 1% per point. His DEX boosts the party's physical defense by 1 for every 5 DEX points. MAG boosts his attack range, which is also the range of his buff aura.
* [[TheArcher Sniper]]: A ranged attacker who uses bows. Depending on the bow used, he may aim his arrows in a high arc, or fire straight at enemies ahead of him. STR boosts his range, DEX boosts his damage, and MAG lets him build up MP. His bows have good range, and the magic bows don't need a huge MAG stat, but some enemies are hard to hit with his arrows, and the terrain can block them.
* [[KnowsTheRopes Whipper]]: A melee fighter who uses a long whip to strike enemies. STR boosts his damage, DEX boosts how many bullets his MP-based attacks fire, and MAG lets him build up MP. His whips have range equal to the longest of the Gladiator's swords, he gets whips of every element, and the magic whips have very powerful attacks, but they're not the most accurate weapons, the magic whips need a ridiculous amount of MAG to be effective, and most whips except the magic-less ones have low physical damage.
* [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang Angel]]: A ranged attacker who tosses boomerang rings, which penetrate enemies and fly back to him. STR raises his attack damage, DEX gradually raises how many rings he can throw at a time (up to 5), and MAG lets him build up MP. The magic rings can have super-strong attacks, but they need a ''LOT'' of MP, and his rings have to return to him before he can throw them again, limiting his damage output.

''Stick Ranger'' is a 2-D Java-based ActionRPG, developed by a team led by ha55ii and hosted on Dan-Ball, where you command a party of four tiny stick figures who march through areas and battle all sorts of funny-looking (sometimes hideously cute)enemies, gathering gold and item drops, and fighting imposing boss monsters. The game's programming has roots in ha55ii's Powder Game engines, as the stick figures move using actual 2-D physics, even though you can drag them around with your mouse.

* SpamAttack: Super Volcano, along with some other examples. The boxer, whipper, gladiator and archer in particular can simply punch, whip, slash, and shoot their enemies to gold and onigiri. Some enemies and bosses also do this, particularly the Hell 2 boss, which has the lowest reload time in the entire game.

* Whipper: A melee fighter who uses a long whip to strike enemies. STR boosts his damage, DEX boosts how many bullets his MP-based attacks fire, and MAG lets him build up MP. His whips have range equal to the longest of the Gladiator's swords, he gets whips of every element, and the magic whips have very powerful attacks, but they're not the most accurate weapons, the magic whips need a ridiculous amount of MAG to be effective, and most whips except the magic-less ones have low physical damage.

* LethalJokeItem: Many of the weapons in the Resort are this. For example, the Chakram 5 Ring for the Angel, with [[ScratchDamage 1-1 AT]] and the same stats as the other rings, looks ''absolutely'' useless. However, it is the only ring [[DeathOfAThousandCuts that can hit and deal damage to an enemy multiple times per attack]]: if you increase the damage with STR ([[DumpStat a stat often ignored by Angel users]]) and equip some compos, it'll be hitting enemies ''hard'' (especially the [[StraightForTheCommander larger]] ones) tons of times per second.