I love soul blade but I don't think it works very well in a ranged build since soul annihilation requires a melee weapon and you'd have to switch weapons to use it... probably not the worth the increased cost of the best spells.  I've run a ranger / soul blade melee, and it works pretty well. Based on sarcasticsarcophage's ultimate seer run This is based on his build but that was an ultimate run so I tweaked it some. For instance I'd raise dex to the detriment of resolve and