Tips on surviving in HC

Anyone have good tips or links I can follow to learn more?

I've only ever made 2 Rangers, and I've always struggled compared to all the other classes. Especially around health pool. Unless it's one of those (kinda feels mandatory) belly of the beast or Kaom's, I usually struggle to get past 5k life with all the nodes being so awkwardly far.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Please and thank you.

There's a reason why rangers aren't as popular in hc as in sc. Tips? Play tankier classes like Jugg, Guardian, Gladiator, Necromancer, etc.