Making an Archer
 

I want to make an archer and i was wondering what i should know and what build i should go with, any suggestions?

Most Archers go 25spr, rest str or full str.

Recommended to fully enpower damage of aimed and power shot, might also invest in cool-time of those as well. Cool-time of AoEs(Multi-Shot) and maybe Sp consumption as it takes a lotta Sp.

Yes if you go full str then you gotta get your aoe cd down and cooldown. That way you`ll the master of aoe.

At higher lvs try to get aromor with END and DEx to make up for not putting points into that ^^

What is the lowest amount of cooldown you can bring Multi-shot too?

Yea, go full STR or SPR/STR. That's if you can get enough DEX scrolls or stack up on quickness pots(later levels). I think adding DEX/SPR would be good until 25, then adding STR to 40 then DEX/STR after that. I found it exceedingly difficult to farm scroll mats specifically, and since my first archer was a SPR/STR build since lvl. 1 I missed alot. So, go with any of the builds you've seen on here. Just remember to add DEX when you can :)

Isn't 7 seconds enough? o.o lol

Nature's Mist is 6 seconds though~

something like 3 seconds?

not sure exactly what, but dayum machine-gun

I think 5 CD empowerment points for Multi-Shot decreases it by roughly around 2.5 seconds? Similar for Nature's Mist...

feels like 3 seconds to me :D

all I remember now is that it's wow wow fast

Yeah there are still 4 other none AoE skills... And another AoE one at, level 73?

74 or 73 I think, yeah

piercing shot, AoE bleed? too bad I'll never get there.

Why not? You're less than 5 levels away~

I'm stopping them all at 70

Oh =I

Well whatever you do XD still damn fast @_@

Wait I didn't even know that there were that many AoE skills for archers.
Oh gosh I wanna get back on Fiesta so bad.....

Only 3 Kitager, and the last one is level 75. Don't expect much. Level 60 you get only 2 skills DX

one thing to note is that Nature's Protection has greatest effect when the mob is in the radius of the sphere.


^I win a bet. Now someone has to stfu.

I think with a fully empowered CD for Multi-shot, it can be casted every 2.1 sec. I don't know it for a fact but some archer in a KQ was telling me his CD was only 2.1 sec since he empowered it.

yes full empowered cd on multi is 2.1 seconds and empowered cd on mist become 3 seconds.. however multi doesn't upgrade anymore past 60

Most people, when they get Piercing Shot substitute the enpowerment points from Multi and put it on Piercing.

Whats the advantage and disadvantage of full DEX?

What are the advantage and disadvantage of full DEX?

Ops, posted it twice >.<

DEX is a very good PvP build, but only if you make enough $ to support expensive equipments and use charms to make up for the loss of dmg (not that you would need it, but against other cash users you will have to if you want to win). I suppose it is also a rather decent party build as mobs will miss you if you draw in aggro by chance.

^ true. Which is why I suck. I have $ but not the gear, nothing good I can see to buy these days. Heck my rings even suck. Only good equip I have is a 5 stated MD earring which ain't even perfect. What's more is I don't use CS items. It's a costly built though I never thought it sucked since I was ignorant =\

Another advantage is not missing almost all monsters. I have 50 DEX in my build and the only thing I miss are the Joker Trumps. Only cause they do a curse, I think. And yeah, saves you the Aim scroll but imagine those 50 points in STR. Aim scrolls are common and easy to get, there ain't any Dmg/STR scrolls on the other hand.

For the level cap at 100 and the two known level up quests, here are some ideas:

Let's define STR free stat before we continue: For every point you put in you get 1.2 more points of free damage. Example: If you hit a mob normally for 10 damage, with 5 STR you would hit for 16. In the beginning this looks great, but in the higher levels where a lot of your damage is from Poison and Bleed, it becomes less useful than it seems.

So this build is pure STR and adds 138 more damage that armor doesn't affect. This build is good for PVP.

This one is my personal favorite and it was recommended to me by someone on these forums(forgot who it was ^_^"). It allows you to get the extra 5% crit and mana, while allowing your evasion and aim to rise. Since the DEX raises your stats by a percentage and not a defined value, it gets to be a good build in the higher levels. Also, to make up for Dex/Str/End use rings and stat'd equipment to fill the gap.

Good for PVE with a party.

Not anyone really does this, it's here for an example. If you went pure SPR, your crit and mana would go up quite a lot. Combined with CS items you could hit 30%+ crit. That's a lot IMHO!

Another combined with 25 SPR and rest in Damage. Good for PVP and party PVE.

Pure endurance, not really for an archer, but allows you the best soloing time.


Another Combo.


Hope these gave a wider view.

Yeah, it does. I'm going to do 25 SPR and the rest into DEX. I already have 26 points into DEX, so i'll just start adding SPR, thanks.

Nice one T6. Hmm the STR SPR is the best IMO, though since I'm stuck with what I have here's what I'll do~

50 DEX
25 SPR

Rest into STR.

I honestly don't see the benifits of STR builds, especially for archers when there damage mostly comes from poison and bleed skills. I know of a fighter hitting 3k on orcs, an extra 100 dmg isn't doing him good when he could have had more crits or better defence.

Good point, but we have only 3 poisons =\

You can't really compare the benefits of a certain stat for different classes because they're supposed to do different things. Archers aren't supposed to get hit most of the time and END+ bonus applied to them doesn't have the stats biggest benefit, the block rate.


^ I suppose the Fighter above is using Cash Shop/+9s? You don't really have to worry about damage there then really.

No, this was before the cash shop craze.

Which is why I said supplement your 3rd needed stat with armor and rings.

Gear only gets you so far
 

equiptment wont get the crit bonus that you get for adding points to SPR yourself though will it? 25SPR has been worth it in every char ive played.

Only good thing I got is MD 5 stat -_-

Perfect MD earrings + 2 Shining Elderine Rings + 25 SPR rest STR build + DEX END heavy gear + godly weapon [+9] = PWN :D

And walnut, only Free Stat SPR adds to Critical rate... Gear SPR don't~

What was what I said? o_o"

And LOL you never looked like a wimp, or weak either <3

You can kill both Sero AND Golden... 0.0 XD

Power is what I'm going for too by level 70. My gears from 64~68 add a total of 80 STR, and I don't have a top and weapon yet. I still don't think that's enough thou =\ anyone would like to add?

Horizen =P I was there, I added him and yeah he is 56... It struck me, and made me not bring Sero to PvPs ever again even MORE T_T

END/SPR/DEX give most benefit in equips