Equipment
the chose of pve/pvp set is up to you, the difference should be obvious. pve is better for dungeons and catacombs, pvp for arena, battlegrounds and guildbattle
Gems
casher:
patk, mdef, pdef in all. hp to the legendarys.
replace 2-3 def gems with hp if u want, can be usefull at wb when u are low lvl to take one more hit
non-cashers/no soc rods:
i would go for patk in at least 4 pieces of equipment. a mix of mdef/pdef in the others and weapons second slot
Refinement
the stats you are looking for are:
Power
PATK
Defense
PDEF
MDEF
Endurance
HP
Crit
get at least 4 of them on each part of your equipment. 8 star and more if possible
Skills
double skills or not?
actually you need the 2nd skillbar only for crypt. it can be helpfull in non-nightmare mp dungeons lvl 40+ and solo arena but its not required there. your decision if its worth the balens.
Passive Skills
max them all as fast as you can on both skill tabs. skip Battle Prowess if you dont have double skills
Arrow Strike
basic skill. adds rage, increases crit chance. lvl 2-3 when you dont have double skills, lvl 5 after lvl 45 if you have.
Multi-shot
secondary skill in most situations. does not cost any rage as you always get 2 crits from it. same lvl as arrow strike in most cases.
Delphic Sniper
use it only when you have double skills. its usefull at world bosses when you have high crit, can rescue you in battlegrounds and guild battle in very rare cases
Lunaric Fire or Bloodthirsty Strike
choose one of them until lvl 60+. both are useless at lvl 1, they have to be at least lvl 2 for the QTE bonus
lunaric is your only aoe skill. costs 45 rage, hits each enemy 3 times and refills 5 rage each crit. sometimes you end up with more rage then you had before using this skill.
bloodthirsty is the only skill you can use to heal yourself. in pvp always use it on troops, it hits the front row.
lunaric lets you kill faster. bloodthisrty is the safe way. i prefer lunaric.
Scatter Shot
THE pvp skill. a must have in group arena and when facing mages. get it to lvl 2 on the skilltab with lunaric/bloodthirsty asap and on the deep freeze skilltab after lvl 55!
makes suntoria and knights shield and reflect useless and removes buffs from campaign bosses, required to beat the tormented necropolis.
suntoria and shield have higher cast delays than scatter, be patient when countering them direct!
Poison Arrow
required for deep freeze. i never used it.
Deep Freeze
THE pve skill. good dmg, attacks rear, gives you 1-2 extra rounds. must have for crypt bosses lvl 50+(Fearful Eye). works on mp dungeon bosses if not nightmare.
Armor Pierce
only for double skill users. thats the skill you use when you have too much rage on the 2nd skilltab. good dmg and descent armor reduce. can be used at worldbosses too, i will explain this later
Incendiary Shot, Delphic Death Star
not worth spending points below lvl 70 imo
Talents
unlocked at lvl 50. archers talents are not the best :/ get holy seal to lvl 5 when you reach lvl 50. spend more exp for talents after vl 55. stealth and scrunity seem usefull to me
Astrals
lvl 25: Fortitude, Force
lvl 30: Willpower, change with Aegis major for crypt if you get one. change fortitude with snipers edge for worldbosses. they all do magic dmg.
lvl 40: snipers edge, change fortitude with enhanced determination for world bosses if u already have one
lvl 50: enhanced determination, you should have 7k star points to buy one if you didnt have the luck
lvl 60+: illusion, goddess blessing, deflection
World Boss
archers are the best characters for world bosses. until lvl 40 you wont survive 5 rounds. use a combo of multi/arrowstrike/delphic or armor pierce
when your knights can take 2 hits you can make it to 5 rounds
once youreach 35k hp (with vouchers) move your troops to the rear for wb, you can tank him.
Skill usage:
what works best depends on the ability to double attack and your crit rate.
for characters with crit below 1k its important to use multishot for the passive +5/10% dmg by crits.
using a combination of arrow strike, multishot, armor pierce can cause more damage than a delphic user. double attack all you can.
i only use arrow strike(100% double attack), with my 1800 crit i can use a delphic at the end of nearly every fight.
Catacombs
lvl 1-50 should be np with any build. you dont have double skills until lvl 38, if you have deep freeze this will be easy for you.
the skeleton spawning mobs lvl 46-49 are hard without lunaric
lvl 50+ bosses:
you can double attack these just like a world boss. gather rage at the lvl before them and start with deep freeze, then you can usually place a multi and a strike before he attacks the 2nd time. keep deep freeze on cooldown all the time and use armor pierce right after it when you have 70+ rage. deep freeze will also double armor pierces duration this way.
you will probably not beat lvl 100 crypt with an archer before you got the lvl 55 set.
warriors call helps alot!
questions? come to server 116 and ask for iWin in world chat. i will reply if i am online
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