Confused about Archery again help please

criswolf09

So with the archery revamp we got a bunch of new powers and the marksman AT was updated as well. To the point, my question is how to build a FF hero with snap shot, focused shot and gas arrow at the same time being able to apply armor piercing in AoE. Any help is welcome and thank you in advance.

flowcyto

Imo, you don't often need to apply a dmg debuff in an AoE since most trash dies relatively quickly, and oftentimes such a debuff would cost a normal rank of said AoE anyways (though it can be okay to use a dmg debuff applied by an AoE for single-target dps, as long as it reliably applies to the primary target). Armor Piercing wouldn't boost the Toxic dmg of Gas Arrow either. So I may not fulfill that specific stipulation on the build, but otherwise here's a dps build using the three powers you wanted:

(Unnamed Build) - Freeform (Ranged Damage)
v3.44:37

Super Stats
Level 6: Ego (Primary)
Level 10: Dexterity (Secondary)
Level 15: Constitution (Secondary)

Talents
Level 1: The Gunslinger (Dex: 10, Con: 10, Ego: 8, Rec: 10)
Level 6: Worldly (Ego: 5, Rec: 5)
Level 9: Impresario (Dex: 5, Rec: 5)
Level 12: Quick Recovery (Con: 5, Rec: 5)
Level 15: Shooter (Dex: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 18: Ascetic (Con: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 21: Acrobat (Dex: 5, Con: 5)

Powers
Level 1: Strafe
Level 1: Straight Shot (Split the Arrow)
Level 6: Concentration
Level 8: Targeting Computer (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Hunter's Instinct
Level 14: Storm of Arrows (Rank 2, Achilles' Heel)
Level 17: Resurgence (Rank 2)
Level 20: Focused Shot (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 23: Snap Shot (Rank 2, Frail Armor)
Level 26: Gas Arrow (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 29: Desperate Shot (Stim Pack)
Level 32: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Retaliation (Rank 2)
Level 38:
Adv. Points: 32/36

Travel Powers
Level 6:
Level 35:

Specializations
Ego: Force of Will (2/2)
Ego: Insight (3/3)
Ego: Follow Through (3/3)
Ego: Sixth Sense (2/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Vindicator: Mass Destruction (2/3)
Guardian: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Guardian: Ruthless (2/2)
Guardian: Find the Mark (3/3)
Guardian: The Best Defense (2/3)
Mastery: Ego Mastery (1/1)

The last power can be w/e ya want.

For single-targets, it can use Straight Shot to initially apply Armor Piercing, Focused Shot as the main attack, and Snap Shot to refresh the AP debuff (Gas Arrow can also be thrown in). Keep in mind that Focused Shot gets interrupted by inc dmg (and its charge-speed buff gets reset then), so if you are taking inc dmg then you'll prob have to fall back to using Snap Shot until it's safe to use Focused Shot again. For AoE, you can lay down Gas Arrow and channel Storm of Arrows as your main filler attack. Desperate Shot also gives you another self-heal to work with. Gears mostly for Ego, w/ some Con and Dex_Rec.