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madblooddoll
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I hit 30 and I'm confused. I tried both paragons but the storm one seems better but maybe I am wrong? I'm just confused about what skills I should be using in and out of melee and when do I switch in and out? I don't want to intentionally mess up other players but at the same time with the cruelty I've seen on other characters i play when I see HRs in the group, I don't think I can deal with that. I love the class, I just need some guidance. I'm also not in a guild and probably won't be in one so I mostly duo but I do random queues. Any help would be appreciated. I definitely want to lean towards damage or I'm not having fun, but I don't know what things to choose. There's so many guides and the dates are off and it's confusing. Also do I keep using rain of arrows or can I drop it now for something else?
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The only viable way to enjoy the HR: Be a Pathfinder Trapper. Once you get Fox Shift/Cunning, if you like pvps, farm glory as many you can until level 69. PvPs in level 70 will be painful for any HR now ...
Build without Aspect of the Serpent (looks like this skill is bugged): http://nwcalc.com/index.html#/hr?b=2xga:zbukxt:9f3d:9g4qu,13k3iii:1000000:1u00000:15u5zz1&h=0&p=pfr
Build with Aspect of the Serpent: http://nwcalc.com/index.html#/hr?b=2xga:z61gyv:9f3d:9g4nd,13k3iii:1000000:1000000:15u5zzv&h=0&p=pfr
For both builds, you need to use Crushing Roots.
Dailies:
Disruptive Shot
Slasher's Mark
At-Wills:
Hunter's Teamwork/Careful Attack
Anything
Encounters:
Hindering Shot/Hindering Strike (for more dps) or Bindind Arrow/Oak Skin (for more defense)
Constrict Arrow/Steel Breeze
Fox's Cunning/Fox Shift
And then, change instance and continue spamming encounters.
You can replace Hindering Shot and use Marauder's Escape/Marauder's Rush for fast escape or approach.
My HR have AoS in rank 4. In ranged instance, the damage buffs works ok, but not in melee.
I tested it too. If you don't believe me, your loss.
I'm using elemental corrupted black ice gear as well as the inscribed shirt and pants. My offhand is still currently at rare (blue), and everything else is epic. No orange or teal yet in this build. I use a perfect vorpal, and slot a greater lethal corrupt enchant in one overload slot, and a greater black dragon glyph in the other (because I believe slotting two of the same gets you a higher chance to proc a single instance of boosted crit rating, but a guaranteed 60 second cooldown, whereas slotting two different crit boost enchants allows the procs to overlap on each other).
My attack chain varies between whether I'm teamed, solo, or part of a zerg.
IF I'm solo I either drop a CoA with and RoA right on top of it, so a small mob would get sucked right into RoA and held there for a couple of seconds, which is usually the end of the fight.
~or~
I drop a Thorn Ward with the nearest edge of the circle touching my toe and the farthest edge touching the toe of the nearest enemy, then I drop CoA, which hits just as I'm getting surrounded, then Plant Growth, a couple of shifts back or sideways, drop another CoA and Rain of Arrows.
The main trick with a solo PvE archer is to drag the enemy through as many circles as you can while kiting away. I try to keep my kiting pattern tight so if I drop a Thorn Ward I can keep the enemy inside of it, or if I drop a rain of arrows I can keep making them chase me through it.
That strategy will also require using quick firing powers you can use between dodges, hence my using thorn ward as opposed to split the sky. Cordon's cast time is lovely. Rain of Arrows is a little slow, but considering its damage potential (it's usually my "finisher" so to speak) and still pretty quick cast time relative to its damage, it stays in my tray. I recommend Twin Blade Storm and Aspect of the Lone Wolf, for damage and deflect boosts respectively.
If you're zerging, I recommend going CoA>Thorn Ward>CoA>RoA>CoA. If I have a daily up I follow with Seismic Shot. If I'm close I'll shift in and hit Plant Growth, but as archers we should make no special effort to get close, and it would serve you better to probably save Plant Growth for mobs that get too close, so you can hit them hard and shift away while they're held. Spam your favorite At-wills in between encounters and fire your encounters as soon as they come off cooldown. You should have a charge of CoA coming up every few seconds, so keep that rolling.
As for At-wills, I always have rapid shot slotted. It's a pretty nice mop-up attack and a good alternative to Aimed shot for dragons, since the adds seem to frequently splatter some DoT effect on me, which will repeatedly interrupt your aimed shot. Also, as effective as tap-spamming Split Shot is, it can sometimes lead to unwanted aggro.
Aimed shot is amazing though if you're not getting hassled by adds. That damage is lovely. I mean who doesn't like seeing 6 figure numbers sprouting up from their enemies?
I usually run with rapid shot on left click and split shot on right click for the sake of versatility.
That's probably too much information. Anyway if you read it all I hope something in there helped.
Cheers and good luck.
Maybe is there a link to a good archery build that shows everything a little better? Sorry my english isn't always great so lots of the acronyms are confusing. I initially wanted to go archery too but I saw people getting kicked for it, but it looked enjoyable to me.
So I haven't worked up a build that's easier to read, but I'll try to sum it up.
Race: Human
Encounters:
Cordon of Arrows
Rain of Arrows
Thorn Ward
Plant Growth (which is what Cordon of Arrows changes into when you switch to melee) is also very useful, even with an archery build.
At-Wills:
Rapid Shot
Split Shot
I take out Split Shot and switch in Aimed Shot for Dragons.
Passives:
Twin Blade Storm - At rank 4 gives an additional 16% damage when firing on more than two enemies, which you'll be doing frequently.
Aspect of the Lone Wolf - Gives you deflection chance based on the amount of enemies near you.
As for Feats:
Heroic:
Toughness: 2/3
Weapon Mastery: 3/3
Swift Footwork: 5/5
Battlewise: 3/3
Endless Assault: 3/3
Lucky Skirmisher: 3/3
Soundrel's Training: 1/3
Disciple of Dexterity: 3/3
Paragon:
My paragon feats are all archery. I have 5/5 in everything but Keen Eye and Stormcaller's arrow, which I put no points into.
Boons:
~Dread Ring~
Conjurer's Gambit
Evoker's Thirst
Illusion Shimmer
Shadowtouch
Rampaging Madness
~Sharandar~
Dark Fey Warder
Fey Precision
Elven Haste
Elven Ferocity
Elven Resolve
~Tyranny of Dragons~
Dragon's Claws
Dragon's Gaze
Dragonscale Defense
Dragon's Greed
Dragons Thirst: 1/3
Dragon's Revival: 1/3
Dragon's Grip:1/3
~Icewind Dale~
Weathering the Storm
Refreshing Chill
Rapid Thaw
Cool Resolve
Avalanche
Keep in mind this build does not provide a lot of survivability and no potential for PvP really, so you'll need to make up for that with your artifact choices and Armor enchant. I use a combination of the Greater Seldarine set and Perfect Barkshield. It does okay, but you need to be quick on the dodges.
I also use an Ioun Stone of Allure. try to slot that with the fancy new companion-only gear if you pick one up. You'll get major stat boosts, with no level restriction. I recommend purchasing the Ensorcelled Mulhorand main and offhand weapons. They'll level with you all the way up to 70, and they're a great alternative to anything below a legendary artifact weapon..
Out of curiosity do you have a link to any recent gwf builds? I am searching for all these builds just as a guide, and getting older ones. It's difficult to find a fully detailed build. I recently started playing that class and scourge wizard.