Magic Build Archer

Winstonelf - Sanctuary
Winstonelf - Sanctuary Posts: 36 Arc User
edited December 2008 in Archer
has anyone tried building their archer 4mag 1str?
i wanna know how that goes.
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  • Envy - Lost City
    Envy - Lost City Posts: 540 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    well, archers have no skills that can be used by a magic weapon

    so i guess you get to use the lvl 1 bow that you cant buy more ammo for

    and get no add on to your attack

    this sounds like a great build, go try it
  • fleuri
    fleuri Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    A magic build might be interesting:

    Your base damage would suffer, but lots of elf archer skills have damage which does not depend on your base damage. But you need to be careful, here, to make sure you do not go too far overboard.

    Your accuracy would suffer, but you could be using accuracy remedies and accuracy gear to help there. You also need to be careful, here.

    And I think that AoE attacks do not depend on your accuracy, for you to hit things, but you do not get any of those initially, and I have not gotten to that level yet so I do not know for sure.

    You would recover your mana quickly, so you could use skills extensively. You might even be able eventually to fully charge your chi with your mana and then use some skills almost immediately because of your mana recovery rate.

    You could have really good magical defenses, if you wanted. You might even be able to tank ranged magic using opponents? I am not sure how this would go though.

    Personally, though, I just bought a few points of magic so my base recovery mana rate was manageable (I have 10 magic), and I do not think I want to try a highly magical archer. But I was thinking about this today, and I was wondering, just like you. :)
  • Mainachan - Sanctuary
    Mainachan - Sanctuary Posts: 41 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    No, No, No. (Where's Mosz when you need him)

    None of your skills benifit from magic damage wise. Some skills do a bonus base weapon damage (ie +60% weapon damage) plus additional damage. All magic means no good weapon damage.

    No Dex means no dodge, wearing robes because you have all magic and no dex for light armor=dead fast. Tanking magic damage? Nothing to hold aggro=no tanking.

    Sure you can spam skills, but your damage will suck and do no good. Put no points in magic, a few pots will enable you to spam skills, High dex means high damage without a need to spam skills.

    You will waste your time and a character trying it, honestly. b:sad

    Maina
    "The present moment is a powerful goddess" -Goethe
  • Winstonelf - Sanctuary
    Winstonelf - Sanctuary Posts: 36 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    cool, just wanted to see hahaha.
    thanks

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