Psychics vs Archers

Selador - Heavens Tear
Selador - Heavens Tear Posts: 96 Arc User
edited February 2010 in Psychic
Has anyone fought an archer extensively and figured out how to counter winged shell? That skill is nasty against us psychics.
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  • Risingson - Lost City
    Risingson - Lost City Posts: 499 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Archer is the easiest class to fight against for me. Winged Shell has never been a problem, since I kinda break it in one spell. Psychic Will on the other hand, makes Archers unable to hurt you for the whole duration, while you tear them up.
    Risingson - 7x Psychic
    Indalecio - 3x Cleric
  • Selador - Heavens Tear
    Selador - Heavens Tear Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Or is it wings of grace? The skill that reduces damage inflicted on them for a certain amount of time?
  • Selador - Heavens Tear
    Selador - Heavens Tear Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I thought they were easy too, until they start using that skill im asking about. I don't have an archer so Im not sure what it's called. But it greatly reduces the damage I inflict on them, including soulburn. It makes me hit for pew pew damage while absorbing arrows and getting my hp shaved off.
  • Risingson - Lost City
    Risingson - Lost City Posts: 499 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Wings of Grace

    Focus all of your energy to become immune to all
    effects that reduce movement speed, reduce all damage
    taken by 30%, and increase speed by 30%. Lasts 15 seconds.
    Immune to all damage while casting.

    Perhaps. I don't know, I haven't been killed by an archer that was my level or near it +/-5~6 levels, so I wouldn't know. I don't really pay attention to the spells they cast to be honest, I just use Psychic Will and Soul of Retaliation and cast like a mad man xD.

    edit : it might be Sage/Demon version of Winged Shell (1k damage absorbed), which would roughly be one nuke on our side.
    Risingson - 7x Psychic
    Indalecio - 3x Cleric
  • Shadowvzs - Lost City
    Shadowvzs - Lost City Posts: 877 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Selador - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Has anyone fought an archer extensively and figured out how to counter winged shell? That skill is nasty against us psychics.

    belive me in high lv the archer die easiest way from magic.
  • Mizuoni - Dreamweaver
    Mizuoni - Dreamweaver Posts: 3,533 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    He is talking about Wings of Grace which is 59 skill. If the archers you fight against dont use it, then either:

    A: they underestimate you
    B: dont have enough sparks
    C: fail archers
    Sins are Scissors. Psychics are Rocks.
    Archers, Venos, Barbs, Wizards, BMs, Mystics, Seekers are Paper.
    ...and Clerics are Mushrooms.
    Paper beats Rock. Scissors beats Paper. Scissors also happens to beat Rock...until Rock gets 50k+ soulforce at which point Rock becomes an unstoppable killing machine that beats Paper... and would beat Scissors but it can't find Scissors, because Scissors are invisible.
    So Scissors beat Paper and avoids Rock, and that is called BALANCE. -cheze
  • Quanyin - Heavens Tear
    Quanyin - Heavens Tear Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    If the archer knows what it's doing, it should lolrape psychics. Psychics defenses are about on par with venos, which is total ****. Why do you think so many 90+ venos are HA?
  • Selador - Heavens Tear
    Selador - Heavens Tear Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Thanks for the replies guys. So I think wings of grace is the archer antidote to psychics then. Given the fact that its duration is more than twice of psychic will, and after trying some tricks against it, I don't see any other way to counter it but maybe runb:surrender and not get hit for 15 seconds.
    kiting isn't a good idea because they have longer range; getting in close isn't because 15 seconds of upclose punishment is too long, so running would be the best option for now b:cry.
  • Tidex - Sanctuary
    Tidex - Sanctuary Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Does Wings of Grace affect Soulburn damage too? Since archers are so dependent on -interval, I'd think that it would kill an archer pretty quick :P.
  • Risingson - Lost City
    Risingson - Lost City Posts: 499 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    30% damage reduce is not nearly as crippling as physical damage immunity oO, or at least I think so. Even with the 30%, Archers are still weak to magic.
    Risingson - 7x Psychic
    Indalecio - 3x Cleric
  • Selador - Heavens Tear
    Selador - Heavens Tear Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    It might be their sage skill too. But like I said I don't have an archer, maybe their sage skill coupled with wings greatly reduces the damage they receive and increases the damage they deal by some insane amount?

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