Relentless Courage or Wind Shield?

Museishi - Heavens Tear
Museishi - Heavens Tear Posts: 10 Arc User
edited August 2010 in Archer
Just wondering which one's preferred by the Archer community.

While RC has a bigger increase in attack speed at level 10 (Str-based genie), it also has quite large energy requirements, while Wind Shield has the potential to rival Sage spark in regards to damage reduction and it is more spammable with an energy cost of only 62.


Thanks in advance.
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  • GuinevirX - Heavens Tear
    GuinevirX - Heavens Tear Posts: 149 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Wind shield is good for defence , and better than sage spark (im going demon though) cause errm it doesnt need sparks. RC is good too . my advice = try both , see what is useful to ur toon , and maybe try having both if ur genoe has enough lucky points. though when it comes to Dmg i prefer poison , but this is just me b:victory
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  • Joshcja - Sanctuary
    Joshcja - Sanctuary Posts: 3,502 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    wind sheild for pve

    frenzy or EP for pvp

    have yet to find a use for RC on an archer
    Gifs are hard to make work here
  • Museishi - Heavens Tear
    Museishi - Heavens Tear Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    GuinevirX - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    my advice = try both , see what is useful to ur toon , and maybe try having both if ur genoe has enough lucky points.

    Firstly I'd like to thank you for your input.

    I forgot to mention that I have tried both skills at level 10. But you see, RC really shines on a str genie, whereas Wind Shield is more for a dex genie. Getting both is probably not necessary.

    Also forgot to mention that Wind Shield increases your evasion too, therefore overriding your existing Wings of Protection evasion buff when cast.

    Discuss?
  • I_Snipe - Lost City
    I_Snipe - Lost City Posts: 451 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    I've had both Lvl 10 Wind Shield and Lvl 10 Relentless Courage. I chose Wind Shield over Relentless Courage for the ability to be able to spam it.

    Wind Shield:
    + Low Energy Cost, 1 Second Cooldown, Reduces Damage.
    - Lower Attack Speed % Increase, High Stamina Cost, Overwrites Evasion Buff [Big no no]

    Relentless Courage:
    + Higher Attack Speed % Increase, Lower Stamina
    - Higher Energy Cost, 30 Second Cooldown, Overwrites Speed Buff [Not a problem]
  • TigerLily - Lost City
    TigerLily - Lost City Posts: 1,209 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Im not a fan of Relentless Courage, its not spammable and you have to **** up your genie maxing out strength if you want it to be useful.

    For archers i kinda prefer a genie with 50 magic for x2 recovery and rest into vit so you always have energy <.<

    I do like Wind Shield for pve. It helps if using claws and have to build chi faster, so you can start sparking for 5 aps. A lot of bosses stuns/seals you and stuff so you need to build up for demon spark all over again, than Wind Shield is really nice. Its also very cheap to use, you can spam it.

    It saves hp charm to if you're range tanking stuff like Ancient Evil or Emperor, since it gives both attack speed and reduction.

    If u have Demon Quick Shot than it kinda sucks for bow usage since it overwrites attack speed and only gives 10%.

    But everyone cant afford/cant find Quick Shot, some people are Sage or below lvl 89. Its a pretty nice and useful skill to get in pve overall.

    For pvp i prefer frenzy, poison or defensive skills.
  • VlLKASS - Sanctuary
    VlLKASS - Sanctuary Posts: 1,396 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Tried both & just got frenzy/cloud eruption instead lol.

    RC has a long cooldown. Shield almost no cooldown, you can spam as long as genie allows, but the problem is it overrides my evasion buff b:sad
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  • Brigid - Harshlands
    Brigid - Harshlands Posts: 1,332 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    If you're using it just for the attack speed, Wind Shield should be left at level 1 instead of leveled up to 10. Leveling it doesn't change the speed boost, but increases the energy cost. Level 1 only costs 35 energy.
  • Kiyoshi - Heavens Tear
    Kiyoshi - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,385 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    I_Snipe - Lost City wrote: »
    Overwrites Evasion Buff [Big no no]
    B] Higher Energy Cost, 30 Second Cooldown, Overwrites Speed Buff [Not a problem]
    VlLKASS - Sanctuary wrote: »
    but the problem is it overrides my evasion buff b:sad

    really? i mean come on now... really?
    1. If I kill you; do something about it yourself, don't go complaining to my wife.
    2. If you have less kill counts then me, don't expect me to take pk advice from you.
    3. If you are hiding behind an alt, don't expect me to acknowledge your existence.

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  • VlLKASS - Sanctuary
    VlLKASS - Sanctuary Posts: 1,396 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Kiyoshi - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    really? i mean come on now... really?

    b:avoid I didn't notice his post?
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