New Archer needs advice

I used mine as a opener and charged it up fully, I would also suggest you get both frost and lighting since there both useful and finally 4-dex and 1-str what I use havent tried other combos but this one works fine.

There's a newbie guide stickied at the top. I suggest reading that.

I am going to come out and say this now... the 4 dex and 1 str every level is the stupiest thing i ever heard. There is no point of putting str in to your stats if your not going to upgrade your armor for another 10 levels. That 1 extra pt could be put in to dex. So go scout out your next armor and put all your points into str a level or 2 before you upgrade. This way you get to ultize all your points, instead of wasting 1 str point each level. Then again, this require some planning ahead, which not a lot of people do. And the 4dex and 1 str is for a pure dex archer, which is pretty much **** at lower lvls. All i can tell you is that magic does absolute nothing for archers. Everything could have its uses.

Str - allow you to wear armor
Dex - increase your accuracy, damage, evasion, and allow you to use bow/xbow/sling
Vit - increase your hp

After almost getting killed by a heavy armor cleric, nothing surprises me anymore. Took a shot or 2 before i realize that hes heavy armored.

EDIT: I didn't mean to sound harsh or anything. But giving out dex archer stat (which could be argued to be one of the hardest type to play) to people who prob never experienced archers in pwi just doesn't sit right with me. Since he'll prob just die a lot from the lack of hp. Just build your archer according to your own playing style.

I give my opinion on this in the guide stickied at the top of the forum...but...

At low levels, I don't recommend using Take Aim. The damage is completely reliant on your weapon, and you don't get weapons that make it worth using until at least level 60. Frost Arrow is going to be your most mana and time efficient spell to open with.

Level up Frost Arrow however you wish, at least 1 level is necessary. The Lightning spells are essential to be effective in PvP, and are useful for Wood element mobs and anything that comes in melee range (it deals full damage up close). Keep it leveled fairly high, it is useful.

The optimum build for EA is enough Str to wear the next Light Armor, and everything else into Dex. That means (Your level + 4) Str and every other point into Dex. That averages out to 1 Str/4 Dex every level or you can pump Dex until you reach the level of a new armor you want, and add the missing Strength. Also, if you're close to a new critical % marker, it may be worth it to place extra points in Dex as well. Critical is 1% every 20 Dex.

The HP EA gets from Vit is pretty decent, 13 per point, but it just isn't necessary. In PvE, you should have no problem killing mobs before they reach you (barring +HP, +Def, +Speed maybe) and Winged Shell can take care of whatever does reach you.

In PvP, you are meant to do as much heavy spike damage as you can before you die. Other than low levels, there's rarely any solo PK situations. If you get ganked, chances are you wouldn't have survived with that tiny extra HP anyway. In group PK, MG is generally the first target since they are so dangerous if left alone. That means you need to do the spike damage needed to kill people while the MG is kiting. In TW, there's so many people, a few extra HP won't save you from 10 players attacking you, and you need all the damage you can get to kill people before you are killed. By going with the Hybrid Build (1 Str, 1 Vit, 3 Dex), you lose 5% crit as well as a lot of damage, dodge, and accuracy by level 100.

All the HP you will need at higher levels can come from refining your armors and using +HP shards. The minimal HP you are getting by adding Vit won't save you from a MG crit or a zerk crit anyway.

I agree 4 dex and 1 str
i tried the vit also i doesnt work as well but its not bad and
i love the lightning strike as u go on and u level it u learn that it does do a lot of damage

As a lvl 10 archer, I just use Take Aim (charge all the way), then I use frost arrow and do normal attacks. This would probably make the monster about 1/5 hp left, then I run a little and attack again to finish it because I attack stronger at a distance