Bow vs. Sword

Using swords may be effective at lower levels but dont get in the habit of it. Later on you get lots of skills that are effective in close range: Lightning, thunder shock, lightning blast, Winged Pledge, Winged shell, Wingspan. You can also simply use knockback to push the mob out of mellee.

I did this when my archer was low level. I actually used a fist as they have lower Str requirements. It works well for low levels where you aren't relying on skills much and the req difference between fists and bows is small, but at higher levels it looses effectiveness quickly.

knockback is bugged sometimes for me. the mob would occasionally slide back then slide forward again at the same speed as it slid back. in other words, it doesnt run back towards you, it slides back and immediately gets in your face again.

that happens to anyone else?

Falwing - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Lets say I am attacking some random monster. My first shot misses it and the monster starts to physically attack me with no damage/very little done to it yet. What weapon would I use there?

What I do is: Use my Bow/Ranged weapon until the monster has 1/2-1/4 of its health, and then switch to my swords/melee weapon and finish it off.

The Question is: Is this a good strategy for facing lower-mid level Monsters when I am by my-self? And if so, what melee weapon is the best to use in this situation? (I use Dual Swords right now)

Funny though.

I'm a blademaster and I do same as you but the damage is inversed of course. I pull the mobs with my lower level bow and I hit it really hard with my BM weapons when he gets close to me.

Use claws/fists, since they have more DPS and the STR requirement is lower than swords. Fists/Claws have more chances of doing minor stunning to the mob.

However, when you get the proper archer skills as knockback, you can trow away any melee weapon you had, since your skills will be way better than that. LOL

@Xnightshockx: its definitely a viable option for the lower lvls (just use something the same as or lower str req than the light armor)
and having the melee weapon i made on my archer for my archer saved my butt once when i ran out of arrows and was fighting the elf in dreaming stronghold.
also helps incase u havent watched ur MP so u dont have the means to do the close range skills that an archer gets somewhere in the 20's.

but anywho.....

quote isnt workin for some reason so here's a copy n paste

Granrey - Sanctuary:
"I'm a blademaster and I do same as you but the damage is inversed of course. I pull the mobs with my lower level bow and I hit it really hard with my BM weapons when he gets close to me.

Use claws/fists, since they have more DPS and the STR requirement is lower than swords. Fists/Claws have more chances of doing minor stunning to the mob."

i do the same thing on my barbarian! lol (i sent him the lv14 quest reward bow from my archer)

but on topic: for my archer, with 33 str at low lv20 something (which is an unusually high str for archer of that level because i spent str to fit heavy armr that dropped from mob, not knowing better. but anywho)

i was wondering about the DPS of claws vs sword, and at the time my archer was carrying a 2 star refined sword i had made.

using just the numbers of plain one star refined sword (19) and concealed claw (18) from the blacksmith, on paper the sword out DPS'd the claws on one end of the scale. but i didnt believe it, so i bought a plain jane refined sword and concealed claw from the blacksmith and equipped each..

using the damage from the character screen (extra dmg from my str i'm guessing) the concealed claw did better than the refined sword on DPS and brought down mobs quicker.

so then i got to crafting me a set of concealed claws and one turned out 2 star with a socket, and i put the highest physical atk gem in there and that's my archer's backup weapon now (incase i forget to make arrows lol) but my bow and using lightning strike or that one purple beam short range attack would always outdo the claws for finishing off a mob (unless out of arrows of course. lol) and his good skills arent even maxed for lvl [on a shortage of SP because of crafting lvls]