When does a pure dex archer become good?

Are you using Frost Arrow and Knockback Arrow?

Also, using other skills is generally not beneficial for an Archer, as we deal most of our damage with normal attacks.

Note: Hooray, 1000 posts!

Have you stopped beating your wife yet? no, because I never started. When do we become good? never, we're always good, if played correctly.

As an almost pure (I added some to mage and vit early on, stupid youth,b:surrender), it is my opinion that if you don't waste your spirit and coin on DoT's, you can lead off with Take aim, frost (which you shouldn't lvl too much imho so as to keep the mana cost low), knock back, then something in your metal tree (especially if it's a wood mob, which there are plenty of), then just finish it off with physical if you need to. If it is your levl, it will hit you once, maybe twice before it is in the grave if you go all the way through your metal tree and then use winged pledge if they get too close at the end (don't use another slow-to-channel metal tree skill if they're right on top of you). then just follow these simple rules:

1. NEVER get double teamed. if you get teamed, RUN unless you're teamed with a barb who has agg skills. This is the ONLY reason you should die unless you are stupid and attack things with ranged skills when you can only survive one or two hits from them.



2. ALWAYS have a health pot of the highest possible level AND a healing/damage absorbing remedy in case you need two quick or a quick then massive heal.(btw, I'm having a sale this week on Raging tide, so pm me if you're interested

3. (this is a recommendation) Make friends with clerics. they're your race, get used to them. Most of them are very friendly and will gladly buff ne1 who asks nicely and will give them a mana pot.

Also, it's a good idea to have a genie with Second Wind. That skill is an amazing heal and has saved my but a number of times.

You're a 26? dude, you are at the top of your game right now! you can KS NE1. Let them get the first hit while you're charging take aim, that should get you ag from ne1 your lvl other than a wizard, if not, follow it up with lightning strike, then knockback then 1 regular. there, you didn't even use ne chi, and you made a blade master really mad because he couldn't keep up with your knockback. AND you made him tank for you on that one hit that you might otherwise have gotten. b:thanks


neway, that was way too long. You will rock if you just stay AWAY from everything in the "arrow" tree unless you hit a boss and have a tank to help. that's the only place your dots are ne good. other classes have better dots, and archers are about the crits, not the constant damage.

But Lunnark is right, in the 70's, some of your best skills max out (bow mastery, Thunder strike) and you will hopefully have enough mana to make Barrage of arrows (our best AOE) really useful.

AmarthUmelda - Raging Tide wrote: »

, frost (which you shouldn't lvl too much imho so as to keep the mana cost low)

I disagree here, higher level means longer slow duration, which is good.

then something in your metal tree (especially if it's a wood mob, which there are plenty of)

I have barely upgraded my metal skills, as I rarely use them.

1. NEVER get double teamed. if you get teamed, RUN unless you're teamed with a barb who has agg skills. This is the ONLY reason you should die unless you are stupid and attack things with ranged skills when you can only survive one or two hits from them.

Except that there are mobs that aggro easily, which kinda makes this impossible. But yes, 2-3 mobs at the same time can spell a quick death for an Archer.

that's the only place your dots are ne good. other classes have better dots, and archers are about the crits, not the constant damage.

Um, actually, the "crits" really only get to spike if you go Demon, since you get 10 second buffs for 10% crit. Crits are too consistent to count as spiking.

The DoTs are pretty useless, yeah. I always use frost arrow (level 10), two or three regular shots (two if you have no interval gear), knockback, and normal hits until dead. If it's an increased life/defense I use aim low, and then when the freeze is about to wear off I stun and knockback when necessary. Those are really the only skills I ever use on my archer besides STA in instances. The metal skills are alright for increased defense mobs as well, but they're a low priority for me.

As for when they become good... well, the first 19 levels are crappy. After you get your FB19 crossbow (or maybe the 20 supply stash weapon, I made my archer long before those came out) and knockback things are easssyyy. You just gotta know what you're doing. xD My archer has no troubles at all at level 79.

the best lvls of an archer 60-70(after u acquire wings of grace) for pvp. no one except a nix can kill u no matter wat ur build is.
for pve frost arrow + normal+knockback and stun if needed because when u know back the mob comes back like so fast u can only make 2-3 normals shots.. for high hp and elite mobs u'll need aim low sometimes but using skills with high channeling like lightning skills is noo useb:sad

hes talking about pvp dood

archers can wipe the floor with mob carcasses lvl 20-100000 for all i care. at lvl 80s people start refining their gear so archers have a lot harder time fighting them. plus casters start maxing their nukes which means the range on some of their nastier stuff is now like 3 meters away from getting to you. 79 skills make an appearance as well, wizards especially get their undine + sophoric, barbs get violent triumph etc etc

my archer is lvl 31 and i agree with

also sorry bout the fragment post. i dnt normally talk on forums lol. im still learningb:cute