Genie skills

I put Phoenix Dance on one of my genies for fun once just to see what it was like. I must say the animation looks really cool but when phoenixes are flying all over the screen it makes everyone lag and they get mad. I used it once in the bonus room in Frost and the lag caused the wizard to get killed. I would recommend not getting it as the damage isn't very good compared to other genie skills like bramble rage. It also takes a lot of energy and stamina to use the skill so you would need a lot of vitality on your genie. If I remember correctly my genie had 150 energy and it could only cast a level 6 or 7 Phoenix Dance. On the positive side it has a range of 20 meters and lowers the attack level of your opponents so in mass PvP it may be useful but I think there are several other more useful skills for an archer. I would recommend Tangling Mire if you want an AOE genie skill mainly because casting it with Barrage of Arrows is devastating. Some may disagree but I would recommend removing Earthflame. It's not really good for anything but luring and I just don't feel it is ever the archers responsibility to lure mobs. If you really want to lure I would recommend just making another genie to switch to when you need to lure. Hope this helps.

Asterelle - Sanctuary wrote: »

I recommend stating a genie with high MAG & VIT. This is well suited for PVE and TW / Group PVP. If you do mostly 1v1 PK you want a high VIT genie for several skills or a high STR / DEX genie if you want to use genie nukes.

I think these are the standard skills everyone recommends.

Good in PVE & PVP:

Tree of Protection / Second Wind - Healing
Extreme Poison - 20% more damage
Holy Path - 15m/s movement
Cloud Eruption / Chi Siphon - chi
Tangling Mire - aoe phys defense debuff, great with barrage
Frenzy - +20 attack level and stacks with poison, great for barrage, the debuff isnt bad if you are usually buffed


Mostly just good for PVP:

Absolute Domain - resist damage spikes / avoid debuffs
Expel - can be cast on others in pk to seal them, can be cast on yourself after you open barrage (barrage stays up)
Bramble Rage - AOE elemental attack
Badge of Courage - break stun
Stunning Blast - could be useful in PK for kiting
Occult Ice - useful if you have claws

10 character limit is silly

I recommend the skills Asterelle^^ posted. I might add:

Wind Shield: Reduces damage received and increases attack speed.
Peircing Flames: Does small amount of damage and stuns your opponent for 3 sec, 20m range
Blood Clot: Makes you immune to bleed effects (useful against the Blazing Phoenix)