Archer Endgame Builds

Hurrdurr - Lothranis wrote: »

How much damage is reduced by those extra defences though? I'm way too lazy to work it out b:cute

Its just l33t fresh juice.

But again Elena didn't pull one good build.

Sorry Elena I won't contribute.

Actually GV fists can compete with Deicides even at +10 refines because of the Revenge proc. The only reason to not have it is if you want possibility for upgrading your melee weapon. (like stupid Ast does)

Ok since Elena is such a nice person, I have decided to teach her how to play archer.

Hidden GM build 5APS WARSOUL BRO:

http://pwcalc.com/296c25e505576a4e


Having the over 10 G12 shards provoke the damage glitch which provoke constant 3x damage.

I didn't want to post it, so over people don't copy it.

But since I love Elena intentions of teachin noob shiet to all here you go b:cute


Bend over I'm comin

Elena forgot to factor in blazing arrow which would benefit deicide more since it has higher weapon attack. Other buffs like barb buff, frost blade, and death river toxin also would benefit deicide more.

Also technically that gorenox analysis was a steady state solution and is only valid 10s after the fight starts. In practice the proc always starts in the off state so GV fists always starts with less dps than they have later. If you are doing bosses that die in 1 or 2 spark cycles they will have less raw dps than if you are killing world bosses.

Anyway the general tradeoff between deicide and gorenox fist isn't really DPS but rather gear flexibility / nv upgradeability vs lower str requirement and a bit of healing.

Probably full NV since it's a good alternative to those who can't afford R9 and aren't in a large enough guild for Trials.

Mixed is debatable due to sacrificing Def levels for Att. I've seen a good amount of players with mixed.

-- Pure Rank 8 --

- Build Link: http://pwcalc.com/c730379ae548df66

This build uses full R8 armors. The advantage of this build is that the R8 armor has no Strength requirement. Thus, the only pieces of gear with Strength requirements are the bow and headgear. R8 Bow has a 50 Strength requirement, so I chose the Ence's Scar arcane hat for the headgear, which has a 52 Strength requirement. At high refines, it beats out any other helm with a Strength requirement near 50. Anyways, with only 52 Strength, this build has over 50 more Dexterity compared to all other builds. However, as a trade off, it has lower attack speed for normal attacks and cannot be realistically modified to use fists / claws.

Variations on gear:
- Tome - You can get a better tome, such as one with -interval.
- Robe - Energetic Robe: Lunar Glade, Energetic Robe: Wraithgate, Lunar: Mantle of Radiance, Cape of Elite Leather. Of note, Lunar: Mantle of Radiance is grade 13, so it can use Jade of Steady Defense.
- Belt - Warsong Belt (any variety), Eye of the Jungle (either variety), Guard of Thundershock / Paradise Sachet.

No Fist/Claw Variation

Pure Rank 8 does not have any Fist/Claw variation. The main advantage of the Pure Rank 8 build is that you can restat a lot of Strength into Dexterity (compared to the other builds on this guide). Thus, you will not have the Strength necessary to wear any reasonable fists / claws. I suppose you can put on some very low level fist / claws for chi gain.


I Tried To Get Full R8 and now im upset.. read all about it here
http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1381471

PWI is unfair.. we all need to 100 wedding candies for boots and 100 candies for bracers all class need this, but earthguard's craft rate is different than the other classes. so far no GM or DEV has replied to my thread yet..

Elenacostel - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Updated, with more changes pending.

Should I even bother with R8 or R8 recast?

Thanks for the update!

R8 recast might be nice to add.

One note, there is no refines on the bow in the 'Skyfaller's Empire Set (R9-S3) / Firmament (R9-S3)'.
This is the one with bow at +10: http://pwcalc.com/7756033db8a5c555

This is going to be my build in jan.
http://pwcalc.com/34da46f47a07e58b
neck is engraved +10 vit

makubex000 wrote: »

-- Pure Rank 8 --

- Build Link: http://pwcalc.com/c730379ae548df66

This build uses full R8 armors. The advantage of this build is that the R8 armor has no Strength requirement. Thus, the only pieces of gear with Strength requirements are the bow and headgear. R8 Bow has a 50 Strength requirement, so I chose the Ence's Scar arcane hat for the headgear, which has a 52 Strength requirement. At high refines, it beats out any other helm with a Strength requirement near 50. Anyways, with only 52 Strength, this build has over 50 more Dexterity compared to all other builds. However, as a trade off, it has lower attack speed for normal attacks and cannot be realistically modified to use fists / claws.

Variations on gear:
- Tome - You can get a better tome, such as one with -interval.
- Robe - Energetic Robe: Lunar Glade, Energetic Robe: Wraithgate, Lunar: Mantle of Radiance, Cape of Elite Leather. Of note, Lunar: Mantle of Radiance is grade 13, so it can use Jade of Steady Defense.
- Belt - Warsong Belt (any variety), Eye of the Jungle (either variety), Guard of Thundershock / Paradise Sachet.

No Fist/Claw Variation

Pure Rank 8 does not have any Fist/Claw variation. The main advantage of the Pure Rank 8 build is that you can restat a lot of Strength into Dexterity (compared to the other builds on this guide). Thus, you will not have the Strength necessary to wear any reasonable fists / claws. I suppose you can put on some very low level fist / claws for chi gain.


I Tried To Get Full R8 and now im upset.. read all about it here
http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1381471

PWI is unfair.. we all need to 100 wedding candies for boots and 100 candies for bracers all class need this, but earthguard's craft rate is different than the other classes. so far no GM or DEV has replied to my thread yet..

I'm curious as to what ppl think about this build beyond the obvious points that more expensive builds are better and you can't use fists.

This seems to get you 60 more dex which is 3 more crit points and 2-4% more damage per hit. Since the arcane hat doesn't give you crit its really just 2 more crit points in my opinion. And I figure you are losing around 1000 hp with the hat. And losing aps with range weps just from using all R8 armor. But 2 extra crits does matter and recasting R8 with NW doesn't cost much and losing the use of fists matters less now that nirvana is unimportant.