A good archer is a dead archer ;)Thanks! Spent a good amount of time on it. Contrary to popular belief the population of archers took a mjor hit with the recent nerf. We need archers though without them are flanks are easily unguarded and cav with rain havoc. Aswell it would slow the game MASSIVELY
Nice guide!
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I have a hybrid archer.
Using a tatar bow and tatar arrows. I'm usually quite close to the main ball of melee players. This build is not suggested if you want to shoot at stuff from a safe place. But very fun if you enjoy playing as close support and have the situational awareness to watch out for flankers.
TL/DR Version of any Archery Guide:
-Stack WPF/PD/ATHL to unber pwnzer knees.
-Get the most powerful everything to shoot knees.
-Get into a server. With alota Knees
-Equip your bowknee Horn Bow
-Rush to the first roof you can see, and camp there 24/7 or you will lose a knee.
-Aim at the direction of the enemy's knee, above target judged by distance.
-Shoot for the knee.
-If everything goes wrong, you took an arrow to the knee.
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the default built i recommend for pure archer
Strength: 18
Agility: 21
Skills to attributes: 8
Power Strike: 3
Athletics: 7
Power Draw: 6
Weapon Master: 7
One Handed: 52
Archery: 160
you run fast key tactic: hit and run, you also have some wpf in 1h don't forget to use your sword once in a while! (don't get crazy on that tougth: you have only 3ps)
and my own built
Level 30 (4 420 577 xp)
Strength: 21
Agility: 18
Skills to attributes: 8
Power Strike: 4
Athletics: 6
Power Draw: 7
Weapon Master: 6
One Handed: 44
Archery: 152
you are a bit slower but you do damage, I usually go with hig bow with that. if you are a good melee you can use horn+2set of quiver+1h and get some kill on weaken foe30_Seconds_To_Mars build:those are my suggestion
Level 32 (17 784 806 xp)
Strength: 21
Agility: 21
Hit points: 58
Unused skill points: 1
Skills to attributes: 10
Ironflesh: 1
Power Strike: 0
Shield: 0
Athletics: 7
Riding: 0
Horse Archery: 0
Power Draw: 7
Power Throw: 0
Weapon Master: 7
One Handed: 1
Two Handed: 1
Polearm: 1
Archery: 165
Crossbow: 1
Throwing: 1
Plan for lvl 35(click to show/hide)
As an archer i prefer being pure, i carry a rus bow + bodkins with a pickaxe, the key is using your team to protect u while providing ranged support, can't wait for 24 agil by lvl 34.
Quick tips for noob archers:
1) Try your best to not shoot into melee, but if u really must, study the enemy player's movement, if they start backpeddling your teammate, pick a spot and let them walk into your arrow.
2) If u have a teammate that is high ath that likes to dance around their enemy, DON'T even try helping.
3) If u feel like u can't hit squat, try to dedicate yourself to anti cav early in the round, cav are not only EZ targets, but killing them or.......their horse early can be the difference btwn a win or lose later on.
4) Most ppl seem to like hybrid archers, honestly i HIGHLY recommend going pure for really this one reason, hybrids in cRPG are ok.....at multiple things, but never amazing at any one thing. If u die in melee it's all good, after all u have nothing spend into melee ( this will actually save u from raging ). Make an alt for all your melee needs ( hybrids are gimp unless lvl 31+ and even then pure is just even that much better )
All and all I hope some1 got some good info from this and the important thing is just have fun- Mars -
30_Seconds_To_Mars build:
Level 32 (17 784 806 xp)
Strength: 21
Agility: 21
Hit points: 58
Unused skill points: 1
Skills to attributes: 10
Ironflesh: 1
Power Strike: 0
Shield: 0
Athletics: 7
Riding: 0
Horse Archery: 0
Power Draw: 7
Power Throw: 0
Weapon Master: 7
One Handed: 1
Two Handed: 1
Polearm: 1
Archery: 165
Crossbow: 1
Throwing: 1
Plan for lvl 35(click to show/hide)
As an archer i prefer being pure, i carry a rus bow + bodkins with a pickaxe, the key is using your team to protect u while providing ranged support, can't wait for 24 agil by lvl 34.
Quick tips for noob archers:
1) Try your best to not shoot into melee, but if u really must, study the enemy player's movement, if they start backpeddling your teammate, pick a spot and let them walk into your arrow.
2) If u have a teammate that is high ath that likes to dance around their enemy, DON'T even try helping.
3) If u feel like u can't hit squat, try to dedicate yourself to anti cav early in the round, cav are not only EZ targets, but killing them or.......their horse early can be the difference btwn a win or lose later on.
4) Most ppl seem to like hybrid archers, honestly i HIGHLY recommend going pure for really this one reason, hybrids in cRPG are ok.....at multiple things, but never amazing at any one thing. If u die in melee it's all good, after all u have nothing spend into melee ( this will actually save u from raging ). Make an alt for all your melee needs ( hybrids are gimp unless lvl 31+ and even then pure is just even that much better )
All and all I hope some1 got some good info from this and the important thing is just have fun- Mars -
I see no point in the skills for Ironflash.I use 8PD and still have trouble getting 3 hit kills. I use Ironflesh and it is a Godsent. I cant tell you howmany Times I have a black HP bar. 8PD+oomd Rus = 2hit kills. 8PD+Horn= Hs= %100 kill on anyone and 3Hit Kills on most. From 6 to 8 PD it's a very Major difference. 6PD is not enough at all. 7Pd is alright but 8 Is were it's at. 8PD and 3+ IronFlesh I will live by them. Ony thing I hate about my build is not enough 1h WPF and not enough powerstike so I glance everthing.
And if you ask me, 7 Power Draw arent necessery. Which kind of bow you are using? On every bow except Longbow 7 PD is to much.
Only my opinion!
Greetings
For an archer/melee hybrid build I strongly recommend:Personally I believe this is to weak and for a Hybrid doesn't have enough 1 hand WPF.... I will post but I personaly don't like this build. But hey it's all play style right!
Level 30 (4 420 577 xp)
* Strength: 15
* Agility: 21
* Hit points: 60
* Skills to attributes: 2
* Ironflesh: 5
* Power Strike: 5
* Shield: 0
* Athletics: 7
* Riding: 0
* Horse Archery: 0
* Power Draw: 5
* Power Throw: 0
* Weapon Master: 7
* One Handed: 55
* Two Handed: 1
* Polearm: 1
* Archery: 158
* Crossbow: 1
* Throwing: 1
With bodkins you still can be effective at range yet can hold your own in most melee situations as well with the 60 hp and 5 PS.
Personally I believe this is to weak and for a Hybrid doesn't have enough 1 hand WPF.... I will post but I personaly don't like this build. But hey it's all play style right!
2) If u have a teammate that is high ath that likes to dance around their enemy, DON'T even try helping.
that guy is my new archer hero friend! , is he the only one who actually think like this ?Personally I shoot into Melee combat but it's because I got skillz :P
I disagree.(click to show/hide)