Archer/Melee hybrid build

[Irtan]

Hail,

I'm close to my first retirement and I decided to play archer this time. I wanted to ask if it's possible to go with reliable archer/2h melee build? If so, then could I ask for some solid archer, archer/2h melee builds and a bit info about good gear (bows, 2h weapons, armour)?

Thanks for help.

[Tomas_Miles_again]

Imo, don't bother putting any wpf into anything other than archery, put points into pd, ps, ath, and wm, take the horn bow, one stack of arrows and a longsword and you are good to go.

[Mallets]

If you wanted to take the Rus or Longbow (2 slot) along with 1 quiver of arrows... you could also take the Langes Messer (1-handed, 1 slot) and use it in 2-hand mode.

[Drehar]

I currently have a build that is a decent 2h bow build
I use a Longsword 2h
and I have a Tatar bow with bodkin arrows
30k total cost
15/21
5ps 5pd 5if 7 wpm 7ath
I like it a lot

[Irtan]

Fortunately I bought Longsword long time ago, so it's 10k less. Now I only need bow and arrows.

Thanks for help everyone.

[Rico]

Maul is also a great weapon, very cheap and strong. And you can use Mace instead of Langes Messer when you prefer a 1 slot blunt weapon.

[tisjester]

I have recently discovered the best hybrid archer.

18/18
I take a mw shortbow, tatar arrows and the 2h Maul.
The maul is hilarious, crush through and knockdown on such a cheap weapon.
It's cheaper than my swiss halberd build.
$$$$$

[Rico]

I have recently discovered the best hybrid archer.

18/18
I take a mw shortbow, tatar arrows and the 2h Maul.
The maul is hilarious, crush through and knockdown on such a cheap weapon.
It's cheaper than my swiss halberd build.
$$$$$

Sounds fun! Just remember not to go higher than 5 PD when you use short bow, because the bonus from PD is capped at bow difficulty + 4!

[WITCHCRAFT]

A long time ago I did a gen as 1H/shield/archery with samurai-themed gear. Light strange set (right in the sweet spot for archer armor IMO), yumi bow, wakizashi or knife, and 2 slots left for shield. I think my build was 18/18.

6 Power Strike
6 Power Draw
5 Shield
6 Athletics
6 Weapons Master

140 Archery wpf
80 ish 1H wpf

6 WM gives a little more WPF now, so those should be higher than what I had. With long bow and rus bow 140 wpf might be too low, but the yumi draws fast enough to make it work. A horn bow or Bow (forces 1 slot or less shields) would work as well. It's nice to have the option of pulling a shield out when you see an incoming melee gank or you are solo versus multiple enemy ranged.

It's not the best build, but it was a lot of fun. Pure archers are better at archery, pure infantry are better at melee. You can do both pretty well.

And now that the highest shield req is 5, you could use or pick up any shield you want (or find during the round).