I would highly suggest looming your favourite set of arrows first, especially with bodkins.
If you want to play archer don`t bother with mlee at all. It used to be different but not anymore, don`t build any ps. Some people say a bit of IF is fine but I strongly suggest against it. Just go full agi find your favourite bow and have a pd of AT LEAST 6, even if you want to use a weaker bow. To put it in perspective at 4 pd barbed arrows glance on medium armour. At 5 pd glance on heavy. 6 is the spot where you do at least some damage with cutting arrows. Would not suggest having bodkins 24/7 first gen because you will always lose out on upkeep with a decent bow and 2 or more stacks no matter what armour. Would be great if you could switch arrow types to use bodkins only against tough enemies but unfortunately thats not possible, so bodkins means losing money unless you are good with stacking multipliers.
21/21 rus bow, 3 arrow stacks, skip IF and PS. You need all your wpf in bow so dont bring a melee weapon, pick one off the ground. You only need to fight when running is not possible. Some people would fight with the 0 slot weapons but against good players don't expect to do anything. The most you can do is stun them to allow you to run past them or tie them up until a teammate can save you. If you must bring melee use the horn bow and a mace. By far the best weapon, 2h 1 slot, blunt so useful without ps, and good knockdown chance. Ive killed many tin cans with this thing. In fact i want to even loom it second gen.
Thats about it, just remember. DO NOT make a hybrid build, they are currently terrible. You are far far better off going xbow hybrid. Archery currently is be dedicated to it or feel like a low level archer with a melee weapon.
