Good Melee Archer Level 35 Build

[Leshma]

Yes, it has to have melee, go away fairies. These are my two favourites:

Bowman Level 35
15/27
HP 58
4 IF
5 PD/PS
9 ATH/WM
100 1H wpf
177 Archery wpf
MW Bow
MW Bodkins x1/2
Damage output 30 pierce
Armor rating 8/49/24
Weight 9.1
Effective weight (based on old formula) 10.0

vs

Longbowman Level 35
18/24
HP 61
4 IF
6 PD/PS
8 ATH/WM
100 1H wpf
160 Archery wpf
MW Longbow
MW Bodkins x1/2
Damage output 35 pierce
Armor rating 8/49/24
Weight 9.1
Effective weight (based on old formula) 10.0

Please suggest better build if there is one.

What interest me is how much wpf I lose for having 1 PD over Bow req. Also interested in damage/draw speed ratio between these two builds. Do I lose more damage than I gain draw speed?

I know accuracy on Bow is quite low (fu balancers) but is it enough. Horn, Tatar and other Steppe/Mongolian crap is out of discussion.

[Herkkutatti666]

Level 35 build top lel

[Leshma]

If cRPG survives that long, I'll have two level 35 chars sometimes in late april. Will probably respec main to annoy macro feinters and other scum that is currently polluting the servers.

[Austrian]

18/27
6 PD
2-3 PS
0 IF (for pussies anyways)
9 WM
8-9 ATH

MW Long Bow
MW Bodkin 2x
MW 0-slot weapon

Finish best lvl 35 build.

[Herkkutatti666]

such is life in serbia

[Leshma]

such is life in serbia

Life is Serbia is good but Leshma discovered Strategus and DTV, which both speed up leveling five to ten times. Used to play EU1 whole day (10 hours) for measly 2 mil XP per day. Now just need 4 hours of DTV or two Strat battles, each lasting an hour to achieve that.

@Austrian: But I want to fight back. Currently have 2 PS and it's not enough to fight spammers. Also no wpf is painful.

[Ronin]

Since you are skipping eastern bows, go for longbow archer build. You'll do more damage.

100 melee wpf might be a bit more than what is required. I don't know the math exactly, but it is no big deal to have lower 1h wpf. Only right swing will be a bit slow, but that will be slow with 100 wpf anyways.

Also 6 ps in one handers is much better than 5 ps in my opinion. Besides, 5 pierce damage difference in archery is very huge.

[722_]

This is the build i am going for at level 33:

21/21
HP 56
0 IF
7 PD/PS
5 ATH 7WM
84 2H wpf
150 Archery wpf

if i make it to 34 i will add 3 points to athletics. build is very good for fighting in melee, especially with fast weapons such as katana and longsword you wont even notice a speed difference from lower wpf. slow weapons are not great though. archery lacks a bit of damage sometimes but the melee ability makes up for it. lack of damage is more of a problem in DTV than vs players though (although i dont have 7 pd+ps yet)

[jtobiasm]

This is the build i am going for at level 33:

21/21
HP 56
0 IF
7 PD/PS
5 ATH 7WM
84 2H wpf
150 Archery wpf

if i make it to 34 i will add 3 points to athletics. build is very good for fighting in melee, especially with fast weapons such as katana and longsword you wont even notice a speed difference from lower wpf. slow weapons are not great though. archery lacks a bit of damage sometimes but the melee ability makes up for it. lack of damage is more of a problem in DTV than vs players though (although i dont have 7 pd+ps yet)

Don't use 7 PD it's such a waste. Stick with 6.

[Dalhi]

Respeccing/retiring into an archer at the moment is like kicking a man when he is down.

[Leshma]

Don't worry, currently I'm an awful archer. Need to get used to it a bit.

[Tindel]

I think its a good idea actually, im starting to more and more consider it.
Lets just all go ranged, and end the dream that is crpg melee once and for all.

Alot less hate and frustration, lets just shoot each other dead.

[bagge]

Dont be gay and go for 18/27. Since you're used to melee you're going regret this.

Personally I use 18/24 at 35 and it's awesome. You don't need more than 8 wm so it's way more useful to get melee power. Plus you don't need to stick with your bow all the time to do good.

[WITCHCRAFT]

Depending on how you plan to play your build, I'd suggest the Bow, Horn Bow, or Yumi if you are going to be firing mid to close range then pulling out a melee wep. The faster draw speed will let you get close shots off before switching weps. If you split WPF the faster bows also make up for your archery wpf not being maxed.

On the other hand, 160 is fine for a longbow. I think I had 140-150 when I did 24/18 longbow archer a long time ago and it was plenty.

[Bcleary]

Don't use 7 PD it's such a waste. Stick with 6.

Why do you think any more PD is a waste?


As for the original post I just retired from a 24 15 archer with 139 WPF. It went well for me so 160 WPF would definitely do you well.