Archer builds

[gritty tulip]

thread to share archer builds

character builder: https://gloriavictischaracterbuilder.netlify.app

🥼🗡️🏹 dagger archer

light shield + dagger/1h sword

Stats:
80/150/298
150/150/275

situational - good in defensive sieges, weak in instanced events and melee fights

only play if you want to craft bows or know someone that crafts them

[tight axle]

first build is stamina issues 😄

[gritty tulip]

yea they play with monastic mead and cuckoo

[steel crag]

Siege Archer
Decent bow damage, 1h sword/spear and shield for melee. Keep some extra medium armor for melee fights.

[tidal hare]

this is my 2h sword melee archer build.
focuses kill time and playing the flanks over sitting in the back. dont need interrupt as much as the bows often to finish people that are running or weak in the back/ to harass/ to force someone to push, you get less arrows and less range damage but its still decent enough for picks

if you plan to melee alot you really do need the hp as experienced players with good enough armor and con will trade medium attacks right before your full ones and cut you down

its also near max 2h sword damage for having 200con, lordly halb overhead is pretty nasty too q10/q0 food examples

for it being early in the playtest tho i regret taking huntsman over sting. sting would of been more damage with spears and bows over AP at the moment

[empty sky]

Because any point after 200 cost 3 attribute points, fill STR to 150 and you will have 3STR for every DEX over 200. Bow and dagger scale with DEX and little with STR, so you don't lose as much punch, though craftable 2h swords scale with STR/DEX, so you deal monster 2h damage for an archer

81 CON and light armor is a glasscannon so use 2H very wisely. Why use 2H and not dagger if you have a skill to match? Because reach, and shield on back.

Onto the last quirk of this build, 15pts into medic tree, you can revive friendlies for FULL hp, while the shield on the back will protect you from enemy archer interrupt if you position yourself nicely. Don't do this on the front line, you'll die, but use your stamina/ammo downtime to get friendlies back into action

It used to have more sense before free bandage changes and max revive cap, but is still powerful

[delicate shell]

My eyes hurt watching this section 😵

[tight axle]

i don't think do scale with str @empty sky

bows wise

[empty sky]

scale as in STR guarantees some raw damage

[tight axle]

they removed it from bows

[empty sky]

I used builder, lemme check in game

[tight axle]

pretty sure sure they did

after the whole tanks using bows

[empty sky]

Not as much as before, but you retain 1/6th of would be DEX damage output for bows (I hold one in hand in these 2 screenshots), with 17.5 boost to slashing (light armor counter) damage reduction

I agree with you it's not for everyone, you may even not call it good, but I'm not a wall dweller so I cannot go full dex

Now I grabbed a vendor 2H sword and it scales STR/DEX in almost equal ratio, so with 3STR for every DEX>200 I think it's good tradeoff

And of course, my favourite, the Spookbert's Club
It scales with STR+DEX like a regular 2h sword but deals buldgeoning damage.

https://youtu.be/okKvRZrPtEo

Used to be too rare to use, but hey, now we have non loot and my archer build is going to melt heavies in melee and from distance alike

[prime wigeon]

hahahaahahahahah i have no word

might understand why we dont see any other archer in board lmao

[tidal hare]

I top leaderboards with 200/200/207, I don't get as many kills but get more nation points per kill cus I full kill them solo

And more importantly I try to keep them from getting picked up if I can help it, like in huge fights I'm curious how helpful vs hurtful it is pop a greenleaf dead for them to then have a medic revive a greenleaf and give everyone around the great comeback buff

[dusty saddle]

Justg tested archer today to see if they are as easy mode as in 2019. Now they are worse. I have to request devs to introduce torturing for enemy archers we catch on the battlefield.

[tight axle]

didn't they increase the damage to all or that just for melee players with the 200% damage increase?

[dusty saddle]

i backstab heavy orange+6 geared for 300+ dmg with dagger... headshots on full heavy are around 120-150 with purple +1 bow. Feels more powerful in dmg.. Limitation with 35/45 Arrows is not recognizable.

And the interrupt on full attack is OP as hell. Its just too good to be honest. It has to be removed..

[tight axle]

give me leg shot and we can agree 😄

<.< they removed leg shot for interrupting attacks kinda annoying chasing people

[quasi wigeon]

Seeking feedback on this build. Idea is to have giga damage for swords as a backup and when the chance presents itself while primarily being a foot archer.

[delicate shell]

You might deal a lot of damage with swords, but if you play with a warbow in the endgame against fully geared players, you’ll only deal double-digit damage to someone well-equipped and still die after two or three hits.
In any case, I’d go with 145/80/300.

On the other hand, without Bullseye, you’ll struggle with stamina when using the bow.

[quasi wigeon]

This is exactly why I came here for feedback. I have no idea how the stats actually translate into damage in the endgame like that. I was also not aware bullseye was actually that important.

[delicate shell]

I prefer to maximize damage with the bow; you'll do plenty of damage with swords anyway

[quasi wigeon]

Yeah 145/80/300 sounds pretty good. I lose 80ish health but gain extra resistance vs other archers. Swords will hit even harder. I'm not taking many melee hits 80 health or not. The loss in health regen does suck tho.

Any other important critical skills I failed to account for or skills I've invested in that are actually useless?

[delicate shell]

If you're going with 150/150/275, the skills you listed might work for you, but I don't like them.(no strongman , no bullseye , no brute)these are going to significantly reduce your performance with the bow.

If you're going with 145/80/300, I'd use the classic skills from an archer build.

[quasi wigeon]

...I have no idea what skills the classic build uses 🙁

When I played the game before the servers shut down I was a heavy

[delicate shell]

this is a classic archer build

[quasi wigeon]

veteran over breath control? I assume that gives more Bullseye value

[delicate shell]

for regen stam u should use potions and not waste 10 points into breath control and also thats why bullseye it is very importan

[obtuse hatch]

Could just as easily switch 5 from athlete into breath control too

[gritty tulip]

careful, they changed athlete and websites are not updated

[obtuse hatch]

aah I didn't know it also added ammo, ye it's a must have for archers then

[empty sky]

Problem with breath control is that taking opportunistic hits will make you lose a ton of stamina regen ticks so you will lose performance and eventually fatigue

But I still prefer it over veteran, on the basis that mediocre base stamina will get mediocre buffed stamina (use monastic mead tho, no T5 regen drink that I remember)

Stam regen (which you max with high DEX) gives that confidence that you can sprint to fatigue, get into an active fight and regen while blocking.

Besides, what you lose with no veteran you feel less with max athlete, which is a must these days

I never really used bullseye mainly because I am a low skill pleb

[delicate shell]

Bullseye is a must imo , allow u to keep firing all the time , veteran can save u while swimming , i swim a lot 😁 ,thats why i choose veteran.

[quasi wigeon]

...I feel like before the full rerelease or a bit after it we should either update that website or make a new one that is updated.