So guys,its better go 2 str-1 dex and make 2 critical rate gems or 2dex 1 str and go for crit atk gems?
2STR:1DEX. Crit rate gems is better. forget Evasion, they are useless in PVP.
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If you have higher Dex, you’ll end up getting more Crit rate / Eva and Accu so you will mostly give up the STR which raises Crit atk and Physical atk.
So my opinion is have more STR than DEX and just go for Crit Rate Gems to balance the stats.
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Late game 220+, the damage between those two builds are within 10% of each other. You can’t really make up for the crit rate just by using gems though because in the end you will still have less crit rate than a dex build and as level increases, so does the diminishing returns of crit rate. Through normal calculations with the given crit % formula, the str build will have around 20-25% less crit % than the dex build but will have better consistent damage. As for the evasion, it isn’t helpful in pvp because wizards just dominate there and also in pve, magic kills but having higher evasion is better than not having it for other mobs.
As for your question, for both builds I think Crit Rate gems are just pure better than Crit Damage gems.
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Ok after read this now im confused,i was thinkig if is better to take Rogue for 70% crit CHANCE only backside or is better to take 25% crit RATE with Archer 2 thats about PvP
Are you building into Rogue C3? Then going full str or high str is better than a dex build due to sneak attack.
Edit: If you are only thinking of going 1 circle into rogue just for the buff then I don’t personally think it is worth it because of positioning is a hassle, especially in PvP. Btw what is your build?
dont go for rogue c1. it sux.
doing 4.5k dmg per tick of barrage x10 with 3 overheat sux 
Ranger 3 Scout1 Archer2-Rogue1 Musketeer
Yeah that was im thinking pvp sneak hit rly sux better have 25% crit rate then
i already have a rogue c3 i dont like it,expecially when ppl said x3 karacha set dont affect the pvp pff
Ranger 3 benefits from Rogue’s feint because it makes barrage hit 10times instead of 5. However, it is not confirmed whether its a bug or intentional so it might get fixed later and also it is not class changing thus rangers don’t have to go rogues just to be good.
As you pointed out, you can’t use any of your normal equips in PvP so backstab does kinda sh*t damage in there. Lastly, I would argue that Archer C2 is pretty good in PvP due to the utility you get from heavy shot and also the swift step attribute.
Feint + barrage is not a bug.
Timed arrow bomb, Heavy shot, full draw, twin arrow, and toons of other skills have HIDDEN synergys. They do more damage to one type of armor, got auto cast on a x skill level, etc. This stuff just dont shows anywhere in the game, but the DEVs do that to turn the game more fun and the builds more diverse.
That said, I agree about archer c2 for pvp.
full draw lvl 7 instant cast.
Timed arrow bomb +50% dmg on plate armor
Heavy shot +50 % against plate armor
Twin Arrow – 50% increased damage against cloth armor.
-Stone Shot – 50% increased damage against plate armor.
Bodkin Point – 50% increased Damage against leather armor.
The list on other classes in even bigger.
Actually someone(maybe after read this)write some post in reddit :
so what is the truth?
then how ? that not make any sense why barrage should hit 10 time and not 5 ?
Feint decrease only the evasion so ?
I dunno why you ask when you have the answer: “As long as the feint debuff is on the Monster it hits 10 times”
It allways worked on KTOS, and the same, works here on ITOS.
It requires 2 ranks, 2 skills, both have CDs. There are lots of skills that combos, for ex, you can use Timed arrow bomb in a Linked pack of mobs > all the mobs will got the effect of kc dowm and the +50% plate damage even if only one mob have plate armor and the others dont.
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Do you have any guide about “skill combo” ?