it can be given proper aoe attack ratio, but falcon gives your build much much more aoe damage than archer c3. especially since you can have that same stat do for multishot lvl 10, along with circling for all abilities including that.
whatās the meta for a2/qs3? is sr2 still viable even after the nerf?
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Usually you use Retreat Shot for pulls of 5+ mobs, so the nerf with QS3 running shot + retreat shot doesnāt really affect you that much.
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will it still be a decent/acceptable ET build? i dont think iāll enjoy the ranger> sr build
Absolutely, itās not like youāll be using running shot for dps on aoe mobs in ET
What about A1>QS3>Sapper 2>Musk route? Is it a good idea to replace aspd and dps from A2 to include AOE for QS3. Shooting things one by one doesnāt seem fun
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Iāve never played it, but the sapper build seems fun to me. The attackspeed from A2 comes from kneeling shot and Iāve found that animation cancelling with mouse mode gets you the same attack speed
The idea is to lay down defensive traps and shoot everything in a safe position. Should be great in dungeons where mobs have 10x HP and the Golem rolling is ridiculous
SR2 deals aoe damage and its way higher than broom trap and also hits flying targets.
Well, I prefer Musk over SR. Secondly, mobility is not needed in my playstyle as I said in the previous post
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Hello. So i want to make a A2/QS3/SR2. My question is, does this build really need kneeling shot? Since i saw some builds with lv5 kneeling and all points to Oblique Shot. My status will be STR/CON for thisā¦
I donāt play SR so I have no idea about it playstyle. But as someone whom have rerolled several Archers, I can tell you that Kneeling Shot and Swift Step critical attribute are 2 most important aspects of Archer C2.
If you plan to take A2, I would suggest taking Kneeling Shot. However, because Kneeling Shot does scale with Dex, I would suggest you investing in Dex too. More crit rate, evasion and damage. My preferred stat ratio would be 3:2 (Str:Dex) and about 50 Con
donāt have to invest in dex, thereās enough crit rate from buffs/gear/gems to make swift step happy, and str getās more bonus per investment to the point where str overall gives about 40% more physical attack than the dex->attack from kneeling shot. still dex is good, but choose your stat allocation based off your future party preferred situation and your rank6-7 choices. with heavy investments in gear and good group set up, high str allocation like 3:1 str/dex might be the best overall but solo would be something like 3:2 as you said.
Dex is always good. It gives you damage (in form of crit) and defensive option (evasion). If Dex gave more aspd, I would glady go full Dex
yes, but i think someone said in the str/dex debate thread that with BiS available gear gems and monstance/zalcai buffs you only need to invest 70 dex to hit crit rate cap on the mobs with the highest common crit resistance. without those situations, i agree that dex has good value. my archer toon is going 1:1 with crit attack prioritized gear/gems.
Sacrament, Aspersion, Swift Step and occasional Enchant Fire, thatās 4 buffs already. Even as a Token user, I get my pardoner buffs overwriten all the time.
Damage trade-off from investing in both Dex and Str can be remedied by a Didel Grandcross (if you are lucky). And Archers donāt get that 30% Str increase either
not what i was talking about, but iāll elaborate to clear any confusion based on your opinion on the matter.
A) number of buffs have nothing to do with it. proper party for maximizing damage will have a krivis c2-3, and priest c1-3. zalcai for crit rate debuff and crit attack buff, along with increased buff count. priest for dex buff and attack line buffs. anyways with swift step, zalcai, monstrance, gear, and gems you only need ~70 dex to reach huge amounts of crit % chance. any further dex in a maximized group setup thus is outscaled by str which has 10% more stat per class rank beyond rank 1 while dex does not.
B) didelGC is for qs3 period, doesnāt matter what stats you invest in. other builds will just simply choose their best 1h xbow based on their stat choice. 1:1 and higher dex prefers crit attack, 3:2 and higher str prefers crit rate.
C) my point was that in a perfect group (at least one support running crit buffs/debuffs) your stat investment should be 3:1 str/dex or full str. solo it should be somewhere between 2:1 and 1:1 based on class ranks chosen.
Full STR provides Optimal autoattack damage with running shot. Itās not just about the physical attack value, itās also the crit attack and the raw amount of extra stats you get from going pure STR
The extra mobility from SR is way bette than kneeling shot in my opinion. SR also provides some frost-cloud tier aoe damage for group grinding and ET