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DEX vs STR debate

I suport this. ALL INT> ALL

For the other 2 guys above: read to the topic. lol.

CON is mandatory no con, you will die.

good to know. I guess that only points towards DEX, as the additive in a linear spreasheet isn“t that great. My bet it that 10% per rank on STR+INT is the defense/utility aspect of DEX. Anyhow, large ammounts of DEX is better than STR exactly because that 70% bonus at rank 7 (is that right?).
My point being the defense/utility or anti-defense/anti-utility (DEX-SPR) stats theres more reward on working on the higher point of the curve (evasion, armor pen - critical chance) than the additive benefits of STR-INT even with the 70% (wich maybe over-value the defense-utility, facts that depends imenselly on the ā€œmetagameā€).
To trow allmy arguments on the garbage, lets say my guess could be verified. A patch of, lets say, 5% on the per rank bonus on STR can put the STR a margin bonus. At every point everything is viable. Thats probably mmoish every game design, right?

EDIT: Just read the 100% past 500 or 50% from 400-500. That aplies to the rank bonus, considering 10 ranks STR get 100% benefit, maybe 3 points for STR to 2 points per point on DEX. Althought all linear doesnt really change much. Or else, points again on DEX (as stated a lot on the above posts since my post), as it had a defensive aspect. I know magic can“t be evaded, but i“ve dodged many may be OHKO bosses special moves.

A lot of koreans archers say they build mostly for dex while english players recommend prioritizing str…

Still undecided whose sheep I’m going to be. :sweat:

That’s what I’m saying. They’ve had the game for longer and have had more time to debate over optimization. The spreadsheets here are nice and all, but I feel like in practice it works out a little more biased towards dex. Like have you seen this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJhngRtBtEU? Pure dex craziness. But again, just for fletchers. Auto attack builds like QS should definitely go more for str.

I play a pure STR archer and my friend play a pure DEX archer. We’re doing about the same dps but I had to spent extra silvers on HP Potions while my friend enjoying near to 80~90% evasion.

If you have the cash, go for pure STR and so called ā€œBest Gearā€ at end game content. Otherwise i suggest you go for pure DEX and add some STR whenever you feel you have enough crit.

EDIT: Both of us doing the same build Archer2>Ranger3

Is SPR not important at end game?

You can just substitute mana pots for SPR. Only reason I can think of to go SPR is to get the .2 MDEF/SPR, but that is way too low.

Ah… so even if my build spams skills, it’s still better to not put any SPR? Am I expected to spam mana pots whenever the CD is off in endgame? It seems rather costly.

There are ways to do ā€œmini gamesā€ in certain maps that give you big sp pots can do them in mutiple chs and mutiple times a day

Stat points are infinitely more expensive than Sp potions.

Don’t worry about SPR get 3 head gear with all sp Regan. Currently lv155 with 213 sp regeneration. That will save you money, and it won’t cost you a reset stats potion in the future

Hmm all right thanks!

Hi guys!
Kind of new to the whole Archer class and I have been reading alot of different things. Right now I’m lvl 148, I went Archer > Ranger3 > Fletcher. Planning on going Fletcher2 and then Cannoneer. My stats are as followed:

STR: 70
CON: 34 (I have been putting in those ā€œFree stat pointsā€ u get after completing story-line quests and Zemya Statues)
DEX: 141

6 points un-used still

I’m currently pumping DEX because I have been told it’s really good. However, I feel like i’m not critting THAT much. Ofcourse I crit alot, but on certain monsters it’s more white hits then anything else.

My question is, should I just keep pumping DEX till the end or should I use my stat-reset and just go full STR or something?

Kind of confused and hoping the good people of these forums can help me out :slight_smile:

Edit: Oh and I’m also getting +18 cri-rate from my headgears.

depends on your build plan

Ohh my bad, I edited my post!

yeah stick with dex
do 3:1:1 dex str con

The guy in this video has pretty good gears. But I feel like his attacks aren’t hitting as strong. If he went a mixture of Str/Dex where Str was higher than his dex maybe 3:1 then I think he would probably add a lot more damage to his ticks in Magic Arrow or other skills. Is it really worth giving up 1K per tick just for more DEX to have a higher chance of crit? He doesn’t seem to be critting enough to the point where its worth losing that much damage per tick.

1K was just a made up number btw :stuck_out_tongue: but yeah its an interesting debate. I havent tried the full dex route myself so I don’t know whats really better.

This is a all or nothing stat system imo.

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It wouldn’t, the added damage would be so negligible because he’s critting for 10k on magic arrow. If you added 100 str to his build, his magic arrow would crit for 10250 damage, which is pretty much unnoticeable.