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Mergen Skills allocation

Hi, i would like to know which Mergen skills should i level

Is spread shot lv5 good? Homing Arrow Vs Arrow sprinkle which is better?

I just got R8 and want to use it for bossing and some farming, i don’t have Falconer on my build.

Thanks for the help in advance

homing arrow AND arrow sprinkler is better. spread shot is not good for bossing

Spread Shot went from bad to really good in the big update. But it seems to bug out from time to time if you stand to close to what you are killing.

My skill distribution for a mergen without falcon are:
5 Spread Shot
5 Tripple Arrow
4 Arrow Sprinkle
1 Homing Arrow

Charging homing arrow 1 is long and interruptible. Do you always cast this?

I would put at least lv3 for homing just to cast a bit then release.

I only use homing arrow if i got a Falconer in the party.
Without circling it’s kind of meh.

I got a bosskiller build, so putting more points into Arrow Sprinkle is a lot more usefull for me.

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Homing arrow sucks. With this build you have no time even to cast it, instead of that you can spam anything else to boost more damage. Doing any saalus solo as this build without any problem in low gear(shade parts without much def and evasion is bad atm also in full str build), so almost naked. No trans on weap. Mergen is just OP now in this skill rotation imho.

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Yeah I guess with fletcher3, homing is not necessary. I have 2 mergen with 2 different approaches. I’ll try to figure how to play them differently or maybe just reset 1 to entire new class.

My choice:

  • Triple arrow: 5
  • Homing arrow: 5
  • Spread shot: 3
  • Arrow sprinkle: 1 (I may remove this, put point into Spread shot, it’s not worth IMO)
  • Parthian shaft: 1
    Homing arrow vs Spread shot: why I choose Homing arrow:
    (1) It has x5 factor (5 arrows)
    (2) I’m falconer, under circling homing performs better.
    (3) In boss fighting, in case I’m next to boss, I may miss Spread shot, I dunno why lol
    With my Mergen, boss fight:
  • Under sneak hit, x7 glassmole, Homing deal up to 500k per overheat, 2 overheat, require charging time.
  • Undear sneak hit, x7 glassmole, Spread shot deal up to 200-230k (I do not remember), 3 overheat, affected DEX speed, releasing 3 ov very fast.
    Afterall, this is my choice

Is Arrow sprinkle that bad?

My Archer is A2/Sap2/Fletcher3/Mergen, i like DoT’s and bursts, should i reset to Wugu/Falc?

It’s too bad for me. All others skill get better after patch, arrow sprinkle worse lol

Arrow sprinkle is terrible overall now. Spread shot is pretty powerful when it hits (do have some distance). Triple arrow is good for mobbing. Homing shot for bosses.

Didn’t go for Parthian shaft as I don’t find much use in it. From what I’ve seen though, spread shot seems to do the most damage, homing shot, then triple arrow (unless there are mobs)

I tried Fletcher > mergen build and at first I don’t like it because my hotkey were full with skill. I’ll try again once with less skill so I can truly utilised selected skill.
I prolly need to figure how is Fletcher playstyle since I felt that the damage is a bit disappointing compare to mergen.

Fletcher should be a core build of FletcherMergen instead of filler for Mergen?

And imo it’s safe to ditch 1-2 mergen skill if you don’t have falcon in build. You could go full aoe atk ratio gear but then you will lost some damage/crit gear.

Fletcher skills require you to go wild on skill usage. So if you’re going to drop skills, it will be arrow sprinkle and homing shot as they require targeting or charge time. Spread shot and Parthian require some distance to shoot, but are quick fire skills like triple arrow. Currently running fletcher 2 falcon mergen

What’s ur Falc/Mergen build?

I’m finding my own path. Atm, my path (maybe I would keep this path) is:
A3 - Scout - Rogue2- Falconer - Mergen
My teamate miss falconer3, I cannot decide yet :joy:

My “main” build is Archer 2 Ranger Scout Fletcher 3 Mergen and it’s always been strong. It remains strong after the patch, you just have to switch skills around.

I play ar3sc3app1mer1. It’s boss DPS build with 4 spammable skills and some nuking skills.
I have lv5 spread shot and lv5 triple arrow
Other 3 skill is not nessesary IMO. Maybe you can put 1 point for parthian shot for mobility.
I 'll just keep points since I want to use it for next circle skills