Hello there, I need a little help from you guys, I’m currently an A3 and I was wondering, I have 15 on Swift Step/15 Multi Shot/ 5 Twin Arrows and I wanna know which is better 10 Oblique Shot vs 10 Heavy Shot. Also, would it be better if I just kept Swift on 10? If it is then it would be 15 Oblique Shot vs 10 Heavy Shot and rather than going A3 would going R1 be better? If I do go R1 then I’ll lose 5 points on Multi and lose another 5 points and Twin (is twin good to begin with?) completely. But, I can get 5 Steady Aim and 10 points which can go to the other 3 skills (and I don’t know which 2 out of the 3 to pick).
I would also like to be Scout 3 in the far far future an is going with 3 STR : 1 DEX.
Follow up question, which would be better? Using an xbow+Arde then swapping to a 2bow around 220+ when I get to R6 for Split Arrow OR going 2h bow all the way?
A2-R1 is better than A3 because:
- Lv 15 takes too long to charge
- Twin arrows fall off late-game
- DO NOT go above lv 1 Oblique Shot. Get lv 50+ attributes instead. The mana cost too much and not really worth the damage.
- Going over lv 10 Swift Step is not worth it. You get it mainly for 25% crit buff. 15% evasion is just an icing on the cake.
Split arrows = 2H Bow
With R1 you get 10% damage scales great for late game. Barrage for easy leveling scale bad late-game but decent dammage if you use it as a shot gun.
Split arrow can be used with xbow and bow cant it? o_O
it’s stronger with 2h bow, because it has % scaling.
This has been tested numerous times to be true.
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All is not lost going A3 if you want to pvp, though. Lv15 heavy shot with 75+ levels in its damage modifying attribute makes it a nasty pvp skill. Keeps people from casting skills due to the slight knockback and does pretty good dmg. Won’t be a 1 hit kill though.
Quite informative 
So it still takes too long to charge even with its Quick charging attribute? Also, between High Anchoring and Critical Shot, which is better? Since I’ll have that extra 5 points if I go R1.
You wont use critical shot at all. You can do 1 critical 4 high anchoring or 5 high anchoring. At rank 7 the only thing im using in my rotation are steady aim and barrage.
Get atleast 50% atrributes on barrage and you are golden.
IMO Ranger1 vs Ar3 depend on you build plan. you’re ar2>x>scout3 right? how’s your R7-8?
most case(espicailly build that have rogue) ranger1 is more preferable as the other said
But I still prefer Ar3, in case that you have falconer, circling make your multi shot another strong AoE skill.
If solo the won’t able to full charge multi shot that much, but if you’re in party(espicially with druid) full charge multi shot isn’t hard to use.
more duration of swift step mean less interrupt your dmg skill rotation.
In case you go Ar3, Instead of put many point in oblique shot that isn’t worth,
and if you don’t plan pvp to make use of lv10 heavy shot. Fulldraw is the way to go. and maybe few in kneeling shot(In the past I don’t want put any point in this skill for those non AA build, but after fight Rexipher several time put few ‘leftover’ point here isn’t a bad idea)
I don’t really have any thought for R7-8 yet…but… Mergen seems nice? and I don’t really want to be a Rouge ;m;
Well, you could go scout>fletcher3>rogue(or something), though a3 is more about full draw for me (pvp).
If you wanna really invest in rogue, you may wanna skip dex.
Ps: i would favor a pvp build, since this will be a part of the end content anyway, and archer can do both well.
you play A3>Scout3 right?
if you wanna go mergen then Falcon is one of good choice for you. Falcon circling can combo with Multishot lvl15, And also can use with Mergen’s skill too.
Rogue can capture flare shot and arrow rain. But it’s suit for A2>R1 more than A3.
Choose which one you like.
Or if you don’t go Mergen … Musketeer C2 in R7-R8 also good choice for you.
Won’t I lose the 10% increase from Steady Aim if I go A3? Or would that be okay? I actually like your suggestion… omo
It’s best to get buff from rank 1-4 from Archer tree. You will have too many skills at rank 8 and won’t be using them all anyway. 10% is a lot trust me with rank 8 spike skill damage you will do more with steady aim compare to Twin Arrows.
yes, win some lose some.
my 1st char is A3 with multishot 15 can do 15x4k=60k dmg per overheat
my 2nd char is A2-R1 with multishot 10 plus steady aim 5 can do 10x4000x1.1= 44k dmg per overheat
but i got barrage5+steady aim5 which can do 5x4000x1.1=22k per overheat
Yeah you lost Steady Aim if you go A3. But you will got Multishot lvl15 & Twins arrow. And high lvl of Full draw or Heavy shot. And you will move faster when use Mergen/ScoutC3 skill because you have Shiftstep lvl15.
Well it’s upon your style. You need moblity or power.
Twins arrow just like Multishot lvl9. It’s only single target but easy to use because you can moving around and don’t need to charge.
You can also go SR at R7, just like I did. Helps clearing the dungeon w RS + nice mobility.