What about (assuming we get the kToS Steady Aim buff): A2>R3>F1>C1
well if you want to dream, linker/thau would be epic for wugushi, thau could depending on your offhand get you another +500 phys attack, which is HUGE for poison damage, each tick deals +500.
However the meta is all about cryo/chrono and without a proper setup its unlikely that you will end with linker/thau in your group anyway. Really hard to tell if chrono pass would be better with wugushi, as dots doesnt stack, but double wu pot could be better.
Its just sad that wugushi only scales with str/patack, in the long run pretty much all archers are forced into crit/dex builds, all new floor 40 weapons have huge crit attack modifiers on them and thanks to the upscaling crit defense, you will want more and more crit rate in order to crit. They really want to implement some crit scaling into poison, as the whole circle design is kinda opposed to the general archer class design. Would prolly be enough to let poison scale with crit attack also.
Also c3 jincan needs some DIRE fixing. But the same can be said for many c3 skills (hi sapper, hunter, pyro, almost everything).
Overall wugushi is the very best circle 4 class for archers, if they fix c3 and get some scaling done, it can even very well be a good circle 6 choice.
I was even thinking about a3/wugushi3 and musket. As wugushi skills are not based on weapon, you could use swift step and all poisons without ever having to use the damn laggy/weapon swap with musket. However we need to see how musket c2 goes and if they implement some crit into poison, otherwise it would be pointless as musket will also require high dex.
Maybe mergen will be STR based, but i have my doubts.
unlikely, we started with the buffed steady aim version and it got nerfed for ITOS.
I’m thinking towards Arch2-Rang1-Scout1-Rogue1-Falconer1-Cannoneer1.
That may sound all-stars, but think about it for a moment.
It uses all cannon skills and also a faint-barrage combo.
It doesnt have Wugu unfortunately, but it’s fully PvP-compatible.
It gets crit rate from both gear with Arch2 bonus and Sneak Hit with Werewolf cards (this is a build for latest ktos version they are going to bring here soon).
It doesn’t need gladbands or vubbe fighter really, so you can go double sissels (which are great with huge AoEs as frenzy activates in no time + also give crit rate) and fullplate like Grynas or whatever.
So basically it’s a build that doesn’t have much problem with both AoE and crit rate, can go very low dex (like 0-15 invested or so) and thus can invest more to str and con. It can also wear shield if it’s not wearing a cannon, but I’m not sure that will not decrease dmg due to cannoneer bugs.
This is purely a theory, so I’m interested to hear your thoughts.
However the meta is all about cryo/chrono
In my server, there are parties that have cryo chrono and linker chrono. And those are not few, there are many.
So what about a Split Arrow build? Saw no one mentioning the skill at all, as it is a spam able AoE that reads good on the paper.
Shouldn’t it be good for ET?j
Retreat Shot lets you move at top speed while unleashing huge amounts of aoe damage, learning how to use it is tricky though but once you figure it out it’s amazing.
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moving top speed = less hit on targets
Split arrows is mostly to gain aggro from widely spreaded mobs rather than solid damaging
Is its damage that bad or what?
What? I thought it was the higher your move speed, the more shots you end up doing.
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moving top speed = less hit on targets
Play the game.