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PvE "alternative" test builds

Class and Rank Archer
#1

Greetings.

Since I love the Archer class, I am building two more “alternative” builds for fun.
As I’m working with the builds, i’ll update this thread to give you guys some feedback on how it will work on PvE in general(ET, dungeons, world bosses and farming).
My goal is to upload some vídeos in the future with showcase of these builds.

  • Venom Canon Power Shooter

Archer 1 > Ranger 2 >Wugushi 2 > Rogue 1 > Cannoneer 1
(A lot of Str , sneak hit, capture and feint+barrage, plus Venom to melt enemies)

  • Black Scout Rider

Archer 3 > Scout 3 > Schwarzer Reiter 1
(Most Scout and Archer skills can be used while mounted)

Please, feel free to criticise, and debate these builds as you want.

#2

iDreamy build is better for DPS because you can go full STR and get %70 crit chance with sneak hit for almost 100% uptime, plus capture circle which can be very useful.

And as scout 3 you probably wouldnt use SR skills often, if you take it for the mov speed, I’ve read than almost 80% of mobs in end game does magic attacks, and even the physic damage ones have skills which never miss, dosent matter how far you are.

But well it could be a funny build

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#3

I read somewhere that you can’t stack the cloaking speed bonus with the mounted bonus either. Oh yea, cloaking has a run speed bonus attribute in case you missed that, it gives you even less reason to select reiter as a scout3 imo assuming they don’t stack.

Your first build… I kinda cringe every time I see ranger 2 in a build, iToS steady aim is too weak to justify it. Is time bomb good or something? Idk. You should probably take A2 despite it being a strength build to help boost your front side crits and give you multi-shot 10 which is nice. If you don’t want to do that then quarrel shoot offers psuedo taunting on pavise and caltrops to help position for gu pot or you could pepper in 1 rank of hunter for funsies. Could be a fun build maybe.

#4

Archer3-Scout3-SR1

#5

This video shows some very important points.

-Doesn’t use Reiter skills
-Cloaking dismounts you
-Even with speed pots mounted speed while shooting is not super fast

With good gear ScoutC3 pretty much speaks for itself as you can see from this, you can pick whatever you want for Rank 7 but Reiter only offers some mounted speed and hp to your build. It’s a mere novelty at that point.

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#6

That build is specifically designed for flash farming field mobs and nothing else.

Another altenative build for farming is A2 Qs3 sr2. m be faster while auto attacking.

#7

I though it will move faster while attacking mounting and even then it would worth to pick it, now than I see the mov speed is the same ridding it isnt even a viable build.

#8

90% of time while doing dungeon or grinding you will be non-stop spaming split arrow so you loss the mov speed of the mount.

And the only skill which may be use from SR class is retreat shoot which have long cd and it will take a long time to lure mobs so you can cast it propely while you could just spam split arrow and kill everything

#9

We don’t do dungeon grinding in itos though, so I don’t know why you keep bringing it up. The move speed from SR is used to get from mob to mob for field farming

#10

I said dungeon OR grinding, idk whats the diference between grinding and field farming, but the point is than most of the time you wont use that bonus speed since split arrow can even shoot mobs that are outside of your screen.

#11

90% of the time is spent running to mob spawns and 10% is spent killing them.

The only real instance where this isn’t the case is the 130 dungeon, but no one solos dungeons in iToS because the silver is nerfed hard.

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#12

Thanks for the answers.

@miguel_angel_1118
In the Scout Build I will use retreat shot, and then spam split arrow, flare shot, multi shot, etc while I wait for the cd.
Other Cons would be more HP and mobility from the mount, although camouflage unmounts.
Other than that I know iDreamy’s build is better, but I enjoy the idea of this build, so I’ll try it even if just for fun.

@Endverse
I chose Ranger 2 instead of Archer 2 to have barrage lvl 10 and steady aim lvl 10.
End game multishot is almost useless, and I already will have sneak hit for the crits.
I agree with quarrel adding some ultility, or even sapper 1 on Rank 3.

#13

Everything I’ve read/seen/experienced about multi-shot flies against the statement “almost useless”, think you are mistaken there.

Conversely you get 5% more steady aim and 146 more attack on barrage for a whole circle at ranger 2… does that really seem like a lot to people?

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#14

I’m sorry, I didn’t explain myself well enough.

What I meant is that in this build, with wugushi, feint+barrage, and cannoneer skills, I won’t even have time to use multishot.
In the other hand, I’ll have a bit more damage in barrage, and 5% more damage to every skill in the build.

I don’t consider A2, also because of sneak hit being present, and the fact that I won’t AA much, so kneeling shot is not a great choice imo.

I have an archer build with multishot lvl 10, and I still use it on lvl 200+, but in fact for this specific build, I don’t think it will make much of a difference in end game PvE content.

Edit: I am not saying it is better or worse, just personal preference, in the way I want the build to work.

#15

I see what you are sayin, still if it’s me I’d prefer to unlock functionality with every rank, skills that scale up in targets/hits or unlock attributes are ideal for taking later circles but if not that then another class entirely.

Ranger 2 is like choosing not to choose anything almost imo, 5% damage and a little more attack is something you might get on an armor piece or something, not an entire class choice.