Tree of Savior Forum

Question about Archer

Class and Rank Archer
#1

I dunno which skill is more important.

I know that magic arrow and crossfire are maxed.

In general, you want to spam crossfire against leather and plate armor coz it deals 2 hits (1 hit + 150% explosion). But against cloth armor, barbed arrow is better coz it deals 3 hits (which is about 50% dmg more than crossfire). So barbed arrow is only helpful against 1/3 armor types of mob.

Bodkin Point reduces 55%def (lvl10) or 80%def (lvl15) which is about 250 or 350 more dmg against lvl 300 bosses for all your skills and for any physical jobs in your party.

So isn’t bodkin point better overall? Why most ppl don’t lvl it?

Is it worth putting 1 point into broadhead for bleeding? How much dmg bleeding do? If it’s worth 1 point, from which skill should i take the point?

Does additional crit chance works from hunter’s coursing works against boss? Is it 30% crit chance or crit rate?

For fletcher build, I think ranger is useless coz Crossfire deals more dmg than ranger’s skills except for maybe Spiral Arrow and it has 0 CD. So the only useful skill is Steady Aim which only give 20%dmg and has 10s duration now, with 25s CD.

I think QS3 would help more against boss coz +200% and 30% aspd deals more dmg than crossfire(+20% steady aim) coz of casting animation. what do you think?

How you do animation cancel while using kneeling shot?

Thanks in advance

#2

I would go for barbed over bodkin, mainly because of the damage and farming potential. The current bosses are really easy to beat at the moment so getting bodkin just for them isn’t entirely necessary (just my opinion). Though I really wanna know what other peoples think of this.

#3

Up, these are the same doubts I have

#4

bump, i am also curious concerning this lol

#5

Bodkin point reduces 75% def from STRUCK enemies and 5% for everyone. You don’t need really to max Crossfire, if want a PvP build or take Ranger 3 with Barrage 15 you can get a nice AoE damage without Crossfire.

Coursing and retrieve doesn’t works against bosses.

QS3 > Archer2~3 is a good option, but you need a really low ping to play well.
Ranger C3 > Fletcher C3 with Magic Arrow 10 and Broadhead 15 can deal massive damage too. You can also go QS3 > Fletcher 3 and combo it all.

Its all about mechanics: As fletcher you have the autonomy to kill bosses with all kinds of team composition since after your broadhead + magic arrow you can spam lots of spells while moving. So your team’s support can focus on tank or another DD. As QS3>Archer you are the “ultimate damage”, so your team composition needs to be focused on you.

#6

what is STRUCK? stun?

I think maxing crossfire is a must coz it has 0CD so u will be spamming it.

I know A3>QS3 is good. I just wanna know which is more optimized between QS3>Fletcher and R3>Fletcher. As I said before, I feel like ranger skills are useless coz crossfire deals more dmg except for spiral arrow which is multihits and steady aim (but for 10sec only).