Str Archer Help

ninjateddy04 · Post by **ninjateddy04** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:56 am

I dont know wat skills to get! All i know is to get anti devil, arrow combo, and strength. What else do i need to get?

Pawnage · Post by **Pawnage** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:46 am

in my opinion, get all. All are very useful.
Some people say do not get autumn series, but i disagree. Its more powerful than Anti-Devil Series, but just no crit. Also very useful when getting mobbed/jobbing.

glavie · Post by **glavie** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:32 am

there are guides stickied at the top of this section. Just remember that they are just peoples opinions, and some maybe slightly outdated, but ask specific questions after you read them.

ReiGX · Post by **ReiGX** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:38 am

Here's what I've been told:

-Anti Devil Series [Max it] (Good first skill and last, crit increases each book.)
-Arrow Combo Series [Max it] (5 Arrow Combo pwns with knock back.)
-Hawk Training Series (Get White/Blue Hawk because the damage of Black/Lightning Hawk don't make too big of a difference.)
-Breaking Heaven Series [Max it] (This let's you attack at a further range.)
-Explosion Arrow Series [Max it] (Good for grinding, splash damage)
-Strong Bow Series [Max it] (Duh, it's pretty much the best bow skill, plus Strong Bow - Craft has stun.)
-Mind Bow Series [Max it] (It's pretty much okay in grinding and getting rid of pestering noobs in pvp.

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-Mind Consentration [Passive/Max it] (Increases Hit Ratio, so more crits.)

glavie · Post by **glavie** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:06 am

ReiGX wrote:Here's what I've been told:

-Anti Devil Series [Max it] (Good first skill and last, crit increases each book.)
-Arrow Combo Series [Max it] (5 Arrow Combo pwns with knock back.)
-Hawk Training Series (Get White/Blue Hawk because the damage of Black/Lightning Hawk don't make too big of a difference.)
-Breaking Heaven Series [Max it] (This let's you attack at a further range.)
-Explosion Arrow Series [Max it] (Good for grinding, splash damage)
-Strong Bow Series [Max it] (Duh, it's pretty much the best bow skill, plus Strong Bow - Craft has stun.)
-Mind Bow Series [Max it] (It's pretty much okay in grinding and getting rid of pestering noobs in pvp. )
-Mind Consentration [Passive/Max it] (Increases Hit Ratio, so more crits.)

Everything is good except the red part. Common misconception, but attack rating does not increase critical. If you look at a weapon you will see a attack damage range. The more attack rating you have the higher the chance it will hit at the top of that range.

Critical is only affected by the crit stat on your weapon and by skill(antidevil) The crit stat is a %, ao a crit 10 has a 10% chance of critical.

Mindbow is a useful skill especially for hunting on trade runs. It doesn't help in pvp, and doesn't help much in grinding, so if you are low on sp you can skip it.
Same with autumn wind, its a good skill, but if you don't have it your character won't suck. If you don't have strongbow you would suck

HertogJan · Post by **HertogJan** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:19 am

Autumm wind is awesome.

I grind as a crazy person cause of it. Considering my low level its my only attack with spread damage. I lure mobs with anti-devil and combo and then move on, letting the splash damage from autum wind finish them off. I can tank anyways as a pure str. And I go at an awesome speed this way.

On later levels it is still usefull for grinding. As said above, it is stronger then anti-devil. It also is a decent finisher in pvp, nothing special just a regular damage dealer.

ninjateddy04 · Post by **ninjateddy04** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:36 am

that's the main thing i dont know wat to do! Autumn wind has so many mixed opinions!! I dont see anyone with it so i dont know how it is. Is it really worth it?

HertogJan · Post by **HertogJan** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:47 am

Totally depening on what level you are now, if youre not that high just trow in a couple of sp to get the first few levels of it. It wont hurt youre sp count that much and you will see it for yourself.

I had a level 80 pure str archers and I had the attack on level 73 and I used it while grinding and pvping. When strongbow, knockback and anti-devil are reloading and you need a quick decent damage dealer its usefull. Considering explosion series have the longest load time of the bow attacks nowadays, autumm wind is a decent option to trow in a couple of extra k's damage.

But other people indeed totally dislike it, I seriously wonder how they grind until you get the explosion arrow though ^^.

Kikyo · Post by **Kikyo** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:51 am

i have a str bow for my main, but I've decided that I'm going to not level her up anymore, i decided that i rather be euro, i find euros are more useful than china toons.

and euros get to wear thongs, i miss that on my male toons.

glavie · Post by **glavie** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:58 pm

Just so you know how autumn wind works it is a penetration move. That means that it will hit a mob behind you when you shoot 1 in front of you. So when grinding you pick a mob that lets say you can 2 hit. First attack with antidevil then go to another mob. The first mob will follow you and use autmn wind, the penetration will kill the first mob. It will also sometimes hit a mob in front if he is close enough. So basically it saves you a hit