PhongTom's Solo Archer Build Guide (Infinitive MP spam)

Yeah, I actually watched it twice!
It is so cool and make me rush into game to craft one for myself...until I read its description
I'm not sure if it's a glitch or they just put incorrect description. My hope is the latter since gear bow itself already had quite weak atk.

EDIT: Keep update your guide @PhongTom
This is my favorite guide by far because it's very newby friendly and doesn't require any expensive items nor drugs.

 

Do you know lv10 Snipe + bow already have higher Crit rate than bowgun?

 

No, i didn't know. I'm only lv59 atm and have no snipe yet

 

gear bow atk weak but has higher stab n crt dmg compare to exo bow 4%atk, +8crt dmg. gear bow+5 completely outdmg my exo+E(flare volg) 4%atk,+6crt dmg by 5k+dmg time to sell exo e.e...

 

man,
all this hype about archer really tempts me lol
I always fall in love with archer from day one actually, as their skills really are racked with nice utilities.
btw, watching ur video...
is archer a melee fighter now??

 

I thought the same ._.

 

Althogh my set1 combo in Solo type have 2x Tumble chance, it doesnt mean you can Tumble bosses everytime. Sometimes if you missed Tumble while they are preparing a special atk (for ex: masked warcry before rampage), quickly use set 2 combo with Flinch + Tumble again will help you stop them

 

I hit 70 today and finally can taste your tasty combo...yummy
But, I concern about one thing: Tumble Rate
I feel combination of Smoke Dust > Power Shot gives lower tumble rate than my pre-70's combination. I used to use Paralyze > Power Shot before.
I wonder is it only a placebo effect or something really changed since Paralyze reduce enemy's evasion according to @Kimesato post (http://www.toramonline.com/index.php?threads/status-alignments.1652/)
Can you confirm this @PhongTom ?

 

my archer is still lv51, but yea I have this situation too. I put power shot (swift) right after snipe in combo sequence n the tumble rate is indeed reduced compared to before when I'm still leveling combo with moeba > power shot (cons).
I'm not sure if it's the blind from smoke dust or the swift tag that reduces tumble rate.

 

At lv10, im sure P.shot always hit Tumble, if not Tumble, it is in Cooldown status (mean you cant spam Tumble skill repeatly), if boss Evasion Tumble from P.shot, Impact will help

 

States build for bow?

 

Recommeded stat distribution for Bow

 

Dex capped then Str.

 

k I have some questions here @PhongTom
1. both ur combos have smited snipe at the end... won't that increase mp consumption? since no skill after smites ones
2. why did u put smoke dust lv. 5 in ur build? is increase in level give it more stronger damage or blind effect?
3. since snipe always crit, why not max atk up n smash (5% chance of double crit) from battle skills?

nice guide n thank you for answers

 

@DansAway
I think it was intended to shorten the combo. Its mana consumption back to 4mp after reduced to 2mp by impact effect. Added 1mp used by power shot (swift) it perfectly matched 5mp saved from smoke dust (save).

I'm following his combo, tweak it a bit:

Ver.1
Moeba > Smoke Dust (save) > Power Shot (swift) > Impact (swift) > Snipe (smite) > Smash (consec)

Or

Ver.2
Moeba > Paralyze (save) > Power Shot (swift) > Impact (consec) > Snipe (smite) > Smash (consec)

I personally like paralyze debuff over smoke dust. But in this case ver.1 has some advantages too:
- Faster impact
- Stronger impact dmg which is useful to get rid boss' minions

Btw I'm considering to replace moeba for sonic wave. Because I think moeba only good if we fight on big area or fighting bosses with slow movement. If we are forced to fight in small area or fast moving boss, I think sonic wave's tumble is more useful to buy us more time to finish our combo. But I'm not sure if its tumble rate is good enough without equiping knuckles.

 

1: Like @Keliori said
2: Sorry that was my typing mistake. Thanks for pointing out it, im still using Smoke Dust lv 1
3: Those skills are basic requirements. You can max them or build other skills if you want

 

If you want Sonic wave more effective, you must max them at lv10, because at lv1 sonic wave, even Knuckle as main, has terrible Tumble chance

 

I have tested gear bow, using your recommended stat and equip, but unfortunately, my snipe rarely crits... Currently lv 30 - ish... Do you know whats wrong?

 

Make sure you have lv10 Snipe, my Build have crit lv10 from Battle skill, 9 crit stat (from gunner build before) and 1 xtal crit +2

 

Your dex is still low... So no crit for u until maybe around lv 60+ where u shd get decent cri rate