This greatly reduces your options while DPSing. The reason being that when you use this glyph is requires that you use Radiant Arrow 6 seconds (that’s how long the glyph of blaze lasts) before each penetrating arrow. If you were using Arrow Volley’s glyph of blaze for penetrating arrow then you were likely considering using the final salvo glyph of blaze just now. It increases Penetrating Arrow speed by 40% but given the things mentioned before it’s not worth the effort and what I’m going to tell you later on is going to blow your mind.ĥ) Final Salvo Glyph of Blaze is good because _. Now like I was saying before, we have a similar situation with the Glyph of Blaze on Arrow Volley. They function entirely the same yet after all these years (and a major Arrow Volley buff in the past) it is still a skill that is not worth using. Flaming Barrage on a sorcerer is 3600 damage base.

To give you a comparison Arrow Volley is approximately 1760 damage base. It’s not only an animation lock but if you get staggered when the arrow is flying through the air it will not do any damage because the animation has technically not finished. This skill’s damage compared to how long it takes to use it just not worth it. We’re trying to get away from the emphasis on charge shots because they’re not as good as one might think.Ĥ) Arrow Volley is good because _. Radiant Arrow charges fast enough as it is. The animation is significantly longer than other skills, the DoT is entirely laughable due to its lack of gear-scaling, and the amount of glyph points that you would even need to use this glyph is not worth it.

Even if you’re using the Glyph of Blaze for Radiant Arrow charge speed poison arrow is still a very bad skill. Some of the animations on Archer are fairly long and the last thing you want to do is get caught up in some animation that could lead to you putting out less DPS or getting killed.ģ) Poison Arrow is good because _. Given that Archer is built to be a non-stop machine that unloads as many actions as fast as possible you will need the attack speed to get through the whole kit. I am completely aware of all of the math behind the game and where Keen/Intense stand in terms of raw damage but you cannot quantify attack speed and go on to disregard it without taking into consideration the time of each animation and number of actions performed. This class has a massive kit of skills that can be executed in quick succession that would outweigh the amount of time spent overcharging 1 charge shot to gain 40% more damage.Ģ) Archers should go with Keen weapons and not roll an attack speed line. This class is not designed to spend excessive amounts of time overcharging Radiant Arrow and Penetrating Arrow like a Berserker does with Thunder Strike and Cyclone. With that out of the way I would like to go over a number of misconceptions that the community has concluded about Archer and why their DPS is likely failing in comparison to other classes.ġ) Archer is a ranged Berserker. A mediocre Slayer with high ping can easily beat a decent Archer with low ping. This is not restricted to Fury Strike setups exclusively. A Slayer who plays perfectly using a Fury Strike build will always beat an Archer no matter how good you are at the class. The reason behind this is that Slayer has the highest DPS achievable by any class in the game due to their Fury Strike setup. For the sake of this post I am only going to be comparing Archer to Slayer. When we’re comparing a player who knows the ins and outs of Archer like no other and we take a Slayer of similar skill level a Slayer will do more damage. Let’s open by laying the truth out on the table. I’m Pac and I play an Archer main for PvE and I’m here to make something of an effort to not just help the community become better at the class but also take a stab about breaking the adamant stigma that surrounds Archer. Here is the video: Ravenous Gorge Archer Gameplay I’d like to ask you to please take the time to read through what I have to say because I’m fairly certain that no one has ever addressed anything that I’m about to tell you. I have created a sample video of me playing Archer in Ravenous Gorge to give you all an idea of how I play the class. This post is going to be intimidating due to it’s length and there is not a TLDR for what I have to say. TERA Online Archer DPS Guide by GammaErra

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