Archer Guide

The Archer is known for its high damage outputs and low defense. It is a glass cannon, meaning that it deals huge amounts of damage but has poor defenses. This guide will overlook Archer abilities, if you want more in depth go here. It'll also cover basic spells, usage, and tactics in store.

= The Basics = First off, what is the Archer class? As I mentioned before, if you want more in depth of spells go here. Pros:
 * Plenty of damage
 * Most ranged class in the game.
 * Speed 3 that can be permanent if casted once every three minutes or less after level 26.

Cons:
 * Low base defense

Arrow Storm
Unlocked at level 1, upgrades at 16, and 36. Usage: Left-Right-Left

Once activated, you shoot out ten, twenty, or sixty arrows depending on the upgrade level. Upgrade 1 Arrow storm does 15% fire damage.

Upgrade 2+ deal 25% more thunder damage.

Upgrade 3 triples the amount of arrows but launches 20 in front of you and to both sides. You do 30% damage per arrow at upgrade 1, then 20% per arrow at upgrade 2, and 10% per arrow at upgrade 3. The amount of arrows the archer dispels justifies the damage output per arrow.

Escape
Unlocked at level 11, upgrades at 26, and 46. Usage: Left-Left-Left

Once activated, you 'jump' back really high into the air. It provides great means to escape, and to scale mountains and steep slopes. At upgrade 1, though, it doesn't give you speed, and it isn't quite as good as the other upgrades. Upgrade 2 now gives Speed III for 3 minutes to yourself and anyone nearby when cast (equivalent to 60% walk speed boost). Upgrade 3 gives 50% air damage when shift-falling, dealing 100% AoE damage upon landing.

Bomb
Unlocked at level 21, upgrades at 36 and 56. Usage: Left-Right-Right

Once activated, you shoot an explosive arrow that does 250% damage on contact. 15% of the Bomb's damage is fire, and 15% of the Bomb's damage is earth damage. Upgrade 2 prevents enemies from jumping when exploding. 25% of the Bomb's damage is now earth damage. Upgrade 3 the arrow now can bounce up to three times, dealing the same amount of damage each blow.

Arrow Shield
Unlocked at level 31, upgrades at 46 and 66. Usage: Left-Left-Right

Once activated, you are immediately surrounded by, quite simply, a circle of arrows that protect you from being attacked meleewise. 40% of the damage dealt is water. Upgrade 2 get three charges displayed by three arrow moving around you Upgrade 3 now rains arrows from the sky when the shield is activated by a mob.

=The Tactics, Fully Explained= This will cover some of the tactics used by archers, and hints and tips.

Spell Tactics
''Note: These tips are only for PvE. It is not intended for PvP!''

Arrow Storm

 * Arrow Storm is your main source of damage when you use a spell build. It can deal very high damage if it is used enough. Arrow Storm however, spreads out in later levels, which is not a good thing when fighting bosses as you want arrows to hit the boss. This can be resolved by staying at a range where not every single arrow hits the boss, but most of them do.

Escape

 * The Escape spell is useful for travelling distances, as it launches you a decent distance. It is also useful for moving away from bosses to lessen the risk of dying to a boss.

Arrow Bomb

 * The Arrow Bomb spell is useful for not only Crowd Control, but also for spell cycling with Arrow Storm. Spell cycling is casting certain spells in a certain order, repeately. You can cycle spells for a decent amount of time if you have low enough Spell costs, and enough Mana (Mana Steal/Mana Regen).

Arrow Shield

 * Arrow Shield can be used to keep mobs away from you (specifically melee mobs). You can cast an Arrow Shield before you enter a dangerous zone, and try to avoid getting hit (mainly by strafing) and only have Arrow Shield trigger from time to time for the rare times a melee mob gets in your shield. As of 1.20, on mobs with Crowd-Control Immunity (a mob feature where mobs don't get stunned/take knockback from spells that would do that on non Crowd-Control Immunity mobs) Arrow Shield will hit 3 times instantly, dealing 450% damage.