Carraway's Guide to the New Archer: 1.18 and Beyond

**Meatdawg** · 04-17-2012 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by Sumii

Forgive me if I missed it, I did search but came up short with nothing but a bunch of PLD talk. Is there anywhere a pretty clear point allocation listed? On LNC it seemed that capping STR and then putting the remainder into PIE was pretty much it, however with STR also having a bearing on BRD I'm a bit at a loss. Should I put only points into DEX and PIE and then meld STR? I see the caps and diminishing returns, but from a base stat allocation view is what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Put your points into dex then Pie. (You can also do pie then dex, but either is fine)

Dex caps at 300 for ws damage with an Ifrit bow and Piety caps at 330.

After that you want Atk or str. Str falls into the 3:2 ratio of 3str=2atk. It is easier to add atk and this is why carraway suggest you meld it to your gloves.

**Sumii** · 04-17-2012 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Meatdawg

Put your points into dex then Pie. (You can also do pie then dex, but either is fine)

Dex caps at 300 for ws damage with an Ifrit bow and Piety caps at 330.

After that you want Atk or str. Str falls into the 3:2 ratio of 3str=2atk. It is easier to add atk and this is why carraway suggest you meld it to your gloves.

Thanks I just wanted to make sure before I messed up my Keepers of the Hymn...

**Kikosho** · 04-17-2012 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by carraway

Fixed a few minor mistakes and clarified some gear choices.

Looks like with good gear (x2 melds in applicable slots, HQ jewelry, Ifrit's Bow, etc.) BRDs should be pushing 110ish stationary DPS on Miser's Mistress. This is with BV Paeon. The number drops substantially if you need to support with cures/stoneskins, of course.

The guide still needs a tweak in regards to the proper usage of Quelling Strike's additional bonus. Doing a raw Raging Strike > Quelling Strike > Light Shot provides no additional TP aside from the 450 from Quelling Strike. Like Spider-Dan mentioned earlier, Raging Strike needs to be "charged up" with Light Shots (3 to max it) then Quelling Strike should be used. Activating Quelling Strike at that point gives you 300 TP. It's not really an issue mid-fight since Raging Strike will most likely already be maxed out.

**carraway** · 04-17-2012 03:29 PM

That's what I meant, but I recognize that it was unclear the way it was written. I fixed it, thanks.

**Spider-Dan** · 04-17-2012 04:22 PM

Normally, I solve the problem by opening my battles with Raging Strike -> Barrage -> fire Barrage -> Quelling Strike -> Light Shot -> Raging Strike.

**Aern** · 04-19-2012 12:34 AM

I've been having a little trouble trying to understand the Raging Strike mechanic. Do you have to reuse it after a certain point or does it start itself over after a miss/kill? I thought you could just leave it up, so I'm curious why you use it again.

Sorry I couldn't find the answer anywhere else.

**Riffy** · 04-19-2012 01:23 AM

@Aern,

You want to use it after hitting a Light Shot with Quelling Strike Buff. Because Quelling Strike cancels out Raging Strike.

So basically, as Spider-Dan says, use Quelling Strike, Light Shot, Raging Strike.

**Aern** · 04-19-2012 06:31 AM

Ah that makes sense. I just got Quelling Strike and until I used it I didn't know it cancels Raging Strike. Thanks!

**carraway** · 04-19-2012 07:32 AM

Right. You charge Raging Strike by using Light Shots, consume it with Quelling Strike, then put it up again after firing the Quelling Light Shot.

**Gael** · 04-26-2012 11:07 PM

Weapon: Ifrit's Bow > Mischievous Mogbow

Is it still true ?

They added the DPS with the 1.22 and we can see :
- Ifrit's Bow = 36,74
- Mischievous Mogbow = 37.14

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