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Loose can auto target after a Steady shot for a time. So aim at weak point with steady aim then press loose and next arrows auto targets to the weak spot.
Clarification about a couple of things: puncture dart is actually good, having way more damage than the other basic attack and still no stamina consumption, it also pierces so you can destroy smaller enemies. Drenching/deluging shot applies drenched status, which means target taking ice damage will become completely frozen instead of just slowing down like normal frostbite, also lighting damage will connect to more enemies and apply the stunned status. Drenched also reduces fire damage and prevents tarred status so don't use those together. Tarring/incendiary shot doesn't do much on its own: applies tarred status so target takes more "posture" damage, however if a tarred target is hit with fire it will become "torched" instead of suffering the normal fireblight (torched= incredibly more damage over time, you probably already experienced this against some goblins). Exploding/erupting shot does nice damage, can throw off balance and deals fire damage to combo on tarred enemies. Blighting/nocuous shot is OP: apllies blighted which is just a little damage over time. What the game doesn't tell you is if you shoot a second poison arrow the blight will become waay stronger eating bosses hp, also good because don't care about elemental weaknesses you can poison anyone. Dire/deathly arrow has a secret sweetspot: while using it you'll see the character glow when skill is done charging, release early and you'll deal no damage, release late and you'll deal normal skill damage, release at the exact time of the glow (not even right after it) and deal massive damage, also sends smaller monsters flying to the nearest country. The clue you get for getting the right time is that the glow will be golden instead of white and you'll get a super cool slow down-cinematic effect. Watchout timing this correctly is kinda hard takes practice
After about 30 hours on archer I highly recommend torrent and whirling. Both have huge DPS. Torrent is great for both crowds and single targets. Down a cyclops and torrent right in it's eye for huge damage. Whirling is great for status build up as well as constant tick damage as it continuously ticks damage and can be stacked with itself.
the problem is you need 3 slots that never change, cascade for aoe and mobbing, and tarring shot and erupting shot which are the things that make archer an actual class. i personally prefer heavenly shot so you can one shot things as a stealth archer. tempest shot personally feels ass to me even though it’s fun; it’s pretty much a dps loss to use it instead of tarring into erupting, or a crit heavenly shot
@@PenguinsAreColdishno it doesn't. You can focus archer to freeze too. Have a high hagol sorcerer that have the augmebt that increase application, give it to yourself as an archer too, ice affinity from a pawn and go to town. The mons are a lot slower and freeze super often. Spiraling arrow is absolutely fantastic for this
@@PenguinsAreColdish it is when you can heavenly shot at point blank with both proximity rings lol. Add augural flare and you will be doing a TON more dmg than fire set up while the enemy can't do anything. It gives you better openings to hit weakpoints since enemies are permanently slowed. Tbh, I feel ice archer is the set up that fully utilize their strengths
I highly recommend picking up Whirling Arrow. This move is very useful, especially on boss enemies like Chimeras. This move will drill into enemy weak points, and it last a long time, meaning you can land multiple of these, and it will just eat their health bars when used on a weak point. Not only that, but if your bow is enchanted with element from your mage, like ice or fire, this move can apply freeze and burn on targets very quickly due to the multi hit.
Imo, this is the biggest skill missing from the video/archer play. If one wants to play mobile archer, imo whirling arrow is undoubtedly the better option compared to manifold arrow. The damage difference is close to negligible for larger monsters, oftentimes in whirling arrow if the monster is pretty mobile, and the hit and run nature of whirling shot means that you can move after the 1 arrow is fired compared to staying in place for a few (admittedly, not very long) shots before moving again. The enhanced ability to stagger and apply quick freeze/burn/shock on targets due to the multiple hits is also very good.
You've never experienced real archer adrenaline till you've dashed and dived shoot in between a cyclops legs when he's about to smash you, also did that during a chimera dive attack.. The hitboxes in this game is insane I felt like a action hero
That's what attracted me to this game, during the games conferences I was waiting for all the new "blockbuster 3rd person, story driven open worlds" like TLOU or another uncharted type game...and then came DD2 and at first I'm like "yawn" but the trailer kept going and I found myself more and interested. Once the character demo dropped I pre-ordered and since launch I'm having a blast!
A very overlooked, massive damage combo is Drenched Shot (archer) + Ice Affinity (mage) + Deathly Shot/Heavenly Shot. When bosses are drenched, they take drastic amount of ice debilitating damage, this freezes the boss very frequently. They stay still for a very a long time, you can easily fit in a huge damaging arrow, also adding knockdown if used on a weakspot. Just make sure drenched shot is equipped and the drenched arrows are in the inventory of the archer. I recommend your main pawn being the archer instead of borrwed pawns, because they dont lose the arrows if they die. Putting the arrows on borrowed pains will delete your arrows if they die die or somehow disappear from your party like I did
Some great info here. I for one much prefer the archer’s mobility to the thief’s. Dunno why, I’m one of the few who doesn’t like naruto’ing around. I played it long enough to get subtlety then went back to archer. Jumping and kicking off of monsters has been key to survival. Anytime something charges me I charge straight at it too and do the jump kick shot rather than get hit. I had no idea you could jump off of other surfaces though. Super cool. Also, the spinning shot one is great for stacking elemental affects and performing crowd control since it repeatedly hits them and each hit builds the element.
Big tip here as well, where you end your steady aim on a boss monster is where loose will aim whenever you come out of it, so long as you keep attacking. So you will get slightly less damage but a much more reliable hit on a weak spot if you hit it before dropping your aim
Taking the subtlety augment from the thief vocation helps the archer a lot. It's also worth keeping in mind that the archer's lethality augment doesn't really help other vocations save for magick archer that much. Drenching shot will also increase the effectiveness of ice magic too. I deals more damage and freezes them more quickly.
@@italianspartacus So far, lethality hasn't helped me very much with Mystic Spearhand. It's also worth noting that I only just added it to my active augments, so I'll need more time. I can't make a full judgement right now. It did help during the battle with that drake last night though. So at least there is that.
Torrent is fantastic for both weak point damage when an enemy is down, and against groups if you use it like a LMG to suppress them. Pair it with a bow upgraded with dwarven style smithing once or twice for knockdown power, and you'll easily stun lock everything. Also, no mention of heavenly bolt? It's basically dire arrow on steroids. Take endurance, grab the ring which gives you 150 more stamina, and you'll delete multiple health bars with one fully charged weak point shot on a downed enemy. Just have something on hand to restore your stamina afterward.
Right on time!! Just started playing lastnight, with Archer as main. Character creation took abit of time and then made it to Lvl 4 and just about arriving at meave. Still wearing miners outfit and my Mage pawn has what looks like a Potato sack with pockets...Lol. Guess my next move is to get to an Innkeep and gets some skills and armor? Very little is explained. Thanks for your video. Peace
Love your guide as always! But this time have some different questions^^ Your voice sounds incredibly clear with no background noise at all. None of the letters make any popping sound as they come out of your mouth. Honestly, it caught my attention a lot. If possible, could you please tell me your microphone brand, your OBS sound settings, or if you have any voice application you use, and your audio mixer? Also, if you have any recommendations, I would appreciate if you could suggest a TH-cam video about sound quality that I could watch.
Tapping Steady Shot will also allow you to recover stamina, if you want to stay in the aimed/over the shoulder mode. It's a bit awkward, but it can maintain your precision compared to loose being a bit finnicky on targeting.
As an archer/bowman irl, I have to say, this game does far more things right for archery than it does wrong. For example, and I know that it's a game and this might not be ideal for levels of "fun", the "lack" of mobility for the Archer compared to other classes makes sense. Mobility and archery is no easy feat and we are often left disillusioned, both in real life and in games, when ourselves or our characters can't do insane Hollywood stuff. The reality is, in order to efficiently use, what would be considered heavy draw strength "war-bows", you need to turn your body into a ballista. Being a human ballista is not something that is easy to work in mobility with. Imagine this: Every time you draw a heavy bow with lethal intent, you need to activate your back muscles efficiently and consistently. If you don't, your accuracy will wane, your draw strength will diminish, and you will get tired more quickly. This means that, realistically, your mobility as an archer is limited by your ability to efficiently draw heavy bows while moving with your legs WITHOUT lacking in upper body form. Essentially, in order to attain consistent form, your upper body becomes "stationary"/rigid. Imagine a ballista with legs. This varies between cultures and forms but, in general, this is how it is. For me, it's nice to see a game where archery isn't over-done with cinematic BS. But that, of course, is my humble opinion.
I'm level 27 using Spiral, Erupt, Manifold, and Tempest shot. I swapped Cascade to Spiral to test the strike damage, I like it so far. I use Manifold as my X button main attack to fight/pluck off advancing enemies. I changed Deathly arrow to Erupting Shot for the explosion damage and stun. Dont use it as much as I should. I like Tempest when the creatures are knocked out. Spiral does solid damage as well, not to be slept on. Also not to be slept on, finding the bestest Magepawn that powers up your party.
If you do the elfs quest early in the game you get a ring where your bow does more damage the closer your enemy is try playing archery as run and gun front lines archer think legolas Creator said he's inspired more by old fantasy rather than new ideas
Sorceror pawn with augural flare and you unleashing torrent shot is pretty beasty plus if u run it with whirling, cascade and manifold it saves u lugging around special arrows too!
Thanks! Great video, I've been playing archer from the start, It's my favorite in most games. :) I would love to see a Magick Archer guide, since that's my planned route.
Nice video! I'm doing archer so this will be a great source. That said, one thing I've noticed that I don't like is how enemies sometimes ignore my pawns just to focus on me. They'll literally run past all my pawns just to come after me and chase me around. Makes it hard to play archer (or any other ranged vocation). It also feels even worse after the update. Now it seem like every fight I do more running away than shooting cuz enemies ignore my pawns to come after me
Same, I'm on PC using a controller, but in the heat of battle, I struggle to remember the dash, jump, heavy, and then light attack button sequence. Looks cool when pulled off, but it's quite finicky to perform imo, and if it goes wrong, you're left in the thick of it open to being hit. Guess I enjoy the simplicity of raining down death from afar. 😂
if i hadn't watched this video I would never known about the different smithing styles, and there are four of them. Lucky me I've only x3 enhanced vendor-bought equipments.
I bought this game about two weeks ago, so I'm still new. So far, archers in this game are one of the best designed I've played. Archer played with keyboard and mouse is top tier. For some other vocations controller seems better. I just map my skills to my mouse and it makes it insanely easy. I cannot wait to unlock Magick Archer. That looks really, really fun. It's unfortunate that it unlocks when you're almost done with the game. I don't understand why you would have vocations that unlock that late in the game.
@@italianspartacus Good dps but you need to use your skills wisely b/c you only have 1 mobile skill. It's mostly a big monster killer setup. Whirling arrow and deathly arrow take care of the smaller monsters/bandits pretty well. Torrent arrow can work as well. Personally I think this is the best setup for archer but it might not be for everyone.
Thank you Spart!! Pleaseeeee do a Magic archer guide I love it a lot but after getting used to Archer it is VASTLY different from Magic Archer Thank you for the great content!
I switched off archer bc I maxed it, and low level mage feels do clunky in comparison. Loving this game. Haven't even spoken to brant after the 3 quests he gives u. I'm just exploring the map and leveling vocations.
i can atestt that out of all the vocations archer is more complicated and i like it. while sorcerer thief spearhand is cool to i fell like theyre very easy to learn
In DD1 Sorcerer was my main, but they took away their ability to manualy aim your spells as welll as less spell slots and spells. Archer feels way better to play as a ranged dps despite sorcerer doing more burst damage. The amount of times my flare vanished because my auto attacks on sorcerer are random is so fustrating.
Don’t use loose, use steady shot unless you need to hit a flying enemy. Steady shot does more damage and you can aim directly at vitals which will do more damage.
How did you get so much RC? I was doing okay picking it up for 40 hours, but the wells run dry and my Pawn isn't getting any pick ups anymore in the Rift. Been using archer all way through by the way it's a good vocation. Good video.
One if my vices is to use whirling arrow on a weaker enemy, like a goblin or harpy. Fire two or three then walk away as their health slowly ticks down to nothing >:-)
I was told the upgraded version of keen Sight gives a little slow motion for your shots, can you confirm via test? I'll be so saddened if it doesn't and I feel it really deserves that as a buff if not.
The slow down animation comes from timing the shot (like deathly arrow) pretty much perfectly and releasing the arrow on the same frame our character glow, it isnt random. The other thing is, loose will very rarely hit a weakspot, ( BTW, don't bother looking at health bars to know if you've hit a weak spot, there's a specific sound that plays every time you do ) which is why you have the need for steady shot, way more than loose to do good damage. Just to add up, yes loose and steady shot do not cost any stam, just like all the "basic attacks" and class skills of any vocation in the game and it is where archer got the short end of the stick imo
Loved archer until I got into a predicament where I was fighting those slime boys in the lava area near the volcano and my companions were down and I literally couldn’t damage them cuz no elemental damage lol
Almost all damage augments are only 5%-10% damage boost and Verve is only a flat 30 points of strength when you have hundreds. It's sad but you can forgo all forms of offensive augments and just go for the defensive and utility ones.
I've been archer for most of my 40 hours so far and if you manualy aim with RB you can set your aim on a weak point and often times X will release to same spot instead of its generic aim The sprint shot jump shit and jump kick back flip shot and mobility is key to making archety work Honestly dd2 archer isn't a back lines fire guy theu work best sprinting around the battle field and doing some AoE constantly shooting and staggering huge enemy's with aimed shot or heavenly shot
imo archer would be infinitely better if i could just use the special arrows without losing multiple skill slots - i think warferer's rearmament but for the archers arrows would have been better - and itd only use 1 skill slot but ig that could be broken
Whirling arrow>cascade arrow IMO. It’s AoE when upgraded is big enough to hit almost as many enemies as cascade, it will push enemies away from you with easier stagger, and it does a shit ton of damage to golems, which is a problematic enemy for archers
Only a few select pieces overlap. The solution to this is actually using the Warfarer vocation as it can equip any armor pieces. But just use it as a straight up archer lol. Only downside is you can't use Heavenly Shot
Whirling Arrow does solid Damage to a singular target and can stun lock an enemy with good knockback. It's 100% one of the best skills objectively for the Archer for Stamina to Damage ratio, but also helps apply effects if you have an enchanted weapon since it hits multiple times. Archers already suffer from low DPS compared to the other classes. If you're running Warfarer you can use Augural Flare on any location and get a number of hits from Whirling Arrow which gives you options for actual ranged Damage that the Archer simply lacks innately though that combination is better with the Thief and Skull Splitter even still because the Archer is pretty poor in the grand scheme of things really and if you're playing an Archer for Range then the Magick Archer is pretty much just plain better. As for taking hits boosting Knockback Resist is more important than boosting Defense so you flinch less if you get hit which is going to reduce the Damage you take by avoiding potential issues of getting locked into stuns. You want Dwarven Smithing or Beast Smithing. Beast does better Damage, but Dwarven on weapons is comparable damage to Human Smithing, but you get a ton of Knockback on weapons which can help you stun lock with Whirling Arrow. Overall Archers just require extra steps to deal decent damage and extra inventory space to manage arrows to combo. Other classes can just outright out Damage them and in more scenarios by hitting various weaknesses or simply having stronger skills.
@@thereegstah Yeah but that's the thing they need a LOT of setups to do so, while other classes just straight up 1 button gameplay lol. I know it's a single player game but goddamn the balancing is awful. I enjoyed archer more when I switched up to Warfarer (Thief + Archer) and made my own Strider.
@heyjulzdontmakeitbad well ironically not having one button gameplay and deleting enemies makes archer already pretty balanced. The game is easy enough as it is. Archer feels powerful with the right setup, but not so powerful that you can mindlessly drift through the game.
Archer needs a buff, it’s just bad IMO. Look how long it took you to kill that Ogre, that’s the time it takes a thief to kill a Drake. Not only does it have mediocre DPS but its more powerful shots require you to be stationary. Plus you need pay for or craft better arrows, what other vocation needs to PAY FOR damage? Finally its master skill drains your stamina, requires you to be stationary, has a charge up time and there is a chance you’ll miss without even doing a full bar of health from an Cyclop eye shot “if” you do hit (with 1500 stam or less). Honestly I feel what could bring the archer up to the other vocations would be slow time on heavenly strike or even slow time on every steady shot. Sorc can call in meteor to wipe the map but the archer is just tickling a single target. Thief can make themselves immortal or side step quickly meanwhile the archer is squishy and defenseless in CQC. Mage can do more damage AOE auto-aim meanwhile thief needs to manually aim. Archer is the games hidden hard mode.
DD1 archer is super powerful, 10 fold skill is OP. Very underwhelming in DD2, aiming is painful for some reason. Magic archer, thief, and mystic spearhand are so much better and more fun imo. This video however is super helpful for archer players.
@kakamaks right. Strider to Ranger. They combined daggers and bow which is so OP, which is why DD2 they separated, it's understandable. Magic archer not as powerful DD1 compared to DD2
@@wei8280 I feel like magic archer was overall stronger in dda1 them 9 frost arrows was kinda cracked. But i think they might do a remake of dd2 add more stuff like in dark arisen. I hope
@kakamaks yeah I think so too, very likely to have dlc as currently game is pretty easy much like DD1 till bitter back isle in dark arisen which was so hard initially
I saw a survey you posted that seemed like dd2 video viewership is low. Personally I don't check them out because they are archer videos. That's way boring
Archer just feels meh after using magic archer. It would be different if they played more like they do in monster hunter world. Here they just feel lackluster.
Magick archer is braindead, you don't even have to aim your skills, archer don't have the same damage but at least you can do cool things, magick archer it's just stand and shot until dead.
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Loose can auto target after a Steady shot for a time. So aim at weak point with steady aim then press loose and next arrows auto targets to the weak spot.
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Clarification about a couple of things: puncture dart is actually good, having way more damage than the other basic attack and still no stamina consumption, it also pierces so you can destroy smaller enemies. Drenching/deluging shot applies drenched status, which means target taking ice damage will become completely frozen instead of just slowing down like normal frostbite, also lighting damage will connect to more enemies and apply the stunned status. Drenched also reduces fire damage and prevents tarred status so don't use those together. Tarring/incendiary shot doesn't do much on its own: applies tarred status so target takes more "posture" damage, however if a tarred target is hit with fire it will become "torched" instead of suffering the normal fireblight (torched= incredibly more damage over time, you probably already experienced this against some goblins). Exploding/erupting shot does nice damage, can throw off balance and deals fire damage to combo on tarred enemies. Blighting/nocuous shot is OP: apllies blighted which is just a little damage over time. What the game doesn't tell you is if you shoot a second poison arrow the blight will become waay stronger eating bosses hp, also good because don't care about elemental weaknesses you can poison anyone. Dire/deathly arrow has a secret sweetspot: while using it you'll see the character glow when skill is done charging, release early and you'll deal no damage, release late and you'll deal normal skill damage, release at the exact time of the glow (not even right after it) and deal massive damage, also sends smaller monsters flying to the nearest country. The clue you get for getting the right time is that the glow will be golden instead of white and you'll get a super cool slow down-cinematic effect. Watchout timing this correctly is kinda hard takes practice
After about 30 hours on archer I highly recommend torrent and whirling. Both have huge DPS. Torrent is great for both crowds and single targets. Down a cyclops and torrent right in it's eye for huge damage. Whirling is great for status build up as well as constant tick damage as it continuously ticks damage and can be stacked with itself.
the problem is you need 3 slots that never change, cascade for aoe and mobbing, and tarring shot and erupting shot which are the things that make archer an actual class. i personally prefer heavenly shot so you can one shot things as a stealth archer. tempest shot personally feels ass to me even though it’s fun; it’s pretty much a dps loss to use it instead of tarring into erupting, or a crit heavenly shot
I don't like torrent tbh. Spiraling, deathly, heavenly and manifold are my preffered ones.
@@PenguinsAreColdishno it doesn't. You can focus archer to freeze too. Have a high hagol sorcerer that have the augmebt that increase application, give it to yourself as an archer too, ice affinity from a pawn and go to town. The mons are a lot slower and freeze super often. Spiraling arrow is absolutely fantastic for this
@@Fairy-Uvinq freeze archer seems cool, not really as effective as what i said tho and requires a pawn to buff you, and i hate relying on those clowns
@@PenguinsAreColdish it is when you can heavenly shot at point blank with both proximity rings lol. Add augural flare and you will be doing a TON more dmg than fire set up while the enemy can't do anything. It gives you better openings to hit weakpoints since enemies are permanently slowed. Tbh, I feel ice archer is the set up that fully utilize their strengths
I highly recommend picking up Whirling Arrow. This move is very useful, especially on boss enemies like Chimeras. This move will drill into enemy weak points, and it last a long time, meaning you can land multiple of these, and it will just eat their health bars when used on a weak point.
Not only that, but if your bow is enchanted with element from your mage, like ice or fire, this move can apply freeze and burn on targets very quickly due to the multi hit.
I never thought about the elemental portion of that. Thank you!! I'll give it a shot :D
Imo, this is the biggest skill missing from the video/archer play. If one wants to play mobile archer, imo whirling arrow is undoubtedly the better option compared to manifold arrow. The damage difference is close to negligible for larger monsters, oftentimes in whirling arrow if the monster is pretty mobile, and the hit and run nature of whirling shot means that you can move after the 1 arrow is fired compared to staying in place for a few (admittedly, not very long) shots before moving again. The enhanced ability to stagger and apply quick freeze/burn/shock on targets due to the multiple hits is also very good.
You've never experienced real archer adrenaline till you've dashed and dived shoot in between a cyclops legs when he's about to smash you, also did that during a chimera dive attack.. The hitboxes in this game is insane I felt like a action hero
Hahahahahaha I love that bro
That's what attracted me to this game, during the games conferences I was waiting for all the new "blockbuster 3rd person, story driven open worlds" like TLOU or another uncharted type game...and then came DD2 and at first I'm like "yawn" but the trailer kept going and I found myself more and interested. Once the character demo dropped I pre-ordered and since launch I'm having a blast!
So awesome! How do you slide without shooting?
This is, indeed, the best Archer Guide I've watched. Incredibly helpful. Thank you.
Ms 5000 watts has a great video on archers too
Theres nothing more satisfying than landing a full stamina bar Heavenly Shot on a staggered griffin or dragon. Love archer
A very overlooked, massive damage combo is Drenched Shot (archer) + Ice Affinity (mage) + Deathly Shot/Heavenly Shot. When bosses are drenched, they take drastic amount of ice debilitating damage, this freezes the boss very frequently. They stay still for a very a long time, you can easily fit in a huge damaging arrow, also adding knockdown if used on a weakspot. Just make sure drenched shot is equipped and the drenched arrows are in the inventory of the archer.
I recommend your main pawn being the archer instead of borrwed pawns, because they dont lose the arrows if they die. Putting the arrows on borrowed pains will delete your arrows if they die die or somehow disappear from your party like I did
The arrows they lose go to our stash!! But I'm definitely going to give that s hot!
Some great info here. I for one much prefer the archer’s mobility to the thief’s. Dunno why, I’m one of the few who doesn’t like naruto’ing around. I played it long enough to get subtlety then went back to archer.
Jumping and kicking off of monsters has been key to survival. Anytime something charges me I charge straight at it too and do the jump kick shot rather than get hit. I had no idea you could jump off of other surfaces though. Super cool.
Also, the spinning shot one is great for stacking elemental affects and performing crowd control since it repeatedly hits them and each hit builds the element.
Ohhhh that's so fucking cool with spinning shot. Great great shout
The jump kick departing shot combo is so much fun
The stamina consumption of torrent shot is where it shines. It is the single highest dps skill the archer has.
Big tip here as well, where you end your steady aim on a boss monster is where loose will aim whenever you come out of it, so long as you keep attacking. So you will get slightly less damage but a much more reliable hit on a weak spot if you hit it before dropping your aim
Taking the subtlety augment from the thief vocation helps the archer a lot.
It's also worth keeping in mind that the archer's lethality augment doesn't really help other vocations save for magick archer that much.
Drenching shot will also increase the effectiveness of ice magic too. I deals more damage and freezes them more quickly.
It does if you jump on monsters a lot.
@@TheBlakamon15 Yeah, that is a good point.
I'm not typically doing that myself. Try to release from those grabs is fairly under responsive.
It's super helpful for mystic spearhand!
@@italianspartacus So far, lethality hasn't helped me very much with Mystic Spearhand. It's also worth noting that I only just added it to my active augments, so I'll need more time.
I can't make a full judgement right now. It did help during the battle with that drake last night though.
So at least there is that.
Torrent is fantastic for both weak point damage when an enemy is down, and against groups if you use it like a LMG to suppress them. Pair it with a bow upgraded with dwarven style smithing once or twice for knockdown power, and you'll easily stun lock everything.
Also, no mention of heavenly bolt? It's basically dire arrow on steroids. Take endurance, grab the ring which gives you 150 more stamina, and you'll delete multiple health bars with one fully charged weak point shot on a downed enemy. Just have something on hand to restore your stamina afterward.
Right on time!! Just started playing lastnight, with Archer as main. Character creation took abit of time and then made it to Lvl 4 and just about arriving at meave. Still wearing miners outfit and my Mage pawn has what looks like a Potato sack with pockets...Lol. Guess my next move is to get to an Innkeep and gets some skills and armor? Very little is explained. Thanks for your video. Peace
Thief is an absolute beast of a class but just started Archer and I've been having a lot of fun with it.
Love your guide as always! But this time have some different questions^^
Your voice sounds incredibly clear with no background noise at all. None of the letters make any popping sound as they come out of your mouth. Honestly, it caught my attention a lot. If possible, could you please tell me your microphone brand, your OBS sound settings, or if you have any voice application you use, and your audio mixer? Also, if you have any recommendations, I would appreciate if you could suggest a TH-cam video about sound quality that I could watch.
Joint my discord and I'll send screenshots brother! I'm using an audio technica at2020! I upgraded it from a blue yeti years back!
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Tapping Steady Shot will also allow you to recover stamina, if you want to stay in the aimed/over the shoulder mode. It's a bit awkward, but it can maintain your precision compared to loose being a bit finnicky on targeting.
Ohh great shout I like this
@@italianspartacus if you hit a steady shot on a weakspot just use loose on that enemy an it will auto aim to same spot generally
As an archer/bowman irl, I have to say, this game does far more things right for archery than it does wrong. For example, and I know that it's a game and this might not be ideal for levels of "fun", the "lack" of mobility for the Archer compared to other classes makes sense. Mobility and archery is no easy feat and we are often left disillusioned, both in real life and in games, when ourselves or our characters can't do insane Hollywood stuff. The reality is, in order to efficiently use, what would be considered heavy draw strength "war-bows", you need to turn your body into a ballista. Being a human ballista is not something that is easy to work in mobility with. Imagine this: Every time you draw a heavy bow with lethal intent, you need to activate your back muscles efficiently and consistently. If you don't, your accuracy will wane, your draw strength will diminish, and you will get tired more quickly. This means that, realistically, your mobility as an archer is limited by your ability to efficiently draw heavy bows while moving with your legs WITHOUT lacking in upper body form. Essentially, in order to attain consistent form, your upper body becomes "stationary"/rigid. Imagine a ballista with legs. This varies between cultures and forms but, in general, this is how it is. For me, it's nice to see a game where archery isn't over-done with cinematic BS. But that, of course, is my humble opinion.
Fucking loves this comment man, thank you so much for sharing :)
I'm level 27 using Spiral, Erupt, Manifold, and Tempest shot.
I swapped Cascade to Spiral to test the strike damage, I like it so far. I use Manifold as my X button main attack to fight/pluck off advancing enemies. I changed Deathly arrow to Erupting Shot for the explosion damage and stun. Dont use it as much as I should.
I like Tempest when the creatures are knocked out. Spiral does solid damage as well, not to be slept on.
Also not to be slept on, finding the bestest Magepawn that powers up your party.
great video around archer
Archers seem so powerful in this game. Excited to give one a try soon
Dude you'll love it
If you do the elfs quest early in the game you get a ring where your bow does more damage the closer your enemy is try playing archery as run and gun front lines archer think legolas
Creator said he's inspired more by old fantasy rather than new ideas
Sorceror pawn with augural flare and you unleashing torrent shot is pretty beasty plus if u run it with whirling, cascade and manifold it saves u lugging around special arrows too!
Thanks! Great video, I've been playing archer from the start, It's my favorite in most games. :) I would love to see a Magick Archer guide, since that's my planned route.
4:20 "you can't even do a delayed shot like that" 😆Instantly thought of Kung Fu Panda "you've never seen bear style".
Personally love Wayfarer with Archer + Magic archer. Covers all the basis fairly well, and makes up for each other vocations weakness.
Nice video! I'm doing archer so this will be a great source. That said, one thing I've noticed that I don't like is how enemies sometimes ignore my pawns just to focus on me. They'll literally run past all my pawns just to come after me and chase me around. Makes it hard to play archer (or any other ranged vocation). It also feels even worse after the update. Now it seem like every fight I do more running away than shooting cuz enemies ignore my pawns to come after me
Get one lvl in Thief for the Subtlety augment
Also get the augment from fighter that gives more agro to ur pawn
Great video, I was lost and this made perfect sense.
Thanks. I'm way better now thanks to you but the bouncing off walls and emenies still hard 😮💨
Same, I'm on PC using a controller, but in the heat of battle, I struggle to remember the dash, jump, heavy, and then light attack button sequence. Looks cool when pulled off, but it's quite finicky to perform imo, and if it goes wrong, you're left in the thick of it open to being hit. Guess I enjoy the simplicity of raining down death from afar. 😂
Great video. FYI your chapters are from one of your previous videos.
Fixed!! So sorry man
if i hadn't watched this video I would never known about the different smithing styles, and there are four of them. Lucky me I've only x3 enhanced vendor-bought equipments.
Hahaha didn't know you could jump off things like that. Helpful information indeed 👌🏾
Magick Archer also has a nice augment for stamina replenishment after defeating a target
Not 100% sure on this, but if you release deathly arrow right as it hits full charge it seems to do considerably more damage
I bought this game about two weeks ago, so I'm still new. So far, archers in this game are one of the best designed I've played. Archer played with keyboard and mouse is top tier. For some other vocations controller seems better. I just map my skills to my mouse and it makes it insanely easy. I cannot wait to unlock Magick Archer. That looks really, really fun. It's unfortunate that it unlocks when you're almost done with the game. I don't understand why you would have vocations that unlock that late in the game.
Deathly arrow, torrent shot, whirling arrow and the ultimate skill are the 4 skills I use.
How're you liking that set up!?
@@italianspartacus Good dps but you need to use your skills wisely b/c you only have 1 mobile skill. It's mostly a big monster killer setup. Whirling arrow and deathly arrow take care of the smaller monsters/bandits pretty well. Torrent arrow can work as well. Personally I think this is the best setup for archer but it might not be for everyone.
I'll try it out tonight! :D
@@italianspartacus Have fun! :)
I used the same thing. Sometimes switching out drenched for tar depending on my mages boon. 10/10. Very satisfying to set up big dps windows.
Thank you Spart!! Pleaseeeee do a Magic archer guide
I love it a lot but after getting used to Archer it is VASTLY different from Magic Archer
Thank you for the great content!
Coming soon! :)
Hey just unlocking the maistre skill, and watch the all video (didnt wanted to spoil the end), i didnt saw you talking about this skill ? Why ?
Always great content 💪
Thanks brother!
What weight do you recommend for an archer? Because it doesn't seem like stamina matters that much so higher weight might be better for inventory size
You know deathly arrow has a timing sweet spot right? Just as it flashes release it and it does massive damage
I switched off archer bc I maxed it, and low level mage feels do clunky in comparison.
Loving this game. Haven't even spoken to brant after the 3 quests he gives u. I'm just exploring the map and leveling vocations.
i can atestt that out of all the vocations archer is more complicated and i like it. while sorcerer thief spearhand is cool to i fell like theyre very easy to learn
In DD1 Sorcerer was my main, but they took away their ability to manualy aim your spells as welll as less spell slots and spells. Archer feels way better to play as a ranged dps despite sorcerer doing more burst damage. The amount of times my flare vanished because my auto attacks on sorcerer are random is so fustrating.
Don’t use loose, use steady shot unless you need to hit a flying enemy. Steady shot does more damage and you can aim directly at vitals which will do more damage.
How did you get so much RC? I was doing okay picking it up for 40 hours, but the wells run dry and my Pawn isn't getting any pick ups anymore in the Rift.
Been using archer all way through by the way it's a good vocation.
Good video.
Resting grants you a ton because your pawn brings it to you! Forgotten rift stones too
Thanbk you for this. I was beginning to think this is a boring class.
One if my vices is to use whirling arrow on a weaker enemy, like a goblin or harpy. Fire two or three then walk away as their health slowly ticks down to nothing >:-)
I was told the upgraded version of keen Sight gives a little slow motion for your shots, can you confirm via test?
I'll be so saddened if it doesn't and I feel it really deserves that as a buff if not.
Good guide as aways brother! This game doesnt handhold...to the point of not even telling you how to use your kit sometimes lol. Im loving it tho!
The slow down animation comes from timing the shot (like deathly arrow) pretty much perfectly and releasing the arrow on the same frame our character glow, it isnt random.
The other thing is, loose will very rarely hit a weakspot, ( BTW, don't bother looking at health bars to know if you've hit a weak spot, there's a specific sound that plays every time you do ) which is why you have the need for steady shot, way more than loose to do good damage.
Just to add up, yes loose and steady shot do not cost any stam, just like all the "basic attacks" and class skills of any vocation in the game and it is where archer got the short end of the stick imo
IF he actually played as a Ranger in the first game he should know this.
The chapter labels seem off. Import from other video issue? =)
Ugh yeha thanks for pointing it out! Fixed /
Loved archer until I got into a predicament where I was fighting those slime boys in the lava area near the volcano and my companions were down and I literally couldn’t damage them cuz no elemental damage lol
EXPLOSIVE ARROW TO THE RESCUE! hahahah
For reals bro. U always gotta have that on your kit.
Unless I missed it with auto deathly shot you can sprint and slide into it as well
How useful is ambuscade for archer pawns?
Almost all damage augments are only 5%-10% damage boost and Verve is only a flat 30 points of strength when you have hundreds. It's sad but you can forgo all forms of offensive augments and just go for the defensive and utility ones.
I've been archer for most of my 40 hours so far and if you manualy aim with RB you can set your aim on a weak point and often times X will release to same spot instead of its generic aim
The sprint shot jump shit and jump kick back flip shot and mobility is key to making archety work
Honestly dd2 archer isn't a back lines fire guy theu work best sprinting around the battle field and doing some AoE constantly shooting and staggering huge enemy's with aimed shot or heavenly shot
how do you feel about the Medusa bow?
Haven't gotten it yet!
Do arrows use lots of wight if any at all ?
Nope! I think they're 0.01kg!
imo archer would be infinitely better if i could just use the special arrows without losing multiple skill slots - i think warferer's rearmament but for the archers arrows would have been better - and itd only use 1 skill slot but ig that could be broken
Rip fivefold flurry you will be missed
Whirling arrow>cascade arrow IMO. It’s AoE when upgraded is big enough to hit almost as many enemies as cascade, it will push enemies away from you with easier stagger, and it does a shit ton of damage to golems, which is a problematic enemy for archers
Is it just me or bow damage is low when you’re too far from the enemy? Like, we’re an archer, we are supposed to hit them from afar
Want. More. Stamina, no problem. Equip 2 elusive rings .. It helps a. Lot .
whirlling arrow u het them with 4 and the oger or whatever gets off balance
Wondering if it's possible can the archer and magic archer wear they same armour? If so where did you get the armour in the video it's bad ass
SOME of them can!! This is the armor from the first major city.. It's uhhh.. Lamellar I believe!
Only a few select pieces overlap.
The solution to this is actually using the Warfarer vocation as it can equip any armor pieces.
But just use it as a straight up archer lol. Only downside is you can't use Heavenly Shot
Why does my screen shake when aiming with steady shot
I have Heavenly Shoot, secret augment, yesterday. Full playtroughs Twitch ,my TH-cam
Whirling Arrow does solid Damage to a singular target and can stun lock an enemy with good knockback. It's 100% one of the best skills objectively for the Archer for Stamina to Damage ratio, but also helps apply effects if you have an enchanted weapon since it hits multiple times. Archers already suffer from low DPS compared to the other classes. If you're running Warfarer you can use Augural Flare on any location and get a number of hits from Whirling Arrow which gives you options for actual ranged Damage that the Archer simply lacks innately though that combination is better with the Thief and Skull Splitter even still because the Archer is pretty poor in the grand scheme of things really and if you're playing an Archer for Range then the Magick Archer is pretty much just plain better.
As for taking hits boosting Knockback Resist is more important than boosting Defense so you flinch less if you get hit which is going to reduce the Damage you take by avoiding potential issues of getting locked into stuns.
You want Dwarven Smithing or Beast Smithing. Beast does better Damage, but Dwarven on weapons is comparable damage to Human Smithing, but you get a ton of Knockback on weapons which can help you stun lock with Whirling Arrow.
Overall Archers just require extra steps to deal decent damage and extra inventory space to manage arrows to combo. Other classes can just outright out Damage them and in more scenarios by hitting various weaknesses or simply having stronger skills.
Currently ranking archer up to max and my god they're so damn weak compared to the other vocations
I dunno. Explosive arrows are pretty OP. sure you have to craft but the damage and stagger appear to be some of the best in the game.
@@thereegstah Yeah but that's the thing they need a LOT of setups to do so, while other classes just straight up 1 button gameplay lol. I know it's a single player game but goddamn the balancing is awful. I enjoyed archer more when I switched up to Warfarer (Thief + Archer) and made my own Strider.
@@thereegstah explosive arrows seem to do nothing when I've used them lol, ill be swapping out of archer asap when it's maxed, they're just so weak
@heyjulzdontmakeitbad well ironically not having one button gameplay and deleting enemies makes archer already pretty balanced. The game is easy enough as it is. Archer feels powerful with the right setup, but not so powerful that you can mindlessly drift through the game.
Archer needs a buff, it’s just bad IMO. Look how long it took you to kill that Ogre, that’s the time it takes a thief to kill a Drake.
Not only does it have mediocre DPS but its more powerful shots require you to be stationary. Plus you need pay for or craft better arrows, what other vocation needs to PAY FOR damage? Finally its master skill drains your stamina, requires you to be stationary, has a charge up time and there is a chance you’ll miss without even doing a full bar of health from an Cyclop eye shot “if” you do hit (with 1500 stam or less).
Honestly I feel what could bring the archer up to the other vocations would be slow time on heavenly strike or even slow time on every steady shot. Sorc can call in meteor to wipe the map but the archer is just tickling a single target. Thief can make themselves immortal or side step quickly meanwhile the archer is squishy and defenseless in CQC. Mage can do more damage AOE auto-aim meanwhile thief needs to manually aim.
Archer is the games hidden hard mode.
I agree, Archer damage is just so low
They nerfed archer into the ground.
Wait until you fight armoured enemies.
No damage and no poise break, even punches have more power.
I found "loose" was way too weak, tapping Steady Shot seems to do 10x damage, you just need to be good at aiming
DD1 archer is super powerful, 10 fold skill is OP. Very underwhelming in DD2, aiming is painful for some reason. Magic archer, thief, and mystic spearhand are so much better and more fun imo. This video however is super helpful for archer players.
Thats ranger not Archer
@kakamaks right. Strider to Ranger. They combined daggers and bow which is so OP, which is why DD2 they separated, it's understandable. Magic archer not as powerful DD1 compared to DD2
@@wei8280 I feel like magic archer was overall stronger in dda1 them 9 frost arrows was kinda cracked. But i think they might do a remake of dd2 add more stuff like in dark arisen. I hope
@kakamaks yeah I think so too, very likely to have dlc as currently game is pretty easy much like DD1 till bitter back isle in dark arisen which was so hard initially
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Wish classes were more balanced, magick archer shits on archer with his kit.
I saw a survey you posted that seemed like dd2 video viewership is low. Personally I don't check them out because they are archer videos. That's way boring
I had to restart because of some dragon curse or something
Dragon plague can be avoided
Most boring vocation of the game
Archer just feels meh after using magic archer. It would be different if they played more like they do in monster hunter world. Here they just feel lackluster.
Magick archer is braindead, you don't even have to aim your skills, archer don't have the same damage but at least you can do cool things, magick archer it's just stand and shot until dead.
The magick archer legendary skill is so dumb haha. I one shot the final boss... Swapping to the more balanced classes now.
I love MA, but I always miss being able to jump of enemies and kick them.
Want. More. Stamina, no problem. Equip 2 elusive rings .. It helps a. Lot .