NerdyDan
11-19-2008, 01:03 AM
Silence is your friend, and so is chaos wind.
For a sane person, what you want is a tank/semi-tank in the front row:
:swm::bst::exo::lak: and spear or witch (spartan is not considered since it is difficult to get)
some more ranged/soft melees with you in the middle row:
:gun::inv::can::spm::exo: (janissary is strongly discouraged and prophet tends to be useless in an archer main build unless you ar ethe only ranged)
and back row made up of buffers/healers or the occasional witch or cannoneer:
:mnk::sha::ora: -only use princess here if u have 4+ ranged
The advantage of using an archer main is that silence owns and so does chaos wind. I find that DoT works really well in pvp, and you get to wipe out their entire party is they're not careful to holy guard. Your main objective during the first few turns should be to
1.poke a hole in their formation so you can silence the back row (alternating with another archer's silence or mana seal to keep them from casting anything ever again)
2.KEEP their axes silent so you dont have to worry about freezing axe, or simply holy guard your frontline.
The most crucial turn is turn #3, and what you should aim to do in this turn is chaos wind+any other DoT or AoE that you have. USE IT. I suggest including at least 1 cannon in your build since that one cannon can contribute to a lot of stuns =D. An ideal formation would be something like:
:bst::lak::exo:or:witc::lak::spt:
:arc::witc::arc:or:exo::arc::inv:
:ora::can::mnk:or:ora::can::mnk:
and just substitute one of the archers with your main. Silence is deadly for the enemy in completely shutting down their heals and awakenings. Alternating between silence&mana seal will get you a long way in higher end pvp. Also note that the above formation has the most balance, while being focused on AoE damage mostly.
If you have any questions please let me know. And a final note, as an archer main, dont be afraid to move around in formation, your crazy AP regen will allow for it quite often.
For a sane person, what you want is a tank/semi-tank in the front row:
:swm::bst::exo::lak: and spear or witch (spartan is not considered since it is difficult to get)
some more ranged/soft melees with you in the middle row:
:gun::inv::can::spm::exo: (janissary is strongly discouraged and prophet tends to be useless in an archer main build unless you ar ethe only ranged)
and back row made up of buffers/healers or the occasional witch or cannoneer:
:mnk::sha::ora: -only use princess here if u have 4+ ranged
The advantage of using an archer main is that silence owns and so does chaos wind. I find that DoT works really well in pvp, and you get to wipe out their entire party is they're not careful to holy guard. Your main objective during the first few turns should be to
1.poke a hole in their formation so you can silence the back row (alternating with another archer's silence or mana seal to keep them from casting anything ever again)
2.KEEP their axes silent so you dont have to worry about freezing axe, or simply holy guard your frontline.
The most crucial turn is turn #3, and what you should aim to do in this turn is chaos wind+any other DoT or AoE that you have. USE IT. I suggest including at least 1 cannon in your build since that one cannon can contribute to a lot of stuns =D. An ideal formation would be something like:
:bst::lak::exo:or:witc::lak::spt:
:arc::witc::arc:or:exo::arc::inv:
:ora::can::mnk:or:ora::can::mnk:
and just substitute one of the archers with your main. Silence is deadly for the enemy in completely shutting down their heals and awakenings. Alternating between silence&mana seal will get you a long way in higher end pvp. Also note that the above formation has the most balance, while being focused on AoE damage mostly.
If you have any questions please let me know. And a final note, as an archer main, dont be afraid to move around in formation, your crazy AP regen will allow for it quite often.