Archery

Note: Before Archery was announced by Trion as the official English name of this skill set, it was referred to as Wild by the ArcheAge community.

Overview

This path of development will make the hero a skilled archer and ranger.
Rangers considered their patron Tayang Kaldzhit.

Archery is a damaging skillset that focuses on ranged physical damage. It has excellent range, some self-buffs, and two snares to help with keeping foes away from the archer.

It relies on Agility: Increases ranged attack +0.2 per point, ranged accuracy, melee/ranged evasion, melee/ranged critical rates.

Skills

Active

	Name	Archery Reqs	Description*	Cost*	Cast Time*	Cooldown*	Range*	Effects	Combos
	Charged Bolt	Level 1	Fires a charged arrow at an enemy dealing 121 Ranged Damage and slowing Move Speed for 2.5sec. The Skill cannot be evaded, blocked, or parried. Damage is reduced -20% if the target is within 8m.	18 Mana	Instant	10 Seconds	Single 0-20m
	Piercing Shot	Level 3	Fires a serrated arrow, dealing an initial 79 Ranged Damage and then inflicting Bleeding for 117 Magic Damage over 14sec. Damage is reduced -20% if target is within 8m.	31 Mana	Instant	12 Seconds	Single 0-20m
	Endless Arrows	Level 10	Fires arrows that deal 52% of Ranged Attack as damage. Damage decreases -20% if target is within 8m. Does not trigger a global cooldown. Hold down for continous use.	8 Mana	Instant	No cooldown	Single 0-20m
	Double Recurve	Level 15	Increases Ranged Damage +9%. Lasts 30m.	52 Mana	Instant	8 Seconds	Caster Only
	Deadeye	Level 20	Standing still for 1 second or more temporarily increases Ranged Attack by +20. Deadeye buff lasts for 60 seconds, but bonus damage ends with movement. Doesn't trigger a global cooldown.	82 Mana	1 Second	80 Seconds	Caster Only
	Snare	Level 25	Remove all Shackle Effects from the caster and inflicts Snare on enemies in a 5m area for 5.9sec. Reduces targets' Evasion, Block, and Parry rates. Duration of Snare decreases -50% in PvP.	71 Mana	Instant	24 Seconds	5m PBAoE
	Float	Level 30	Lifts caster into the air for 12sec. Increases ranged skill range +7m and damage +30%, but prevents Defense and Magic Defense from reducing recieved damage. Prevents movement; canceled by using again. Can't be used while Snared. Prevents the use of skills with cast times.	207 Mana	Instant	90 Seconds	Caster Only
	Boneyard	Level 35	Inflicts 329 Ranged damage on a target and all surrounding enemies in a 5m radius, confining them in a Bone Prison. Interrupts the target. The Bone Prison disappears in 10 seconds if not destroyed.	263 Mana	Instant	45 Seconds	Single 0-20m
	Concussive Arrow	Level 40	Fires an arrow that explodes on contact, dealing 506 Ranged Damage and Shackling all enemies within 6m of the target for 3.5sec. Interrupts the target. This skill cannot be evaded, blocked, or parried.	710 Mana	1.5 Seconds	30 Seconds	GT? 0-20m AoE 6m
	Missile Rain	Level 45	Showers a target area with arrows to deal 118 Ranged Damage.	920 Mana	2.0 Seconds	22 Seconds	GT 10-50m AoE 7m
	Intensity	Level 50	Gradually increases Ranged Critical Rate over 15sec. Grants immunity to Fear	289 Mana	Instant	60 Seconds	Caster Only
	Snipe	Level 55	Shoots a powerful arrow of light at a chosen target, dealing 676 Ranged damage to it and all enemies in the arrow's path. Enemies damaged by Snipe are immune to it for 6 seconds.	315 Mana	1.5 Seconds	27 Seconds

*Base values of Rank 1 skills. Values scale off ability rank, equipped items, and character level.

Passive

	Name	Archery Reqs	Description
	Wild Instincts	Skill Points 2+	Increases Move Speed +8%.
	Eagle Eyes	Skill Points 4+	Increases Ranged Accuracy +3% and Ranged Crit Rate +2%
	Archery Expertise	Skill Points 6+	Decreases cooldown for Piercing Shot, Charged Bolt, Stalker's Mark, Missile Rain, Toxic Shot, and Snipe skills -10%.
	Ranged Attack Evasion	Skill Points 7+	Increases Evasion Rate +8%.
	Marksman	Skill Points 6+	Increases range of all bow skills 5m.
	Sharpshooting	Skill Points 9+	Increases Ranged Critical Rate +3% and deals +20% additional Ranged Critical damage.
File:Feral Claws.png	Feral Claws	Skill Points 10+	Increases Archery skill damage +15%.

Combos

Archery self-combos: (due to cooldowns some Archery combos need an additional class or multiple Archers to 'self' combo.)

Class	Archery combos with class	Class combos with Archery	Both classes have
Auramancy		none	none
Battlerage
Defense	- if slowed		if slowed
Occultism	- if slowed	- if impaled if distressed	- if slowed/distressed
Shadowplay*	- if slowed		- if slowed
Songcraft	none	- if charmed	if charmed
Sorcery	none		- if slowed
Vitalism	none	none
Witchcraft	- if slowed		- if slowed

*Piercing Shot is modified by Bloodthirst, primarily a Shadowcraft resource - Intensity and Archery Expertise modify Toxic Shot, a Shadowcraft skill.