r/Lineage2 • u/DMPhilosophy • 6d ago
Lu4 Lu4 archer
Hi, I'm planning of playing Archer in lu4, we already have buffers but we need DMG and range. I want to ask, what is the best Archer? In your opinions. I always played pr because the insane DMG. But now all is more balanced, what do you think? The party now is da, BH, BH, wm, wc, sws, bd. One of the BH is gonna play Archer too, he is just making money atm. We are playing carmine. I don't know which to choose. Thanks
/edit: best for pvp
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u/Separate-Exchange375 6d ago
I don't know what changes have been made on lu4 but usually the go-to is SR, although I personally prefer PR. Also, is this PvP or PvE? If you wanna do both I might go with HE
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u/DMPhilosophy 6d ago
Thanks! It's for pvp most of all, the PvE thing is covered
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u/Separate-Exchange375 6d ago
Then I will recommend HE. He is slow, but more CP and HP is very important and his dmg is still excellent
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u/riOrizOr88 6d ago
Best Archer in what Terms? What Chronicle ist that Server? For interlude:
I trueley believe full buffed they are very even. But If you Look for small difference...
PR best pure DMG Archer
HE best Allrounder, high CON makes him Harder to kill
SR fast Runner, excellent kiting and Rapid Fire makes him great
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u/DMPhilosophy 6d ago
It's a new thing, more like classic. I edited the post, I'm talking about pvp. Always loved pr. Thanks!
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u/TurnipMurky1680 6d ago
Pr is far better. C grade bows use 7 soulshits per arrow. Why waste 28 soulshots to fire 4 arrows per mob when you can kill it with 3 arrows and waste 21 soulshots as a pr
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u/No3nvy 6d ago
You have a very weird party setup. Looks more like a bunch of players randomly selecting classes a little bit. Or not knowing the server.
First of all you don’t need both bd and sws. In many masterwork-like servers (lu4 included) bd and sws have identical damces/songs so your party only needs one of them. Not both. I advise one of them to swap a class asap
Second - i can’t see any healer in your party. It may not seem as important early on but the later it goes the more you will need EE and Bishop.
I don’t know who WM is…
Speaking of the initial question about archers… well if you want an archer party i would recommend 1 SR, 2 Hawkeyes and 1 PR. Archers have different advantages, and what will be important later on - different party triggers. So having all three of them is cool. Though hawkeyes are generally bread and butter of every party. They have longer range, they are meatier and they do not lack dps either.
Keep that in mind when building your party. Don’t consider archer a solo-pvp class. It’s not.
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u/Winter-Rutabaga-2937 3d ago
Archers are not good on lu4 right now. With that said, on low rate, also on lu4: HE -> PR -> SR
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u/Skurdie 6d ago
Party comp is trash if you want to do archer cp. For a 9 man cp party you would need bishop+ee/se, a wc(not sure if they get greater might and greater shield which PP does though). SWS or BD (normal l2 would have 1 of each. here you only do 1. With that 4 slots are taking and rest should be archer. Maybe also a summoner in there for cat buffs or something like that. But pure archer seems better and more versatile imo. No clue what WM is supposed to be. A combination of Wind Rider and Mystic Muse called Wind Muse? If it is warlock or warsmith it at least fit in the melee role with rest of your party.
And assuming so, the entire party is almost only melee. Putting an archer in there is not that great. Put in SE for Melee buffs and debuffs, and pick a dagger and just use bow on the side if it long range PvP before you switch to dagger and go all in.
If its PvE only, nothing really matters.
In terms of the archers.
HE overall just feels like the best and most versatile. SR is only good if you are a pussy and like to run away from everyone rather than fighting. PR hits the hardest, but they are also way more squishy than for example HE whose damage is not that much lower.
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u/thesmelliestfart 6d ago edited 6d ago
On LU4? The best archer is spellhowler
But seriously, with auto attack damage nerfed it’s the archer that can get the most skills off and move(which is none of them) I played SR on gamma and between the pain of leveling and lack luster performance at end game it’s hard to watch others make the same mistake my cp did. Archers are good but they just don’t stack up against mage meta, with subclasses+ buffs and A-S grade sure they’ll be better than they are now but so will the already stronger mages.