Archer Strategy

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The Archer is a master of ranged combat and can kill anyone without getting bloody from the distance. Archers should generally avoid melee.


General Strategy

  • Always keep your distance to your enemy
  • Team up with a Heavy Knight and let him do the melee work
  • Avoid melee fights unless your opponent is low on health
  • Don't just sit around like a duck. You are not the only one with ranged weapons
  • Change your position to surprise your enemies

Weapon Specific Strategy

Longbow

  • Your main weapon. Good damage and plenty of ammo
  • Keep in mind that arrows won't fly straight and need some time to reach your target
  • Leading your target is crucial
  • Charging increases distance and damage
  • Three fully charged hits will fill your specialmeter
  • Arrows cannot penetrate a shield. They will lower their shield health though
  • The Longbow does less damage in melee range. Switch to your sword and try to get some distance again.
  • If your opponent is already low on health you won't need to switch to melee as one arrow will still kill him

Crossbow

  • Enormous damage with dead on accuracy (when in aim-mode)
  • Always use in aim-mode for increased damage and accuracy (Rightclick)
  • Pushes enemies further away
  • Can penetrate shields
  • Perfect weapon to snipe far away enemies
  • Reloading takes three seconds. Cancel by switching weapon
  • If you are in a melee fight don't shoot right at the beginning as most players will expect this. Rather finish them off with a deadly shot

Shortsword

  • Weakest sword there is
  • Medium weapon
  • Mediocre range
  • Still your weapon of choice if an enemy gets into melee range
  • You can easily defeat enemies who are low on health with it. But rather think of it as your best defence against melee hits and parry as much as you can while trying to get some distance between you and your enemy again
  • Third best humiliating weapon (after Punch and Hook)


See Also

Archer

Tactics

Combat