Skill tree for archer

[☘ LoxeTheFox ●ω● ❤]

Hey, so as the title mentions I'm wondering which skill trees to put points into for an archer build

[Drake]

The bow one mainly.

Then the attack speed one and the critical hits one.

I would also put points in the movement tree for the dash and the stamina tree, as well as the crafting tree (to be able to craft arrows at the camp fire).

Then it depends on how you'll focus your build. If you use magic (or a magic bow), then put points in the general magic tree (to get more mana for the magic arrows). If you want to play stealth, got for the stealth tree.
if you use poison arrows, there is a status ailment tree.

[Hoss]

Bow, critical, stealth, and movement would be my recommendations.

Bow for obvious reasons. Stealth for sneak attack bonuses. Plus, there is a get out of death free perk there as well. Critical for big hits. Movement for the extra dash. Wouldn't hurt to do some hp and stam perks too.

Fyi, the zoom perk is broken atm. It breaks when you swap weapons. Saving and reloading fixes it until you swap again.

[SzargontheCultured]

Stealth archer is not reccomended at the moment as it struggles heavily against bosses

[laputanconstruct]

ALL bow skills are broken. They'll stop working the moment you swap weapons, change arrows, look at the bow funny, or any number of things. But if you really want to play bow right now you need to beeline Strong Arm of the Bowmaster -> Power Draw Technique - Eagle Eye. The reason you want Eagle Eye is because when Eagle Eye's zoom effect stops working you'll know that all the bow skills have stopped working. The only way to get them working again is to save and reload with a bow drawn. You'll be quick saving and quick loading over and over and over again just to play bow until this bug is fixed.

[Fox]

Does attack speed really affect bow attacks? I always ignored it. Which armor would you recommend in Act 1?

[elbentzo]

Originally posted by laputanconstruct:

ALL bow skills are broken. They'll stop working the moment you swap weapons, change arrows, look at the bow funny, or any number of things. But if you really want to play bow right now you need to beeline Strong Arm of the Bowmaster -> Power Draw Technique - Eagle Eye. The reason you want Eagle Eye is because when Eagle Eye's zoom effect stops working you'll know that all the bow skills have stopped working. The only way to get them working again is to save and reload with a bow drawn. You'll be quick saving and quick loading over and over and over again just to play bow until this bug is fixed.

This is very true and I'm here to remind anyone who comes across these bugs to report them using the in-game bug report! The more people report them, the faster they'll fix this annoying bug that makes bow builds basically unplayable (unless you like to reload every 10 seconds to refresh your perks).

[☘ LoxeTheFox ●ω● ❤]

Originally posted by Drake:

The bow one mainly.

Then the attack speed one and the critical hits one.

I would also put points in the movement tree for the dash and the stamina tree, as well as the crafting tree (to be able to craft arrows at the camp fire).

Then it depends on how you'll focus your build. If you use magic (or a magic bow), then put points in the general magic tree (to get more mana for the magic arrows). If you want to play stealth, got for the stealth tree.
if you use poison arrows, there is a status ailment tree.

That makes perfect sense, I must be blind then cause I only saw the ones with fists so I put points into 1 handed cause I'm using a short bow

[Demiwalker]

Bow is strong on the first map, but falls behind melee and magic on second map.

[Oobaneko]

I find bowman is the hardest way to play so far. I'm playing as 2-hand knight, but using bow a lot.