Excavator Guide

I took AdySmith's guide from here[guidescroll.com] + here[www.florensia-online.com] and added my experiences.

This guide is mainly for AoE Exca, but some PvP too.

Characterpoints

Con vs. Dex

Con increases your max HP
Full Con makes you tanky af, but you get hit by every attack.

Dex increases your evasion
Full Dex may let you feel untouchable, but when a few attacks hit, you're dead very quickly.

You get 3 Points every lvl-up and 1 Point every sealvl

Skills

Down Strike is a nice skill for every Exca, whatever your build, but most useful for dex classes (as you’ll have much higher melee hit rate, which is needed for this skill to work as it uses a 1h sword). You only need 1 skill point to get the stun effect. Putting more points into it raises the damage, but it isn’t worth it for the amount of skill points needed to max it.

Spiral Breaker is a useful skill that slows down movement and attack speed by 40% for 12 seconds at max (level 7/10). I recommend only getting this skill for specific boss killing / pvp builds as you’ll be using 1h sword and won’t have much melee hitting if you’re not dex. Spiral Breaker slows down the animation speed of attacking with normal attacks and skills, but it doesn’t affect the casting times. One thing to point out is that if you use Spiral Breaker (40% speed reduction) and then Aimed Shot (60% speed reduction), you can stop any mob from moving as they’ll have 100% speed reduction.

Quick Shot isn’t worth putting more than 1 point in, only to continue using skills below it. It has too low damage for the amount of skill points needed to max.

Put 1 point into Aimed Shot to get the movement decrease effect. The speed at which the player moves and the duration of the effect doesn’t change when upgrading this skill, so you shouldn’t waste more points to get some extra damage.

Rifle Mastery increases the maximum damage dealt by your rifle. As with all builds in this guide, the rifle is the main attacking weapon so you should max Rifle Mastery to gain more attacking power if you have the points spare.

Poison Bullet is a useful skill if you have spare skill points to use up, but I find it not so good as it seems to miss often.

Burst Shot is a great skill to knock your oppenent down and do some good damage too. I recommend getting this skill to level 4 if you have spare points as then the stun duration is maxed at 5 seconds, and if not just keep it at level 1.

Shooting Nova is another must-have skill. It hits powerfully twice, and like many Explorer skills it can be performed instantly. Max it *-*.

Dual Gun Mastery increases the speed at which you fire your dual guns. As you’ll be using your rifle for all normal attacks, this skill is pointless, so only put 1 point in to make the skills below available.

Gunkata can be very useful depending on your build. At max it deals 1087 damage with an extra 2028 bleeding damage over 15 seconds. This is great for PvP and bosses, but not needed if you’re going for a full AoE build.

Moving Shot is a very useful skill. Not only does it stun the opponent for 3 seconds, you also jump back. It can be a real life-saver, or a way to continuously annoy people chasing you. >:] You also only need to put 1 point into it to get the stun effect.

Obviously for any AoE build you need to max Gas Bomb. For PvP it can be quite useful, but the damage and DoT (damage over time) is quite poor, so if you chose a PvP build it’s really up to you if you want to use this skill or not :3

Again, this needs to be maxed for any AoE build. Explosion deals more damage than Gas Bomb, but doesn’t have a DoT. It is up to you if you want it for a PvP build but I wouldn’t really recommend it.

Mine Trap is the final Excavator AoE skill. It is handy to max if you use an AoE build for extra damage, but utterly useless for a PvP build, because who’s gonna walk straight into a mine? *¬* One thing to note is that Mine Trap’s hit rate is 100%, as long as the mobs are in range. This means it is great for higher level floors in tower.

Concentration increases your hit rating and range. If you have a full dex build, I recommend only getting this skill to level 2 for the extra +3m range which is useful in gathering mobs (attacking from further away). However, this skill is vital to max if you chose a con based build because you won’t have enough hit rate to hit consistently normally.

Hit Chain is a buff skill which can be cast on any player target. At max it increases your melee and range hit by 91, but costs 10 skill points which to me isn’t worth it. If you’re lacking hit rating, you should increase the skill Concentration as you’ll get over double the amount of hit for roughly the same amount of skill points.

Raise Agility is another must-have skill for an AoE build as it increases your avoidance rate by 81 at max. It can also be useful for PvP to avoid hits and skill, but if you don’t have the spare points, don’t worry too much about it.

Wings of Wind increases your movement speed by 40% at max. Every Explorer / Excavator / Sniper should max this. No exceptions ;P.

A lot of people think Calm a completely useless skill but it can be very useful at times. If you use it on a mob, all agro you have will be reduced to 0, so it is perfect for when you accidently over-damage a boss. If you use calm, the boss will start attacking the player who has done second most damage and act like you haven’t attacked it at all.

As with Wings of Wind, this increases your movement speed by 50% at max, and unlike Wings of Wind this skill gives the buff to all nearby party members too. Every Excavator needs to max this, doesn’t matter about what build you have.

Balance Up is a skill usable by every second class. It increases your resistance to critical hits and stun skills. If you’re going for a PvP build (or if you kill bosses a lot), this is a must-have skill.

How to Play

• Switching weapons
  As you'll be using 3 different weapons for these builds, being able to switch to the right weapon at the right time is crucial. This can take some getting used to, however I recommend organising your skill bar so you're able to press the F1, F2, or F3 keys at the same time as performing common skills using the number keys.
  
• 1vs1
  You'll be killing mobs 1vs1 from level 1 to around 30 - 45 (depends on your skill and equipment). Your best skills for killing mobs 1vs1 are Aimed Shot and Moving Shot. You should be able to kill most mobs without them doing much, if any, damage to you. Once you get Shooting Nova, you're able to kill things a lot faster.
  
• AoE
  Excavator AoE is simple. Gather mobs around your level by running close to them (close enough for them to start following you but far enough for them not to hit you) or shooting them with your duals if they're far away. As you run faster than them with your buffs, make sure to be always on the move. When you have enough following you, run ahead a good distance and use Gas Bomb and Explosion, then run ahead again to lay down a mine using Mine Trap while you wait for your other AoEs to cool down.
  
• Bosses
  When killing bosses as an excavator, you'll rely on your speed. This means trying to find any items and potions that increase movement speed, such as movement speed rings and elixirs you can make from being an Alchemist. Once you're pretty fast, you can use the following skill combination to kill most bosses (not including ranged bosses and bosses with extra mobs): Moving Shot, run towards boss, Down Strike, Spiral Breaker, immediately run away from boss and use Moving Shot again when it's cooled down. Repeat over and over again. When killing bosses in a party, be sure to use Calm often so you don't steal the aggression.

Builds

Normal
Stats: Full CON
With this build, you're pretty well equipped to take on any challenge. You have 3 stuns, 2 DoTs, 3 AoEs, and a more powerful attack thanks to Rifle Mastery. You also have extra accuracy from Eagle Eye.



Monster Hunter (AoE)
Stats: 2 DEX, 1 CON (until you have 100 DEX, then full CON)
This build is mostly focused on AoE. You have all 3 AoE skills at their highest level for maximum damage, as well as all stuns and a few other useful skills to help while grinding or defending in warzones.


Player hunter (PvP)
Stats: Full CON
This build is focused on PvP. You have all stuns, all DoTs, extra accuracy and a more powerful rifle, but with reduced AoE power.



Boss hunter
Stats: 2 DEX, 1 CON (until you have 100 DEX, then full CON)
This build is focused on killing bosses, either solo or with a party. You have all stuns, 2 DoTs, 2 slows (able to reduce 100% of movement speed when combined) but with reduced AoE power.

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