Below, I have outlined some viable skill builds and glyph builds for the Archer that I have found to have worked quite well. Keep in mind that this guide only covers a small aspect of the Archer. If you want a full Archer guide to show you the perfect builds and how to completely max out your character in every way, I highly recommend the Argon's Guide.
There are dozens of skills that you can unlock as you progress through the game, but you can only equip a certain number of them at each given time. So, having the proper skill and glyph build is extremely crucial if you want to be able to dominate your friends at Tera Online with ease. The build that I will be exposing to you today is a PVE inspired build that I have developed after countless hours of research. I will show you the skills that I chose plus two glyphs that you can use to compliment that particular skill with the pros and cons of each. Keep in mind that the skill build I created was designed around my own play style. Feel free to change or add new skills according to your liking.
Penetrating Arrow as a 8 second cool down and its cast time is instant. You will be able to charge up this skill to increase its damage. It is also a very good AOE skill that can hit up to 10 targets within 18 yards.
Glyph of the Slick: This glyph eliminates the restriction of movement while you are charging your Penetrating Arrow. Since PVE involves a lot of movement, this is definitely a good glyph to consider.
Glyph of Power: This glyph increases your power of the Penetrating Arrow by 25%. If you favor DPS over mobility, this may be the glyph you will want to take instead.
Radiant Arrow is a similar skill to Penetrating Arrow minus the AOE ability. You are still able to charge it up however, it can only hit a single target. Cast time is instant and has a 10 second cool down.
Glyph of Piercing: This glyphs gives you 35% of dealing double damage from your attack. An excellent glyph for taking out big monsters and taking on dungeons due to its chance to deal heavy DPS.
Glyph of the Slick: This glyph is the same as the glyph in Penetrating Arrow. It eliminates the movement restriction when you are charging up your Radiant Arrow.
Poison Arrow is an excellent skill that you have for dealing DoTs (damage over time). The cast time is 1 second and cool down is 6 seconds. The damage occurs over 12 seconds and can stack up to 3x. This skill is targeted for dungeon monsters as they are more buff and take more time to defeat.
Glyph of Acceleration: This glyph compliments Radiant Arrow. On use, it will add a buff that increases the charge up speed of Radiant Arrow by 30%.
Glyph of Lingering: This glyph increases the DoT duration of Poison Arrow by 40%. This means that the damage will occur over 20 seconds instead of the standard 12 seconds. This is good because it will deal more damage and also allow you more time to stack Poison Arrow on your opponents.
Slow Trap is an excellent CC ability that allows you to reduce your enemies movement speed by 70% for 6 seconds to all enemies within 6 yards. This will give you time to hit your opponents with your spells before they even have a chance to get in range to attack you. Slow trap has an instant cast time and has a cool down of 20 seconds. Glyph of Lingering: The only glyph worth mentioning for Slow Trap is this one. This glyph increases the duration of the slow from 6 seconds to 9 seconds. Amazing CC that you should almost always use whenever it is not on cool down to mitigate and deal heavy damage to incoming enemies.
Restraining Arrow is another great CC ability that you must have in your arsenal of spells. This skill is considered to be one of the Archer's life lines so use it wisely. It slows the targeted enemy's movement speed and animation speed by 50% for 6 seconds. Cast time is instant and the cool down is a whopping 15 seconds, so time it well.
Glyph of Lingering: Again like the Slow Trap, it will increase the duration from 6 seconds to 9 seconds. You should take all the CC you should get so this glyph should be priority if you are raiding or going to dungeons.
Glyph of Energy: This glyph reduces the cool down of Restraining Arrow from 15 seconds to 12 seconds. With the reduction in cool down, you will be able to maintain the debuff more frequently.
Having the right crystal build for your Archer in Tera is just as important as the right skills and glyphs. Below, I have outlined the crystals that I find to be the most effective for your weapon and armour in PVE situations.
WEAPON
Swift- This will increase your overall movement speed in combat
Acrimonious- Gives you more critical damage when attacking a big monster's rear
Savage- Critical attacks with do X amount of damage extra when attacking mob from rear
Forceful- Your critical attacks with increase strength when attacking mob from rear
Focused- Attacks will do an addition X amount critical damage against enraged monsters
Carving- Increases your critical chance by X percent
ARMOUR
Relentless- Will increase your overall HP by X amount
Vigorous- Will give you hit point regeneration by X amount per 5 seconds.
The builds above for the Tera Archer should be used as a guideline. The reason I say this is because these builds are targeted towards my own personal preference, play style and of course builds are never set in stone. Builds for your Archer will always change depending on the situation/scenario you are in and also differs depending on factors such as your own play style, equipment and hot keys. However, there is a way to know exactly what is the best build to use in every situation as an Archer. Want to know the best current builds for the Archer that have been created and used by professional Tera players? Sources: Wordpress Myspace Live Journal
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