The Archer Talent Set is specifically for champions that wish to focus on silent, distanced, physical damage.  To use skills from this set, the champion must be equipped with a bow type weapon and arrows/bolts.  While any champion can equip a bow and arrow and become quite skilled with the weapon, the Archer Talent Set enables specialized shots, easier aiming, faster loading, and faster weapon skill generation.

The Archer Talent Set amplifies the good things about using bow and arrow type weapons as ranged weapons.  Almost every shot has multiple arcs to a target; one direct shot and varied arcing paths.  A champion can switch between the different arcs to find one that does not hit an ally while dishing out continuous damage to a target.

Using this set, the champion does not have to worry about immediate discovery or the attention implied by the discovery.  This can be used in parties to allow the melee characters to keep the opponents attention while the Archer hits the more vulnerable parts to the target from a distance.  It could also be used with the Stealth Talent Set to really annoy a target.

Double shot allows for two arrows to be fired at the same time.  The arrows would hit two different targets.  Higher levels of this move allows for three arrows to be shot and multiple arrows to hit the same target.

With Arc shot, a champion would have multiple arrows in hand.  The champion would then draw the bow at a high arc and shoot.  The champion would draw again with the second arrow and shoot at a lower ach.  Both arrows hit the target at the same time.  If this move is placed at on a higher slot, the champion can shoot a third arrow as well.

Split Arrow allows for an arrow to hit exactly where another arrow has already landed.  This could weaken a target’s armor or make a wound even worse.

The move list only increases when using this talent set along with certain other talent sets.  The Caster Talents Set allows for arrows of arcane energy to be shot from the bow instead of physical arrows.  The Kinetic/Potential Talent Set allows for curving shots and even faster loading.  The Close Quarters Talent Set allows for the effective use of arrows as single use daggers.

The Archer Talent Set is versatile but of course is not for everyone.  A player that likes to rip face on the front lines would not choose this talent set.  It is a must have talent set for those that prefer to fight from the back lines.

Known Archer Talent Set Users:

Neely Yin