HEALER ARCHER GUIDE!

Last update: 24/1/2008 (tip with the *NEW* mark)

First of this is a “guide” in all sense of the word. I mean, you shouldn’t take this information like a rule, because this is just to guide the people in the way I did, mainly cause it worked great for me.

Healer Archer Guide

Introduction

Healer Archer is a mix up between the heal ability and a good Solo/PvP class. If this is the role you expect from your healer you are in the right path.

Pros
*Heal itself
*Long range attack
*usefull PvP and hunting attack skills (mainly PvP)
*Good walking speed (Elven Walk skill)
*Very good MP regeneration time (Rise Mana skill)
*Nice attack speed

Cons
*Low defence
*Low physical attack
*Low HP

-All the above stated is relative. Just my thoughts.

Stat Points

The dexterity is the main stat point for the archer.

DEX- increase attack, defense, accuracy, evasion.
STR- increase HP
CON –increase HP
INT- increase MP, Increase Magic Attack

Stat Point Distribution (This is how I played it, you can change this distribution depending on your tastes and needs, but still a good guide for the beginners)

*Lvl 1 – Lvl 30* All on dex. It will give you all the benefits stated above.
*Lvl 31* After choose the acher second job, you will have 30 stat points. Here is a nice way to distribute them:
Max Dex Build
lvl 31 -30 dex
lvl 32 -33 dex
lvl 33 -37 dex
lvl 34 -37 dex, 3con
lvl 35 -37 dex, 7con
lvl 36 -37 dex, 10con
lvl 37 -37 dex, 14con
lvl 38 -37 dex, 17con
lvl 39 -41 dex, 17con
lvl 40 -44 dex, 17con
lvl 41 -48 dex, 17con
lvl 42 -51 dex, 17con
lvl 43 -52 dex, 17con, 3 int
lvl 44 -52 dex, 17con, 6 int
lvl 45 -52 dex, 17con, 10 int
lvl 46 -52 dex, 17con, 13 int
lvl 47 -52 dex, 17con, 17 int (enough to get every single skill at this point)
lvl 48+ all in dex.

*Other path* Since Rapid Arrow is a useful skill for training (and pvp too), and you can get it at lvl 32, but at the cost of 12 int, you can add the 12 int as soon you change to archer. You still need to get the 17 con, so you will have some dex less. At lvl 38 you restat that int to dex so you can get slow arrow, that is better than rapid arrow. Of course you wont be able to use rapid arrow again still you get the 12 int back (But don’t worry, slow arrow will replace this skill very well).

Rapid Arrow Build
lvl 31 -21 dex, 9 int
lvl 32 -21 dex, 12 int
lvl 33 -25 dex, 12 int
lvl 34 -25 dex, 3con, 12 int
lvl 35 -25 dex, 7con, 12 int
lvl 36 -25 dex, 10con, 12 int
lvl 37 -25 dex, 14con, 12 int
lvl 38 -37 dex, 17con (Int restated to dex. Cost 240k at clean)
lvl 39 +Same way than above.

*NEW*
*The Power Trio* Since This became for much the most popular built, i´ve made this little add to the guide. I never tried this before, so i just followed tips by purpleflame and junkdepot, Thanks both. I strongly suggest for new ppl to follow this one instead of 2 posted above.

Power Trio Build (Slow, Silence, Poison Arrow)
lvl 31 -30 dex
lvl 32 -33 dex
lvl 33 -37 dex
lvl 34 -37 dex, 3int
lvl 35 -37 dex, 7int
lvl 36 -37 dex, 10int
lvl 37 -37 dex, 14int
lvl 38 -37 dex, 17int (Get Slow and silence)
lvl 39 -41 dex, 17int
lvl 40 -44 dex, 17int
lvl 41 -48 dex, 17int
lvl 42 -51 dex, 17int
lvl 43 -52 dex, 17int, 3 con
lvl 44 -52 dex, 17int, 6 con (Get Poison, there you got the power trio)
lvl 45+ -52 dex, 17int, 10 con (Keep on the con still 17, then back to dex)

Training Places

Most important when training a healer archer is to get enough SP to have the righ skill updated.

Lvl 1-7: Just kill elder wolfs and dire wolfs out there. Loot all.

Lvl 7-15 Personal Dungeon 1. This will be a little hard at the beginning, but don’t worry, you will get used to it soon. Try get the armor that fits your lvl for better results. This is one of the best stages to farm SP and Money.

Lvl 15-18: Elder Wolfs, Drakes. As I said, SP farm is the most important. It will be very bore kill these mobs, but don’t worry, it will pay off, I promise. Also start working on a horse. You probably had found a pan flute by this time, if don’t buy one, you really need it.

*Note: My intentions on you killing white mobs its not just SP farm, you also need time with your pet to get stronger. More time you spend on your pet at sooner lvls, easier it will be later.

Lvl 18-24: Velspist temple. Just left to say that you have to do your best to keep your armor and weapon updated. Don’t upgrade it yet, you don’t need it at this lvls. At this point you would like to upgrade your weapon lvl 25 at least to +3 if you have some spare cash.

Lvl 24-28: Butchers: And keep the bore SP farming. You have to do your best to get at least a lvl 31 horse mount before you end this stage. I suggest a lvl 33, and a lvl 37 if is possible, but that’s really hard to do. You might also want to upgrade your armor lvl 30-32 at least to +3 if you have some spare cash.

-Side tip- If at lvl 28 you dont have a horse lvl 31 to mount yet (and i bet you wont, i tried to do it and couldnt do it myself), here is what you can do: Stay on butchers or you can go prokion temple to kill orc sergeants still lvl 31. When you choose your Archer job you will have a HP boost, now get as much lvl 6 and lvl 12 magical defense mineral as you can, get the mana shield skill (magical def buff) lvl 4 or lvl 5, set your pet skill point on magical defense, get a lot of herbs to your pet, and go kill doom slayers at the swamp (located at the center east of the merac map, just avobe merac castle). Mainly i suggest this cause doom slayers give a nice exp (about 8k in solo party), and you wont need the horse def buff to kill them well, since they have magical att. You can stay there enough to get your pet to lvl 31, at the same time you keep lvling properly. Its a little expencive, way risky but a thriller at same time. For me kill this was more interesting than kill anything else.

Lvl 28-34: Bandits, Blood Freanzies, Gnolls, Gnolls Lancers. The place you gonna train will depends on the horse mount, skill, weapon, armor and pet you have. I don’t suggest Blood Freanzies, they give almost same exp than a bandit, and are harder to kill, and over it they really hurt your pet cause they agro and no link. Make your armor lvl 35-37 at least +4. I rather buy the weapons upgraded already, but you might also upgrade it by yourself. Get your weapon lvl 37 to +6.

Lvl 34-41: Finally the Highlanders. Good exp, decent drops, nice place to train (but most time taken already). My armor Lvl 40-42 I just made it +4, but you might go for +6 if you have money enough. I strongly suggest you to buy or make a lvl 41 weapon +8 or better. I suggest over 1200 def for the highlanders.

Lvl 41-50: You can make all this on the larvas, or might go to jail 2nd floor and kill beast Scythe still lvl 44, and then go to larvas. Larvas need at least 1400 def for a decent train, while beast scythe like 900. Make your armor lvl 50-52 +6 at least. Your weapon lvl 45 and all other after this you should make it +10.

Skill

Since I don’t know know how much SP you gonna have at some specific time, i´ll name the skill and its effect in order of priority. It means you should get it in this order for better results. Of course this is relative and you might have another way that could work great for you.

*CHANGED*
Skill Priority
Multy stryke lvl 4
Heal lvl 5
Fast bow fixing lvl 5
Arcane knowledge lvl 5
Dealy shot lvl 5
Vital spot blow lvl 5
Rise focus lvl 5
Rise Mana lvl 5
Party Heal lvl 5
Double string shot lvl 5
Bow Mastery lvl 5
Silence arrow lvl 5*
Slow Shot lvl5*
Poison Arrow lvl 5*
Survival Training lvl 5
Rapid arrow lvl 5
Mana shield lvl 5
Elvan Walk lvl 2
Resurection lvl 5
Mind training lvl 5
Enchant Arrow lvl 5

Skill Description (Thanks to Firevampire)

Shining Skill
General Skill
Required Level 1
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 0 3 5 12 43
Required MP: 11 15 20 26 33
Effect: 120 146 185 242 312

Self Heal
General Skill
Required Level 1
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 0 3 5 12 16
Required MP: 9 12 16 21 27
Effect: 95 140 185 230 275

Multiple Stroke
General Skill
Necessary Skill: Shining Arrow Lv.1
Effects: Hits 8 Monsters.
Required Level 5
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 2 3 5 12 43
Required MP: 8 10 13 17 22
Effect: 120 146 187 242 312

Fast Bow Fixing
General Skill
Effect: Increase Attack speed (5 min. at lvl 5)
Required Level 5
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 2 3 5 12 43
Required MP: 22 27 33 40 48
Effect: 4 8 12 16 20

Heal
General Skill
Necessary skill: Self Heal Lv.1
Required Level 5
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 2 3 5 12 43
Required MP: 12 16 21 27 34
Effect: 120 180 240 300 360

Hard Rejection
General Skill
Necessary skill: Shining Arrow Lv.1
Effect: Attack 8 Near Monsters.
Required Level 10
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5

Required SP: 3 4 7 18 65
Required MP: 10 12 16 22 30
Effect: 182 237 288 325 379

Elven Walk
Passive Skill
Effect: Increase Movement speed.
Required Level 10
Skill Level: 1 2
Required SP: 65 65
Effect: 5 10

Rise Focus
Passive Skill
Necessary Skill: Fast Bow Fixing Lv.1
Effect: Improves Hit Rate (Accuracy).
Required Level 10
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 4 6 10 24 86
Effect: 4 8 12 16 20

Arcane Knowledge
Passive Skill
Necessary Skill: Heal Lv.1
Effect: Increase Defensive power.
Required Level 10
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 4 6 10 24 86
Effect: 20 40 60 80 100

Rise Mana
Passive Skill
Necessary Skill: Heal Lv.1
Effect: Increase Mana Recovery speed.
Required Level 10
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 4 6 10 24 86
Effect: 2 4 6 8 10

Storm Arrow
General Skill
Necessary Skill: Multiple Stroke Lv.1
Required Level 15
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 4 6 10 24 86
Required MP: 16 23 31 40 49
Effect: 168 199 246 310 392

Deadly Shot
Passive Skill
Necessary Skill: Rise Focus Lv.1
Effects: Increase Critical Rate.
Required Level 15
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 6 7 12 30 108
Effect: 1% 2% 3% 4% 5%

Party Heal
General Skill
Necessary Skill: Rise Mana Lv.1
Effect: Heals Whole party.
Required Level 15
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 4 6 10 24 86
Required MP: 16 21 27 34 42
Effect: 75 125 175 225 275

Vital Spot Blow
Passive Skill
Necessary skill: Deadly Shot Lv.1
Effect: Increase Damage on criticas hits.
Required Level 20
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 4 6 10 24 86
Effect: 2% 4% 6% 8% 10%

Cure Poison
General Skill
Necessary skill: Party Heal Lv.1
Effects: Remove poison capsule and poison arrow (Based on skills lvls, ie. lvl 4 Cure Poison can just remove lvl 4 or lower Poison Capsule).
Required Level 20
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 6 7 12 30 108
Required MP: 18 22 27 33 40
Effect: 1Lv 2Lv 3Lv 4Lv 5Lv

Mana Shield
General Skill
Necessary Skill: Rise Mana Lv.1
Effects: Add Magical defensive.
Required Level 20
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 6 7 12 30 108
Required MP: 20 27 35 44 54
Effect: 10 20 30 40 50

Resurection
General Skill
Necessary Skill: Party Heal Lv.1
Effect: Raise Dead party Member and recover its lost experience.
Required Level 25
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 250 100 100 100 100
Required MP: 300 300 300 300 300
Effect: 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Double Sting Shot
General Skill
Necessary Skill: Storm Arrow Lv.1
Required Level 30
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 8 10 17 42 151
Required MP: 22 27 33 40 48
Effect: 273 315 382 472 585

Archer Skills

Rapid Arrow
General Skill
Effect: Bleeding (Damage over time, for about 5 secs.)
Required Level 32
Status Intelligence 12
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 9 12 20 48 173
Required MP: 31 38 46 55 65
Power: 252 298 369 466 588

Arrow Of Silence
General Skill
Effect: Silence (Characters Cant Cast Spells), also think it reduce monster magical attact.
Required Level 38
Status Intelligence 17
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 10 13 22 54 194
Required MP: 34 41 49 58 68
Power: 216 255 316 399 504

Bow Mastery **This one is a little messy, sorry **
Passive Skill
Effect: Increase physical attack.
Required Level 32
Status Dexterity 2 ??
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Effect: 3 8 15 24 35

Multi Shot
General Skill
Effect: Slow Target(For about 8 secs.)
Required Level 38
Status Dexterity 35
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 10 13 22 54 194
Required MP: 32 38 45 53 62
Power: 240 284 352 444 560

Mind Training
Passive Skill
Effect: Increase magical Defence.
Required Level 32
Status Constitution 12
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 9 12 21 51 183
Effect: 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

Survival Training
Passive Skill
Effect: Add physical Defence.
Required Level 38
Status Constitution 17
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 10 13 22 54 194
Effect: 20 40 60 80 100

Poison Arrow
General Skill
Effect: Poison (Damage over time, for about 5 secs).
Required Level 44
Status Dexterity 52
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 11 15 25 60 216
Required MP: 44 64 84 104 124
Effect: 250 260 270 280 290

Enchant Arrow
Passive Skill
Effect: Increse Physical att.
Required Level 50
Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
Required SP: 21 31 51 110 360
Effect: 33 66 99 132 165

To keep on mind about attack skills
Power of Silence Arrow is almost equal to Slow and Rapid Arrow, whereas Poison Arrow has around 20% more power than Slow, so its around 380

but take care, Poison has 20% more Power, but it uses 40% more mana than the others
Rapid / Slow / Silence use 103-112 mp per shot with about 310 power
Poison uses 146 mp per shot with 380 power

Silent arrow can also be used on the beast crawlers (lvl 4/5 merac temple), the DK and Baal and no doubt on the creatures that perform magic attacks in the forgotten temple in dratan to stops its magic attacks. So silent arrow is also useful outside of pvp

Managing the SP

Its almost impossible get enough SP to max the skills at the moment you turn the lvl needed, so a good strategy to make use of your SP is to take the skill just to lvl 4 at the beginning. A lvl 5 Skill need like the half of all SP you need for the whole skill, so instead you get a lvl 5 skill, you better get another skill to lvl 4. You will be missing 1 skill lvl in a skill, but you will get 4 lvls, on another one. For example: instead of get lvl 5 heal inmediatly, you get it to lvl 3 or 4 just, and get fast bow fixing too to lvl 4. You will have to usefull skills instead of 1. Later you can finish upgrading the skill.

BTW: it is actually possible to get enough SP to max the skills at the moment you turn the lvl needed,
the only thing u need to do is to always kill the mobs that give u the most sp, that means kill mobs that are exactly the lvl u are, best is to solo party then coz u ll get 1100 skill xp per kill.

I made 1300 skill points like that between lvl 32 and 38, and was able to max out Silence , Slow Arrow and Resurrection skill like that !!!! and even had some sp left for next skill

Managing Money

Money is one of the hardest theme for every class at the beginning. First of, don’t go asking to other ppl for free cash, it don’t just look bad, but it really annoy the ppl you ask, and give a bad image about you. As I suggested, loot everything. Sell all armor and weapons lvl 32 and below to npc. Lvl 33 and over sell it on vendor. Same rule to manuals. If you are a lucky guy and find a HS at the first 15 Lvls, sell it on vendor, but just 1, this way you will have a good money on your pocket, and the HS you wont use it for a while. All other HS you find, keep them. This is the most basic way to manage your money at the earliers lvls. Afterwards, when selling things on vendor, Make sure you put the right price. Don’t over price it cause is a waste of time, but don’t make it too cheap. Try estimate an average price for the item by checking other ppl vendors every day, and when going to vendor it, set the price for like 85-90% of the average price you estimated. For example if the lvl 37 weapon sells for 100k, and you wanna sell fast, put it on 85k.

Also i just found a nice way to get the starter money, the treasure box event. As soon as you get lvl 10, go to loraine and open the box in the event section. If you are a lucky guy, as i was, you can get 30k coins, enough to buy your next armor set and 2 weapons. Most of the event boxes give cash, a descent amount of cash, so open them as soon you get the proper lvl. The treasure event box lvls are: 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30.

Things you always should remember about your money and stuff.

*Never, hear it again, NEVER, no matter who it is, don’t borrow your money or items, no matter if its your best friend, if you knew him through internet, don’t borrow anything, if he is your friend he will understand, if he says he wont be your friend cause you wont lend him money or items, let him go. If you lend something considered it as a gift from you.

*Don’t fall in scams. If you trading with someone, and you notice something out of normal, like he cancel the trade many times, or anything, forget the deal and block the person.

*Don’t accept underpriced deals. Many ppl try to get items underpriced just asking over and over for a better price. If you are sure the price you ask for something is the right, never down it. Just say no as many times the other guys ask you for a better price.

I think that’s enough to get you started on the game as a healer archer. I hope you like the job and the game and don’t doubt ask me if have a question.

Glossary

Att =Attack
Def =Defense
Lvl= Level
Exp= Experience
SP= Skill Points
Dex= Dexterity
Int= Intelligence
Str= Strength
Con= Constitution
Agro= The monster will attack you if you walk near it.
Link= The monster will attack you if you attack another close monster of the same type.
Mob= Monster
Cause= Because
Ppl= People
HS= Heaven Stone
k= Thousands. Example: 100k=100,000
mil= millions. Example 100mil= 100,000,000
Pvp= Player versus Player
Solo= Training by yourself, without any help from other people.
DK= Death Knight of Iris (boss)

Credits To (colored text means tips by them):
aeryn
kamiyu84
purpleflame
Why-Not-Me
Firevampire (aka Pet Eater )
junkdepot
Selphy’s Cleric Guide http://lastchaos.aeriagames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19149 (I thought i should put this, not just cause i took some info from there, but also a great complement for my guide, Nice work Selphy).

thanks for the hints. I hope you dont mind i just copied and pasted your exact words, i had been to lazy lately

Side Comment: There are like 6 months i dont play archer (now im on a mage). When i wrote this guide there wasnt egeha, i had never partied in demons with an archer. Methods have changed since i stopped playing, so this guide my be a little obsolet by now. So i ask you to understand thinks were different in the old school Last Chaos, and you may not understand many tips up there. Best Regarts, Jynn.

PD: Forget my english, im not a good english speaker .
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Credits go to Jynn for putting this guide together!