Category:Archer (TERA Class)

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Playing Style
Arms and Armor
Skill Overview
Party Role
Skills
References

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Disclaimer	This information was obtained during the TERA Focus Group 2 testing and is subject to change. See end of article for source references.

If you like having a tool for every job, the archer is the class for you...especially if you like tools that explode, penetrate armor, trap enemies in magical spider webs, or transform into radiant energy. The archer rewards the use of clever tactics and thinking two steps ahead of your enemy.

Archers leave behind a trail of victims that look like pincushionsâ€”many dead before they knew what hit them. An archer's arrows effortlessly punch through enemy armor, consume foes in fiery energy, and trap them so they can't even flee!

Playing Style

If you like having a tool for every job, the archer is the class for you . . . especially if you like tools that explode, penetrate armor, trap enemies in spiderwebs, or transform into radiant energy. The archer is a class that rewards clever tactics, knowing the right countermeasure for every threat, and thinking two steps ahead of your enemy.

Arms and Armor

Archers wear light armor so they can take advantage of their speed and mobility. Their weapon is a bow, of course, but it's the broad range of arcane arrows that make the class: piercing arrows, exploding arrows, rapid-fire arrows, poison arrows, arrows that hit multiple enemies in one shot, and more.

Skill Overview

Archer skills are mostly arrow attacks (that's what they do, after all). As they advance in skill, they learn to fire arrows that injure, kill, trap, stun, and pick off whole batches of choice targets. The bow can also be used to strike, dealing close-quarters damage while the archer leaps back out of harm's way.

Archers also have escape skills to avoid taking damage, and an array of traps that immobilize, poison, or just plain explode their enemies. Enemies often try to rush an archer, and having an array of traps comes in handy to punish them for such unimaginative tactics. There's even a web arrow to catch and immobilize foes who try to escape and run for help.

Party Role

Archers deal death from afar. They excel at firing from beyond a foe's retaliation range, and using their escape moves to stay there. They can take the high ground for a better view of the overall battle, pick off foes who flee for help, and deal out damage without pulling aggro from the tanks.

Skills

**Archer Skills**
Skill Name	Level Skill Is Learned	Skill Description
Normal Shot	1	Fires an arrow forward. An arrow flies by 15m, giving a damage to targets on hit.
Multi Shot	2	Locks on targets up to 4 within 15m, and fires arrows. Locks on targets with cross hair after pressing skill button, and fires arrows after pressing skill button once more.
Focused Shot	6	A power charged skill. Fires a powerful arrow forward. An arrow flies by 15m, giving a damage to targets on hit. An arrow is fired as you release attack button. Attack power increases while holding an attack button.
Penetrating Shot	12	A power charged skill. Fires a penetrating shot forward. An arrow gives a penetrating damage to maximum of X targets, up to 15m in range. An arrow is fired as you release attack button. Attack power increases while holding an attack button.
Soaring Attack	14	Attacks the target while standing up. You can only use this skill when you are knocked down.
Backstep	18	Jumps to the rear, distancing from the front.
Toxic Trap	22	Sets a toxic trap. Caught target loses HP by -100 each 2s over 10s.
Cobweb Trap	24	Sets a intrinsic cobweb trap. Caught target decreases movement speed by 50% for 8s.
Chain Shot	26	Holding a skill button enables rapid shooting.
Mark of Sagittarius	30	Marks a target with a sign that lasts 15s. The caster who marked a target can give more damage by 15% when attacking marked target.
Blackout Trap	32	Sets a blackout trap. Caught target knocks down for 2s.
Feign Corpse	36	Deceives enemies by pretending death, resetting all aggro level against caster. Feign corpse can be maintained as long as 60s.