Archer Ascension

Archer Expert

Ascension

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4 years on Archer through nearly every nerf, Node War and siege

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Archer

Archer Class Ascension

Tankiness 6/10
Comfort Medium/Low
AoE Medium/Large

PvE Combo Guide

Archer

DPS Combo

  1. W+RMB
    Glissade+20 AP
  2. Shift+LMB
    Radiant Explosion
  3. S+Q
    Marked Bloom
  4. Q
    Flow: Spear of Sylvia
  5. Shift+RMB
    Luthraghon's Call
  6. RMB
    Echoes of the Call
  7. RMB
    Lights Trail
  8. RMB
    Righteous Smite
  9. Shift+E
    Full Bloom
  10. W+E
    Gaping Darkness
  11. D+F
    Covering Fire
  12. Shift+E
    Earth Shatter
  13. Shift+F
    Arrow Explosion
  14. Shift+LMB
    Radiant Explosion
  15. S+Q
    Marked Bloom
  16. Q
    Flow: Spear of Sylvia

Repeat from the first step (W+RMB, Glissade). Lock Grand Bloom for close-range spots.

Movement

Class Mobility

Movement / Repositioning

  1. D/A+RMB
    Tactical Strike
  2. W+E
    Gaping Darkness
  3. W+F
    Mountain Breeze
  4. Space
    Meteor DiveAfter certain skills
  5. A/D+Shift
    Glide
  6. D+LMB
    Winged Strike
  7. A/D+C
    Steady Breath
  8. A/D+C
    Zephyr Leap
  9. A/D+Shift
    Piercing Cry
  10. Hotbar
    Ensnare

Build Notes

Class Specifics

Skills to Lock

  1. Earth Kick
  2. Volant Kick
  3. Ascending Spirit
  4. Vine Cutter
  5. Evasion

Core

  1. Full Bloom
    Enhance

Skill Enhancements

  1. Earth's Judgement
    Lv. 58
  2. Radiant Ensnare
    Lv. 57
  3. Radiant Storm
    Lv. 56

Skill Add-ons

Class Addons

Earth Shatter I

Imbue your crossbow with the spirits' energies, then fire a powerful space-splitting...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 7 sec
  • All DP -20 for 7 sec to target

Luthraghon's Call I

A marksmanship technique of the Luthraghon. The energies generated from the arrow is ...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Instantly recover 35 HP per target
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Radiant Explosion I

Leap into the air, then rain down a barrage of destructive light upon approaching enemies.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All DP +20 for 15 sec
  • All DP -20 for 10 sec to target

Full Bloom I

Launch multiple arrows to multiple enemies. Inflicts more damage to closer targets.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Glissade

Preceding Skill: [Watcher] Perform various tactical maneuvers to enga...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
  • Movement Speed +10% for 12 sec

Marked Bloom

Fire an explosive arrow at a single location to annihilate the enemy. The enemies hit by the ...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Change Log

October 22, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    PvP minimum damage when the target's defense exceeds your attack raised from 5% to 7%.All classes

October 8, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Unified the level-based base stats (Max HP, HP Recovery, All AP, All Damage Reduction and All Evasion) for every class. Class-specific stat differences now come from a new passive skill learned automatically at Lv. 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70.All classes

  • All

    Added the common skill Godslayer: Force Palm (Lv. 60+). Its Secret Book is obtained at A Freesword's Hearth in Voidekaia after finishing the Inner Edania main quests.All classes

September 17, 2026

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Watcher: Down, Air, Back and Critical Hit Extra Damage +15% → +10% (All AP +20, Accuracy +48 and Critical Hit Rate +100% unchanged).

  • All

    Core: Uproot, Mountain Breeze: Core: Uproot Super Armor after attack 1 now lasts only until landing. Mountain Breeze Super Armor lasts to the end of landing, with no Stamina recovery for the whole motion.

  • PvE

    PvE damage raised: Absolute: Covering Fire +25%, Radiant Explosion IV, Marked Bloom and Spear of Sylvia IV +15%, Sunfall +13%, Absolute: Earth Shatter +12%; Flow: Light's Trail PvP ratio 26% → 22.54%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same.

February 12, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Removed "Extra Damage to Guard Gauge" (including Extra Fixed Damage to Guard Gauge) from all skills.All classes

November 20, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Full Bloom, Spear of Sylvia: Fixed Full Bloom doing Earth Shatter after Tactical Strike on cooldown, and Spear of Sylvia combos being slower in that case.

September 25, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    PvP damage spread across more skills. Lowered: Absolute: Earth Shatter 56.28% → 39.4%, Sunfall 74.96% → 45.73%, Absolute: Covering Fire 56.28% → 42.21%. Raised: Absolute: Bolt of Radiance 31.85% → 40.13%, Spear of Sylvia IV 25.55% → 27.34%, Mountain Breeze 37.7% → 42.22%, Righteous Smite 36.24% → 39.14%, Luthraghon's Call IV 35.23% → 40.51%, Ultimate: Zephyr Leap 56.28% → 60.22%.

July 24, 2025

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Combat system overhaul: Resistance and Ignore Resistance reworked, AP, DP reduction and Special Attack damage gaps between classes narrowed, and Special Attack damage effects of the same type no longer stack.All classes

  • All

    Infinite Mastery now grants Accuracy +18 and All Accuracy +18 per skill level.All classes

  • All

    Grace of Sylvia: All AP +12 → +20.

  • All

    Steady Breath: Ranged AP +12 → All AP +20.

  • All

    Radiant Explosion: All DP -15 → -20.

July 17, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Steady Breath, Exhale: Fixed a skill issue.

April 24, 2025

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Meteor Dive: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Steady Breath: Fixed a skill issue.

April 17, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Gaping Darkness: Fixed a skill issue.

April 10, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Exhale, Echoes of the Call: Fixed a skill issue.

March 20, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Grand Bloom: Corrected the skill description.

February 13, 2025

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Emergency Escape: Invincibility now also applies when you reappear; movement speed and Stamina recovery during the skill reduced; SPACE now jumps to higher terrain.All classes

  • PvE

    Combat Assistance can now only be used while total Family Level is 200 or lower; some skills deal less damage or lose effects when spammed during cooldown, while main PvE skills deal more damage.All classes

December 12, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

December 5, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Gaping Darkness, Meteor Dive: Corrected the skill description.

  • PvE

    Winged Strike: Fixed a skill issue.

November 28, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Arrow Explosion, Piercing Cry: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Earth Shatter: Corrected the skill description.

November 14, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

October 17, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

August 29, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Earth Shatter, Black Spirit: Luthraghon's Call: Skill behavior improved.

August 1, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 25, 2024

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Ensnare, Light's Path, Full Bloom, Flow: Grand Bloom, Radiant Storm, Black Spirit: Full Bloom, Breath: Deceleration, Breath of the Spirit: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Steady Breath, Meteor Dive, Ultimate: Zephyr Leap: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 18, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

July 10, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

June 19, 2024

7 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Steady Breath, Breath: Deceleration, Spear of Sylvia, Radiant Storm, Deadly Explosion, Piercing Cry, Earth's Judgment: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Sunfall, Black Spirit: Radiant Explosion, Full Bloom, Flow: Grand Bloom: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Radiant Explosion, Luthraghon's Call: PvP damage reduced.

  • PvP

    Spear of Sylvia, Piercing Light, Shadebound Beam, Marked Bloom: Damage adjusted.

  • PvE

    Winged Strike: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Mountain Breeze, Earth Shatter, Spear of Sylvia, Radiant Explosion, Black Spirit: Radiant Explosion, Luthraghon's Call: Fixed a skill issue.

December 20, 2023

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Ensnare, Gaping Darkness: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvE

    Piercing Cry: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvP

    Radiant Explosion: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvP

    Full Bloom, Marked Bloom, Spear of Sylvia, Uproot, Righteous Smite, Luthraghon's Call, Glissade, Absolute: Bolt of Radiance: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Absolute: Arrow Explosion: Damage adjusted.

November 15, 2023

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Sunfall: Cooldown 15 → 10 sec.

  • PvP

    Radiant Explosion: Cooldown 15 → 10 sec.

  • PvP

    Full Bloom, Flow: Grand Bloom, Spear of Sylvia, Uproot, Righteous Smite, Luthraghon's Call, Glissade, Absolute: Covering Fire: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Absolute: Earth Shatter, Absolute: Bolt of Radiance, Absolute: Arrow Explosion: Damage adjusted.

September 20, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

September 13, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

September 6, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

August 9, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 19, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

July 5, 2023

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

June 14, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Verdure Clout: Fixed a skill issue.

April 19, 2023

7 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Gaping Darkness, Storm of Light: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Flow: Volant Kick, Covering Fire, Vine Cutter, Arrow Explosion, Sunfall, Piercing Cry, Double Tap, Meteor Dive: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Ultimate: Zephyr Leap, Black Spirit: Ultimate: Zephyr Leap, Uproot, Flow: Echoes of the Call, Piercing Light: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Absolute: Covering Fire: Corrected the skill description.

  • PvP

    Luthraghon's Call, Light's Path, Full Bloom, Black Spirit: Full Bloom: PvP damage reduced.

  • All

    Spear of Sylvia, Flow: Grand Bloom: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Marked Bloom: Cooldown 7 → 6 sec.

April 6, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    General class improvements.All classes

March 15, 2023

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.

  • All

    Earth Kick, Flow: Volant Kick, Flow: Ascending Spirit, Vine Cutter, Ensnare, Gaping Darkness, Spirit Arrow, Meteor Dive: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Covering Fire, Storm of Light, Winged Strike, Wrath of Nature, Earth Shatter, Bolt of Radiance, Arrow Explosion, Greatbow Training: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Radiant Explosion, Spear of Sylvia, Uproot, Luthraghon's Call, Full Bloom: Damage adjusted.

November 23, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

November 9, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Shadebound Beam, Marked Bloom: Fixed a skill issue.

October 26, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Double Tap: Smoother combos and controls.

October 19, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Double Tap: Corrected the skill description.

October 12, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Storm of Light, Piercing Cry, Righteous Smite, Black Spirit: Righteous Smite: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Radiant Explosion, Black Spirit: Ultimate: Zephyr Leap, Black Spirit: Righteous Smite: Fixed a skill issue.

September 7, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Breath of the Spirit: Fixed a skill issue.

August 23, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Grand Bloom: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvP

    Full Bloom: PvP damage reduced.

  • All

    Sunfall: Corrected the skill description.

July 20, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Marked Bloom: Fixed a skill issue.

July 13, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Righteous Smite: PvP damage reduced.

  • PvP

    Marked Bloom: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Luthraghon's Call: Skill behavior improved.

July 6, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.

June 15, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Ultimate: Verdure Clout: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Radiant Ensnare: Skill behavior improved.

May 31, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Glissade, Glide: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Flow: Verdure Clout: Smoother combos and controls.

April 27, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Full Bloom: Fixed a skill issue.

March 30, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Grand Bloom: Fixed a skill issue.

February 23, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Marked Bloom, Full Bloom: Fixed a skill issue.

January 26, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Uproot, Exhale: Fixed a skill issue.

January 19, 2022

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Radiant Explosion: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Radiant Explosion: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Bolt of Radiance: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Marked Bloom: Skill behavior improved.

January 12, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Full Bloom, Flow: Grand Bloom: Smoother combos and controls.

January 5, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Marked Bloom: PvP damage reduced.

  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Earth Shatter, Black Spirit: Luthraghon's Call: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Earth Shatter: Corrected the skill description.

December 29, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Marked Bloom: Skill behavior improved.

October 20, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Radiant Explosion: Fixed a skill issue.

October 6, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Purging Shot: Fixed a skill issue.

July 28, 2021

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Glide: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Glide: Skill behavior improved.

June 29, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Flow: Volant Kick: Corrected the skill description.

June 23, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Piercing Cry, Luthraghon's Call: Corrected the skill description.

May 26, 2021

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Tactical Strike: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Piercing Light, Bolt of Radiance: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Core: Piercing Light: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvP

    Righteous Smite: Damage adjusted.

  • PvE

    Spear of Sylvia, Luthraghon's Call, Absolute: Bolt of Radiance: Damage adjusted.

  • PvE

    Uproot, Absolute: Arrow Explosion: Skill behavior improved.

April 28, 2021

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Mountain Breeze: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Righteous Fire: Corrected the skill description.

March 17, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Mountain Breeze: Skill behavior improved.

March 3, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Core: Luthraghon's Call: Fixed a skill issue.

February 25, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Earth Shatter, Meteor Dive: Fixed a skill issue.

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Archer

  • Awakening Weapon TalentGreatbow
  • Combat StyleRanged

With a greatbow in hand, Archer stands above the battlefield staring down at his enemies. The greatbow is much larger than a regular bow, and his agility harmonizes with powerful arrows that are each as long as a spear. With the greatbow's capability to fire from a remarkably long range, he can deal lethal damage more quickly and from farther away.

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