Archer/Hunter Abyss - Offensive Tank Spring

This is my first (as far as my memory serves me) Class Build since the Gameplay Update. It is an offensive Spring Build that boasts superior defensive capabilities as well. Without further ado, let's begin.

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Calamity - Agile Defensive Cancer Mage​

~❆~ ABYSS ~❆~






☁ Equipment ☁

Blue Mask
Boreal-Patterned Aegis
Gemini
Gaea-Hewn Boots

Prism
Prism
Prowess
Diamond Hydro Necklace

Spring
Stinger




☁ Explanations ☁

Blue Mask is mandatory for this build to provide the necessary Skill Points of using Gemini / Gaea-Hewn Boots combination alongside 129 Intelligence.

Boreal-Patterned Aegis can provide Mana Regen for the build while granting much-needed resistance towards Thunder and Air, defenses that are otherwise mediocre. Walk Speed and Reflection are nice bonuses to enhance mobility and punish Mages. Water Damage also receives a good boost.

Gemini is central to the build in providing extremely high amounts of Elemental Defense across all Elements. It ensures that this Water build is not weak to common counters of Thunder. Dexterity will be slightly lowered by Spring, but Weapons IDs are not taken into Skill Point Requirement calculation for equipment.

Gaea-Hewn Boots patch the build's Earth and Fire Defenses. +200 Raw Spell Damage also slightly enhances Spring's neutral coverage. Since this is the only high boost to Earth and Fire Defenses, these two Elemental Defenses are the weakest, though still sitting at a comfortable 600+ after percentage boosts.

Prisms provide much-needed Skill Point Boosts as well as Elemental Defenses, in addition to further boosting Reflection in order to remind Mages just who they are dealing with.

Prowess provides a decent amount of HP as well as Skill Point Boosts.

Diamond Hydro Necklace is extremely powerful for builds aiming for 129 Intelligence. Not only does it provide +2/4s Mana Regen, it also gives a whopping 12 Intelligence. Singular Skill Point Boosts of 10 or more on Accessories are very rare, if not limited only to select Legendary Island Diamond Accessories. Diamond Hydro Necklace also further enhances Reflection to sock it to those Mages.

Spring is the weapon of choice for Abyss. It has +4/4s Mana Regen and Intelligence to push the total towards 129. It also has Health Regen for a bit of recovery. The most important thing about Spring is its unparalleled damage output among Water weapons. Spring is incredibly difficult to defend against thanks to its high base damage. If push comes to shove, Curse Powder Special can be activated to counter the hair's width of Water Defense the opponent is counting on.

Stinger is used to hit everything Spring can't.




☁ Skill Points ☁

33/70/120/33/70
Total: 326

Blue Mask +85
Prism +17
Prism +17
Prowess +25
Hydro +12
Spring +09
Level 101 +200

Total: 365

Adjusted Skill Points
33/70/129/33/70
Total: 335

Skill Point Boosts are taken as estimates of slightly above average values, will vary with equipment.

Extra Skill Points go into Agility.




☁ Statistics ☁

Total HP: ~10500
Mana Regen: +8/4s
Mana Reduction: 75%
Water Damage: +70%
Reflection: +60%
Walk Speed: +20%
Health Regen: +120

Raw Elemental Defenses:
375 | 600 | 705 | 375 | 600

Perc Elemental Defenses:
+70% | +70% | +110% | +70% | +70%

Net Elemental Defenses:
638 | 1020 | 1481 | 638 | 1020

IDs and Perc Elemental Defenses are taken as estimates of slightly above average values, will vary with equipment.

Armor Powder Specials are not mandatory for this build. One may choose to patch up their relatively weaker Elemental Defenses instead.




☁ Calculations ☁

Spoiler: Offensive Calculations

Normal Bomb vs Mob
Base: 6662 ~ 8374
Crit: 9168 ~ 11556
Net Average: 8901

Curse Bomb vs Mob
Base: 11579 ~ 14730
Crit: 14085 ~ 17912
Net Average: 14537

Normal Bomb vs 300 Water Defense
Base: 5125 ~ 6836
Crit: 7631 ~ 10019
Net Average: 7363

Normal Bomb vs @Yazawa Nico Endgame Thunder Build
Base: 4269 ~ 5986
Crit: 6775 ~ 9163
Net Average: 6509

Normal Bomb vs 700 Water Defense
Base: 3075 ~ 4786
Crit: 5581 ~ 7969
Net Average: 5313

Normal Bomb vs 1000 Water Defense
Base: 1537 ~ 3249
Crit: 4043 ~ 6431
Net Average: 3776

Normal Bomb vs 1800 Water Defense
Base: 1494 ~ 1693
Crit: 2109 ~ 2431
Net Average: 1923

Normal Bomb vs 2500 Water Defense
Nothing lol

Curse Bomb vs 1000 Water Defense
Base: 6454 ~ 9605
Crit: 8960 ~ 12787
Net Average: 9412

Curse Bomb vs 1800 Water Defense
Base: 2354 ~ 5505
Crit: 4860 ~ 8687
Net Average: 7332

Curse Bomb vs 2500 Water Defense
Base: 1494 ~ 1917
Crit: 2109 ~ 5100
Net Average: 2607

Abyss Bomb vs Abyss
Race of who can land 3 Bombs first...

200% Concentration Courage Curse Arrow Shield vs Mob
Base: 18524 ~ 23677
Crit: 21030 ~ 26859
Net Average: 22483

Spoiler: Defensive Calculations

Spoiler: Archers

60% Air Damage 50/50/50/50/140 Stratiformis Bomb vs Abyss
Base: 0 ~ 1828
Crit: 456 ~ 5134
Net Average: 1667

200% Rage Earth Stratiformis Bomb vs Abyss
Base: 0 ~ 2057
Crit: 712 ~ 3532
Net Average: 1560

Spoiler: Warriors

Warriors can't touch you lel

Spoiler: Mages

120 Dex 30% Thunder Damage Courage Fatal Meteor vs Abyss
Base: 0 ~ 9188
Crit: 0 ~ 15388
Net Average: 6763

150 Agi 33 Dex 100% Air Damage Warp Meteor vs Abyss
Base: 65 ~ 167
Crit: 130 ~ 1428
Net Average: 302

110 Str 33 Dex 20% Earth Damage Gaia Meteor vs Abyss
Base: 3585 ~ 5639
Crit: 6465 ~ 9317
Net Average: 5531

110 Str 33 Dex 20% Earth Damage 300% Rage Gaia Meteor vs Abyss
Doesn't matter. You're dead. Luckily your Bomb is faster than their Meteor.

Spoiler: Assassins

Doesn't Matter Cataclysm Spin Attack vs Abyss
Pray to RNGesus.

100 Str 33 Dex Grimtrap Spin Attack vs Abyss
Base: 3033 ~ 4272
Crit: 5184 ~ 6961
Net Average: 4331

☁ Final Verdict ☁

The main playstyle of this build is simple: Escape-Bomb alternation while throwing out some Arrow Shields in-between. 75% Mana Reduction and +8/4s Mana Regen makes this extremely easy.

If fighting opposing Archers, stay away of walls or other obstacles as they can act as a bouncing platform for the opponent's Bombs. Refrain from using Stomp unless in damage range in order to stay in the air for as long as possible. It is very difficult to shoot an Archer in the middle of the air.

If fighting opposing Warriors, refrain from getting in a 40 block radius from them. The rest is no problem.

If fighting opposing Mages, overwhelm then with your damage output. Curse if necessary. Try to avoid their Ice Snake by Escaping upwards, as Bombs are blocked by Ice Snake. Height advantage works wonders, so keep Escaping.

If fighting opposing Assassins, keep Arrow Shield up. Do not stop moving. While they are vanished, alternate Escape ( and Stomp ) + Arrow Storm instead of Bomb. Turn around in a circle as soon as you Stomp to create a barrage of Arrows all around you to flush out nearby Assassins. Once they are visible, go in for the kill.

Thanks to @motoki1 for his Damage Calculator like every Class Build thread ever.

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~ Net_Twerk ~​

 

always the asians put a beutifully amout of effort in their threads and builds xdd good job (if you are asian idk xdd)

 

Bump this tank archer nice build btw

 

any substitute for spring?

i also see you like one punch man

 

One puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunch

 

I'd use this
Once I get a spring
Which is probably never
1good build tho

 

;-;

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Nice build.

 

nice..........
.-.

 

I mean you could use Torrential Tide but you miss out on the 4/4s Mana Regen and damage output.

 

well i dont have a spring so thanks

 

Isnt hive bow with t6 water powders is better

 

You'd only have 6/4s Mana Regen and will need extra investment into Intelligence. Its damage output is on par with Spring but the Mana and Health Regen just triumphs imo.

But yes Hive Bow is an okay replacement.

 

I meant that its better than torrential tide ofc spring is better

 

You thought it was a necro, but it was me, Net_Twerk!

Legit tho need feedback.

 

Just bought spring, will test this build tomorrow. Ama add my own little twist to it though: 4 seasons babyyy. Spring represents spring (doh), full thunder hive bow represents summer, full earth stinger represents autumn and full air powder gales represents winter. Use whatever element the enemy is weak too (no fire weapon coz we are in the tank meta)

 

Gimmie Spring.

 

I thought rage only buffs earth damage %

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Can wait to duel this build, and I won't be using 60% air dmg.

 

Late reply lul

3x T6 Earth Powder Stratiformis is a thing.

 

How hard would it be to use this build after the hive requirement changes (and with hive bow)?

 

The Hive Item change will actually be quite beneficial to this build. Abyss has enough Skill Points to take out of Agility and place into Strength and Defense to get 40/70/129/40/70+. Furthermore both Hive Chest and Hive Boots boost Water Damage even more so than they already do, making Abyss' damage output increase. The downside however is obviously the slight drop in Agility as well as lower Elemental Defenses, especially in Fire and Earth. However Gemini more than patches the negative % from the Armor and the rest can be boosted with Powders.

Hive Bow is really a pretty big stepdown from Spring tbh. 6/4s Mana just won't cut it.