Archer/Hunter Ignis maybe? Just tryna survive as a noob Archer

Greetings again, my dudes. Ya boi now has a solid Warrior build and a semi-solid Mage. Now the time has come to make my Archer not die instantly when I touch an enemy.

Restrictions: no LI, no Tomes, no crafted, pls don't redirect to the guide (you a real one fr tho Sugo)

I would like to survive so that I can actually compete in the endgame and possibly do LI solo as an archer. I am thinking Ignis as it seems to essentially be the Guardian of bows, but I am open to just about any suggestions. I actually haven't even been able to beat Gale with my current build (mainly cause I suck at not getting hit and playing in general) but I hope to beat Hive soon so hive stuff is totally on the table for building.

So yeah, main focus is survivability and mobility with dps secondary.

I leave it in your capable hands! Thanks once again yall! :)

 

Hello,
I think a solid option for what you are looking for would be Twain's Arc sharpshooter using something like Plague (Corrupted Sand-Swept Tomb) or Stinger (The Orange Wybel Boss Altar), both of which won't cost as much as buying Epoch. Though, you have other strong build options with Epoch. Twain's Arc builds are usually paired with Dawnbreak, which might be the most expensive item in the build. For the other armor pieces, look for Raw Melee Damage, Life Steal, or Mana Steal (more quality of life).

I know you said not to link the guide, but they used Impossibility Threshold for the leggings, which might be perfectly what you are looking for since it has high Thunder Melee Raw, Walk Speed, and Life Steal.

I was able to solo Qira Hive and LI with heavy melee Twain's Arc with some practice. I did have some trouble with the Death Metal boss on LI because of how confined the room is and how strong all the enemies are. Also, the bombardment attack Qira does is just the worst.

Thank you for reading!

Spoiler: Ramble

Powdering your weapon with Thunder Powders is probably the best since Chain Lightning procs your Life Steal and Mana Steal IDs from all the enemies it hits. This is really beneficial if you don't have good rolls on your armor for Life Steal. There is also a meta ability tree for Twain's Arch with Leap, but I am not familiar with it. I just used the standard sharpshooter one.

Arrow Shield and the Chain Lightning effect mentioned above makes Heavy Melee Twain's Arch a good choice for survivability and damage!

 

You can check out this video: "CHEAP and POWERFUL Archer Heavy Melee Build | Wynncraft" for a build.

 

https://wynnbuilder.github.io/build...0+0+0-1T2Y2Y2Z2Z2a2a401401401401401zBlw657VX1

No LI, no tome, no qira, no crafted

High walk speed
High EHP (put extra skill points into defence for even more ehp)
Decent Damage

hopefully this fits the criteria perfectly