Buff Arrow Shield

I think this might break balancing in some way, but I thought I'd just throw the idea out there anyway. The arrow shield spell costs a lot of mana, and it makes sense, sure. However I think that it is very difficult to deal with crowd control as an archer, and if you get swarmed, it is really easy to die. I thought maybe some kind of close combat assist might help with this, but if it would be too op I understand.

 

From what I heard from @Selvut283, it's going to need nerfs.

One sentence, no.

 

If you get swarmed you bomb arrow at the ground. Not needed

 

Let's go over the pros and cons of Arrow Shield quickly...

Pros:
-250% damage. Equal to Bomb Arrow. Despite the site saying otherwise, its power doesn't decrease to 150% when Arrow Rain is added.
-Deals air and water damage, which allows Archer to inflict all five elements of damage naturally. Mage, the class based around spells, cannot boast this.
-The shield breaking causes a hit in a much wider range than the initial apparent arrow ring, close to a 4-5 block radius rather than the tight 2 block radius the shield appears in.
-Water damage encourages intelligence to alleviate its high mana cost and buff the spell naturally.
-Extremely high knockback. Also inflicts a degree of vertical knockback, allowing for juggling mobs with knockback resistance as that stat only lowers horizontal resistance.
-4 seconds of blindness is inflicted, despite the original advertisement on the site. I've checked this in duels. No other spell blinds for longer than half of this.
-Arrow Rain is very good against groups.

Cons:
-10 mana cost. However, this is negligible dependent on your build, as high intelligence both alleviates this and makes your spell stronger.
-2.5 block range before the shield breaks. Can be considered short.
-Arrow Rain can be stopped by low ceilings.
-Taking damage can break the shield, but this also forces it to activate which can punish opponents.

Arrow Shield needs a nerf if anything. That's a very intentional weakness that Archer's got.