Talk:Magick Archer/@comment-189.107.172.16-20150429214340/@comment-24458380-20150430024235

As a Magick Archer in Bitterblack, I only ever need to use my (physical strength based) Framae Blades against 2 enemies : Thunderwyvern (easier to just climb up to the heart on its back) and Daimon (climbing and attacking him with Thousand Kisses is the fastest way to kill him as a Magick Archer).

Against else on Bitterblack, a Magick Archer can rely purely on their magic bow (with the appropriate skills equipped).

Level up as a Sorcerer to boost your magic attack to at least 500 by level 200. The higher your magic attack stat, the stronger your magic bow attacks will be.

But if this is your first (and only) Arisen, I'd recommend building a balanced character so you can switch between all the vocations and be effective at all of them. You might change your mind later about wanting to be a Magick Archer. Mystic Knights need to be balanced, while the other melee vocations should have higher strength stats.

Here's my Daimon farming loadout as a Magick Archer :

Weapons : Framae Blades and Blackwing Bow.

Bow skills : Ninefold Bolt, Explosive Volley, Richochet Hunter.

Dagger skills : Thousand Kisses, Shearing Wind (combo with Explosive Volley), Instant Reset.

Augments : Attunement, Acuity, Articulacy, Adhesion, Arm Sterngth, Clout

And to answer your final question, only Assassins have weapon counterattack skills (like Masterful Kill and Clairvoyance). The closest thing to Masterful Kill and Clairvoyance is the Fighter skill Hindsight Strike, in my mind.

If you like Snakebite, Intimate Gambit and Fate Skewer are very similar.