Talk:Magick Archer/@comment-69.174.58.124-20131113174919/@comment-24312623-20131219172133

I'm in the same boat as for going melee for a long time, then switching to MA on a whim as Fighter, Warrior and Mystic Knight were all missing something. My Magick Attack was so low at first that I had to stack periapts just to make noticeable damage on Death and Daimon. GF Blackwing (second lvl 3 purify, first was Revenant Wail for my Pawn) and Trophy armor helped raise my MA a lot. I'm lvl 170 or so now with about 1950~ MA. I now do fair famage to those two lugs, and with 4 stacked periapts, Awakened Daimon drops in just over a minute. On the side, my physical damage with my GF Helmbartes is enough to kill a Garm in about 20-35 seconds depending on interruptions (with tier 3 Immolation).

I'd have to say that Living Armors take me longer to kill than anything else, although I can solo them. It's just that they're a pain to melee for the first half although Explosive Volley makes it easier.