NB class skills for archer

Hamztein

Hello! I am new to the game and i am sttrugling to decide my skill set of 5 slots. I am a dunmer archer.

3 slots are taken: snipe, poison arrow and arrow spray for aoe.
The other two i want to use class skills and i dont know what is best... I am between mark target, summon shade, strife and cripple... Any other to add?
There are two of them better than the others?

Cagro

I will definitely use Mark Target for the armor/spell debuffs and heal. Morph it into Piercing Mark if you PVP to prevent other Nightblades from disappearing. You will also get the Assassins' passives, including the extra crit chance and damage.

Lynx7386

If you're only going to be using bows (on both weapon slots), I'd set up one for single target and one for AoE. Otherwise, figure out what your other weapon is going to be, and then set up your bow for either single target or AoE, whichever compliments your second weapon.

With the limitation of 5 skill slots and a super, you cant really afford to hybridize your ability bar, it needs to be focused on doing one thing or another or you'll end up doing poorly at everything.

For single target, I run magnum shot (gets distance with pesky melee targets), snipe, impale (for executions), mark target, and grim focus. I run two handed for my primary weapon, so Momentum's damage bonus carries over after I switch to my bow, and magnum shot -> weapon swap -> critical rush is a good burst damage combo.

If you're not running two handed, I'd highly recommend having power extraction to boost your bow damage. Strife is not a good source of damage in most cases for a stamina build, it's there for healing, so if you dont need the heals I'd leave it out. Crippling grasp can serve as a kiting tool, but doesnt really put out much damage either.

For AoE abilities to compliment an AoE-centric bow bar (using arrow spray and volley), look into using path of darkness. Twisting path for more damage, or refreshing path to help keep you alive. With a bow, you can put out twisting path and then spam bombard (arrow spray) to keep enemies immobilized inside the path, and use volley to stack even more damage on top of them.

Johngo0036

I would certainly add in showy disguise or the morph that best suites,

Grim focus is also an option, as is double take is also good for damage mitigation and moving around,

Hate to tell you but Dunmer was not the best choice,
should have gone bosmer

F7sus4

Johngo0036 wrote: »

Hate to tell you but Dunmer was not the best choice, should have gone bosmer

Dunmer is the most versatile choice. They can be almost as good as Altmers and Bretons are for Magicka builds (9%), while still having a decent Max Stamina bonus (6%) for Stamina builds. No other race allows that.

With NB passives (+30% to Stamina regeneration) and Relentless Focus bonuses, you will be fine.

Jeckll

Hamztein wrote: »

Hello! I am new to the game and i am sttrugling to decide my skill set of 5 slots. I am a dunmer archer.

3 slots are taken: snipe, poison arrow and arrow spray for aoe.
The other two i want to use class skills and i dont know what is best... I am between mark target, summon shade, strife and cripple... Any other to add?
There are two of them better than the others?

If you dont use Potions for Buffs and you'd like to use it as a level build:

Bow: Lethal Arrow, Poison Injection, Relentless Focus, Camouflaged Hunter, Acid Spray, Flawless Dawnbreaker
2H: Killer's Blade, Brawler, Rally, Double Take, Reaper's Mark, Soul Tether/Soul Harvest/Ice Comet

Johngo0036

and using potions is risky at the moment coz they kick you out of stealth