Archer vs DW: solo dmg and survival

Hauztein

I am a NB who loves to solo everything i can. Which would be the right choice in your opinion for solo dmg output and survival?
Considering one bar for single and one for multitarget... No 2h weapon here.

Arche: using mostly poison injection, snipe, swalow soul, exp hunter etc... The survivability comes from being in ranged and from swalow soul... And aoe also from arrow spray morph stun.
Aoe from arrow barrage and the arrow soray morph that stun targets, forgot the name.

DW: using mostly ambush, surprise attack, exp hunter, maybe merciless resolve after patch. Survivability comes from shadow barrier all time with two pieces of heavy armor, and stun from ambush... For aoe heal from sap.
For aoe sap essence and steel tornado.

Am i forgeting something?
Which would be best and which i will kill faster and survive more?

Vizier

Honestly depends on what you like and your style of play. For instance. Do you plan on PvP or PVE.

I find that more and more the devs make it harder and harder for bow builds. Typically a good bow dps build sacrifices a great deal in survivability. The price you pay for being able to burn down someone fast from a distance. If maxing your dps is important much of your bar will have buff skills on it with others for escape.

It seems to me those NB's that focus on 2H or 1H/S and DW are getting as good of dps or nearly so with better survivablity in that they can go toe to toe with anyone especially if they've unlocked vigor. I think they have more versatility than your bow build these days. DW doesn't have the range of a bow but it does have flying blades which is a great at range skill. Additionally many believe Steel Tornado to be one of the best AOE skills in the game.

If you're not an in your face kind of player try 2H bow or DW and bow. 2H gives a nice self heal and 20% dmg buff to all your skills. DW is going to be getting a dmg buff with the next major update. These buffs help your bow damage as well. So you have options.

Remember leveling up skills isn't that difficult with a little grinding. You can level a skill from 1-50 in a day or less once you get to veteran ranks. Also your not stuck with any build. You can always respec for a pretty fair and affordable price. These means you can experiment without too much worry.

Another consideration are the upcoming changes to cloak. A magicka build with DW and Resto Staff could be interesting. Good luck man.