Editing Archer Demon vs Sage (section)

== PvE Cultivation Comparisons ==

As a PvE archer you can choose to use either a bow or fists/claws. Recently, with the 5 APS hype, fists and claws have become much more popular amongst archers. If you were smart you would roll an assassin. Assassins can deal 3x more damage and heal themselves while doing it. If you're still too stubborn to switch, then the arguments presented here are more applicable to you.


The first major difference between demon and sage archers is their spark.

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| Sage
| Demon
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!colspan="3"|+500% Weapon Attack
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| Reduces damage by 25%
| Reduces Interval by -0.10
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Due to demon spark's increased attack rate demons required 2 less interval pieces to achieve 5 APS. Depending on your server's economic situation, simply having a demon archer can save up to 700 million coins as you may not need to purchase a scroll of tomb to achieve 5 APS. If you're willing to spend the 700 million, then a demon cultivation can prevent you from investing un-needed points into strength. The following are two 5 APS builds for a sage archer:

* [http://pwcalc.com/f43991df04523adb Deicide Build]
* [http://pwcalc.com/88736a6adf061721 Deicide Build with Scroll of Tome]
* [http://pwcalc.com/87df053e63da829a Love Up and Down Build]

There are varying builds of armor that will allow sage archers to reach 5 APS. The primary advantage of a demon cultivation is the flexibility to add higher grade gear to their characters while still having the ability to attack at 5 APS. To reach 5 APS as a Sage Archer, some armor slots must be sacrificed for lower grade interval pieces.


Although sage archers have a disadvantage gear-wise, spark-wise sage archers are superior. Since it is impossible to exceed 5 APS, sage archers have the advantage of 25% damage reduction. The 25% damage reduction helps sage archers tank heavy melee damage should a sage archer pull aggro.
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