Mobile:Archer

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FFXIV Mobile Version

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The main purpose of an Archer is to use their bow and arrows to snipe and shoot from a distance. In Eorzea, there are two most common types of archery: the longbow techniques mastered by Elezen archers and the shortbow techniques passed down through generations of Miqo'te hunters. Understanding and mastering the characteristics of each type of bow, as well as selecting advantageous positions, is the first step to becoming an Archer. Once these techniques are mastered, you can bring a rain of arrows to the battlefield.

— In-game gescription from Character Creation menu

Archer (ARC) is one of six starting  DPS classes and the only starting  Physical Ranged DPS. It upgrades to Bard at level 10.

• Difficult Rating from character creation menu: ★★★★☆

General information

Guild

The Archers' Guild is in New Gridania. If you choose archer as your first class, you will start off in the city of Ul'dah. At level 10, archers must specialize into bard.

Equipment

The archer is a disciple of war and wears armor "of Aiming." They use bows as weapons. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the archer:

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
File:Basic Attack I (Bard).png  Basic Attack I	BRD		1	Weaponskill		Instant	0.1s	23y 0y	Delivers a small area ranged attack to target and nearby enemies. Potency: 18
File:Basic Attack II (Bard).png  Basic Attack II	BRD		1	Weaponskill		Instant	0.1s	23y 0y	Delivers a small area ranged attack to target and nearby enemies. Potency: 28 Combo Action: Basic Attack I
File:Basic Attack III (Bard).png  Basic Attack III	BRD		1	Weaponskill		Instant	0.1s	23y 0y	Delivers a small area ranged attack to target and nearby enemies. Potency: 69 Combo Action: Basic Attack II
Venomous Bite	BRD		2	Weaponskill		Instant	20s	23y 0y	Launches a physical attack on the target. Potency: 160 Additional Effect: Grants Venom status Effect: Venom deals damage over time for 6 seconds with a total potency of 240
Shadowbite	BRD		4	Weaponskill		Instant	15s	23y 0y	Launches an area physical attack on the target and surrounding enemies. Potency: 200
Leg Graze	BRD		6	Weaponskill		Instant	8s	23y 0y	Launches a physical attack on the target. Potency: 105 Additional Effect: Grants Heavy status Effect: Heavy reduces target's movement speed by 30% for 5 seconds
Apex Arrow	BRD		8	Weaponskill		Instant	30s	15y 0y	Launches a rectangular area physical attack in the direction of the target. Potency: 300
Rain of Death	BRD		10	Weaponskill		Instant	Instant	23y 0y	Launches an area physical attack on the target and surrounding enemies. Potency: 160 Activation Requirement: Venomous Bite, Shadowbite, Leg Graze, Apex Arrow, and after any Performance (Army's Paeon, Mage's Ballad, The Wanderer's Minuet, Passionate Performance) Additional Effect: Activation Trigger Chance: 30%
Army's Paeon	BRD		12	Weaponskill		Instant	48s	23y 0y	Launches a physical attack on the target. Potency: 130 Additional Effect: Grants Army's Paeon status Effect: Army's Paeon increases attack speed and cooldown reduction by 10% for 20 seconds.
Repelling Shot	BRD		14	Ability		Instant	12s	0y 0y	Move backward a certain distance.
Mage's Ballad	BRD		25	Weaponskill		Instant	48s	23y 0y	Launches a physical attack on the target. Potency: 130 Additional Effect: Grants Mage's Ballad status Effect: Mage's Ballad increases Rain of Death trigger chance to 100%. The effect lasts at most 20 seconds
Pitch Perfect	BRD		35	Weaponskill		Instant	10s	23y 0y	Delivers a physical attack to the target. Potency: 470 Activation Requirement: Pitch Perfect Ready
Radiant Finale	BRD		40	Weaponskill		Instant	30s	23y 0y	Delivers a physical attack to the target. Grants additional effects based on "Pitch Perfect" stacks in Song Gauge. Potency: 500 Activation Requirement: While under "Pitch Perfect" status, and not under Mage's Ballad or Army's Paeon status
The Wanderer's Minuet	BRD		40	Weaponskill		Instant	48s	23y 0y	Launches a physical attack on the target. Potency: 130 Additional Effect: Grants The Wanderer's Minuet status Effect: The Wanderer's Minuet replaces Performance with Performance. Activates The Wanderer's Minuet in the Song Gauge, lasts up to 10 seconds.
File:Passionate Performance.png  Passionate Performance	BRD		40	Weaponskill		Instant	0.5s	23y 0y	Delivers a physical attack to the target. Potency: 36 Additional Effect: Activation Requirement: The Wanderer's Minuet status Effect: When The Wanderer's Minuet Song Gauge reaches "Pitch Perfect" and this action is used, grants 1 stack of "Pitch Perfect". Effect: "Pitch Perfect" enables use of Radiant Finale. When stacked to 2/3 stacks, increases Radiant Finale potency by 30%/60%.
Raging Strikes	BRD		50	Ability		Instant	50s	0y 0y	Grants Raging Strikes to self and grants Battle Voice to self and party members within range. Effect: Raging Strikes increases damage dealt by 10% for 12 seconds Effect: Battle Voice increases direct hit rate by 20% for 12 seconds

Limit Breaks (PvE)

See also: Limit Break

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Big Shot	Physical Ranged DPS	1	Limit Break Level 1		Instant	Instant	23y 0y	Launches a linear area attack in the direction of the target, dealing physical damage.
Desperado	Physical Ranged DPS	1	Limit Break Level 2		Instant	Instant	23y 0y	Launches a linear area attack in the direction of the target, dealing massive physical damage.
Sagittarius Arrow	BRD	1	Limit Break Level 3		Instant	Instant	23y 0y	Launches a linear area attack in the direction of the target, dealing massive physical damage.

Physical Ranged DPS role actions (PvE)

See also: Mobile:List of physical ranged dps actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Second Wind	Melee DPS  Physical Ranged DPS	8	Ability		Instant	90s	0y 0y	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 25% of max HP
Arm's Length	Melee DPS  Physical Ranged DPS  Tank	18	Ability		Instant	90s	0y 0y	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s
Peloton	Physical Ranged DPS	30	Ability		Instant	60s	0y 0y	Grants Sprint to self and party members within range, with different effects depending on whether in combat or not. Effect: Sprint (out of combat): Increases movement speed by 30% for 60 seconds. Speed increase is removed upon entering combat. Effect: Sprint (in-combat): Increases movement speed by 15% for 6 seconds.

Traits

PvE traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Soul Voice	BRD		20	After using Army's Paeon, The Wanderer's Minuet, or Mage's Ballad, grants Soul Voice to self and party members within range. Soul Voice increases damage dealt by 3% for 6 seconds.
Enhanced Apex Arrow	BRD		30	Increases the potency of Apex Arrow by 1.1x.
File:Perfect Performance.png  Perfect Performance	BRD		35	After using Army's Paeon, The Wanderer's Minuet, or Mage's Ballad, "Pitch Perfect" will appear on the Song Gauge. When The Wanderer's Minuet or Army's Paeon repertoire reaches "Pitch Perfect", using any song action grants Pitch Perfect Ready.
Enhanced Radiant Finale	BRD		45	When Radiant Finale lands, afflicts the target with Radiant Encore. Radiant Encore causes the target to take 10% additional damage for 10 seconds.

Jobs

The archer must specialize into  BRD, a DPS job.

Achievements

This class is associated with the following achievements:

Gallery

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  Archer Render