Bow
- HP: 100%.
- Damage: baseline.
- Attack speed: baseline.
- Projectile speed: baseline.
- Skill: Rapid Shot.
- Best for: learning enemy patterns from safe range, multiplayer ranged role.
Class · Archer
Archer
Ranged precision. Win the room before the room reaches you. Bow is the forgiving entry; Longbow trades health for harder, faster shots.
Longbow
- HP: 80% (−20%).
- Damage: +20%.
- Attack speed: +20%.
- Projectile speed: faster — easier to hit moving targets.
- Skill: Rapid Shot (shared).
- Best for: experienced players, solo deep runs, when you trust your kiting.
Why Longbow is not always the answer.
Longbow's stat line looks like a strict upgrade, but the 20% HP loss matters more than it reads. On floors with crowd pressure (Stalker, Creeper, Dasher mixes), a single bad room can end a Longbow run that a Bow run would survive. Take Bow when you don't trust your movement; take Longbow when you do.
Shop priority — Archer
- Attack Boost early — Archer benefits from raw damage more than potions do.
- Weapon upgrades on tier (bow → bow tier 2 → tier 3, etc.) to keep projectile damage scaling.
- Health Potion if you took avoidable damage on the previous floor.
- Enchantments as soon as the run feels stable — enchant scaling is strong on a fast-firing weapon.
Rapid Shot timing
- Best used the moment a wave commits to chasing you — not before.
- On boss floors, save Rapid Shot for when the boss is moving in a straight line.
- Never spend Rapid Shot on a single tank enemy. Position around it instead.
Kiting basics
Move backward, then attack. Attack, then move backward. The rhythm is intentional — every step you take buys range for the next shot. The biggest mistake new Archer players make is stopping to attack, because melee enemies close the distance immediately.
Co-op role
The damage anchor. A clean Archer with a Warrior front line clears boss floors faster than any other two-class composition. In 3- or 4-player parties, Archer should burn cooldowns on the boss, not on regular waves.
Common mistakes
- Standing still to "aim." Archer's projectile speed is good enough that movement loses very little accuracy.
- Picking Longbow on first runs. The extra damage feels good — until floor 7's first crowd wipe.
- Ignoring chest weapon paths. Archer treasure drops are on the bow path; matching weapons multiplies enchant value.
- Treating dash as an escape tool. For Archer, dash is a positioning tool — escape is what your range already does.