Winter Archer

(Submitted by Vathalos on Frostfell)

Race:  Aluvian

Stats:

• Strength: 20
• Endurance: 10
• Coordination: 100
• Quickness: 100
• Focus: 80
• Willpower: 20

Specialized Skills:  

• Dagger
• Magic Defense

Original Trained skills:  

• Bow
• Creature Enchantment Mastery
• Item Enchantment Mastery
• Melee Defense

Progression of Skills:

• Level 7 - Healing
• Level 32 - Life Magic Mastery
• Level 60 - Mana Conversion Mastery
• Level 95 Missile Defense
• Level 115 - Leadership, Arcane Lore, or Missile Defense

Comments:  This is a very powerful character once you get Mana Conversion (until then you REALLY get tired of Health to Mana Self then healing). I've played it getting Mana Conversion and Healing first, with Life at 55 on DT (with no Arcane Lore = Difficult - not impossible, but difficult). I've also tried it with no Healing until 55 and taken Mana Conversion instead on FF. This path is successful, but depends on Elixirs in combat for health. With a lower starting Strength, the burden is something you must watch carefully. By the time you're getting Fletching, weight ceases to be a problem. Creature VII's help. Feel free change the order with which you take skills after 55. This character has very well-rounded defensive capabilities, one of the best melee weapons for PvM in the game, and Bow to move through the lower levels faster (and deal with mages when PvP). Add to this combination the fact that you'll have respectable skills in three magic schools, and it's a tough combination to beat.