The Reasons Why Archer is Important in Arena of Valor!

In the Arena of Valor , the selection of roles is so important that your team can be more balanced and able to win the game. Various considerations must be made to choose a hero. The selection of standard team compositions usually performed by players is 1 observer, 1 midlaner, 1 tanker, 1 jungler and 1 ADC or dealer damage. The role of an ADC is very important and must be occupied by the heroes with the highest damage, namely the hero archer.

The role of archer in the game is very important to win the game. Without his presence, the game will feel more difficult and usually takes longer. So why the archer must exist when choosing the composition of the team? Consider the following reasons.

The first reason is the Damage owned by the hero archer is very large, especially if it already has the damage items. With just a few basic attacks, they are able to kill enemy heroes quickly. Although there is a warrior hero who also has high damage, hero archers are far superior to them in terms of damage .

The second reason besides the high damage , the range that they have also become an advantage over the dealer melee damage dealer as well as avoid crowd control during the fight team so they can hurt the enemy from a long distance. This is certainly to maximize the potential of a tanker on the front line with the ADC in the rear. This seems to be very standard in various MOBA games, is not it?

The third reason is the thin HP. Why even the reason? Believe it or not, the enemy will surely target the hero archer first, especially if they rely on hero-warrior to approach him. This is certainly a chance to zone out the enemy ADC from their herd as long as this archer hero remains in backup by hero observer, jungler, and mage. While hero tankers can withstand the movement of enemy heroes who want to help.

And the last reason why archers should be chosen is their job that can destroy the turret quickly. If the archer and warrior heroes are pitted against the same item , the archer hero would be superior and faster to destroy the turret because their skill is designed in such a way as to produce extraordinarily high damage , especially to the turret .

Armor Pierce AoV!: Muramasa Or Spear of Longinus?

If you can be honest, it is actually quite difficult to get complete data about the mechanism of numbers in AoV. Therefore, the video on the discussion of this armor pierce AoV could be important information about the workings of items and Arcana in AoV!

Armor pierce AoV itself can be imported "through the armor/shield." It turns out that the number of items provided or Arcana to this effect has a different mechanism and workings! How does it work?

First, the armor referred to in AoV is physical def. This means that the pierce armor will reduce the physical deff effect possessed by the opponent.

Second, like most MOBA games, physical deff or armor has curves. From the video we can know the curve with the numbers as follows:

464 physical deff = 43.4% damage reduction (0.09)

571 physical deff = 46% damage reduction (0.08)

767 physical deff = 56.1% damage reduction (0.07)

From these figures, it can be concluded that increasing the physical deff number does not necessarily reduce the number of attacks received linearly. The higher the physical deff number, the less damage reduction can be generated.

Well from that number, we can wisely choose the AOV armor pierce item we need to fight the enemy! The choice is Muramasa or Spear of Longinus! Both of these items have similar work but are not the same.

Spear of Longinus works by lowering the physical deff number, while Murasa's working period by lowering the rate directly. Here's the full explanation:

This is the calculation for the Muramasa item. This figure consists of 767 physical deffs owned by the hero of the opponent. Using the Muramasa item with a 40% AoV armor pierce, the armor will be 460 points remaining equal to 43.4% only.

When the affected hero armor pierce AOV of Muramasa is exposed to physical damage amounting to 313, then the damage will be accepted by the hero opponent is 177 physical damage due to reduced 43.4% armor owned.

While this is the number of items Spear of Longinus. In the maximum hit number , this item will decrease 250 physical deff points of the opponent. With the same number, there will be 517 points remaining equal to 46% armor.

When hit with physical deff worth 313, the damage the enemy will receive is 169.

The conclusion? The figure illustrates that to penetrate a thick enemy armor , use the Muramasa item. Spear of Longinus is not very good if you intend to target the hero tank with high physical deff !

Finally, remember that Spear of Longinus requires 5 stacks to work best. So for heroes like Violet who do not rely on attack speed, Muramasa better than Spear of Longinus!

Build Items Tank Arena of Valor: Converting Damage into HP

Various items of defense in the Arena of Valor are not only useful for making users thicker. There are some passive effects that can be exploited under certain conditions; ranging from giving shields up to heal HP. One of them is Gaia's Standard that can heal HP in an unusual way, which is receiving damage from anywhere!

Gaia’s Standard

+180 Magic DEF

+1100 Max HP

+5% Movement Speed

Passive - Heal: After receiving damage, heals 8% of HP total in 2 seconds. Cooldown 10 seconds.

Item Requirement

Itempedia Arena of Valor: Gaia's Standard, Heal the HP with the Way Attacked!

Ring of Vitality + Gladiator's Gauntlet + 480 Gold = Belt of Clarity

Belt of Clarity +  Ring of Vitality + Talisman of Strength + 520 Gold = Gaia's Standard

Total cost: 1960 Gold

For additional stats, Gaia's Standard tends to provide magic defense plus a number of Max HP. But the additional movement speed is very useful and usually, this item is purchased by hero observers who need more movement speed. In addition, its passive effect also helps its users to heal HP by letting itself be hit by minion or creep forest 1 time to cure 8% max HP. So do not need to back base if dying?

Tips on Buy Gaia's Standard

Not all heroes are recommended to purchase this item. One suitable hero to use it is Thane because the passive effect is very synchronous with Thane's passive skill that both heal HP in bulk when HP drops below 30%. Coupled with the effects of Gaia's Standard, Thane can heal a total of up to 32% HP when both are active! Similar fountain running is not it? Other Heroes that are suitable to buy Gaia's Standard is Superman because of additional movement speed and regen.

Gaia's Standard is highly recommended especially if you are fighting a hero magic like Zill or Raz because the additional magic defense is big enough. But if the enemy hero relies more on physical attack, this item is not recommended to be purchased early.

Build Items Nakroth Arena of Valor by Vex

Nakroth is one of the Assassassin whose presence is quite forgotten. There are several reasons why Nakroth is not as popular as it used to be, but with this Nakroth Vex build it will be able to reinforce Nakroth in season 3?

Build Nakroth Vex is arguably outside the existing grip. Although still put Nakroth in the jungle, but the choice of items and Arcana is quite unique and makes Nakroth Vex is different from the others!

Nakroth can still be named as the agilest hero in AoV.  He can move quickly around the map for farming or fighting! Unfortunately, Nakroth's main weakness is his HP is very thin and make it can not fight with the old.

Therefore, the style of the game Nakroth very pulls out, in the sense he must go in the right moment, out quickly, and back in to finish off the opponent. All because HP Nakroth is very thin and susceptible to one shoot of the enemy.

Build Nakroth vex

To outsmart this, the Nakroth players often include a full damage item with a few lifesteal to make it inflict maximum damage and can survive a bit of relying on its lifesteal. Well, this is what makes Nakroth Vex build considered good because he mixed Nakroth items rely on full HP instead of full damage! 

 Here is build detail and Arcana options from the Nakroth Vex build :

The initial item of a Nakroth who often rely on Soulreaver replaced using Gnoll Cleaver. In addition to eliminating the effects of lifesteal from Soulreaver, Gnoll Cleaver is also considered an item that makes hero tanky enough when fighting thanks to his Wild passive effects.

Not to mention Build Nakroth Vex also uses tank items like Frost Cape. Frost Cape is useful to attack because of its Forst Power effect, but passive from Frost Cape is also quite capable of +300 psy. deff and +300 max HP. 

The rest, the Nakroth Vex build relies on damage items like Spear of Longinus, Fafnir's Talon, and also Fenrir's Tooth. Broadly speaking, this build makes Nakroth can last longer in battle and has enough HP to at least do dive tower.

If we compare with one pro player Indonesia, Wiraww are still consistent play Nakroth in ASL, it still relies on the items Soulreaver and item damage such as Omni Arms compared using the Gnoll Cleaver and Frost Cape.

Build Items Zanis Arena of Valor by Vex

Zanis belongs to the lowest hero cost in AoV. No wonder, because Zanis does not have the skill set that qualified like other heroes in meta today. But armed with Zanis Vex build, it is not impossible you rule ranked mode! Build Zanis Vex is formulated by one of Europe's top player server Vex. Then roughly how to build Zanis so that he is not very mugs in ranked games? Check out the following article!

The main drawback of Zanis is that he does not have a dash skill like any other Warrior hero who is agiler than he is. Zanis is also very bad in giving damage early in the game. No wonder, for the position of jungler or solo laner there are many heroes that can give more influence than Zanis. Call it Airi, Ryoma, Zeniel, even Taara is also more convincing than Zanis.

But Zanis actually has a hidden potential as a 1v1 fighter aka kidnapper! As long as we pay enough attention to the position of teammates and enemies, Zanis can slickly kidnap hero or tower opponent!

Here is a Zanis Vex build for the item and its Arcana:

Build Zanis Vex focuses three items at once as a defense item, namely Frost Cape, Mail of Pain, and Shield of the Lost. While the Arcana maximizes lifesteal and critical chance that is above 10 percent.

The reason for the setting is due to Zanis passive skill that people rarely understand how it works. Skill passive Zanis named Dragoon will give a stack physical damage every time Zanis get kills or assists.

The numbers are also quite high, which is an additional 12 physical damage and can accumulate up to 20 stacks, meaning that the maximum Zanis will get an additional 240 physical damage from his passive skills alone! Then he can prioritize making other items in addition to damage items!

Because of his passive skills as well, Zanis should not be originally attacked early in the game. Make sure he has an amount advantage or make sure he can get kill or assists every time you fight with the enemy.

When we look at how to play Vex, he rarely initiates a war unless he is sure that his team-mates will help him soon. When an emergency is good for escaping or to initiate war, Zanis can use Blood Wym skills that will increase his movement speed instantly.

In short, Zanis is a hero late game, or at least he needs his passive stack and also some items before he can get into the war. So, watch carefully if you decide to play it!