Best skills for arcane archer ?

[Elindel22]

Hi. What are the best skills for an arcane archer ?

Is spellcraft any good ?

What skills should I focus on ? The top three or five skills.

Thanks

[EllisDee37]

The skills I would focus on, in order of priority:

Spellcraft to increase your elemental arrow damage
UMD because of course UMD
Spot to see hidden mobs from a distance
Concentration so you can self-heal while being plinked with enemy arrows
4 ranks in Jump at level 1 (Epic levels + Jump Spell is sufficient for 40, but a head start doesn't hurt during low levels)

If you have more skill points to spend after the above, consider Heal and Balance.

EDIT: Don't forget to put 1 rank in Tumble at level 1.

[Enoach]

Hi. What are the best skills for an arcane archer ?

Is spellcraft any good ?

What skills should I focus on ? The top three or five skills.

Thanks

spellcraft is good now that it applies to elemental arrows.

I like to have spot or listen as it helps to see those sneaking mobs

I also use Bluff as an archer I want stuff to be a stone's throw away and not hitting me . Bluff is part of what I use to keep stuff interested in the other people doing damage to it

[unbongwah]

If you like using stealth, Hide+Move Silently are obvious picks. Also if you're thinking about your build long-term and plan to take Scion of the Ethereal Plane as your Legendary feat, you definitely want to max out Hide for the extra sneak attack damage (+1 per 3 pts of Hide).

Search: on a pure ranger this is only useful for finding hidden doors. But if you're playing a ranger with rogue or Artificer splash, you'll definitely max out Search to find traps too.