What is the BEST Archer in 2024 Dungeons and Dragons?

It's a long one! Today we are tackling a big question: What is the Best Archer in terms of DPR? We had a request to build the best Archer in terms of Damage Per Round, so to find that out we will be taking a handful of different simple archer builds, let them use different weapons and try to find out just how each build stacks up. At the end of the video there will also be a more fleshed out build of the Archer build that I found the most interesting of the ones presented. If you're curious about just how different ranged builds can compare to each other after the 2024 nerfs to ranged combat, then come along for the journey as we explore the build! Restrictions used when calculating DPR: -Damage calculated over 3 rounds, burst builds had 1 burst round -Only damage from the weapon or that can get added to the weapon considered (No Terrain, Pets, etc.) -Only Hand Crossbow, Heavy Crossbow and Longbow used -All builds restricted to level 8 -Enemy target AC set to 18 -Our builds all assumed to have 18 Dexterity Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:26 Request 1:10 Explanation 10:17 Champion 13:22 Eldritch Knight 16:39 Battle Master 18:04 Hunter Ranger 20:55 Gloomstalker Ranger 22:30 Arcane Trickster Rogue 25:12 Assassin Rogue 25:58 Thief Rogue 29:31 Monk - Kensei 32:29 Summary 36:23 Final Build Ludic Savant and AureusFulgen's DPR Calc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... Music Credits: "Midnight Tale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...