Dryads or Elves - who are the best Archers?
First off I want to tell that I haven't finished reading all of the books yet (atm Im reading Baptism of Fire), but Im loving everything about the lore and Im interested to what the fellow fans think about this topic. So please don't hate me for asking this while not finishing the lore books first
So who are the best Archers in Witcher lore? Dryads seems to be the goddess of archery as they are the childs of nature and they are absolutely deadly with their bow skills, as described in Sapkowski's books.
On the other hand we have Scoia'tael elves who are also masters of archery (elves seem to be superior archers in pretty much every other lores too, like LOTR etc).
In Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, if you choose to help non-humans to defend Vergen, when Iorveth returns with his Scoia'tael reinforcements and when they end the battle with insanely accurate shots on Kaedwen army, Geralt says this:
"One thing is sure: elves are the best archers who have ever walked this earth..." - Geralt of Rivia
So...
OR
My argument would be that Dryads are still better archers compared to Elves. Lets me explain why. Well from what I have learned so far, it seems like Dryads only use / prefer bows and archery skills over any sword while elves are fighting with their bows AND swords. That makes me think that dryads are focusing purely on bows and surprise / distance attacks, what IMO makes them best archers in the lore.
Im interested to see what other people think! And if someone wants to use information from later books - please use spoiler tag and don't spoil me future events that I haven't read yet. Thanks
First off I want to tell that I haven't finished reading all of the books yet (atm Im reading Baptism of Fire), but Im loving everything about the lore and Im interested to what the fellow fans think about this topic. So please don't hate me for asking this while not finishing the lore books first
So who are the best Archers in Witcher lore? Dryads seems to be the goddess of archery as they are the childs of nature and they are absolutely deadly with their bow skills, as described in Sapkowski's books.
On the other hand we have Scoia'tael elves who are also masters of archery (elves seem to be superior archers in pretty much every other lores too, like LOTR etc).
In Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, if you choose to help non-humans to defend Vergen, when Iorveth returns with his Scoia'tael reinforcements and when they end the battle with insanely accurate shots on Kaedwen army, Geralt says this:
"One thing is sure: elves are the best archers who have ever walked this earth..." - Geralt of Rivia
So...
OR
My argument would be that Dryads are still better archers compared to Elves. Lets me explain why. Well from what I have learned so far, it seems like Dryads only use / prefer bows and archery skills over any sword while elves are fighting with their bows AND swords. That makes me think that dryads are focusing purely on bows and surprise / distance attacks, what IMO makes them best archers in the lore.
Im interested to see what other people think! And if someone wants to use information from later books - please use spoiler tag and don't spoil me future events that I haven't read yet. Thanks
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