Highest DPR Archer class is probably Fighter or Zen Archer. Slayers are fun though too because of tracking and sneak attacks. What class do you think fits you best?
Molthuni Arsenal Chaplain Warpriest has the highest sustained DPR. You'll need to be human or half-human to take advantage of the human alternate favored class bonus of 1/6 of a combat feat. Multiclassing is neither necessary nor advisable.
For the warpriest bonus feats via the class feature you can treat your warpriest level as a fighter level. For pure DPR you'll want weapon spec, greater weapon focus and greater weapon spec in those feats as soon as possible; it's possible that for ease of use you'll prefer to slip point blank master in there a bit earlier.
avr and Groundlounge are right. Warpreist and Inquisitor were well ahead of other classes.
How on earth does a Warpriest out DPR a fighter with a bow?!?
More damage bonuses, the most important one being Divine power
How on earth does a Warpriest out DPR a fighter with a bow?!?
They get all the same feats but adds Ferver spellcasting on top of it. But there is a thread that has already covered the DPR comparison.
The particular archetype which was named also gets weapon training so honestly how could they not?
It may not be the highest but I found plYing a half orc fighter with the Orc horned boy and using mutation warrior worked pretty well. But that being said the highest still is the arsenal chaplain warpriest.
I feel it is worth mentioning that the difference between a Inquisitor and the Arsenal Chaplain Warpriest was a negligible level of overkill damage and outside of combat the Inquisitor has a better quality of life.
There is a damage comparison archer thread Arsenal Champion was first, inquisitor second, fighter third.
I would look up that thread.
here is the numbers and some posts before are the builds for the comparison. This was done at lv10 rather than 20, so obviously some stuff can change with that but this should give a decent baseline.
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I feel it is worth mentioning that the difference between a Inquisitor and the Arsenal Chaplain Warpriest was a negligible level of overkill damage and outside of combat the Inquisitor has a better quality of life.
You can drop some of the optimization on the the warpriest take skilled and cunning to have a happier warpriest with great damage. The benifit of having the best damage is you can give some of it up for a more well rounded build. That said an inquisitor will always be better with skills.
Within 30 feat a Zen Archer/Evangelist of Erastil will yield the highest DPR.
A Sohei deals more damage with a bow than a zen archer.
More arrows in the air + weapon training.
If you drop much optimisation you end up with less damage than inquisitor (although it does need one standard to buff)
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Ok looks like Arsenal Chaplin is what I want
though I am unsure how to go about it.Could i get some advice on it?
Assuming half-human using the human FCB - it's often useful as an archer to have some form of night vision, and both half-elves and half-orcs have some other advantages too - then you get feats at these levels:
3: general feat, combat feat (as +3 BAB)
5: general feat
6: combat feat (as +6 BAB, fighter 6), normal combat feat
7: general feat, quicken blessing (war)
9: general feat, combat feat (as +9 BAB, fighter 9)
11: general feat
12: combat feat (as +12 BAB, fighter 12), normal combat feat
13: general feat
15: general feat, combat feat (as +15 BAB, fighter 15)
17: general feat
18: combat feat (as +18 BAB, fighter 18), normal combat feat
19: general feat
I'd suggest filling out those feats something like this:
3: precise shot, rapid shot
5: toughness (or a save bonus feat)
6: point blank master, deadly aim
7: ranged trip, quicken blessing (war)
9: manyshot, weapon specialization (longbow)
11: clustered shots
12: greater weapon focus (longbow), ace trip
13: relentless shot
15: improved precise shot, greater weapon specialization (longbow)
17: silent spell
18: circuitous shot, blind-fight
19: still spell
Like this, not that you need to copy the above exactly. Silent/still spell is so that you might be able to cast a spell when paralyzed or something BTW. If you don't like the idea of tripping enemies pull ranged trip, ace trip and relentless shot off that list. Some other feats that you might like are improved critical & impact critical shot, maybe an item crafting feat, maybe far shot.
You'll want to max perception because you can't shoot what you can't see. Don't dump strength or wisdom - you'll want 14 or so in each - dexterity should be your highest stat, and you'll want at least 12 in constitution.
If possible worship Erastil, or if you're using homebrew deities some other that might allow the Deadeye Bowman trait.
Not quite - it's only those bonus feats which count as the warpriest having fighter levels. Point blank master, (greater) weapon spec & greater weapon focus all require fighter levels to take, manyshot does not.
Even on a 15 point buy you could afford a 19 dex by 6th level, assuming a +2 belt and a +1 at 4th level. If only just.