Everyone benefits from DCI, Dci is defensive chance which is determined by a calculation of your skill vs whatever is attacking you's skill. It's dodge, not block. Archers really only need to worry about this which ranged attacks... DCI doesn't dodge magic... so unless you don't know how to move, you could get away with it.
Based on what I've been told, DCI doesn't affect a mage holding a spellbook - only a mage wielding a mage weapon. The rational is that you cannot parry with a book.
Source: http://vboards.stratics.com/showthread.php?p=1524402#post1524402
Well DCI is partly do to your combat skill. Parry is another matter all together. So if you are using a spell book with no wrestling or don't have Anat+Eval, you will totally get hit. Same with any dexer, Say you have fencing and holding a sword with no UBW, that's like having 0 skill. A mage weapon converts the skill into a combat skill, hence the dci bonus.
I think I understand. Thanks for giving me the down low.
I don't have any screen shots, but I've done it. It takes a buttload of running around and a lot of time, but since all you're really doing is kiting it around, they're not that hard. You just have to keep taking time out to clear the spawn before you can get back to killing the DF. It's not something someone would want to do on a daily basis, but it can be done. The only boss that's a pain in the ass for an archer is the Fleshrenderer because of it's speed. You simply can't kite them because they're too fast for it.
Without some help in the Fleshrenderer's room, you won't be able to take them down before they take you down. The only archer template I've seen able to take them on is a vamp form archer. DCI isn't going to do you much good.
Once i was alone in Doom on archer and took DF's hp down to 50%, it took me 40-50 minutes. Was just running around and moving shot him with my favorite demon slayer heavy arbalet. But then some tamer came in and DF was dead very fast.
Lead a monster around while keeping distance between you and it basically.
