A new version is ready with the Archer character. It brings a new type of combat where you take it slow, create space between you and the enemies and shoot them down one by one. Arrow damage is calculated by adding bow damage + arrow damage and applying your Archery percentage to that.
The dual-stick shooting (independent of movement) works the same as with magic staffs. The strong attack fires 3 arrows at once. This clears a lot of enemies, but arrows have limited quantity, so you cannot spam it all the time. Use if for crowd control and restock arrows from boxes and barrels.
Every arrow you shoot increases your rage a little bit. The special rage attack for bows is the piercing arrow - it shoot through all the enemies without stopping and does +10 damage on top of bow+arrow damage. There will be more bows in the game with different special attacks soon. I have a couple ideas regarding those effects, but if you have some cool idea, please comment below.
It's a good idea to pick up a melee weapon when you find one - just in case you run out of arrows. Also, using melee weapon to break boxes and barrels is much faster. For this reason, and the fact that arrows take at least one inventory slot, Archer has one slot more than other heroes.
To unlock the Archer, you need to find him in the forest and complete his quest. Once you do that, you will be able to pick him in subsequent runs. Hint: If you have hard time finding enough arrows to complete the quest, you can use bombs to break some rocks, as there are often some arrows hidden there.
Have fun! ːsteamhappyː