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Drow Archer

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“Raining fire from above.”
    —Description in the game

Drow Archers, also known as Elf Archers, are enemies introduced in Skylanders: Giants. Despite being called Drow, they take on the appearance of yellow imps. They fire arrows into the sky to strike their targets from above, and use a fiery stomp if Skylanders get close to them in certain circumstances.

They return in Skylanders: Trap Team for the Nintendo 3DS, under the name of Elf Archers, and with the appearance of actual Drow. One of them is a trappable Nightmare Villain.

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Trivia

  • In the final version of Giants, Drow Archers share the same character models as Rocket Imps and Hob 'n' Yaros.
  • Despite appearing as Imps in the final version of Skylanders: Giants, Drow Archers were originally modeled as regular Drow wearing armor. Their attack patterns were also different, firing flurries of flaming arrows in an arc (rather than shooting vertically into a target).[2]
  • Due to the remodel from Drow to Imp being something the developers did very late in the game's development, them still being called "Drow Archers" may be an oversight.
  • The Drow Archer's early description was "Speed, accuracy, FIRE."[3]
  • In the level Tunnel of Love, there are large statues of winged Drow Archers/Rocket Imps brandishing bows; however, none are fought in-game, and Drow Archers would not make a full appearance on the 3DS until Skylanders: Trap Team (where they appeared with a proper elf design).
  • Despite being broadly called Elves in the 3DS version, they are specifically Drow, an evil subset of Elves (Elf Healers are also referred to as elves).
    • Strangely, Drow Archers and Elf Healers are the only two type of Drow to be called Elves.

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