Archer/Hunter/Ranger FAQ *Sorry, no cool picture yet* Written By: Wind_8500 (Steven Toth) Contact Me: [email protected] (with a subject of MS guide) This document is Copyrighted (c) 2005-06 by Steven Toth and can't be used without my permission. ================= //Table of Contents\\ ===================== 1) Version History* 2) Legend* 3) Archers vs. other classes* 4) Archers in general* 5) Maple island and beginners* 6) Becoming an Archer* 7) Becoming a Hunter* 8) Becoming a Ranger* 9) Stat. point accolation* 10) Archer Skills and point accolations* 11) Hunter Skills and point accolations* 12) Ranger Skills and point accolations* 13) Arrow Blow vs. Double Shot* 14) Jump Shooting* 15) Mushmom* 16) Credits* ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ================= // Version History \\ ===================== 1) Version History* v1.0-- Not much, more to come later v1.1-- Added alternate skill builds for archer, hunter and ranger v1.2-- Supercheats.com can now legally use my guide ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- 2) Legend* CS- critical strike (see archer skills) DS- double shot (see archer skills) AB- arrow blow (see archer skills) dmg- damage ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ================== //Archers vs others\\ ==================== 3) Archers vs. other classes* lets examine archers vs all the other classes a) Archers vs Warriors Pros Archers are longer ranged Archers have more avoidability Archer are much more accurate Archer armor is really cheap Cons Warriors have much more health Warriors recover health faster Archers need arrows (until soul arrow in 2nd job) Warriors do more dmg *On a side note, both of them have rediculously unstable dmg until they get weapon mastery in the 2nd job* b) Archers vs Magicians Pros Archers are longer ranged Mages are WAY overplayed Archer spells cost less MP Archers are much more accurate Archer armor is really cheap Archers have more avoidability Cons Mages have more MP Mages have more MP recovery Mages do much more dmg in the beginning of the game If Mages were to KS any class in the beginning, it would be an archer, because of the dmg instability Archers need arrows (until soul arrow in 2nd job) c) Archers vs Assassins Pros Archers are much more accurate Stars cost a lot of money, arrows are cheap Archer armor is really cheap Cons Assassins can jump shoot much easier than archers Archers still need arrows (until soul arrow in 2nd job) Assassins have more avoidability d) Archers vs Bandits Pros Archers are longer ranged Archers have amazingly high accuracy Cons Archers require arrows (until soul arrow in 2nd job) e) Bowmen vs. X-Bowmen Bowmen Pros Bowmen are faster Arrow bomb explodes, instead of going through targets Bowmen Cons X-Bowmen do more dmg X-Bowmen can freeze targets ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- =================== //Archers in general\\ ===================== 4) Archers in general* Why be an archer? Archers are an underused class, but once they make it to the 3rd job, they have amazing potential. They are possibly the most KSed class in the beginning of the game, due to their lack of dmg stability, but the dmg range is greatly improved once you get the bow mastery in the 2nd job. unlike mages, who start out strong, to see a truly lethal archer, you must make it to level 35 or so, which many people do not have the patience for If this class does not sound appealing to you, you should not be an archer, early leveling is a pain, but your hard work pays off in the 2nd job, and archers become possibly the most deadly class in the game Even if this does not sound appealing to you, give it a try, i didnt think i'd like archers either, but here i am writing an FAQ on them If you like to be up in the enemy's face, and smash things up close, try being a warrior If you like to have a lot of mp, and kill things from a medium distance, try being a mage ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ============= //Maple Island\\ ================ 5) Maple island and beginners* a) creating your character So, when you first run your MS client, you may have to download a patch After it is done, unless you have an account already, you will need to make one, now you need to choose a server to play on *once your server is chosen, you can not move your character between servers* I believe the servers are currently ordered from most recent (and usually least populated) to oldest *my thoughts*{ I like to play on the less populated servers, its your choice, but keep this in mind, there is less lag on the less populated servers, and less people to take kills from you } Once you have chosen your server, the game will prompt you for a channel, from 1-20, your character can change between channels at any time Now that you have chosen a channel, click create new character, and design your character to your liking Once your character is designed, you will notice the box on the right, it has a field for name, enter your desired name, and click -check- to see if your character name is available if so, proceed to the next box with -generate- written in it notice the 4 stat points, STR DEX INT LUK these are the 4 stat points of MS, for an archer, you want something with a 4 or 5 in INT, and a 4 or 5 in LUK, keep clicking the die until you get one like that Once you have good stats, click -ok- to proceed b) Maple island and training Now that you have a character, you are ready to start your training, but you are not yet a bowman, you are a beginner, as all are in the beginning of MS The place you are on is called Maple Island, and for archers, it is rediculously easy just kill snails and mushrooms until you reach level 9 every level, put your stat points into STR, until it is 30, so you can level up even faster, once it is 30, put your points into dex, it has to be 25 by level 10. with your high STR, you will be able to destroy Maple Island almost as well as a warrior Once you are level 9, head to Southperry, and talk to Shanks, he will take you to the main continent, Victoria Island for a price of 150 meso, this should not be a problem for you ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ======================= // The way of the archer \\ =========================== 6) Becoming an archer* Once you are off Maple Island, talk to the long haired, shirtless viking with a skirt on, and when he asks you what job you wish to take, choose bowman of course Now backtrack a bit, and find the ticketing office, talk to the man inside, and travel to the town called -Henesys- it costs 80 meso i believe, which should not be a problem Head off to the left or right of henesys, and level up once more Once level 10, go into the area -Mushroom Park- in Henesys go all the way to the right, and enter the building there, then talk to Athena Pierce, and ask her to make you a bowman If you have 25 DEX, and are level 10, you will become a bowman Now that you are a bowman, Athena gives you one SP *(Note) you should not buy the level 10 bow, you dont do enough damage at level 10, just use your fruit knife until level 15* ============ // \\ ||Training Spots|| \\ // ============ level 10-18 Train at -the hill east of henesys- for a while, you level pretty quickly until the 20's level 18-26 I would recommend training on green/horned mushrooms near Ellinia *You can also PQ(party quest) in kerning city at level 21, i would recommend this until level 31* ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ======================= // The way of the hunter \\ =========================== 7) Becoming a hunter* Once level 30, go back to athena pierce, and talk to her, she will tell you that you are much stronger, and you must now seek out the 2nd job advancement guide, but where to look? Begin on the path to the sleepywood dungeon, and in the second screen you will see an NPC called 2nd job advancement guide, or something, talk to her, and you will be teleported to a screen that looks like the dungeon Your job is to collect 30 dark marbles, which are occasionally dropped by the monsters in this screen Once you have 30, return to the guide, and you will recieve a -proof of hero-, which you must take back to athena. She will prompt you for which job to advance to, and of course you will pick hunter...why someone would choose x-bowman is beyond me Congrats, you are now a hunter, your HP and MP have also increased, and you have recieved 1 SP ============ // \\ ||Training Spots|| \\ // ============ level 30 Definetly kerning PQ level 31-35 Zombie/Horned Mushrooms in the dungeon level 36-40 Land of the wild boar (now that your mastery has started to improve your damage, you should see immediate improvement) level 38-51 Ludibrium PQ *(note) you can do the ludibrium PQ at lvl 35, but you will probably not get accepted until level 37 or so, it is highly recommended that you do it* level 40-44 You cant go wrong with jr. kitties in orbis level 46-50 jr.kitties are still great, and you can try stone golems now level 50-55 Stone golems, Jr. Yeti, Hectors are all good things to train on, good exp, and not THAT challenging level 55-60 Dark stone golems, Zombies level 60-70 Dark stone golem, Luster pixies, Zombies Luster pixies are in cloud park VI, and have plenty of safe areas to kill from, also it is very un-populated, so, more exp for you ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ======================= // The way of the Ranger \\ =========================== 8) Becoming a Ranger* Go to El Nath - Chief Residence and speak to Rene. After talking to Rene, head back to Victoria Island and talk to Athena Pierce. Now, find the Door of Dimension in Sleepywood Dungeon V and it'll bring you to -The Path of the Glittering Crystal-. Walk until the end of the path and enter the portal to defeat then enemy within to obtain a Black Charm Return to Athena Pierce and exchange the Black Charm for a Necklace of Strength. Return to Rene after that. Head on to the Holy Ground at the Snowfield -Sharp Cliff II-. 1 Dark Crystal is requirred to answer 5 questions to obtain the Necklace of Wisdom. Now head back to Rene in El Nath and give her the Necklace of Wisdom. level 70+ not really 1 specific good place to train, you can try El Nath, and flame up ice monsters with Fire Shot, but it is totally up to you, whatever gets you good exp, have fun with it, this is where archers shine ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- 9) Stat. point accolation* On maple island, if you remember back, i told you to put 30 into STR, and then max your DEX, this only works until level 25 After level 25, put your points in like this: 1 STR 4 DEX STR should be 5 more than your level at all times Thats all there is to it ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- 10) Archer Skills and point accolations* ============== // \\ ||Archer's Skills || \\ // ============== Blessing of Amazon Effect: Passively increases your accuracy My thoughts: useful, definetly a must Critical Shot Effect: Passively gives you a chance to score a 'critical' hit on your enemy, inflicting more damage My thoughts: You are not a true archer without it, you wont survive without it Focus Effect: Once activated, increases you accuracy and avoidability for a short while My thoughts: ehh...not that great, if you have spare points, sure, but its not really necessary, i dont really like focus because you have to activate it to get bonuses Arrow Blow Effect: Fires 1 powerful arrow My thoughts: nah, u need 1 point into it to get double shot, but thats all that should be in there, its not a good skill really Double Shot Effect: Fires 2 arrows that each have half power of an arrow blow arrow My thoughts: YES! max it without a doubt, i will mathematically explain why double shot is better later, but it is without a doubt far superior The eye of amazon Effect: Passively increases your firing range My thoughts: Without a doubt, great skill, your arrows have a really short range to start, but that is taken care of with this skill All righty, thats all the archer skills Now how about some archer skill tables? ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ================= // \\ ||Archer skill tables|| \\ // ================= Cited from hidden-street.net** The Blessing of Amazon Master Level: 16 Level 1: Accuracy +1 Level 2: Accuracy +2 Level 3: Accuracy +3 Level 4: Accuracy +4 Level 5: Accuracy +5 Level 6: Accuracy +6 Level 7: Accuracy +7 Level 8: Accuracy +8 Level 9: Accuracy +9 Level 10: Accuracy +10 Level 11: Accuracy +11 Level 12: Accuracy +12 Level 13: Accuracy +13 Level 14: Accuracy +14 Level 15: Accuracy +15 Level 16: Accuracy +16 The Eye of Amazon Master Level: 8 Pre-requisite: The Blessing of Amazon Lv. 3 Level 1: Range of attack for bows and crossbows +15 Level 2: Range of attack for bows and crossbows +30 Level 3: Range of attack for bows and crossbows +45 Level 4: Range of attack for bows and crossbows +60 Level 5: Range of attack for bows and crossbows +75 Level 6: Range of attack for bows and crossbows +90 Level 7: Range of attack for bows and crossbows +105 Level 8: Range of attack for bows and crossbows +120 Critical Shot Master Level: 20 Level 1: 2% success rate, critical damage 105% Level 2: 4% success rate, critical damage 110% Level 3: 6% success rate, critical damage 115% Level 4: 8% success rate, critical damage 120% Level 5: 10% success rate, critical damage 125% Level 6: 12% success rate, critical damage 130% Level 7: 14% success rate, critical damage 135% Level 8: 16% success rate, critical damage 140% Level 9: 18% success rate, critical damage 145% Level 10: 20% success rate, critical damage 150% Level 11: 22% success rate, critical damage 155% Level 12: 24% success rate, critical damage 160% Level 13: 26% success rate, critical damage 165% Level 14: 28% success rate, critical damage 170% Level 15: 30% success rate, critical damage 175% Level 16: 32% success rate, critical damage 180% Level 17: 34% success rate, critical damage 185% Level 18: 36% success rate, critical damage 190% Level 19: 38% success rate, critical damage 195% Level 20: 40% success rate, critical damage 200% Focus Master Level: 20 Pre-requisite: The Blessing of Amazon Lv. 3 Level 1: MP -8; accuracy +1 and avoidability +1 for 70 seconds Level 2: MP -8; accuracy +2 and avoidability +2 for 80 seconds Level 3: MP -8; accuracy +3 and avoidability +3 for 90 seconds Level 4: MP -8; accuracy +4 and avoidability +4 for 100 seconds Level 5: MP -8; accuracy +5 and avoidability +5 for 110 seconds Level 6: MP -8; accuracy +6 and avoidability +6 for 130 seconds Level 7: MP -8; accuracy +7 and avoidability +7 for 140 seconds Level 8: MP -8; accuracy +8 and avoidability +8 for 150 seconds Level 9: MP -8; accuracy +9 and avoidability +9 for 160 seconds Level 10: MP -8; accuracy +10 and avoidability +10 for 170 seconds Level 11: MP -16; accuracy +11 and avoidability +11 for 195 seconds Level 12: MP -16; accuracy +12 and avoidability +12 for 205 seconds Level 13: MP -16; accuracy +13 and avoidability +13 for 215 seconds Level 14: MP -16; accuracy +14 and avoidability +14 for 225 seconds Level 15: MP -16; accuracy +15 and avoidability +15 for 235 seconds Level 16: MP -16; accuracy +16 and avoidability +16 for 260 seconds Level 17: MP -16; accuracy +17 and avoidability +17 for 270 seconds Level 18: MP -16; accuracy +18 and avoidability +18 for 280 seconds Level 19: MP -16; accuracy +19 and avoidability +19 for 290 seconds Level 20: MP -16; accuracy +20 and avoidability +20 for 300 seconds Double Shot Master Level: 20 Level 1: MP -8; Damage 76% x 2 Hits Level 2: MP -8; Damage 78% x 2 Hits Level 3: MP -8; Damage 80% x 2 Hits Level 4: MP -8; Damage 82% x 2 Hits Level 5: MP -9; Damage 86% x 2 Hits Level 6: MP -9; Damage 88% x 2 Hits Level 7: MP -9; Damage 90% x 2 Hits Level 8: MP -10; Damage 94% x 2 Hits Level 9: MP -10; Damage 96% x 2 Hits Level 10: MP -11; Damage 100% x 2 Hits Level 11: MP -11; Damage 102% x 2 Hits Level 12: MP -12; Damage 106% x 2 Hits Level 13: MP -12; Damage 108% x 2 Hits Level 14: MP -13; Damage 112% x 2 Hits Level 15: MP -13; Damage 114% x 2 Hits Level 16: MP -14; Damage 118% x 2 Hits Level 17: MP -14; Damage 120% x 2 Hits Level 18: MP -15; Damage 124% x 2 Hits Level 19: MP -15; Damage 126% x 2 Hits Level 20: MP -16; Damage 130% x 2 Hits Arrow Blow Master Level: 20 Level 1: MP -6; Damage 141% Level 2: MP -6; Damage 146% Level 3: MP -6; Damage 151% Level 4: MP -6; Damage 156% Level 5: MP -7; Damage 164% Level 6: MP -7; Damage 169% Level 7: MP -7; Damage 174% Level 8: MP -8; Damage 182% Level 9: MP -8; Damage 187% Level 10: MP -9; Damage 195% Level 11: MP -9; Damage 200% Level 12: MP -10; Damage 208% Level 13: MP -10; Damage 213% Level 14: MP -11; Damage 221% Level 15: MP -11; Damage 226% Level 16: MP -12; Damage 234% Level 17: MP -12; Damage 239% Level 18: MP -13; Damage 247% Level 19: MP -13; Damage 252% Level 20: MP -14; Damage 260% That's it for the tables, now a good build ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- The build i used, i would definetly recommend it, though you are free to use any one you want 10 - arrow blow x1 11 - Bless x 3 12 - Eye x 3 13 - Eye x 3 14 - Eye x 2 (maxed), crit. x 1 15 - crit. x 3 16 - crit. x 3 17 - crit. x 3 18 - crit. x 3 19 - crit. x 3 20 - crit. x 3 21 - crit. x 2 (maxed), DS x 1 22 - DS x 3 23 - DS x 3 24 - DS x 3 25 - DS x 3 26 - DS x 3 27 - DS x 3 (maxed) 28 - Bless x 3 29 - Bless x 3 30 - Bless x 3 ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- Some prefer focus to blessing, because extra accuracy isnt much, but extra accuracy and extra avoidability can be useful, if this sounds like you, heres a focus build be aware that focus must be activated, and thats one reason i dont use it 10 - arrow blow x1 11 - Bless x 3 12 - Eye x 3 13 - Eye x 3 14 - Eye x 2 (maxed), crit. x 1 15 - crit. x 3 16 - crit. x 3 17 - crit. x 3 18 - crit. x 3 19 - crit. x 3 20 - crit. x 3 21 - crit. x 2 (maxed), DS x 1 22 - DS x 3 23 - DS x 3 24 - DS x 3 25 - DS x 3 26 - DS x 3 27 - DS x 3 (maxed) 28 - Focus x 3 29 - Focus x 3 30 - Focus x 3 ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ========= // \\ ||Final Tally|| \\ // ========= Blessing of Amazon: either 3 or 12 (depending on whether u did focus) The eye of Amazon: 8 (maxed) Critical Shot: 20 (maxed) Double Shot: 20 (maxed) Arrow Blow: 1 Focus: 0 ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ============== // \\ ||Hunter's Skills || \\ // ============== Cited from hidden-street.net** 11) Hunter Skills and point accolations* Bow mastery Effect: Passively increases minimum dmg with a bow My Thoughts: necessary unless you want to be doing 20 dmg for the rest of your life, max it out first Final attack Effect: Occassionally fires an extra shot after using a skill My thoughts: its...all right... it only works with 2nd job skills, so after level 70 it is completely worthless, i wouldnt waste my time with it Bow Booster Effect: When used, boosts your fire speed with a bow, at the cost of some HP and MP My thoughts: its kinda useful, making bows even faster than they all ready are, you would want to put points into it (necessary for soul arrow), and i personally maxed it Power Knockback Effect: When used, improves the success rate of knocking back the enemies far when swinging the bow My thoughts: useful, knocking back numerous enemies, instead of hoping you knock one back Soul Arrow Effect: When used, you dont need to use arrows for a short time My thoughts: finally! no more arrows! max this without a doubt Arrow Bomb Effect: Fires an arrow that explodes, damaging up to 6 enemies nearby, and stunning them with a certain success rate My thoughts: useful to max, but not right away, stunning enemies can be very fun and useful Those are all of the hunter skills, and next come the tables ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ================= // \\ ||Hunter skill tables|| \\ // ================= Bow Mastery Master Level: 20 Level 1: +15% bow mastery, +1 accuracy Level 2: +15% bow mastery, +2 accuracy Level 3: +20% bow mastery, +3 accuracy Level 4: +20% bow mastery, +4 accuracy Level 5: +25% bow mastery, +5 accuracy Level 6: +25% bow mastery, +6 accuracy Level 7: +30% bow mastery, +7 accuracy Level 8: +30% bow mastery, +8 accuracy Level 9: +35% bow mastery, +9 accuracy Level 10: +35% bow mastery, +10 accuracy Level 11: +40% bow mastery, +11 accuracy Level 12: +40% bow mastery, +12 accuracy Level 13: +45% bow mastery, +13 accuracy Level 14: +45% bow mastery, +14 accuracy Level 15: +50% bow mastery, +15 accuracy Level 16: +50% bow mastery, +16 accuracy Level 17: +55% bow mastery, +17 accuracy Level 18: +55% bow mastery, +18 accuracy Level 19: +60% bow mastery, +19 accuracy Level 20: +60% bow mastery, +20 accuracy Final Attack : Bow Master Level: 30 Pre-requisite: Bow Mastery Lv. 3 Level 1: 2% success rate, final attack with bow damage 105% Level 2: 4% success rate, final attack with bow damage 110% Level 3: 6% success rate, final attack with bow damage 115% Level 4: 8% success rate, final attack with bow damage 120% Level 5: 10% success rate, final attack with bow damage 125% Level 6: 12% success rate, final attack with bow damage 130% Level 7: 14% success rate, final attack with bow damage 135% Level 8: 16% success rate, final attack with bow damage 140% Level 9: 18% success rate, final attack with bow damage 145% Level 10: 20% success rate, final attack with bow damage 150% Level 11: 22% success rate, final attack with bow damage 155% Level 12: 24% success rate, final attack with bow damage 160% Level 13: 26% success rate, final attack with bow damage 165% Level 14: 28% success rate, final attack with bow damage 170% Level 15: 30% success rate, final attack with bow damage 175% Level 16: 32% success rate, final attack with bow damage 180% Level 17: 34% success rate, final attack with bow damage 185% Level 18: 36% success rate, final attack with bow damage 190% Level 19: 38% success rate, final attack with bow damage 195% Level 20: 40% success rate, final attack with bow damage 200% Level 21: 42% success rate, final attack with bow damage 205% Level 22: 44% success rate, final attack with bow damage 210% Level 23: 46% success rate, final attack with bow damage 215% Level 24: 48% success rate, final attack with bow damage 220% Level 25: 50% success rate, final attack with bow damage 225% Level 26: 52% success rate, final attack with bow damage 230% Level 27: 54% success rate, final attack with bow damage 235% Level 28: 56% success rate, final attack with bow damage 240% Level 29: 58% success rate, final attack with bow damage 245% Level 30: 60% success rate, final attack with bow damage 250% Bow Booster Master Level: 20 Pre-requisite: Bow Mastery Lv. 5 Level 1: HP -29, MP -29; Increase in bow attacking speed for 10 seconds Level 2: HP -28, MP -28; Increase in bow attacking speed for 20 seconds Level 3: HP -27, MP -27; Increase in bow attacking speed for 30 seconds Level 4: HP -26, MP -26; Increase in bow attacking speed for 40 seconds Level 5: HP -25, MP -25; Increase in bow attacking speed for 50 seconds Level 6: HP -24, MP -24; Increase in bow attacking speed for 60 seconds Level 7: HP -23, MP -23; Increase in bow attacking speed for 70 seconds Level 8: HP -22, MP -22; Increase in bow attacking speed for 80 seconds Level 9: HP -21, MP -21; Increase in bow attacking speed for 90 seconds Level 10: HP -20, MP -20; Increase in bow attacking speed for 100 seconds Level 11: HP -19, MP -19; Increase in bow attacking speed for 110 seconds Level 12: HP -18, MP -18; Increase in bow attacking speed for 120 seconds Level 13: HP -17, MP -17; Increase in bow attacking speed for 130 seconds Level 14: HP -16, MP -16; Increase in bow attacking speed for 140 seconds Level 15: HP -15, MP -15; Increase in bow attacking speed for 150 seconds Level 16: HP -14, MP -14; Increase in bow attacking speed for 160 seconds Level 17: HP -13, MP -13; Increase in bow attacking speed for 170 seconds Level 18: HP -12, MP -12; Increase in bow attacking speed for 180 seconds Level 19: HP -11, MP -11; Increase in bow attacking speed for 190 seconds Level 20: HP -10, MP-10; Increase in bow attacking speed for 200 seconds Power Knock-Back Master Level: 20 Level 1: MP -8; Knock-back +2%, damage 105%, knock-back 2 enemies Level 2: MP -8; Knock-back +4%, damage 110%, knock-back 2 enemies Level 3: MP -8; Knock-back +6%, damage 115%, knock-back 2 enemies Level 4: MP -8; Knock-back +8%, damage 120%, knock-back 2 enemies Level 5: MP -8; Knock-back +10%, damage 125%, knock-back 2 enemies Level 6: MP -8; Knock-back +12%, damage 130%, knock-back 3 enemies Level 7: MP -8; Knock-back +14%, damage 135%, knock-back 3 enemies Level 8: MP -8; Knock-back +16%, damage 140%, knock-back 3 enemies Level 9: MP -8; Knock-back +18%, damage 145%, knock-back 3 enemies Level 10: MP -8; Knock-back +20%, damage 150%, knock-back 3 enemies Level 11: MP -15; Knock-back +22%, damage 155%, knock-back 4 enemies Level 12: MP -15; Knock-back +24%, damage 160%, knock-back 4 enemies Level 13: MP -15; Knock-back +26%, damage 165%, knock-back 4 enemies Level 14: MP -15; Knock-back +28%, damage 170%, knock-back 4 enemies Level 15: MP -15; Knock-back +30%, damage 175%, knock-back 4 enemies Level 16: MP -15; Knock-back +32%, damage 180%, knock-back 5 enemies Level 17: MP -15; Knock-back +34%, damage 185%, knock-back 5 enemies Level 18: MP -15; Knock-back +36%, damage 190%, knock-back 5 enemies Level 19: MP -15; Knock-back +38%, damage 195%, knock-back 5 enemies Level 20: MP -15; Knock-back +40%, damage 200%, knock-back 6 enemies Soul Arrow : Bow Master Level: 20 Pre-requisite: Bow Booster Lv. 5 Level 1: MP -15; Attack for 30 seconds without using up an arrow Level 2: MP -15; Attack for 60 seconds without using up an arrow Level 3: MP -15; Attack for 90 seconds without using up an arrow Level 4: MP -15; Attack for 120 seconds without using up an arrow Level 5: MP -15; Attack for 150 seconds without using up an arrow Level 6: MP -15; Attack for 180 seconds without using up an arrow Level 7: MP -15; Attack for 210 seconds without using up an arrow Level 8: MP -15; Attack for 240 seconds without using up an arrow Level 9: MP -15; Attack for 270 seconds without using up an arrow Level 10: MP -15; Attack for 300 seconds without using up an arrow Level 11: MP -20; Attack for 330 seconds without using up an arrow Level 12: MP -20; Attack for 360 seconds without using up an arrow Level 13: MP -20; Attack for 390 seconds without using up an arrow Level 14: MP -20; Attack for 420 seconds without using up an arrow Level 15: MP -20; Attack for 450 seconds without using up an arrow Level 16: MP -20; Attack for 480 seconds without using up an arrow Level 17: MP -20; Attack for 510 seconds without using up an arrow Level 18: MP -20; Attack for 540 seconds without using up an arrow Level 19: MP -20; Attack for 570 seconds without using up an arrow Level 20: MP -20; Attack for 600 seconds without using up an arrow Arrow Bomb Master Level: 30 Level 1: MP -14; Stunner 31%, damage 72% Level 2: MP -14; Stunner 32%, damage 74% Level 3: MP -14; Stunner 33%, damage 76% Level 4: MP -14; Stunner 34%, damage 78% Level 5: MP -14; Stunner 35%, damage 80% Level 6: MP -14; Stunner 36%, damage 82% Level 7: MP -14; Stunner 37%, damage 84% Level 8: MP -14; Stunner 38%, damage 86% Level 9: MP -14; Stunner 39%, damage 88% Level 10: MP -14; Stunner 40%, damage 90% Level 11: MP -14; Stunner 41%, damage 92% Level 12: MP -14; Stunner 42%, damage 94% Level 13: MP -14; Stunner 43%, damage 96% Level 14: MP -14; Stunner 44%, damage 98% Level 15: MP -14; Stunner 45%, damage 100% Level 16: MP -28; Stunner 46%, damage 102% Level 17: MP -28; Stunner 47%, damage 104% Level 18: MP -28; Stunner 48%, damage 106% Level 19: MP -28; Stunner 49%, damage 108% Level 20: MP -28; Stunner 50%, damage 110% Level 21: MP -28; Stunner 51%, damage 112% Level 22: MP -28; Stunner 52%, damage 114% Level 23: MP -28; Stunner 53%, damage 116% Level 24: MP -28; Stunner 54%, damage 118% Level 25: MP -28; Stunner 55%, damage 120% Level 26: MP -28; Stunner 56%, damage 122% Level 27: MP -28; Stunner 57%, damage 124% Level 28: MP -28; Stunner 58%, damage 126% Level 29: MP -28; Stunner 59%, damage 128% Level 30: MP -28; Stunner 60%, damage 130% Finally done with the tables, now how's a build sound? ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ================ // \\ ||Hunter skill build|| \\ // ================ This is the build i used, and can get kinda confusing...try to stay with me 30 - Arrow Bomb x1 31 - mastery x3 32 - mastery x3 32 - mastery x3 33 - mastery x3 34 - mastery x3 35 - mastery x3 36 - mastery x1 (don't max it yet, lvl 20 only gives +1 accuracy), 2 booster 37 - booster x3 38 - booster x1, soul arrow x2(YAY! no more arrows) 39 - Arrow Bomb x3 40 - Arrow Bomb x3 41 - Arrow Bomb x3 42 - Arrow Bomb x3 43 - Arrow Bomb x2, now save skill points because at 16 mp cost doubles 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 -Arrow Bomb x15, Knockback x1 49 - Knockback x3 50 - Knockback x3 51 - Knockback x3 52 - (Save because of mp cost doubling) 53 - 54 -Knockback x9 55 - Knockback x1, Booster x2 56 - Booster x1, soul x1, save 1 57 - Booster x3, soul x1 58 - Booster x3 59 - Soul Arrow x2 (save 1) 60 - Booster x3, Soul x1 ** after lvl 60, you can really do whatever, but make sure you put the last point into mastery before level 70, you DEFINETLY want it maxed because of a fourth job skill that requires 20 points into mastery** ** in this case, I chose to max soul, focus and booster ** 61 - Soul Arrow x3 62 - Soul Arrow x3 63 - Soul Arrow x3 64 - Soul Arrow x3 65 - Soul Arrow x1, Booster x2 66 - Focus x2, Mastery x1(max mastery, I explained above why) 67 - Focus x3 68 - Focus x3 69 - Focus x3 70 - Focus x3 ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- some would for some reason put points into final attack i didnt, because final attack doesnt work with 3rd job skills like strafe and arrow rain, and once level 70, you wont ever get a final attack, unless you use double shot, arrow bomb, arrow blow, or a regular attack, and after level 70, why use any of those? (except maybe an arrow bomb) 30 - Arrow Bomb x1 31 - mastery x3 32 - mastery x3 33 - mastery x3 34 - mastery x3 35 - mastery x3 36 - mastery x3 37 - mastery x1 (don't max it, lvl 20 only gives +1 accuracy), 2 booster 38 - booster x3 39 - booster x1, soul arrow x2(YAY! no more arrows) 40 - Arrow Bomb x3 41 - Arrow Bomb x3 42 - Arrow Bomb x3 43 - Arrow Bomb x3 44 - Arrow Bomb x2, now save skill points because at 16 mp cost doubles 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - Arrow Bomb x15, Final Attack x1 50 - Final Attack x3 51 - Final Attack x3 52 - Final Attack x3 53 - Final Attack x3 54 - Final Attack x3 55 - Knockback x3 56 - Knockback x1, Booster x2 57 - Booster x1, soul x1, save 1 58 - Booster x3, soul x1 59 - Booster x3 60 - Soul Arrow x2 (save 1) 61 - Booster x3, Soul x1 ** after lvl 61, you can really do whatever, i chose to max soul and booster** 62 - Soul Arrow x3 63 - Soul Arrow x3 64 - Soul Arrow x3 65 - Soul Arrow x3 66 - Soul Arrow x1, Booster x2 67 - Focus x3 (from 1st job) 68 - Focus x3 69 - Focus x3 70 - Focus x3 ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ========= // \\ ||Final Tally|| \\ // ========= Bow Mastery: 19 (not maxed because maxing it isnt worth it) Arrow Bomb: 30 (maxed) KnockBack/Final Attack: 20 Booster: 20 (maxed) Soul Arrow: 20 (maxed) Focus: 12 ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ============== // \\ ||Ranger's Skills || \\ // ============== Cited from hidden-street.net** 12) Ranger Skills and point accolations* Thrust Effect:Passively increases your speed My Thoughts: Very useful, but not something to max right away Mortal Blow Effect: Passively allows you to sometimes fire arrows even at a very close range and also kill a monster with one shot every once in a while My Thoughts: Great skill, but it doesnt always work when you want it to Puppet Effect: Summons a puppet that enemies attack instead of you My Thoughts: Good for later levels, but you dont need a damage tanker in the beginning of the 3rd job, nothing is really THAT much of a threat Fire Shot Effect: Fires a flaming arrow that deals fire damage to up to 6 enemies My Thoughts: ah yes...elemental damage, El Nath beware! a good skill Arrow Rain Effect: Fires a bunch of arrows into the sky, attacking up to 6 monsters at once My Thoughts: good for enemies not weak to fire Silver Hawk *requires a summoning rock* Effect: Summons a silver hawk that attacks nearby enemies, sometimes stuns My Thoughts: uhh...its damage isnt very impressive, but when maxed, has a 99% chance to stun, you want to use this mainly for stun purposes Strafe Effect: Fires 4 arrows My Thoughts: FINALLY! STRAFE! because of critical shot, level 1 strafe is better than level 20 Double shot, this will become your main attacking skill now, and it seems to fire faster than double shot, just an observation... There we go....all the skills you can learn until level 120 ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ================= // \\ ||Ranger skill tables|| \\ // ================= Strafe Master Level: 30 Level 1: MP -26; Basic attack 52%, attack 4 times Level 2: MP -26; Basic attack 54%, attack 4 times Level 3: MP -26; Basic attack 56%, attack 4 times Level 4: MP -26; Basic attack 58%, attack 4 times Level 5: MP -26; Basic attack 60%, attack 4 times Level 6: MP -26; Basic attack 62%, attack 4 times Level 7: MP -26; Basic attack 64%, attack 4 times Level 8: MP -26; Basic attack 66%, attack 4 times Level 9: MP -26; Basic attack 68%, attack 4 times Level 10: MP -26; Basic attack 70%, attack 4 times Level 11: MP -26; Basic attack 72%, attack 4 times Level 12: MP -26; Basic attack 74%, attack 4 times Level 13: MP -26; Basic attack 76%, attack 4 times Level 14: MP -26; Basic attack 78%, attack 4 times Level 15: MP -26; Basic attack 80%, attack 4 times Level 16: MP -32; Basic attack 82%, attack 4 times Level 17: MP -32; Basic attack 84%, attack 4 times Level 18: MP -32; Basic attack 86%, attack 4 times Level 19: MP -32; Basic attack 88%, attack 4 times Level 20: MP -32; Basic attack 90%, attack 4 times Level 21: MP -32; Basic attack 91%, attack 4 times Level 22: MP -32; Basic attack 92%, attack 4 times Level 23: MP -32; Basic attack 93%, attack 4 times Level 24: MP -32; Basic attack 94%, attack 4 times Level 25: MP -32; Basic attack 95%, attack 4 times Level 26: MP -32; Basic attack 96%, attack 4 times Level 27: MP -32; Basic attack 97%, attack 4 times Level 28: MP -32; Basic attack 98%, attack 4 times Level 29: MP -32; Basic attack 99%, attack 4 times Level 30: MP -32; Basic attack 100%, attack 4 times Silver Hawk Master Level: 30 Pre-requisite: Puppet Lv 5 and consume 1 Summoning Rock Level 1: MP -32; attacks 13 times in 103 secs; 50% chance of stunning Level 2: MP -34; attacks 16 times in 106 secs; 53% chance of stunning Level 3: MP -36; attacks 19 times in 109 secs; 56% chance of stunning Level 4: MP -38; attacks 22 times in 112 secs; 59% chance of stunning Level 5: MP -40; attacks 25 times in 115 secs; 62% chance of stunning Level 6: MP -42; attacks 28 times in 118 secs; 65% chance of stunning Level 7: MP -44; attacks 31 times in 121 secs; 68% chance of stunning Level 8: MP -46; attacks 34 times in 124 secs; 71% chance of stunning Level 9: MP -48; attacks 37 times in 127 secs; 74% chance of stunning Level 10: MP -50; attacks 40 times in 130 secs; 77% chance of stunning Level 11: MP -52; attacks 42 times in 133 secs; 80% chance of stunning Level 12: MP -54; attacks 44 times in 136 secs; 82% chance of stunning Level 13: MP -56; attacks 46 times in 139 secs; 84% chance of stunning Level 14: MP -58; attacks 48 times in 142 secs; 86% chance of stunning Level 15: MP -60; attacks 50 times in 145 secs; 88% chance of stunning Level 16: MP -62; attacks 52 times in 148 secs; 90% chance of stunning Level 17: MP -64; attacks 54 times in 151 secs; 91% chance of stunning Level 18: MP -66; attacks 56 times in 154 secs; 92% chance of stunning Level 19: MP -68; attacks 58 times in 157 secs; 93% chance of stunning Level 20: MP -70; attacks 60 times in 160 secs; 94% chance of stunning Level 21: MP -71; attacks 61 times in 162 secs; 95% chance of stunning Level 22: MP -72; attacks 62 times in 164 secs; 95% chance of stunning Level 23: MP -73; attacks 63 times in 166 secs; 96% chance of stunning Level 24: MP -74; attacks 64 times in 168 secs; 96% chance of stunning Level 25: MP -75; attacks 65 times in 170 secs; 97% chance of stunning Level 26: MP -76; attacks 66 times in 172 secs; 97% chance of stunning Level 27: MP -77; attacks 67 times in 174 secs; 98% chance of stunning Level 28: MP -78; attacks 68 times in 176 secs; 98% chance of stunning Level 29: MP -79; attacks 69 times in 178 secs; 99% chance of stunning Level 30: MP -80; attacks 70 times in 180 secs; 99% chance of stunning Arrow Rain Master Level: 30 Pre-requisite: Mortal Blow Lv 5 Level 1: MP -18; Basic attack 60% Level 2: MP -18; Basic attack 65% Level 3: MP -18; Basic attack 70% Level 4: MP -18; Basic attack 75% Level 5: MP -18; Basic attack 80% Level 6: MP -18; Basic attack 85% Level 7: MP -18; Basic attack 90% Level 8: MP -18; Basic attack 95% Level 9: MP -18; Basic attack 100% Level 10: MP -18; Basic attack 105% Level 11: MP -23; Basic attack 110% Level 12: MP -23; Basic attack 113% Level 13: MP -23; Basic attack 116% Level 14: MP -23; Basic attack 119% Level 15: MP -23; Basic attack 122% Level 16: MP -23; Basic attack 125% Level 17: MP -23; Basic attack 128% Level 18: MP -23; Basic attack 131% Level 19: MP -23; Basic attack 134% Level 20: MP -23; Basic attack 137% Level 21: MP -28; Basic attack 140% Level 22: MP -28; Basic attack 143% Level 23: MP -28; Basic attack 146% Level 24: MP -28; Basic attack 149% Level 25: MP -28; Basic attack 152% Level 26: MP -28; Basic attack 154% Level 27: MP -28; Basic attack 156% Level 28: MP -28; Basic attack 158% Level 29: MP -28; Basic attack 159% Level 30: MP -28; Basic attack 160% Fire Shot Master Level: 30 Level 1: MP -20; Attack power 50% with fire attribute Level 2: MP -20; Attack power 55% with fire attribute Level 3: MP -20; Attack power 60% with fire attribute Level 4: MP -20; Attack power 65% with fire attribute Level 5: MP -20; Attack power 70% with fire attribute Level 6: MP -20; Attack power 75% with fire attribute Level 7: MP -20; Attack power 80% with fire attribute Level 8: MP -20; Attack power 85% with fire attribute Level 9: MP -20; Attack power 90% with fire attribute Level 10: MP -20; Attack power 95% with fire attribute Level 11: MP -25; Attack power 100% with fire attribute Level 12: MP -25; Attack power 103% with fire attribute Level 13: MP -25; Attack power 106% with fire attribute Level 14: MP -25; Attack power 109% with fire attribute Level 15: MP -25; Attack power 112% with fire attribute Level 16: MP -25; Attack power 115% with fire attribute Level 17: MP -25; Attack power 118% with fire attribute Level 18: MP -25; Attack power 121% with fire attribute Level 19: MP -25; Attack power 124% with fire attribute Level 20: MP -25; Attack power 127% with fire attribute Level 21: MP -30; Attack power 130% with fire attribute Level 22: MP -30; Attack power 133% with fire attribute Level 23: MP -30; Attack power 136% with fire attribute Level 24: MP -30; Attack power 139% with fire attribute Level 25: MP -30; Attack power 142% with fire attribute Level 26: MP -30; Attack power 144% with fire attribute Level 27: MP -30; Attack power 146% with fire attribute Level 28: MP -30; Attack power 148% with fire attribute Level 29: MP -30; Attack power 149% with fire attribute Level 30: MP -30; Attack power 150% with fire attribute Puppet Master Level: 20 Level 1: MP -23; Summon doll of 500 HP for 5 seconds Level 2: MP -23; Summon doll of 600 HP for 5 seconds Level 3: MP -23; Summon doll of 700 HP for 10 seconds Level 4: MP -23; Summon doll of 800 HP for 10 seconds Level 5: MP -23; Summon doll of 900 HP for 10 seconds Level 6: MP -26; Summon doll of 1000 HP for 20 seconds Level 7: MP -26; Summon doll of 1200 HP for 20 seconds Level 8: MP -26; Summon doll of 1400 HP for 20 seconds Level 9: MP -26; Summon doll of 1600 HP for 30 seconds Level 10: MP -26; Summon doll of 1800 HP for 30 seconds Level 11: MP -29; Summon doll of 2000 HP for 30 seconds Level 12: MP -29; Summon doll of 2400 HP for 40 seconds Level 13: MP -29; Summon doll of 2800 HP for 40 seconds Level 14: MP -29; Summon doll of 3200 HP for 40 seconds Level 15: MP -29; Summon doll of 3600 HP for 50 seconds Level 16: MP -32; Summon doll of 4000 HP for 50 seconds Level 17: MP -32; Summon doll of 4500 HP for 50 seconds Level 18: MP -32; Summon doll of 5000 HP for 60 seconds Level 19: MP -32; Summon doll of 5500 HP for 60 seconds Level 20: MP -32; Summon doll of 6000 HP for 60 seconds Mortal Blow Master Level: 20 Level 1: 32% chance, attack 110% kills the monster with HP at 20%, 1% chance Level 2: 34% chance, attack 120% kills the monster with HP at 23%, 1% chance Level 3: 36% chance, attack 130% kills the monster with HP at 23%, 2% chance Level 4: 38% chance, attack 140% kills the monster with HP at 26%, 2% chance Level 5: 40% chance, attack 150% kills the monster with HP at 26%, 3% chance Level 6: 42% chance, attack 160% kills the monster with HP at 29%, 3% chance Level 7: 44% chance, attack 170% kills the monster with HP at 29%, 4% chance Level 8: 46% chance, attack 180% kills the monster with HP at 32%, 4% chance Level 9: 48% chance, attack 190% kills the monster with HP at 32%, 5% chance Level 10: 50% chance, attack 200% kills the monster with HP at 35%, 5% chance Level 11: 52% chance, attack 205% kills the monster with HP at 35%, 6% chance Level 12: 54% chance, attack 210% kills the monster with HP at 38%, 6% chance Level 13: 56% chance, attack 215% kills the monster with HP at 38%, 7% chance Level 14: 58% chance, attack 220% kills the monster with HP at 41%, 7% chance Level 15: 60% chance, attack 225% kills the monster with HP at 41%, 8% chance Level 16: 62% chance, attack 230% kills the monster with HP at 44%, 8% chance Level 17: 64% chance, attack 235% kills the monster with HP at 44%, 9% chance Level 18: 66% chance, attack 240% kills the monster with HP at 47%, 9% chance Level 19: 68% chance, attack 245% kills the monster with HP at 47%, 10% chance Level 20: 70% chance, attack 250% kills the monster with HP at 50%, 10% chance Thrust Master Level: 20 Level 1: Speed +2 Level 2: Speed +4 Level 3: Speed +6 Level 4: Speed +8 Level 5: Speed +10 Level 6: Speed +12 Level 7: Speed +14 Level 8: Speed +16 Level 9: Speed +18 Level 10: Speed +20 Level 11: Speed +21 Level 12: Speed +22 Level 13: Speed +23 Level 14: Speed +24 Level 15: Speed +25 Level 16: Speed +26 Level 17: Speed +27 Level 18: Speed +28 Level 19: Speed +29 Level 20: Speed +30 Yay! they are finally over! now lets look at a Ranger Build ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- This is the build i will be using during the 70-120 period, this is a guideline, feel free to change it if you do not like any part ================ // \\ ||Ranger skill build|| \\ // ================ this is a good build for pure power, something an archer hasnt really had until this point 70 - strafe x1 71 - strafe x3 72 - strafe x3 73 - strafe x3 74 - strafe x3 75 - strafe x3 76 - strafe x3 77 - strafe x3 78 - strafe x3 79 - strafe x3 80 - strafe x2 mortal blow x1 81 - mortal blow x3 82 - mortal blow x2 (needed for AR) arrow rain x1 83 - arrow rain x3 84 - arrow rain x3 85 - arrow rain x3 86 - arrow rain x3 87 - arrow rain x3 88 - arrow rain x3 89 - arrow rain x3 90 - arrow rain x3 91 - arrow rain x3 92 - arrow rain x2 fire shot x1 93 - fire shot x3 94 - fire shot x3 95 - fire shot x3 96 - fire shot x3 97 - fire shot x3 98 - fire shot x3 99 - fire shot x3 100 - fire shot x3 101 - fire shot x3 102 - fire shot x2 thrust x1 103 - Thrust x3 104 - Thrust x3 105 - Thrust x3 106 - Puppet x3 107 - Puppet x3 108 - Hawk x3 109 - Hawk x3 110 - Hawk x3 111 - Hawk x3 112 - Hawk x3 113 - Hawk x3 114 - Hawk x3 115 - mortal blow x3 116 - mortal blow x3 117 - mortal blow x3 118 - mortal blow x3 119 - mortal blow x2, puppet x1 120 - puppet x3 Done! now lets see how the final tally plays out ========= // \\ ||Final Tally|| \\ // ========= Strafe: 30 (maxed of course) Mortal Blow: 20 (maxed) Arrow Rain: 30 (maxed) Fire Shot: 30 (maxed) Puppet: 10 Silver Hawk: 21 (after level 15, it only goes up 1% chance to stun, and a 95% chance is good enough for me) Thrust: 10 (after level 10, you only get +1 speed per level) ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- some people dont like thrust, and believe the points will be used better somewhere else, i cant say i disagree, so heres an alternate build I would like to thank Richard Dong (SuperMarth64) for contributing this build 70 - strafe x1 71 - strafe x3 72 - strafe x3 73 - strafe x3 74 - strafe x3 75 - strafe x3 76 - strafe x3 77 - strafe x3 78 - strafe x3 79 - strafe x3 80 - strafe x2 mortal blow x1 81 - mortal blow x3 82 - mortal blow x1 (needed for AR) arrow rain x2 83 - arrow rain x3 84 - arrow rain x1 puppet x2 85 - puppet x3 86 - puppet x1 arrow rain x2 87 - arrow rain x3 88 - arrow rain x3 89 - arrow rain x3 90 - arrow rain x3 91 - arrow rain x1 hawk x2 92 - hawk x3 93 - hawk x3 94 - hawk x3 95 - hawk x3 96 - hawk x1 mortal blow x2 97 - mortal blow x3 98 - mortal blow x3 99 - mortal blow x3 100 - mortal blow x3 101 - mortal blow x1 puppet x2 102 - puppet x3 103 - puppet x3 104 - puppet x3 105 - puppet x1 arrow rain x2 106 - arrow rain x3 107 - arrow rain x2 hawk x1 108 - hawk x3 109 - hawk x3 110 - hawk x3 111 - hawk x3 112 - hawk x1 fire shot x2 113 - fire shot x3 114 - fire shot x3 115 - fire shot x3 116 - fire shot x3 117 - fire shot x3 118 - fire shot x3 119 - fire shot x3 120 - fire shot x3 Done! now lets see how the final tally plays out ========= // \\ ||Final Tally|| \\ // ========= Strafe: 30 (maxed of course) Mortal Blow: 20 (maxed) Arrow Rain: 28 (maxed) Fire Shot: 26 (maxed) Puppet: 18 Silver Hawk: 29 Thrust: 0 ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- 13) Arrow Blow vs. Double Shot* A long debated topic, AB vs. DS has a history of heated debates Which one is better?? They each have their own pros and cons *(Note) It has been proven that critical shot does not double your dmg, just adds 100% to it, if you fire AB, it does 260% + 100% = 360%, not 260% x 2 = 520%* Lets see which does more dmg AB: 260% dmg without CS 360% dmg with CS Since CS activates 40% of the time...260%*.6 + 360%*.4 = 300% Thus, AB's damage range is 260%-360% and the average is 300%. DS: 130% + 130% = 260% dmg without CS (130% + 100%) + (130% + 100%) = 460% dmg with both CS (130% + 100%) + 130% = 360% dmg if 1 CS activates 60%*60% = 36% chance of no criticals 40%*40% = 16% chance of 2 criticals 40%*60%*2 (since this can happen with either arrow) = 48% chance of 1 CS 260%*.36 + 360%*.48 + 460%*.16 = 340% Thus, DS has a damage range of 260%-460% and the average is 340%. This has just proved that DS is stronger because of CS, and that is why strafe is stronger than DS AB Pros More dmg means you can knockback stronger enemies Costs 4 less MP Only Requires 1 arrow AB Cons Statistically does less damage because of Critical Shot Arrows are useless after soul arrow 4 MP isnt really that big of a differance at all In conclusion, DS does more dmg, and i hate AB, if you dont want to use DS, then dont ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- 14) Jump Shooting* As many people know, assassins can Jump shoot, meaning jump, then throw stars many people believe archers can, well they CAN, its just really hard To jump shoot, you must press the jump key and the fire \ key at the EXACT same time. to make this easier, try setting the keys right next to each other, and pushing them with one finger at the same time (i.e. jump is 'space', and fire is 'n') So, why jump shoot? as you may have noticed, when you shoot, you stop moving jump shooting allows you to not slow down, you can just keep on walking, then jump, shoot, and not slow down at all ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- 15) Mushmom* Mushmom, bowmen have the easiest time killing mushmom because of their rediculously high accuracy Try killing mushmom around level 40, this is really early for any other class because they really can't hit mushmom yet If you have ever done the Kerning PQ, mushmom is just like the king slime, but an orange mushroom Mushmom's only attack is earthquake, which damages everyone nearby, it will do around 700 dmg at level 40, so how do you avoid it? You jump! Mushmom's Stats: HP: 20,000 MP: 200 Level: 60 EXP: 1200 Meso Drops: 800-1196 Item Drops: Ilbi's Scroll for Gloves for Attack (60%) Scroll for Helmet for Def. (60%) Scroll for Helmet for HP (60%) Scroll for Overall Armor Def. (60%) Scroll for Overall Armor for DEX (60%) Scroll for Top-wear def. (60%) Scroll for Bottomwear Def. (60%) Scroll for Shield for Def. (60%) Scroll for Gloves for DEX (60%) Scroll for Shoes for Speed (60%) Scroll for Shoes for Jump (60%) Scroll for Shoes for DEX (60%) Scroll for Earring for INT (60%) Scroll for Cape for Magic Def. (60%) Scroll for Cape for Weapon Def. (60%) Mushmom's Spore(needed for quests) Mushroom omok piece (i think thats kinda funny) Fairy Wand (38 mage weapon) Steel Tower Shield (40 warrior shield) Red Hearted Earrings (50 earrings) To get to Mushmom, go to Henesys, and near the taxi, you will see a tree with stairs nex to it, ascend the stairs, and press up, then up again You will now be in a map with orange mushrooms, go to the left, and press up on the pig gate Now you are in Pig Park I, nothing but iron hogs here, just fight through them, or avoid them, and reach the other side, press up on the next pit gate, and here is Pig Park II, now climb up a bit, and go through the last pig gate, and arrive at -Someone Else's House-,or better known as Mushmom's map Mushmom Spawns every 40 mins. or so, and there are plenty of pigs to kill while you wait, along with some fierrys every now and then ------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- 16) Credits* Richard Dong (SuperMarth64) for contributing an alternate ranger build The skill tables were coutesy of hidden-street.net This guide is Copyright (c) 2006 by Steven Toth (Wind_8500). 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