Archer Comprehensive Guide from Archer to Bowmaster

Healer · Aug 14, 2015

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Hello Cosmin,nice guide.

cosmynx · Aug 14, 2015

Crystalis said: ↑

Just throwing in a few things based off my experiences with actually trying to enjoy a Bowman for once instead of going to maps and whining "I can't train because all I do is bow-whack":

1. Speed equips are mandatory for lower levels when it comes to training. High speed = getting away from a swarm of enemies that would render you completely unable to fire at all. This is a must if you train on Bubblings; at 100 Speed, they can out-run you and if you aggro too many, you're going to use up a lot of potions and getting them off you will prove difficult. With a Bathrobe, Speed Pills and Nimble Feet, you should be able to run far enough to get a safe distance so you're not stuck taking tons of unnecessary damage and bow-whacking left and right. Using this, I found training at 2x much less of a hassle than previously.

2. I want to argue with the 1st job build provided. I generally followed that build, only I put a single point into Double Shot after getting Eye maxed. From there, I just maxed out Critical Shot because for some reason, level 1 Double Shot costs 10 MP and does 92% damage per arrow where level 2 is only 78% damage per arrow. I can confirm it's NOT a typo as the damage is actually 92% of my range per arrow based on the upper bounds of my hits. Maxing Double Shot without critical just makes you waste more MP potions, something a newbie to the server won't be able to afford. I'm at level 23 still using level 1 Double Shot and I have no plan to level it up until at least level 10 or so because of that issue.

3. For equipment, Hunters should stick with the Battle Bow until level 35 then use a Red Viper until 50 (or possibly 54 for the Cao Cao Bow). Why? Simply put, both bows have a higher DPS than their next bow up, Ryden and Vaulter 2000 respectively. By level 50 though, the level 50 bow should be able to out-perform the Red Viper no matter what. To be fair, I don't know at what level Fast speed bows simply can't keep up with Normal speed bows. This doesn't apply to Xbowmen because as far as I'm aware, they only have one Fast weapon (Maple weapons don't exist here at this time), and that's the level 38 Heckler.

Now, I do have some questions:

1. How exactly does Power Knockback work? Does it act like a melee attack? Is the knockback bonus added to your weapon's knockback rate? Does it still require you to do enough damage to breach your opponent's KB? For instance, Stone Golems are 1,000 KB. Does that mean any hit less than 1,000 damage is an automatic failed knockback attempt? Is its damage affected by Bow/Crossbow Mastery?

2. Aren't you supposed to save SP after Arrow Bomb/Iron Arrow reach level 15? Every guide I read in the past says to do that because of AB/IA doubling in MP cost.

3. Assuming that Maple weapons do get added somehow, what is the highest level a full STRless build is viable before low STR will surpass it?

4. Why does Arrow Bomb miss even if you have way more than enough accuracy to hit an enemy without fail? I remember this happening in GMS when trying to fight the raccoons and foxes in Zipangu; I would have over double the 100% hit rate accuracy, but sometimes Arrow Bomb would miss them.
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A sidenote:

If Double Shot actually is 92% at level 1, then that would mean the damage increase by leveling up Double Shot from level 1 to 20 is 76%, while the damage increase by leveling up Critical Shot from level 0 to 20 is 80%, which is proportionally the same amount of damage increase, so Critical doesn't have anything going for it other than the extra MP cost.

However, if you plan to train at Bubblings as you mentioned earlier, maxing Critical Shot first will make your damage ridiculously unstable, even more so than it already is. This makes Bubblings challenging to train on because they have 30 KB. Without maxing Double Shot the Bubblings will much more likely run you over, decreasing your exp gain rate significantly.

I honestly haven't had much problem with constantly whacking. Perhaps it's the above factor, if you train with someone else who can take the bottom at Bubblings well (a mage, ideally, but a warrior works too), you don't really need to worry about whacking at the bottom and instead just snipe from the top platforms.

Crystalis · Aug 15, 2015

I haven't had many problems with whacking at Bubblings. Sometimes it will happen while I'm trying to kill the bottom row when one decides to spawn in my face or I try to shoot too late. But most of the time, it works out fine, and Nimble Feet usually gets me a safe distance so I'm not overrun. And yes, I know the damage is made more unstable with critical shot, but it's more damage without having to blow more MP. In all honesty, it's very rare one of my shots from Double Shot don't do at least 30 damage. I very rarely hit single digits and even 1s at times, but most of the time it's a 1-2 hit KO with 3-4 hit KOs being very rare unless the RNG is just being mean.

EDIT: Didn't realize my questions were answered already. Sorry!

Soblet · Sep 4, 2016

Crystalis said: ↑

4. Why does Arrow Bomb miss even if you have way more than enough accuracy to hit an enemy without fail? I remember this happening in GMS when trying to fight the raccoons and foxes in Zipangu; I would have over double the 100% hit rate accuracy, but sometimes Arrow Bomb would miss them.
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While we're necro-ing and this hadn't been answered yet...

You miss because you dealt less than 1 damage, you can never deal 0 damage to a mob instead it displays a miss.

Jem · Mar 9, 2018

Big props to this guide, still using it almost a year later!

prez · May 21, 2020

Super late... but does anyone know how I should be assigning AP and also what skills to get from lvl 1-10?

JKNS · May 21, 2020

prez said: ↑

Super late... but does anyone know how I should be assigning AP and also what skills to get from lvl 1-10?
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If you're planning on HP Washing, roll for 10 INT and 5 DEX at minimum. Pump all in INT for the first 5 levels, then get the minimum 25 DEX for 1st job advancement.

For Beginner skills, Nimble Feet and then either one. Both Three Snails and Recovery are really bad.

jarkiro · Mar 21, 2022

Just wondering if much has changed in this guide, I'm following it now but just realized that maple weapons did not exact when this guide was posted.
Weapons aren't too big a deal but just wondering if there was anything else ground breaking added since?

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