KoC Wind Archer Guide

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thread starter peter337 Jul 02 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

All skill explanations can be found at the bottom of this post. First Job 10: 1 Wind Sprite 11: 1 Double Shot, 2 Eye of the Amazon 12: 3 Eye of the Amazon 13-18: 3 Double Shot 19: 1 Double Shot, 2 Eye of the Amazon (maxed Double Shot) 20: 1 Eye of the Amazon, 2 Critical Shot (maxed Eye of the Amazon) 21-26: 3 Critical Shot (maxed Critical Shot) 27-29: 3 Focus 30: 2 Wind Sprite, 1 Focus (maxed Focus) Explanation: put 1 in Wind Sprite straight away just to help in the lower levels, although it will soon become useless. Then, points in Eye of the Amazon to get your range up and a point in Double Shot so you can have an attacking skill. I max Double Shot as soon as Eye of the Amazon's good enough just for a good attacking skill, although you may not want to. With Eye of the Amazon and Double Shot out of the way, max Critical Shot as it's your last good skill during 1st job. After that, you can pretty much do what you want, I went with Focus for the Avoidability (it only takes 10 levels to get 20 Avoidability) and whatever you've got spare goes into Wind Sprite, since everything else is maxed. Second Job 30: 1 Storm Breath 31-36: 3 Storm Breath 37: 1 Storm Breath, 2 Bow Mastery (maxed Storm Breath) 38: 3 Bow Mastery 39: 3 Soul Arrow 40-41: 3 Bow Booster 42-45: 3 Bow Mastery 46: 2 Bow Mastery, 1 Wind Walk 47-49: 3 Wind Walk (maxed Wind Walk) 50-59: 2 Final Attack, 1 Bow Booster (maxed Final Attack) 60: 3 Bow Booster 61: 1 Bow Booster, 1 Soul Arrow, 1 Thrust (maxed Bow Booster) 62-69: 2 Soul Arrow, 1 Thrust (maxed Soul Arrow) 70: 1 Bow Mastery, 2 Thrust (maxed Bow Mastery) Explanation: I've chosen to max Storm Breath ASAP for the mobbing ability. It should be very useful at Cpq, which is where you'll probably be training. Then, 5 in Bow Mastery to get it to a decent level, and to meet the prerequisite for Bow Booster and Soul Arrow. I�ve put 3 in Soul Arrow to cut down on arrow costs, although you may want to do this later if you feel you have the money. Next, get Booster to 6 and Mastery to 19. I leave Booster at 6 and Mastery at 19 just to save points; they don't need to be any higher level at this stage. Finally, for your last levels at Cpq, I've chosen Wind Walk instead of Final Attack. Wind Walk allows you to avoid hits, while also giving a guaranteed damage boost, unlike Final Attack. However, if you want, you could max Final Attack at this point instead of Wind Walk. Next, I max Final Attack, cause it will probably help at training and is the final skill with no points in at this stage. Once all of that's done, it's just down to maxing Bow Booster, Bow Mastery and Soul Arrow. You will have some spare points, so I just threw them into Thrust. If you want to put them into a 1st Job skill, be my guest. Third Job 70: 1 Strafe 71: 1 Magnum Shot, 1 Wind Shot, 1 Albatross 72-77: 3 Magnum Shot 78: 1 Magnum Shot, 2 Arrow Rain (maxed Magnum Shot) 79-84: 3 Arrow Rain (maxed Arrow Rain) 85-86: 3 Puppet 87-89: 3 Albatross (maxed Albatross) 90-95: 3 Wind Shot

LightYoeri 07/02/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

It's easier to read if you split it up in 1st, 2nd and 3rd job.

blachplz 07/02/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

wow already a guideO.o

Bladetree 07/02/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Some of us don't study the skills and shorthand of KoC/Archers, as it is not even out yet. Mind enlightening me on what all the BB BM EoTA and stuff are. Thanks.

ruperthuang 07/02/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

1st, 2nd and 3rd job, split it up.

YourPirateGuy Jul 02 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

MyGuide said: " First Job skill build 10: 1 Wind Sprite (1) 11: 3 Double Shot (3) 12: 3 Double Shot (6) 13: 3 Double Shot (9) 14: 3 Double Shot (12) 15: 3 Double Shot (15) 16: 3 Double Shot (18) 17: 2 Double Shot (20), 1 Eye of the Amazon 18: 3 Eye of the Amazon (4) 19: 3 Eye of the Amazon (6) 20: 2 Eye of the Amazon (8), 1 Critical Shot (2) 21: 3 Critical Shot (5) 22: 3 Critical Shot (8) 23: 3 Critical Shot (11) 24: 3 Critical Shot (14) 25: 3 Critical Shot (17) 26: 3 Critical Shot (20) 27: 3 Focus (3) 28: 3 Focus (6) 29: 3 Focus (9) 30: 1 Focus (10), 2 Wind Sprite (3) Build Explanation Not much to say here. Level 1 Wind Sprite hits up to 3 monsters at a very close range. Second Job 30: 1 Storm Breath (1) 31: 3 Bow Mastery (3) 32: 3 Bow Mastery (6) 33: 3 Bow Mastery (9) 34: 3 Bow Mastery (12) 35: 3 Bow Mastery (15) 36: 3 Bow Mastery (18) 37: 1 Bow Mastery (19), 2 Bow Booster (2) 38: 3 Bow Booster (5) 39: 1 Bow Booster (6), 2 Soul Arrow (2) 40: 3 Soul Arrow (5) 41: 3 Storm Breath (4) 42: 3 Storm Breath (7) 43: 3 Storm Breath (10) 44: 3 Storm Breath (13) 45: 3 Storm Breath (16) 46: 3 Wind Walk (3) 47: 1 Wind Walk (4), 1 Bow Booster (7) 48: 3 Wind Walk (7) 49: 3 Wind Walk (10) 50: 3 Storm Breath (19) 51: 2 Bow Booster (9), 1 Storm Breath (20) 52: 3 Bow Booster (12) 53: 3 Bow Booster (15) 54: 3 Bow Booster (18) 55: 2 Soul Arrow (7), 2 Bow Booster (20) 56: 3 Soul Arrow (10) 57: 3 Soul Arrow (13) 58: 3 Soul Arrow (16) 59: 3 Soul Arrow (19) 60: 1 Soul Arrow (20), 2 Thrust (2) 61: 3 Thrust (5) 62: 3 Thrust (8) 63: 3 Thrust (11) 64: 3 Thrust (14) 65: 3 Thrust (17) 66: 3 Thrust (20) 67: 1 Final Attack (1), 1 Wind Sprite (4), 1 Bow Mastery (20) 68: 3 Wind Sprite (7) 69: 3 Wind Sprite (10) 70: 3 Wind Sprite (13) Build Explanation Okay, first of all. Storm breath is your main skill to use. A few notes to be taken down, all though it looks like a mini AoE, it's not. It doesn't attack monsters behind you. Storm Breath does not waste any arrows, at all. As archers, whether you are WindB, Hunter, xBowman, FA is completely useless. Except it does have a cool effect. Third Job 70: 1 Strafe (1) 71: 1 Albatross (1), 1 Magnum Shot (1), 1 Wind Shot (1) 72: 3 Arrow Rain (3) 73: 3 Arrow Rain (6) 74: 3 Arrow Rain (9) 75: 3 Arrow Rain (12) 76: 3 Arrow Rain (15) 77: 3 Arrow Rain (18) 78: 2 Arrow Rain (20), 1 Magnum Shot (2) 79: 3 Magnum Shot (5) 80: 3 Magnum Shot (8) 81: 3 Puppet (3) 82: 3 Magnum Shot (11) 83: 3 Magnum Shot (14) 84: 2 Magnum Shot (16), 1 Wind Shot (2) 85: 3 Wind Shot (5) 86: 3 Wind Shot (8) 87: 3 Wind Shot (11) 88: 3 Wind Shot (14) 89: 3 Wind Shot (17) 90: 3 Wind Shot (20) 91: 3 Magnum Shot (19) 92: 1 Magnum Shot (20), 2 Puppet (5) 93: 3 Puppet (8) 94: 3 Puppet (11) 95: 3 Puppet (14) 96: 2 Puppet (16), Save Points (1) 97: Save Points (4) 98: Save Points (7) 99: Save Points (10) 100:3 Hurricane (13) 101:3 Hurricane (16) 102:3 Hurricane (19) 103:1 Hurricane (20), 2 Puppet (18) 104: Save Points (3) 105: Save Points (6) 106: Save Points (9) 107: Save Points (12

spiritrival 07/02/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

YourPirateGuy's guide looks better. I'm pretty unfamiliar with their skills, so I can't say it with certainty.

spiderpig007 07/02/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Erm, I suggest you DO max bow expert. It's a very useful skill.

peter337 07/02/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I chose NOT to max Bow Expert because the extra 3 points will only give me 1 more Weapon ATK, which seemed a bit of a waste. The biggest problem I have with my guide is that I'm unsure as to whether I've maxed Arrow Rain and Puppet at the right time. Any suggestions welcome.

YourPirateGuy Jul 02 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

peter337 said: "I chose NOT to max Bow Expert because the extra 3 points will only give me 1 more Weapon ATK, which seemed a bit of a waste. The biggest problem I have with my guide is that I'm unsure as to whether I've maxed Arrow Rain and Puppet at the right time. Any suggestions welcome." When all other Bowmasters are 120+, you need that 1 ATK to compete. I've seen the build somewhere else, but nice build. You should get 1 strafe at level 70. beats out Double Shot.

peter337 07/03/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

YourPirateGuy said: " When all other Bowmasters are 120+, you need that 1 ATK to compete. I've seen the build somewhere else, but nice build. You should get 1 strafe at level 70. beats out Double Shot." You've seen the build elsewhere? That's annoying, I built mine from the ground up XD But thanks, I'll throw in these ideas ^^

Spngbob100 07/03/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

im gonna make a wind archer but r u sure its better to max puppet rather than strafe?

spiritrival 07/03/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Spngbob100 said: "im gonna make a wind archer but r u sure its better to max puppet rather than strafe?" Just knowing Bowmen in general, Puppet is definitely better to max than Strafe.

Spngbob100 07/04/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

shud i max strafe or hurricane cuz huricane can soak up alot of mp

peter337 07/04/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Spngbob100 said: "shud i max strafe or hurricane cuz huricane can soak up alot of mp" I would go for Huricane then Strafe, as shown in my guide, because the Wind Archer seems to be a mobbing class, based on the majority of its attacks, and Huricane is great at eating through mobs. If you want a single-target attack, go for Wind Shot.