Wind Archer Guide

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thread starter peter337 Jul 14 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

All skill explanations can be found at the bottom of this post. Skill Builds 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 has a decent range, although you may wish to max Eye of the Amazon straight away. Since first job is so short, I doubt it makes much difference. 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 (I know many say it's useless, and the Accuracy boost certainly is, but the Avoidability +20 is quite nice =D) and whatever you've got spare goes into Wind Sprite, since everything else is maxed. Second Job 30: 1 Storm Breath 31-36: 3 Bow Mastery 37: 1 Bow Mastery, 2 Storm Breath 38-42: 3 Storm Breath 43: 2 Storm Breath, 1 Bow Booster (maxed Storm Breath) 44: 3 Bow Booster 45: 2 Bow Booster, 1 Soul Arrow 46: 2 Soul Arrow, 1 Wind Walk 47-49: 3 Wind Walk (maxed Wind Walk) 50-56: 2 Bow Booster, 1 Soul Arrow (maxed Bow Booster) 57-59: 3 Soul Arrow 60: 1 Soul Arrow, 1 Bow Mastery, 1 Thrust (maxed Soul Arrow and Bow Mastery) 61-66: 3 Thrust 67: 1 Thrust, 2 Wind Sprite (maxed Thrust) 68-69: 3 Wind Sprite 70: 2 Wind Sprite, 1 Final Attack Explanation: 1 point in Storm Breath off the bat to get a mobbing attack immediately. Then, get Bow Mastery to lvl 19 ASAP to up your damage immediately - not lvl 20 since that extra 1 point only adds 1 accuracy. Once done, max Storm Breath to get yourself an epic mobbing attack. Seriously, 6 monsters and 100% knockback is amazing. Then, get 6 points in Bow Booster. Having to recast every minute is annoying, but extra points won't increase the usefulness, so save your points for something else. Note that I've put 3 in Soul Arrow at this point. This is only because I'm cheap and if you want to save points and skip it, go ahead =D. Now, put points into your final useful skill: Wind Walk. Due to its guaranteed damage boost, you�ll be using this all the way to lvl 120. Finally, max Bow Booster and Soul Arrow. Once all this is done, Final Attack is useless since it only works with Double Shot (I only put a point in for the cool animation, ignore that if you want), so put the remainder of your points into Thrust and Wind Sprite. You can max whichever one you want, I went for Thrust. Third Job 70: 1 Strafe 71: 1 Magnum Shot, 1 Wind Shot, 1 Albatross 72-77: 3 Arrow Rain 78: 2 Arrow Rain, 1 Pup

Aquadoku4 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Good guide =D. The explanations of the skills really help here... So if ure right, then final attack does not transform u like said before alot.

txdaan Jul 14 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Very nice, although I'm pretty sure that you need 5 Bow Booster to get Soul Arrow. Also, 1 Storm Breath at lvl30 might be nice for fun. Also, Saving points from 94~100 and maxing Hurricane once you get it might be better because it really increases your damage. Sprite is quite useless so I would max Thrust instead. Other than that, very good. You might want to use those blue bars to make everything more organized. I believe the command for them is [.HEADER][./HEADER] but I'm not sure (remove period if you want to try/use them). EDIT: Once I was done posting you already did it xD

peter337 Jul 14 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Aquadoku4 said: "Good guide =D. The explanations of the skills really help here... So if ure right, then final attack does not transform u like said before alot." Lol, Final Attack certainly does not transform you. That's Albatross ^^ And apparently, Final Attack only works with Double Shot, which makes it fail. txdaan said: "Very nice, although I'm pretty sure that you need 5 Bow Booster to get Soul Arrow. Also, 1 Storm Breath at lvl30 might be nice for fun. Also, Saving points from 94~100 and maxing Hurricane once you get it might be better because it really increases your damage. Sprite is quite useless so I would max Thrust instead." Oops, I thought it was Mastery ><. I'll update that now, thanks =D. If you want 1 Storm Breath at lvl 30, go for it. Same with Thrust - if you want to max it, go for it ^^. I wanted to max Puppet to distract the mobs, but not letting it die quickly with low HP. Still, I could be wrong, so any further comments would be great =D

Wynmacher Jul 14 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I would think Strafe becomes useless to Wind Archers as Wind Shot and Hurricane are both more powerful than Strafe. With that said just max Thrust, leave FA at 0, and leave Strafe at 1. Then focus on Wind Shot, Albatross, and Magnum Shot. Strafe is really useless now.

peter337 Jul 14 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Wynmacher said: "I would think Strafe becomes useless to Wind Archers as Wind Shot and Hurricane are both more powerful than Strafe. With that said just max Thrust, leave FA at 0, and leave Strafe at 1. Then focus on Wind Shot, Albatross, and Magnum Shot. Strafe is really useless now." Yeah, everyone agrees that Strafe is useless. But, if you don't max it, what do you max? In my guide, there's only Final Attack (which is even more useless) and Thrust (which would only add 7 speed), so I leave the choice to personnel preference.

bluephoinex1 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Wouldn't it be good to put at least one point into wind walk earlier on? For the most part you will be CPQing till level 50 and wind walk would help with getting through mobs of monsters. Just throwing that idea out there.

peter337 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

bluephoinex1 said: "Wouldn't it be good to put at least one point into wind walk earlier on? For the most part you will be CPQing till level 50 and wind walk would help with getting through mobs of monsters. Just throwing that idea out there." Well, I chose Storm Breath over Wind Walk because it features knockback, so will get you out of hard situations like Wind Walk would, but is also an amazing mobbing attack at the same time, hence me choosing Storm Breath first.

zezaru 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Wouldnt Storm Breath be maxed first? So that you have 1 crazy attacking skill that bow mastery doesnt affect?

peter337 Jul 14 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

zezaru said: "Wouldnt Storm Breath be maxed first? So that you have 1 crazy attacking skill that bow mastery doesnt affect?" Well, I had maxed Storm Breath first, but a load of Archers got angry with me X3. But I suppose 1 in Storm Breath would be good =D Edit: thanks, I've thrown one in Storm Breath at the start =D

Wynmacher 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I find as an Archer that Mastery, Booster, and SA to be the most important skills in our class. This goes for the Wind Archer as well. Personally I would prioritize those skills, but this 2nd Job Build is still very viable as it is. I will probably max Mastery, Booster, and SA first before maxing the other 2nd Job Skills.

peter337 07/15/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Wynmacher said: "I find as an Archer that Mastery, Booster, and SA to be the most important skills in our class. This goes for the Wind Archer as well. Personally I would prioritize those skills, but this 2nd Job Build is still very viable as it is. I will probably max Mastery, Booster, and SA first before maxing the other 2nd Job Skills." Booster and SA certainly do not need maxing before everything else. Adding extra points into them only increases them time they last for, not their usefulness. By saving those points and putting them in something else, you'll be able to max the other skills the Wind Archer has that do become more useful when you max them, like Storm Breath. I highly recommend that you leave Booster and SA at 6 and 2/3.

Gallantmon32 07/15/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

whats the point in putting it in wind spirite? its useless so why waste points into in rather u can use it towards thrust for movement speed.

peter337 07/15/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Gallantmon32 said: "whats the point in putting it in wind spirite? its useless so why waste points into in rather u can use it towards thrust for movement speed." Hehe, I'd actually just changed that as you posted. I do agree - Thrust is more useful.