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[Event] Sniper Leveling Guide...? Aug 15, 2012 9:48:24 GMT -5

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Post by aecetia on Aug 15, 2012 9:48:24 GMT -5

CONTENTS
I. Training Phase
a. Training up your Novice
b. From Archer to Hunter
c. Getting your Hunter to Lv99/50
d. Reborn
e. Novice High & Archer High
f. Getting a Shiniez Sniper: Skill analysis & Stats Distribution
g. Sniper -- Life after Lv99

II. Equipment Suggestions

III. Fighting against MVPs

IV Player Vs Player (PvP)

V. Monster Property Vs Arrows & Cards

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0. Starting Stats Suggestion
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Starting Stats :
9 Str
9 Dex
1 Vit
1 Int
9 Agi
1 Luk
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I. TRAINING
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A. Training up your Novice

Well, those may not (and properly not) the best leveling ways and spots... Just some suggestions =p

Stage 1 :
Novice (Base Lv 1 to 12 ~ 14, Job Lv 1 to 10) :
General Skill point Distribution (9) : 9 / 9 points into "Basic Skill"
General Stats point Distribution: Put all Stats Points into Dex

Base Level 1 ~ 10
Training Ground
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Training Ground
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<Training ground>

The training ground is a map where all new characters starts in.
Feed on the monsters after you have equipped your stock equipments!

Bronzering : starting from Base Lv 1
<Looter>
(Lv1 / HP 30) Water 1 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 300 / Job Exp 150)

Silvering : starting from Base Lv 6
(Lv1 / HP 120) Water 1 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 450 / Job Exp 300)

Goldring : from Base Lv 7
(Lv1 / HP 150) Water 1 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 600 / Job Exp 450)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
HP per exp wise, Bronzering would be the most efficient… But since you will reach Lv 1x / 10 in no time, fight whatever you like!

Head Back to town at Job Lv10 for your Job Change~

You have to use up all of your Skill points before you can undergo a job change, and... you only have "Basic Skill" for now. (Just put all 9 points into Basic Skill)
CAUTION : DO NOT click on the wrong Job Option, there is no way to revert it other than deleting and remaking your character

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B. From Archer to Hunter

Now that you are an archer~!

Acquiring Your Weapon :
You will be given an option to choose a bow out of 2 as a job change “prize”. It is entirely up to you but… the second option is always better since the majority of the population will not be carding that weapon, thus go for the weapon damage instead.
Alternatively, you can use Warper, select "Item Mall", and warp to the market place.
From there, you can buy some better bows from “Weapon Sheep 3”, obviously at a higher price, and also do get some arrows (fire and silver) from the Ammo Shop NPC.
Some may ask : How do you equip arrows?
Simply click the "Equip" button in your Character Basic Info window (Or Alt + Q)
Drag the arrows from your Inventory (Alt + E) under 'Etc'(Bottom most Tab) into the centre of the Equip Window.

Using Your Hot Key Bar (F12) :
Press F12 once if you haven't already. You can see a Bar (with 9 slots) appearing, Simply open up your Skill List (Alt + S), and drag an Active / Support skill into it for quick access to the skill.
Once you get an active skill later on (E.g Double Strafe), you can do so by clicking and dragging the skill Icon into your key of choice in the Short Cut (Hot Key) Bar.
You can set the Hot Keys from Options > BM / Shortcut Settings.
To use the skill, simply press the respective button on the keyboard : Lets say I have Double Strafe [Lv 1] in the 'F1' Position, I just have to Press 'F1' on the keyboard to use the skill

Now you are good to go~!

Stage 2 :
Archer (Base Lv 12 ~ 14 to Lv 64 ~ Lv 71, Job Lv 1 to 50)

Skill Description for Archer
Owl's Eye (Skill ID# 43)
Type: Passive
Max Level: 10
Required For: Vulture's Eye (L3), True Sight (L10 Sniper).
Effect: Increases DEX by 1*SkillLV.
Lv1: Dex + 1
Lv2: Dex + 2
Lv3: Dex + 3
Lv4: Dex + 4
Lv5: Dex + 5
Lv6: Dex + 6
Lv7: Dex + 7
Lv8: Dex + 8
Lv9: Dex + 9
Lv10: Dex + 10

Vulture's Eye (Skill ID# 44)
Type: Passive
Max Level: 10
Requirements: Owl's Eye Level 3
Required For: Improve Concentration (L1), Double Strafing (L10 Rogue), Falcon Assault (L5 Sniper), True Sight (L10 Sniper).
Effect: Increases range with bows by 1*SkillLV cells and increases HIT by 1 per SkillLV.
Lv1: Range +1, Hit + 1
Lv2: Range +2, Hit + 2
Lv3: Range +3, Hit + 3
Lv4: Range +4, Hit + 4
Lv5: Range +5, Hit + 5
Lv6: Range +6, Hit + 6
Lv7: Range +7, Hit + 7
Lv8: Range +8, Hit + 8
Lv9: Range +9, Hit + 9
Lv10: Range +10, Hit + 10

Improve Concentration (Skill ID# 45)
Type: Active
Max Level: 10
SP Cost: 20 + 5*SkillLV
Target: Self
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 40 + 20*SkillLV sec
Effect: Increases DEX and AGI of the casting character by 2% + 1%*SkillLV. Only affects DEX/AGI from base stat, job bonus, armor and Owl's Eye.
Does not include cards. Detects hidden and cloaked characters within a 3 cells range.
Lv1: +3% Agi, +3% Dex, SP Cost 25, Lasts 60 secs
Lv2: +4% Agi, +4% Dex, SP Cost 30, Lasts 80 secs
Lv3: +5% Agi, +5% Dex, SP Cost 35, Lasts 100 secs
Lv4: +6% Agi, +6% Dex, SP Cost 40, Lasts 120 secs
Lv5: +7% Agi, +7% Dex, SP Cost 45, Lasts 140 secs
Lv6: +8% Agi, +8% Dex, SP Cost 50, Lasts 160 secs
Lv7: +9% Agi, +9% Dex, SP Cost 55, Lasts 180 secs
Lv8: +10% Agi, +10% Dex, SP Cost 60, Lasts 200 secs
Lv9: +11% Agi, +11% Dex, SP Cost 65, Lasts 220 secs
Lv10: +12% Agi, +12% Dex, SP Cost 70, Lasts 240 secs

Double Strafing (Skill ID# 46)
Type: Offensive
Max Level: 10
Required For: Arrow Shower (L5 Archer), Beast Strafing (L10 Hunter -SoulLinked), Remove Trap (L5 Rogue), Sharp Shooting (L5 Sniper).
SP Cost: 12 (Fixed)
Target: 1 Enemy
Range: 9 + Vulture's Eye SkillLV cells
Cast Time: Instant
After Cast Delay: 0.1 sec
Required Weapon Class: Bow
Ammunition Required: 1 Arrow
Effect: Ranged attack, that fires two arrows and hits with an ATK of 180% + 20%*SkillLV. Requires an equipped bow. Only 1 arrow is consumed.
Lv1: 200% Damage
Lv2: 220% Damage
Lv3: 240% Damage
Lv4: 260% Damage
Lv5: 280% Damage
Lv6: 300% Damage
Lv7: 320% Damage
Lv8: 340% Damage
Lv9: 360% Damage
Lv10: 380% Damage

Arrow Shower (Skill ID# 47)
Type: Offensive
Max Level: 10
Requirements: Double Strafing Level 5
Required For: Arrow Vulcan (L5 Clown & Gypsy)
SP Cost: 15 (Fixed)
Target: 1 Enemy
Range: 9 + Vulture's Eye SkillLV cells
Attack Type: [Splash Damage, 2 cells]
Cast Time: Instant
After Cast Delay: 0.1 sec (+Skill Animation)
Knockback: 2 cells (Except during WOE)
Required Weapon Class: Bow
Ammunition Required: 1 Arrow
Effect: 3x3 cells, ranged splash attack with an ATK of 75% + 5%*SkillLV. Enemies hit by the attack are pushed back 2 cells. Requires an equipped bow. Only 1 arrow is consumed.
Lv1: 80% Damage
Lv2: 85% Damage
Lv3: 90% Damage
Lv4: 95% Damage
Lv5: 100% Damage
Lv6: 105% Damage
Lv7: 110% Damage
Lv8: 115% Damage
Lv9: 120% Damage
Lv10: 125% Damage

Arrow Crafting - Quest Skill (Skill ID# 147)
Type: Active
Max Level: 1
SP Cost: 10
Target: Self
Cast Time: Instant
Required State: Requires to be less than 50% weight
Effect: Creates arrows from an item. Different items give different amounts and types of arrows. Cannot be used if above 50% weight.

Charge Arrow - Quest Skill (Skill ID# 148)
Type: Offensive
Max Level: 1
SP Cost: 15
Target: 1 Enemy
Range: 9 + Vulture's Eye SkillLV cells
Cast Time: 1.5 sec (cannot be interrupted, Reducible By Dex)
After Cast Delay: ASPD
Knockback: 6 cells (Except during WOE)
Required Weapon Class: Bow
Ammunition Required: 1 Arrow
Effect: Ranged attack at 150% ATK. The target is pushed back 6 cells. Only 1 arrow is consumed.

Suggested Skill point Distribution (49):
10 points into Double Strafe
10 points into Owl's Eye
10 points into Vulture's Eye
10 points into Improve Concentration
9 points into Arrow Shower

Skill Distribution at Job Lv50 (Archer) (58):
9 Points into Basic Skill
10 Points into Double Strafe
10 Points into Owl's Eye
10 Points into Vulture's Eye
10 Points into Improve Concentration
9 Points into Arrow Shower
*Try to get your hands on some Attack Speed Enhancing Potions (i.e. Concentration Potion, Awakening Potion) since those can increase your firing rate significantly
*Rate of Double Strafe is affected by ASPD (attack speed), so increasing you Agi or using ASPD potions will help in your DS rate.

General Stats point Distribution: Put all Stats Points into Dex

Base Lv 10 ~ 15
Training Ground (@go 15)
Use @go 15 to warp back to the training grounds. Fight whatever you wish to gain some skill levels before you move to the next dungeon!

Base Lv 15 ~ 30
Training Ground Option 1 : Payon Caves I

Suggested Order For Skill Distribution:
10 Points into Double Strafe ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 1 ~ 11
5 Points into Owl's Eye ( 5/10 ) Job Lv 12 ~ 16
10 Points into Vulture's Eye ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 17 ~ 26
5 Points into Owl's Eye (5/10 ) Job Lv 27 ~ 31
10 Points into Improve Concentration (10/10) Job Lv 32 ~ 41
9 Points into Arrow Shower ( 9/10 ) Job Lv 42 ~ 50

Suggested items to bring along:
Fly Wings x 25
Silver Arrow x 750

Proceed to: Warpra > Fields > Payon Dungeon > Payon Dungeon 01

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Payon Cave I
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<Payon Cave I>

Familiar : starting from Base Lv 12
<Aggressive>
(Lv8 / HP 155) Shadow 1 / Brute / Small (Base Exp 4200 / Job Exp 2250)

Zombie : starting from Base Lv 18
<Aggressive>
(Lv15 / HP 534) Undead 1 / Undead / Medium (Base Exp 7500 / Job Exp 4950)

Poporing : starting from Base Lv 16
<Looter>
(Lv14 / HP 344) Poison 1 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 12150 / Job Exp 6600)

Skeleton : starting from Base Lv 12
(Lv10 / HP 234) Undead 1 / Undead / Medium (Base Exp 2700 / Job Exp 2100)

Red Plant
<Immobile>
(Lv1 / HP 10) Earth 1 / Plant / Small (Base Exp -- / Job Exp --)

Black Mushroom
<Immobile>
(Lv1 / HP 15) Earth 1 / Plant / Small (Base Exp -- / Job Exp --)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
For your 1st kill (If you did not warp back to training ground to get skill points), try to let it be a Familiar / Skeleton to avoid dying. You can also use HP Recovery items e.g. Apples when you fight
After you get your 1st Skill Point into DS (Double Strafe), use DS on Familiars / Skeletons to get more Skill points into DS.
Only start using DS on Zombies when you have at lease 6 Points in Double Strafe
Try to use Double Strafe instead of normal attack as your aspd will be quite low as of now
Warp back to town when you reach a Base Level of 30

NPC off the equips that you obtained in the Dungeon (E.g. Skull Ring, Mace)

Base Lv 15 ~ 30
Training Grounds Option 2 : Prontera Field 4

Suggested Order For Skill Distribution:
5 Points into Double Strafe ( 5/10 ) Job Lv 1 ~ 5
3 Points into Owl's Eye ( 3/10 ) Job Lv 6 ~ 8
2 Points into Vulture's Eye ( 2/10 ) Job Lv 9 ~ 10
5 Points into Double Strafe ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 11 ~ 17
7 Points into Owl's Eye ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 18 ~ 25
8 Points into Vulture's Eye ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 26 ~ 33
10 Points into Improve Concentration (10/10) Job Lv 34 ~ 42
9 Points into Arrow Shower ( 9/10 ) Job Lv 42 ~ 50

Suggested items to bring along:
Fly Wings x 10
Fire Arrow x 700

Suggested Stats point Distribution:
Add all into Dex

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Prontera Field 4
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<Prontera Field 04>

Warp: Warper > Fields > Prontera Field > Prontera Field 04
Walk: From Prontera, travel 2 maps to the right (prt_fild04), train on :

Rocker : starting from Base Lv 12
(Lv9 / HP 198) Earth 1 / Insect / Medium (Base Exp 3000 / Job Exp 2400)

Creamy : starting from Base Lv 25
(Lv16 / HP 595) Wind 1 / Insect / Small (Base Exp 15750 / Job Exp 10500)

Vocal : starting from Base Lv 25
<Mini Boss> <Aggressive>
(Lv18 / HP 3016) Earth 1 / Insect / Medium (Base Exp 16500 / Job Exp 13200)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
Try to use Double Strafe instead of normal attack as your aspd will be quite low as of now
DO NOT attack a creamy unless you have at least 24sp (2 x Double Strafe) when you are still at low level

Warp back to town once you are around BLv 25

Getting Rid of What You don't need for combat:
In town, NPC all the Javelin[4] unless you need them (Gain : 75 zenys w/o Overcharge)
Store the rest using the Kafra Storage
** Always Remember to Unload unnecessary items before leaving town for battles

Base Lv 30 ~ Lv 50
Training Grounds Option 1 : Payon Forest 2

Suggested Order For Skill Distribution:
10 Points into Double Strafe ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 1 ~ 11
5 Points into Owl's Eye ( 5/10 ) Job Lv 12 ~ 16
10 Points into Vulture's Eye ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 17 ~ 26
5 Points into Owl's Eye (5/10 ) Job Lv 27 ~ 31
10 Points into Improve Concentration (10/10) Job Lv 32 ~ 41
9 Points into Arrow Shower ( 9/10 ) Job Lv 42 ~ 50

Suggested Stats point Distribution:
Add all into Dex

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Payon Forest 2
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<Payon Forest 02>

Warp: Warper > Fields > Payon Forest > Payon Forest 2
Walk: Warp to Alberta using Warpra once you are ready (Warpra > Town > Alberta)
From the top-left portal of Alberta, travel 2 maps to the left (pay_fild2), fight :

Wolf : starting from Base Lv 25
<Assist>
(Lv25 / HP 919) Earth 1 / Brute / Medium (Base Exp 49350 / Job Exp 29850)

Boa : starting from Base Lv 22
(Lv15 / HP 471) Earth 1 / Brute / Medium (Base Exp 10800 / Job Exp 7200)

Poporing : starting from Base Lv 20
<Looter>
(Lv14 / HP 344) Poison 1 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 12150 / Job Exp 6600)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
If you decided to follow the suggested build and did NOT put any Skill Points into Arrow Shower, try to kill
the wolfs before it can reach you. (Monster Mode for Wolf = <Assist>, activates on monster's 1st attack)
Kill Boas and Poporings only if you are: Short on Strawberries / Very Bored

Warp back to town at Base Lv 50

Base Lv 30 ~ Lv 65
Training Ground Option 2 : Moscovia Dungeon I

Suggested Order For Skill Distribution:
10 Points into Double Strafe ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 1 ~ 11
5 Points into Owl's Eye ( 5/10 ) Job Lv 12 ~ 16
10 Points into Vulture's Eye ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 17 ~ 26
5 Points into Owl's Eye (5/10 ) Job Lv 27 ~ 31
10 Points into Improve Concentration (10/10) Job Lv 32 ~ 41
9 Points into Arrow Shower ( 9/10 ) Job Lv 42 ~ 50

Suggested items to bring along:
SP-Recovery Items
Fly Wings x 25
Fire Arrow x 1250

Suggested Stats point Distribution:
Add 25 into Agi, rest into Dex

Proceed to: Warpra > Fields > Moscovia Dungeon > Moscovia Dungeon 01

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Moscovia Forest 1
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< Moscovia Forest 1 >

Poporing : starting from Base Lv 20
<Looter>
(Lv14 / HP 344) Poison 1 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 12150 / Job Exp 6600)

Mantis : starting from Base Lv 30
<Aggressive> <Cast Sensor> <Detector> <Change Target>
(Lv26 / HP 2472) Earth 1 / Insect / Medium (Base Exp 58950 / Job Exp 37200)

Les : starting from Base Lv 30
<Assist> <Change Target>
(Lv39 / HP 3080) Earth 4 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 228150 / Job Exp 136800)

Wood Goblin : starting from Base Lv 50
(Lv42 / HP 6982) Earth 3 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 330150 / Job Exp 232800)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
Focus on Les, which gives decent Exp, as well as Sharp Leaf which you will find extremely useful for leveling later on.
Poporing: Poke them for fun, but not if you want exp
Mantis: The only aggressive monster around, which can be pretty irritating since they appear quite frequently which not giving much exp. Up to your decision if you want to fight or run from them.
Les: Focus on them. Can be quite dangerous when up close since they have <Assist>, as well as Lv 2 Poison Attack and Lv 3 Bleeding. Poison can be dispelled by using green herb, while you can do nothing about bleeding except by dying or waiting for it to wear off.
Wood Goblin: Gives more exp than Les, but quite a bit tougher to kill. Not suggested, but feel free to engage if you want to. Will cast Lv 9 Heal on ally (<50% HP) or Self (<40% HP), which heals 760 HP.
Return to town at Job Lv50

Base Lv 30 ~ 50
Training Ground Option 3 : Payon Caves II

Suggested Order For Skill Distribution:
10 Points into Double Strafe ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 1 ~ 11
5 Points into Owl's Eye ( 5/10 ) Job Lv 12 ~ 16
10 Points into Vulture's Eye ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 17 ~ 26
5 Points into Owl's Eye (5/10 ) Job Lv 27 ~ 31
10 Points into Improve Concentration (10/10) Job Lv 32 ~ 41
9 Points into Arrow Shower ( 9/10 ) Job Lv 42 ~ 50

Suggested items to bring along:
Fly Wings x 40
Silver Arrow x 600

Suggested Stats point Distribution:
Add all into Dex

Proceed to: Warpra > Fields > Payon Dungeon > Payon Dungeon 02

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Payon Cave II
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<Payon Cave II>

Archer Skeleton: starting from Base Lv 38
<Aggressive> <Ranged : 9 Cells>
(Lv31 / HP 3040) Undead 1 / Undead / Medium (Base Exp 72450 / Job Exp 42450)

Soldier Skeleton : starting from Base Lv 30
<Aggressive>
(Lv29 / HP 2334) Undead 1 / Undead / Medium (Base Exp 55800 / Job Exp 33900)

Drainilar : starting from Base Lv 30
<Aggressive>
(Lv24 / HP 1162) Shadow 2 / Brute / Small (Base Exp 64650 / Job Exp 26400)

Eggyra : starting from Base Lv 30
<Cast Sensor>
(Lv24 / HP 633) Ghost 2 / Formless / Medium (Base Exp 32250 / Job Exp 33000)

Red Plant
<Immobile>
(Lv1 / HP 10) Earth 1 / Plant / Small (Base Exp -- / Job Exp --)

Black Mushroom
<Immobile>
(Lv1 / HP 15) Earth 1 / Plant / Small (Base Exp -- / Job Exp --)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
Move with caution: Do not rush, especially when you are alone... You wont want to run into a pack of skeleton archers and end up warping back to town without having to use @go
Archer Skeleton: DS them from far, do not let them come within 9-cell of you.
Skeleton Solider: DS them form far too, they have a relative fast movement speed and will be beside you in a blink
Drainilar: Fairly easy to kill. Normal attack from far shouldn't cause you much of a problem
Eggyra: The only moving non-aggressive monster there. Its always good kill one when you ran out of HP / SP and is close to Leveling.

Return to town at Base Lv50

Base Lv 50 ~ 65
Training Ground Option 1 : Einbroch Field 04

Suggested Order For Skill Distribution:
10 Points into Double Strafe ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 1 ~ 11
5 Points into Owl's Eye ( 5/10 ) Job Lv 12 ~ 16
10 Points into Vulture's Eye ( 10/10 ) Job Lv 17 ~ 26
5 Points into Owl's Eye (5/10 ) Job Lv 27 ~ 31
10 Points into Improve Concentration (10/10) Job Lv 32 ~ 41
9 Points into Arrow Shower ( 9/10 ) Job Lv 42 ~ 50

Suggested Items to Bring Along~ :
Fly Wing x 30
Strawberry x 50
Monster Feed x 10
Concentration Potion x 5
Fire Arrow x 1200

Suggested Stats point Distribution:
Add all into Dex

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Einbroch Field 4
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< Einbroch Field 04>

Proceed to: Warpra > Fields > Einbroch Field > Einbroch Field 04

Metaling : starting from Base Lv 20
<Cast Sensor> <Detector>
(Lv26 / HP 889) Neutral 1 / Formless / Small (Base Exp 73800 / Job Exp 37350)

Giearth : starting from Base Lv 30
<Cast Sensor> <Detector>
(Lv29 / HP 2252) Earth 1 / Demon / Small (Base Exp 74250 / Job Exp 45150)

Holden : starting from Base Lv 32
<Cast Sensor>
(Lv36 / HP 2209) Earth 2 / Brute / Small (Base Exp 40200 / Job Exp 25800)

Geographer : starting from Base Lv 50
<Immobile> <Aggressive> <Ranged : 4 Cells>
(Lv56 / HP 8071) Earth 3 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 407250 / Job Exp 300000)

Mineral : starting from Base Lv 65
<Cast Sensor>
(Lv56 / HP 7950) Neutral 2 / Formless / Small (Base Exp 534450 / Job Exp 265200)

Suggested Combat Techniques / Analysis:
The main focus here is Geographers, which have an attack range of 3 cells.
Note: Geographer can cast Lv9 Heal, healing 1040HP, and activates when an ally (not self) within ~7 cells is having their HP < 55% (Obviously, the ally isn't you >.>)
If another Geographer is near your current target, use normal attack on the target until it have around 55% HP, then start spamming DS on your target, or alternatively, change target to the Geographer if your primary target isn't one already. OR you can try to out-shoot the heals w/ conc. potion (That's if you need to save SP)

Base Lv 50 ~ 65
Training Ground Option 2 : Rachel Field 01 (outside Ice Cave I)

Suggested Items to Bring Along~ :
Fly Wing x 30
Strawberry x 50
Monster Feed x 25
Concentration Potion x 5
Fire Arrow x 850
(Total Weight : 770)

Suggested Stats point Distribution: Add Agi to ~35(Base), Rest into Dex

Proceed to: Warpra > Fields > Rachel Field > Rachel Field 01

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Rachel Field 1
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<Rachel Field 01>

In this map, start training:

Muscipular : starting from Base Lv 50
<Immobile> <Aggressive> <Ranged : 4 Cells>
(Lv57 / HP 4332) Earth 1 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 255900 / Job Exp 255900)

Geographer : starting from Base Lv 50
<Immobile> <Aggressive> <Ranged : 4 Cells>
(Lv56 / HP 8071) Earth 3 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 407250 / Job Exp 300000)

Drosera : starting from Base Lv 50
<Immobile> <Aggressive> <Ranged : 7 Cells>
(Lv46 / HP 7221) Earth 1 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 391800 / Job Exp 153300)

Galion: Fly Wing~
<Mini Boss> <Aggressive> <Assist> <Detector> <Looter>
(Lv44 / HP 32240) Wind 2 / Brute / Medium (Base Exp 1503000 / Job Exp 505200)

Gryphon: Fly Wing
<Aggressive> <Cast Sensor> <Detector>
(Lv72 / HP 27800) Wind 4 / Brute / Large (Base Exp 884400 / Job Exp 880000)

Suggested Combat Techniques / Analysis:
Muscipular & Geographer have an attack range of 3 cells, while Drosera can reach up to 7 cells
Do not get too close to Droseras, as they have quite a nasty attack (400+ Dmg)
Muscipular & Geographer generally give better Exp compared to Drosera
Fly Wing away when : Under attack By Plants
Detected by Galion
Detected by Gryphon (800 ~ 1100 Dmg pet hit, Movement Speed : Very Fast)
Watch out for Droseras hiding behind trees and bushes~
Note: Muscipular & Geographer can cast Lv9 Heal, healing 760HP and 1040HP respectively, and activates when an ally (not self) within ~7 cells is having their HP < 55% (Obviously, the ally isn't you >.>)
If a Muscipular / Geographer is near your current target, use normal attack on the target until it have around 55% HP, then start spamming DS on your target, or alternatively, change target onto the Muscipular / Geographer if your primary target isn't one already. OR you can try to out-shoot the heals w/ conc. potion (That's if you need to save SP)

Use Butterfly Wing to warp yourself back to town at Job Lv 50 (Archer)

Base Lv 50 ~ 75
Training Ground Option 3 : Louyang Dungeon I
Suggested Items to Bring Along~ :
Fly Wing x 50
Strawberry x 35
Monster Feed x 20
Concentration Potion x 5
Crystal Arrow x 950 OR Fire Arrow x 600, Crystal Arrow x 400

Suggested Stats point Distribution: Add Agi to ~30(Base), Rest into Dex

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Louyang Dungeon I
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<Louyang Dungeon I>

Then proceed to... Warpra > Dungeon > Louyang Dungeon

Horong : Avoid
<Aggressive> <Assist> (Lv34 / HP 1939) Fire 4 / Formless / Small (Base Exp 117900 / Job Exp 71850)

Side Winder : starting from Base Lv 50
<Aggressive> <Cast Sensor>
(Lv43 / HP 4929) Poison 1 / Brute / Medium (Base Exp 299400 / Job Exp 148950)

Mi Gao (Increase Soil) : statring from Base Lv 50
<Cast Sensor> (Lv51 / HP 8230) Earth 3 / Formless / Medium (Base Exp 414000 / Job Exp 316500)

Li Me Mang Ryang : statring from Base Lv 50
<Aggressive> <Detector>
(Lv48 / HP 5920) Earth 3 / Demon / Medium (Base Exp 246450 / Job Exp 246450)

Grizzly : starting from Base Lv 55
<Aggressive>
(Lv68 / HP 11733) Fire 3 / Brute / Large (Base Exp 501150 / Job Exp 301800)

Shining Plant
<Immobile>
(Lv1 / HP 20) Holy 1 / Plant / Small (Base Exp -- / Job Exp --)

Black Mushroom
<Immobile>
(Lv1 / HP 15) Earth 1 / Plant / Small (Base Exp -- / Job Exp --)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
Horong: With its 99 physical defense, you'll merely scratch it when not dealing a critical hit. Go ahead only if you're bored
Mi Gao: This is what you came for! And being the only non-aggressive monster in the place, you can clear all the other near-by monsters before killing it
Grizzly: With its Lv1 Endure, Lv3 Stun Attack & Lv10 Spear Stab, it have to be take out from a safe distance. (The Endure Skill gives it instant hit-recovery, meaning that it won't even flinch when hit)
Shining Plant: Kill to get some free herbs & honey, and an occasional yggdrasil berry
*Mi Gao & Le Me Mang Ryang is Earth 3, while Grizzly is Fire 3. To have the most efficient damage output, place Fire Arrows & Crystal Arrows in short cut bar.
*Before fighting Mi Gao / Le Me Mang Ryang, switch to Fire Arrows
*Crystal Arrows for Grizzly (or Horong if you bother)
*If you don't want to take the trouble of switching ammo, stick to Crystal Arrows for all monsters
*OR use Fire Arrows all the way, while avoiding Grizzly & Horong

Return to town for your job change at Job Lv50 (archer)

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C I. Getting your Hunter to Lv99/50
Hunter (Base Lv 64 ~ 70 to Lv 99, Job Lv 1 to 50)

Suggested Stats / Skill Points & their order of Distribution
Suggested Skill point Distribution (49):
10 points into Beast Bane
1 point into Falconary Mastery
5 points into Blitz Beat
10 points into Steel Crow
4 points into Skid Trap
1 point into Land Mine
5 points into Ankle Snare
1 point into Flasher
1 point into Shockwave Trap
1 point into Sandman
3 points into Freezing Trap
1 Point into Blast Mine
5 points into Claymore Trap
1 point into Detecting
0 point into Talkie Box
0 point into Spring Trap

Suggested Order For Skill Distribution:
1 Point into Beast Bane ( 1/10 )
1 Point into Falconary Mastery ( 1/1 )
5 Points into Blitz Beat ( 5/5 )
10 Points into Steel Crow ( 10/10 )
1 Point into Detecting ( 1/4 )
1 Points into Skid Trap ( 1/5 )
1 Points into Land Mine ( 1/5 )
5 Points into Ankle Snare ( 5/5 )
1 Points into Flasher ( 1/5 )
1 Points into Shockwave Trap ( 1/5 )
1 Points into Sandman ( 1/5 )
1 Points into Freezing Trap ( 1/5 )
1 Points into Blast Mine ( 1/5 )
5 Points into Claymore Trap ( 5/5 )
3 Points into Skid Trap ( 4/5 )
2 Points into Freezing Trap ( 3/5 )
9 Points into Beast Bane ( 10/10 )

Skill Distribution at Job Lv50 (Hunter) (107):
9 Points into Basic Skill
10 Points into Double Strafe
10 Points into Owl's Eye
10 Points into Vulture's Eye
10 Points into Improve Concentration
9 Points into Arrow Shower
10 Points into Beast Bane
1 Point into Falconary Mastery
5 Points into Blitz Beat
10 Points into Steel Crow
4 Points into Skid Trap
1 Point into Land Mine
5 Points into Ankle Snare
1 Point into Flasher
1 Point into Shockwave Trap
1 Point into Sandman
3 Points into Freezing Trap
1 Point into Blast Mine
5 Points into Claymore Trap
1 Point into Detecting
0 Point into Talkie Box
0 Point into Spring Trap

Suggested Stats Points Distribution:
Normal Build : Max out Dex, Rest into Agi
Auto-Blitz Build : Add Agi to ~65(Base), Luk to ~45(Base), Rest into Dex. After Dex is Maxed, add Rest into Agi

C1. Option 1 for Players at Base Lv 60 ~ Lv85
Sharp Leaf Quest (Repeatable)

The best leveling method for Lv60+!

Simply gather 50 Sharp from Les / Dryad and hand them in~

“How do I get the quest?” you asked?

NPC : Nilla
Location : Umbala Field 01 (um_fild01)
Level Requirement : 60 ~ 85
Quest Base Exp : 26,248,500
Quest Job Exp : 14,183,500

Step 1 : Gather 50 Sharp Leaves
Step 2 : Use the Warper : Fields> Umbala Fields > Umbala Field 1
Step 3 : Get to the top left entrance of the map
Step 4 : Talk to Nilla, who is close to the portal. Select " Gathering Items " and Hola!
Note : This Quest is only available for Characters between Base Lv 60 ~ 85.

C2. Base Lv 60 ~ Lv85
Rachel Field 1 & Ice Cave I

Stock up on Fire Arrows & Arrow of Wind

Suggested Items to Bring Along~ :
Fly Wing x 60
Strawberry x 50
White Potion x 15
Concentration Potion x 6
Fire Arrow x 350
Arrow of Wind x 850

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Rachel Field 1
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<Rachel Field 01>

*Please refer to the previous section for monster details and suggested combat techniques.

Carry on training on plants w/ fire arrows until :
- You reach a Base Level of around 78
- You got tired of the "Crak-crak-crak" noice from Muscipular

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Ice Dungeon I
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<Ice Dungeon I>

Now~ Head for the top of the map and enter the Portal to Ice Dungeon (ice_dun01), slaughter:

Siroma : starting from Base Lv 78
<Looter>
(Lv42 / HP 6800) Water 3 / Formless / Small (Base Exp 334500 / Job Exp 150750)

Muscipular : starting from Base Lv 53
<Immobile> <Aggressive> <Ranged : 4 Cells>
(Lv57 / HP 4332) Earth 1 / Plant / Medium (Base Exp 255900 / Job Exp 255900)

Roween: Try to Avoid
<Aggressive> <Assist> <Looter>
(Lv31 / HP 5716) Wind 1 / Brute / Medium (Base Exp 250350 / Job Exp 189900)

Gazeti : starting from Base Lv... Wait, don’t do it >_<
<Aggressive> <Cast Sensor> <Detector>
(Lv55 / HP 12300) Water 1 / Demon / Medium (Base Exp 863700 / Job Exp 311250)

Suggested Combat Techniques / Analysis:
For your Hot-Key bar (F12), place Fire Arrows & Arrow of Wind into 2 of the slots (Simply drag form "Etc" of your inventory into the Hot-Key Bar), press the respective Hot Key to equip the arrow of choice
Use Arrow of Wind on Siromas (Or maybe Gazeti, if you're attacking it form far that is), and Fire Arrows on Muscipular & Roween
Avoid Gazetis~!
Note: There are 2 Gazetis in the map, and since they 't really move around too much (unless someone kills them), if you happen to meet them during your training, memorise its location before you fly wing / run away. Exercise Caution when moving near that area again.
*You can always choose to train somewhere else if you got bored... or when you cant seem to avoid the Gazetis.

Warp yourself back to town at Base Lv 85

C3. Base Lv 60 ~ Lv85
Louyang Dungeon I

<Louyang Dungeon I>

*Please refer to the previous section for monster details and suggested combat techniques.

Continue your training there until roughly Base Lv85
*You can always choose to train somewhere else if you are bored.

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C II. Sphinx 4 / Niflheim I / Niflheim II / Byalan IV / Rachel Sanctuary I

Now it is time to decide on a new training location~
Sphinx 4: For people in a party / well-equipped players / people who fly-wing around / people who doesn’t mind dying… a lot
Niflheim 2: For players with : 1.) A Party ; 2.) High Flee or 3.) Lots and lots of HP Pots. High experience, high risk
Niflheim 1: Mainly for Claymore trap users. Stable income form Disguise. Lower Exp, lower risk
Byalan Cave: For relatively new players, slightly lower experience, but a whole lot safer...
Rachel Sanctuary I: Mainly for Claymore trap users

C4. Base Lv 85 ~ Lv 99
Sphinx 4

Suggested Equipments:

Head (Top)
: Ramen Hat ----- Dex + 4
: Wise Ulle's Cap[1] (Ulle's Cap + Willow Card) ----- Dex + 2, Agi + 1, Max SP + 80
: Wise Cubic Hat (Hat[1] + Willow Card) ----- Max SP + 80
: Apple of Archer ----- Dex + 3
: Wise Hat (Hat[1] + Willow Card) ----- Max SP + 80

Head (Middle)
: Binoculars ----- Dex + 1

Armor:
: Evil Sniping Suit (Sniping Suit[1] + Bathory Card) ----- Crit + 6, Crit + (Luk/10), Aftercast Delay –23%, Mdef +5, Enchants Armor with Undead property
: Hard Sniping Suit (Sniping Suit [1] + Pupa Card) ----- Crit + 6, Crit + (Luk/10), Aftercast Delay –23%, Mdef +5, Max HP + 700

Weapon:
: +10 Triple Bloody Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Hydra Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- + 60% Damage Vs. Demi-Human, Critical + 9
: +10 Triple Flammable Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Vandon Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- + 60% Damage Vs. Fire Property Enemies, Critical + 9
: + 10 Triple Malicious Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Hunter Fly Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- 3 x 3% chance to convert 10% Damage dealt into HP, Critical + 9
: + 10 Triple Kingsbird Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Skeleton Archer Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- + 30% Attack for Bows, Critical + 9
: + 10 Triple Kingsbird Spiritual Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Skeleton Archer Cards + Dracula Card) ----- + 30% Attack for Bows, 10% Chance to convert 15% Damage Done into SP
: + 9 Triple Rapid Double Bound (+9 Double Bound[3] + 3 Cecil Damon Cards) ---- Attack Speed + 15%, Hit - 90, 5% to Autocast Double Strafe on target when attacking.

Garment
: Angelic Hood (Hood[1] + Orc Zombie Card) ----- -20% Damage taken from Undead

Shoes
: Shoes of Undead Killer (Shoes[1] + Zombie Prisoner Card) ----- +10% experience form Undeads, Takes +20% damage form Undeads
: Vidar’s Boots ----- Max HP / SP + 9%

Accessory (1) & (2)
: Glove[0] x 2 ----- + 4 Dex
: Nimble Clips (2 Clip[1] + 2 Zerom Cards) ----- + 6 Dex, Max SP + 20
: Lv Requirement : 90 : Nimble Orlean’s Gloves x 2 (2 Orlean’s Gloves[1] + 2 Zerom Cards) ----- +10 Dex
: Brooch[0] x 2 ----- +4 Agi
: Lv Requirement : 90 : Aterletic Brooch[1] x 2 (2 Brooch[1] + 2 Kukre Cards) ----- +6 Agi

Suggested Builds:
Auto-Blitz :
Str 1
Agi <As Much As Possible>
Vit 1
Int 1
Dex 60
Luk 51
1100 Silver Arrows

DS Build :
Str 1
Agi <As Much As Possible>
Vit 1
Int 1
Dex 75
Luk 1
850 Silver Arrows

ASPD Build :
Str 1
Agi 100
Vit 1
Int 1
Dex <As Much As Possible>
Luk 1
1250 Silver Arrows

Suggested items to bring along:
Fly Wings x 70
Silver Arrow x 1500
Strawberry x 40
White Potion x 20
Concentration Potion x 5

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Sphinx IV
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<Sphinx IV>

Warper > Dungeons > Sphinx > Sphinx IV

Mimic : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive> <Cast Sensor> <Change Target>
(Lv51 / HP 6120) Netural 3 / Formless / Medium (Base Exp 24750 / Job Exp 24750)

Minorous : starting from Base Lv 76
<Aggressive> <Cast Sensor> <Change Target>
(Lv52 / HP 7431) Fire 2 / Brute / Large (Base Exp 412500 / Job Exp 206850)

Pasana : starting from Base Lv 80
<Aggressive> <Cast Sensor> <Change Target>
(Lv61 / HP 8289) Fire 2 / Demi-Human / Medium (Base Exp 613050 / Job Exp 320250)

Anubis : strating from Base Lv 85
<Aggressive> <Cast Sensor> <Change Chase> <Change Target>
(Lv75 / HP 38000) Undead 2 / Demi-Human / Large (Base Exp 4200000 / Job Exp 3300000)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
Anubis can be hard to kill with low ASPD / without a tank / without proper equipments and stats distribution. You can either choose to fly-wing & attack Pasanas for exp and loots, or DS Anubis from far an hope that it will die before something bad happens to you.
Mimic: Has high Hit, Attack & Lv 2 Auto Guard, so do not let it get close to you. Definitely not worth the time, effort and SP to kill, but do go ahead if you have excess SP, or is preying on some other monsters in the area.
Minorous: Not really worth the effort to DS it with its relatively low exp and bad loots. Able to cast Lv 3 Hammer Fall & Lv 3 Heaven’s Drive. While Heaven’s Drive is relatively harmless, Hammer Fall can really be a pain to deal with, especially when you are in the mist of fighting an Anubis. Be sure to get rid of them from the area before fighting Anubis(s).
Pasana: Having relative high hit, try to kill it from range. Having good loots as well as exp, do mark them as your main targets if Anubis is still too hard for you.
Anubis: Advised to kill using DS spam unless you have enough ASPD to hit lock it. It has a wide range of spells to its disposal, in which Lv 10 Sonic Blow is the one that poses the biggest threat. Lv 3 Undead Elemental Attack would be the 2nd most deadly skill, which can be completely negated with Shadow / Undead Armor just like its Lv 9 Soul Strike of Darkness. Extremely deadly, so please proceed with extreme caution.
Conclusion:
Do not rush, try to engage anything from the edge of your screen.
Clear the area of all other mobs before fighting an Anubis.
Pasana is a good source of income while having good exp.
Mimic is a waste of time!

Head back to town when:
- You had enough of Anubis
- You had enough of Anubis
- Or you had enough of Anubis

C5. Base Lv 85 ~ Lv 99
Niflheim :

Suggested Equipments:

Head (Top)
: Ramen Hat ----- Dex + 4
: Wise Ulle's Cap[1] (Ulle's Cap + Willow Card) ----- Dex + 2, Agi + 1, Max SP + 80
: Wise Cubic Hat (Hat[1] + Willow Card) ----- Max SP + 80
: Apple of Archer ----- Dex + 3
: Wise Hat (Hat[1] + Willow Card) ----- Max SP + 80

Head (Middle)
: Binoculars ----- Dex + 1

Armor:
: Evil Sniping Suit (Sniping Suit[1] + Bathory Card) ----- Crit + 6, Crit + (Luk/10), Aftercast Delay –23%, Mdef +5, Enchants Armor with Undead property
: Hard Sniping Suit (Sniping Suit [1] + Pupa Card) ----- Crit + 6, Crit + (Luk/10), Aftercast Delay –23%, Mdef +5, Max HP + 700

Weapon:
: +10 Triple Hallowed Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Santa Poring Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- + 60% Damage Vs. Shadow Property Enemies, Critical + 9
: + 10 Triple Malicious Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Hunter Fly Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- 3 x 3% chance to convert 10% Damage dealt into HP, Critical + 9
: + 10 Triple Kingsbird Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Skeleton Archer Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- + 30% Attack for Bows, Critical + 9
: + 10 Triple Kingsbird Spiritual Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Skeleton Archer Cards + Dracula Card) ----- + 30% Attack for Bows, 10% Chance to convert 15% Damage Done into SP
: + 9 Triple Rapid Double Bound (+9 Double Bound[3] + 3 Cecil Damon Cards) ---- Attack Speed + 15%, Hit - 90, 5% to Autocast Double Strafe on target when attacking.

Garment
: Angelic Hood (Hood[1] + Orc Zombie Card) ----- -20% Damage taken from Undead

Shoes
: Shoes of Undead Killer (Shoes[1] + Zombie Prisoner Card) ----- +10% experience form Undeads, Takes +20% damage form Undeads
: Vidar’s Boots ----- Max HP / SP + 9%

Accessory (1) & (2)
: Glove[0] x 2 ----- + 4 Dex
: Nimble Clips (2 Clip[1] + 2 Zerom Cards) ----- + 6 Dex, Max SP + 20
: Lv Requirement : 90 : Nimble Orlean’s Gloves x 2 (2 Orlean’s Gloves[1] + 2 Zerom Cards) ----- +10 Dex
: Brooch[0] x 2 ----- +4 Agi
: Lv Requirement : 90 : Aterletic Brooch[1] x 2 (2 Brooch[1] + 2 Kukre Cards) ----- +6 Agi

C5.1 Base Lv 85 ~ Lv 99
Niflheim 2:

Suggested Builds:
Auto-Blitz :
Str 1
Agi <As Much As Possible>
Vit 1 ~ 21
Int 1
Dex 99
Luk 51
1100 Silver Arrows

DS Build :
Str 1
Agi <As Much As Possible>
Vit 1 ~ 11
Int 1
Dex 99
Luk 1
850 Silver Arrows

ASPD Build :
Str 1
Agi 99
Vit 1 ~ 11
Int 1
Dex <As Much As Possible>
Luk 1
1250 Silver Arrows

Suggested items to bring along:
Fly Wings x 35
Butterfly Wing x 3
Silver Arrow x 1100 (Average)
Strawberry x 40
White Potion x 20
Concentration Potion x 5
Panacea / Green Potion x 5

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Niflheim Field 2
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<Niflhem Field 02>

Warper > Fields > Niflheim Fields > Niflheim Field 1
Train on :

Gibbet : strating from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive> <Detector>
(Lv58 / HP 6841) Shadow 1 / Demon / Large (Base Exp 601650 / Job Exp 273600)

Dullahan : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive>
(Lv62 / HP 12437) Undead 2 / Undead / Medium (Base Exp 677550 / Job Exp 444450)

Loli Ruri : starting from Base Lv 88
<Aggressive> <Detector>
(Lv71 / HP 12437) Shadow 4 / Demon / Large (Base Exp 996150 / Job Exp 647100)

Bloody Murderer : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive>
(Lv72 / HP 27521) Shadow 3 / Demi-Human / Large (Base Exp 1461300 / Job Exp 533850)

Lude : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive>
(Lv36 / HP 3214) Undead 1 / Undead / Small (Base Exp 58800 / Job Exp 37050)

Hylozoist : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive> <Detector>
(Lv51 / HP 7186) Shadow 2 / Demon / Small (Base Exp 347100 / Job Exp 194550)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
Fight them 1 by 1, DO NOT engage multiple targets unless you have relatively high flee (approx. 250 & above)
Do not let Loli Ruri, Dullahan & Bloody Murderer come into melee range because :
-> Loli Ruri have a High Hit Rate + High Attack Damage, Also Casts Lex Divina [Lv 10] (Silence) at 5% chance
-> Dullahan have the skill Defense disregard attack [Lv 1] (10% Chance on attacking / Never Misses / 800~900 dmg)
-> Bloody Murderer have a 5% Chance of using Sonic Blow [Lv 5], Dealing a total of 3000 ~ 3800 dmg
Lude & Hylozoist can cast Lex Aeterna [Lv 1] & Decrease Agility [Lv 1] respectively

Leave when you are :
- Lv99/50
- Tired of this place... You can always try training somewhere else xD

C5.2 Base Lv 85 ~ 99
Niflheim 1:

Suggested Items to Bring Along:
Fly Wings x 35
Butterfly Wings x 3
Strawberry x 40
Pancenar x 2
Silver Arrow x 50 (DS Build)
Fire Arrow x 950 (DS Build)
White Potions x 40
Trap x 450 (Claymore Trap Build)

DS Build :
Str 1
Agi <As Much As Possible>
Vit 1 ~ 11
Int 1
Dex 99
Luk 1

Claymore Trap Build :
Str 1
Agi 1
Vit <As Much As Possible>
Int 99
Dex 41
Luk 1

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Niflheim Field 1
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<Niflheim Field 01>

Warper > Fields > Niflheim Fields > Niflheim Field 1
Start butchering:

Gibbet : strating from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive> <Detector>
(Lv58 / HP 6841) Shadow 1 / Demon / Large (Base Exp 601650 / Job Exp 273600)

Dullahan : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive>
(Lv62 / HP 12437) Undead 2 / Undead / Medium (Base Exp 677550 / Job Exp 444450)

Hylozoist : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive> <Detector>
(Lv51 / HP 7186) Shadow 2 / Demon / Small (Base Exp 347100 / Job Exp 194550)

Disguise : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive> <Detector>
(Lv55 / HP 7543) Earth 4 / Demon / Medium (Base Exp 422250 / Job Exp 287850)

Quve : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive>
(Lv40 / HP 4559) Undead 1 / Undead / Small (Base Exp 62100 / Job Exp 45900)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
For Claymore Trap Users:
Hit-Lock is always the biggest problem a Claymore trap user will face when luring a group of mobs... Not really solutions, but those may help a bit:
1.) Eddga Card (Footware) --- Enable effect of the Endure skill so long as the Footgear to which this card is compounded is equipped, Maximum HP - 25%
2.) Moonlight Flower Card (Footware) --- Movement speed + 25%
3.) Anodyne (Usable Item) --- Enable effect of Lv1 Endure (Cancels after 10 seconds or 7 Hits form enemy, which ever comes 1st)
4.) Fly Wing (Usable Item) --- Teleports User to a Random Location within the map (Lv1 Teleport)

For DS Users:
Not really a great place for DS users, but its always good to farm a few zenies from Disguise here
Fire Arrows Deals exceptional damage Vs. Earth & Undead Property enemies. So its always better to use Fire Arrows in Niflheim I.
Not much advices... Just don't get yourself too large of a mob =p

Leave when:
- You are Lv 99/50
- You have farmed enough zenies

C6. Base Lv 85 ~ Lv 99
Byalan Caves V :

Suggested Equipments:

Head (Top)
: Ramen Hat ----- Dex + 4
: Wise Ulle's Cap[1] (Ulle's Cap + Willow Card) ----- Dex + 2, Agi + 1, Max SP + 80
: Wise Cubic Hat (Hat[1] + Willow Card) ----- Max SP + 80
: Apple of Archer ----- Dex + 3
: Wise Hat (Hat[1] + Willow Card) ----- Max SP + 80

Head (Middle)
: Binoculars ----- Dex + 1

Armor:
: Aqua Sniping Suit (Sniping Suit[1] + Sword Fish Card) ----- Crit + 6, Crit + (Luk/10), Aftercast Delay –23%, Mdef +5, Enchants Armor with Water property
: Hard Sniping Suit (Sniping Suit [1] + Pupa Card) ----- Crit + 6, Crit + (Luk/10), Aftercast Delay –23%, Mdef +5, Max HP + 700

Weapon:
+10 Triple Saharic Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Drainlier Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- + 60% Damage Vs. Water Enemies, Critical + 9
+ 10 Triple Malicious Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Hunter Fly Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- 3 x 3% chance to convert 10% Damage done into HP, Critical + 9
+ 10 Triple Kingsbird Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Skeleton Archer Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- + 30% Attack for Bows, Critical + 9
+ 10 Triple Kingsbird Spiritual Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Skeleton Archer Cards + Dracula Card) ----- + 30% Attack for Bows, 10% Chance to convert 15% Damage Done into SP
+ 10 Saharic Critical Gakkung Bow (+10 Gakkung Bow[2] + Drainlier Card + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- + 20% Damage Vs. Water Enemies, Critical + 9
+ 9 Triple Rapid Double Bound (+9 Double Bound[3] + 3 Cecil Damon Cards) ---- Attack Speed + 15%, Hit - 90, 5% to Autocast Double Strafe on target when attacking.

Garment:
: Mocking Hood (Hood[1] + Whisper Card) ----- +20 Flee, Receive +50% Damage form Undead Property Attacks
: Fisherman’s Hood (Hood[1] + Gullinbursti Card) ----- +10% experience form Fish monsters, Takes +20% damage form Fish monsters

Shoes :
Vidar’s Boots ----- Max HP / SP + 9%

Accessory (1) & (2)
: Glove[0] x 2 ----- + 4 Dex
: Nimble Clips (2 Clip[1] + 2 Zerom Cards) ----- + 6 Dex, Max SP + 20
: Lv Requirement : 90 : Nimble Orlean’s Gloves x 2 (2 Orlean’s Gloves[1] + 2 Zerom Cards) ----- +10 Dex
: Brooch[0] x 2 ----- + 4 Agi
: Lv Requirement : 90 : Aterletic Brooch[1] x 2 (2 Brooch[1] + 2 Kukre Cards) ----- +6 Agi

DS Build :
Str 1
Agi 70
Vit 1 ~ 11
Int 1
Dex <As Much As Possible>
Luk 1
850 Silver Arrows

ASPD Build :
Str 1
Agi <As Much As Possible>
Vit 1 ~ 11
Int 1
Dex 65
Luk 1

P.S. Not advisable to use Auto-Blitz since you may attract Multiple Monsters, and Both Strouf / Merman really hurts if you give them time to hang around you...

Suggested Items To Bring Along
Fly Wings x 45
Strawberry x 15
Arrow of Wind x 1100
White Potions x 15

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Byalan Cave V
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<Byalan Cave V>

Warpra > Dungeons > Byalan Dungeon > Byalan Cave IV (iz_dun04)

Strouf : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive>
(Lv48 / HP 11990) Water 3 / Fish / Large (Base Exp 924000 / Job Exp 104900)

Hydra : starting from Base Lv 86
<Immobile> <Aggressive> <Ranged : 9 cells>
(Lv14 / HP 660) Water 2 / Plant / Small (Base Exp 8850 / Job Exp 6000)

Swordfish : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive>
(Lv30 / HP 4299) Water 2 / Fish / Large (Base Exp 187650 / Job Exp 95700)

Merman : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive> <Cast Sensor>
(Lv53 / HP 14690) Water 3 / Demi-Human / Medium (Base Exp 675000 / Job Exp 450000)

Penomena : starting from Base Lv 86
<Aggressive> <Ranged : 9 cells> <Cast Sensor>
(Lv48 / HP 11990) Poison 1 / Fish / Medium (Base Exp 430500 / Job Exp 330000)

Deviace : starting from Base Lv 86
<Cast Sensor>
(Lv47 / HP 20090) Water 4 / Fish / Medium (Base Exp 1498200 / Job Exp 1081050)

Marine Sphere : starting from Base Lv 86
<Immobile>
(Lv28 / HP 3518) Water 2 / Plant / Small (Base Exp 69150 / Job Exp 42600)

Suggested Combat Techniques:
DS monsters from far & take them out one by one, do not lure excessive amount of monsters if you cannot handle them with ease.
Deviace~! Kill them whenever you can since they are slow-moving, non-ranged & gives a good amount experience
Penomena should be disposed of from far for having a high Hit-rate & relatively high damage
Mermen & Stroufs should not be allowed to get near you because Mermen have Lv5 Pierce (5%) while Stroufs can cast Lv9 Frost Diver (10%) / Lv 3 Lightning Bolt (5%) / Water Ball Lv3 (5%)
Swordfishes shouldn't be much of a problem with their low HP. Just watch out for Lv3 Water Ball (5%)
When You get hit by Water Ballz, Fly Wing!

Leave when :
- You have reached Lv99/50
- Decide that this is too hard
- Running out of air
- Dead... You're not waiting for a ress are you?

C7. Base Lv 85 ~ 99
Rachel Sanctuary I :

Suggested Equipments:

Head (Top)
: Ramen Hat ----- Dex + 4
: Wise Ulle's Cap[1] (Ulle's Cap + Willow Card) ----- Dex + 2, Agi + 1, Max SP + 80
: Wise Cubic Hat (Hat[1] + Willow Card) ----- Max SP + 80
: Apple of Archer ----- Dex + 3
: Wise Hat (Hat[1] + Willow Card) ----- Max SP + 80

Head (Middle)
: Binoculars ----- Dex + 1

Armor:
: Evil Sniping Suit (Sniping Suit[1] + Bathory Card) ----- Crit + 6, Crit + (Luk/10), Aftercast Delay –23%, Mdef +5, Enchants Armor with Undead property
: Hard Sniping Suit (Sniping Suit [1] + Pupa Card) ----- Crit + 6, Crit + (Luk/10), Aftercast Delay –23%, Mdef +5, Max HP + 700

Weapon:
: +10 Triple Bloody Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Hydra Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- + 60% Damage Vs. Demi-Human, Critical + 9
: + 10 Triple Malicious Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Hunter Fly Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- 3 x 3% chance to convert 10% Damage done into HP, Critical + 9
: + 10 Triple Kingsbird Critical Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Skeleton Archer Cards + Skeleton Soldier Card) ----- + 30% Attack for Bows, Critical + 9
: + 10 Triple Kingsbird Spiritual Composite Bow (+10 Composite Bow[4] + 3 Skeleton Archer Cards + Dracula Card) ----- + 30% Attack for Bows, 10% Chance to convert 15% Damage Done into SP
: + 9 Triple Rapid Double Bound (+9 Double Bound[3] + 3 Cecil Damon Cards) ---- Attack Speed + 15%, Hit - 90, 5% to Autocast Double Strafe on target when attacking.

Garment
: Mocking Hood (Hood[1] + Whisper Card) ----- +20 Flee, Receive +50% Damage form Undead Property Attacks

Shoes
: (Shoes[1] + Am Mut Card) ----- +10% experience form Demi-Human, Takes +20% damage form Demi-Human

Accessory (1) & (2)
: Glove[0] x 2 ----- + 4 Dex
: Nimble Clips (2 Clip[1] + 2 Zerom Cards) ----- + 6 Dex, Max SP + 20
: Lv Requirement : 90 : Nimble Orlean’s Gloves x 2 (2 Orlean’s Gloves[1] + 2 Zerom Cards) ----- +10 Dex
: Brooch[0] x 2 ----- + 4 Agi
: Lv Requirement : 90 : Aterletic Brooch[1] x 2 (2 Brooch[1] + 2 Kukre Cards) ----- +6 Agi

Suggested Items to Bring Along:
Fly Wings x 35
Strawberry x 40
Pancenar x 10
White Potions x 35
Silver Arrow x 950 (DS Build)
Trap x 450 (Claymore Trap Build)

DS Build :
Str 1
Agi <As Much As Possible>
Vit 1 ~ 11
Int 1
Dex 99
Luk 1

Claymore Trap Build :
Str 1
Agi 1
Vit <As Much As Possible>
Int 99
Dex 41
Luk 1

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Rachel Sanctuary I
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<Rachel Sanctuary I>

Warper > Dungeons > Rachel Sanctuary > Rachel Sanctuary 1

Vanberk :
<Aggressive>
(Lv59 / HP 9988) Neutral 4 / Demi-Human / Medium (Base Exp 630450 / Job Exp 135150)
Lex Aeterna Lv1 / Sonic Blow Lv5 / Holy Cross Lv3

Isilla :
<Aggressive>
(Lv62 / HP 8297) Neutral 4 / Demi-Human / Medium (Base Exp 450150 / Job Exp 450150)
Lex Divina Lv1 / Thunder Storm Lv5 / Heal Lv5

Hodremlin :
<Aggressive> <Detector>
(Lv61 / HP 12180) Shadow 3 / Demon / Medium (Base Exp 1017300 / Job Exp 303300)
Sonic Blow Lv5

Gremlin :
<Cast Sensor> <Detector>
(Lv53 / HP 9280) Shadow 2 / Demon / Large (Base Exp 653250 / Job Exp 265200)

Beholder :
<Cast Sensor>
(Lv59 / HP 9988) Wind 2 / Formless / Small (Base Exp 1350000 / Job Exp 1710000)
Spirit Destruction Lv3 / Dispell Lv5

Suggested Combat Techniques:
Claymore Trap Users:
Hit-Lock isn't really an issue here since Vanberks & Isillas have a slow movement speed.
Watch out for Thunder Storm Lv5 (Isilla, 5%, Uninterruptible) & Sonic Blow Lv 5 (Vanberk, 5%)

DS Users:
Avoid luring a large group of monsters, its always best to take them out from a distance.
Do not attempt to stop Isillas form casting Thunder Storm by just hitting it because it is uninterruptible. Either move out of the area, or kill it before it zaps you.
Do not take your time when killing Beholders, Spirit Destruction Lv3 literally drains all of your SP, while Dispell Lv5 will remove all your Buffs (Including Improve Concentration)

Leave when:
- You are Lv99/50
- Ready to swing at anyone with blue / red hair that you come across

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[Event] Sniper Leveling Guide...? Aug 15, 2012 9:48:57 GMT -5

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Post by aecetia on Aug 15, 2012 9:48:57 GMT -5

D. Reborn
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You are now Lv99/50 and is ready for Reborn!
What is Reborn?
It is a process where your undergo quests for your Lv99/50 character, to become a 1/1 Novice High
From a 1/1 Novice High, you can gain access to the extended class of Hunter : The Sniper, not before being a Archer High 1st though

E. Novice High & Archer High
You are in Prontera now & you are a Novice High, so...
Get to Job Level 10 & change into an Archer High.

So training wise...
Just do what you have done when you were an Archer.
Please refer to Part b. for the training loacations / suggestions.
The traininig locations are around the same~ (actually just plain lazy to type out)

Revisit the Class Master at Archer High Job Lv50
**Although You can request for a Job-Change once you reach Job Lv40, it is Strongly Not Advisable to do so.
**10 Skill Points will go down the drain if you do that, and there is Absolutely No Way of getting them back.
**Unless... you are willing to remake your character. (That's what happened to my Champion... <Deletes>)
**You will need Every Single Skill Point when you are a Sniper. A Full 147 Skill Points just isn't enough for a Sniper (at least for me), less about 10 skill points short

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F. Getting a Shiniez Sniper: Skill analysis & Stats Distribution
Sniper xD
Mmm... On top of the Hunter's Skills, you have now gained access to the whole list of Sniper Skills (actually... Just 4)

Newly Acquired Sniper Skills:

True Sight (Skill ID# 380)
Type: Supportive
Max Level: 10
Requirements: Owl's Eye Level 10, Vulture's Eye Level 10, Improve Concentration Level 10, Falconry Mastery Level 1
SP Cost: LV 1-2 20SP, LV 3-4 25SP, LV 5-6 30SP, LV 7-8 35SP, LV 9-10 40SP.
Target: Self
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 30 sec
Effect: Increases all your stats by +5, also increases your HIT by +3 per SkillLV, damage by +2% per SkillLV, CRIT rate by 1 per SkillLV. Stacks with Improve Concentration.
Level 1: +3 HIT, +2% DMG, +1 CRIT, +5 All Stats, 20 SP
Level 2: +6 HIT, +4% DMG, +2 CRIT, +5 All Stats, 20 SP
Level 3: +9 HIT, +6% DMG, +3 CRIT, +5 All Stats, 25 SP
Level 4: +12 HIT, +8% DMG, +4 CRIT, +5 All Stats, 25 SP
Level 5: +15 HIT, +10% DMG, +5 CRIT, +5 All Stats, 30 SP
Level 6: +18 HIT, +12% DMG, +6 CRIT, +5 All Stats, 30 SP
Level 7: +21 HIT, +14% DMG, +7 CRIT, +5 All Stats, 35 SP
Level 8: +24 HIT, +16% DMG, +8 CRIT, +5 All Stats, 35 SP
Level 9: +27 HIT, +18% DMG, +9 CRIT, +5 All Stats, 40 SP
Level 10: +30 HIT, +20% DMG, +10 CRIT, +5 All Stats, 40 SP

Wind Walk (Skill ID# 383)
Type: Supportive
Max Level: 10
Requirements: Improve Concentration Level 9
SP Cost: 40 + 6*SkillLV
Target: Party
Cast Time: 1.6 + 0.4*SkillLV sec (Not Reducible with DEX)
After Cast Delay: 2 sec (Reducible by AGI)
Duration: 100 + 30*SkillLV sec
Effect: You and your party will receive Flee and movement speed upgrade.
It will not stack with other Flee and Speed upgrading skills (no item based skills either, like Moonlight carded shoes).
The bonuses are: +2% movement speed per SkillLV and SkillLV/2 rounded down to Flee.
Level 1: +2% Walking Speed, +1 Flee, Lasts 130 secs, 46 SP
Level 2: +4% Walking Speed, +1 Flee, Lasts 160 secs, 52 SP
Level 3: +6% Walking Speed, +2 Flee, Lasts 190 secs, 58 SP
Level 4: +8% Walking Speed, +2 Flee, Lasts 220 secs, 64 SP
Level 5: +10% Walking Speed, +3 Flee, Lasts 250 secs, 70 SP
Level 6: +12% Walking Speed, +3 Flee, Lasts 280 secs, 76 SP
Level 7: +14% Walking Speed, +4 Flee, Lasts 310 secs, 82 SP
Level 8: +16% Walking Speed, +4 Flee, Lasts 340 secs, 88 SP
Level 9: +18% Walking Speed, +5 Flee, Lasts 370 secs, 94 SP
Level 10: +20% Walking Speed, +5 Flee, Lasts 400 secs, 100 SP

Sharp Shooting (Skill ID# 382)
Type: Offensive
Max Level: 5
Requirements: Improve Concentration Level 10, Double Strafing Level 5
SP Cost: 15 + 3*SkillLV
Target: 1 Enemy
Range: 14
Cast Time: 2 sec (Reducible with DEX)
After Cast Delay: 1.5 sec (Reducible with AGI)
Required Weapon Class: Bow
Ammunition Required: 1 Arrow
Effect: Arrow attack that will affect every enemy in a 3 cell wide corridor along its flight path up to its maximum range of 14 cells.
The corridor is a straight line between the caster and its target.
If the target is closer than 14 cells, the corridor will continue up to its full length. (Does not apply to servers hosted by eAthena due to different calculation methods. The Targeted monster will mark the end of the corridor I.E. Always aim the monster that is furthers away)
It affects all enemies along this path with an increased ATK (by 50% per SkillLV) and a +20 bonus to CRIT.
Level 1: CRIT +20, Attack +50%
Level 2: CRIT +20, Attack +100%
Level 3: CRIT +20, Attack +150%
Level 4: CRIT +20, Attack +200%
Level 5: CRIT +20, Attack +250%

Falcon Assault (Skill ID# 381)
Type: Offensive
Max Level: 5
Requirements: Vulture's Eye Level 5, Falconry Mastery Level 1, Steel Crow Level 3, Blitz Beat Level 5
SP Cost: 26 + 4*SkillLV
Target: 1 Enemy
Cast Time: 1 sec (Reducible with DEX)
After Cast Delay: 3 sec (Not reducible with AGI)
Required State: Requires a Falcon
Effect: Order your Falcon to attack an enemy with enormous power.
Increases the Attack Power of the Falcon attack (based on Blitz Beat of equal LV) by +150%+70*SkillLV%. Attack Range: 3+(Vulture's Eye LV).
Level 1: Damage +220%, 30 SP
Level 2: Damage +290%, 34 SP
Level 3: Damage +360%, 38 SP
Level 4: Damage +430%, 42 SP
Level 5: Damage +500%, 46 SP

Skill Explanation / Uses:

True Sight (Lv10) :
A absolute necessity for Snipers. +30 HIT, +20% DMG, +10 CRIT, +5 All Stats
It is like... a Turtle General Card + Skeleton Worker Card + Howard Alt-Eisen Card (Without the ASPD penalty) + 5 Amon Ra Cards (Minus the KE), rolled into one
All for the cost of 40 SP! The only setback is that... It Lasts 30 seconds
It basically helps in every situation: Normal Attack, DS, SS(Sharp Shoot), Traps, FA(Falcon Assault)... Use it whenever your SP allows.

Wind Walk (Lv10) :
A Good-To-Have Skill.
One may say : The +5 Flee doesn't really make much of a difference... I mean... skill that drains a hefty 100 SP for +5 Flee & Speed Bonus that doesn't stack with Increase Agility?
You may also think : If I have a Priest in my party, then I don't have to cast this right?
No. Wind Walk is a Party Support Skill. In other words, one cast, whole party gets it. And the party wont get back into a crawl if Increase Agility wears off (A Back up Speed Bonus so to say)
Pity that it doesn't stack with Increase Agility & Moonie huh? Well... It stacks with the Speed Bonus given by the Peco Peco pet. =p

Sharp Shooting (Lv5) :
Ouch... My Favorite Skill
You can take out a large group of monster within seconds with this skill, which make this "One Heck of a Mobbing Skillz for Sniper".
A Great mobbing skill.

Falcon Assault (Lv5) :
A soe-mauch-moor-powderful-n-baffed-up version of Blitz Beat.
It delivers a High-Damage attack to the opponent & have a 3 second after-cast delay
Well... It may not be great for Snipers that use bows.. But is literally a God-Send for Trap-Build Snipers
Especially when it ignores Def, M.Def & Size Modifiers
Before any calculations... Lets take a look at the Formula again
"Increases the Attack Power of the Falcon attack (based on Blitz Beat of equal LV) by +150%+70*SkillLV%."
Level 1: Damage +220%, 30 SP
Level 2: Damage +290%, 34 SP
Level 3: Damage +360%, 38 SP
Level 4: Damage +430%, 42 SP
Level 5: Damage +500%, 46 SP

It states that at Lv5, it gives a Damage Bonus of +500%.
My understanding is that when it says "Damage + 500%", it means "5 times MORE than the initial Damage", which in turn leads to the conclusion : "6 Times of the initial Damage"
Meaning... 6 times of total Blitz Beat Damage
I was testing this and...
Blitz Beat = 558 Damage per Hit, total 5 Hits
Falcon Assault = 13950 Damage

Recall the Formula :
Falcon Assault Damage = (6 times Blitz Beat Dmg) x (5 Hits for Lv5 Blitz Beat) x (Blitz Beat Damage Per Hit)
FA Damage = 6 x 5 x Blitz Beat Damage = 16740
>It shows that FA's Damage is 30 times of Blitz Beat's
> Taking 13950 (FA) & divide it by 558 (Blitz), you'll get.. 25 times , which is wrong.

Only IF you change the description to :
"Increases the Attack Power of the Falcon attack (based on Blitz Beat of equal LV) by +150%+70*SkillLV%."
"Increases the Attack Power of the Falcon attack (based on Blitz Beat of equal LV) TO 150%+70*SkillLV%."
Level 1: Damage 220%, 30 SP
Level 2: Damage 290%, 34 SP
Level 3: Damage 360%, 38 SP
Level 4: Damage 430%, 42 SP
Level 5: Damage 500%, 46 SP

Sooo~ Anyway, Back to topic
Calculations here! (Assuming 6 times Total Blitz Damage)
The Damage Formula:
*600% of Blitz Beat (+500% Blitz Beat Damage = 600%)
= 6 x (Blitz Beat total damage)
= 6 x (Blitz Beat damage) x 5 (5 Hits)
= 30 x (([DEX/10] + [INT/2] + 3*Steel Crow SkillLV + 40) x 2)

Assuming a Sniper with max DEX & INT... E.g. 150 DEX, 110 INT
*30 x (([DEX/10] + [INT/2] + 3*Steel Crow SkillLV + 40) x 2)
= 30 x (150/10 + 110/2 + 3*10 + 40)
= 30 x (( 15 + 55 + 30 + 40 ) x 2)
= 60 x 140
= 8400 damage
"That's Hella of Damage!"
Yes... Especially when it Bypasses Defense & Ignores Size Modifiers

Stats & Skills Distribution

There isn't a rule saying that "You must be in this build when you train!”, or "Why are you using this build? -Flames-"
Builds are very personal and are seriously just... personal preferences
Well...Quite a number of players who have just started playing a Sniper asked me this same question
It pretty much depends on your Fighting Style, Resources (Equips & Items), Training Locations...
Just sharing some builds here =)
And no flames please -prays-
**All the builds are based on the Stats & Skill Points of a Lv99/70 Sniper.
**Notes will be given for Stats / Skills of higher priority for readers with their Snipers below Lv99/70
**Simply put, I'll state the order of which the Stats / Skills should be added if it is significant

Pure Training Build (DS / SS):
Str: 1
Agi: 100
Vit: 1
Int: 20
Dex: 100
Luk: 1

9 Points into Basic Skill
10 Points into Double Strafe
10 Points into Owl's Eye
10 Points into Vulture's Eye
10 Points into Improve Concentration
10 Points into Arrow Shower
10 Points into Beast Bane
1 Point into Falconary Mastery
5 Points into Blitz Beat
10 Points into Steel Crow
1 Points into Skid Trap
1 Point into Land Mine
5 Points into Ankle Snare
0 Point into Flasher
0 Point into Shockwave Trap
0 Point into Sandman
0 Points into Freezing Trap
0 Point into Blast Mine
0 Points into Claymore Trap
4 Point into Detecting
0 Point into Talkie Box
1 Point into Spring Trap
10 Point into Wind Walk
10 Point into True Sight
5 Point into Sharp Shooting
5 Point into Falcon Assault

>For maximum damage output, Dex should be the 1st stat that gets boosted up, followed by Agi.
>Adding both Dex & Agi is important especially when you are going to use Sharp Shooting effectively
>You can use the remaining stat points after having sufficient Base Dex & Agi for other attributes too.
>Str for Weight Capacity, Int for additional SP, or Luk for a slightly higher chance of Auto-Blitz
>Personally, I would prefer placing them into Vit.
>Weight Capacity... you can always access the Kafra storage more frequently / throw out less useful items form inventory
>Maximum SP? One extra Strawberry / Honey would have filled that up
>Auto-Blitz.. It really doesn't help much for DS / SS build, and can sometimes prove itself to be a burden (by luring MVP / excessive number of monsters)
>Maximum HP: That few hundred HP can mark the difference between life & death.

Pure Training Build (Claymore):
Str: 1
Agi: 1
Vit: 20
Int: 100
Dex: 100
Luk: 1

9 Points into Basic Skill
10 Points into Double Strafe
10 Points into Owl's Eye
10 Points into Vulture's Eye
10 Points into Improve Concentration
1 Points into Arrow Shower
10 Points into Beast Bane
1 Point into Falconary Mastery
5 Points into Blitz Beat
10 Points into Steel Crow
1 Points into Skid Trap
5 Point into Land Mine
5 Points into Ankle Snare
1 Point into Flasher
1 Point into Shockwave Trap
1 Point into Sandman
5 Points into Freezing Trap
1 Point into Blast Mine
5 Points into Claymore Trap
1 Point into Detecting
0 Point into Talkie Box
0 Point into Spring Trap
10 Point into Wind Walk
10 Point into True Sight
0 Point into Sharp Shooting
5 Point into Falcon Assault

>Get high Int before Dex since... One point of Int gives more damage than One point of Dex
Unconvinced?
>Claymore damage = [DEX/2+75] * [1+INT/100] * SkillLV damage using Earth Element.
>At Claymore Lv5, damage = [DEX/2+75] * [1+INT/100] * 5
By rearranging the Equation, we have [DEX/2 + 75] * 5 * [1 + INT/100]
This shows that for ever Int that you possess, The overall damage increases by 1%

For those that doesn't see it...
Lets have an example

Assuming my Sniper have 1 Int
Claymore Dmg = [DEX/2 + 75] * 5 * [1 + 1/100]
= [DEX/2 + 75] * 5 * [1 + 0.01]
=[DEX/2 + 75] * 5 * 1.01

Now... what if I add 1 point into Int?
Claymore Dmg = [DEX/2 + 75] * 5 * [1 + 2/100]
= [DEX/2 + 75] * 5 * [1 + 0.02]
=[DEX/2 + 75] * 5 * 1.02

Percentage Increment in Claymore Dmg = (1.02 - 1.01) x 100% = 1%

So~ We can see that each point in Int gives an additional 1% damage.

Lets rearrange the Equation one more time...
Claymore damage = [1+INT/100] * SkillLV * [DEX/2+75]
For every one point into Dex, you'll gain (0.5 / 75) x 100% = 0.667%
Not as much as Int give right? =D
For calculating Percentage Increment, constants can be grouped to make life simplier...
Given Claymore Dmg = [DEX/2 + 75] * 5 * [1 + INT/100]
And because Dex is the only variable (since I want to test the effect of Dex on Claymore Damage)
Let 5 * [1 + INT/100] be X
So X = 5 * [1 + INT/100]
Claymore Dmg = [DEX/2 + 75] X
When Dex = 1, Claymore Dmg = 75.5X
When Dex = 2, Claymore Dmg = 76.0X
Increment in Claymore Dmg per Dex = 76.0X - 75.5X = 0.5X
Percentage Increment of Claymore Damage = [(76.0X - 75.5X) / 75.0X] * 100% , where 75.0 is the Basic Claymore Damage when Variable = 0
We have [0.5 / 75] * 100%, giving 0.667% Damage Increment per Dex point invested
>Since Claymore users are required.. I mean more efficient when they lure one huge group of a mob and cook them with a single well-placed Claymore Trap, there is a chance that they will get...
Stun-Locked -gasp-
But... How?

Is it can be Stun-Lock Tiem now?
>When luring monsters of different movement speed, the user have to U-Turn for the slower mobs to catch up, thus giving the fast-moving ones a chance to get a bite
>Everything is fine if those attacks misses, but if those hits land.. The 2nd & 3rd monster will catch up, increasing the chance of hitting the user. Soon, the slow-moving group of mobs will catch up
>Once 4 monsters target a player, no matter hit or miss, the player's will receive a flee penalty.
>Every monster that joins in will further increase the flee penalty, to a maximum of 7 monsters. (i.e. Flee of player with 7 monsters = Flee of Player with 8 monsters)
>Flywing / Dies / Claymores half of them before dying
>No fun =(
>Sooooo~ Unless you pay extra-caution, or else...
>You'll need them (actually those have been mentioned before but well~)
1.) Eddga Card (Footware) --- Enable effect of the Endure skill so long as the Footgear to which this card is compounded is equipped, Maximum HP - 25%
2.) Moonlight Flower Card (Footware) --- Movement speed + 25%
3.) Anodyne (Usable Item) --- Enable effect of Lv1 Endure (Cancels after 10 seconds or 7 Hits form enemy, which ever comes 1st)
4.) Peco Peco Pet (Pet) --- Gives 25% speed bonus to player, stackable with Wind Walk

Okay~!
Time for training
Nononono...
Just refer to Part c. for the training locations xD
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When are you going to use the new skills?
Well... on top of the regular Hunter skills:
Use Wind Walk when you are in a party or do not have Increase Agility
Use True Sight whenever you SP allows
Use Sharp Shoot when there is a group of monsters, & when your SP permits
Use FA when you are Claymore Trap build... or when you feel like it

G. Sniper - Life after Lv99
Okay, so you have decided... or at least considering to train your Sniper beyond Lv99

Here we go then!
Suggested Training Loactions & More~

Some Suggested Training Loactions:
Scaraba Hole
Cursed Abbey III
Sphinx IV
Abyss Dungeon III
Magma Dungeon II
Niflheim Field II
Juperos Ruin I
Juperos Core
Geffenia

And when you are bored:
Bio Laboratory I
Bio Laboratory II
Bio Laboratory III
Rachel Sanctuary V
Odin Temple II
Yuno Field 02 (Machine Doll Factory Warp)

Lets go through briefly 1-by-1...

*Alternatively, you can also revisit the Training Grounds mentioned in the previous sections!

Suggested Training Grounds~

Scaraba Hole:
While giving decent exp and being non-aggressive, they can be really tough to kill with their high attack, hit & HP.
You can either take them on with either DS + Ankle Snare or FA + Ankle Snare.
Just be sure not to DS / FA the wrong target and end up having a mob after you.

Cursed Abbey III
Pretty decent exp if you are having decent ASPD / willing to spend on SP recovery items / willing to warp back to town for SP.
ASPD wise, simply concentrate on the Necromancer with Holy Arrows (farm from Rachel Sanctuary V)
As for Sharp Shooting, lure a mob of 3 or more Necromancers, with 2 Zombie Slaughters each, you can get heaps of exp just by doing a few Sharp Shoots.

Sphinx IV
Can be pretty slow after Lv99, so please go there only if you are going to farm on Pasana / grew a liking for Anubis.

Abyss Dungeon III:
You should bring along 2 types of arrows: Silver Arrows & Arrows of Shadow
Place them in your Hot Key (F12 to show hot key bar) to enable a quick swap of ammo.
Use Silver arrows against Hydrolancers & Detales
While Arrows of Shadow are for Gold Acidus
It doesn't matter what arrow you are using for the rest of the monsters.
Bring plenty of Fly Wings since its pretty mobby there, thus making it hard to find a safe landing spot after you used Fly Wing once

Magma Dungeon II:
Good place for training alone.
Monsters there are either weak against Holy or Water Property attacks...

But after looking at the monsters' skills, I think that its better to use Silver arrows, reason being Nightmare Terrors are capable of casting Lv2 Spirit Destruction.
Lv2 Spirit Destruction is able to drain approximately 320 SP, making it one hax of a skill.
Watch out for Earth Deleters casting Fire Walls~ You wont want to be having a nice big mob behind you & found you way blocked by a Fire Wall (Best way out: fly wing)
Sky Deleters & Blazers love casting Fireballs, and can be one big problem when you are luring a big mob
So as mentioned before, get equipments that enables Endure / grants movement speed
I prefer using a combination of Peco Peco pet + Anodyne... Those worked really well for me =3
Well~ Just lure yourself one big juicy pack of monsters & SS away!

Niflheim Field II:
Not much advise other then the ones given in section c…

Juperos Ruin I:
Same Method as that of Magma Dungeon II
Just that instead of Sky Deleters & Blazers casting Fireballs, you now have Wind Ghosts using Jupiter Thunder & Lightning Bolts
Since their cast is interruptible, you can either give it a shot literally... or simply kill it
And theres another thing: Lv80 Venatus have a tendency of using Lv5 Increase Agility, using True Sight will greatly increase the chance of hitting it
That's all I guess =D

Juperos Core:
Dangerous... but absolutely fun
275 monsters crowding in a map with relatively small accessible area.
Hunting Vesper can be fun too... Extra caution goes a long long way~
Ankle snare can be a great help when fighting Vesper (Please refer to the Etc. section for ankle snare method suggestion)

Geffenia:
Bright, Peaceful, Quiet... What more can you ask for from a Training Ground?
Nice change of environment form those gloomy / dark / sticky Training Locations.

Places for Leisure Training / Sight Seeing~

Bio Laboratory I:
Not as Dangerous as it sounds. Walk around the building, kill a few bugs & removers here & there, and experience the occasion First-Job Bio Lab monsters.

Bio Laboratory II:
Not exactly what you will call fun... but rather challenging. Populated by First-Job Bio Lab monsters, get ready to face the Wrath Of The First-Classers
A place to get nice equipments too~
Saint's Robe[1], Gakkung Bow [2], Fortune Sword, Wing Staff, Mink Coat[1]…

Bio Laboratory III:
Not much to say… just don’t rush, take your time and walk; shoot ‘em up from far!
Frilldora garment helps too, it can hide you from all the mobs except for Eremes, Mini-Boss and MVPs.

Rachel Sanctuary V:
Get your inventory filled with Holy Arrows (Attack 50, Holy Property), a superior version of Silver Arrows!
Watch out for Agav's Thunder Storm (Uninterruptible), Decrease Agility, & Echio's Sonic Blow

Odin Temple II:
Just take it as a picnic ya?

Yuno Field 02 (Machine Doll Factory Warp):
Replace your White Potins with Mestela Fruits (90%) by hunting Grand Pecos
It heals 400 ~ 600 HP with a minimal storage requirement (Weight : 3)
Its always good to have more of them on you.

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Here are some suggestions on equiments..

Headgear (Top):
+4 Ulle's Cap [1] --- Def 3 + 3.2, Dex + 2, Agi + 1
Pharaoh Card --- SP consumption of skills -30%

Heargear (Middle):
Sunglasses [1] --- No effect
Pharaoh Card --- SP consumption of skills -30%

Armor:
+7 Tights [1] --- Def 6 + 5.6, Dex + 1
+8 Odin's Blessing [1] --- Def 6 + 6.4, **SP consumption of skills -10% when Ulle's Cap is equiped
+7 Sniping Suit [1] --- Def 5 + 5.6
+5 Diabolus Armor [1] --- Def 7 + 4.0, Str + 2, Dex + 1, Max HP + 150, +5% resistance Vs Stun & Stone status [ + Diablos Ring ] Atk + 3%, Matk + 3%
Porcellio Card --- Attack + 25, Def -5
Ghostring Card --- Enchant Armor with Ghost Property, HP Recovery -25%
Tao Gunka Card --- Maximum HP +100%, Def -50, M.Def -50 (Both referring to Armor Defense, Vit & Int Defense remains)

Weapon:
+10 Composite Bow [4] --- Attack 29 + 20
+10 Gakkung Bow [2] --- Attack 100 + 50
+10 Ballista [0] --- Attack 145 + 70
+8 Double Bound [3] --- Attack 70 + 40

Please Refer to Section VI for the Full List of Suggested Cards
You have to adjust / switch carded bows according to your needs i.e. training locations

**Just a little something about Refining...
**Each Refine for a Weapon of a different Weapon Level will give you different Attack Bonus:
**Lv1 Weapons: +2 Attack per Refine
**Lv2 Weapons: +3 Attack per Refine
**Lv3 Weapons: +5 Attack per Refine
**Lv4 Weapons: +7 Attack per Refine
** Each Refine for an Armor gives a bonus of 0.8 Armor Defence

Shield (For Trap Snipers):
+10 Guard [1] --- Def 3 + 8, 1 Slot
+7 Bradium Shield [1] --- Def 5, + 5.6, Agi –1, Max HP +500
Seeker Card --- Mdef + 10, + 30% Stone Curse resistance, Enable use of Lv 1 Stone Curse
Golden Thief Bug Card --- Nullify all magic spells, including supportive skills, that target the owner at the cost of doubling SP Consumption cost when using skills.
Maya Card --- Reflect single target attack Magic back at the caster (Success Chance 50%).

Garment:
+10 Hood [1] --- Def 2 + 8.0
+5 Diabolus Manteau [1] --- Def 5 + 4.0, - 5% Neutral Property damage, Max HP +100, + 10% P.Dmg Vs. Satan Morroc, [ + Diablos Boots] Max HP + 6% .
Whisper Card --- +20 Flee, Receive +50% Damage form Undead Property Attacks
Bhapo Jr. Card --- Agi +3, Critical +1
Deviling Card --- Provide 50% resistance Vs. Neutral Property Attacks, Receive +50% Damage form attacks of other Properties

Footwear:
+6 Boots [1] --- Def 4 + 4.8
+6 Diabolus Boots [1] --- Def 4 + 4.8, Max HP + (Base Lv * 10)

Accessories:
Gloves [1] --- Dex +1
Brooch [1] --- Agi +1
Rosary [1] --- Luk +1
Earing [1] --- Int +1
Diabolus Ring [1] --- Max HP / SP +100, Receives extra 5% heal, +10% Dmg Vs Santa Morroc.
Orlean’s Glove [1] --- Dex +2, Matk + 3%
Zerom Card --- Dex +3
Kukre Card --- Agi +2
Cookie Card --- Luk +2

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III. Fighting Against MVPs
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Snipers, with their lethal ability to dish out damage form a considerable range & plenty of traps to choose form, they can be one hax of a MVP killer if used properly
Lets Categorize MVP into a Serval Groups
*Those are suggestions on soloing MVPs
*Do not attack an MVP when its too far away... It may count it as a "Rude Attack" & just teleport away with a 50% chance...
*You can either go near it & let it detect you before attacking. Or take a chance: Fire a single arrow at it to make it Aggressive toward you, hopefully it doesn't take it as a rude attack.
*Sometimes taking out slaves without engaging a MVP can be taken as a Rude Attack too.
*Its always better to let an MVP come into 14-cell range before you start attacking (Because of Rude Attack)
*If it teleports, it will take you ages to find it (e.g. Maya in Ant Hell II)
*If it comes too near to you, you can simply fly wing away. It'll be easy to look for it again since you know its last location.
*The Rude-Attack suggestion does not apply to DB MVPs since you'll be able to find it pretty easily. Just do what you think is best in DB

Immobile, Magic-Using Melee MVPs
Amon Ra~!
You can simply DS / SS him form range, and knock out the occasional slaves that he summons

*Amon Ra does not teleport when under Rude Attack
*Amon Ra's slaves act differently form other MVP slaves. They act independent of the MVP, meaning:
*The slaves will run around randomly like normal monsters, wont gather around you when MVP is under attack, and... Amon Ra can keep summoning more until the place is flooded with them

Slow-Moving, Non Magic-Using Melee MVPs
This includes MVPs like Eddga (Ignore the occasional harmless fireballs) & Vesper
Ankle Snare works wonders on them...
Having trouble with MVP Slaves taking up your Ankle Snares?
You may have noticed: Some MVPs (i.e Vesper) does not resummon their Slaves even if they are all killed
I too have no idea on why xD (sry =p), but they only start resummoning their slaves when they are Next To You.
You can actually see a Green Bar charging up on top of the MVP when it summons its slaves.
Conclusion: As long as it doesn't get near you, it doesn't have slaves.
>Get its attention and Sharp Shoot the whole group until only the MVP is left
>Ankle Snare Away~!

Basic Techniques for Ankle Snaring your MVP: (Hopefully the correct way)

Little Facts on Lv5 Ankle Snare : MVPs have a minimum ensnare time of 3 seconds, to a maximum of 4 seconds, depending on their Agility. Lv5 Ankle Snare have a set-time of 50 seconds

>When a MVP is spotted (Fenrir is a MVP too), do not run straight into it if you intent to use Ankle Snare.
>First, Make sure that there are no other monsters near / behind you, so that your traps will not be wasted on them, as well as not getting disturbed by those buggies.
>Place your first Ankle Snare right infront of yourself (Figure 1)

5_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
__|-----------------------------------------------------------------
C_|----------------------------------------------------------------
E_|----X---D------------------------------------------------M---
L_|----------------------------------------------------------------
L_|----------------------------------------------------------------
S_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Fig. 1

X = You!
M = MVP
D = Ankle Snare

>Place subsequence Ankle Snares in a slight Zigzag Manner, Leave a 1-cell Path in-between the two rows of Ankle Snares, while moving towards the MVP (Figure 2)
>Take Out any nearby non-MVP-slave monsters, especially the ones near the MVP

5_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
__|-----------------------------------------------------------------
C_|--------D-------D-------D-------D-----------------------------
E_|-----D---------------------X------------------------------M--
L_|------------D-------D-------D-------D-------------------------
L_|----------------------------------------------------------------
S_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Fig. 2

X = You again
M = MVP
D = Ankle Snare

>Once the MVP Detects you, move back into your lines of traps, and make sure there are at least 3 traps between you & your MVP (Figure 3)
>DS the living... or undead daylight out of him

5_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
__|-----------------------------------------------------------------
C_|--------D-------D-------D-------D----------------------------
E_|-----D-------------X-------------------------------------------
L_|------------D-------D-------D-------M (Ensnared)------------
L_|----------------------------------------------------------------
S_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Fig. 3

X = You
M = MVP
D = Ankle Snare

>When the MVP is Ensnared... lets say by the Ankle Snare in the LEFT row, you should move across the RIGHT row of Ankle Snare, at the same time moving back a bit before DSing (Figure 4)
>MVP will be more likely to get ensnared by the Ankle Snare on the RIGHT.

5_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
__|-----------------------------------------------------------------
C_|--------D-------D-------D-------M----------------------------
E_|-----D---------------------------------------------------------
L_|-------------D-------D-------D-------------------------------
L_|---------------------X-----------------------------------------
S_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Fig. 4

X = You
M = MVP
D = Ankle Snare

>When the Ankle Snares are coming to an end (Used up, no more behind you)
>You can either:
>*Stop attacking & place more while the MVP is Ensared
>*Flywing and look for another chance to lay another group of Ankle Snares before engaging it again
>*Or Do an U-Turn when its an Dead End / Monsters behind are not cleared out (Figure 5)

8_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
__|----------(a)----------------------------------------------------
C_|----------------M (Ensnared for 3 secs)------------------------
E_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
L_|-----------------------------------------------------------------
L_|-------------------------------------D--------------------------
S_|-----------------------------------------(d)---------------------
__|-----------------------------------------------------------------
__|----(B )-------------------------(c )-----------------------------
__|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Fig. 5

X = You
M = MVP
D = New Ankle Snare

>First… Place an Ankle Snare at Point (a), and stay at least 4 cells behind it. Attack the MVP at the meanwhile if you wish to
>When the MVP is free, and get ensnared by the Ankle Snare at Point (a), run to Point (B ), or just plainly vertically Downwards
>Get to (c ) & finally (d), place a New Ankle Snare there & continue laying more~
*If the MVP gets freed before those, simply place an Ankle Snare in-between the two of you, and run~

>This Ankle Snare method Maximise the use of space since it nearly halves the space that is needed for a Single Row Ankle Snare
>I found this tactic to be quite useful in fighting relatively slow-moving MVPs. Especially when the map is choking-full of monsters E.g. Vesper in Juperos Core
**Note: Once again, do not take up too much time when placing ankle snares since it only have a 50-second set timeÃ¢Â€Â¦ Meaning it will turn back into a trap-item after 50 seconds

>>>Important: All of the above... Indeed the whole of the Guide are just guidelines / suggestions.
>>>Everyone have their own way of fighting and I believe there are many better ways than this
>>>Please DO NOT restrict yourself to these and cease looking for better combat styles

Slow-Moving, Magic-Using Melee MVPs
Drake & Garm are 2 of them...
MVPs of this Category have relatively low HP, thus allowing you to kill them without much trouble.
Using SS form a safe distance will soon put an end to him
But when slaves come too close / you get hit by spells, especially spells like... Storm Gust form Garm or Waterball form Drake, fly wing~

Moderate-Speeded, Magic-Using Melee MVPs
Turtle General, Bacsojin & some other MVPs falls under this
At this Point, Ankle Snares no longer work efficiently (for me at least)
Sooooo~ Use Hit-And-Run instead
Run a few steps, turn back and SS the living Daylight out of them
Sounds like a bit of a coward huh?
You should always remember this: Snipers in no way are meant to be tanks. We are specialized in engaging the enemy form far
I mean... what advantage do you gain by firing a bow at melee range?
Don't do it when you have a choice

High-Speed, Non Magic-Using Melee MVPs
Taking Incantation Samurai & Maya as example...
Spam DS once it come into 14-cell range (You wont want to make a rude attack)
When it comes next to you, fly wing~

High-Speed, Magic-Using Melee MVPs
I'll just get 2 examples =)
Mistress and Doppelganger, with their high movement speed & skill / spell spammings, its not advisable to solo them when at lower levels.
>You'll need High Vit to withstand their skills / spells, E.g. Mistress's Lv28 JT, Doppelganger's Hammer Fall
> They have Lv11 Heal.... (9999 HP Heals)

>A way to reduce the chance of the MVPs healing themselves is to damage their slaves (not killing them)
>One well-aimed SS will do the job
>So instead of the MVPs healing themselves, they may start healing their slaves 1st (Lv11 Heal have a 5-second cool down)
>DS the MVP
>Fly wing when your HP is low / getting hit by JT

High-Speed, Ranged MVPs
Sniper Shecil... no
Once it uses Lv5 Power up, there's no way one can deal her physical damages (since she'll have 3 x Hit / Flee, making Flee & Hit > 800)
Avoid soloing xD

*Those are only suggestions & should not be at any point taken as the only solution for MVPing
*Never cease to explore new methods & have Fun~

Last Edit: Aug 15, 2012 11:31:40 GMT -5 by aecetia

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Post by aecetia on Aug 15, 2012 9:53:43 GMT -5

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IV. Player Vs. Player (PvP)
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Okay... Im only an average PvPer & in no way be counted as good
But since I've already started the guide, I may as well share some of my experience in PvPing (& hopefully readers will post / teach me better strategies)
So, rather being a Guide, what I wrote below is just what I would do if I ever encounter such opponents

Im always using Bow & arrows, so... I actually don't have any strategies for Trap Snipers... Sry =(
Soooo~ I'll go through Class-by-Class

General Strategies:
Observe.
*If your opponent is going to have a match with other players first, good!
*Analyze his strategy / build / skill usage & come out with a good tactic.
*Before the PvP, get ready: Frozen Arrows, Mute Arrows, Arrow of Wind, Silver Arrow, Plenty of Traps
*As for Weapons & Armors.. I strongly suggest using Status-Inflicting Cards. (Pls refer to card list in Section VI for weapon cards)

Super Novice:
Super Novice have access to all First-Classer's skills.
That includes: Frost Diver, Stone Curse, Pneuma, Bolt Spells, Heal, Hide... For Magic SNs (Super Novice)
And: Bash, Magnum Break, Mammonite, Hide, Heal... for Melee SNs
And with Blessings / increase agility / improve concentration, they can be one hard class to defeat

Magic-Build SNs
>Equip any armor with a Marc Card (Prevents Freezing)
>Or... Equip any armor with a Evil Druid Card (Prevents Freeze, Stone Curse, Sleep), but +25% Damage form Fire Property attacks, +50% Damage form Holy attacks
>Equips any garment with a Frilldora Card (Enables Lv1 Cloak)
>When the match starts, Skid Trap yourself away form him / her.
>With Mute Arrows equipped, start attacking regardless if pneuma is used (Arrows' Status Effects bypass Pneuma, Parry, Auto Guard & Improvised Defense)
>If opponent doesn't get Silenced after a considerable number of shots (possibly a Marduk Card), switch to Frozen Arrows & try your luck
>If that doesn't work too, get out from his sight range. Lay a number of Skid Traps around the place, & Cloak standing next to a wall (Frilldora Card)
>Sneak along the wall with Mute Arrow equipped, get him back into sight
>Wait for him until:
>1.) Approaches any of the Skid Traps, and shows no intention of stopping. Show no mercy after he got skidded back (DS / FA)
>2.) Being Careless of not casting / out of protection range of Pneuma
>3.) Heads for you, showing signs that he can actually see you (Maya Purple Card). Maya Purple & Marduk are both Headgear Cards... -Evil Laughs-
*Whenever your opponent is getting near you, skid trap yourself away form him / her

Melee SNs
>Equip any armor with a Marc Card (Prevents Freezing), Mute Arrows
>When the match starts, place a Freeze Trap / Skid Trap in-between him & yourself.
>Back off a bit.
>If he got frozen by the Freeze trap, use Shock Wave Traps on him. (Takes approximately 4 SW Traps to drain 75% of SP) Followed by a quick Skid Trap out of Pneuma. Do the rest.
>If he got Skid Traped out of Pneuma, fire mute arrows at him. Rinse & repeat.

High Wizard
The shorter the cast time, the more dangerous he is.
High Wizards with a long cast time shouldn't be a problem, but for those that achieve Instant / Near Instant castÃ¢Â€Â¦

Magic-Build High Wizard (Obviously)
>Equip any armor with a Marc Card (Prevents Freezing)
>Or equip any armor with a Evil Druid Card (Prevents Status), +25% Damage form Fire Property attacks, +50% Damage form Holy attacks
>Equips any garment with a Frilldora Card (Enables Lv1 Cloak)
>Equip yourself with Mute Arrows
>When the match starts, Skid Trap yourself away form him to avoid any possible Instant-SGs (Storm Gust)
>Also if your reaction is fast / his reaction is slow enough, you can avoid a potential JT since he will have nothing to target on (Since you've Skid Trap yourself away)
>If you didn't get kill by the possible JT / SG, Skid Trap more and cloak next to a wall (Don't let him see you Cloak =p)
>BackStabz~!
*Keep yourself out of SG Range since he may have a Maya Purple, although not really likely... Not many people will expect a Sniper to Clock / Hide
>Alternatively, you can just start DSing once the match commences

Professor
Highly Dangerous with their Wall of Fog, Soul Burn, Dispell, Memorise & Double Cast, Professors can prove to be one hard opponent.

Magic-Build Professor
>Equip any armor with a Marc Card (Prevents Freezing)
>Or equip any armor with a Evil Druid Card (Prevents Status), +25% Damage form Fire Property attacks, +50% Damage form Holy attacks
>Equips any garment with a Frilldora Card (Enables Lv1 Cloak)
>Equip Frozen Arrows / Mute Arrows
>Once the Match starts, Professors, fighting against a Sniper, are very likely to cast Wall of Fog
>In this case, Skid Trap yourself from him to avoid any immediate Bolt Spells.
>Spam DS into the Wall of Fog from a safe distance.
>No Professors will step out of Wall of Fog when fighting against a Sniper normally. So he may just cast another one near you.
>Get away from that one either by Skid Trap, or if space doesn't permit, walk.
>Now he would have reached a maximum of 2 Wall of Fog, & cannot cast anymore of them until the 1st one wear off (20 seconds)
>Silence him & finish the fight
>If frozen, Shock Wave Trap to limit his SP, Skid Trap him out of his Wall of Fog & continue Dealing Damage.
*You should at no point of time be near him (Soul Burn)
*Wall of Fog is not Pneuma. It just causes Ranged attack to miss 75% of the time, -75% Ranged attack damage & a -50 Hit penalty.
*In case of him having a Dark Frame Card (Stone Curse, 20%), you can replace DS with FA insteadÃ¢Â€Â¦ Not really effective though

Battle Professor
>Professors that concentrates on ASPD & Auto Spell, may also cast spells form time to time
>Tactics are generally the same as Magic-Build Professors

Sniper

Bow Sniper
What else?
Mute Arrow, Dark Frame Card & DS spamzzzzzzz~

Gypsy
If you cant kill her within 3 seconds, you're most likely to be dead
Opponent's likely Strategy: Lv10 Please Don't Forget Me, followed by Lv10 Arrow Vulcan
>Armor with Dark Frame Card (Stone Curse, 20%)
>Froze Arrow
>Garment with Noxious Card (-10% Ranged damage, +10% Resistance Vs. Neutral Attacks)
>At the start of the match, Skid Trap yourself to avoid "Please Don't Forget Me"
>DS / SS / FA and hope that you can survive the 1st Arrow Vulcan

Clown
Opponent's likely Strategy: Arrow Vulcan, followed by Froze Joker, then yet another Arrow Vulcan
>Equip any armor with a Marc Card (Prevents Freezing from Froze Joker)
>Mute Arrows
>Garment with Noxious Card (-10% Ranged damage, +10% Resistance Vs. Neutral Attacks)
>Just pray that he doesn't have a Dark Frame Card on him...
*Opponent may keep on trying to use Froze Joker on you, not realizing that you have Unfrozen Armor on. This will give you more time for DS / SS / FA

Assassin Cross
With a wide range of Weapons & Skills, Assassin Cross can be yet another formidable opponent
All Strategies are written in assumption that you do not have A Maya Purple Card.

Soul Breaker Sinx
Specialized in using SD (Soul Breaker), Damage depending on builds & equipments.
Some will have a high-damage but long cool down
While some will Deal relatively low damage, but also having a short cool down
If its both Fast & Deadly, then... good luck ya?

Opponent will either SD immediately, and walk away waiting for the cool-down to end (if any), then Cloak & look for another chance to SD
Or keep Spamming SD
Or Backslide away, Cloak & look for a chance to SD
Or just attempting to Cloak straight away
>Equip Armor with Dark Frame Card (Stone Curse, 20%)
>Or Armor with Argiope Card (Enchants armor with Poison Property)
>Mute Arrows
>Garment with Noxious Card (-10% Ranged damage, +10% Resistance Vs. Neutral Attacks)
>Awakening Potion
>When someone is counting down, get your mouse with DS / FA ready
>Once the match starts, DS / FA immediately (Preferably DS). This is VERY important.
*A well-timed / fast DS can reveal an opponent that is trying to Cloak, opponent may panic and attempts to Cloak again.
*He either die trying to Cloak, or takes lots of damage before Cloaking
>If the opponent managed to Cloak / Hide, there isn't much you can do without Maya Purple... but, there is a method you can try
>Go to a corner (if there is one), lay out Freeze Traps all around, it doesn’t matter if your opponent sees you laying them
>Let the rest cover a large raidus, while leaving one gap that leads to you.
>Seal up that gap with a freeze trap, let it be 8 cells away from you.
>Just maybe… maybe the opponent will try to sneak an attack from that gap, seeing that the freeze trap is much closer to you compared to others.
>Well, since SD has a range of 9 cells, the trap will activate 1cell before he gets into range
*Its only a possible way, and will vary form opponent to opponent

Sonic Blow Sinx
Uses a Katar & deals massive damage at close range, especially with Enchant Deadly Poison skill (Damage + 400%)
With their occasional Grimtooth, it wont be a easy fight
>Equip Armor with Dark Frame Card (Stone Curse, 20%)
>Or Armor with Argiope Card (Enchants armor with Poison Property)
>Or Armor with Brilight Card (20% to Silence Opponent)
>Mute Arrows
Opponent's likely Strategy:
Cloak, walk towards you and SB (Sonic Blow)
Just walk to you & SB
Have his back facing you before the match starts, & Backslide + SB once the match commence
Hide & Grimtooth
>When the match starts, place a Freeze Trap / Sandman in front of you
>If he Freezes / Sleeps, use Shock Wave Traps on him. Finish the fight
>If he didn't freeze / sleep, or didn't even come your way, estimate his path & walk speed, and place a Freeze Trap / Sandman.
>Usually... If he was within 4 cells of you, he may not have time to react & walk right onto the trap.
>Or simply use Detecting. Its best to reveal him with your First Detecting, since he will be more prepared to re-cloak for subsequence Detectings
>If you're desperate / panicking, you can Skid Trap yourself away, and place a maze of traps around you
>If you see a sudden Bright Light (Hiding Skill), similar to DS animation, Skid Trap yourself away form the light, instead of trying to walk way on foot
*Grimtooth requires the user to Hide before the skill can be used. Hiding Skill gives a bright light similar to DS animation
*Arrow Shower can be another good way to reveal Clocked opponents. It reveals the opponent, as well as dealing damage to him
*The set back is that Arrow Shower have a long skill animation, & also only affects a 3x3 area

Poison Sinx (Venom Dust + Venom Splasher)
>Equip Armor with Argiope Card (Enchants armor with Poison Property)
>Mute Arrows
>Garment with Bapho Jr. Card (Agi +3, Critical +1)
Often Cloaks, pops out beside you, casts Venom Dust & Cloaks again
When he thinks that your HP is below 75%, he'll cast Venom Splasher on you before Cloaking again
>When the match starts, place a Freeze Trap / Sandman in front of yourself. If it works, Shock Wave Traps.
>But if it doesn... Place traps randomly while walking away form his direction.
>Use Detecting & DS if possible. (Not much of a good strategy... but well, just a suggestion)
*The traps are place to slow him down, as well as to distract him
*And also a chance of him to walk / Backslide into it when revealed by Detecting and trying to get away

Stalker
Expertised with the use of Bow Class Weapons, as well as melee weapon such as Swords & Daggers.
With the Full Strip skill, Hide, Tunnel Drive, Chase Walk & the ability to copy skills, it will prove to be yet another challenging match
Strategies used in assumption that Maya Purple isn't available

Bow Stalker
Possible Skills used during PvP:
Stalker Skills:
>Double Strafe - Main Offensive Skill used by Bow Stalkers.
>Raid - Must be used when Hiding, deals damage as well as giving a chance to stud / blind target.
>Hiding (Tunnel Drive) - Thief's "Hide" skill with the ability to move around. Traps do not work against this, but Detecting will
>Chase Walk - Cloak that cannot be revealed by any other skills other than AoE skills / spells. Arrow Shower & Traps can put an end to this skill
>Full Strip - Hax when used after Frost Diver. A Full-Divested target will have his Headgear, Armor & Weapon removed (and unable to equip any) for a time duration
>Close Confine - Disable movement for both opponent & himself. Usually used together with Full Strip
>Back Slide - Move backwards 5 cells.
Plagiarized Skill: (Only one of the following)
>Frost Diver - Really terrifying skill since Full Strip will be used after this. A stripped Bow Build Sniper = ...
>Bowl Bash - A common plagiarized skill for training. They may not be bothered with getting a new skill for PvP. Not really efficient Vs. Snipers since it isn't ranged...
>Heal - Copied through a Evil Druid Card, this can be one annoying skill when they start getting behind pillars & healing themselves
>Storm Gust - Not normally used against Snipers since Snipers don't usually cloak. Also mainly of the high SP consumption & comparatively long cast time.
>Improvised Defense - Immune to ranged attacks for 3 seconds. Well~ status form weapons & bows still go through...

Many of them will have a Status Bow + Status arrows equipped for the match. So...
>Marduk Card for Headgear
>Equip any armor with a Evil Druid Card (Prevents Status), +25% Damage form Fire Property attacks, +50% Damage form Holy attacks
>Status bow of choice
>Mute Arrow / Frozen Arrow
>Concentration Potion / Awakening Potion
>Equips any garment with a Frilldora Card (Enables Lv1 Cloak)

When the match starts...
>DS straight away... You can deal quite some damage if his 1st skill is Frost Diver (Since you won't Freeze), or Chase Walk (of the cast time)
*Do not give him a chance to either Get near you, Hide, or Chase Walk.
*Letting Him get next to you will give him a chance to cast Full Strip (Full Divest).
*While Hide & Chase Walk will enable him to pop up next to you for a Full Strip
>If he managed to Hide / Chase Walk, Skid Trap yourself away form the immediate area & put up random Freeze Traps around yourself. (At least 2 layers)
>Use Detecting around yourself, while getting your other finger ready on the DS button. (Some stalkers will DS you from far if he think that He cannot get near you / you wont be expecting DS)
*If a stalker ever manage to get to you, do not panic by starting to DS him. (More likely for him to strip you 1st before you can kill him).
*Use a Skid Trap. It doesn't matter who you skid, just don't let him stay in the neighbouring cell. The main idea is to Prevent further Full Strips / Break Close Confine.
>Not all are lost if you got Full Stripped. Cloak beside the nearest wall (Frilldora Card). Give him a FA if your HP allows (FA have a 3 sces cooldown, & you'll be taking hits form his bow for the duration
>Or cloak until the effect of Full Strip wears off... (Will drain a hefty amount of SP though)

Dagger / Sword Stalker
Possible Skills used during PvP:
Stalker Skills:
>Hiding (Tunnel Drive) - Thief's "Hide" skill with the ability to move around. Traps do not work against this, but Detecting will
>Chase Walk - Cloak that cannot be revealed by any other skills other than AoE skills / spells. Arrow Shower & Traps can put an end to this skill
>Full Strip - Hax when used after Frost Diver. A Full-Divested target will have his Headgear, Armor & Weapon removed (and unable to equip any) for a time duration
>Close Confine - Disable movement for both opponent & himself. Usually used together with Full Strip
>Back Stab - Pushes a knife into your back for a lot a lot of damage (ouch in the spine ><). Must be behind target to use this skill
>Raid - Must be used when Hiding, deals damage as well as giving a chance to stud / blind target.
>Back Slide - Move backwards 5 cells
Plagiarized Skill: (Only one of the following)
>Frost Diver - Really terrifying skill since Full Strip will be used after this. A stripped Bow Build Sniper = ...
>Bowl Bash - A common plagiarized skill for training, but can prove useful when combined with other melee skills.
>Heal - Copied through a Evil Druid Card, this can be one annoying skill when they start getting behind pillars & healing themselves
>Storm Gust - Not normally used against Snipers since Snipers don't usually cloak. Also mainly of the high SP consumption & comparatively long cast time.
>Improvised Defense - Immune to ranged attacks for 3 seconds. Well~ status form weapons & bows still go through...
>Holy Cross - A melee, holy property attack that has a short cool down & decent damage.

Try to get...
>Marduk Card for Headgear
>Equip any armor with a Evil Druid Card (Prevents Status), +25% Damage form Fire Property attacks, +50% Damage form Holy attacks
>Status bow of choice
>Mute Arrow / Frozen Arrow
>Concentration Potion / Awakening Potion
>Equips any garment with a Frilldora Card (Enables Lv1 Cloak)

When the match starts...
>DS like there's no tomorrow until... Opponent is close to you / uses Hide or Chase Walk
>Lay a ring of Freeze traps around yourself, & start using Detecting here and there...
>Opponent may use Back Slide to get next to you for Full Strip / Close Confine. You can either : Skid Trap someone away, or Risk by placing a Status trap.
>If he is using Chase Walk, try to look out for Foot Prints on the floor. It will be easier for you to see if you're standing on Light-Coloured Terrains. See him? Traps / Arrow Shower.
*Without Maya Purple, there isn't much that you can do but to wait. Well... he can't recover HP / SP while hiding. He can't hide forever, can he?

Gunslinger
Gunslingers use a wide range of firearms: Revolvers, Rifles, Shotguns, Gatling Guns & Grenade Launchers
Revolvers - Also widely known as pistols. Delivers damage through its high ASPD, Bullet Shower & Desperado
Rifles - Have a lower ASPD but higher damage compared to Revolvers. Commonly used with Disarm, Piercing Shot & Bull's Eye
Shotguns - Very low ASPD but deals insane damage when used with skills. Frequently used with Shotgun Frenzy & Choke
Gatling Guns - Supposedly the Firearm with highest ASPD... Not anymore after one of the updates though. Can be used with Gatling Fever & Madness Canceller.
Grenade Launcher - Not as great as it sounds with its moderate damage & without shiniez graphics. The least popular GS weapon.

>Equip any armor with a Dark Frame Card (Stone Curse, 20%)
>Status bow of choice
>Mute Arrow / Frozen Arrow
>Garment with Noxious Card (-10% Ranged damage, +10% Resistance Vs. Neutral Attacks)
>Concentration Potion / Awakening Potion

When the match starts...
>There isn't really any strategy when fighting GS... It doesn't matter what skill / weapon he uses. (for me at least)
>You can either use DS all the way, or deal around 4,000 damage using DS, followed by FA.

High Priest
High Priests have various skills & buffs to their disposal, that make them a hard class to go against.
Actually, the chance of winning a High Priest is quite... slim
I don't have much of a strategy... I always react to situations, & end up losing anyway /pcry
Scrolls-Using Priest
Since Scrolls are allowed in PvP, a lot of Priests have taken up scrolls as their main offensive skill.

Possible Skills During PvP:
>Bolt Scrolls (Lv3 / Lv5) --- Allows the Caster to summon bolts at no SP cost. Fire Bolt & Lightning Scrolls are widely used in combination with Dark Frame / Sasquatch Cards
>Lex Divina --- Silences the opponent
>Lex Aeterna --- Doubles the damage of a single attack. Used before a Bolt Scroll / Holy Light
>Holy Light --- Some High Priests use this together with Bolt Scrolls, reasons unknown. (probably ran out of scrolls)
>Pneuma --- Render all incoming ranged physical attack useless within a 3x3 area for 10 seconds

Suggested equips:
>Marduk Card for headgear --- Immune to Silence
>Marc Card for Armor --- Immune Freezing
>Or Evil Druid Card --- Immune to Sleep, Freeze, Stone Curse, doomed by Magnus Exorcismus
>Metaller Card for Weapon --- 5% chance auto cast "Silence"
>Breeze Card for Weapon --- 5% chance auto cast "External Bleeding"
> Frilldora Card for Garment --- Enables Lv1 Cloak
>1 Smokie Card for Accessory --- Enables Lv1 Hiding
>Frozen Arrows
>Awaking Potion

A Scrolling-Using Priest is just like... a wizard. With Pneuma, Lex Aeterna, Lex Divina, Heal & Buffs. =(

When the Match Starts:
>Skid trap yourself away from your opponent & start attacking regardless of Pneuma.
>If opponent is Silenced, Skid Trap him out of Pneuma if you are near. Attack with all you've got.
>If opponent is Frozen, use Shock Wave Traps on him to limit his SP for the moment.
>When he start Casting a spell on you, try using Hiding to avoid damage. (Works with Caster with relatively Low Dex)
>Use Lv1 Cloak when you want to reorganise / think of a better strategy.

Holy Light Priest
As stated, uses Holy Light as their main offensive skill. 5 times as Deadly when Soul Linked.

Possible Skills During PvP:
>Holy Light --- Main Offensive Skill that packs a punch especially against Evil Druid Cards, 5 punches with Soul Link
>Lex Divina --- Silences the opponent
>Lex Aeterna --- Doubles the damage of a single attack. Used before a Bolt Scroll / Holy Light
>Pneuma --- Render all incoming ranged physical attack useless within a 3x3 area for 10 seconds

Suggested equips:
>Marduk Card for headgear --- Immune to Silence
>Marc Card for Armor --- Immune Freezing
>Or Evil Druid Card --- Immune to Sleep, Freeze, Stone Curse, doomed by Magnua Exorcismus
>Or Angeling Card --- Enchants an Armor with the Holy Property (Makes life so much easier)
>Metaller Card for Weapon --- 5% chance auto cast "Silence"
>Breeze Card for Weapon --- 5% chance auto cast "External Bleeding"
>Frilldora Card for Garment --- Enables Lv1 Cloak
>1 Smokie Card for Accessory --- Enables Lv1 Hiding
>Frozen Arrows
>Awaking Potion

When the Match Starts:
>Skid trap yourself away from your opponent & start attacking regardless of Pneuma.
>If opponent is Silenced, Skid Trap him out of Pneuma if you are near. Attack with all you've got.
>If opponent is Frozen, use Shock Wave Traps on him to limit his SP for the moment.
>When he start Casting Holy Light on you, try using Hiding to avoid damage. (Works with Caster with relatively Low Dex)
>Use Lv1 Cloak when you want to reorganise / think of a better strategy.
*If you are wearing Angeling Armor, opponent may start to use Bolt Scrolls on you if he has some scrolls on him / having @storage

Combat Pirest
Archives obliteration through the use of Weapons in combination with various recovery & supportive skills.
Rare, but they do exist /ok

Possible Skills During PvP:
>Lex Divina --- Silences the opponent
>Lex Aeterna --- Doubles the damage of a single attack. Used before a Bolt Scroll / Holy Light
>Pneuma --- Render all incoming ranged physical attack useless within a 3x3 area for 10 seconds
>Decrease Agility (Lv10) --- Decreases Target's Agility by 12 & movement speed by 25%.

Suggested equips:
>Marduk Card for headgear --- Immune to Silence
>Marc Card for Armor --- Immune Freezing
>Or Evil Druid Card --- Immune to Sleep, Freeze, Stone Curse, doomed by Magnua Exorcismus
>Metaller Card for Weapon --- 5% chance auto cast "Silence"
>Breeze Card for Weapon --- 5% chance auto cast "External Bleeding"
>Frilldora Card for Garment --- Enables Lv1 Cloak
>Frozen Arrows
>Awaking Potion

When the Match Starts:
>Skid trap yourself away from your opponent & start attacking regardless of Pneuma.
>If opponent is Silenced, Skid Trap him out of Pneuma if you are near. Attack with all you've got.
>If opponent is Frozen, use Shock Wave Traps on him to limit his SP for the moment.
>When he casts Decrease Agility & comes after you, do not panic. You can always use Skid Traps.
>Use Lv1 Cloak when you want to reorganise / think of a better strategy.

Champion

Normal Attack + Combo Skills --- Not affected by Converters
Occult Impaction --- Interruptible, Not Affected by Converters
Finger Offensive --- Uninterruptible, Affected by Converters
Asura Strike --- Interruptible, Not Affected by Converters

Asura Champion

Aims to Knock Out the opponent with just one attack, an Asura Champ with the right equips can achieve a near-instant Asura Strike with at least 80k damage.

Possible Skills During PvP:
>Pneuma --- Render all incoming ranged physical attack useless within a 3x3 area for 10 seconds
>Decrease Agility (Lv10) --- Decreases Target's Agility by 12 & movement speed by 25%.
>Asura Strike --- A high-damage Neutral Property attack that uses up all SP, but deals damage according to Attack & amount of SP.
>Body Relocation --- Controlled teleportation to destined cell (Max 18 cells). Although its a good skill, it requires one sphere to cast, & so the Champion needs to recast Hyper Spirit Sphere before Asura. Many Champions also lacks the Job Level to unlock the skill (i.e. thinks that other skills are more important)

Suggested equips:

>Ghostring Card for Armor --- Enchants Armor with the Ghost Property (75% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks)
>Raydric Card for Garment --- +20% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks
OR
>Deviling Card for Garment --- +50% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks, -50% Resistance to all other Elements
OR
>Raydric Card for Garment --- +20% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks
AND
>Metaller Card for Weapon --- 5% chance auto cast "Silence"
>Smokie Card for Accessory --- Enables Lv1 Hiding
>Frozen Arrows
>Awaking Potion

When the Match Starts:
*With Ghostring + Raydric
Basically... Let him Asura you.
Do whatever you want to him after that~

*With Deviling / Raydric
-- With Deviling Card, you have a 50% Resistance Vs. Big Kaboom aka. Asura Strike
-- Do not let your guard down though... A 50k-Asura will still be able to deal 25k damage.
-- 50% Reduction only reduces a 50k-Asura to 25k. Still deadly enough to take out most of the Snipers...

>Skid trap yourself away from your opponent & start attacking regardless of Pneuma.
>If opponent is Silenced, Skid Trap him out of Pneuma if you are near. Attack with all you've got.
>If opponent is Frozen, use Shock Wave Traps on him to reduce his Asura Damage
>If he uses Body Relocation to reach you, you can either use Freeze Trap, Hide Clip, Normal Attack, DS, FA, or Skid Trap + Attacks
*Freeze trap may fail because: He is wearing Marc, or you have bad luck. A Successful Freeze Trap will allow you to lay lots of Shock Wave Traps
*Hide Clip won't work if his Asura have a short cast time. "What if he uses Pneuma before / after Body Relocation?" Although you'll be revealed + damaged, Asura's cast will be broken, requiring a re-cast (Yet to confirm)*Normal Attack / DS / FA will not work if he casts Pneuma right after that. Even if he doesn't cast Pneuma, you'll have to kill him before he finishes casting Asura / hope that his Asura doesn't hurt too much.
*Skid Trap followed by Attacks: Skid Trap alone won't work if he had already start casting Asura on you, but since Asura is interruptible without Bloody Butterfly / Phen... Can try taking your chance~
>When he casts Decrease Agility & comes after you, do not panic. You can always use Skid Traps.

Combo Champion
Combo Champs uses a wide range of combo skills to pound their foe into many tiny pieces.

Common Combo sequence
1. Raging Trifecta Blow > Raging Quadruple Blow > Raging Thrust > Tiger Knuckle Fist > Chain Crash Combo
2. Raging Trifecta Blow > Raging Quadruple Blow > Raging Thrust > Tiger Knuckle Fist > Asura Strike
3. Raging Trifecta Blow > Raging Quadruple Blow > Raging Thrust > Chain Crash Combo > Asura Strike
4. Raging Trifecta Blow > Raging Quadruple Blow > Raging Thrust > Raging Palm Strike
5. Raging Trifecta Blow > Raging Quadruple Blow

Suggested equips:

>Ghostring Card for Armor --- Enchants Armor with the Ghost Property (75% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks)
OR
>Raydric Card for Garment --- +20% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks
OR
>Deviling Card for Garment --- +50% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks, -50% Resistance to all other Elements
OR
>Raydric Card for Garment --- +20% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks
AND
>Metaller Card for Weapon --- 5% chance auto cast "Silence"
>Smokie Card for Accessory --- Enables Lv1 Hiding
>Frozen Arrows
>Awaking Potion

When the match starts:
>Skid trap yourself away from your opponent & start attacking regardless of Pneuma.
>If opponent is Silenced, Skid Trap him out of Pneuma if you are near. Attack with all you've got.
>If opponent is Frozen, use Shock Wave Traps on him to reduce his Asura Damage
>If he uses Body Relocation to reach you, Skid him away & continue attacking
*Do not be dazed by the shiniez combos if he managed to use them on you, simply Skid him away

Finger Offensive Champion
Throws their spheres like shiny golf balls to deal damage.
Unlike other Champion skills, Finger Offensive's element can be changed with Elemental Converters, i.e Neutral Reduction Gears no longer works.
Finger Offensive cannot be interrupted.

Suggested equips (assuming no converters)
>Ghostring Card for Armor --- Enchants Armor with the Ghost Property (75% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks)
>Raydric Card for Garment --- +20% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks
OR
>Deviling Card for Garment --- +50% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks, -50% Resistance to all other Elements
OR
>Raydric Card for Garment --- +20% Resistance Vs. Neutral Property attacks
AND
>Metaller Card for Weapon --- 5% chance auto cast "Silence"
>Smokie Card for Accessory --- Enables Lv1 Hiding
>Frozen Arrows
>Awaking Potion

Suggested equips (assuming converters being used)
>Marduk Card for Headgear --- Immune Vs. Silence
>Metaller Card for Weapon --- 5% chance auto cast "Silence"
>Smokie Card for Accessory --- Enables Lv1 Hiding
>Garment with Noxious Card (-10% Ranged damage, +10% Resistance Vs. Neutral Attacks)
>Frozen Arrows

When the match starts:
Get Close to him.

>If he casts Pneuma 1st... (Finger Offensive is counted as Ranged Physical Attack, and can be blocked off even by his own Pneuma)
>Skid him away and claim the Pneuma as your own OR use Freeze / Sandman trap on him

>If he uses Finger Offensive right away, you can either try to kill him before he finishes casting / use Hide

>If he uses Body Relocation, followed by Pneuma & Finger Offensive form a distance, use Hide

>When in doubt, use Hide since he can reveal you only by using Pneuma, and when he is next to you, lay traps / start attacking him

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V. Monster Property Vs Arrows & Cards
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As you can see, Monsters, like us Human Beings (that hopefully apply to all readers), have various Races, Sizes & Properties (Properties = Elements)

Monsters' Elemental Property & Their Elemental Levels

Property (Elemental) & Elemental Levels :
Neutral <-> Ghost
Fire <- Water <- Wind <- Earth <- Fire
Holy <-> Shadow / Undead
Poison

As you can see, Fire is weak again Water Property attacks, while Water is weak against Wind Property attacks & so on...
So, to deal extra damage to lets say... Earth Property Enemy, its best to use Flame Arrows (Fire)

For Elemental Levels, you may have noticed... there is a number behind a monster's Elemental Property
Example : Earth 2, Shadow 4, Fire 1, Water 3 & so on...

Monster of that particular Elemental Property gains Extra Resistances against its own property, as well as the element that it suppresses, both dependent on its Elemental Level
A simple example : Wolf (Earth 1). It gains 50% resistance vs. Wind Attribute Attacks, 0% resistance vs. Earth Attribute Attacks, while receiving 50% penalty vs. Fire Attribute Attacks

As the Elemental Level Increases, the monster gains extra resistance vs. attacks of own property & suppressed property, as well as increasing penalty % damage from the dominating Element
Another example : Sandman (Earth 3). It gains 100% resistance vs. Wind Attribute Attacks (Immune), 100% resistance vs. Earth Attribute Attacks (Immune), while receiving 100% penalty vs. Fire Attribute Attacks (200% Dmg)

Other than using the right arrows at the right time, Card are good ways to maximise your damage too. Please refer to the next section for the list of Cards.

Damage Reduction / Penalty List corresponding to Elemental Levels:
* Negative % Dmg received means the attack actually heals the Monster. Negative % Dmg will only occur IF the attack and the Monster are of same property. (Except Undead & Poison)
* Example : Cat 'O Nine Tails (Fire 3), -25% Fire Dmg. A Flame Arrow with 1000 Fire Damage will heal it for (1000 x 25%) = 250 HP

** Damage from Elemental Attacks not matching with the Monster's Element will NOT go below 0% (Except Undead & Poison)

Neutral Property : (Weak Vs. ---) (Normal Vs. Neutral, Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Holy, Shadow, Undead, Poison) (Immune to Ghost)
Monsters Regardless of Elemental Levels are Immune to Ghost Attribute Attacks, and receives no bonus or penalties on resistances from other attacks

Fire Property : (Weak Vs. Water, Poison(Lv1, Lv2)) (Normal Vs. Neutral, Wind) (Resistance Vs. Fire, Earth, Ghost, Undead, Shadow(Lv4), Holy(Lv4)) Fire 1 Monsters receive 25% Fire Damage, 50% Earth Damage, 100% Ghost Damage, 100% Undead Damage, 150% Water Damage, 125% Poison Damage
Fire 2 Monsters receive 0% Fire Damage, 25% Earth Damage, 75% Ghost Damage, 75% Undead Damage, 175% Water Damage, 125% Poison Damage
Fire 3 Monsters receive -25% Fire Damage, 0% Earth Damage, 50% Ghost Damage, 50% Undead Damage, 200% Water Damage.
Fire 4 Monsters receive -50% Fire Damage, 0% Earth Damage, 25% Ghost Damage, 25% Undead Damage, 200% Water Damage. 75% Shadow Damage, 75% Holy Damage

Water Property : (Weak Vs. Wind) (Normal Vs. Neutral, Earth, Shadow) (Resistance Vs. Water, Fire, Poison, Ghost, Undead, Holy(Lv4))
Water 1 Monster receives 25% Water Damage, 50% Fire Damage, 100% Poison Damage, 100% Ghost Damage, 100% Undead Damage, 175% Wind Damage.
Water 2 Monster receives 0% Water Damage, 25% Fire Damage, 75% Poison Damage, 75% Ghost Damage, 75% Undead Damage, 175% Wind Damage.
Water 3 Monster receives -25% Water Damage, 0% Fire Damage, 50% Poison Damage, 50% Ghost Damage, 50% Undead Damage, 200% Wind Damage
Water 4 Monster receives -50% Water Damage, 0% Fire Damage, 25% Poison Damage, 25% Ghost Damage, 25% Undead Damage, 200% Wind Damage, 75% Holy Damage

Wind Property : (Weak Vs. Earth) (Normal Vs. Neutral, Fire, Shadow) (Resistance Vs. Wind, Water, Ghost, Undead, Poison(Lv4), Holy(Lv4))
Wind 1 Monster receives 25% Wind Damage, 50% Water Damage, 100% Ghost Damage, 100% Undead Damage, 150% Earth Damage.
Wind 2 Monster receives 0% Wind Damage, 25% Water Damage, 75% Ghost Damage, 75% Undead Damage, 175% Earth Damage.
Wind 3 Monster receives -25% Wind Damage, 0% Water Damage, 50% Ghost Damage, 50% Undead Damage, 200% Earth Damage.
Wind 4 Monster receives -50% Wind Damage, 0% Water Damage, 25% Ghost Damage, 25% Undead Damage, 200% Earth Damage, 75% Poison Damage, 75% Holy Damage

Earth Property : (Weak Vs. Fire) (Normal Vs. Neutral, Water, Shadow) (Resistance Vs. Earth, Wind, Ghost, Undead, Poison(Lv4), Holy(Lv4))
Earth 1 Monster receives 100% Earth Damage, 50% Wind Damage, 100% Ghost Damage, 100% Undead Damage, 150% Fire Damage.
Earth 2 Monster receives 50% Earth Damage, 25% Wind Damage, 75% Ghost Damage, 75% Undead Damage, 175% Fire Damage.
Earth 3 Monster receives 0% Earth Damage, 0% Wind Damage, 50% Ghost Damage, 50% Undead Damage, 200% Fire Damage.
Earth 4 Monster receives -50% Earth Damage, 0% Wind Damage, 25% Ghost Damage, 25% Undead Damage, 200% Fire Damage, 75% Poison Damage, 75% Holy Damage

Holy Property : (Weak Vs. Shadow, Undead) (Normal Vs. Neutral) (Resistance Vs. Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Poison, Ghost, Holy)
Holy 1 Monster receives 75% Damage From Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Poison & Ghost Attacks, 0% Damage form Holy Attack. 125% Damage form Shadow Attack, 100% Damage form Undead Attack
Holy 2 Monster receives 50% Damage From Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Poison & Ghost Attacks, -25% Damage form Holy Attack. 150% Damage form Shadow Attack, 125% Damage form Undead Attack
Holy 3 Monster receives 25% Damage From Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Poison & Ghost Attacks, -50% Damage form Holy Attack. 175% Damage form Shadow Attack, 150% Damage form Undead Attack
Holy 4 Monster receives 0% Damage From Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Poison & Ghost Attacks, -75% Damage form Holy Attack. 200% Damage form Shadow Attack, 175% Damage form Undead Attack

Shadow Property : (Weak Vs. Holy) (Normal Vs. Neutral, Fire, Water, Wind, Earth) (Resistance Vs. Shadow, Undead, Poison, Ghost)
Shadow 1 Monster receives 0% Shadow Damage, 0% Undead Damage, 50% Poison Damage, 75% Ghost Damage, 125% Holy Damage
Shadow 2 Monster receives -25% Shadow Damage, 0% Undead Damage, 25% Poison Damage, 50% Ghost Damage, 150% Holy Damage
Shadow 3 Monster receives -50% Shadow Damage, 0% Undead Damage, 0% Poison Damage, 25% Ghost Damage, 175% Holy Damage
Shadow 4 Monster receives -75% Shadow Damage, 0% Undead Damage, 0% Poison Damage, 0% Ghost Damage, 200% Holy Damage

Undead Property : (Weak Vs. Holy, Ghost, Fire, Water) (Normal Vs. Neutral, Wind, Poison) (Resistance Vs. Undead, Shadow, Earth)[/u]
Undead 1 Monster receives 0% Undead Damage, -25% Shadow Damage, 100% Earth Damage, 100% Ghost Damage, 150% Holy Damage, 125% Fire Damage, 100% Water Damage
Undead 2 Monster receives 0% Undead Damage, -50% Shadow Damage, 100% Earth Damage, 125% Ghost Damage, 175% Holy Damage, 150% Fire Damage, 100% Water Damage
Undead 3 Monster receives 0% Undead Damage, -75% Shadow Damage, 75% Earth Damage, 150% Ghost Damage, 200% Holy Damage, 175% Fire Damage, 125% Water Damage
Undead 4 Monster receives 0% Undead Damage, -100% Shadow Damage, 50% Earth Damage, 175% Ghost Damage, 200% Holy Damage, 200% Fire Damage, 150% Water Damage

Poison Property : (Weak Vs. Holy(Lv3, Lv4)) (Normal Vs. Neutral) (Resistance Vs. Poison, Shadow, Undead, Ghost, Fire(Lv4), Water(Lv4), Wind(Lv4), Earth(Lv4))
Poison 1 Monster receives 0% Poison Damage, 50% Shadow Damage, 50% Undead Damage, 100% Ghost Damage, 100% Holy Damage
Poison 2 Monster receives 0% Poison Damage, 25% Shadow Damage, 25% Undead Damage, 75% Ghost Damage, 100% Holy Damage
Poison 3 Monster receives 0% Poison Damage, 0% Shadow Damage, 0% Undead Damage, 50% Ghost Damage, 125% Holy Damage
Poison 4 Monster receives 0% Poison Damage, -25% Shadow Damage, -25% Undead Damage, 25% Ghost Damage, 125% Holy Damage, 75% Fire, Water, Wind, Earth Damage
# The only Poison 4 Monster in the Database is Eremes Guile & its MVP version.

Ghost Property : (Weak Vs. Ghost) (Normal Vs Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Shadow, Undead, Holy) (Resistance Vs. Neutral, Poison)
Ghost 1 Monster receives 25% Neutral Damage, 100% Poison Damage, 125% Ghost Damage
Ghost 2 Monster receives 25% Neutral Damage, 75% Poison Damage, 150% Ghost Damage
Ghost 3 Monster receives 0% Neutral Damage, 50% Poison Damage, 175% Ghost Damage
Ghost 4 Monster receives 0% Neutral Damage, 25% Poison Damage, 200% Ghost Damage

Monster Races

Monsters come in Various Races too.
-> Targets with the word "Plant" & "Mushroom"... and "Antonio" in their names receives 1 Damage per hit, no matter the Player's attack power
-> Undeads are not affected by Freeze, Stun, Sleep, Curse, Confusion & Stone Curse
-> Monsters of Insect & Demon Races Detects Hide / Cloak (Mini Boss / MVP Detects Hide & Cloak too)
-> The many Race-Specific Weapon & Armor Cards

Monster Sizes

Some Weapons have a disadvantage Vs Monsters with a certain Size Modifier...
Lets have a look at Bows, Daggers and ... Bare Hands
Weapon Type / Small / Medium / Large
Bow / 100% / 100% / 75%
Dagger / 100% / 75% / 50%
Bare Hands / 100% / 100% / 100%

Out of all the Weapons a Hunter / Sniper can use, Bow and Traps are your best friends...
As you can see, Bow class weapons Deal full damage to Small & Medium enemies, but only 75% to Large enemies
Small Size: All monster with the size modifier 'Small'
Medium Size: All monster with the size modifier 'Medium', Players not riding Peco Peco
Large Size: All monster with the size modifier 'Large', Players riding Peco Pecos

To Maximise the damage to "Large" opponents, you can:
1.) Use a Drake Card ---- Remove Damage Penalty resulting from enemy size
2.) Use "Falcon Assault" in between your attacks
3.) Auto-Blitz

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Post by superbia on Aug 15, 2012 11:43:08 GMT -5

It's not a bad bad first build but,

You have base exp values that don't mean anything because the exp chart isn't displayed/explained/referenced. And since you are including newbie tips like where to get arrows/npc weapons and what skills, it seems like an oversight that it wouldn't be explained with the rates. The main problem is you include so much information( a lot of it, very basic ) that in order for it to make sense, you need to explain a lot more. The ordering hurts it too, since it seems like its directed towards people who haven't played RO before. You need to include elemental weakness/size damage/useful early weapons, armor and cards closer to the top.

Your explanations are incredibly verbose without touching on the significance or reasoning. You have all of the skills listed, and they seem to serve no other than to fill space. Perhaps include why a a skill is significant, or remove them all together and replace it will a screen shot of the archer skill tree? ( Making someone read their own skills is handy )
Your leveling spots are highly outdated, as if they were written for another server with much lower rates. 15-40 in payon dungeon, with fire arrows, is less then 10 minutes of killing. There isn't a need to move around as much. Stating overlapping places to level just makes it kind of confusing for new players as to where to go.

Your gear descriptions include arbitrary refine rates ( +10 guard,+6 garments? ), some of your item desc. are completely wrong ( Pest card is an armor card, not a foot gear card. And does none of the things you said it does ) You don't include very many helpful cards and even leave out important pieces of gear for snipers!

Bradium shield? Thats a ridiculously heavy shield for a 1str class. You didn't include valk shield for that, Ghost ring is used a lot, and it's not very useful on a sniper due to the fact that most enemies will never get close enough to hit you. Which you even mention in your guide.

The amount of MvP cards listed is Jarring, and really doesn't help a new player fit in any better.

Suggesting Tao/GR is ridiculous, but then you also suggest a diab manteau for leveling? Hunter fly cards for leveling? For Hunter equips you include a bunch of trans-only equips that are pretty difficult for a NT to obtain. You talk about killing pasana's and zeroms, but don't include the Panty and undershirt combo.

For Sniper equips you leave out Linen gloves[1] and kavach icarus carded garments.

With 150x rates, Novice grounds>Payon dungeon/geographers>Louyang field = Hunter job change time.

Suggested Combat Techniques:
Anubis can be hard to kill with low ASPD / without a tank / without proper equipments and stats distribution. You can either choose to fly-wing & attack Pasanas for exp and loots, or DS Anubis from far an hope that it will die before something bad happens to you.
Mimic: Has high Hit, Attack & Lv 2 Auto Guard, so do not let it get close to you. Definitely not worth the time, effort and SP to kill, but do go ahead if you have excess SP, or is preying on some other monsters in the area.
Minorous: Not really worth the effort to DS it with its relatively low exp and bad loots. Able to cast Lv 3 Hammer Fall & Lv 3 Heavenï¿½s Drive. While Heavenï¿½s Drive is relatively harmless, Hammer Fall can really be a pain to deal with, especially when you are in the mist of fighting an Anubis. Be sure to get rid of them from the area before fighting Anubis(s).
Pasana: Having relative high hit, try to kill it from range. Having good loots as well as exp, do mark them as your main targets if Anubis is still too hard for you.
Anubis: Advised to kill using DS spam unless you have enough ASPD to hit lock it. It has a wide range of spells to its disposal, in which Lv 10 Sonic Blow is the one that poses the biggest threat. Lv 3 Undead Elemental Attack would be the 2nd most deadly skill, which can be completely negated with Shadow / Undead Armor just like its Lv 9 Soul Strike of Darkness. Extremely deadly, so please proceed with extreme caution.

You can charge arrow Anubis back, so once you are a hunter its actually easy leveling if you clear the small fry enemies first.

Also, it would be good to include some quests to hand in once you trans to skip some levels. I'm a fan of the ice necklace quest just because of how easy it is. level 1-level 80 High novice just from doing the quest. 5 rough winds is the only hard part about the quest, since you can buy the other materials from the NPC.

I like the weapon-size modifier charts though, overall it could use some work. Good luck with it.

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Post by aecetia on Aug 15, 2012 12:46:07 GMT -5

Thanks for actually reading through and giving feedbacks!

>Your leveling spots are highly outdated, as if they were written for another server with much lower rates.
- Yes, actually I wrote this for a 50x server quite some time back, so as you have stated, some of the equipments and training locations are outdated. Have already done lots of modifications (arounds 2 days' worth)
-Up till now, I had been constantly working on it and will continue to do so.

> You have base exp values that don't mean anything because the exp chart isn't displayed/explained/referenced.
- I was going to ask Mike for the exp table used, but yet to see him for the past 2 days (perhaps my timing is wrong?) Will add it in once I obtain it.

> Your explanations are incredibly verbose without touching on the significance or reasoning. You have all of the skills listed, and they seem to serve no other than to fill space. Perhaps include why a a skill is significant, or remove them all together and replace it will a screen shot of the archer skill tree? ( Making someone read their own skills is handy )
- I agree that this is too wordy, but since i have stated skill distribution order, I figured that it may be better to place the skill descriptions and details in too.
- This, along with the 'overlaping' leveling spots was not such a big issue in the previous guide since they were actually properly labeled and placed into spoilers. Lack of rich text editor also resulted in the lost of all the font formattings/
- I will be cleaning it up whenever I have time.

> You don't include very many helpful cards and even leave out important pieces of gear for snipers!
You talk about killing pasana's and zeroms, but don't include the Panty and undershirt combo.
For Sniper equips you leave out Linen gloves[1] and kavach icarus carded garments.
You didn't include valk shield for that
- Thank you, but same as the abovementioned, I will be updating the equipments as soon as possible.

You can charge arrow Anubis back, so once you are a hunter its actually easy leveling if you clear the small fry enemies first.
> Oversight! Thanks for pointing this out!

Also, it would be good to include some quests to hand in once you trans to skip some levels. I'm a fan of the ice necklace quest just because of how easy it is. level 1-level 80 High novice just from doing the quest. 5 rough winds is the only hard part about the quest, since you can buy the other materials from the NPC.
> Right, will be adding in quests too!
> A side note, I personally perfer the Curse of Gaeblog quest. It can easily be completed with under 40 fly wings while involves only minor risks of getting killed.

> And since you are including newbie tips like where to get arrows/npc weapons and what skills, it seems like an oversight that it wouldn't be explained with the rates. The main problem is you include so much information( a lot of it, very basic ) that in order for it to make sense, you need to explain a lot more. The ordering hurts it too, since it seems like its directed towards people who haven't played RO before. You need to include elemental weakness/size damage/useful early weapons, armor and cards closer to the top.
- Custom NPCs (ones selling arrows and such) can be unique to a custom server. Stating them when I know the location is just a common practice.
- I was thinking of sticking to the weapons given for job change for earlier stages, where changing location simply equals to changing arrows.
- I did also mention a NPC where they can get their weapons from, getting them or not will depend on the player's decision.
- As for elemental weaknesses, it was already mentioned in the later part of the guide, presented in a table form. I have also suggested arrows to use for each (or most) of the training locations, together with reasons if they are not that obvious.

> With 150x rates, Novice grounds>Payon dungeon/geographers>Louyang field = Hunter job change time.
There isn't a need to move around as much. Stating overlapping places to level just makes it kind of confusing for new players as to where to go.
- You are right with the first statement, but I would like to emphasise that this guide is for the general population, the newbie tips were placed there just in case.
- Those overlaping leveling locations: 1.) They have the level range, as well as the option number stated. It should be quite obvious that you do not need to keep switching inbetween all of those. 2.) Alternatives were placed for those who would like a change of environment, especially after rebirth and having to do the same thing again.

>Bradium shield? Thats a ridiculously heavy shield for a 1str class.
-It does give decent defense, as well as a slight HP bonus. If one deem it as too heavy to use, please simply cast the suggestion aside, its just a suggestion afterall.
-If someone finds it to be worth equiping, he can decide on the pros and cons of equipping it. If it is worth the weight, he can even cast aside a stray dex point and pump str to 11.

>Ghost ring is used a lot, and it's not very useful on a sniper due to the fact that most enemies will never get close enough to hit you. Which you even mention in your guide.
- Yes I did mention something along that line in the guide. But the general statements were "Do not let them get close to you", not "They will never be able to get close to you". Letting them get close can be deadly, especially with the low Max HP at lower levels, but well... dying takes only 1% off BExp & JExp, so its up to you afterall.

>The amount of MvP cards listed is Jarring, and really doesn't help a new player fit in any better.
Suggesting Tao/GR is ridiculous, but then you also suggest a diab manteau for leveling? Hunter fly cards for leveling? For Hunter equips you include a bunch of trans-only equips that are pretty difficult for a NT to obtain.
- 1.) This guide is intended for the general population. 2.) It is just that they will help if the player happen to have them, its fine if they do not have the cards, they are not compulsory after all. 3.) The hunterfly cards serves as a backup HP source in case a player does not wish to leave for town for heals. 4.) I believe I didnt place that many MVP cards in this guide... Can you please give a list of them?

Thanks for the feedbacks once again! Will work on the necessary areas whenever I can!

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Post by [Admin] Mike on Aug 15, 2012 17:37:22 GMT -5

Oh geez this guide is huge. I'll read through it while I'm eating dinner xD

And if you don't catch me in game, just PM me here on the forums. You're usually on early my time, like 10am or earlier. And I'm not up that early on my days off

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[Event] Sniper Leveling Guide...? Aug 17, 2012 2:06:43 GMT -5

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Post by superbia on Aug 17, 2012 2:06:43 GMT -5

Sorry, guess I meant to say Mini boss cards. What I meant was hard to get cards. If one of the 'general population' has enough patience to farm a Tao gunka card, Eddga card, Dracula card, Moonlight flower card, Pharoah card, or a Ghost ring card for leveling( all cards you mention ._.' ), Good on them. But the general population of any Ragnarok server I've been on, generally does not. Those are highly sought after and very expensive items.

Evil druid is a fantastic card for leveling also, especially in Abbey, not just PvP. Leveling their as an Archer is also very easy because of how slot they are, just fw away to avoid mimics.

Also, afaik Dex affects claymore trap damage as much as int does. Always good to have high dex as oppose to int. I hate the 'oh but you'll have more sp to use' thing, we can set @go 0 to alt 1 and warp to dungeon levels and stuff.

[ DEX * (3 + Base Level/100) * (1+INT/35)]*Skill Level ï¿½ 10% + Trap Research Bonus
irowiki.org/wiki/Claymore_Trap

Basically int is really important up to 35, adding more after that adds very little damage unless you hit increments of 35, since decimals in RO are generally rounded down. At the point where you would have 99 of one stat, and 41 of another. 99 dex, 35+ int wins.

But thats only the equation from iRO wiki.

Lets rearrange the Equation one more time...
Claymore damage = [1+INT/100] * SkillLV * [DEX/2+75]
For every one point into Dex, you'll gain (0.5 / 75) x 100% = 0.667%
Not as much as Int give right? =D
For calculating Percentage Increment, constants can be grouped to make life simplier...
Given Claymore Dmg = [DEX/2 + 75] * 5 * [1 + INT/100]
And because Dex is the only variable (since I want to test the effect of Dex on Claymore Damage)
Let 5 * [1 + INT/100] be X
So X = 5 * [1 + INT/100]
Claymore Dmg = [DEX/2 + 75] X
When Dex = 1, Claymore Dmg = 75.5X
When Dex = 2, Claymore Dmg = 76.0X
Increment in Claymore Dmg per Dex = 76.0X - 75.5X = 0.5X
Percentage Increment of Claymore Damage = [(76.0X - 75.5X) / 75.0X] * 100% , where 75.0 is the Basic Claymore Damage when Variable = 0
We have [0.5 / 75] * 100%, giving 0.667% Damage Increment per Dex point invested

If we use that formula, from ratemyserver.net/index.php?page=skill_db&skid=123 ( which is fire element btw, not earth )

[(75+DEX/2)*(1+INT/100)*SkillLV]

Isn't this saying [(dex portion)*({int portion}+1)]* skill level.

Which would mean the equation could be read like this

[(75+ half your current, total dex) * (1+{int/100})]* skill level

lets say we use 100 for each stat ( and include the innate bonuses from research trap )

(75+50)*[(100/100)+1]

(125*2)*5 = 1250+200 flat from research trap

Which means that int multiplies the damage from dex, and a balance of both actually increases the damage the most. But I assume which equation is correct doesn't matter, so I did some testing!

99 hunter, if you dump all stat points into dex or int, the damage is actually lower then if you go 86+14 total int/rest dex.

99 NT w/ Bless, all stat points dumped into 1 stat;

pure dex = 1699
pure int = 2014

99 NT w/ Bless, stat points evenly distributed;

86+14 int/110+45 dex = 2660

Tested on a Rake scaraba ( s0 1.75x weak to fire )

Same gears for all trials, only Attention concentrate, bless and agi up.

If we simplify the numbers for a bit, (A;150 total dex, 200 total int )and (B;190 total dex and 100 total int) would be

150*3*5 = 1500
170*2*5 = 1500

190 dex is much easier to reach then 200 int for a sniper, Just food for thought. Obviously the last part isn't taking into account the flat 200 bonus, or the elemental weakness of the monster I tested on earlier.

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