Made By VJ aka gohan
Hey everyone! This is my sniper build, and slightly a guide for some, but this is how I play my sniper. This build focuses on Sharp Shooting and Double Strafe Spamming in a certain rhythm that you might call it a dance =] Read aways. These are my stats which are quite effective. It also depends on your equips and in which case you may need to do some compromising between points. You should be able to fit it in with compromise =]
STR- 30~ (Strength increases your Attack slightly and greatly increases your weight capacity)
Some people prefer to have less, but i like 30 because it honestly isn't that much compared to your other stats. So you will need enough STR for Arrows and armor switching. I advise you to carry 800 of each of the following arrows: Immaterial, Crystal, Silver, Mute, and Curse. The first three are elemental arrows to counter the most prevalent Armors in pvp/WoE. I usually default onto Crystal Arrows because many people use Fire armor seeing as magnum break is so rampant. It is also important to note that GR and Undead are very common armors so its a good idea to have counters to those too. Other than that you should be good on elements. Use Curse arrows to slow people down in Emp room and then kill them; or use your Mute arrows to make them harmless.
AGI - Enough after dex and buffs, for 195 Aspd (Agi increases your Attack Speed enormously and also increases your Flee)
You don't need much agi, but the agi you need solely depends on what equips you have. All i can say is before you add Agi, first add your dex becasue dex also increases your aspd. Also add agi after you use buffs because I doubt you will be fighting without your improve concentration or true sight.
Vit - 100~130 (Vitality increases your HP and slightly increases your Defense)
Generally Snipers don't have much defense so there isn't much point to pump out most of your points here. You are going to want around 100 - 130 because this should give you enough HP to endure their hits until you kill them.
Int- +0 (Int increases your Falcon damage and your Blast Mine Damage. It increases your total SP and slightly increases magic defense as well.)
I will tell you right now; the only use of Int you will have is for Trapping or Falcon Assault. This build I'm explaining is neither of those, although you can still be a very good ankle snare trapper during WoE with 0 Int. I will tell you the strategy of this build below.
Dex 255+ (Dex increases Sniper Attack by a great margin. Dex also increases your accuracy and increases your attack speed slightly. Having 150 Total Dex or more will reduce your skill cast time to zero aka Instacast.)
This is single handedly your most vital stat. It is what gives snipers the ability to quickly kill their enemies with amazing power. Make sure you put points into here first before adding any into Dex.
Luk +150~200+ (Luk increases your attack slightly but greatly increases your Critical Hit Ratio. Critical hits are attacks that ignore opponent Defenses and it is handy when fighting against heavily armored enemies like lord knights. Luk also increases your Lucky Dodge Rate)
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So that was the build! Wew! Now onto the skills. This build is a critical Build meaning it uses alot of Sharp Shooting, so you will want to note the following Skills.
1A) Sharpshooting - This is a skill based on your Crit. It ignores enemy defenses and delivers a massive damage cut into their HP. NOTE: There is a huge delay on Sharp Shooting.
1B) Double Strafe - Double Strafe fires multiple rounds of arrows and does high power damage. Slight delay.
The reason i group these two skills together is because you will need to spam both in rhythm to efficiently kill your enemies. Many people just spam Sharp Shooting, but it is important to note, that sharp shooting has a big delay on it. So within that delay, you can fire 1-2 rounds of Double Strafe to cut that delay. [B]What you really want to do is, rhythmically fire 1 Sharp shooting and 2 Double Strafe and repeat this quickly. If you master this spam in the correct timing you will do much more damage than a pure SS spammer.
-other skills-
Make sure you guys have..
Detect/Sight clip - Some people prefer sight and others prefer detect. But you will use this mainly to reveal sinxes or players with smokie cards.
Arrow Shower - This skill fires multiple arrows in any direction you click. This is particularly handy when knocking hidden stalkers out of the shadows. This is because stalkers cannot be seen through your detect.
Charge Arrow - a skill that knocks enemies back by 9 squares. Use this to keep enemies away from you and just spam away your arrows at them.
Phantasmic Arrow - a skill that pierces pnuema so you are able to push priests and champs out of their safe zone.
Ankle Snare [Level 3] and Remove Trap - These two are for Woe and it is very important for snipers to use level 3 snares because level 3 lasts the longest.
note: this is made by my old guild master Gohan aka Vong
