Back in the days we are all "oh get Power Knock Back it's a good skill in tight places" it turns out that after 3 job as a Sniper and now as a Marksman i never freaking use that God damn skill. Right now im going to tell you which skills are awesome and which are kinda useless now.
Double Shot vs Arrow Blow
well technically this skill is obsolete after getting Strafe, but until now Double Shot remain supreme in terms of damage calculations just because of damage that comes from Critical Shot.
Future updates: from KMS they had an update that made Arrow Blow a bit higher than the usual.
Verdict: Until that update comes to GMS its pretty much Double Shot still
Focus vs Blessing of Amazon
Focus is an Active skill that boost Acc and Avoid while Blessing of Amazon (BoA) gives permanent Acc. I know alot of Bowman who put points in BoA instead of Focus, it's not a bad choice but Wizet just updated the Avoid formula which for reason we do allot of "Miss" from enemies (I guess they did this update when I was on break).
Future Updates: Well nothing is being tweek with both of this skills other than the fixed Avoid formula.
Verdict: Focus wins overtime but with pots from NLC that gives 20 Avoid as well then this is kinda pointless. To save money put the points at Focus, the passive Acc from BoA doesn't help that much since we got bazillions of those. Also if your a Marksman you get the skill called Blind which lowers the enemies Acc, with more Avoid from Focus then we get more "miss" from enemies
Power Knock Back
I never really use this skill, in fact it's not in my hot keys anymore for some reason, This skill could be really great but with skills like Mortal Blow and Dragon's Breath, this skill just became useless. If you don't want to put points in it thats fine if you can bare with out this until you get Dragon's Breath. the only good thing about this skill is it has no range limit what so ever.
Future Update: Recently in KMS they up the % of this skill to i think 90% which gave em more competitive advantage.
Verdict: with that update from KMS its becoming a nice skill but still useless for me I don't know how hard it is to be a ranger but to be honest Ive never seen one use it.
Blizzard
This skill remains at 21.
Strafe and Eruption/Rain
This skill remains the same max it for full potential. A maxed Hurricane of Bowmaster will make a good "upgrade" from Strafing, Strafing can still be a good skill for Bowmaster since this skill has mobility in it, trust me you'll be doing jump shoots every so offen
Golden Eagle and Silver Hawk
If your a Bowmaster max Hawk, if you a Marksman put it to 15, Frostprey made this skill useless and trust me you'll never gonna train in an area where you cant freeze the enemies.
Soul Arrow and Bow/Xbow Booster
MAX them both, Its funny I don't have a max Booster so I am at this point that whenever I use booster my HP goes down abit and i have to pot to make sure that my HP is at the max because the Skele will 1 hit me :x
Final Attack
Skip it, but if you insist like me then its not a bad skill once you get use to it, whenever use Iron Arrow I see sometimes like a free 14k hit from it.
Mortal Blow
Max it if you can, really is a helpful skill its like 10k+ for me. Also you get to flinch the monster for a small pause which gives you time to Blizzard or Dragons Breath.
Future Updates: well in KMS they gave this a huge boost. I think at max they gave it a 90% activation compared to 70% - which is almost every time so I can only imagine the lovely 90%.
Thurst vs Mounts
No, Mounts didn't hurt a single amount of Thrust. While Training it's good to move around faster. With mounts you only use it when you have a "clear passage" also back it up with Auto Pot pet item if you don't have that then you'll die alot if you use this in training. as a Marksman put at lease like 10 and Bowmaster can skip it for more better skill.
Frostprey vs Blizzard
They said Frostprey pretty much made Blizzard obsolete, answer is NO. I still use Blizzard all the time because Frostprey lack the range and it can only freeze 4 at a time. I can see the smaller use of it in the future when you have like 3 sec Frostprey but not completely remove it from my hot keys.
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Double Shot vs Arrow Blow
well technically this skill is obsolete after getting Strafe, but until now Double Shot remain supreme in terms of damage calculations just because of damage that comes from Critical Shot.
Future updates: from KMS they had an update that made Arrow Blow a bit higher than the usual.
Verdict: Until that update comes to GMS its pretty much Double Shot still
Focus vs Blessing of Amazon
Focus is an Active skill that boost Acc and Avoid while Blessing of Amazon (BoA) gives permanent Acc. I know alot of Bowman who put points in BoA instead of Focus, it's not a bad choice but Wizet just updated the Avoid formula which for reason we do allot of "Miss" from enemies (I guess they did this update when I was on break).
Future Updates: Well nothing is being tweek with both of this skills other than the fixed Avoid formula.
Verdict: Focus wins overtime but with pots from NLC that gives 20 Avoid as well then this is kinda pointless. To save money put the points at Focus, the passive Acc from BoA doesn't help that much since we got bazillions of those. Also if your a Marksman you get the skill called Blind which lowers the enemies Acc, with more Avoid from Focus then we get more "miss" from enemies
Power Knock Back
I never really use this skill, in fact it's not in my hot keys anymore for some reason, This skill could be really great but with skills like Mortal Blow and Dragon's Breath, this skill just became useless. If you don't want to put points in it thats fine if you can bare with out this until you get Dragon's Breath. the only good thing about this skill is it has no range limit what so ever.
Future Update: Recently in KMS they up the % of this skill to i think 90% which gave em more competitive advantage.
Verdict: with that update from KMS its becoming a nice skill but still useless for me I don't know how hard it is to be a ranger but to be honest Ive never seen one use it.
Blizzard
This skill remains at 21.
Strafe and Eruption/Rain
This skill remains the same max it for full potential. A maxed Hurricane of Bowmaster will make a good "upgrade" from Strafing, Strafing can still be a good skill for Bowmaster since this skill has mobility in it, trust me you'll be doing jump shoots every so offen
Golden Eagle and Silver Hawk
If your a Bowmaster max Hawk, if you a Marksman put it to 15, Frostprey made this skill useless and trust me you'll never gonna train in an area where you cant freeze the enemies.
Soul Arrow and Bow/Xbow Booster
MAX them both, Its funny I don't have a max Booster so I am at this point that whenever I use booster my HP goes down abit and i have to pot to make sure that my HP is at the max because the Skele will 1 hit me :x
Final Attack
Skip it, but if you insist like me then its not a bad skill once you get use to it, whenever use Iron Arrow I see sometimes like a free 14k hit from it.
Mortal Blow
Max it if you can, really is a helpful skill its like 10k+ for me. Also you get to flinch the monster for a small pause which gives you time to Blizzard or Dragons Breath.
Future Updates: well in KMS they gave this a huge boost. I think at max they gave it a 90% activation compared to 70% - which is almost every time so I can only imagine the lovely 90%.
Thurst vs Mounts
No, Mounts didn't hurt a single amount of Thrust. While Training it's good to move around faster. With mounts you only use it when you have a "clear passage" also back it up with Auto Pot pet item if you don't have that then you'll die alot if you use this in training. as a Marksman put at lease like 10 and Bowmaster can skip it for more better skill.
Frostprey vs Blizzard
They said Frostprey pretty much made Blizzard obsolete, answer is NO. I still use Blizzard all the time because Frostprey lack the range and it can only freeze 4 at a time. I can see the smaller use of it in the future when you have like 3 sec Frostprey but not completely remove it from my hot keys.
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Jonas <3 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
