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Which are the priorities for a Bowmaster?

September 28, 2015

14 Comments • Newest first

RFighter

[quote=trancem5]if youre aiming for absolutely maximum damage output this is what i recommend.

Pirate (Shade,Xenon,AB)
Warrior (DA,Kaiser,Hayato)
Misc (Mech,BT,Kanna)

Everything in those decks contribute to some sort of damage.

Obviously if you want to train, swap kaiser out for zero.

Links (no order)
1.DA
2.DS
3.Lumi
4.Canoneer
5.Zero
6.Kanna
7.Mihilie
8.5 KoC
9.Xenon
10.Mercedes
11.Beast tamer
12.Phantom

Replace either Mercedes, Mihilie, or Phantom if you must for hayato or kinesis later on.
Assuming (not training, or 100% crit rate)

Overall id get the extra 10% from zero card, and 20%from merc link on all the time
I currently dont use merc link or zero card (seeing as there is only 2 level 250BM in all of gms =p)[/quote]

I don't think I'll focus on my training too much for my BM after 200 or so, but they'll be nice bonuses when I start training the mules again for SS and Lv. 3 links.

Reply October 1, 2015
trancem5

if youre aiming for absolutely maximum damage output this is what i recommend.

Pirate (Shade,Xenon,AB)
Warrior (DA,Kaiser,Hayato)
Misc (Mech,BT,Kanna)

Everything in those decks contribute to some sort of damage.

Obviously if you want to train, swap kaiser out for zero.

Links (no order)
1.DA
2.DS
3.Lumi
4.Canoneer
5.Zero
6.Kanna
7.Mihilie
8.5 KoC
9.Xenon
10.Mercedes
11.Beast tamer
12.Phantom

Replace either Mercedes, Mihilie, or Phantom if you must for hayato or kinesis later on.
Assuming (not training, or 100% crit rate)

Overall id get the extra 10% from zero card, and 20%from merc link on all the time
I currently dont use merc link or zero card (seeing as there is only 2 level 250BM in all of gms =p)

Reply September 30, 2015
Jaffah

kinesis when it comes out is v. good

Reply September 30, 2015
StraatLamp

@rfighter: Yeah, the cost of nx isn't that much but having to refill it from time to time does make it unappealing.

Reply September 30, 2015
twopointonefour

Drop hayato and kaiser for zero and mihile.

Reply September 30, 2015 - edited
RFighter

@straatlamp: I don't like the idea of Jett being temporary though. x.x

Reply September 29, 2015 - edited
StraatLamp

@rfighter: Kaiser can be swapped out for Shade/Mihile, %hp does nothing at most bosses.
Cygnus knights can be raised to lvl 5, you could work on this
Zero like you mentioned can be swapped for Mercedes.
If you have some spare NX, you could cube the Jett core. Mine gave 27 dex and 23 attack and was locked for about 9 months before I forgot about it.
I would swap Cannoneer for Jett if you do above mentioned.
The rest look solid!

Reply September 29, 2015 - edited
RFighter

@straatlamp: Right now I have:

Mercedes (I'll switch this out once I'm 200 on the BM prob).
Cannoneer
Phantom
Kaiser
Demon Avenger
Hayato
Demon Slayer
Lumi
Xenon
Cygnus Knights (3)
Kanna
Beast Tamer

Do you suggest any changes? I'm going through the Zero storyline right now for the 5 tears and that'll probably replace the Mercedes link.

Reply September 29, 2015 - edited
StraatLamp

[quote=rfighter]Right now, I don't know how much crit I have once I'm linked up. All of them are on my PB rn. Do you think we need the CK links? I just like the sets cause they're still giving that little something. [/quote]

Cygnus knight gives %status resistant which is really handy at bosses that have those nasty curses.
For example Magnus slow, Queen fire, Pierre reverse or Empress Potential lock. The more %status resist, the less likely you're afflicted by them.
It's not a must have, just something beneficial to have

Reply September 29, 2015 - edited
RFighter

[quote=straatlamp]Mechanic for 15% buff duration (S) is nice for arrow quiver locking.
%buff duration always is a nice thing to have actually, mech + shade + Xenon makes a good pirate set for pdr.
hayato, kanna, demon avenger, marksman (if you need extra crit) and beast tamer are some other good individual cards.
I prefer the individual stat bonuses rather than the other set bonuses which are pretty neglectible.[/quote]

Right now, I don't know how much crit I have once I'm linked up. All of them are on my PB rn. Do you think we need the CK links? I just like the sets cause they're still giving that little something.

Reply September 29, 2015 - edited
StraatLamp

Mechanic for 15% buff duration (S) is nice for arrow quiver locking.
%buff duration always is a nice thing to have actually, mech + shade + Xenon makes a good pirate set for pdr.
hayato, kanna, demon avenger, marksman (if you need extra crit) and beast tamer are some other good individual cards.
I prefer the individual stat bonuses rather than the other set bonuses which are pretty neglectible.

Reply September 29, 2015 - edited
RFighter

Guess I'll be making a burn AB.

Reply September 29, 2015 - edited
trumpet205

For character card you want to have a pirate set AND a Beast Tamer card. That right there gives you a total of 12% (S rank) or 16% (SS rank) of PDR.

You can also get a Thief set too for some extra max critical damage. Forget about completing a Warrior / Magician set, as those are directly added on top of damage before the multiplier. Honestly just focus on individual card once you have the pirate set and BT card. For Bowmaster cards like:

* Angelic Buster (+80 DEX)
* Xenon (+40 STR/DEX/LUK)
* Shade (+5% critical damage)
* Kaiser (+80 STR)
* Demon Avenger (+5% boss damage)
* Kanna (+4% boss damage)
* Hayato (+8% minimum critical damage)

Zero card gives up to 10% extra base EXP, so you can use it if you are doing grinding. I'm not too familiar with Bowmaster, but if Bowmaster has stance issue get Mihile for its link skill.

Reply September 28, 2015 - edited
simaini

well i think link skills should be the same for every class (except for mihile and their stance since some don't need stance)... so whatever is necessary, like kanna/da/xenon/cannoneer/ds, whatever.
for character cards, i have a SS ranked pirate set with xenon, angelic buster, and mech (%buff duration). Not sure if %buff is really that necessary but it's still pretty good, and xenon gives +40dex (SS) and AB gives +80dex (SS).
I also have another 3 SS card deck (zero, kaiser, kanna). zero gives 10% exp, not really necessary but i had to choose between SS bowmaster (%acc >_&gt, and bishop (%mp pot or something)... and zero is the obvious choice for me. kaiser gives +80 str, slight boost to your damage. kannagives boss damage. hayato's card buff is really good, 6%min crit damage at rank S.. shades give 3%min/max crit damage at rank S. beast tamers gives wep defense ignore or something... i'm in the process of training DA to 200 so i can switch kanna and get a warrior SS buff too, %hp to damage but that's not really necessary since bms don't have much hp anyway.. these are just the sets i use, other people probably have better ones but i use what i have available to me.

Reply September 28, 2015 - edited