Bowmaster or Wind Archer

Rai

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Well - from my view, there are far more Wind Archers in the server as compared to Bowmaster. The reason for that is because Wind Archer is stronger as compared to Bowmaster - their skill, Trifling Whim becomes such a huge asset when it comes to mobbing as compared to Bowmaster and that's only a singular benefit that WA has over Bowmaster.

To break it down for you real quick, please refer below,

PROS
  • Higher on the dpm charts
  • Multi-target hurricane for both mobbing and bossing
  • Hurricane doesnt allow movement but its excessively easy to work around it
  • Great mobility boon through Wind Walk, rush-like movement skill with hardly any delay and which allows you to float. Useful in mobbing and super useful in bossing
  • Almost homogeneous green/purple theme across attacks and buffs (this is a huge thing for people because of NX items and it makes it easier for them to "dress" up - not sure if it matters to you).
  • Puppet summon allows for some cheesing of bosses
CONS(?)
  • Visuals of attacks are a bit "dirty"/unstreamlined, SoH has thick "arrows" and relevantly fills up the screen with Trifling Whim . Screen hogging tornados will also be on your screen often. (This can be circumvented by simply turning off graphics though, honestly).
  • Unable to change classes.
PROS
  • 2 line hurricane that allows movement and jumping
  • Regular AoE mobbing attack
  • Phoenix summon tags along with you all the time and gets "its own" 5th job skill
  • -Very interesting mobility mechanic in the form of steigeisen, which IIRC has invincibility frames which may be useful when bossing?
    • Combining rope lift + steigeisen looks like youre hookshotting all over the place and allows for great mobility and mobbing even across big maps.
  • You're able to change classes to Marksman, unlike WA where you'll have to remake a new character entirely.
CONS(?)
  • None that I'm currently aware of - though, I will add in that I'm pretty sure the scaling is far different.
  • Mobbing isn't as good as WA nor is their DPM up to par.
At the end of it, it depends on your playstyle - so, my recommendation as it's always been, watch YouTube videos though, take those videos with a slight grain of salt when you see the huge lines that KMS/GMS players do. Their equipment is probably top of the line, fully scrolled, potted to perfection and they're probably rockin' Arcane. Try both of em out as well, see which fits to your play style more.

Let me know if I can help any further!
 
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brum1999

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Well - from my view, there are far more Wind Archers in the server as compared to Bowmaster. The reason for that is because Wind Archer is stronger as compared to Bowmaster - their skill, Trifling Whim becomes such a huge asset when it comes to mobbing as compared to Bowmaster and that's only a singular benefit that WA has over Bowmaster.

To break it down for you real quick, please refer below,

PROS
  • Higher on the dpm charts
  • Multi-target hurricane for both mobbing and bossing
  • Hurricane doesnt allow movement but its excessively easy to work around it
  • Great mobility boon through Wind Walk, rush-like movement skill with hardly any delay and which allows you to float. Useful in mobbing and super useful in bossing
  • Almost homogeneous green/purple theme across attacks and buffs (this is a huge thing for people because of NX items and it makes it easier for them to "dress" up - not sure if it matters to you).
  • Puppet summon allows for some cheesing of bosses
CONS(?)
  • Visuals of attacks are a bit "dirty"/unstreamlined, SoH has thick "arrows" and relevantly fills up the screen with Trifling Whim . Screen hogging tornados will also be on your screen often. (This can be circumvented by simply turning off graphics though, honestly).
  • Unable to change classes.
PROS
  • 2 line hurricane that allows movement and jumping
  • Regular AoE mobbing attack
  • Phoenix summon tags along with you all the time and gets "its own" 5th job skill
  • -Very interesting mobility mechanic in the form of steigeisen, which IIRC has invincibility frames which may be useful when bossing?
    • Combining rope lift + steigeisen looks like youre hookshotting all over the place and allows for great mobility and mobbing even across big maps.
  • You're able to change classes to Marksman, unlike WA where you'll have to remake a new character entirely.
CONS(?)
  • None that I'm currently aware of - though, I will add in that I'm pretty sure the scaling is far different.
  • Mobbing isn't as good as WA nor is their DPM up to par.
At the end of it, it depends on your playstyle - so, my recommendation as it's always been, watch YouTube videos though, take those videos with a slight grain of salt when you see the huge lines that KMS/GMS players do. Their equipment is probably top of the line, fully scrolled, potted to perfection and they're probably rockin' Arcane. Try both of em out as well, see which fits to your play style more.

Let me know if I can help any further!
thanks for the info!appreciated!
 

Poro

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wait so Aries is not updated yet? or GMS have not updated yet? or the chart is outdated?

Clearly GMS doesn't have it yet cause aries is GMS version at the moment.

Also, point out DPM charts isn't entirely reliable as theres no real boss that just simply allows you to sit and hit it for the entire fight. WA are better at some bosses than Bowmaster, and Bowmaster is better than WA at some others. Overall, Bowmaster has better growth potential than WA since they deal far more lines than Wind Archer as well as having being more versatile.

-Very interesting mobility mechanic in the form of steigeisen, which IIRC has invincibility frames which may be useful when bossing?

Hookshot does not have invincibility frames that are usable in bosses.