"All-Purpose Build" 99 DEX 75 AGI 50 VIT 25 INT 1 STR 1 LUK 1 Amp 1 Encore 10 Musical / Dancing Lesson 5 Melody Strike

/ Slinging Arrow 5 Frost Joker / Scream 3 Dissonance / Ugly Dance 10 A Poem of Bragi / Service For You 10 Assassin Cross of Sunset / Forget Me Not 1 Loki's Wail 3 <Insert any song/dance/duet here> Basically able to accommodate into any situation, plus able to level fast enough. My choice, and my Clown right now is following on track (with more skills and stats of course).

------------Archer Skills ------------_______________________ 01) Owl's Eye (Passive) Requirements: None Requirement for: Vulture's Eye (3) Lvl 1: DEX +1 Lvl 2: DEX +2 <...and so on...> Lvl 10: DEX +10 Description: Increases your DEX stat. No reason why you wouldn't want to max this. My rating: ***** ___________________________ 02) Vulture's Eye (Passive) Requirements: Owl's Eye 3 Requirement for: Improve Concentration (1) Lvl 1: Range +1 Lvl 2: Range +2 <...and so on...> Lvl 10: Range +10 Description: Increases your range ONLY with a bow. Melody Strike / Slinging Arrow does not benefit from this skill.

It's great during your Archer days and your Bard/Dancer days if you level with a bow (recommended choice). With this skill you get to murder enemies as far as the edge of the screen. My rating: **** ________________________________ 03) Improve Concentration (Self) Requirements: Vulture's Eye 1 Requirement for: None Lvl 1: AGI and DEX +3% for 40 seconds, 25 Lvl 2: AGI and DEX +4% for 50 seconds, 30 Lvl 3: AGI and DEX +5% for 60 seconds, 35 <...and so on...> Lvl 10: AGI and DEX +12% for 130 seconds, SP SP SP 70 SP

Description: Improves your AGI and DEX by % and also allows you to detect nearby hidden enemies. AGI and DEX increment is based on base stats, job bonuses, Owl's Eye and equips (not including cards). Has a high SP cost while low-levelled but you'll be using this skill again and again when you're a Bard/Dancer and have SP to burn. This is very useful for performance and the only builds that don't need this are those with no DEX and AGI, which are crap, I'm sorry. My rating: ***** _______________________________________ 04) Double Strafe (Single Enemy Ranged) Requirements: None Requirement for: Arrow Shower (5) Cast time: None Cast delay: 0.1s? SP cost: 12 Lvl 1: Damages enemy with 200% ATK Lvl 2: Damages enemy with 220% ATK <...and so on...> Lvl 10: Damages enemy with 380% ATK Description: Basically hits the enemy with a strong damage multiplier. Does not use up arrows. Future patch: Requires arrows. The fearsome trademark of a Hunter. Bard/Dancers can be scary with DS too, but our lower ASPD with bows makes us second-class compared to Hunters. This is great for levelling as a Bard/Dancer when you have SP to burn. Cannot be used with an instrument/whip. My rating: *****

________________________________ 05) Arrow Shower (Splash Ranged) Requirements: Double Strafe 5 Requirement for: None Cast time: None Cast delay: None SP cost: 15 Lvl 1: Damages enemies in 5x5 AoE with 80% ATK Lvl 2: Damages enemies in 5x5 AoE with 85% ATK <...and so on...> Lvl 10: Damages enemies in 5x5 AoE with 125% ATK Description: Targets an enemy and hits the 5X5 area of effect around him. Enemies hit are pushed back 2 cells. Does not use up arrows. Future patch: Requires arrows. Besides Frost Joker and Scream, this is your only reliable mob control skill. Some people don't max this. Lvl 1 is already useful for inflicting status ailments to a mob with status-carded bows. Cannot be used with an instrument/ whip. My rating: *** ______________________ a) Arrow Create (Self) Job quest requirements: Archer Job >29, or Bard/Dancer. Gather 41 Tough Scalelike Stems, 13 Trunks, 1 Red Potions, 20 Resins, 7 Mushroom Spores and talk to Roberto in Morroc (121,109). SP cost: 10 Lvl 1: Creates arrows from items in your inventory There are many websites/guides with the list of Arrow Create combinations. This is very useful for levelling (instead of having to lug 5,000 silvers per trip and get overweight, just bring 100 Zargons) and getting rare arrows like Crystal, Stone and Wind. It's free anyway. Cannot be used when weight >50%. _____________________________________ b) Arrow Charge (Single Enemy Ranged) Job quest requirements: Archer Job >34, or Bard/Dancer. Gather 1 Crossbow, 10 Tentacles, 10 Bills of Bird, 3 Yoyo Tails, 2 Emeralds, 36 Banana Juices, and talk to Jason in Payon (30,94). You'll get your crossbow back. SP cost: 15 Lvl 1: Damages enemy with 150% ATK and pushes back 6 cells. Does not use up arrows. Future patch: Requires arrows. Description: Push-back does not work in WOE. Outside WOE, a great tool to get out of sticky situations like mobs and strong monsters approaching. It's free anyway. Cannot be used with an instrument/whip.

Comments: You can't really go very wrong here. You need a minimum of 39 skills and there are only 50 to choose from. Bard/Dancers who plan to still use a bow at higher levels SHOULD consider GOING FOR JOB 50 and get as many available skills as possible (the least important being Arrow Shower). In fact, you really should use a bow to level. It's a much better levelling tool. Anyway, if you refuse to use bows, you can sacrifice a few skills and change at Job 40. Among the bow-only skills, Double Strafe is more important so you can leave Arrow Shower to rest except for 1 point in it to use with status bows. If your build does not have DEX or AGI altogether, you are mad, but anyway you can forget about Improve Concentration. I'm highly biased towards getting all Archer skill points because I believe a bowless and DEXless build is useless. Most people don't bother with Arrow Shower but I feel it could come useful one day. What's Job 50 compared to Base 99 anyway.