Sniper (Guide)

This is an article on training your Sniper. For a guide on how to train your Archer, see Bowman.

This is an article on training your Sniper. For a guide on how to train your Crossbowman, see crossbowman.

Third Job Analysis

The Sniper is one of stronger characters in maple story in terms of damage dealt to a single monster but is also the character that is pretty high on DEF, and avoid. Unfortunately death is very costly for them.

Pros

• Strafe is a highly powered skill on single monsters

• Arrow Eruption is an effective mobbing skill.

• Blizzard + stun eagle means Snipers can always debilitate any monster.

• Puppet can be used to distract monster's allowing the Sniper to not only mob them with less ease but save HP.

• As one of the least common classes, their equipment and scrolls are often cheaper to obtain.

• They require less STR than Hunters to equip their weapons, resulting in higher dexterity, which contributes to their attacking ability.

Cons

• Often trains alone since they lack party skills.

• Death costs them a lot of EXP due to low LUK.

Sniper Skills

Main article: Category:Sniper Skills

These are the six skills acquired upon making your job advancement. There are suggested builds on this article, although you can distribute your Skill Points the way you want.

Thrust

Boosts up the moving speed
Master Level 20: +30 speed

Mortal Blow

For a certain rate, allows you to fire arrows even at a very close range. Even kills a monster with one shot every once in a while.
Master Level 20: 70% success rate, basic attack 250%; kills the monster with HP at 50% or lower at 10% success rate.

Puppet

Summons a puppet (your other self) for a certain amount of time. While the puppet is around, the monsters will attack the puppet, not you.
Master Level 20: MP -32; Summon puppet of 6000 HP for 60 seconds.

Blizzard

Uses ice-based arrows to attack up to 6 monsters at once. Only works when equipped with a crossbow.
Master Level 30: MP -30; Attack power 140%, freezes enemy for 3 seconds.

Arrow Eruption

Fires a number of arrows into the ground, attacking upto 6 monsters at once on its way up. Only available when equipped with a crossbow. Note: Arrow Eruption has no minimum range; it will not activate the melee crossbow-whack animation if monsters are near. Prerequisites: 5 Mortal Blow
Master Level 30: MP -28; Basic attack 160%.

Golden Eagle

Summons a golden eagle. The eagle will be hovering around you, attacking 70 times. Prerequisite: 5 Puppet. Note: Requires 1 Summoning Rock to be cast.
Master Level 30: MP -80; lasts 180 seconds and 99% success rate of stunning

Strafe

Fires 4 arrows at an enemy at once.
Master Level 30: MP -32; Basic attack 100% per arrow.

Job Advancement Procedure

You have reached level 30, yippee! Time for the second job advancement! To make the second job advancement, talk to Athena Pierce in Henesys and she will give you a letter for the Bowman Job Instructor. She can be found at the Henesys Dungeon Entrance. Before going there, stock up at least 60-70 Orange Potions, as you will have to pass a test. After talking to the job instructor, you will be teleported to a place like the Ant Tunnel. There are two types of monsters inside: Zombie Mushrooms and Evil Eyes with different characteristics. They hit about 70+ damage on you. Collect 30 Dark Marbles by defeating these monsters. The drop is about 1 in 3 monsters. After that, talk to the job instructor and you will be awarded a 'Proof of a Hero'. Go back to Henesys and talk to Athena Pierce. Choose the Crossbowman and then confirm your choice. Congratulations! You are now a Crossbowman, and have just proceeded into your second job advancement! [And How is this relevant to 3rd Job Sniper advancement? Whoever wrote this whole article has got to fix it and make some sense.]

The Sniper AP Build

Now, for Snipers, you don't need to have Strength +5 your level like Rangers do. All you have to do is have your strength equal to your level to use your crossbows. So, if you're level 70, you must have 70 strength.

Level 70 -- 70 Strength, 290 Dex.

Level 80 -- 80 Strength, 330 Dex.

Level 90 -- 90 Strength, 370 Dex.

Level 100 -- 100 Strength, 410 Dex.

Level 110 -- 110 Strength, 450 Dex.

Skill Distribution

Don't know what you're doing? Maybe this will help.

Level 70: +1 Focus

Level 71: +1 Mortal Blow,

Levels 71-77: Mortal Blow 19+

Level 77: Blessing of Amazon 3+

Levels 78: Arrow Blow 3+

Levels 79: +3 Mortal Blow

Levels 80: +3 Triple Shot.

Levels 81-119: Blizzard 30+

Level 119-200: Never add Strafe, keep pumping Focus untill maxed. Then stop using SP

REMEMBER TO NEVER ADD STRAFE, FOR THIS WILL RUIN YOUR CROSSBOWMAN. STRAFE DOES 20% PER 4SHOTS AND DOES NOT CRIT!!

REMEBER AFTER FOCUS IS MAXED TO STOP USING SP. All great Snipers follow this build. Get 3rd job or you'll suck. [This is absulute nonsense, whomever put this here, you should remake this guide, its full with nonsense]

Crossbowman Build With FA and maxing all 2nd skills

Level 30: +1 Iron Arrow

Levels 31-36: +3 Crossbow Mastery per level

Level 37: +1 Crossbow Mastery, +2 Crossbow Booster

Level 38: +3 Crossbow Booster

Level 39: +1 Crossbow Booster, +2 Soul Arrow

Levels 40-48: +3 Final Attack per level

Level 49: +2 Iron Arrow, +1 Power Knock-Back

Levels 50-55: +3 Power Knock-Back per level

Level 56: +1 Power Knock-Back

Levels 57-59: +3 Focus per level

Level 60: +2 Focus, +2 Crossbow Booster

Level 61: +2 Crossbow Booster, +1 Soul Arrow

Level 62: +2 Crossbow Booster, +1 Soul Arrow

Level 63: +3 Crossbow Booster

Level 64: +2 Crossbow Booster, +1 Soul Arrow

Level 65: +3 Crossbow Booster

Levels 66-70: +3 Soul Arrow per level

Levels 70-80: Iron Arrow 3+ per level

End Results

• 30 Iron Arrow
• 20 Crossbow Mastery
• 20 Crossbow Booster
• 20 Soul Arrow
• 20 Power Knock-Back
• 11 Focus
• 30 Final Attack

Suggestion

For Crossbowman, it is mainly better to go FA and max all 2nd skills, the reasoning behind this is that Iron Arrow does not stun, and therefore when FA kicks in when your mobbing, your FA will use it's mob targeting system to 1HKO all monsters in a row of 6 get instead of a Sin. Don't get 3rd job or your Sniper will suck [What the hell does this even mean?]. !This build should not be used otherwise you'll ruin your archer and all the time and effort you put in the character!