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Introduction

This is a guide to playing a gunslinger in Europe MapleStory (EMS).

Before you start to play as a gunslinger you should take note that guns and bullets are among the highest priced items in EMS (Kradia) and that you will most likely have a hard time getting good equipment for one if you are not funded. Gunslinger also have relatively low hp and high mana consumption. That said, Gunslingers are very flexible and right from the start they are good grinders that work well against most enemies. They also have high accuracy and high damage which makes them excellent partners when fighting bosses.

Ability Points

Generally, there are 2 kinds of characters: Normal and Pure.

Normal characters takes as much strength as they have level and put the rest of their ability points to dexterity. Pure pirates devote all their ability points to dexterity and do not put a single point to strength.

The normal character can use all pirate equipment and are good if you are new to the game or lack the necessary funding to afford playing a pure character.
The pure character becomes much stronger then a normal character but cannot equip standard equipment.

Regardless of how you prefer to put your ability points you should know that gunslingers have no use of accuracy and only little use of avoidability and defence.

Job Avancement

As a gunslinger you will go through a total of four job advancements and will become a Pirate, Gunslinger, Outlaw/Valkyrie and finally a Corsair/Captain.

Beginner

You start the game as an adventurer with the job beginner. This job has only a few skills and you are not allowed to choose where to put your ability points. Do the quests as asked in-game to gain the first few levels and when you're level 10, make your way to Nautilus on Vitoria Island and talk to Kyrin, the pirate instructor in the upper levels of the ship.

Skill Distribution

Skill	Levels	Effect	Description
Recovery	3	Recover 72 HP in 30 sec.	Cheaper than potions, but not very effective.
File:Nimblefeet.gif Nimble Feet	3	Adds 20 Speed for 12 seconds.	Increases your speed thus allows you to kill faster.

Pirate

Once kyrin promotes you to a pirate you get some ability points and a skill point. Remember that you cannot redistribute your ability points without paying real money so this is the point of no return for those who wishes to play a pure gunslinger.

Now you should train, do some quests and level up to level 30 after which you should return and talk with kyrin again for the next job advancement.

Skill Distribution

You should take the skills that help you kill monsters as fast and effecient as possible and still keep in mind what are good on the long-term. I recommend that you start off by maxing Somersault Kick and get a melee weapon to use it. The only skill here that you will actually keep using is Double Fire which will not be replaced until level 120.

Please note that you get skill points in somersault for free at random occasions. You may want to hold off with the 2-4 last points in it until level 29-30.

Skill	Levels	Effect	Description
Somersault Kick	20	Deals 190% damage to 6 enemies.	This is your multi-target attack.
Dash	10	Adds 30 Speed and 10 Jump for 20 seconds.	Increases your speed thus allows you to kill faster.
Double Shot	20	Deals 110% damage twice in one enemy.	This is your single-target attack.
Bullet Time	10	Adds 20 accuracy and 20 avoidability	Ensures you have excellent accuracy in early-game.

Equipment

This early in the game you should use the weapon cupouns that you get for free to take knuckles and buy all your armor in nautilus. There is also a few pieces of equipment which are not class-specific and which could help you alot if you can get them.

Equipment	Level	Effect	Value	Obtain from
Black Gomushin	11	+4 wdef, +2 speed	1 000 mesos	Buy in Kerning City
Bathrobe for Men (M)	20	+20 wdef, +10 speed	15 000 mesos	Buy in Showa
Pig Illustrated	25	+42 watt, +10 accuracy, Faster	40 000 mesos	Reward from Camilla's Gem
Green Bamboo Hat	25	+15 wdef, +3 DEX	- mesos	Reward from Kerning City Party Quest
Red Whitebottom Boots	26	+14 wdef, +3 speed	? mesos	Buy in Henesys