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[Arveezy]

Hi! I'm trying to build a Gale Storm that can transition to Hawk Rush.
I would appreciate your opinions and suggestions regarding which items are worth it for both build. Thank you!   
 

Armor:
Assault Suit or Alpha Beast Armor

 

Garment:
Mystery Wing or Arabian Manteau

 

Accessories:

Ring of Artemis 2x or Perverse Demon Mask + Ring of Silver Claw

[daryljaeger]

Hi! I'm trying to build a Gale Storm that can transition to Hawk Rush.
I would appreciate your opinions and suggestions regarding which items are worth it for both build. Thank you!   
 

Armor:
Assault Suit or Alpha Beast Armor

 

Garment:
Mystery Wing or Arabian Manteau

 

Accessories:

Ring of Artemis 2x or Perverse Demon Mask + Ring of Silver Claw

Sorry, I can't help with your build. I just actually base my build on recommendations here. But I can say is, hmm, wait for the updates and equips for 4th job skills of WH idk. I use FAS build right now.

With all the new equips flooding the server now, it's hard to keep up with ideal or better builds. Anyone of you updated their gears lately?

[Jefuu]

With all the new equips flooding the server now, it's hard to keep up with ideal or better builds. Anyone of you updated their gears lately?

 

I have, but the cost of it is on the pricier side (which is expected at the gear I showcased in the earlier post). I'll bold the new items I switched in.

 

With the new Kachua Tickets lowering the price of Full Penetration Shadow Gear, I picked up +10 Full Pene Earring+Pendant so I could also switch out PDM for Overdrive Rampage [Void Mimic Card] and that netted a nice damage boost with +10 Full Power Shadow Armor+Shoes and +10 Physical Power Shadow Weapon+Shield. I switched out my Little Garden for Smiling Eyes [went with Melted Poring Card since non-MVP card are lacking for damage output] since it's just straight better than it... but have not tested it against Ancient Morroc Jewelry [Marduk Card] though. I also have a Screaming Ghost Party that I think will be better than Assault Suit, but am waiting for a refine event before trying for the necessary +13 buffs.

 

There are the new Thanatos Shooter helm/weapon combo that I think are better than Virgo/Sharp Star combo, but with no refine event I don't think the cost will be worth the relatively meager upgrade. Could be proven wrong later I suppose, haha.

 

 

Hi! I'm trying to build a Gale Storm that can transition to Hawk Rush.
I would appreciate your opinions and suggestions regarding which items are worth it for both build. Thank you!   
 

Armor:
Assault Suit or Alpha Beast Armor

 

Garment:
Mystery Wing or Arabian Manteau

 

Accessories:

Ring of Artemis 2x or Perverse Demon Mask + Ring of Silver Claw

 

I'd read up on Nagaame's build notes for better facts but my gut opinion without digging too deep would be:

1. Assault Suit for Gale Storm, Alpha Beast for Hawk Rush.
2. Mystery Wing for survivability (and probably damage?), Arabian for more Crit (if needed).
3. Ring of Artemis x2 for Gale Storm (if you have DEF penetration elsewhere), PDM+Silver Claw for general DEF bypass (good on on any WH build with LUK).

 

There are better items and combos out there but I assume you were so specific because this is what you have currently, yeah?

[daryljaeger]

For that I am swapping in Wolf Officer's Hat, casting No Limits, then swapping back to Virgo. The swap does not cancel Wolf's 150s CD it offers!

 

Also, I probably won't be testing it for a while but new FAS-boosting gear dropped with the ep18 release: Thanatos Shooter Helm+Bow. Sounds like it might be better when boosted up but my DPS is already plenty and I don't want to spend another 4b (current Shooter Helm price) to test. Especially since you can get a Virgo so cheap now... it's just the Cecil enchant that is still pricey or time consuming to get 

 

I realized I haven't replied to this. My bad. I suddenly connected where I saw your name. I think we've been in a party in niff 2 a couple of days ago. 

I have, but the cost of it is on the pricier side (which is expected at the gear I showcased in the earlier post). I'll bold the new items I switched in.

 

With the new Kachua Tickets lowering the price of Full Penetration Shadow Gear, I picked up +10 Full Pene Earring+Pendant so I could also switch out PDM for Overdrive Rampage [Void Mimic Card] and that netted a nice damage boost with +10 Full Power Shadow Armor+Shoes and +10 Physical Power Shadow Weapon+Shield. I switched out my Little Garden for Smiling Eyes [went with Melted Poring Card since non-MVP card are lacking for damage output] since it's just straight better than it... but have not tested it against Ancient Morroc Jewelry [Marduk Card] though. I also have a Screaming Ghost Party that I think will be better than Assault Suit, but am waiting for a refine event before trying for the necessary +13 buffs.

 

There are the new Thanatos Shooter helm/weapon combo that I think are better than Virgo/Sharp Star combo, but with no refine event I don't think the cost will be worth the relatively meager upgrade. Could be proven wrong later I suppose, haha.

Thanks man. I sold my soul and bought the shadow equips for now, plus the smiling eyes. I'll buy melted poring card when I have zeny again lol. I said to myself that I won't upgrade my equips until they have one for 4th job skills. But, here I am. Those shadows are an investment right now.   

For the ancient morocc, I tested and yes, it sucks when you only have marduk. I have proven what they said on discord that Ancient Morocc [Pharaoh] > Smiling Eyes > Ancient Morocc [Marduk]

I envy your setup. With your gears, I guess you can damage at least 70~80m right? or higher? I have different setup 'coz I don't have budget anymore lol, I don't have my screenshot right now but what I'm using is still +14 Awakened Royal Bow, +14 [PF] Old Camouflage Hood+Record of Archer Vol.1 & 2 combo, +10 [ANT] Assault Suit, +9 [Galensis] Yoichi, Dreaming Red Sheep, and +13 Kenzen of Hate (I don't have FWQ right now, planning on this as well. 

[Jefuu]

I realized I haven't replied to this. My bad. I suddenly connected where I saw your name. I think we've been in a party in niff 2 a couple of days ago. 

 

Thanks man. I sold my soul and bought the shadow equips for now, plus the smiling eyes. I'll buy melted poring card when I have zeny again lol. I said to myself that I won't upgrade my equips until they have one for 4th job skills. But, here I am. Those shadows are an investment right now.   

For the ancient morocc, I tested and yes, it sucks when you only have marduk. I have proven what they said on discord that Ancient Morocc [Pharaoh] > Smiling Eyes > Ancient Morocc [Marduk]

I envy your setup. With your gears, I guess you can damage at least 70~80m right? or higher? I have different setup 'coz I don't have budget anymore lol, I don't have my screenshot right now but what I'm using is still +14 Awakened Royal Bow, +14 [PF] Old Camouflage Hood+Record of Archer Vol.1 & 2 combo, +10 [ANT] Assault Suit, +9 [Galensis] Yoichi, Dreaming Red Sheep, and +13 Kenzen of Hate (I don't have FWQ right now, planning on this as well. 

 

Oh wow, hey! Small world, haha. Literally since there's not really anywhere else to level 240+   I only grind when my Cardi + Tro friends are online and force me too, but maybe I'll see you in there again next time!

 

Yeah, I just found out the hard way (see my irowiki Discord help-with-builds recent post) that Ancient Morroc Jewelry is worse without Pharaoh. Another stat reset later and I'm back to basically the stat build I was using before and back on Smiling Eyes. I also just tried another Purple Ferus Card in them (to see if 3% boosted it even 1mil) and... it doesn't... so Melted Poring might just be nice for the extra HP. However, you said you were saving up for FWQ, but you could instead run the Abysmal Merman+Abysmal King Dramoh Card set for the 15% Crit damage boost! AKD Card in Smiling Eyes will only net you the -5% HP but it is needed for the combo. It might be worth putting it in your Old Camo Bunny instead as the Crit Damage is actually better than FWQ by 2%, but you lose out on all the bonus Crit Rate.

 

The Shadows are an absolute amazing investment, and thankfully affordable thanks to the Kachua tickets! Full Pene Shadows open up so many options for accessories and I love that you're running Record of Archers as (if you look back in this thread) I tried so hard to make them viable before Full Pene, haha. Please update this thread with pictures of your damage tests for other players to see more options than mine.

 

***UPDATE: I decided to use the spend rewards BSBs to make my Screaming Ghost Party +13 and it netted anoter 10m boost***

 

Currently, with my current set, I am netting 190m (with ele-weakness arrows) and 143m (against medium+large dummies) per FAS:

 

My BIGGEST error was saying this:

There are the new Thanatos Shooter helm/weapon combo that I think are better than Virgo/Sharp Star combo, but with no refine event I don't think the cost will be worth the relatively meager upgrade. Could be proven wrong later I suppose, haha.

 

While it is a little annoying to create and enchant (damn account bound Gray Shards) the Thanatos Shooter Helm-LT and Thanatos Bow-AD, it netted me a HUGE damage boost... I think 30+m more damage from testing before I created and upgraded them. What's wild is that I haven't even Graded them yet and still are giving so much damage over Biolab Virgo+Sharp Star! My Shooter Helm has Acute & Gray Shooter enchants Lv.3 and my Thana-AD Bow has No-Size-Penalty & Crit Damage +6% enchants.

 

Here is what I am currently built out with at Base 244:

 

While I could stand to find more ACD reduction, it's plenty for my casual play style as I'm not running any hard mode instances so that's a future me problem

Edited by Jefuu, 30 July 2024 - 11:40 PM.

[Jefuu]

Time to post a gear update since last month since one of the items nets a significant boost for the FAS build!

 

The new Royal Prontera Cape is a beast and increases FAS's output by a huge margin so that's the main change here. The downside is that, like probably all the upcoming best gear, it's a Level 2 Armor that needs Grading as well... until there's a more reliable way to get BSBs and huge amounts of Ether Dusts outside of selling your soul, it's not a newbie friendly option. Yoichi is much more affordable and is plenty good for PvM content (per my past posts), but I thought I'd share my only-one-cheap-MVP-carded build for those that are like me and want to min-max their Wind Hawk.

 

I also switched around my costume enchants to Ranger Stone (Upper), Ranger Stone (Lower), and Ranger Stone II (Garment) [always with Sniper Stone (Middle)] as it netted better damage than my GX II/AX Upper enchants since I don't have GX Lower yet.

 

Here's the new numbers at Base Level 245:

 

That's a 55m+ damage upgrade from Yoichi (in perfect conditions versus a Dummy with Elemental Weakness). I am hitting the Large Size Dummy for around 190m, which is about 55m increase as well. 

 

Still can squeeze a bit more damage out when I finally Grade my Helm+Bow but the cost isn't worth it right now to me. Also, I'm using a bunch of EXP gear when leveling so don't mind the card in my Smiling Eyes (need it for a combo). Still not sure what non-MVP card is best so probably gonna still with Melted Poring because Hard Mode Villa made me realize how squishy Wind Hawks are, haha.

[ShiftSonata]

Thanks for the guide! Something to look forward to in the future for me.

 

I have a few questions. I'm a returning player (130-ish) with an FAS-centered build, but I'm also super broke (< 5m) so I'd like to ask, are there some things I need to prioritize?

 

I'm currently equipping a +0 Autumn Headband, the Imperial equipment set and an Elven Bow, and while it's nice, it probably won't last as I level up.

Edited by ShiftSonata, 02 October 2024 - 03:15 AM.

[EdwardEG]

 

I have a few questions. I'm a returning player (130-ish) with an FAS-centered build, but I'm also super broke (< 5m) so I'd like to ask, are there some things I need to prioritize?

Prism ranger scarf (for more no limits buff)

Ring of Silver Claw (more crits)

Assault Suit

Biolab Virgo Diadem and Sharp Star combo

Old Camo Scarf

 

Above equipments cost approx 50-150m each. Litte Garden or Seraphim coronet is next mid headgear which costs 200-400m.

 

(For the shoes, i still recommend by sticking to the +9 imperial/grace shoe for that -0.5 sec fct)

[ShiftSonata]

Prism ranger scarf (for more no limits buff)

Ring of Silver Claw (more crits)

Assault Suit

Biolab Virgo Diadem and Sharp Star combo

Old Camo Scarf

 

Above equipments cost approx 50-150m each. Litte Garden or Seraphim coronet is next mid headgear which costs 200-400m.

 

(For the shoes, i still recommend by sticking to the +9 imperial/grace shoe for that -0.5 sec fct)

 

Thank you for this! Some of these are super expensive (or maybe they're just overpriced, I can't tell) but at least it's something to work on.

[Jefuu]

Thanks for the guide! Something to look forward to in the future for me.

 

I have a few questions. I'm a returning player (130-ish) with an FAS-centered build, but I'm also super broke (< 5m) so I'd like to ask, are there some things I need to prioritize?

 

I'm currently equipping a +0 Autumn Headband, the Imperial equipment set and an Elven Bow, and while it's nice, it probably won't last as I level up.

 

Good options above! Another cheap upgrade would be an Illusion Hunter Bow (using Hunting Arrows) + Sparkling Stick (lower headgear). Probably the cheapest weapon that can last you quite a while, especially if you can find it at +11. Awakened Royal Bow + Old Camo Scarf will outdo it at 150 but will also cost you more.

 

Prism Scarf will probably be the cheapest way to maximize damage since NO LIMITS is just that strong and it allows 100% uptime of it. Ring of Silver Claw is always pretty cheap and an easy upgrade to obtain in the long run too.

 

It may be out of budget for now, but an important goal for a FAS build is to get a Sniper Stone (Middle) enchanted middle headgear costume. This will increase your QoL and DPS with FAS by a lot when you begin upgrading your gears.

[EdwardEG]

Wolf Officer hat is now cheap due to recent add into latest OCP

[clizie]

Hi is Wolf Officer Hat+Prism Rainbow scarf stacks the cooldown of No Limit 180+180 second?my officer hat is only at+7 so i cannot pinpoint it.

For Talent Stats?
POW?or the CON? i use mostly arrow storm and FAS skill

Edited by clizie, 10 November 2024 - 07:50 PM.

[Jefuu]

Hi is Wolf Officer Hat+Prism Rainbow scarf stacks the cooldown of No Limit 180+180 second?my officer hat is only at+7 so i cannot pinpoint it.

For Talent Stats?
POW?or the CON? i use mostly arrow storm and FAS skill

 

You only need +9 Wolf Officer or Prism Scarf, not both, to eliminate cooldown. It has 300 seconds of cooldown but since the skill lasts for 150 seconds, you only needs to eliminate 150 seconds to be able to keep it up 100% of the time.

 

For Talents: POW + CON for Arrow Storm, POW + CRT for Focused Arrow Strike.

[Hohoho56]

Time to post a gear update since last month since one of the items nets a significant boost for the FAS build!

 

The new Royal Prontera Cape is a beast and increases FAS's output by a huge margin so that's the main change here. The downside is that, like probably all the upcoming best gear, it's a Level 2 Armor that needs Grading as well... until there's a more reliable way to get BSBs and huge amounts of Ether Dusts outside of selling your soul, it's not a newbie friendly option. Yoichi is much more affordable and is plenty good for PvM content (per my past posts), but I thought I'd share my only-one-cheap-MVP-carded build for those that are like me and want to min-max their Wind Hawk.

 

I also switched around my costume enchants to Ranger Stone (Upper), Ranger Stone (Lower), and Ranger Stone II (Garment) [always with Sniper Stone (Middle)] as it netted better damage than my GX II/AX Upper enchants since I don't have GX Lower yet.

 

Here's the new numbers at Base Level 245:

 

That's a 55m+ damage upgrade from Yoichi (in perfect conditions versus a Dummy with Elemental Weakness). I am hitting the Large Size Dummy for around 190m, which is about 55m increase as well. 

 

Still can squeeze a bit more damage out when I finally Grade my Helm+Bow but the cost isn't worth it right now to me. Also, I'm using a bunch of EXP gear when leveling so don't mind the card in my Smiling Eyes (need it for a combo). Still not sure what non-MVP card is best so probably gonna still with Melted Poring because Hard Mode Villa made me realize how squishy Wind Hawks are, haha.

How much difference is Arabian Manteau compared to Yoichi? Not sure whether it's worth the 1b upgrade? Also, if you're using Thanatos helm and weapon, wouldn't it ruin the massive ACD% and dex provided by Wolf Officer?

Unsure whether to diversify to get some AB Eqs / stones or to upgrade existing WindHawk EQ with minimal??? damage improvement. Still using the old A.Royal Bow, wolf officer, little garden, assault suit, sniping shoes, jup ring and pdm......

Edited by Hohoho56, 30 December 2024 - 10:30 AM.

[Jefuu]

How much difference is Arabian Manteau compared to Yoichi? Not sure whether it's worth the 1b upgrade? Also i saw you're using Thanatos helm and weapon with Kenzen shoes? Wouldn't it ruin the massive ACD% and dex provided by Wolf Officer?

Unsure whether to diversify to get some AB Eqs / stones or to upgrade existing WindHawk EQ with minimal??? damage improvement. Still using the old A.Royal Bow, wolf officer, little garden, assault suit, sniping shoes, jup ring and pdm......

 

Hey there, do note that this build is somewhat outdated with newer gear now (like Ancient Mechanic Greaves/Ancient Ranger Shoes & Amulet of Asteria for starters, maybe Ancient Morroc Noble Jewelry if you have Pharaoh Card) but can answer some things you asked:

• If you are a FAS build, Yoichi is a significant damage boost over Arabian simply because you get so much skill bonus damage compared to a more achievable Critical Damage bonus from other gear/cards. I don't think I showed any testing with Arabian since it wasn't close enough to matter, but the Crit Rate bonus is nice in the earlier levels! However, Royal Prontera Cape blows both of them out of the water and I would rec getting that instead if you have funds and while it's still cheaper (due to oversaturation in the market still lingering). It is BiS for many crit/ranged classes so it is worth spending on.
• Thanatos Shooter Helm-LT & Thanatos Bow-AD is so much of a damage increase (especially when refined and graded) that losing 30% ACD and the DEX is worth it. You still swap to Wolf Officer for the No Limits CD buff, but it's not an endgame headgear. However, it's plenty solid for early Ranger levels when you need those stats more!
• Not sure on your level, but if you can 1-shot monsters in your range then you're set. You need to do 10m+ damage to 1-shot in Ami Lab2 at 230 and 12m+ to 1-shot in Clock Tower Basement at 240, so keep that in mind.

 

I've gotten lucky with some MVP cards and shadows are enchanted, but at a glance here is what BiS FAS gear looks like for Wind Hawk now:

 

I believe Cloudseeker tested the new Ancient Ranger Shoes and they were better but I haven't upgraded mine to test. AMG is better for most classes though so sometimes shareable stuff is better with a limited budget too.

 

NOTE: If you don't have Pharaoh Card for AMNJ, keep Smiling Eyes and Abyssal Merman Card combo and stats from previous posts of mine as it is stronger.

[EdwardEG]

There is also a new useful accessory now:

https://www.divine-p...cument-archer-1

[Hohoho56]

There is also a new useful accessory now:

https://www.divine-p...cument-archer-1

Seems good but unfortunately there's no more space for other better accessories. Sadge.

[Hohoho56]

Hey there, do note that this build is somewhat outdated with newer gear now (like Ancient Mechanic Greaves/Ancient Ranger Shoes & Amulet of Asteria for starters, maybe Ancient Morroc Noble Jewelry if you have Pharaoh Card) but can answer some things you asked:

• If you are a FAS build, Yoichi is a significant damage boost over Arabian simply because you get so much skill bonus damage compared to a more achievable Critical Damage bonus from other gear/cards. I don't think I showed any testing with Arabian since it wasn't close enough to matter, but the Crit Rate bonus is nice in the earlier levels! However, Royal Prontera Cape blows both of them out of the water and I would rec getting that instead if you have funds and while it's still cheaper (due to oversaturation in the market still lingering). It is BiS for many crit/ranged classes so it is worth spending on.
• Thanatos Shooter Helm-LT & Thanatos Bow-AD is so much of a damage increase (especially when refined and graded) that losing 30% ACD and the DEX is worth it. You still swap to Wolf Officer for the No Limits CD buff, but it's not an endgame headgear. However, it's plenty solid for early Ranger levels when you need those stats more!
• Not sure on your level, but if you can 1-shot monsters in your range then you're set. You need to do 10m+ damage to 1-shot in Ami Lab2 at 230 and 12m+ to 1-shot in Clock Tower Basement at 240, so keep that in mind.

 

I've gotten lucky with some MVP cards and shadows are enchanted, but at a glance here is what BiS FAS gear looks like for Wind Hawk now:

 

I believe Cloudseeker tested the new Ancient Ranger Shoes and they were better but I haven't upgraded mine to test. AMG is better for most classes though so sometimes shareable stuff is better with a limited budget too.

 

NOTE: If you don't have Pharaoh Card for AMNJ, keep Smiling Eyes and Abyssal Merman Card combo and stats from previous posts of mine as it is stronger.

I like how you keep things clear with no room for doubt with your writing! instead of straight with acronyms and stuffs.

I think most likely the options will be upgrading to Yoichi (Since you said the damage boost is huge, maybe even a shooting shadow set), Smiling Eyes and Kenzen but Kenzen will compromise the weapon penalty of sniping shoes, not sure it's worth the upgrade as maybe the damage will be lesser? Or maybe just skip all those and just swap the Awakened Royal Bow with just a [A] Thana Bow AD?

As for the best-in-slot stuffs like Royal Prontera Cape and Ancient Ranger Boots or AMG, Overdrive Rampage those, not affordable even if i sell me soul LOL. Cannot even let go of my Perverse Demon Mask yet due to how expensive full penetration accessories are.

Edited by Hohoho56, 31 December 2024 - 09:09 AM.

[Jefuu]

I like how you keep things clear with no room for doubt with your writing! instead of straight with acronyms and stuffs.

I think most likely the options will be upgrading to Yoichi (Since you said the damage boost is huge, maybe even a shooting shadow set), Smiling Eyes and Kenzen but Kenzen will compromise the weapon penalty of sniping shoes, not sure it's worth the upgrade as maybe the damage will be lesser? Or maybe just skip all those and just swap the Awakened Royal Bow with just a [A] Thana Bow AD?

As for the best-in-slot stuffs like Royal Prontera Cape and Ancient Ranger Boots or AMG, Overdrive Rampage those, not affordable even if i sell me soul LOL. Cannot even let go of my Perverse Demon Mask yet due to how expensive full penetration accessories are.

 

Haha, thanks! There's too many acronyms so when helping a player out, it's a waste of time if they don't know what you're referring to

 

For garment: Yoichi and Royal Prontera Cape are actually about the same price EXCEPT the grading cost of RPC adds a few more bil at least. If it is not in the budget, Yoichi will do well. I don't know if it will be "huge" like RPC, but it will be significant over Arabian.

 

For headgear: Smiling Eyes and Grey Wolf Cub in Mouth are cheap right now due to Kachua so grab them while you can! If switching to Thanatos Bow-AD, make sure you get Thanatos Shooter Helm-LT with it for the combos Abyssal Dramoh Card to go with Abyssal Merman Card in shoes if switching it all around.

 

For shoes: Kenzen is in the same boat as Yoichi: AMG/ARS are better shoes but the cost to grade them is high so stick with Kenzen if grading is a no for you; however ARS is cheap right now due to Kachua... don't worry about losing the size penalty from Sniping Shoes, as you want the "remove size penalty" enchant on your Thanatos Bow anyway! Note that you have to buy a regular Thanatos Bow with that enchant (or enchant one yourself) as you currently cannot enchant the LT version.

 

For shadows: Unfortunately, Full Penetration Shadows are gonna go up in price due to them removing those shadow boxes from Kachua... so good luck! If Shooting Set is cheap, grab it, but the Physical Power+Full Power sets are far superior and at 200+ you can use the Focusing Shadow Earring+Pendant with them.

[Jefuu]

Hey there, fellow Focused Arrow Strikers! Jefuu back again with an update to current BiS meta for the FAS build to the small handful of people who use the forums for this kind of stuff

 

There have been some minor updates between the last time I tested and now, but the new Divine Bow Gandiva (https://www.divine-p...item/700109/iRO) & Document Archer (https://www.divine-p...cument-archer-1) & Ancient Ranger Shoes (https://www.divine-p...-ranger-shoes-1) changed enough of the build to warrant sharing some testing.

 

The Document replacing Amulet of Asteria and the Ranger Shoes replacing Ancient Mechanic Greaves did provide a solid boost to FAS, but nothing worth writing a post about. However, the Gandiva bow is a HUGE damage increase when full Graded and refined! I was a little skeptical due to it being all Long Range Physical mod (because of No Limits), but perhaps too much of a good thing IS a good thing after all. I was also concerned about breaking the ThanaShooter set but since Document Archer combos with the biolabs Old Camouflage Bunny Hood (yeah, dust off that bad boy folks), it ended up being very worth it in the end.

 

First, here is the damage output with the previous BiS Thanatos Shooter set (Thanatos Shooter Helm-LT & Thanatos Bow-AD):

• Netting around 317m with my equipment and some buff items.

 

Next, here is the new BiS -- as far as I am aware -- with the Divine Bow Gandiva:

• Netting around 419m with my equipment and some buff items.

 

That's a massive 100m+ increase in damage! Obviously mileage may vary based on cards and enchants (my Old Camo Bunny is Acute6 for instance), but the Bow is obviously a huge upgrade to the Wind Hawk class. The new Ranger Shoes and Document also add a solid jump in damage, so that could be a starting point for next gear as both a relatively cheaper on the market right now. Some additional notes:

• If you don't mind ~10% damage loss, you could switch Cub in Mouth to Dreaming Red Sheep as it pairs with the new Document to give the necessary 150sec CD reduction on "No Limits". This is a good lazy option for those who don't like switching to Wolf Officer to cast NL lol. Also, DRS can give some ACD that might have been lost with new setup.
• Without Pharaoh Card, Smiling Eyes is a better mid for damage and would recommend the Abyssal King Dramoh + Abyssal Merman card combo with that. If you need more ACD, see previous note.
• Polluted Wander Man is still the superior card choice for weapon, even considering the Ranger Shoe combo (unless you were running "Arrow Storm", I guess?).

 

What's also nice is that the Bow is also the BiS for "Crescive Bolt" I believe, making that transition/use even easier with a switch to Invincible Crest Hat + Ring of Artemis and moving Talents from CRT to CON. Cloudseeker has a video discussing the pros/cons of sets to use with it for CB: https://www.youtube....h?v=GOqjtlR2G2I

• The new Memento (Wind Hawk) accessories make the Thanatos set BiS for CB build again

 

That's all from me! Catch ya on the next notable Wind Hawk update for the FAS leveling build

Edited by Jefuu, 13 February 2025 - 09:56 AM.