The pros and cons of all classes.

*cracks knuckles* Archer whore, at your service!

Bowman:

Pros:

- One of the best 1 vs 1 attacking skills. (Hurricane)
- Good third job mobbing skills (Especially usefully at jesters etc)
- Good amount of speed, thus good mobility. Good mobility skills in general, since they have Double Jump and somewhat high avoidability by 4th job. They also have the highest speedcap at the moment and obtain the highest speed in 4th Job pre-Union patch.
- No need for arrows due to soul arrow. (More space for potions/other use items). Copied from Marksmen because they too have this.
- Good mobbing skills, starting from 2nd Job. Their second job mob skill (Arrow Bomb) curves and stuns, while the Crossbowman counterpart (Iron Arrow) does not.
- Arrow Bomb in 2nd Job has the ability to stun.
- They can use potions while attacking (Hurricane only).
- Hurricane triggers Final Attack with every shot (obv at the % chance).
- Hurricane is not affected by neither Booster nor Speed Infusion, meaning you do not have to waste money on Useful SI. Possibly a con but Hurricane really can't go any faster.

Cons:

- Low HP. Applies to all archers (someone correct me on this).
- Must stand still in order to attack (Hurricane). Can not jumpshoot (technically they can but it's not an applied mechanic in their skills like jump-attacking on warriors/assassins).
- Female Bowmasters can not obtain Decent Hyper Body.* Applies to Marksmen as well.
- Shares one of the most expensive Mastery books (Advanced Final Attack) with two (soon to be three @ Wild Hunters) other classes.
- OPTIONAL/OPNINION: They have so many buffs, it not only wastes time while buffing, it may leave them vulnerable while doing so when doing a boss run where dispelling is common (Reasons: Soul Arrow being dispellable means inability to attack unless you actually brought arrows, and auto-pot does not work while buffing).

Pros:

- Good amount of damage with pierce and snipe.
- Mastery books are cheap.
- Higher base damage due to needing less STR.
- Good mobility skills for the same reason as Bowmasters.
- No need for arrows due to soul arrow. (More space for potions/other use items) This applies to Bowmasters as well.
- Rush skill (Dragon Breath)
- They have the ability to freeze enemies in 3rd Job.
- Good mobbing skills, starting from 2nd Job. Their second job mob skill does not curve and stun like Arrow Bomb for Hunters, however.
- Going STRless is a lot easier to do compared to other classes due no STR requirement on armors.Applies to Bowmasters as well, should change this to "Going low-STR is easier compared to Bowmasters due to needing less STR to equip their weapons" as crossbows require 5 less STR than bows.

Cons:

- Pierce charges slowly and is not affected by Crossbow booster or Speed infusion.
- Iron Arrow/Dragon Breath/Piercing Arrow have limited range compared to other skills. Elaborate?
- Iron Arrow does not curve and stun.
- Ultimate strafe does not trigger Final attack.
- Ultimate Strafe does not trigger Final Attack; Single Target DPS leaves much to be desired, especially compared to Bowmasters. Why is this repeated? xD
- Female Marksmen can not obtain Decent Hyper Body.* Applies to Bowmasters as well.
- Maxing Strafe if a pre-requisite for Ultimate Strafe, so they must sacrifice some points out of another skill to do so.

Wind Archer

Pros:

- Good mobility skills for the same reason as the others, BUT they also have Wind Walk, which allows them to move around like a thief that has Dark Sight.
- They obtain Hurricane at an earlier level due to being a Cygnus Knight.
- They obtain a transformation skill in 3rd Job, which raises their power and gives them more mobility.
- Soul Arrow in 2nd Job, no need for arrows.
- As mentioned above, they have a Dark Sight ability, which also increases their power after use.

Cons:

- Can not level past 120 (applies to all Cygnus Knights).
- Wind Walk must be used before every attack in order to abuse its full potential.
- No freeze/stun skill.
- Does not obtain Sharp Eyes.
- Does not obtain a summon that allows them to increase their survivability (the adventurer archers have this).
- Their second job mob skill does not stun like Hunters' does.

Wild Hunter

Pros:

- Great mobility.
- Can move while attacking because they technically do not move themselves, their jaguar does.
- Hurricane-like skill in 4th Job.
- They get a full-screen attacking skill (ultimate) in 4th Job (like all others, has a cooldown).
- They obtain a stance skill in 3rd Job (55% stance).
- Great for 1vs1 ranged and can do melee attacking as well (jaguar attacks).
- Soul Arrow in 2nd Job, so no need for arrows.
- As crossbow users, they need less STR than bow users.

Cons:

- Depends on their mount for both survivability and movement.

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My answers/opinions in bold for adventurers, and contributed to Wind Archers and Wild Hunters (someone already did Mercedes :p), feel free to add whatever I missed as I have not played a Wild Hunter past 120. Also, I wouldn't mention mobbing skills being useful at a place like Jesters as that place is, in my humble opinion, terrible for a newbie to go at. I wouldn't recommend it unless you tolerate being KSed out of your channel. Mobbing skills are useful everywhere anyway.

*Only way for a female archer/pirate/magician to obtain Decent HB, as far as I know, is to acquire Android Legs for cubing. However, they are untradeable upon equipping and are an extreme rarity and are (I think) no longer obtainable. Would like a confirmation on this as I no longer see Iruvata Boosters in Gachapon announcements.

Grammar tip: Plural for Thief is Thieves. :3