First Job Skill Build

There are many skills offered to Archers in the first Job that cannot be maxed by 2nd Job. As such, one must carefully determine which skills to forgo.

There are some essential skills that must be maxed such as the following:

* Critical Shot
* The Eye of Amazon

Some skills are alternatives of each other and one must be maxed:

* Arrow Blow
* Double Shot

Some skills are pre-requisites of other essential skills and must be learnt:

* Level 3 of The Blessing of Amazon to unlock The Eye of Amazon
* Level 1 of Arrow Blow to unlock Double Shot

As the order of learning these skills will have no permanent impact as compared to Improve Max MP Increase and Improve Max HP Increase. Therefore, the order will only affect your training style.

Below is the best recommendation for all new Archers:

* 3 The Blessing of Amazon
* 8 The Eye of Amazon
* 20 Critical Shot
* 1 Arrow Blow
* 20 Double Shot
* 9 Focus

Build Order 1: Recommended for the unfunded new Archer

* Max The Eye of Amazon
* Max Critical Shot
* Max Double Shot

With this build, Range is maxed immediately, allowing you to stay away from the monsters and prevent being hit. Critical Shot is maxed next, adding to average damage but still saving money on MP. Double Shot is next, as by this time enough funds should have accumulated that MP potions won't be a problem. Focus is merely to hold the remaining points left over, though the AVOID it adds is quite useful in reducing damage taken.

Build Order 2: Recommended for the experienced and funded player

* Max Double Shot
* Max Critical Shot
* Max The Eye of Amazon

Those who are rich, through funding from another character or sheer luck in getting valuable drops, can choose to go the more expensive path and max their active skills first. They would max Double Shot as soon as possible, and then max Critical Shot for the most damage as soon as possible. This comes at the expense of range and lots of money spent on mana potions.

Alternative Build: Arrow Blow

There are Archers who choose Arrow Blow over Double Shot despite its lower damage output. The common reasons for choosing Arrow Blow:

* Double the knocking back ability due to large consolidated damage
* Lower MP cost and arrow cost during lower levels
* Aesthetics
http://strategywiki.org/wiki/MapleStory/Bowman_Guide/Builds