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= Introduction =
= Introduction =
<page under construction>
<page under construction>


Hello I'm Sophie/Joan (Guide Date: 28/Aug/2025). You would often see me playing in D1/D2/HoL/LoF/ToT/CT/Villa/BioTemple/Mjol with my Windhawk char R.ClickToRename242812 or with characters of other jobs. Feel free to hit me up to join my #LFG calls.  
Hello I'm Sophie/Joan (Guide Date: 28/Aug/2025). You would often see me playing in D1/D2/HoL/LoF/ToT/CT/Villa/Mjol with my Windhawk char R.ClickToRename242812 or with characters of other jobs. Feel free to hit me up to join my #LFG calls.  


This guide is merely what I do mostly with my gale storm WH and is not optimized (dm me on discord/In-game if you can improve upon it). I just try to write it out to satistfy the demand after seeing some people would ask it in #archer channel for the Gale Storm build guide from time to time. There's different requirements and priorities difference with GS build vs CB build (e.g. %acd reduc is not really needed in GS build while it needs 50% on CB build) and the aim of GS build is strictly for farming (it is not for bossing). However between both builds, most of it is simply the matter of gear swapping (most significantly between the weapons and gambler's seal) and so I would advice you readers to familiarize yourself with gears swapping (even more easy now that there's custom skill created for that very purpose).
This guide is merely what I do on my gale storm WH and is not optimized (dm me on discord/In-game if you can improve upon it). I just tried to write it out to satisfy the demand after seeing some people asking in the #archer channel for a Gale Storm build guide from time to time. There's different requirements and priorities with GS build vs CB build (e.g. %acd reduction is not really needed for GS build, while 50% is needed for CB build) and the aim of GS build is strictly for farming (it is not for bossing). However between both builds, most of it is simply the matter of gear swapping (most significantly between the weapons and gambler's seal), so I would advice you readers to familiarize yourself with gear swapping (even easier now that there's a custom skill created for that very purpose).


= Scope/For Whom this guide is Intended for =
= Scope/For Whom this guide is Intended for =
End game luxury of nice to have and fun to do things for those players who have reached end game and have collected most if not all BiS gears or their equivalent (for returning player can refer to the old meta of Set's End Game WH guide). This guide is not intended to be a stand-alone and more of complimentary for other more comprehensive WH guides. This guide is very subjective and intuitive as I do not provide exact numbers and optimization, but for that case you can find me to test out or experiment with any gears/luxuries that is listed/mentioned within this guide unless I specifically stated not to have them. On this guide you are assumed to have already worn BiS (Best in Slot) equipments or incomplete BiS (enchanting in progress) and have moved away from wearing {{#item:300261}} on garment because 125 luk is bad for your stat balance.  
End game luxury of nice to have and fun to do things for those players who have reached end game and have collected most if not all BiS gears or their equivalent (for returning players, y'all can refer to this guide as the continuation of the old meta of [[Set%27s_End_Game_Journey_for_Windhawks|Set's End Game WH guide]]). This guide is not intended to be a stand-alone and more of complimentary for other more comprehensive WH guides. This guide is very subjective and intuitive as I do not provide exact numbers and optimization, but for that case you can find me to test out or experiment with any gears/luxuries that are listed/mentioned within this guide, unless I specifically stated to not have them. In this guide you are assumed to have already worn BiS (Best in Slot) equipment or incomplete BiS (enchanting in progress) and have moved away from wearing {{#item:300261}} on garment because 125 LUK is bad for your stat balance.  


End game optimization problem is that for some people, some gears/enchants/MVP setups suit them better as it touches the specifics of their playing styles and consumables consumption patterns and so we will not assume a narrowminded stance on this issue and would tolerate a bit lesser or bigger DPS and whatnots as long as things works well (shout out to get the DPS envy immunity people!).  
End game optimization problem is that for some people, some gear/enchant/MVP setups suit them better as it touches the specifics of their playing styles and consumables consumption patterns (e.g. with {{#item:300473}} you will want to consume {{#item:14536}}), so we will not assume a narrow-minded stance on this issue and would tolerate a bit lesser or bigger DPS and whatnots as long as things work well (shout out to get the DPS envy immunity people!).  


[[File:OPM fist.jpg|300px]]
[[File:OPM fist.jpg|300px]]


= Stats/Traits =
=General Overview=
The actual distribution of stats are more loosely defined (this is not a starter player's guide) but we aim to fullfill these Objectives (by priority):
=== Stats&Traits ===
*1. Instant Cast (hurt other faster than they would hurt you)
The actual distribution of stats and traits is more loosely defined (this is not a starter player's guide) but we aim to fulfill these '''Objectives''' (by priority):
*2. One Hit (OH) damage capability and 217 critical rate (if they're dead they can't hurt you)
# Instant Cast (hurt others faster than they can hurt you)
*3. Survivability, HP pool and evasion (one might get hurt by lag/mishap/bad luck but somehow have to survive it)
# One Hit (OH) damage capability and 217 critical rate (if they're dead they can't hurt you)
*4. Curse immunity
# Survivability, HP pool and evasion (one might get hurt by lag/mishap/bad luck face spawn but somehow have to survive it)
*5. Non-priority niches (carry weight, ASPD, Gale Storm spammability)
# Curse immunity
# Non-priority niches (carry weight, ASPD, Gale Storm spammability)


====== Stats ======
====== Stats ======
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* AGI - 80-120; (all remaining points here); reaching 183 ASPD should be easy
* AGI - 80-120; (all remaining points here); reaching 183 ASPD should be easy


* VIT -  77-110; Should adjust it yourself so that you don't get yeeted by D1/D2 mobs that facespawn on you. Can put minimum amount when on party with devo
* VIT -  77-110; Should adjust it yourself so that you don't get yeeted by D1/D2 mobs that facespawn on you. Can put minimum amount when in a party with devo


* INT - 100-120; For Instant Cast, SP pool.
* INT - 100-120; For Instant Cast, SP pool.
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* LUK - 80-100; For Curse Immunity, Critical rate.
* LUK - 80-100; For Curse Immunity, Critical rate.


Example (My stats when wearing {{#item:300530}} or {{#item:300473}}:
Example (My stats when wearing {{#item:300530}} or {{#item:300473}}:
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* POW - 110; Damage (non-crit related)
* POW - 110; Damage (non-crit related)
* CRT - 110; Damage (crit related)
* CRT - 110; Damage (crit related)
* CON - 72; Little more damage and evasion/survivability otherwise can be put into WIS or STA (so far no content needs it though)
* CON - 72; Little more damage and evasion/survivability, otherwise can be put into WIS or STA (so far no content needs it though)


= Core Skills =
=== Core Skills ===


=== Buff ===
===== Buff =====


Improve Concentration: for Instant Cast
{{#skill:45}}: For Instant Cast


True Sight: Addittional Critical Rate
{{#skill:380}}: Additional Critical Rate


Wind Walk: MS and FLEE rate
{{#skill:383}}: MS and FLEE rate


Calamity Gale/Unlimit: Makes Gale Storm crits and 350% ranged%
{{#skill:5328}} / {{#skill:5002}}: Makes Gale Storm crit ('''Calamity Gale''' only) and adds an additional 350% ranged% damage (both)


Magnum Break (optional, from {{#item:4084}}): 20% fire-elemental bonus damage outside all other sources it is just simply hits above its weight after you have exhausted every other damage% modifier sources.
{{#skill:7}} (optional, from {{#item:4084}}): 20% fire-elemental bonus damage outside of all other sources. It simply hits above its weight after you have exhausted every other damage% modifier source


=== Active Skills ===
===== Active Skills =====


Swap Equip: You will want to swap into CB build when Calaminity Gale/Unlimit is not active to recover AP.
Swap Equip: You will want to swap into CB build when Calaminity Gale/Unlimit is not active to recover AP.


Camouflage: Survivability.
{{#skill:2247}}: Survivability.
 
{{#skill:2241}}: MS and Survivability.
 
{{#skill:130}}: Useful on some maps like D2.


Warg Rider: MS and Survivability.
{{#skill:5334}}: Your secondary hard hitting skill in case the enemy gets too close and a way to recover AP while still hitting hard.


Detect: Useful on some maps like D2.
{{#skill:5330}}: Your hard hitter, but is useless without Calamity Gale/Unlimit active.


Crescive Bolt: Your secondary hard hitting skill in case the enemy gets to close and way to recover AP while still hitting hard.
= Gears and Min-Max Technicalities =


Gale Storm: Your hard hitter but is useless without Calamity Gale/Unlimit active.
=== About Physical Damage Modifiers for Gale WH Build ===


The general aim of the min-maxing process (as of Date: 28/Aug/2025) is to equalize these damage modifiers while maximizing their overall multiplicative result. You should be aware of diminishing returns as you adds up a single damage modifier. The contextual reason of the importance on this matter is because of the aforementioned '''One Hit''' (OH) Objective, that we want each hit of our Gale Storm damage to be as high as possible (to be clear it is the '''single instance of the damage''', not the DPS).


=== About Physical Damage Modifiers ===
Listed from most precious to least worthy, type @bs in game to see yours:


The general aim of min-maxxing process (as of Date: 28/Aug/2025) is to equalize these damage modifiers while maximizing their overall multiplicative result. Listed from most precious to least worthy, type @bs in game to see yours:
* '''Class%:''' Hardest and most expensive to get, generally speaking. You will have 30%-85%. Main Sources: {{#item:300533}}, {{#item:4602}} combo, {{#item:4529}}, {{#item:300473}}, Demigod Set, HoL accesories and enchantments, Abysmal Knight Pet.
* '''Enemy_Element%:''' Rare modifier mostly seen on more modern iterations of items (post 2016), but is less expensive than Class%. You will have around 40%-130%. Main Sources: {{#item:27126}}-like MVP cards on body slot, Maximum Mammoth Shadow gears, HoL garment 2nd slot enchant, Varmundt Boots 2nd slot enchant, Dimensions/Time Gap Weapons 3rd slot enchant, Jitterbug combo and proc.
* '''Skill%:''' Quite hard to get as the source is only from TDRC and Dimensions/Time Gap Weapons for Gale Storm skill and is already mandatory. You will have 35%-95%.
* '''Enemy_Race%:''' Not very rare but getting the right ones could be costly. You will easily have 70%-200%. Main Sources: {{#item:27126}}-like MVP cards on body slot, HoL accessories and enchantments, various equipment.
* '''Enemy_Size%:''' Easy to get and cheap. You will have 45%-170%. Main Sources: Cards on Weapon slots, TDRC, Shadow Gears.
* '''Res_Ignore%:''' Only '''relevant''' source for now is the Fatal Master Shadow Gears for 20%. The effect is only roughly 5-10% pure damage increase, though it is nice, because it is outside all other modifier calculations.
* '''Critical%''': and other '''critical related modifier''' like C.RATE: You will have around 300-550% critical% and 80-140 C.RATE. Main Sources: various for Critical%, Shadow Gear Enchantments for C.RATE
* Other '''non-critical related modifiers''' like POW, P.ATK. Main Sources: Shadow Gear enchantments, Varmundt boots/garment 3rd slot enchantments, {{#item:300533}}
* '''Range%:''': We already have a lot thanks to Calamity Gale/Unlimit, so adding on this is generally redundant. You will have above 350%, around 450-550% or above.


* Class%, hardest and most expensive to get generally speaking, probably you will have 30%-85%. Main Sources: {{#item:300533}}, {{#item:4602}} combo, {{#item:4529}}, {{#item:300473}}, Demigod Set, HoL accesories and enchantments, Abysmal Knight Pet.
Trivia:
* Enemy_Element%, rare modifier mostly seen on more modern iterations of items (post 2016) but is less expensive than Class%, probably you will have around 40%-130%. Main Sources: Boitata-like MVP cards on body slot, Maximum Mammoth Shadow gears, HoL garment 2nd slot enchant, Varmundt Boots 2nd slot enchant, Dimensions/Time Gap Weapons 3rd slot enchant, Jitterbug combo and proc.
* '''ATK%''': this is useless tier damage modifier and should just be ignored for physical build (different case with MATK% of the magical build) unless someone can prove me wrong. Also was tested but not thorough (and I already yeeted the 10% ATK% gambler's seal I'm so sorry)
* Skill%, quite hard to get as the source is only from TDRC and Dimensions/Time Gap Weapons for Gale Storm skill and is already mandatory, probably you will have 35%-95%.
* Enemy_Race%, not very rare but getting the right ones could be costly, probably you will easily have 70%-200%. Main Sources: Boitata-like MVP cards on body slot, HoL accessories and enchantments, various equipments.
* Enemy_Size%, easy to get and cheap, probably you will have 45%-170%. Main Sources: Cards on Weapon slots, TDRC, Shadow Gears.
* Res_Ignore%, only source for now is the Fatal Master Shadow Gears for 20% amount.
* Critical% and other critical related modifier like C.RATE, probably you will have around 300-550% critical% and 80-140 C.RATE. Main Sources: various for Critical%, Shadow Gear Enchantments for C.RATE
* Other non-critical related modifiers like POW, P.ATK. Main Sources: Shadow Gear enchantments, Varmundt boots/garment 3rd slot enchantments, {{#item:300533}}
* Range%, we already have a lot thanks to Calamity Gale/Unlimit so adding on this is generally redundant. You will have above 350% up to around 450-500%.


===Gears===
===Gears===
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*{{#item:4529}}  
*{{#item:4529}}
*{{#item:300377}}
*{{#item:300377}}
*{{#item:300363}}
*{{#item:300363}}
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*Enchanted with {{#item:312753}}, {{#item:312712}}.
*Enchanted with {{#item:312753}}, {{#item:312712}}.
*The reason we don't use {{#item:312700}} is because we dont need '''acd%''' for this build. Instead you just swap out for {{#item:400723}}(BiS for CB Build).
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|'''Middle'''
|'''Middle'''
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*Enchanted with any of the following:
*Enchanted with any of the following:
**Critical Atttack +10%
**Critical Atttack +8-10%
**Critical Atttack +9%
**Long Range Atttack +8-10%
**Critical Atttack +8%
**MaxHP +8-10% (Experimental), the reason is sometimes additional HP is simply better when you already have saturated every other damage source modifiers.
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|'''Lower'''
|'''Lower'''
| align="center" | {{#item:420220}}
| align="center" | {{#item:420220}} (BiS) <br> and/or <br> {{#item:420269}} (Experimental)
| <center><small> N/A </center></small>
| <center><small> N/A </center></small>
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*Enchanted with any of the following:
*Enchanted with any of the following:
**'''1st line''': DEX +5   
**'''1st line''': DEX +5   
**'''2nd line''': Critical Atttack +7% ''or''  Critical Atttack +6%
**'''2nd line''': Critical Atttack +6-7% ''or''  Long Ranged Atttack +6-7%
|- style=height:9em
|- style=height:9em
|'''Armor'''
|'''Armor'''
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<small>
*{{#item:300533}}  
*{{#item:300533}} (BiS)
*{{#item:4602}}
*{{#item:4602}}
*{{#item:27126}}
*{{#item:27126}}
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*{{#item:300021}}
*{{#item:300021}}
*{{#item:300445}}
*{{#item:300445}}
*{{#item:300524}}
*{{#item:300525}}
*{{#item:300381}}
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</small>
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*{{#item:300530}}  
*{{#item:300530}} (BiS)
*{{#item:300473}}  
*{{#item:300473}} (Experimental)
*{{#item:4676}}  
*{{#item:4676}} (old BiS)
*{{#item:300426}}  
*{{#item:300426}}
*{{#item:300517}}(Combo with '''Yoscopus Sorcerer Card''' or '''Yoscopus Guardian Card''')
*or any other cheap Bio5 MVP card e.g. {{#item:4677}}
   
   
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*Enchanted with {{#item:313023}}, {{#item:312538}}, and {{#item:312479}}.
*Enchanted with {{#item:313023}}, {{#item:312538}}, and {{#item:312479}}.
*The reason any Bio5 MVP card works is because it is only a difference of CRI +20 (we don't really care about Bio5 Shecil card's 15% ranged physical damage bonus) and is easily solved by {{#item:14536}}
*Also use {{#item:14536}} when using {{#item:300517}} or {{#item:300473}}


|- style=height:16em
|- style=height:16em
|'''Shoes'''
|'''Shoes'''
| align="center" | +12 [A] {{#item:470174}} <br> and/or <br> +12 [A] {{#item:470175 }}
| align="center" | +12 [A] {{#item:470174}} <br> and/or <br> +12 [A] {{#item:470175 }} and/or <br> +12 [A] {{#item:470197}}(Experimental)
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<small>  
*{{#item:300177}}  
*{{#item:300177}}
*{{#item:300380}} 
*{{#item:300280}}
*{{#item:300280}}
*{{#item:27383}}  
*{{#item:27383}}  
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</small>
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*'''Midnight Archi Card''' will serve as your general all-purpose card while the episode 21 racial/element cards will be for targeting specific MVPs/maps.
*'''Midnight Archi Card''' or '''Piloted Midrange Rgan Card''' will serve as your general all-purpose card while the episode 21 racial/element cards will be for targeting specific MVPs/maps.
*The reason I did not list {{#item:470260}} or {{#item:470303}} is because it doesn't contain '''Enemy_Element%''' (more details on previous part), so I still value it less than our Varmundt Boots. Note that the mats are cheap nowadays, so resetting the 2nd slot enchantment is not as daunting as it used to be.
*Dim glacier boots are only to be paired with jitterbug combo proc. The reason is the overwhelming '''Enemy_Element%''' from the proc, so with '''Dim Glacier Boots''' you fill the '''Enemy_race%''' modifier instead.
|- style=height:14em
|- style=height:14em
|'''Accessory (Right)'''
|'''Accessory (Right)'''
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*{{#item:300278}}  
*{{#item:300278}}  
*{{#item:4084}}  
*{{#item:4084}}  
</small>
</small>
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*Enchanted with {{#item:313033}},  {{#item:310706}}, and {{#item:310706}}.  
*Enchanted with {{#item:313033}},   
**{{#item:310701}} and {{#item:310701}}(BiS) or
**{{#item:310706}} and {{#item:310706}}.  
**For more info on how to enchant, check this [[Constellation_Tower_Enchants|page]].
**For more info on how to enchant, check this [[Constellation_Tower_Enchants|page]].
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*{{#item:300278}}  
*{{#item:300278}}  
*{{#item:4084}}  
*{{#item:4084}}  
*{{#item:300471}}
*{{#item:300471}}(Experimental)
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**For more info about purchasing and enchanting the accessory, check this [[Circulation_of_Life_Accessories|page]].
**For more info about purchasing and enchanting the accessory, check this [[Circulation_of_Life_Accessories|page]].
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*Pets: {{#item:9132}} or {{#item:9193}}
*Shadow Gears:
**Double Maximum Mammoth combo: very strong if not BiS, theoritically explained by the 12% gain in Enemy_Element% modifier. Only wear double with {{#item:4399}} otherwise just wear one pair.
**Needing full penetration/infinity otherwise wear {{#item:4399}} for 100% def pierce and {{#item:24386}} or {{#item:24733}} or {{#item:9193}} for ignore weapon size
**Otherwise double +10/+10 Bow/Fatal/Sword Master Shadow Gears is not bad, however it will lock you into using {{#item:9193}}. There's also possibility of using one set of +10 Bow/Fatal/Sword Master Shadow Gears and {{#item:27294}}(Experimental) and then the rest of the shadow gear will be a pair of Maximum Mammoth
**With {{#item:4399}} use +10/+7 Bow/Fatal/Sword Master Shadow Gears instead so the 50% def pierce won't trigger
*Currently not-haves list: {{#item:300377}},{{#item:27126}},{{#item:4408}},{{#item:300007}},{{#item:300021}},{{#item:300445}},{{#item:300280}}
= Glossary=
*BiS: Best in Slot, refers to items/cards that are considered the best according to the ongoing meta. May be subject to change, that is why I put emphasize on dates whenever the term BiS is mentioned on that part.
*Old BiS: Old Best in Slot, was the BiS on previous meta. Some have the potential to be BiS again in the future (e.g. Bio5 MVP Ranger Shecil card in the case future Job 4 Wind Hawk Bio MVP cards will give strong combo bonus), so they are generally still top tier recommended items, though not to die for.
*Experimental: Strong items that could possibly be BiS on some setups, but are not widely accepted as the BiS and still need a lot of testing and discussion for it to be universally designated as BiS. Or items that are situationally considerably better than BiS or offering niches that are considered worth trading with the boons gained from the BiS items depending on your personal playing style.


= Acknowledgements =
= Acknowledgements =


*Discussions and demonstrations from Various Masters (ain't namedropping y'all) mostly but not limited to #archer, #swordsman, and #mage class channels of MuhRo Discord that have educated me on so many things regarding this class beyond general guides.  
*Special Thanks to '''Tmisn''' for editing and proofreading.
*Goldie's EM Guide Endgame part table format was used for gears part formatting of this guide
*Discussions and demonstrations from Various Masters (ain't namedropping y'all but you know who you are) mostly but not limited to #archer, #swordsman, and #mage class channels of MuhRo Discord that have educated me on so many things regarding this class beyond general guides.
*Hurt Locker's Wind Hawk Guide character picture format was used for character picture formatting of this guide.
*Goldie's EM Guide Endgame part table format was used for gears part formatting of this guide.
*Credit to '''Yanalicious''' for personally contacting me and pointing out that on {{#item:490135}} the double {{#item:310701}} enchantment was actually the slightly better enchantment than double {{#item:310706}} enchantment (tested, around 1-2% better). (30/Aug/2025)

Latest revision as of 18:14, 4 September 2025


R.ClickToRename242812
WindHawk

Introduction

<page under construction>

Hello I'm Sophie/Joan (Guide Date: 28/Aug/2025). You would often see me playing in D1/D2/HoL/LoF/ToT/CT/Villa/Mjol with my Windhawk char R.ClickToRename242812 or with characters of other jobs. Feel free to hit me up to join my #LFG calls.

This guide is merely what I do on my gale storm WH and is not optimized (dm me on discord/In-game if you can improve upon it). I just tried to write it out to satisfy the demand after seeing some people asking in the #archer channel for a Gale Storm build guide from time to time. There's different requirements and priorities with GS build vs CB build (e.g. %acd reduction is not really needed for GS build, while 50% is needed for CB build) and the aim of GS build is strictly for farming (it is not for bossing). However between both builds, most of it is simply the matter of gear swapping (most significantly between the weapons and gambler's seal), so I would advice you readers to familiarize yourself with gear swapping (even easier now that there's a custom skill created for that very purpose).

Scope/For Whom this guide is Intended for

End game luxury of nice to have and fun to do things for those players who have reached end game and have collected most if not all BiS gears or their equivalent (for returning players, y'all can refer to this guide as the continuation of the old meta of Set's End Game WH guide). This guide is not intended to be a stand-alone and more of complimentary for other more comprehensive WH guides. This guide is very subjective and intuitive as I do not provide exact numbers and optimization, but for that case you can find me to test out or experiment with any gears/luxuries that are listed/mentioned within this guide, unless I specifically stated to not have them. In this guide you are assumed to have already worn BiS (Best in Slot) equipment or incomplete BiS (enchanting in progress) and have moved away from wearing 300261.png Galensis Card (300261) on garment because 125 LUK is bad for your stat balance.

End game optimization problem is that for some people, some gear/enchant/MVP setups suit them better as it touches the specifics of their playing styles and consumables consumption patterns (e.g. with 300473.png [MVP] Snow Angel Card (300473) you will want to consume 14536.png Abrasive (14536) ), so we will not assume a narrow-minded stance on this issue and would tolerate a bit lesser or bigger DPS and whatnots as long as things work well (shout out to get the DPS envy immunity people!).

 

General Overview

Stats&Traits

The actual distribution of stats and traits is more loosely defined (this is not a starter player's guide) but we aim to fulfill these Objectives (by priority):

  1. Instant Cast (hurt others faster than they can hurt you)
  2. One Hit (OH) damage capability and 217 critical rate (if they're dead they can't hurt you)
  3. Survivability, HP pool and evasion (one might get hurt by lag/mishap/bad luck face spawn but somehow have to survive it)
  4. Curse immunity
  5. Non-priority niches (carry weight, ASPD, Gale Storm spammability)
Stats
  • STR - 50-100; Carry weight
  • AGI - 80-120; (all remaining points here); reaching 183 ASPD should be easy
  • VIT - 77-110; Should adjust it yourself so that you don't get yeeted by D1/D2 mobs that facespawn on you. Can put minimum amount when in a party with devo
  • INT - 100-120; For Instant Cast, SP pool.
  • DEX - 120-130; For Instant Cast, Damage.
  • LUK - 80-100; For Curse Immunity, Critical rate.

Example (My stats when wearing 300530.png [MVP] Yortus Arbiter Card (300530) or 300473.png [MVP] Snow Angel Card (300473) :

  • STR - 80
  • AGI - 82
  • VIT - 77
  • INT - 110
  • DEX - 130
  • LUK - 99
Traits
  • POW - 110; Damage (non-crit related)
  • CRT - 110; Damage (crit related)
  • CON - 72; Little more damage and evasion/survivability, otherwise can be put into WIS or STA (so far no content needs it though)

Core Skills

Buff

45.png Improve Concentration: For Instant Cast

380.png True Sight: Additional Critical Rate

383.png Wind Walk: MS and FLEE rate

5328.png Calamity Gale / 5002.png Unlimit: Makes Gale Storm crit (Calamity Gale only) and adds an additional 350% ranged% damage (both)

7.png Magnum Break (optional, from 4084.png Marine Sphere Card (4084) ): 20% fire-elemental bonus damage outside of all other sources. It simply hits above its weight after you have exhausted every other damage% modifier source

Active Skills

Swap Equip: You will want to swap into CB build when Calaminity Gale/Unlimit is not active to recover AP.

2247.png Camouflage: Survivability.

2241.png Warg Rider: MS and Survivability.

130.png Detect: Useful on some maps like D2.

5334.png Crescive Bolt: Your secondary hard hitting skill in case the enemy gets too close and a way to recover AP while still hitting hard.

5330.png Gale Storm: Your hard hitter, but is useless without Calamity Gale/Unlimit active.

Gears and Min-Max Technicalities

About Physical Damage Modifiers for Gale WH Build

The general aim of the min-maxing process (as of Date: 28/Aug/2025) is to equalize these damage modifiers while maximizing their overall multiplicative result. You should be aware of diminishing returns as you adds up a single damage modifier. The contextual reason of the importance on this matter is because of the aforementioned One Hit (OH) Objective, that we want each hit of our Gale Storm damage to be as high as possible (to be clear it is the single instance of the damage, not the DPS).

Listed from most precious to least worthy, type @bs in game to see yours:

  • Class%: Hardest and most expensive to get, generally speaking. You will have 30%-85%. Main Sources: 300533.png [MVP] Encroached Tan Card (300533) , 4602.png [MVP] Realized Amdarais Card (4602) combo, 4529.png [MVP] Violent Coelacanth Card (4529) , 300473.png [MVP] Snow Angel Card (300473) , Demigod Set, HoL accesories and enchantments, Abysmal Knight Pet.
  • Enemy_Element%: Rare modifier mostly seen on more modern iterations of items (post 2016), but is less expensive than Class%. You will have around 40%-130%. Main Sources: 27126.png [MVP] Boitata Card (27126) -like MVP cards on body slot, Maximum Mammoth Shadow gears, HoL garment 2nd slot enchant, Varmundt Boots 2nd slot enchant, Dimensions/Time Gap Weapons 3rd slot enchant, Jitterbug combo and proc.
  • Skill%: Quite hard to get as the source is only from TDRC and Dimensions/Time Gap Weapons for Gale Storm skill and is already mandatory. You will have 35%-95%.
  • Enemy_Race%: Not very rare but getting the right ones could be costly. You will easily have 70%-200%. Main Sources: 27126.png [MVP] Boitata Card (27126) -like MVP cards on body slot, HoL accessories and enchantments, various equipment.
  • Enemy_Size%: Easy to get and cheap. You will have 45%-170%. Main Sources: Cards on Weapon slots, TDRC, Shadow Gears.
  • Res_Ignore%: Only relevant source for now is the Fatal Master Shadow Gears for 20%. The effect is only roughly 5-10% pure damage increase, though it is nice, because it is outside all other modifier calculations.
  • Critical%: and other critical related modifier like C.RATE: You will have around 300-550% critical% and 80-140 C.RATE. Main Sources: various for Critical%, Shadow Gear Enchantments for C.RATE
  • Other non-critical related modifiers like POW, P.ATK. Main Sources: Shadow Gear enchantments, Varmundt boots/garment 3rd slot enchantments, 300533.png [MVP] Encroached Tan Card (300533)
  • Range%:: We already have a lot thanks to Calamity Gale/Unlimit, so adding on this is generally redundant. You will have above 350%, around 450-550% or above.

Trivia:

  • ATK%: this is useless tier damage modifier and should just be ignored for physical build (different case with MATK% of the magical build) unless someone can prove me wrong. Also was tested but not thorough (and I already yeeted the 10% ATK% gambler's seal I'm so sorry)

Gears

Recommended gears (as of Date: 28/Aug/2025):

Type Item Card Enchants and Notes
Upper +12 to +15 [A] 400539.png Time Dimensions Rune Crown (Wind Hawk) [1] (400539)

Middle 410233.png Gambler's Seal [1] (410233)

  • Enchanted with any of the following:
    • Critical Atttack +8-10%
    • Long Range Atttack +8-10%
    • MaxHP +8-10% (Experimental), the reason is sometimes additional HP is simply better when you already have saturated every other damage source modifiers.
Lower 420220.png Ace of Diamonds in Mouth (Ranged Physical) (420220) (BiS)
and/or
420269.png Ace of Clovers in Mouth (Defense) (420269) (Experimental)
N/A
  • Enchanted with any of the following:
    • 1st line: DEX +5
    • 2nd line: Critical Atttack +6-7% or Long Ranged Atttack +6-7%
Armor +12 to +15 [A] 450172.png Nebula Suit of Creative [1] (450172)

Weapon +12 to +15 [A] 700108.png Time Gap Wind Bow [2] (700108)
and/or
+12 to +15 [A] 700093.png Dimensions Wind Crossbow [2] (700093)

Garment +12 to +15 [A] 480352.png Circulation of Life Winter [1] (480352)

Shoes +12 [A] 470174.png Glade Rune Boots [1] (470174)
and/or
+12 [A] 470175.png Ice Rune Boots [1] (470175) and/or
+12 [A] 470197.png Dim Glacier Boots [1] (470197) (Experimental)

  • Midnight Archi Card or Piloted Midrange Rgan Card will serve as your general all-purpose card while the episode 21 racial/element cards will be for targeting specific MVPs/maps.
  • The reason I did not list 470260.png Gaebolg Boots [1] (470260) or 470303.png Yorscalp Boots [1] (470303) is because it doesn't contain Enemy_Element% (more details on previous part), so I still value it less than our Varmundt Boots. Note that the mats are cheap nowadays, so resetting the 2nd slot enchantment is not as daunting as it used to be.
  • Dim glacier boots are only to be paired with jitterbug combo proc. The reason is the overwhelming Enemy_Element% from the proc, so with Dim Glacier Boots you fill the Enemy_race% modifier instead.
Accessory (Right)
490135.png Creative Signet of Star [1] (490135)

Accessory (Left) 490486.png Signet of Circulation Winter [1] (490486)

Glossary

  • BiS: Best in Slot, refers to items/cards that are considered the best according to the ongoing meta. May be subject to change, that is why I put emphasize on dates whenever the term BiS is mentioned on that part.
  • Old BiS: Old Best in Slot, was the BiS on previous meta. Some have the potential to be BiS again in the future (e.g. Bio5 MVP Ranger Shecil card in the case future Job 4 Wind Hawk Bio MVP cards will give strong combo bonus), so they are generally still top tier recommended items, though not to die for.
  • Experimental: Strong items that could possibly be BiS on some setups, but are not widely accepted as the BiS and still need a lot of testing and discussion for it to be universally designated as BiS. Or items that are situationally considerably better than BiS or offering niches that are considered worth trading with the boons gained from the BiS items depending on your personal playing style.

Acknowledgements

  • Special Thanks to Tmisn for editing and proofreading.
  • Discussions and demonstrations from Various Masters (ain't namedropping y'all but you know who you are) mostly but not limited to #archer, #swordsman, and #mage class channels of MuhRo Discord that have educated me on so many things regarding this class beyond general guides.
  • Hurt Locker's Wind Hawk Guide character picture format was used for character picture formatting of this guide.
  • Goldie's EM Guide Endgame part table format was used for gears part formatting of this guide.
  • Credit to Yanalicious for personally contacting me and pointing out that on 490135.png Creative Signet of Star [1] (490135) the double 310701.png Star of Master Archer Lv5 (310701) enchantment was actually the slightly better enchantment than double 310706.png Star of Sharp Lv.5 (310706) enchantment (tested, around 1-2% better). (30/Aug/2025)
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