A Windhawk's Journey by Meer

Ragnarok Online PvM/PvE build guide for Windhawk. Specifically tailored for MuhRO. Might not work for other servers.


it's still "work in progress"

I still don't have a clue about Ep. 19 stuffs yet btw kek


Sharp Shooting (Early Windhawk)

Parameters Required
Fixed Cast Time (FCT) -0.5sec
After Cast Delay Reduction (ACDR) 72%
Variable Cast Time (VCT) The closer to Instant Cast the better
Critical Rate Required 50 + Target's Crit Shield

This is the first choke point of being Windhawk. The transition towards Crescive Bolt will require you to have -1.0 FCT. Since getting 25067.png Cast Stone (Garment) (25067) for the -0.5FCT is gacha-based in our server, you will have to be patient and slowly farm the next tier equipments. Grace Set will not work with Crescive Bolt.

Equipment Name Position

How to Get

Note

700043.png Paradise Ranger Crossbow (700043)

Weapon

10x 25223.png Eden Coin (25223)

Really good starting bow, available at Lv100. Use it till you can afford a better one.

DO NOT CRAFT 18185.png Sharp Star Bow [2] (18185) yourself. It's not worth the price being paid and you better of using something else. Only buy from market if you can afford it.

400139.png Advanced Paradise Cap (400139) Head

Eden Gears

The HP and SP Leech is actually quite good. A cheaper alternative of 5208.png Rideword Hat [1] (5208) .
450090.png Grace Sharp Suit [1] (450090) Armor

Grace Set

Getting Grace Set should be your top priority after getting to Lv150. The combo effect is really strong.
480018.png Grace Attack Manteau [1] (480018) Garment

Grace Set

Mainly just to get the combo effect.
470020.png Grace Attack Boots [1] (470020) Shoes

Grace Set

Really affordable -0.5FCT. Definitely neeeded to spam Sharp Shooting
490019.png Grace Attack Ring [1] (490019) Accessories (Right)

Grace Set

You can use any accesory on your left.
24708.png Ranger Advanced Paradise Shadow Weapon (24708)

24693.png Advanced Paradise Shadow Shield (24693)
24694.png Advanced Paradise Shadow Armor (24694)
24695.png Advanced Paradise Shadow Shoes (24695)
24696.png Advanced Paradise Shadow Earring (24696)
24697.png Advanced Paradise Shadow Pendant (24697)

Shadow Gears

Eden Shadow Gears

A really strong shadow gears set that will last you for so long. Just rent it and do NOT buy.

Entry Crescive Bolt

Parameters Required for Maximum Spam Rate
Fixed Cast Time (FCT) -1.0sec
After Cast Delay Reduction (ACDR) 50%
Variable Cast Time (VCT) The closer to Instant Cast the better
Critical Rate Required 100 + Target's Crit Shield

Despite having unlocked Crescive Bolt early on, most beginner Windhawk will probably never get to play this build until later on. Mainly cause this build requires you to have -1sec FCT and 50% ACDR. Unfortunately in our server the chance of getting the -0.5sec FCT 25067.png Cast Stone (Garment) (25067) is way too low and if it was available in the market, the price would be insanely expensive (150m+). That's why getting +11 Auto Leg A or +11 Illusion Sprint Mail & Shoes combo is mandatory to play this build.

Another sad news is, Grace Set is way too good of a combo to break. That means if you have +11 Auto Leg A, but not having the Auto Armor / Engine Wing B, you gonna have a really terrible experience. This is caused by Grace Set giving good bonuses but only as a combo, if you break the combo, you will lose tons of damage and in the end switching to Crescive Bolt instead of Sharp Shooting is actually a worse decision.

Equipment Name Position

How to Get

Note

+11 18174.png Illusion Hunter Bow [2] (18174)

Weapon

Illusion of Luanda

Illusion Hunter Bow is a decent bow that I started with, while working on Thanatos Bow-AD.

DO NOT CRAFT 18185.png Sharp Star Bow [2] (18185) yourself. It's not worth the price being paid and you better of using something else. Only buy from market if it's "cheap" e.g. below 25m fully enchanted +11.

5208.png Rideword Hat [1] (5208) or

+11 400116.png Celestial Luxurious Crown [1] (400116)

Head

Equipment Crafting

The HP and SP Leech is better than 400139.png Advanced Paradise Cap (400139) . Celestial Lux Crown prolly only worth using if you happen to find cheap 18185.png Sharp Star Bow [2] (18185) from market, and you use more Sharp Shooting than Crescive Bolt.
410093.png Sealed Chain (410093) or
410094.png Sealed Chain [1] (410094)
Middle Headgear

Niflheim Dungeon

Quite affordable yet really strong combo that will last you till end game.
420076.png Bondage Necklace (420076) Lower Headgear

Niflheim Dungeon

+11 450127.png Automatic Armor Type A [1] (450127) (Pow/Pow/Delay)

or +11 450182.png Illusion Sprint Mail [1] (450182) (Dex2/Dex2 or Str2/Str2)

Armor

Automatic Equipment (17.2) or

Illusion of Twins

not confirmed if Dex2/Dex2 gonna be better than Str2/Str2)
+11 480021.png Automatic Engine Wing Type B [1] (480021) (Crit/Crit/Fast) Garment

Automatic Equipment (17.2)

Mainly just to get the combo effect.
+11 470022.png Automatic Leg Type A [1] (470022) Automatic Leg A (Firing Shot/Overpower/0.8sec FCT)

or +11 470066.png Illusion Sprint Shoes [1] (470066) (Dex2/Dex2 or Str2/Str2)

Shoes

Automatic Equipment (17.2) or

Illusion of Twins

Mandatory -0.8sec FCT or -0.7sec FCT.

not confirmed if Dex2/Dex2 gonna be better than Str2/Str2)

Sinful / Brilliant Accessory Accessories

Thanatos Tower Accessories

Mandatory -0.3sec FCT if worn together as combo.

Mid Game Crescive Bolt

+11 [C] Thanatos Helmet-LT

+11 [C] Thanatos Bow-AD

+11 Gray Wolf (Breeze Shooting, ACDR, Shooter2)

+11 Convertible Critical Wing / +10 Fallen Warrior Manteau [1] -> FWM is a good alternative cause I legit have no clue how to farm Convertible Wings, like tons of items I never heard of, while FWM no slot is cheap 5m and Vicious Mind Aura is 3m, just the grind to get it slotted is ultra painful (Bio3 Mobs) but as lv260 it's one shot as Windhawk

+10 FWM&VMA is about 2.9% stronger in terms of damage compared to +11 Convertible Critical Wing&Bondage Necklace, but you will gain 10CRIT with Convertible and another 3CRIT from Bondage Necklace. Good alternative if you need CRIT rate

+11 [C] Hero Boots-LT (Will of Sharpshooter, Sharp, DEX)

Automatic Accessory

Hero's Badge (Dexterity/Sharp/DEX)


End Game Crescive Bolt

+12 Temporal Circlet Ranger (Acute5, JewelLuk3, LUK/DEX)

Sealed Chain

Bondage Necklace

+12 Nebula Suit of Creative (Creative, Ranged Physical/Sharp, any) Ranged was said to deal higher damage > Sharp (based on Leaf)

+12 [A] Dim Bow (Physical, CB, CB)

+14 [A] Pirate Captain's Coat

+12 [A] Ice Rune Boots

Wolf Accessories with Crit

POW enchants if planning to share gear with other classes, CON if only playing Windhawk (?)
Not confirmed if CON actually gives higher damage than POW.

Shadow Gears

No more eden shadow gears? I got you covered (Based on priority, make the one on top first, slowly walk down to bottom). I still didn't try out the Master Shadow Gears, so I'm not sure if those are better.

Name Slot
How To Get
Note
+9 24661.png Full Penetration Shadow Earring (24661) Accessory (Right)
Shadow Gear
Full Penetration combo should be the first priority cause having 100% DEF bypass is really important for general players without 4399.png [MVP] Thanatos Card (4399) .
Monsters like Grote in Nifl Dun F2 has 456 DEF. Which translates to -45% Damage for someone with 0% DEF Bypass.
+9 24662.png Full Penetration Shadow Pendant (24662) Acessory (Left)
Shadow Gear
+9 24746.png Separate Reload Shadow Shield (24746) Shield
Shadow Gear
The extra ACDR is really nice to have and only occupying 1 slot.
+9 24386.png Infinity Shadow Weapon (24386) Weapon
Shadow Gear
Depending if you need ACDR more or farming Large monsters more you can put this shadow gear at higher priority than the reload.
+10 24679.png Maximum Mammoth Shadow Armor (24679) Armor
Shadow Gear
The only shadow gears I think "worth" getting to +10 due to the 12% to all elements bonus.
The reason I prefer +10 Max Mammoth Shadow Armor, instead of having the Max Mammoth Set on accessory slot, is because the unupgraded version of Mammoth Shadow Armor gives HUGE CRIT. It will make things easier to get the 140 CRIT just by having the non upgraded version.
+10 24680.png Maximum Mammoth Shadow Shoes (24680) Shoes
Shadow Gear

Special Thanks

1.) Pipo a.k.a Stormus for all the insights for the gears