MapleStory Wind Archer Skill Build Guide

Wind Archer is the ranged Cygnus Knights archer class in MapleStory that is powered by devastating wind attacks that make training a breeze. Wind Archer is one of the most popular Cygnus Knight classes due to their amazing mobbing skills throughout all five job advancements. They're also a decent bossing class and are easy to play.

• Wind Archer Overview
• Wind Archer First Job Skill Build
• Wind Archer Second Job Skill Build
• Wind Archer Third Job Skill Build
• Wind Archer Fourth Job Skill Build
• Wind Archer Hyper Skill Build
• Wind Archer Fifth Job Skill Build
• Changelog

Originally released in 2009, Wind Archer used to have a level cap of 120. They have since been revamped into full class that can hit max level, take on 5th job and stand on their own.

Wind Archer Overview

All Cygnus Knights were revamped as part of the 2022 update V.237 Ignition! They increased their damage skills, improve mobility and added in some new storylines for you to follow.

Like most Cygnus Knight classes, the theme for Wind Archer is really consistent amongst all the skills: Green. Wind Archer is a bowman type job, so you'll be using arrow consumables for most of your attacks (although there is a skill that prevents consumption). Wind Archer has gone through lots of class upgrades (with more to come) to make playing it a lot smoother as they do have a lot of buffs to manage. Apart from that, the class is fairly easy to manage and has plenty of good useful skills.

Training a Wind Archer will likely be one of the easier classes through levels 1-200. They have great mobbing skills, including Trifling Wind which can keep mobs you've missed under control. For the most part. you'll only be using one or two attacking skills and by the time you get to 5th job you'll be able to wipe entire maps out with epic V-matrix skills. If you were looking for a first-class to play, Wind Archer is perfect for it's simple mechanics and decent damage.

Bossing wise, Wind Archer is very consistent. There are no janky-skills you need to manage or combo-skill gameplay to boost damage; you simply buff up and attack. Their damage might not be at the top range of the DPS charts, but they are more than capable of taking on the end-game bosses in MapleStory with a decent amount of funding. What Wind Archer is great for is their survivability, with lots of skills that can help them tank 1-hit KO skills, dodge boss attacks and great mobility.

• Weapon: Bow
• Job: Bowman
• Class: Cygnus Knight
• Shared Cash Shop Inventory: Blaze Wizard, Wind Archer, Thunder Breaker, Dawn Warrior, Night Walker, Mihile
• Legion Block: + DEX (10/20/40/80/100)
• Link Skill: Cygnus Blessing (Level 10: Attack Power: +25, Magic Attack Power: +25, Abnormal Status Resistance: +15, All Elemental Resistance: +15%)
• Primary Stat: DEX
• Inner Ability: 20% Boss Damage

Wind Archer First Job Skill Build

You can max all of your skills in first job. Follow this build:

• Breeze Arrow (MAX)
• Whispers Of The Wind (MAX)
• Storm Elemental (MAX)
• Wind Walk (MAX)
• Gust Swift (MAX)

Your main attacking skill is Breeze Arrow, which can hit up to five enemies at once. This is an amazing first job mobbing skill so you'll likely breeze through the early levels. You get two attack buffs with Storm Elemental and Whispers of the Wind. Wind Walk allows you to teleport through enemies without getting hit.

Skill Description & Overview

Wind Archer Second Job Skill Build

You can max all of your skills in second job. Follow this build:

• Gust Shot (+1), Bow Mastery (+1), Agile Bows (+1)
• Trifling Wind I (+1), Sylvian Aid(+1), Spiraling Vortex (+1)
• Spiraling Vortex (MAX)
• Gust Shot (MAX)
• Bow Mastery (MAX)
• Trifling Wind (MAX)
• Sylvian Aid (MAX)
• Physical Training (MAX)
• Agile Bows (MAX)

Wind Archer in second job has two attacking skills you can use: Gust Shot and Spiraling Vortex. Spiraling Vortex does have a better hit range than Gust Shot, but it also knocks enemies back slightly.

Next you want to put points in Agile Bows for Attack Speed and Sylvian Aid to remove arrow cost.

The rest of the skills are passive buffs!

Skill Description & Overview

Wind Archer Third Job Skill Build

You can max all of your skills in third job. Follow this build:

• Sentient Arrow (MAX)
• Albatross (MAX)
• Trifling Wind II (MAX)
• Emerald Flower (MAX)
• Second Wind (MAX)
• Featherweight (MAX)
• Pinpoint Pierce (MAX)

Your new main attack skill is Sentient Arrow. The range on the skill isn't huge, but it's decent enough for most maps around 3rd job level.

Your Trifling Wind gets upgraded and you get a new buff to manage called Eagle Eye, which also increases attack speed.

Skill Description & Overview

Wind Archer Fourth Job Skill Build

You can max all of your skills in fourth job. Follow this build:

• Fairy Spiral (MAX)
• Trifling Wind III (MAX)
• Bow Expert (MAX)
• Sharp Eyes (MAX)
• Stormbringer (MAX)
• Albatross MAX (MAX)
• Touch Of The Wind (MAX)
• Emerald Dust (MAX)
• Song of Heaven (MAX)
• Call Of Cygnus (MAX)
• Cygnus Knight's Will (MAX)

In fourth job, Fairy Spiral becomes your new mobbing skill. You can mob with Song of Heaven, but this skill is better for bossing than mobbing in most cases. You get to upgrade your Trifling Wind and it now starts to feel very significant. Sharp Eyes and Call Of Cygnus are two new buffs you have to manage and your Albatross skill gets a new upgrade. Song of Heaven and Emerald Dust are useful for bossing and the rest are passive.

Skill Description & Overview

Wind Archer Hyper Skill Build

Hyper skills are available at level 140. You get Hyper Skill Points as you level towards 200, but not enough to max all the skills, so choose wisely. These skills mostly help increase the damage of your current skills.

• Trifling Wind - Reinforce
• Trifling Wind - Enhance
• Trifling Wind - Double Chance
• Song Of Heaven - Reinforce
• Song Of Heaven - Boss Rush
• Monsoon
• Glory Of The Guardians
• Storm Whim

Wind Archer Fifth Job Skill Build

Upon reaching level 200, you will now have access to the V Matrix, which acts as your new fifth job skills. Each class gets their own skills to use, along with boosting nodes to increase the damage of existing skills. To obtain new skills, you open up items called Nodestones, which drop from every mob in Arcane River. You have limited number of slots in your V Matrix, so you want to obtain perfect nodes for maximize your character's damage.

Check out the 5th Job V-Matrix Guide for more in-depth details about fifth job.

Wind Archer's Nodes should include:

• Howling Gale
• Merciless Winds
• Gale Barrier
• Vortex Sphere
• Trio: Storm Bringer, Song Of Heaven, Trifling Wind I
• Trio: Fairy Spiral, Spiraling Vortex, Monsoon

All 5th Job classes should try to also obtain these:

• Decent Holy Symbol
• Decent Sharp Eyes
• Decent Speed Infusion
• Erda Nova
• Rope Lift
• True Arachnid Reflection
• Guided Arrow
• Vicious Shot
• Empress Cygnus's Blessing
• Phalanx Charge

Skill Description & Overview

Changelog

28/03/2024 - Ignition update!

25/10/2021 - First update