Bowmaster Best Skill Build and Guide MapleStory

Bowmaster Skill Build and Guide – MapleStory

Bowmaster is one of the easiest classes to play in MapleStory. BM is also very strong, making it a top tier boss mule and a great main.

If you have this as a boss mule you’re gonna love logging on, brain off, doing bosses. If BM is your main, you’re going to question how other people are dying when you aren’t and why they sometimes mess up their bursts when you do yours perfectly every time.

Best in Slot	Main	Bossing Mule
BiS Weapon	Genesis Bow	/ Absolab Bow / Arcane Umbra Bow
BiS Secondary	Princess No’s Feather	Princess No’s Feather
BiS Arrows	Titanium Arrow for Bow	Titanium Arrow for Bow (Any Arrows will work for a mule)
Class	Bowman
Shared Cash Shop	All Explorers
Legion Effect	DEX +10/20/40/80/100
Max Link Skill	Adventurer’s Curiosity – Chance to add Monster Collection +35% and Critical Rate +10%
Primary Stat	DEX
Secondary Stat	STR
Inner Ability Top Line	Boss Damage +20%	Boss Damage +15-20%
Does it benefit from max Attack speed	No
2 min or 3 min burst type?	2 min
CD Hat?	No (stick with DEX hat)

In the future updates everyone is going to share Cash Shop. Will update when it comes to GMS.

Bowmaster gains a ton with Skill Sequence and you can see that below along with burst guides, hexa order, and skill explanations.

Bowmaster Beginner Skills

The important active skill in the beginner tab for BM is Hero’s Echo.

Hero’s Echo is a +4% ATT/MATT buff for 40 mins. 5 min cooldown so you can have this up 100% of the time. Great for mobbing and bossing.

Explorers have to go to Orbis Tower (8th Floor) and talk to the Statue to get this skill. Make sure you’re at least level 200 before trying to get this skill.

Bowman 1st Job Skill Build

Arrow Blow (+1), Double Jump (+1), Archery Mastery (+1)
Double Jump (MAX)
Archery Mastery (MAX)
Critical Shot (MAX)
Arrow Blow (MAX)

Bowman 1st Job Skill Explanation

BM notable 1st job skills are Arrow Blow and Double Jump.

Arrow Blow is your 1st job mobbing skill. You won’t keep it for long since you get a new one next job.

Double Jump can be used by tapping the jump key. You can also jump upwards if you double tap the Up Arrow Key while in the air. You can also double tap downwards to quickly descend while in the air.

If you right click the skill to toggle the Action Customization you’ll be able to up jump with Up Arrow Key + Jump Key.

Skill Name	Max Lvl Description	Purpose
Arrow Blow	MP Cost: 11, Damage: 160%, Max Enemies Hit: 5, Arrows Fired: 3	1st Job Mobbing Skill
Double Jump	MP Cost: 10, allows you to jump a greater distance	Flash Jump Skill
Critical Shot	Critical Rate: +40%	Passive Buff
Archer Mastery	Range: +120, Movement Speed: +30, Attack Speed: +1 Max Movement Speed Increased to 160	Passive Buff

Hunter 2nd Job Skill Build

Wind Arrow (+1), Soul Arrow: Bow (+1), Covering Fire (+1)
Bow Mastery (+5), Agile Bows (+1)
Wind Arrow (MAX)
Soul Arrow: Bow (MAX)
Physical Training (MAX)
Bow Mastery (MAX)
Agile Bows (MAX)
Final Attack: Bow (MAX)
Covering Fire (MAX)

Hunter 2nd Job Skill Explanation

BM notable 2nd job skills are, Covering Fire, Soul Arrow: Bow, and Quiver Cartridge.

Covering Fire is used as a movement skill as well as an air stall skill. You will leap backwards which gives you a little extra distance to reach platforms and if you hold it down you can stay in the air for a few seconds.

Soul Arrow: Bow is an important passive to get a point in as quickly as possible. It makes it so that you no longer consume arrows when you use them. You can have your strongest arrows be used infinitely. (Make sure you’re using the right ones, it should use the 1st arrows you have in your inventory)

Quiver Cartridge is a skill you can use to change your arrow heads. Later on you’ll get a red one (Blood Arrows) which heals you whenever your arrows land. Yellow for Damage and Red for a bit of Healing.

Skill Name	Max Lvl Description	Purpose
Wind Arrow	MP Cost: 15, Max Enemies Hit: 6, Damage: 178%, Number of Attacks: 3	2nd Job Mobbing Skill
Covering Fire	MP Cost: 15, Max Enemies Hit: 6, Damage: 178%, Number of Attacks: 3	Air Stall Skill (if you use and hold it down you can stay in the air for a bit while attacking)
Quiver Cartridge	30% chance to fire a magic arrow that pursues the enemy and deals 220% damage	Passive Skill
Agile Bows	Attack Speed: +2, DEX: +20	Passive Buff
Soul Arrow: Bow	Attack Power +30 Allows you to attack without consuming arrows	Passive Skill + Buff
Bow Mastery	Bow Mastery: +50%	Passive Buff
Final Attack: Bow	[Final Attack Skill] Has a 40% chance to deal a final attack that deals 150% damage	Passive Skill
Physical Training	Permanently increase STR by 30 and DEX by 30	Passive Buff

Path of the Ranger 3rd Job Skill Build

Arrow Blaster (+1), Blink Shot (+1), Speed Mirage (+1)
Arrow Blaster (MAX)
Reckless Hunt: Bow (MAX)
Marksmanship (MAX)
Mortal Blow (MAX)
Speed Mirage (MAX)
Phoenix (MAX)
Evasion Boost (MAX)
Focused Fury (MAX)
Blink Shot (MAX)

Path of the Ranger 3rd Job Skill Build Explanation

BM notable 3rd job skills are, Arrow Blaster, Speed Mirage, Blink Shot, and Phoenix.

Arrow Blaster is a summon skill that you place down in order to deal damage in a curved line. If you press your Interact/Harvest key together with Arrow Blaster, you’ll set a summon there that fires automatically. Great for mobbing and ok for bossing.

You can only have 1 of these summons out at a time. You can use Arrow Blaster at the same time so you have 2 streams coming out but you just can’t have 2 summons out.

Speed Mirage is one of your toggle skills. You’ll always want to have it on since it is great for mobbing and bossing. The skill will trigger on its own and help you deal extra damage.

Blink Shot is a placeable summon that you can teleport to whenever you need. It does have a 2 sec cooldown so you can’t just spam teleport. Great for bossing since you can put it down in a safe area and teleport there whenever you’re in danger. Ok for mobbing to reset your rotation.

You can also change where the summon is by holding down the Down Arrow key + using Blink Shot skill again. It will then move the marker to wherever you are currently standing.

Phoenix is a summon skill that helps deal damage. Not crazy good but still worth having up since it will do damage on its own for 2 mins or so.

You can use Arrow Blaster to mob but placing one down and then holding down the skill in another spot to cover the map or you can use Arrow Blaster + Wind Arrow to mob for now.

Skill Name	Max Lvl Description	Purpose
Arrow Blaster	MP Cost: 7, Max Enemies Hit: 4, Damage: 181% While casting, use the Interact/Harvest key to set up Arrow Blaster, firing arrows that deal 85% damage for 60 sec Cooldown for installed Arrow Blaster: 5 sec	Secondary Mobbing Skill that’s a Summon
Speed Mirage	MP Cost: 90 After successfully striking enemies 12 times with arrow-based attacks, creates 3 afterimages that fire an arrow towards an enemy ahead of them Every 7 hits with Arrow Blaster, Hurricane, Silhouette Mirage, Inhuman Speed, Quiver Barrage, and Storm of Arrows count as 1 successful arrow-based strike Fired arrows pierce up to 5 enemies and deal 420% damage 4 times on the way to its intended target Cooldown: 1 sec [Passive Effect] Increases Wind Arrow’s Range and Damage by 70%	Toggle Skill (always want it on for the extra damage)
Phoenix	MP Cost: 70, summon Phoenix for 220 sec Attack up to 4 enemies at once with 390% damage 95% chance to Stun [Passive Effects: Increase Defense by 30%]	Active Summon Skill
Blink Shot	MP Cost: 28 Places a marker that lasts 120 sec Use the skill again to teleport to the marker’s location Teleport Cooldown: 2 sec Use the skill again while holding the Down Arrow key to replace your previous marker Marker Placement Cooldown: 1 sec	Active Summon For Teleporting
Reckless Hunt: Bow	DEF: -25%, Attack Power: +40, Final Damage: +30%	Passive Buff
Mortal Blow	If the direct skill attacks hit 30 times, damage increases by 35% for 5 sec	Passive Skill
Focused Fury	While attacking, Status Resistance will increase by 5 per hit up to 100 for 90 sec Resets when an Abnormal Status is received [Passive Effects: Increases Status Resistance by 20 and Elemental Resistance by 20%]	Passive Buff
Evasion Boost	Dodge Chance: 30%, all attacks following a successful dodge for 1 sec will be criticals Knockback Resistance: +40%, Max HP: +40%	Passive Buff
Marksmanship	When attacking, ignores 25% of monster’s Weapon DEF. Attack Power: +25%	Passive Buff

Bowmaster 4th Job Skill Build

Arrow Stream (+1), Hurricane (+1), Sharp Eyes (+1)
Illusion Step (MAX)
Sharp Eyes (MAX)
Arrow Stream (MAX)
Armor Break (MAX)
Bow Expert (MAX)
Speed Mirage II (MAX)
Maple Warrior (MAX)
Advanced Final Attack (MAX)
Enchanted Quiver (MAX)
Hurricane (MAX)
Hero’s Will (MAX)

Bowmaster 4th Job Skill Explanation

BM notable 4th job skills are, Hurricane, Arrow Stream, Sharp Eyes, and Enchanted Quiver.

Hurricane is your main bossing skill. You can move while holding the key down and jump as well. Important to note that you don’t need to do too much while using Hurricane, just move minimally to dodge and you’ll be putting out max damage. Is not affected by Attack Speed so you don’t need Green Pot or AS +1 IA.

Arrow Stream is mainly used for mobbing. Since Hurricane can only hit 1 target you only use that for bossing. BM has pretty easy training (esp with Sol Janus) where you might not even have to use Arrow Stream in certain maps.

Sharp Eyes is an important buff for Critical Rate and Critical Damage. Has 100% up time and can be put on a pet with Auto Buff. Putting this skill on a pet is recommended so you never have to worry about pressing it.

Enchanted Quiver is connected to your 2nd job skill, Quiver Cartridge. You now get to choose from Magic Arrows (Yellow) or Blood Arrows (Red). You want to use the Yellow Arrows almost every time. When you burst you’ll be using both so you don’t have to worry about that. The only time you use Blood Arrows is in certain situations like fighting Black Mage.

Skill Name	Max Lvl Description	Purpose
Hurricane	MP Cost: 9, Damage per Arrow: 350% [Passive Effect: Increases damage for Arrow Stream by 50%]	Main Bossing Skill
Arrow Stream	MP Cost: 32, attack up to 8 enemies with 350% damage 5 times	Main Mobbing Skill
Speed Mirage II	Reduces the number of successful arrow strikes required to activate Speed Mirage to 7 Increases number of afterimages created to 4 Afterimage Arrow Damage: +120%	Passive Buff to Skill
Enchanted Quiver	Magic Arrows: Increases Magic Arrows’ activation chance to 60% and its Damage to 260% Blood Arrows: Your arrows have a 60% chance to restore 1.8% of Max HP [Passive Effect: Final Damage: +6%]	Passive Buff to Skill
Sharp Eyes	MP Cost: 45, Critical Rate: +20%, Critical Damage: +15%, Duration: 300 sec	Active Buff
Maple Warrior	MP Cost: 70, Goddess of Maple World appears [Passive Effect: All stats with a direct AP investment increase by 15%]	Passive Buff for stats
Hero’s Will	MP Cost: 30, Cooldown: 300 sec	Active Skill that clears status effects
Bow Expert	Bow Mastery: +70%. Attack Power: +60, Critical Damage: +16%	Passive Buff
Illusion Step	DEX: +80, Bonus Avoidability Chance: 30%, Damage Taken: -20%, Knockback Resistance: +60%	Passive Buff
Advanced Final Attack	Attack Power: +20 permanently [Final Attack Skill] Final Attack Chance: 70%, Damage: 210%	Passive Buff
Armor Break	Ignore Defense: +40%, Final Damage: +7%	Passive Buff

Bowmaster Hyper Skill Build

BM has the same hyper skill build for mains and boss mules.

Passives

Hurricane – Reinforce
Hurricane – Boss Rush
Hurricane – Split Attack
Sharp Eyes – Guardbreak
Sharp Eyes – Critical Chance

Actives

Gritty Gust
Concentration
Epic Adventure

Gritty Gust is a short cooldown attack that has a big range. Mainly used for mobbing but also has a slow effect which can help in certain boss fights. If a boss is moving a lot this skill can help chip at it.

Concentration is a damage buff that is mainly used for bossing burst setup. This has a 2 min CD and a 40 second duration.

Epic Adventure is a damage buff that is mainly used for bossing burst setup. This has a 2 min CD and a 60 second duration.

Bowmaster 5th Job Skills

When you reach level 200 you’ll get access to your V Matrix and new 5th job skills. The best way to level them up is through Nodestones and Experience nodes. Bowmaster V Skills, in order of importance are, Storm of Arrows, Inhuman Speed, Quiver Barrage, Silhouette Mirage.

Bowmaster 5th Job Skill Explanation

Storm of Arrows is an active skill that increases your damage and sends out attacks by itself. Part of your burst and also useful for mobbing since it will attack stuff on its own. 70 sec Duration. 2 min cooldown.

Inhuman Speed is an active skill that sends out attacks by itself. Part of your burst and also useful for mobbing since it will attack stuff on its own. 30 sec Duration. 2 min Cooldown.

Quiver Barrage is an active skill that increases your damage and sends out attacks by itself. Part of your burst and also useful for mobbing since it will attack stuff on its own. 40 sec Duration. 2 min cooldown.

Silhouette Mirage is a toggle skill that you should always have on. It creates “dummies” that are able to receive damage for you. They tank fatal damage and attacks that do at least 50% HP. You also can have 2 max and you recover 1 every 50 seconds or so.

This toggle makes BM incredibly tanky in boss fights. You may never die again.

Skill Name	Max Lvl Description	Purpose
Storm of Arrows	MP Cost: 1000Damage: +30%, Duration: 70 sec Arrows rain down on a zone every 5 sec for 2.5 sec when you attack with your own skills Up to 6 of these zones can be created, but they cannot overlap The falling arrows deal 1540% damage to up to 10 enemies, 7 times If currently attacking more than one enemy, the number of attacks increases by 2 for each additional enemy, for up to 8 additional attacks Has 2x more of a chance than Quiver Cartridge does to activate Magic Arrow on attacks in this area Cooldown: 120 sec	Active Skill (Mainly bossing but also helps in mobbing when rotating skills)
Inhuman Speed	MP Cost: 800 Max Duration: 30 sec Fire arrows at set intervals, dealing 880% 3 times to enemies within range of your afterimages, for 3 sec, during the buff When the attack hits, Afterimage Attack Duration: +3 sec every 1 sec When the attack duration ends, afterimages stop attacking Cooldown: 120 sec [Passive Effect: For every 10 attacks performed while the active effect of this skill isn’t active, an afterimage is created that lasts 1 sec and periodically attacks enemies within its range for 880% damage 3 times] Active and Passive Effects cannot trigger simultaneously	Active Buff Skill (Mainly bossing but also helps in mobbing when rotating skills)
Quiver Barrage	MP Cost: 1000 Duration: 40 sec Final Damage: +15% Attack Power: + 20% Fire every type of arrowhead at once, including a flaming arrowhead Flaming Arrow: Launches 6 flaming arrows consecutively Duration: 5 sec., Enemies Hit: 6, Damage: 550%, Number of Attacks: 9, fires 6 flaming arrows up to 18 times The attack won’t activate if the buff remains when all the prepared flaming arrows are consumed. Cooldown: 2 sec Cooldown: 120 sec	Active Skill (Mainly bossing but also helps in mobbing when rotating skills)
Silhouette Mirage	Creates up to 2 illusory doubles every 50 sec When you either receive damage that is at least 50% of your Max HP or you receive damage that leads to death, 1 illusory double disappears, reducing that damage by 90% If you have even 1 illusory double, and there is an enemy to attack nearby, when using an attack skill, 5 illusory bullets will deal 880% damage 3 times MP Cost: 80, Cooldown: 7.5 sec Cooldown: 1.5 sec	Toggle Skill

Bowmaster Perfect Trio Nodes

In the V Matrix you’ll also have Boost Nodes. They are there to level up your 1st – 4th job skills past their initial cap. You’ll want to level up the most useful skills for your class and those will form your perfect trios.

For Bowmaster these are the perfect nodes you’ll want to look for,

Primary Node	Secondary Node
Hurricane	Arrow Stream
Arrow Blaster	/ Gritty Gust or Phoenix
Quiver Cartridge	Final Attack: Bow

If you’re making a BM mule you only need the Primary node. But with mules being much higher level these days, personally, I’d go for both sets.

If you’re making a BM main you should consider a 5 node setup which boost Gritty Gust and Phoenix. It could look something like this,

Trio Set # 1	Trio Set # 2	Solo Trio Node
/ Hurricane/Arrow Blaster	/ Arrow Stream/Quiver Cartridge	Phoenix
/ Arrow Blaster/Hurricane	/ Phoenix/Final Attack: Bow	Gritty Gust
/ Quiver Cartridge/Gritty Gust	/ Final Attack: Bow/ Arrow Stream	Covering Fire

Of course, it does not have to look exactly like this, as long as you have all 7 skills boosted twice you will be fine. Covering Fire out of the other options is the best but it isn’t good enough to make a whole new set for. But if you want to just follow something exactly just craft nodes that look like what you see in the table.

Trio # 1 set means you make 1 boost node with Hurricane, Arrow Blaster, Quiver Cartridge and another boost node with Arrow Blaster, Hurricane, Gritty Gust (in that order). Then both of them together make a set.

An explanation of perfect trios and full list of all classes and their perfect trio nodes here.

All Useful 5th Job Skills for Bowmaster

These are all the skills you’ll need to get the most out of Bowmaster. Any other skills are not useful and can be disassembled.

Do not level up your Decent skills past level 1 unless you’re at the end game and min/maxing to get an extra 5 stat at max level. At level 1 all your decent skills have 100% uptime since the duration will be longer than the cooldown. Holy Symbol is the only exception since you’ll get more exp and drop rate as you level it.

Decent Combat Orders

Guided Arrow

Vicious Shot

Maple World Goddess’s Blessing

Erda Nova

Decent Holy Symbol

Fury of the Wild

Blink

Decent Advanced Blessing

Will Of Erda

Erda Shower

Decent Holy Fountain

Rope Lift

True Arachnid Reflection (Obtained from Will boss)

Solar Crest (Obtained from Seren boss)

The ones that are underlined and bolded are not necessary if making a boss mule.

Bowmaster 5th Job V Matrix Node Slot Priority

This is the order of what skills you should equip first,

Boost nodes, (Decent Holy Symbol + Erda Fountain for training)
Storm of Arrows, Inhuman Speed, Quiver Barrage
Vicious Shot, Maple Goddess’s Blessing, Erda Nova
Silhouette Mirage, Guided Arrow, Decent Combat Orders
Fury of the Wild
Everything else (Decent Advanced Blessing, Rope Lift, Blink)

Maxing the skills in this order (except decents) is also ideal for bossing but if you want to get better training rates I would suggest putting more focus on Boost Nodes, Decent Holy Symbol, and Erda Shower.

Bowmaster Best Inner Ability For Bossing

BM perfect inner ability for bossing,

Boss Damage +20%
Critical Rate +20%
8% Damage to monsters inflicted with Abnormal Status

The order of the 2nd and 3rd line don’t matter as long as you have them. The 1st line is the only one that can be legendary.

If you want to know the BiS IA for all classes and how to start rolling your IA, check out this guide.

Bowmaster Skill Sequence

This is BM’s skill sequence. If anything changes I’ll update this. Also, keep in mind that this is not optimized for culvert and that usually requires more special attention to duration and cooldowns.

The skills are ordered from longest duration to shortest and since some skills have the same duration length you might see other people run something that looks a little different, but it is essentially the same thing.

2 min Buff Sequence

Phoenix
Storm of Arrows
Epic Adventure
Maple World Goddess’s Blessing
Fury of the Wild
Concentration
Quiver Barrage
Inhuman Speed
Vicious Shot
Terms and Conditions (AB link)
Ring Activation (Ror4 or WJ4)

Make sure to use Ring Activation since BM does currently ring swap. When Oz ring change comes you’ll be using Ring of Restraint 4 (Ror4) permanently. If you don’t have any of these skills you can just skip it till you get it.

You should not need any other sequence since BM does not have a mini burst except for pressing Terms and Conditions every 60 seconds. (Culvert is different)

With Skill Sequence you can free up a lot of keyboard space but I would still include skills like Terms and Condition (AB Link) on its own key so that you can check its cooldown and how long you have until it’s up.

Bowmaster Bossing Combo

BM’s burst is very simple, you pop your skill sequence and hold hurricane.

Bowmaster 2 min burst combo

Skill Sequence > > >

2min Skill Sequence
Ascendant Shadow (origin)
Hurricane
After 10 seconds use Erda Nova
Hurricane

Terms and Conditions (AB Link) every 60 seconds for a bit of a mini burst.

A little tip for setting up your burst on any character is that you set up your buff keybinds in an easy to reach descending order. I usually go down the number line (5-1) and when I reach 1 I know I used every buff I need for bursting. For example, you put your 1st buff on 5 then 2nd buff on 4, 3rd buff on 3, etc, till you’re done.

Bowmaster 6th Job HEXA Skills

The HEXA matrix is split up into Skill Node (6th job Origin skill), Mastery Node (enhances 4th job skills), Boost Node (5th job enhancement), and Common Node (Job specific skills)

You’ll get your 1st Origin skill for free once you finish the quest line and the rest you’ll have to unlock yourself. Link to a Guide for HEXA Matrix so that you’ll have the best start possible.

Node Type	Skill Name	Max Lvl Description	Purpose
Skill Node	Ascendant Shadow	MP Cost: 1000, Invincible during casting Max Enemies Hit: 15, Damage: 1425%, Number of Attacks: 14, Arrow Flurries: 39 When the attack hits after the last arrow flurry, Duration: every 3 sec for 30 sec, Max Enemies Hit: 15, Damage: 1543%, Number of Attacks: 8, Arrow Flurries: 7 Cooldown: 360 sec	Big Bind and Burst Skill (This is your Origin skill which binds the boss and gives a big buff to your skills for a duration) (This bind is different than a regular bind (erda nova) which means you can use your regular bind right after your Origin bind
Mastery Node	HEXA Hurricane	MP Cost: 12, Damage: 575% per shot Obtain 1 special arrowhead when attack hits, Max Special Arrowheads Obtained: 75 When you obtain 40 special arrowheads, you can switch to Shootout Mode Shootout Mode – MP Cost: 12, consumes 1 special arrowhead when attack hits to fire even more arrows at once, Damage: 750% per shot	Passive Boost to Your Main Bossing Skill
Mastery Node	/ HEXA Arrow Stream and Arrow Blaster	MP Cost: 37, Max Enemies Hit: 8, Damage: 610%, Number of Attacks: 5 Enhanced Arrow Stream: MP Cost: 42, Max Enemies Hit: 12, Damage: 650%, Number of Attacks: 5 Cooldown: 6 sec [Passive Effect: Advanced Final Attack Damage: +320%]	Passive Boost to Skill
Boost Node	Storm of Arrows	Storm of Arrows Final Damage: +60%	Passive Damage Boost to Skill
Boost Node	Inhuman Speed	Inhuman Speed Final Damage: +60%	Passive Damage Boost to Skill
Boost Node	Quiver Barrage	Quiver Barrage Final Damage: +60%	Passive Damage Boost to Skill
Boost Node	Silhouette Mirage	Silhouette Mirage Final Damage: +60%, increases damage reduction by 95% when illusory double disappears, triggers illusory arrows even if no double is created	Passive Damage Boost to Skill
Common Node	Sol Janus	HP Cost: 500, Select a form of Sol Janus Cooldown: 3 sec [Passive Effect: EXP Obtained: +100%]	Only For Mobbing and Training (has 2 forms one is a summon and the other is a passive. Both kill mobs and the choice is dependant on what class you play)

6th Job Bowmaster HEXA Skill Priority

When starting your HEXA Matrix you’ll want to unlock everything then start putting focus on depending on if you’re a solo progression player or a party player.

If you’re a party player you’ll want to focus on your burst and getting that as high as possible. Especially important in late/end game bosses. For BM you’ll want to focus on you Origin and Hurricane.

If you’re a solo progression player there are infographics online and in the Bowmaster discord that you can follow.

6th Job Bowmaster HEXA Stat Priority

For Bowmaster, your 1st and 2nd HEXA stat node, you’ll want

Main Stat: Attack
Additional Stat: STAT
Additional Stat: Boss Damage

HEXA stat is an RNG type system and it doesn’t matter what you get in the beginning since it is not worth it to reroll until your entire 6th job is maxed. Once it gets to level 20 leave it there and no matter what you got it would still be at least a 2-3% FD gain.

Ideally, you want 10/10/0 but that is very costly and you shouldn’t try to go for unless you have an excess of fragments or everything is done.