Sharpshooter
Sharpshooter is one of the six main classes in game Tales of Pirates Online. Lance and Phyllis can become Seal masters. Shapshooter deals mainly physical damage from melee attacks and skills from distance. Depending on the equipment and build, SS can be either a damage dealer/carry or a support for his guild. Can carry both a gun and a bow.
Pros and cons of sharpshooter
Pros:
+ Longest attack range and fastest movement speed of any class.
+ With a bow sharpshooter can deal damage from a long distance, and with a gun it has very good control: it can seal the enemy, weakening him, due to which he is indispensable on bosses and in pk even with poor equipment.
+ Usually, equipment and gems for a Sharpshooter are not very expensive, and even with an average character and equip, SS becomes quite good at farming, leveling up and in pk.
Cons:
- The lowest increase in HP and defense among all classes.
- Due to low survivability, it is often dependent on the guild.
- To go from a support to a carry requires an average investment in equipment.
How to become sharpshooter
At level 10, the player needs to complete the 1st class promotion quest of Hunter. The quest is taken from NPC Newbie Guide - Senna in Argent (2224,2786). Upon reaching level 40, player need to complete the 2nd class promotion quest, which is taken from the NPC Icicle Swordsman - Ray in Icicle (1365,571). The recommended places for leveling can be found on the page Character leveling.
What stats and skills to learn and level up
Classic sharpshooter
Main stat of sharpshooter that should be increased to maximum (100) first is accuracy. As the accuracy increases, sharpshooter's attack increases. Additional stats that should be increased after accuracy are agility or constitution. Agility is increasing attack speed and DPS that can be usefull both during pk or during farming and leveling. Constitution is slightly increasing survivability that can be usefull in pk. If you need to reset stat points, you can purchase stat reset potions in item mall for IMPs or for gold from NPC Baby in Argent (2202,2776). The order of skill learning is different, depending on what SS uses more often: a gun or a bow. At higher levels, skill points are enough to upgrade skills both for a gun and for a bow. Since after level 40, guns are much easier to get than bows, it is recommended that new players stick to leveling skills for guns in the first place.
Order of leveling skills for guns (recommended for new players):
- Range Mastery - 5
- Dual Shot - 3
- Frozen Arrow - 1
- Windwalk - 5
- Rousing - 10
- Cripple - 10
- Enfeeble - 10
- Headshot - 1
- Windwalk - 10
- Range Mastery - 10
- Firegun Mastery - 10
Order of leveling skills for bows:
- Range Mastery - 2
- Dual Shot - 3
- Frozen Arrow - 1
- Dual Shot - 10
- Range Mastery - 10
- Meteor Shower - 1
- Windwalk - 5
- Rousing - 10
- Windwalk - 10
- Frozen Arrow - 10
Pure con sharpshooter
An alternative build is "pure con SS". Sharpshooter that primarily increases the constitution. Such shapshooter has a lot of HP and defense, but at the same time there is no damage to players or bosses, which is why pure con SS cannot level and farm on his own, as well as deal damage in pk. This is a very situational build, the main goals of which are support for guild: sealing bosses and enemy characters in pk. At the same time, con SS can independently level up and farm ordinary monsters, since the attack against ordinary monsters increases from the con (this is not displayed in the stats tab).
Order of leveling skills:
- Range Mastery - 5
- Windwalk - 10
- Cripple - 10
- Enfeeble - 10
- Headshot - 10
- Magma Bullet - 10
If you need to reset your skills, you can purchase the Book for Regaining Ability in item mall for IMPs in section "Character".
Sharpshooter equipment
Main equipment
Up to level 45, a sharpshooter can use equipment from a newbie chest. After that, you should look for equipment at level 45+, which drops out of equipment summon scrolls. In equipment, you should pay attention to the presence of bonuses to accuracy and agility first and constitution second. Special attention should be paid to gloves: a good option would be gloves Lv 55+, giving from 9 accuracy and higher. Universal equipment is from dusty chests (Lv 60) and Lv 55 unseals. Lv 60 chests drop guns, but don't drop bows. Among Lv 55 unseals, there are both gun and a bow. More details can be found on the Equipment page. Hat (+5 defense) can be bought from NPC Weird Hat Seller in Argent (2241,2771).
Additional equipment
- The most suitable fairy pet for sharpshooter is 1st or 2nd gen pet with con. For pure con SS it will be pet with con.
- The most suitable stat for hand pet is +3% physical attack. For con SS: +3% HP.
- Any mount.
- Rings. Choosing from the usual rings, the most suitable for sharpshooter will be those that give a bonus to critical hit rate. A good option would be the quest Ring of Fish Scale. Of the unique rings, the most suitable are Rings with gem of accuracy. For Con SS: Rings with gem of constitution.
- Necklaces. Choosing from the regular necklaces, the most suitable for seal master will be necklace that give a bonus to the physical resistance. Of the unique necklaces, the most suitable is necklace with gem of accuracy. For Con SS: necklace with gem of constitution.
Gems
Recommendations for forging of gems:
Gun / bow: Cracked gem of striking and Explosive gem.
Hat: Red jade and Yellow jade.
Gloves: Cracked gem of striking and Chipped gem of striking.
Armor: Shining and Glowing gems (main option), Cracked gem of colossus and Chipped gem of colossus (alternative option).
Boots: Cracked gem of the wind and Chipped gem of the wind.
Rings: Fiery Gem and Shining Gem (option for DPS), Shining and Glowing gems (option for survivability).
Necklace: Broken gem of striking and Broken gem of the wind (main option), gem of rage (cheaper option), Broken gem of colossus (alternative option for survivability).
Skills description
Hunter
| Skill | Prerequisite | Description | ||||
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| Type | Target type | Can be recovered | Cooldown | Requirements | ||
 Windwalk |
X | Passive | X | X | X | X |
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Briefly: Increases character's movement speed.
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 Rousing |
Windwalk 5 level |
Passive | X | X | X | X |
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Briefly: Increases character's attack speed.
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 Range Mastery |
X | Passive | X | X | X | X |
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Briefly: Increases damage and hit rate of the character.
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 Meteor Shower |
Range Mastery 5 level |
Active | Area | X | 25 seconds | bow |
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Briefly: Deals physical damage in an area based on the character's attack.
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 Dual Shot |
Range Mastery 2 level |
Active | Target, enemy | X | 5 seconds | bow |
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Briefly: Deals physical damage to the target based on the character's attack.
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 Frozen Arrow |
Dual Shot 3 level |
Active | Target, enemy | Yes | Varies | Bow |
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Briefly: Deals physical damage to the target depending on the character's attack and slows it down.
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Sharpshooter
| Skill | Prerequisite | Description | ||||
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| Type | Target type | Can be recovered | Cooldown | Requirements | ||
 Cripple |
Range Mastery 5 level |
Active | Target, enemy | Yes | Varies | Gun |
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Briefly: Deals physical damage, slows the target and reduces their dodge.
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 Enfeeble |
Cripple 5 level |
Active | Target, enemy | Yes | 15 seconds | Gun |
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Briefly: Deals minor magic damage, weakens the target's attack and prevents them from using skills.
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 Headshot |
Enfeeble 3 level |
Active | Target, enemy | X | 25 seconds | Gun |
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Briefly: Deals pure damage that cannot be mitigated in any way.
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 Firegun Mastery |
Range Mastery 10 level |
Passive | X | X | X | Gun |
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Briefly: Increases attack damage while holding a gun.
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 Magma Bullet |
Firegun Mastery 5 level |
Active | Target, enemy | No | Varies | Gun |
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Briefly: Deals magic damage to the target and sets it on fire, dealing magic damage over time.
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 Red wind |
X | Passive | X | No | X | Phoenix Rebirth • Bow • Gun |
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Briefly: Increases attack damage and attack speed. The skill is given after completing Phoenix Rebirth.
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 Rebirth Mystic Power |
X | Passive | X | X | X | Phoenix Rebirth |
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Briefly: Increases damage, defense and physical resistance of the character. Also adds a chance to deal critical damage. The skill is given after completing Phoenix Rebirth quest.
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 Halo |
X | Active | Without target | No | 30 seconds | Halo source |
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Briefly: Places a protective Halo on the character, which reduces damage received while active.
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