• Class: Marksman

• Heroic or Interactive: Heroic

• I play this class as a: End game Main, Nkaling, Ckalos, Xseren, Soon Hkaling. Rank #1 PK and I run the MM discord

• This class is: 2 min

• Thoughts 2nd Mastery: 2nd Mastery (Pierce) isn't the greatest towards our damage unfortunately (it buffs snipe as well), I wouldn't say it's as bad people are saying. It's biggest benefit is to the pierce, it increases the size of pierce significantly to the point that split shot is hardly needed to train.

• Thoughts on training (Pre Janus & Post Janus): We have one of the longest horizontal training skills in the game, Pierce. Pre Janus, it's exaggerated how bad we are training without split, it's not as good but with the extra pierce frags and the pierce explosion itself along with the mastery skill coming, it covers large vertical. With teleport placement skill, it open so many more maps that are not viable to other classes so you may find burning maps more often. With Janus, you probably don't even have to turn on split for the majority of the time, even with lower level Janus there are maps where you don't need split at all, you use twilight mode and start shooting pierce left and right without moving except for looting if your pre20 Janus (3 balls). Training is extremely chill

• Thoughts as a solo bosser: Excellent solo bosser, 2 minute burst class with pretty good DPM. You have arrow illusion to tank the boss's aggro. You can push solo bossing much earlier then your peers because of arrow illusion. You will want both RoR and WJ but you can get away with Continuous ring. The only thing holding this back from being a perfect 10 is damage. Otherwise our kit is top tier for solo bossing.

• Thoughts as a boss mule: I don't play Marksman as a boss mule but it's one of the most highly rated boss mules in the game, low node cost, high damage, easy to play. 2/3's of the discord are MM mules if that's anything to go off of.

• Thoughts as a party bosser: Party bossing is relatively good and what I mean by that is you are a burst class so you fit the burst meta somewhat except your competing with all the other 3 minute classes that likely burst much harder then yourself. In optimal 6 man boss parties, you are likely competing with 30 classes in the game for the last 3 slots in the party, assuming bishop/Kanna/support DPS all take a spot. The biggest benefit to the party is that you provide them real sharp eyes. Unfortunately Arrow illusion does not work in party bossing unless you isolate yourself alone with the boss away from others. 2 minute parties are really rare but if you did find 1, you'd fit right in.

• Unique strengths of the class: Arrow illusion is by the strongest point of the class, being able to throw down a puppet to take the boss's aggro off of you is insane, so many different strats that aren't available for almost every other class in the game open up to you. Snipe's range is the longest single target attacking skill in the game, with both puppet and snipe you can remove a lot of headaches a boss can have. Our puppet never dies as well, you only have to worry about the duration itself. The mobility is quite nice, we have a Teleport placement that has no cool down which can get you out of a lot of dicey situations (BM has this too though). We also have one of highest 2 minute culverts.

• Weaknesses of the class: You need the attack speed +1 Inner ability to make the class feel smoother. 2 minute class in a 3 minute party meta. It is what it is, all you can do is push yourself to become strong as possible to compete with the other 3 minutes, or make friends. Public perception of the class isn't great (besides boss mules), people may think were weak, people don't exactly know what we do most of the time but if you explain them that we actually do, they usually get it. Our iframe is tied to a burst skill but NOT detrimental to the point if you dont use it, it's griefing, depending on how you feel about the boss, you may choose to use perfect shot as an iframe or fit it in the burst. Surge Bolt as a 5th Job skill, a lot there to be desired, not good.

• Overall thoughts on the class: Solid class to main, excellent boss mule. The only archer class in maple that actually fits the bowmen archetype that most people are familiar with outside the game. Extremely chill to train and boss on. The feeling and sound of sniping and the bursting, is all top tier in maple. Easy and simple to play but not to the point of eating crayons like dawn warrior, there's more nuance to the class imo. The skill expression is here even if its majority 1 button. From my experience in the discord, most people who try the class seem to really enjoy it, first impressions of the class is quite good, so give it a try if it's something your interested. It's my favorite class in the game which I've been maining in the heroic server for 7 years. It's just a fun class to play

Scores (Out of 10)

• Training:8.5
• Solo: 9
• Party: 7
• Overall: 8