MapleStory Wild Hunter Skill Build Guide V3

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The Wild Hunter is a member of the Resistance that fires a volley of arrows from the back of a tamed Jaguar to overpower foes with relentless attacks. The Wild Hunter is skilled in both close-range and long-range combat. The Wild Hunter has all the characteristics of a Bowman – quick movements, wide attack range, and moving attacks. Wild Hunters are unique, as they need to capture and ride a Jaguar in order to perform most of their skills. Jaguars, which give Wild Hunters a huge boost in mobility, come in a variety of colors, and players can select a color that suits them best. In comparison to other bowman-based classes, Wild Hunters have higher HP, MP, and critical rates. However, a Wild Hunter can be more difficult than other Bowmen to play at first, though it definitely makes up for it with strong attacks at high levels.

Wild Hunter Overview

CLASS: Resistance
EQUIPMENT TYPE: Archer
PRIMARY WEAPON: Crossbow
SECONDARY WEAPON: Arrowhead
PRIMARY STAT: Dexterity (DEX)
LINK SKILL: None
CHARACTER CARD: Instant Kill Succcess Rate +0.5/1.0/1.5/2.0%
JOB SKILLS: I: Wild Hunter → II: Wild Hunter → III: Wild Hunter → IV: Wild Hunter

Wild Hunter Changelog

GMS v.157 – Shinning Stars (2014-12-03)
GMS v.149 – Legacy of Nine (2014-05-12)
GMS v.148 – Grand Athenaeum (2014-03-26)
GMS v.143 – RED Part 1: First Impact (2013-12-04)
GMS v.142 – Dawnveil Demons of Tynerum (2013-10-16)
GMS v.137 – Unleashed (2013-06-19)
GMS v.132 – Hyper Evolution (2013-04-03)
GMS v.123 – Tempest (2012-11-28)
GMS v.118 – Champions (2012-09-21)

Wild Hunter Notes

There are five main Jaguars that Wild Hunters can capture. There are the regular ones, that are basically the regular colored ones. Then there’s Jaira, which is black with glowing eyes, Snow White, which is white with golden marks, Onyx Jaguar, which is black with glowing eyes and armoured, and lastly, Armoured Crimson(coming out in F.L.Y patch- KMS), which is red with a claw mark and is armoured. Both Snow White and Onyx gives an additional 50% stance when you use Jaguar Rider, resulting in 100% stance. Armoured Crimson reduces damage taken and increase resistance to statuses. To find Jaria or Snow White is to go to the Jaguar Habitat and keep changing channels ’till you find blue text saying, “Jaria/Snow White has appeared from between the boulders.” Jaira has a spawn time of 6 hours, while Snow White has a spawn time of 60 hours. You can also switch between your captured jaguars by talking to Belle, however, this is only available after the F.L.Y patch(KMS).

Wild Hunter 1st Job Skills

Resistance Auto Crank (Passive)
Upgrade your Crossbow with Resistance technology, making it easier to fire.
Level 1: Weapon ATT +1, Accuracy +20 and Hit rate +1%, Range +12
Level 20: Weapon ATT +20, Accuracy +400 and Hit rate +10%, Range +50

Jaguar Rider (Active)
Summons a tamed jaguar for you to ride. Increases your Max HP, Critical Rate, Minimum Critical Damage, Avoidability, and Speed. 50% chance for Power Stance to activate when riding an Onyx Jaguar and Snow White, 20% Damage Reduction and 20% Elemental Resistance applied when riding an Armored Crimson.
Level 1: Active Effects: MP Cost: 20, Max HP when mounted: 12%, Critical rate: 12%, Avoidability: 10, Speed: +40. [Passive Effect: Min Critical Damage: +1%]
Level 15: Active Effects: MP Cost: 20, Max HP when mounted: 40%, Critical rate: 40%, Avoidability: 150, Speed: +40. [Passive Effect: Min Critical Damage: +8%]

Triple Shot (Active)
Quickly fires three consecutive arrows.
Level 1: MP Cost: 5, Damage: 93%
Level 20: MP Cost: 15, Damage: 150%

Graviboots (Active)
Allows your Jaguar to make another leap during a jump. Can be used up to two times.
Level 1: MP Cost: 28, jumps a a certain distance
Level 5: MP Cost: 20, jumps a a certain distance
Level 10: MP Cost: 10, jumps a a certain distance

Wild Hunter 1st Job Skill Build: Everything maxed.
1. Triple Shot (1)
2. Jaguar Rider (MAX)
3. Resistance Auto Crank (MAX)
4. Graviboots (MAX)
5. Triple Shot (MAX)

Wild Hunter 2nd Job Skills

Crossbow Mastery (Passive)
Increases the weapon mastery and accuracy of Crossbows.
Level 1: Crossbow Mastery: + 14%, Accuracy: +12
Level 10: Crossbow Mastery: + 50%, Accuracy: +120

Crossbow Booster (Supportive)
Required Skill: Crossbow Mastery (5)
Increases the attack speed of your weapon for a short time. Must have a Crossbow equipped.
Level 1: MP Cost: 29, Duration: 20 sec
Level 10: MP Cost: 11, Duration: 200 sec

Final Attack (Passive)
Required Skill: Crossbow Mastery (3)
Grants a chance to deal additional damage after an attack. Must have a crossbow equipped.
Level 1: Proc Rate: 2%, Damage: 100%
Level 20: Proc Rate: 40%, Damage: 150%

Physical Training (Passive)
Improves STR and DEX permanently through physical training.
Level 1: Permanently increase STR by 6 and DEX by 6.
Level 5: Permanently increase STR by 30 and DEX by 30.

Soul Arrow: Crossbow (Supportive)
Temporarily allows you to use your Crossbow without spending arrows. Also increases your ATT.
Level 1: MP Cost: 15, ATT +13 for 30 sec, able to attack without spending arrows.
Level 10: MP Cost: 30, ATT +40 for 300 sec, able to attack without spending arrows.

Ricochet (Active)
Attacks multiple enemies by firing penetrating arrows equipped with bombs. Has a chance to Stun enemies. Its effect increases with each enemy it pierces.
Level 1: MP Cost: 14, Damage: 302%, Max Enemies Penetrated: 8, Stun Chance: 22%, Stun Duration: 2 sec
Level 20: MP Cost: 24, Damage: 435%, Max Enemies Penetrated: 8, Stun Chance: 60%, Stun Duration: 6 sec

Jaguar Rawr (Active)
Deals damage to multiple enemies in front of you. Any enemies knocked back by your Jaguar’s RAWR will also be Stunned. Good kitty.
Level 1: MP Cost: 7, Damage: 204%, Max Monsters Hit: 8, Stun Duration: 3 sec
Level 10: MP Cost: 19, Damage: 330%, Max Monsters Hit: 8, Stun Duration: 7 sec

Call of the Wild (Supportive)
You jaguar roars to enhance party ATT for a short time.
Level 1: MP Cost: 11, Duration: 156 sec, Damage: -2%, Additional Avoidability Chance: 2%, Max MP: +2%, Critical Rate: +1%. Party ATT: +1%
Level 10: MP Cost: 19, Duration: 300 sec, Damage: -20%, Additional Avoidability Chance: 20%, Max MP: +20%, Critical Rate: +5%. Party ATT: +10%

Wild Hunter 2nd Job Skill Build: Everything maxed except Jaguar Rawr.
1. Ricochet (1) Jaguar Rawr (1) Soul Arrow (1)
2. Crossbow Mastery (MAX)
3. Crossbow Booster (6)
4. Ricochet (MAX)
5. Call of the Wild (MAX)
6. Physical Training (MAX)
7. Crossbow Booster (MAX)
8. Final Attack (MAX)
9. Soul Arrow (MAX)
10. Jaguar Rawr (14/15)

Wild Hunter 3rd Job Skills

Backstep (Toggle ON/OFF)
When activated, your Jaguar is able to attack while walking backward without changing direction. Also permanently decreases damage taken. Can be toggled On/Off.
Level 1: When activated, your Jaguar is able to attack while walking backward without changing direction. [Passive Effect: Damage Taken: -1%]
Level 10: When activated, your Jaguar is able to attack while walking backward without changing direction. [Passive Effect: Damage Taken: -10%]

White Heat Rush (Active)
Your Jaguar coils and pounces to push away enemies and deal damage.
Level 1: MP Cost: 16, Max Enemies Hit: 8, Damage: 197%
Level 10: MP Cost: 18, Max Enemies Hit: 8, Damage: 233%

Flurry (Passive)
Grants you a chance to dodge enemy attacks. When you succeed, attacks made by you in the following 1 second will result in Critical Hits.
Level 1: Dexterity: + 2, Dodge Chance: 2%, all attacks following a successful dodge for 1 sec will be criticals.
Level 15: Dexterity: + 30, Dodge Chance: 30%, all attacks following a successful dodge for 1 sec will be criticals.

Jaguar Boost (Passive)
Further enhances the Jaguar Rider skill.
Level 1: While Mounted – Movement Speed: +6, Jaguar Rider Skills Damage: +12%, Knock-back Resist Chance (when hit): 23%
Level 15: While Mounted – Movement Speed: +15, Jaguar Rider Skills Damage: +40%, Knock-back Resist Chance (when hit): 55%

Feline Berserk
Your jaguar will temporarily grow a set of blazing red wings. Greatly increases Max HP, ATT, and Movement Speed. Attack Speed will increase by 1. Enemy attacks will not cancel the buff.
Level 1: MP Cost: 100, Duration: 91 sec, Max HP: 23%, Attack: 21%, Movement Speed: +3, Attack Speed: + 1 level
Level 20: MP Cost: 130, Duration: 300 sec, Max HP: 80%, Attack: 40%, Movement Speed: +15, Attack Speed: + 1 level

Swipe (Active)
Your Jaguar consecutively swipes nearby enemies, absorbing some of the damage dealt as HP for you. You cannot absorb more than 15% of your Max HP or more than the enemy’s Max HP.
Level 1: MP Cost: 20, Damage: 120%, Number of Hits: 4, Max Monsters Hit: 8, absorbs 1% of the damage as HP
Level 20: MP Cost: 26, Damage: 215%, Number of Hits: 4, Max Monsters Hit: 8, absorbs 10% of the damage as HP

Dash ‘n Slash (Active)
The Jaguar charges forward and attacks multiple enemies, possibly stunning them.
Level 1: MP Cost: 20, Damage: 467%, Max Monsters Hit: 6, Stun Chance: 38%, Stun Duration: 2 sec
Level 20: MP Cost: 40, Damage: 600%, Max Monsters Hit: 6, Stun Chance: 95%, Stun Duration: 4 sec

Enduring Fire (Active)
Quickly fires five consecutive arrows.
Level 1: MP Cost: 14, Damage: 158%
Level 20: MP Cost: 29, Damage: 310%

Wild Hunter 3rd Job Skill Build: Everything maxed except Enduring Fire.
1. Swipe, Dash n Slash, Backstep (1)
2. Jaguar Boost (MAX)
3. Swipe (MAX)
4. Feline Berserk (MAX)
5. Backstep (MAX)
6. Flurry (MAX)
7. Dash n Slash (MAX)
8. White Heat Rush (MAX)
9. Enduring Fire (14/20)

Wild Hunter 4th Job Skills

Hunting Assistant Unit (Active)
Utilize Resistance technology to activate a support unit.
Level 1: MP Cost: 40, Duration: 4 sec, Damage: 133%, Number of Attacks: 2, Max Enemies Hit: 8. Cooldown: 8 sec
Level 30: MP Cost: 80, Duration: 4 sec, Damage: 220%, Number of Attacks: 2, Max Enemies Hit: 8. Cooldown: 8 sec

Extended Magazine (Supportive)
Attach a special Resistance magazine to your Crossbow to hold stronger bolts.
Level 1: MP Cost: 78, Damage: +6%, Duration: 97sec, All stats: +11
Level 30: MP Cost: 40, Damage: +20%, Duration: 300 sec, All stats: +40

Crossbow Expert (Passive)
Required Skill: Crossbow Mastery (MAX)
Increases Crossbow Mastery, Weapon Attack, and Minimum Critical Damage.
Level 1: Crossbow Mastery: +56%, Weapon ATT: +1, Minimum Critical Damage: +1%
Level 30: Crossbow Mastery: +70%, Weapon ATT: +30, Minimum Critical Damage: +15%

Advanced Final Attack (Passive)
Required Skill: Final Attack (MAX)
Requires Mastery Book: To unlock skill to Level 30.
Permanently increases ATT and Accuracy. Greatly increases the damage and activation rate of your Final Attack.
Level 1: Permanently increases ATT by 6 and Accuracy by 1%. Also has a 41% chance of activating 152% damage Final Attack
Level 30: Permanently increases ATT by 20 and Accuracy by 10%. Also has a 70% chance of activating 210% damage Final Attack

Wild Instinct (Passive)
Your attacks ignore a portion of enemy Weapon DEF, and you have a chance to dodge incoming blows. Permanently increases resistance to all elemental effects.
Level 1: Monster Weapon DEF Ignored: 3%, Dodge Chance: 1%. Resistance to all elemental effects permanently increased by 1%.
Level 10: Monster Weapon DEF Ignored: 30%, Dodge Chance: 10%. Resistance to all elemental effects permanently increased by 10%.

Sharp Eyes (Supportive)
Temporarily grants party members the ability to locate an enemy’s weak spot to deal fatal damage to that enemy.
Level 1: MP Cost: 30, Critical Rate: +6%, Max Critical Damage: +1%, Duration: 10 sec
Level 30: MP Cost: 45, Critical Rate: +20%, Max Critical Damage: +30%, Duration: 300 sec

Maple Warrior (Supportive)
Requires Mastery Book: To unlock skill to Level 30.
Increases the stats of all party members.
Level 1: MP Cost: 10, All Stats: +1%, Duration: 30 sec
Level 30: MP Cost: 70, All Stats: +15%, Duration: 900 sec

Wild Arrow Blast (Active)
Launches arrows at a tremendous speed, like a catastrophic rainstorm. Pressing the skill key will fire arrows continuously.
Level 1: MP Cost: 8, Damage: 213% per arrow
Level 30: MP Cost: 10, Damage: 300% per arrow

Sonic Roar (Active)
The Jaguar roars sharply. The roar creates a shock wave that damages and stuns multiple enemies.
Level 1: MP Cost: 40, Max Enemies Hit: 8, Damage: 149%, Number of Attacks: 6, Chance to Stun: 42%, Duration: 5 sec
Level 30: MP Cost: 80, Max Enemies Hit: 8, Damage: 265%, Number of Attacks: 6, Chance to Stun: 100%, Duration: 10 sec

Hero’s Will (Active)
By focusing your mind, you can ignore some abnormal status effects. However, this will not work on all abnormal status effects.
Level 1: MP Cost: 30, Cooldown: 600 sec
Level 5: MP Cost: 30, Cooldown: 360 sec

Wild Hunter 4th Job Skill Build: Everything maxed.
1. Wild Arrow Blast, Advanced Final Attack, Crossbow Expert (1)
2. Wild Instinct, Sonic Roar, Hunting Assistant Unit (1)
3. Crossbow Expert (MAX)
4. Sharp Eyes (MAX)
5. Wild Instinct (MAX)
6. Wild Arrow Blast (MAX)
7. Advanced Final Attack (MAX)
8. Extended Magazine (MAX)
9. Hunting Assistant Unit (MAX)
10. Sonic Roar (MAX)
11. Maple Warrior (MAX)
12. Hero’s Will (MAX)

WILD HUNTER HYPER SKILLS

Feline Berserk – Reinforce
Required Level: 143
+10% Damage.

Feline Berserk – Vitality
Required Level: 162 | Required Skill: Feline Berserk (MAX)
+20% Max HP.

Feline Berserk – Rapid Attack
Required Level: 183
Attack speed is increased by one.

Sonic Roar – Reinforce
Required Level: 149
+10% Damage.

Sonic Roar – Spread
Required Level: 168
Attack +2 enemies.

Sonic Roar – Extra Strike
Required Level: 189
Hits +1 time per enemy.

Wild Arrow Blast – Reinforce
Required Level: 155
+20% Damage.

Wild Arrow Blast – Boss Rush
Required Level: 177
+20% Boss Damage.

Wild Arrow Blast – Guardbreak
Required Level: 195
Ignores 20% Enemy Defense.

Silent Rampage
Required Level: 150
Damage increases by 10% and Final Attack’s activation rate is boosted to 90% for 90 seconds. Passive effect: 20% resistance to status effects and elemental damage.

Jaguar Rampage
Required Level: 170
Your Jaguar and your soul unite as one in an explosion of rage, dealing 500% damage 9 times on up to 12 enemies in front of you. There is a cooldown of 15 seconds.

For Liberty
Required Level: 200
The damage of all Resistance members in your party is increased by 10%, and the damage cap is raised by 50,000 for 60 seconds. Cooldown: 120 seconds.

Wild Hunter Hyper Skill Build:
1. Wild Arrow Blast – Reinforce (MAX)
2. Wild Arrow Blast – Boss Rush (MAX)
3. Wild Arrow Blast – Guardbreak (MAX)
4. Feline Berserk – Reinforce (MAX)
5. Feline Berserk – Vitality (MAX)
6. Silent Rampage (MAX)
7. Jaguar Rampage (MAX)
8. For Liberty (MAX)
9. Hyper Dexterity (MAX)
10. Hyper Health (MAX)
11. Hyper Mana (MAX)
12. Hyper Weapon Defense (MAX)
13. Hyper Magic Defense (MAX)
14. Hyper Critical Rate (MAX)

Wild Hunter Mastery Books

1. Advanced Final Attack: 20, 30
2. Crossbow Expert: 20, 30
3. Hunting Assistant Unit: 20, 30
4. Sonic Roar: 20, 30
5. Wild Arrow Blast: 20, 30
6. Maple Warrior: 20, 30

MapleStory Changelog (Tempest -> RED)

Removed Skills
Crossbow Booster (1st)
It’s Raining Mines (2nd)
Silver Hawk (2nd)
Wild Trap (3rd)
Blind (3rd)
Evasion Boost (3rd)
Exploding Arrows (4th)
Stink Bomb (4th)
Wild Arrow Blast – Add Range (Hyper)
Drill Salvo (Hyper)

New Skills -> Official Skill Name
Automatic Shooting Device (1st) -> Resistance Auto Crank
Crossbow Booster (2nd) -> Crossbow Booster
Flurry (3rd) -> Flurry
Assistant Hunting Unit (4th) -> Hunting Assistant Unit
Extend Magazine (4th) -> Extended Magazine
Wild Arrow Blast – Boss Killer (Hyper) -> Wild Arrow Blast – Boss Rush
Rampage as One (Hyper) -> Jaguar Rampage

Revamped Skills
Final Attack (2nd) : Skill Icon and Skill Effect Renewed.
Jaguar Rawr (2nd) : Damage 280->325% , Stun Time 4->7 sec , Max Level 20->10
Feline Berserk (3rd) : Attack Speed +1, Max Level 30->20
Swipe (3rd) : Damage 300->200%, Max Level 10->20, Damage absorb as HP 5->10%
Advanced Final Attack (4th) : Skill Icon and Skill Effect Renewed.
Sonic Roar (4th) : Damage 200->260%, Attack Delay 1800ms->1140ms.

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14 thoughts on “MapleStory Wild Hunter Skill Build Guide V3

  1. Eryn

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  2. Ramuhprime

    Hey Ayumilove,
    I was just wondering why there arn’t any explanations for the skill build like you do for all of your other guides. As in what the main attacks are for each build.

  3. Ayumilove Post author

    @bill nye: Thanks for letting me know about the new updates that has arrived in KMS. Will be adding them to this site shortly 😀

  4. bill nye

    beter update this with the new kms stufff…. 😉

  5. haren07

    at 2nd job the max for jaguar roar is lvl to but in the actual skill distribution it says “14/15” I’m confused

  6. gamegamer

    What are the hours of spawn of hair a and snow and how I get the others ? And can you make a guide? Maplestory global

  7. Ayumilove Post author

    @Anon: FLY Patch is similar to GMS v.148 – Grand Athenaeum (2014-03-26), where they perform some skill revamps (added new skills, remove old skills, buff/nerf skills) to Resistance jobs. It will be there once you have obtained the revamp skills as this revamp goes along with the newly added Jaira/Snow White.

  8. Ayumilove Post author

    GMS v.149 – Legacy of Nine contains new updates for Wild Hunter.
    01. [Buffed] Sonic Roar
    02. [Buffed] Wild Arrow Blast

    GMS v.150 – Rising Heroes contains no new updates for Wild Hunter.

  9. Anon

    Hi , what is F.L.Y patch(KMS)?

    I play on Indonesian Server
    It just got an OBT on 18’th June 2014

    I play WH
    My question is , is Jaira/Snow White already here?

    Oh yeah , it only has Resistance Job
    Cygnus Knight and Hero is there but can’t be picked

    Sory 4 Bad English

  10. Ayumilove Post author

    @Zeynox: Thanks for your feedback! I’ll correct them right away 😀

  11. Zeynox

    Ayumi,i was able to max everything in 1st job so you should change it to everything max

  12. WinterWolf

    Hi, I’m wondering why do i not have the skill “backstep”?

  13. Xtroyer

    I was wondering if the Onyx jag can be captured in GMS?

  14. MetalSky94

    Hi Ayumilove! I was wondering if Exploding Arrows Mastery Books transferred to Hunting Assistant Unit, because I have Exploding Arrows 20 and 30 and nothing for Hunting Assistant Unit. Thanks!