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Moonlight Sentinel Guide by Ivy
The Extensive Moonlight Sentinel Guide
by Ivy
- Introduction
- Items
- Dyes
- Subclass Skills
- Skill Enchantment
Introduction:
"The Moonlight Sentinel Rain down arrows at the same time the enemies miss there attacks. The Moonlight Sentinel might have the lowest damage of all the archer classes, but with a very high critical attack rate and run speed they are the perfect archer."
As the description given by NCSoft themselves, MS is an archer class with the lowest damage but reciprocates that by their speed. They have the highest DEX amongst the other races as well as high CON.
In this guide I will briefly provide you with the information I have gathered from my experienceas a Moonlight Sentinel.
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Items:
Elegia Leather Armor Set
When equipped, Speed +3%; P. Atk. +6.59%; Critical Rate +171; STR +1; DEX +2; CON -2; Resistance to Paralysis +50%, Resistance to Fire/Water/Wind/Earth +5. Can equip a cloak.
PvP/PvE: Your main set will be Elegia Light Set. It is the most offensive set for an archer, and is necessary in order to maximize your damage.
Vorpal Leather Armor Set
P. Def. +5.57%; Max MP +360; Speed +3%; P. Atk. +5.57%; Atk. Spd. +5%; STR +1, DEX +2, CON -3; Resistance to stun +50%; Resistance to fire/water/wind/earth +5. Damage +182 during critical. Can equip a cloak.
PvP: As your off-set you should prepare a Vorpal Leather armor set, mainly due to the stun resist. In case of olympiad games, you will equip this set against heavy stunners, daggers and fellow archers. For a more defensive setup.
BOWS!!!
This is the most interesting part of being an archer in Lineage 2. There are a variety of bows available to players for each different situation.
Recurve Thorne Bow Focus The most standard S84 bow, has the highest P.Atk.
Dynasty Bow - Great Gale Focus For me, this was my main bow as I wanted to accentuate on MS's advantage of speed. It was the most ideal for my playstyle, Highly Recommended for multiple purposes (whether PvE or PvP). Use this Bow only if you have mastered Bow Mastery +30 Power to reciprocate your P.Atk. This bow with {PvP} enhancement is a killer in PvP.
Icarus Spitter - Concentration FocusDagger/Archer killing bow. Get this as your offset bow to use against characters with high evasion. It gives a great boost in accuracy, a truly amazing bow.
Vesper Thrower - Clairvoyance FocusGives extra range. Best bow for tanks/GS/Sagi's, use it if you join Battles/field PvP as extra range=more damage as an archer. Make sure to turn off Rapid Shot when using it. Otherwise it's pointless.
Small Note: If you can afford, especially in Olympiad games, try to have a bow with Critical Slow. It is the most ideal SA when fighting against tanks, as the whole point is to kite them throughout the match, and deal as much damage as possible.
Attributes for Weapon:
This is the secret for any archer
. Just try to analyze the flow of the server, and try to decide on the attribute least used by the server. I recommend having several bows ( I personally carried 5-6 ) with different attributes and swap them to decide on the attribute that have dealt the most damage.Belt:
This is another heavily discussed topic. I suggest u use P.Atk belt if you are a beginner MS and you rely on maximizing your damage output.
Skill Atk. belt is mainly used in oly where the damage heavily depends on archer's skill use. Especially vs. characters with high evasion rate. I recommend carrying both.
Augment Top Info:
Highly discussed topic. Try to aim for PvP P.Atk, STR, or regular P.Atk.
PvP P.Atk augment itself might not make the biggest difference but the point is to increase % PvP P.Atk. The Maths here is: 5% PvP P.Atk from Belt, 5% PvP P.Atk from augment, 5% PvP P.Atk from PvP Enhancement, % from weapon's SA, and preferrably an additional Active PvP P.Atk augment on an offhand weapon. You end up with: 20-25% extra P.Atk at the end of the day. Which is a big boost in damage. This is probably the most crucial information in forming a decent archer.
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Dyes:
This is the part that depends mainly on your gameplay. Whether you prefer higher damage, higher speed, or a more experienced build. I personally used the following.
STR +4 / CON -4
DEX +4 / CON -4
WIT +4 / INT -4
The reason I've used WIT is that one of the strongest advantages that a MS has above other archers is their versatility that comes with their high speed. They have Elemental Heal for higher survivability, and the extra casting speed in the price of 1 DEX/STR makes a greater impact on your play. But as I mentioned before, here is the part that you customize your character to match your gameplay therefore if you wish to go glass cannon build, you may use a full 5DEX/5STR instead of the WIT4.
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Subclass Skills:
In this section I will show you several combinations.
PvP Evasion Build (My Build):
Long Shot: Increases the maximum range of bow and crossbow attacks. (+100 Distance increase)
Evasion: Increases evasion. (+4 Evasion)
Great Physical Offense: Greatly increases P.Atk. (+49 P.Atk, but I noticed on our server it is around 200-300 P.atk Bonus) PvE Maximum Speed Attack Speed Build:
Counter Haste: 1% chance to increase Atk.Spd when attacking. (+32% Atk.Spd for 15 seconds)
Counter Spirit: 3% chance to increase M.Atk, Cast.Spd, P.Atk and Atk.Spd when under attack. (Increase M.Atk, P.Atk by 7% and Cast Spd, Atk.Spd by 8% for 15 seconds.
Critical Rate/Chance: 1% chance to increase Crit.Rate when attacking/Increase critical rate. (+30% Crit Rate for 15 seconds/+30 Crit. Rate.)Useful for Oly:
Counter Barrier: 3% chance to become temporarily invincible to damage (but not debuffs) when under attack. (Celestial Shield type of buff for 5 seconds)================================================== ================================
Skill Enchantment:
Active:
Stun Shot +30 Chance (PRIORITIZE)
Elemental Heal +30 Power
Double Shot +30 Duel
Rapid Fire +30 Power
Lethal Strike +30 Duel
Hamstring Shot +15 Chance
Evade Shot +15 PowerBuffs:
Spirit Barrier +30 Cost (gives 35% M.Def huge boost: PRIORITIZE)
Sprint +30 DodgeToggle Skills:
Vicious Stance +30 Power/Cost 
Accuracy +30 CostPassive:
Bow Mastery +30 Power/Swiftness (This will depend on your gamestyle and which weapon you use. As mentioned above in Bows section: the optimal is +30 Power combined with Dynasty Bow MW.)
Light Armor Mastery +30 Power (Evasion)
Archery +15 PowerThere are skills that I have skipped for instance:
Entagle, due to the time you waste when it's more useful to attack one more time than cast this skill as you already have Hamstring Shot available. But, if you still wish to enchant, do this as your last skill.================================================== ==========
That's it folks. If you have any further questions do not be afraid to pm me in-game or send me a private message. I might have skipped few data so I will appreciate constructive criticism.
Good luck and happy L2'ing!
P.S. (Creds to AsheQueen and Shh. Best Trickster and Saggitarius in Exilium for helping me test out all these combinations)
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