The Epic Guide to Falconier Sniping

(this guide was at the same time based upon this guide, feel free to take a look at it, i will just explain a lot more about this unique type of build)
Falconier Sniper
Falconier snipers are those who combine normal arrow attacks with criticals and auto-blitz beat
Why Falconier Sniper?
tho this build wasnt used at all in most servers in the past. BUT with the last updates of gravity, they gave a LOT of useful stuff to this type of build, making it a VERY GOOD and VERY USEFUL all-around build.
Equipment
(ill post what will be THE BEST equip you could get, but you can use any other upgrade)

+7 Apple of Archer
Binoculars
Gangster mask (or anything else like a smoking pipe or a romantic flower, up to you)
+7 Sniping Suit [1] [Marc/Evil Druid card] (up to you)
+10 Composite Bow [4] [Drosera Card + Hydra card x2 + Skeleton Worker card]
+10 Composite Bow [4] [Savage Babe Card + Magnolia Card + Breeze Card + Metaller Card]

+7 Wool Scarf [1] [Noxious Card]
+7 Tidal Shoes [1] [Matyr Card] (or green ferus, but youll have to tweak the build and i like more agi)

Brooch [1] x2 [Kobold Card]
+7 Valkyrja Shield [1] /Orlean’s Plate [1] with Thara frog card (preferably for WoE players, i explain this later)
Notes:
-I almost ever use my equip +5, im quite lazy ;P you use it as much as you can afford

-if you are thinking why noxious and not raydric, its because no matter how many neutral property resistance you have, you will still die by Asura strike and attacks alike, (of course im talking just of this build) so its better to cover from long range attacks (which by the way, if you are trapping the precast of your castle in woe, its very useful)

-DO NOT FORGET to get the status composite bow, its needed to make this sniper to work plently, savage for stunning low vit characters, like sins, or wizards, magnolia to slow down runners, and low their attack, breeze card for preventing assassins to cloak (if they get external bleeding, when they cloak, the small damage uncloaks them) and metaller card to mute low vit characters, like champions, wizards, etc.
Stats:
(use this as a GUIDE, of course you can also use exactly this build, but you can also make yourself’s)
(this has added attention concentrate lvl 10, owl’s eye lvl 10, true sight lvl 10, and awakening potion)
9+11 STR
98+32 AGI
32+8 VIT
4+10 INT
84+46 DEX
37+13 LUK
9800+ HP
570+ sp
182 aspd (185 with blessing and agi up)
58 Critical rate (no matter how much you modify the build, always make sure you get 50 or more crit rate)

15-20% of auto-blitz beat
(you can put more luk instead of vit for more auto blitz beat, but it wont change much)
What you should know…
-Always use normal attacks, and let the falcon and the crits do their job. Use DS (double strife) only for emergencies or to finish up a mob or something….

-This build among all the others, has an AMAZING locking effect, due to the aspd and the auto blitz beat. Its AWESOME for pve, monsters wont touch you, and in PvP the people will go nuts because they cant run.

-in pvp and woe, ALWAYS use holy arrows, which you can get from holy arrow quivers, check the link for the drops. OR shadow arrows, against known angeling cards and crusaders/paladins.
-in PvE, if you are going to use fire, crystal, stone or wind arrows, carry elemental stones (like crystal blue or wind of verdure) for arrow crafting, instead of quivers. Quivers are more heavy and you need the weight for other stuff.

-ALWAYS carry around 6 or 7 quivers of each type of arrow you are using, this build uses a LOT of arrows, (i mean it) so you dont want to get out of ammo at the middle of a fight ;P
-you and the traps are forever friends. While other builds uses the sp for spamming ds, this build doesnt, so you can have plenty use of your sp pool for spamming traps, and buffing yourself. I use ankle snare, sandman, shock-wave, landmine and talkie box ;P
-in PvE and PvP, remember the trap + arrow shower trick, which is very well explained in this FA sniper guide

-for PvE, use a +7 hunter bow [1] (im not sure if the slotting npc is official, but if you have it, good for you, if not, sorry xD) with Drosera Card, that would be enough for everything non Demi-human.
-Critical strikes traspass defense and flee, as well as auto blitz beat, so you can make A LOT of damage to high def or high flee targets.
-against ghost type targets, use DS for bigger damage per second, but i actually try to avoid them.
-ALWAYS BE AWARE OF HOW MUCH ARROWS YOU HAVE LEFT, it SUCKS when you are locking somebody and suddenly the message “Please equip the proper ammunition first” appears. thats your DOOM. so when you are with 100 arrows or less, open a new quiver or craft more arrows.
-in any battle, pve, pvp or WoE, a Priest or High Priest is your second best friend (remember, the first are the traps), this build gets boosted up to 185 aspd with bless and agi up, and like 60-70+ crit rate and 15-20%+ auto-blitz beat with gloria. so whenever you have the chance to go with a priest, do it.
Falconier Sniping and WoE
-while some people think only FA snipers are capable of going to woe, with its 9k hp, this build can go freely to woe and play like everyone else. Ill explain some of the most important points about being falconier in woe:
-THIS type of sniper can out-damage an hybrid sniper in woe. i found this small damage table that will explain this:
hybrid -1000——-1000——-1000——-1000——-1000——-1000
falconer-200-500–200-200-500-200-500-500-200-500-200-500-500-200
auto-blitz———-670—670——670——-670-670———670-670
this is what happened in 4 seconds against a full equiped WS. 200 is the normal hit, 500 is the crit. the auto blitz beat are 134×5 damage, and was used with shadow arrows, perhaps the numbers would be a little higher with holy. (thanks Starry for the table).
-remember i put a shield over the equipment? well, this is the time you make use of it. when your guild or teammates enter the pre-cast, equip your shield, and start spamming Spring Trap over the enemy’s traps, so you open the way to your fellas, this is VERY usefull for a succesfull enter. you can use remove trap also, but if you go away your group, the other guilds will target you easily and blow you instantly. With spring trap, you stick together with your group, trying to hide yourself in the crowd, and happily start blowing off those traps.
-always use the status bow first, fire for like 10-15 seconds, and in the second it gets any of the status, change to the pvp bow, and start the barrage until it dies.
-in WoE theres no “pushback” so you cant push traps, so you have to rely in your technique to survive. the main goal is DONT LET ANY ENEMY TOUCH YOU, if you are able to do that with ankle snares, sandmans, or using the status bow, congratulations, a winner is you.
-if you are the only sniper available in the guild, and you have to trap the precast, DO NOT DIE. everyone relies in you, lay the traps and get into a safe place where you can shoot from afar.
-you use long range attacks, MAKE use of them, shoot as far as you can, sometimes they cant even see you, that desperates them and make them easy targets.

-this build is specialist in killing casters, like wizards and some dummy professors ( specially when you dont rely in sp, so if they burn it, you keep attacking). other snipers also, creators too (you dont let them cast, but beware of the homunculus, they hurt). and also can get easily (if trapped) lord knights, whitesmiths, and assassins. also some champions, if you mute them, they are all yours :) .

-you have the power of traps!, make use of them, if you are getting followed, let a couple of traps while you are running, that will get them instantly and give you time for counter-attacking or to run away to safety.
-Sandman traps are great for stopping emperium breakers in their way to the emperium.
-always carry at least 20-30 white potions, or 60-70 mastela fruit (this one is the best thing you can get, it weights 3 and heals a lot), like 100-200 traps, and make a friend creator or WS carry you other 300. try to avoid overweight, but if you have a professor that can give you sp, then full yourself of traps, and potions until 89% ;P.
Player Vs Player (pvp)
its almost the same than in WoE, but this time you CAN use push-backs, so abuse of the traps, here some tips:
always ankle snare them first, thats a MUST.
after that, start with status bow, and if you think it will release, lay another and push it against him with arrow shower, so he gets again trapped.
in case of assassins or champions, you can lay shock-wave traps and push them so you prevent them from healing or hiding.
after they get an ailment, start attacking.
you can accumulate many many land mines and throw them at the same time, its A LOT of fun, but it takes time and sp. you can use it also if they have TOO MANY flee, stun them, and then just take him down.

combine all this and enjoy.
Player Vs Enviroment (pve)
in pve, you can rely of your locking ability, but if they are large hp monsters, like in thor volcano or rachel sanctuary, bring traps and ankle snare them, then take distance and start shooting. if you feel like, you can keep them trapped by pushing ankle snares to them, or just keep trapping and walking, up to you.
In some cases its better to use DS, for example when you are in large partys, and you can rely in a professor to give you sp, you wont make as much damage as a full ds sniper, but it isnt so bad also. in other cases, even with large partys, is better to use normal attacks instead of DS, this is the case of large defense monsters, like Salamanders, you can hit like 1,5k with DS, and hit 1k with a critical + 900 of auto blitz beat.
Cons of being Falconier Sniper
-you have less HP than most sniper builds, with a diference between 2-3k, 4-5k to FA snipers.
-You depend on Aspd, so agi down, or curse are some of your worst enemies.
-Your blitz beat wont one-hit-KO people, but it will lock them, and make decent sp-costless damage.
-You will spend tons of arrows, good to know.