Hunter

Last Updated: October 22, 2026

This guide is actively being worked on! Builds shown have been updated and reviewed.

Stat Distribution

Hunter's main stat is DEX and secondary is STR.

Bows require 5 less STR than the weapon level.
Armor requires 10 less STR than the armor level.
Put just enough points into STR to equip your gear. Everything else into DEX.

Hunter Skills

Bow Mastery

Passive

Passive that increases weapon mastery, critical rate, and movement speed.

Like all other weapon mastery skills, you want to max this out first. When maxed, it brings your mastery from 7% to 77%, which contributes directly to your average damage.

Lv6 is required to guarantee 1 shot on Jr. Neckis. You can opt to take 1 point out of Bow Mastery for Arrow Bomb or FA.

Lv14 and 159 DEX is required to guarantee 1 shot Zombie Mushrooms.

Lv18 is required to guarantee 1 shot Wild Boars which leaves you with no spare points at lv36.

Weapon Mastery

Mastery = (0.1 + Bow Mastery Level10) × 0.7

Recommended Lv: MAX

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	Bow Mastery level 1, Critical Rate +1%, Speed +1
2	Bow Mastery level 1, Critical Rate +1%, Speed +2
3	Bow Mastery level 1, Critical Rate +2%, Speed +2
4	Bow Mastery level 2, Critical Rate +2%, Speed +2
5	Bow Mastery level 2, Critical Rate +2%, Speed +3
6	Bow Mastery level 3, Critical Rate +3%, Speed +3
7	Bow Mastery level 3, Critical Rate +3%, Speed +4
8	Bow Mastery level 4, Critical Rate +4%, Speed +4
9	Bow Mastery level 4, Critical Rate +4%, Speed +5
10	Bow Mastery level 5, Critical Rate +5%, Speed +5
11	Bow Mastery level 5, Critical Rate +5%, Speed +6
12	Bow Mastery level 6, Critical Rate +6%, Speed +6
13	Bow Mastery level 6, Critical Rate +6%, Speed +7
14	Bow Mastery level 7, Critical Rate +7%, Speed +7
15	Bow Mastery level 7, Critical Rate +7%, Speed +8
16	Bow Mastery level 8, Critical Rate +8%, Speed +8
17	Bow Mastery level 8, Critical Rate +8%, Speed +9
18	Bow Mastery level 9, Critical Rate +9%, Speed +9
19	Bow Mastery level 9, Critical Rate +9%, Speed +10
20	Bow Mastery level 10, Critical Rate +10%, Speed +10

Amazon’s Judgement

Passive

Passive that slows enemies on crit.

Help with micro positioning. Can take 1 point after mastery is maxed. Skill level is entirely user preference.

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	Critical hits have a 60% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 15 for 3 sec
2	Critical hits have a 62% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 16 for 3 sec
3	Critical hits have a 64% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 17 for 3 sec
4	Critical hits have a 66% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 18 for 3 sec
5	Critical hits have a 68% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 19 for 3 sec
6	Critical hits have a 70% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 20 for 3 sec
7	Critical hits have a 72% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 21 for 3 sec
8	Critical hits have a 74% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 22 for 3 sec
9	Critical hits have a 76% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 23 for 3 sec
10	Critical hits have a 78% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 24 for 4 sec
11	Critical hits have a 80% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 25 for 4 sec
12	Critical hits have a 82% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 26 for 4 sec
13	Critical hits have a 84% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 27 for 4 sec
14	Critical hits have a 86% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 28 for 4 sec
15	Critical hits have a 88% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 29 for 4 sec
16	Critical hits have a 90% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 30 for 4 sec
17	Critical hits have a 92% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 31 for 4 sec
18	Critical hits have a 94% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 32 for 4 sec
19	Critical hits have a 96% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 33 for 4 sec
20	Critical hits have a 100% chance to reduce Enemy Speed by 35 for 5 sec

Final Attack: Bow

Active

Skill that enables a follow up attack that fires 3 arrows.

DPS increase on single target. Viable AoE option as each of the arrows can target different mobs. This skill can be used as an alternative AoE option to Arrow Bomb. This is because 3+ target AoE situation where they're grouped up within 150px is quite rare. It provides a decent single target damage increase that can potentially make it better for training, while only being 2.6% weaker than arrow bomb for 2 targets.

DS + FA vs Arrow Bomb (damage per second)
Targets	DS + FA	Arrow Bomb	Arrow Bomb advantage
2	379%	389%	+2.6%
3	379%	583%	+54%
4	379%	778%	+105%

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	25% trigger rate; MP -12; Final Attack with damage 90% to up to 3 enemies
2	25% trigger rate; MP -13; Final Attack with damage 91% to up to 3 enemies
3	25% trigger rate; MP -13; Final Attack with damage 92% to up to 3 enemies
4	25% trigger rate; MP -13; Final Attack with damage 93% to up to 3 enemies
5	25% trigger rate; MP -13; Final Attack with damage 94% to up to 3 enemies
6	25% trigger rate; MP -14; Final Attack with damage 95% to up to 3 enemies
7	25% trigger rate; MP -14; Final Attack with damage 96% to up to 3 enemies
8	25% trigger rate; MP -14; Final Attack with damage 97% to up to 3 enemies
9	25% trigger rate; MP -14; Final Attack with damage 98% to up to 3 enemies
10	25% trigger rate; MP -15; Final Attack with damage 99% to up to 3 enemies
11	25% trigger rate; MP -15; Final Attack with damage 100% to up to 3 enemies
12	25% trigger rate; MP -15; Final Attack with damage 101% to up to 3 enemies
13	25% trigger rate; MP -15; Final Attack with damage 102% to up to 3 enemies
14	25% trigger rate; MP -16; Final Attack with damage 103% to up to 3 enemies
15	25% trigger rate; MP -16; Final Attack with damage 104% to up to 3 enemies
16	25% trigger rate; MP -16; Final Attack with damage 105% to up to 3 enemies
17	25% trigger rate; MP -16; Final Attack with damage 106% to up to 3 enemies
18	25% trigger rate; MP -17; Final Attack with damage 107% to up to 3 enemies
19	25% trigger rate; MP -17; Final Attack with damage 108% to up to 3 enemies
20	25% trigger rate; MP -17; Final Attack with damage 109% to up to 3 enemies
21	25% trigger rate; MP -17; Final Attack with damage 110% to up to 3 enemies
22	25% trigger rate; MP -18; Final Attack with damage 111% to up to 3 enemies
23	25% trigger rate; MP -18; Final Attack with damage 112% to up to 3 enemies
24	25% trigger rate; MP -18; Final Attack with damage 113% to up to 3 enemies
25	25% trigger rate; MP -18; Final Attack with damage 114% to up to 3 enemies
26	25% trigger rate; MP -19; Final Attack with damage 115% to up to 3 enemies
27	25% trigger rate; MP -19; Final Attack with damage 116% to up to 3 enemies
28	25% trigger rate; MP -19; Final Attack with damage 117% to up to 3 enemies
29	25% trigger rate; MP -19; Final Attack with damage 118% to up to 3 enemies
30	25% trigger rate; MP -20; Final Attack with damage 120% to up to 3 enemies

Bow Booster

Buff

Buff that increases weapon attack speed by 2.

Insane value at level 1 because you get the full attack speed and its duration is 100 sec. Increasing the skill level only increases the duration of the buff. Skill level is entirely user preference.

Recommended Lv: 1

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	HP -30, MP -30; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 100 sec
2	HP -29, MP -29; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 110 sec
3	HP -28, MP -28; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 120 sec
4	HP -27, MP -27; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 130 sec
5	HP -26, MP -26; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 140 sec
6	HP -25, MP -25; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 150 sec
7	HP -24, MP -24; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 160 sec
8	HP -23, MP -23; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 170 sec
9	HP -22, MP -22; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 180 sec
10	HP -21, MP -21; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 190 sec
11	HP -20, MP -20; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 200 sec
12	HP -19, MP -19; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 210 sec
13	HP -18, MP -18; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 220 sec
14	HP -17, MP -17; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 230 sec
15	HP -16, MP -16; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 240 sec
16	HP -15, MP -15; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 250 sec
17	HP -14, MP -14; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 260 sec
18	HP -13, MP -13; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 270 sec
19	HP -12, MP -12; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 280 sec
20	HP -10, MP -10; Increases Bow Attack Speed by 2 stages for 300 sec

Soul Arrow: Bow

Buff

Buff that replaces arrow use.

Allows you to attack without any arrows, however It does not inherit the attack from the current arrows you have equipped. The only thing you get from leveling the skill is buff duration. Skill level is entirely user preference.

Recommended Lv: User Preference

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	MP -25; Attack without using up any arrows for 60 sec
2	MP -24; Attack without using up any arrows for 72 sec
3	MP -23; Attack without using up any arrows for 84 sec
4	MP -22; Attack without using up any arrows for 96 sec
5	MP -21; Attack without using up any arrows for 108 sec
6	MP -20; Attack without using up any arrows for 120 sec
7	MP -19; Attack without using up any arrows for 132 sec
8	MP -18; Attack without using up any arrows for 144 sec
9	MP -17; Attack without using up any arrows for 156 sec
10	MP -16; Attack without using up any arrows for 168 sec
11	MP -15; Attack without using up any arrows for 180 sec
12	MP -14; Attack without using up any arrows for 192 sec
13	MP -13; Attack without using up any arrows for 204 sec
14	MP -12; Attack without using up any arrows for 216 sec
15	MP -11; Attack without using up any arrows for 228 sec
16	MP -10; Attack without using up any arrows for 240 sec
17	MP -9; Attack without using up any arrows for 252 sec
18	MP -8; Attack without using up any arrows for 264 sec
19	MP -7; Attack without using up any arrows for 276 sec
20	MP -5; Attack without using up any arrows for 300 sec

Arrow Bomb: Bow

Active

Fires an arrow that explodes on hit.

Hard to tell how useful this skill is in the current party training meta. This skill has one of the highest AoE damage potential in the game. However, the AoE size is deceptively small as it only extends 150px past the first mob hit, making it hard to utilize that potential damage. It's also hard to utilize the vertical explosion range in most of the meta maps in CoT2, but the strength of this skill might change as more viable training maps gets discovered on release. This skill is mandatory for normal builds but completely optional if you go with DS FA as your AoE option instead.

Arrow Bomb range: about 150 px from the monster

Arrow Bomb hitting a Dark Axe Stump in game

Recommended Lv: 1

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	MP -14; Stun chance 30% for 2 sec, damage 70%
2	MP -14; Stun chance 31% for 2 sec, damage 72%
3	MP -14; Stun chance 32% for 2 sec, damage 74%
4	MP -15; Stun chance 33% for 2 sec, damage 76%
5	MP -15; Stun chance 34% for 2 sec, damage 78%
6	MP -16; Stun chance 35% for 2 sec, damage 80%
7	MP -16; Stun chance 36% for 2 sec, damage 82%
8	MP -17; Stun chance 37% for 2 sec, damage 84%
9	MP -17; Stun chance 38% for 2 sec, damage 86%
10	MP -18; Stun chance 39% for 2 sec, damage 88%
11	MP -18; Stun chance 40% for 2 sec, damage 90%
12	MP -19; Stun chance 41% for 2 sec, damage 92%
13	MP -19; Stun chance 42% for 2 sec, damage 94%
14	MP -20; Stun chance 43% for 2 sec, damage 96%
15	MP -20; Stun chance 44% for 2 sec, damage 98%
16	MP -21; Stun chance 45% for 2 sec, damage 100%
17	MP -21; Stun chance 46% for 2 sec, damage 102%
18	MP -22; Stun chance 47% for 2 sec, damage 104%
19	MP -22; Stun chance 48% for 2 sec, damage 106%
20	MP -23; Stun chance 49% for 2 sec, damage 108%
21	MP -23; Stun chance 50% for 2 sec, damage 110%
22	MP -24; Stun chance 51% for 2 sec, damage 112%
23	MP -24; Stun chance 52% for 2 sec, damage 114%
24	MP -25; Stun chance 53% for 2 sec, damage 116%
25	MP -25; Stun chance 54% for 2 sec, damage 118%
26	MP -26; Stun chance 55% for 2 sec, damage 120%
27	MP -26; Stun chance 56% for 2 sec, damage 122%
28	MP -27; Stun chance 57% for 2 sec, damage 124%
29	MP -27; Stun chance 58% for 2 sec, damage 126%
30	MP -28; Stun chance 60% for 2 sec, damage 130%

Hunter Skill Build

WIP

Level	Skill	Notes
30	Arrow Bomb +1 (1)
31	Bow Mastery +3 (3)
32	Bow Mastery +2 (5) Bow Booster +1 (1)
33	Amazon’s Judgement +1 (1) Final Attack: Bow +1 (1) Bow Mastery +1 (6)
34-37	Bow Mastery +12 (18)
38	Bow Mastery +2 (MAX) Bow Booster +1 (2)
39	Bow Booster +3 (5)
40	Soul Arrow +1 (1) Arrow Bomb +2 (3)
41-49	Arrow Bomb +27 (MAX)
50-51	Soul Arrow +6 (7)
52	Soul Arrow +1 (8) Final Attack: Bow +2 (3)
53-61	Final Attack: Bow +27 (MAX)
62-67	Amazon’s Judgement +18 (19)
68	Amazon’s Judgement +1 (MAX) Bow Booster +1 (6) Soul Arrow +1 (9)
69	Bow Booster +2 (8) Soul Arrow +1 (10)
70	Soul Arrow +2 (12) Bow Booster +1 (9)

Stats Indepth

DEX Scaling

DEX impact to your damage range can be calculated as

MIN = Skill Mult × Weapon Atk × 80 + DEX × Weapon Mult × Mastery100

MAX = Skill Mult × Weapon Atk × 100 + DEX × Weapon Mult100

Mastery comes from Bow Mastery (see the Weapon Mastery formula in the skills above). It’s 0.07 with no points in it.

DEX is affected by Weapon Multiplier and Weapon Mastery, so every point of mastery raises your damage floor and tightens your damage range.

Weapon Multiplier

Weapon	Shoot
Bow	x2.5 (100%)

STR Scaling

STR impact to damage can be calculated as

MIN = Skill Mult × Weapon Atk × 80 + STR100

MAX = Skill Mult × Weapon Atk × 100 + STR100

STR isn’t affected by Weapon Multiplier or Weapon Mastery, so its damage range stays the same as you level mastery. Once mastery is leveled, DEX overtakes STR at both ends of the range.

Accuracy

Accuracy decides whether your attacks hit. It's one stat used for both physical and magic attacks.

Accuracy from your stats can be calculated as

Common = DEX × 1.2 + Level × 2 + LUK × 0.6

Acc = Common4.8 + 20

Every stat here is your total, including equipment and buffs

Each attack compares your Accuracy against the monster's Avoid. Monsters that are a higher level than you need a lot more Accuracy to hit reliably, while being a higher level than the monster gives no extra bonus. Level is part of the formula too, so your Accuracy goes up a little every level even without adding stats.

Avoid

Avoid decides how often monster attacks miss you.

Avoid from your stats can be calculated as

Avoid = trunc(LUK3) + trunc(DEX6) + 5

Every stat here is your total, including equipment and buffs

LUK gives twice as much Avoid as DEX. Avoid doesn't help at all until it reaches a baseline for the monster attacking you. For example, Zombie Mushrooms require 52 Avoid before you have any chance of dodging them.