Secrets of the Beginner

The fears and facts you should know about each job
[Main Page] Warrior | Bowman | Magician | Thief | Pirate

Warrior
Advantage: Damage, High HP, Mobs | Disadvantage: Accuracy, Speed, Range-attack
– Warrior fears lack of accuracy but not damage or HP (HitPoints/Life)
– Warrior worry that they could not hit boss or high level monster due to their high avoidability.
– But they do not need to worry about getting killed in 1 Hit by boss since they have high HP.
– Warriors lack of range attack, and some party quest requires range attackers.
– Warriors excel against many monster. They don’t have a hard time clearing mobs.
– Warriors are slow, so they tend to train slower in big maps unless it is shared (or party).
Pearl Of Knowledge
– STR (Strength) is warrior’s primary attribute that improves min and max damage.
– Adding DEX (Dexterity) adds accuracy, and it does not provide better min damage compare to STR.
– STR is the requirement for equipping weapon and armour. DEX (Dexterity) is only for accuracy.
– Pure STR Warrior relies on equipments to provide them with sufficient accuracy.
– Pure STR Warrior at level 70 would be as powerful as level 80 Normal Warrior.
– If your Pure STR character is hacked, you will have difficult time to rebuild compare to normal warrior.
– Warrior advantage is that every 3 STR added, they gain 1 weapon attack.
– However, if they take Onyx Apple (+100 WA), it does not boost as much damage as Thief.
– STR Scrolls are the cheapest in the market. Warriors prefers DEX Scrolls for added accuracy.

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Bowman
Advantage: Accuracy, Range-attack | Disadvantage: Damage, Low HP, Mobs
– Most of Bowman pros and cons are the opposite of Warrior.
– Bowman fears low HP (HitPoints/Life) but not accuracy.
– But they do not need to worry about boss or high level monster with high avoidability.
– Bowman worry that they get killed in 1-2 Hit by boss unless they HP Wash.
– Bowman lack of close-combat attack, thus they excel not well against mobs in close range.
– Bowman are fast, so they tend to train best in any map (big or small) preferrably flat terrain.
– They train slower in crowded mob area unless there are sniping spots to use their mob skill.
Pearl Of Knowledge
– Bowman has only 1 SP (Skill Point) path, which is STR and DEX.
– Bowman can be Pure DEX but a normal Bowman will outbeat them with normal weapon.
– There aren’t many Bow that does not require STR (Strength).
– However, bowman can cap their STR, so they can use MapleStory Timeless Weapon and Equipment.
– DEX Scrolls are expensive because Thief, Pirate, Warrior requires them for accuracy (high demand).

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Thief
Advantage: Accuracy, Range-attack, Speed | Disadvantage: Low HP
– There are 2 type of thief (close-combat: Bandit, far-range: Assassin)
– Thief equipments (especially assassins) are relatively expensive. (e.g. Throwing-Star)
– Assassins lack of HP so they need to HP Wash if they want to battle against boss.
– Bandit have a skill called Meso Guard that uses Meso to protect their HP (HitPoints/Life)
– Assassin have difficult time killing mobs in close-range (similar to Bowman handicap)
Pearl Of Knowledge
– Thief attacking speed is very fast, and their movement speed is one the highest.
– Thief relies on LUK for damage, but every 5 LUK only provides 1 weapon attack.
– In short, Thief damage grows pretty slow compare to the rest of the class.
– This can be compensated by equipping with decent scrolled equipments.
– Good news is if they have more weapon attack, their damage drastically increase!
– Basically, Thief gain 500 LUK while Warrior gain 300 STR from 1 Onyx Apple (+100 weapon attack)
– That’s the reason why the Claw (Assassin weapon) has little weapon attack else they will overpower.

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Magician
Advantage: Accuracy, Close-Far-Attack, High MP | Disadvantage: Low HP
– Magician fears boss spells (skill-lock, 1 HP/MP Nuke, Dispell) and high MP consumption.
– When a boss/monster cast those skill, Magician is vunerable and can’t cast any spell to attack.
– This can easily kill them in 1 Hit as their Magic Guard is dispelled.
– Most of Magician skills cost high MP consumption (4th Job Genesis/Meteo/Blizzard)
– However, they have high MP Regeneration but does not regenerate fast enough to recover MP loss.
– Magician can follow Pure Int Path (provided they are funded with Int Equipments).
– Pure Int Magician gain more Max MP compare to normal magician.
– Pure Int losses 10% EXP when they die since the min LUK (50) is required to reduce EXP loss by 5%.
– Magician does not need to worry with min range attack or attacking monster in close-combat.
– Magician is the easiest to play compare to the rest of the jobs. Just need to focus on MP.
Pearl Of Knowledge
– Magician able to teleport that can help them travel map quickly and speed up training.
– Magician is the only class that has the highest MP Regeneration and highest MP Capacity.
– They have MP Eater that siphons enemy MP to save MP Potion.
– Magician relies on element attacks (holy,fire,ice,lightning,poison) to deal extra damage.
– Magician INT scrolls are relatively expensive.

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Pirate
Advantage: n/a | Disadvantage: n/a