MapleStory Bandit Skills + Skill Build

Title: MapleStory 2nd Job Thief – Bandit Skills, Bandit Skill Build (Skill Allocation) with Explanation!

Requirement: Level 30
Head back to Thieves’ Hideaway once you’ve reached Lv 30, which is located at the cafe in Kerning City. Go inside, talk to Dark Lord. He’ll give you a letter and you’ve to pass it to the job advancement instructor near Kerning City. After giving the letter, you’ll be given an errand to collect 30 Dark Marbles by defeating the monsters inside. Be careful to stock your potions up before you start collecting the 30 Dark Marbles. Once you’ve collected 30 Dark Marbles, talk to the instructor, and he’ll award you with a Proof of a Hero. Go back to Kerning City Thieves’ Hideaway, and talk to Dark Lord once again, where then you’ll advance as the Bandit.

How to read this skill build? 16 – 18 means Level 16, 17 and 18 [Level 16 to 18]. For 20 – 20, it means only Level 20. The guide below is purely a personal recommendation and need not be followed. Each skill listed below has advices/tips shared by senior players to guide you in building your character!

Pearl of Knowledge:
Bandit specializes in close combat where they attack monsters from close. They could steal monster items by using Steal (optional skill). Bandit could attack 6 times using Savage Blow, but its pretty difficult to maintain your distance between monster. If you move to close to the monster, you end up bumping the monster frequently, thus wasting HP Potions (although your high avoidability might help a little in avoiding them).

Below is the hierarchy order of Pirate advancement: [Thief Main Page]
Pirate -> Gunslinger -> Vaklyrie (Outlaw) -> Captain (Corsair)
Pirate -> Infighter (Brawler) -> Buccaneer (Marauder) -> Viper (Buccaneer)

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Bandit Common Build
Recommended build for all bandits. Most players follow this route.
30 – 30 : Dagger Mastery 1
31 – 36 : Dagger Mastery 3
37 – 46 : Savage Blow 3 [MAX]
47 – 47 : Dagger Booster 3
48 – 48 : Dagger Booster 2, Haste 1
49 – 54 : Haste 3
55 – 55 : Haste 1 [MAX], Dagger Booster 2
56 – 59 : Dagger Booster 3
60 – 60 : Dagger Booster 1 [MAX], Dagger Mastery 1 [MAX], Endure 1
61 – 66 : Endure 3 [MAX]
67 – 67 : Endure 1 [MAX], Dark Sight 2 [MAX]
68 – 70 : Steal 3 / Free 3 SP
Summary
Dagger Mastery 20 [MAX] / Dagger Booster 20 [MAX] / Haste 20 [MAX] / Endure 20 [MAX]
Savage Blow 30 [MAX] / Dark Sight +2 [MAX] / Steal [9/30]
Reason for this Build
Dagger Mastery is added first to dish out stable damage. Savage Blow is max second to replace Double Stab 1st Job Skill for more damage. Haste is later add on to speed up training. Endure is added at the end which is the time you train on higher level monsters located in El Nath (cold area) that requires Endure healing protection or Aquarium (water world). 9 Free SP to be allocated into Steal or anything that you wish.

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Dagger Mastery
Increases the dagger mastery and accuracy. It only applies when the character has a dagger in hand. This skill basically increases your minimum damage from 10% to 60% at max level. This skill is a must to max else the damage you dish out would be unstable. So it would be harder to predict how many hits should it take to kill the monster.
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For example, your max damage is 1000 (determine by your primary stats and weapon attack) and your minimum damage is based on X% of your max damage. (10% mastery by default if no dagger mastery). Suppose you are training on a high hp monster that requires 200% damage to KO, each hit you made would be at random: 80%, 50%, 12%, 30% (4 hits or more without dagger mastery) However, if you have max mastery dagger, it would be 60% and above: 98%, 67%, 75% (3 hits with max dagger mastery)
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Master Level: 20 | Type: Passive
Level 1: Dagger mastery 15%, accuracy +1
Level 2: Dagger mastery 15%, accuracy +2
Level 3: Dagger mastery 20%, accuracy +3
Level 4: Dagger mastery 20%, accuracy +4
Level 5: Dagger mastery 25%, accuracy +5
Level 6: Dagger mastery 25%, accuracy +6
Level 7: Dagger mastery 30%, accuracy +7
Level 8: Dagger mastery 30%, accuracy +8
Level 9: Dagger mastery 35%, accuracy +9
Level 10: Dagger mastery 35%, accuracy +10
Level 11: Dagger mastery 40%, accuracy +11
Level 12: Dagger mastery 40%, accuracy +12
Level 13: Dagger mastery 45%, accuracy +13
Level 14: Dagger mastery 45%, accuracy +14
Level 15: Dagger mastery 50%, accuracy +15
Level 16: Dagger mastery 50%, accuracy +16
Level 17: Dagger mastery 55%, accuracy +17
Level 18: Dagger mastery 55%, accuracy +18
Level 19: Dagger mastery 60%, accuracy +19
Level 20: Dagger mastery 60%, accuracy +20

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Endure
Additional recovery for both HP and MP even while hanging still on a rope or a ladder. The higher the level, the faster the recovery time, along with recovering additional amounts of both MP and HP. An optional skill which can be replace with others. It’s good for recovering Hp (hitpoints) when you are standing or AFK (away from keyboard) in dangerous area (Aquarium/El Nath) or being poisoned.
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Master Level: 20 | Type: Passive
Level 1: Additional recovery of HP +3, MP +1 every 29 seconds
Level 2: Additional recovery of HP +6, MP +2 every 28 seconds
Level 3: Additional recovery of HP +9, MP +3 every 27 seconds
Level 4: Additional recovery of HP +12, MP +4 every 26 seconds
Level 5: Additional recovery of HP +15, MP +5 every 25 seconds
Level 6: Additional recovery of HP +18, MP +6 every 24 seconds
Level 7: Additional recovery of HP +21, MP +7 every 23 seconds
Level 8: Additional recovery of HP +24, MP +8 every 22 seconds
Level 9: Additional recovery of HP +27, MP +9 every 21 seconds
Level 10: Additional recovery of HP +30, MP +10 every 20 seconds
Level 11: Additional recovery of HP +33, MP +11 every 19 seconds
Level 12: Additional recovery of HP +36, MP +12 every 18 seconds
Level 13: Additional recovery of HP +39, MP +13 every 17 seconds
Level 14: Additional recovery of HP +42, MP +14 every 16 seconds
Level 15: Additional recovery of HP +45, MP +15 every 15 seconds
Level 16: Additional recovery of HP +48, MP +16 every 14 seconds
Level 17: Additional recovery of HP +51, MP +17 every 13 seconds
Level 18: Additional recovery of HP +54, MP +18 every 12 seconds
Level 19: Additional recovery of HP +57, MP +19 every 11 seconds
Level 20: Additional recovery of HP +60, MP +20 every 10 seconds

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Dagger Booster
Use HP and MP to temporarily boost up the attacking speed of the dagger. It only applies when the character has a dagger in hand. Basically speeds up attack so you could keep knockback monsters with high Hp else once monster recover from knockback, they can counter attack.
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Master Level: 20 | Type: Supportive | Dagger Mastery Lv. 5
Level 1: HP -29, MP -29; Improves dagger speed for 10 seconds
Level 2: HP -28, MP -28; Improves dagger speed for 20 seconds
Level 3: HP -27, MP -27; Improves dagger speed for 30 seconds
Level 4: HP -26, MP -26; Improves dagger speed for 40 seconds
Level 5: HP -25, MP -25; Improves dagger speed for 50 seconds
Level 6: HP -24, MP -24; Improves dagger speed for 60 seconds
Level 7: HP -23, MP -23; Improves dagger speed for 70 seconds
Level 8: HP -22, MP -22; Improves dagger speed for 80 seconds
Level 9: HP -21, MP -21; Improves dagger speed for 90 seconds
Level 10: HP -20, MP -20; Improves dagger speed for 100 seconds
Level 11: HP -19, MP -19; Improves dagger speed for 110 seconds
Level 12: HP -18, MP -18; Improves dagger speed for 120 seconds
Level 13: HP -17, MP -17; Improves dagger speed for 130 seconds
Level 14: HP -16, MP -16; Improves dagger speed for 140 seconds
Level 15: HP -15, MP -15; Improves dagger speed for 150 seconds
Level 16: HP -14, MP -14; Improves dagger speed for 160 seconds
Level 17: HP -13, MP -13; Improves dagger speed for 170 seconds
Level 18: HP -12, MP -12; Improves dagger speed for 180 seconds
Level 19: HP -11, MP -11; Improves dagger speed for 190 seconds
Level 20: HP -10, MP -10; Improves dagger speed for 200 seconds

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Haste
Temporarily improves the speed and jumping ability of every member of the party.
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Master Level: 20 | Type: Supportive
Level 1: MP -15; Speed +2, jump +1 for 10 seconds
Level 2: MP -15; Speed +4, jump +2 for 20 seconds
Level 3: MP -15; Speed +6, jump +3 for 30 seconds
Level 4: MP -15; Speed +8, jump +4 for 40 seconds
Level 5: MP -15; Speed +10, jump +5 for 50 seconds
Level 6: MP -15; Speed +12, jump +6 for 60 seconds
Level 7: MP -15; Speed +14, jump +7 for 70 seconds
Level 8: MP -15; Speed +16, jump +8 for 80 seconds
Level 9: MP -15; Speed +18, jump +9 for 90 seconds
Level 10: MP -15; Speed +20, jump +10 for 100 seconds
Level 11: MP -30; Speed +22, jump +11 for 110 seconds
Level 12: MP -30; Speed +24, jump +12 for 120 seconds
Level 13: MP -30; Speed +26, jump +13 for 130 seconds
Level 14: MP -30; Speed +28, jump +14 for 140 seconds
Level 15: MP -30; Speed +30, jump +15 for 150 seconds
Level 16: MP -30; Speed +32, jump +16 for 160 seconds
Level 17: MP -30; Speed +34, jump +17 for 170 seconds
Level 18: MP -30; Speed +36, jump +18 for 180 seconds
Level 19: MP -30; Speed +38, jump +19 for 190 seconds
Level 20: MP -30; Speed +40, jump +20 for 200 seconds

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Steal
Enables the character to steal an item from an enemy with a certain success rate. Only one clean steal per monster, but multiple attempts can take place in the process.
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Master Level: 30 | Type: Active | Pre-requisite: Haste Lv. 5
Level 1: MP -12; 11% success rate to steal, apply 42% in damage
Level 2: MP -12; 12% success rate to steal, apply 44% in damage
Level 3: MP -12; 13% success rate to steal, apply 46% in damage
Level 4: MP -12; 14% success rate to steal, apply 48% in damage
Level 5: MP -12; 15% success rate to steal, apply 50% in damage
Level 6: MP -12; 16% success rate to steal, apply 52% in damage
Level 7: MP -12; 17% success rate to steal, apply 54% in damage
Level 8: MP -12; 18% success rate to steal, apply 56% in damage
Level 9: MP -12; 19% success rate to steal, apply 58% in damage
Level 10: MP -12; 20% success rate to steal, apply 60% in damage
Level 11: MP -12; 21% success rate to steal, apply 62% in damage
Level 12: MP -12; 22% success rate to steal, apply 64% in damage
Level 13: MP -12; 23% success rate to steal, apply 66% in damage
Level 14: MP -12; 24% success rate to steal, apply 68% in damage
Level 15: MP -12; 25% success rate to steal, apply 70% in damage
Level 16: MP -24; 26% success rate to steal, apply 72% in damage
Level 17: MP -24; 27% success rate to steal, apply 74% in damage
Level 18: MP -24; 28% success rate to steal, apply 76% in damage
Level 19: MP -24; 29% success rate to steal, apply 78% in damage
Level 20: MP -24; 30% success rate to steal, apply 80% in damage
Level 21: MP -24; 31% success rate to steal, apply 82% in damage
Level 22: MP -24; 32% success rate to steal, apply 84% in damage
Level 23: MP -24; 33% success rate to steal, apply 86% in damage
Level 24: MP -24; 34% success rate to steal, apply 88% in damage
Level 25: MP -24; 35% success rate to steal, apply 90% in damage
Level 26: MP -24; 36% success rate to steal, apply 92% in damage
Level 27: MP -24; 37% success rate to steal, apply 94% in damage
Level 28: MP -24; 38% success rate to steal, apply 96% in damage
Level 29: MP -24; 39% success rate to steal, apply 98% in damage
Level 30: MP -24; 40% success rate to steal, apply 100% in damage

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Savage Blow : Dagger
Use MP to attack an enemy up to 6 times in a row with a dagger.
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Master Level: 30 | Type: Active
Level 1: MP -15; Attack 4x with 40% damage
Level 2: MP -15; Attack 4x with 44% damage
Level 3: MP -15; Attack 2x with 48% damage
Level 4: MP -15; Attack 2x with 52% damage
Level 5: MP -15; Attack 2x with 56% damage
Level 6: MP -15; Attack 2x with 60% damage
Level 7: MP -15; Attack 2x with 64% damage
Level 8: MP -15; Attack 2x with 68% damage
Level 9: MP -15; Attack 2x with 72% damage
Level 10: MP -15; Attack 2x with 74% damage
Level 11: MP -18; Attack 4x with 60% damage
Level 12: MP -18; Attack 4x with 62% damage
Level 13: MP -18; Attack 4x with 64% damage
Level 14: MP -18; Attack 4x with 66% damage
Level 15: MP -18; Attack 4x with 68% damage
Level 16: MP -18; Attack 4x with 70% damage
Level 17: MP -18; Attack 4x with 72% damage
Level 18: MP -18; Attack 4x with 74% damage
Level 19: MP -18; Attack 4x with 76% damage
Level 20: MP -18; Attack 4x with 78% damage
Level 21: MP -27; Attack 6x with 71% damage
Level 22: MP -27; Attack 6x with 72% damage
Level 23: MP -27; Attack 6x with 73% damage
Level 24: MP -27; Attack 6x with 74% damage
Level 25: MP -27; Attack 6x with 75% damage
Level 26: MP -27; Attack 6x with 76% damage
Level 27: MP -27; Attack 6x with 77% damage
Level 28: MP -27; Attack 6x with 78% damage
Level 29: MP -27; Attack 6x with 79% damage
Level 30: MP -27; Attack 6x with 80% damage

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