credit to icyrhino...... (not including new malaysia map)
Savage blow (SB)A bandit’s signature skill and also one of the fastest skills. Although the 6*80% suffers a heavy penalty due to mobs weapon defense, it should never be removed from your keyboard. Savage blow enables maximum possible chances of inflicting venom and more coins from PP as well. lvl 1 venom with SB can stack up to 1x k damage for 2 sec while max venom with SB can stack up to 3x k for 4 sec.
Places to use: anywhere you wish
Assaulter (AST)A bandit’s teleportation skill and first stun skill. This skill ignores mob’s weapon defense. Mainly used for its teleportation or stunning function. Assaulter is a slow skill. Spamming SB could deal higher damage compared to spamming AST. Unless, like I’ve said, when you need the stun effect.
AST is good as a finishing move as it moves you forward or backward, whichever you want. In case, your finishing move purpose fails (didn’t manage to kill it), at least you are still able to stun it (save pots).
AST has a medium horizontal range but very big vertical range as compared to BS which has long horizontal range but smaller vertical range.
Ways of using AST:
Normal AST
Rope AST
Backward Rope AST
Jump AST (Hidden AST)
Falling AST
Back AST
terminology used here is the same as in the video clip
Platform AST (Jump AST)
Wall AST
One-sided AST
Dodging AST
The first 3 ways are normal, nothing much to talk about.
The last few ways are more interesting.
There are several sniping spots at sotong which you can use Jump AST
It is also sometimes known as Hidden AST.
Hidden AST does not teleport you to the higher platform but allows you to hit mobs at the platform above.
To use this, you need to press the AST button right after you press jump
Another type of Jump AST is the forward version of Back AST
This category of AST requires you to press AST only when you have reached the maximum of your jump.
This skill allows you to jump to the platform above of you.
It needs a lot of practice to ensure 100% success rate, crucial when papu-ing next time (refer below)
Falling AST is important not only to bring you back to your position before you were knocked off, it can also help you to position your mob. (Refer papu).
Wall AST is similar to Falling AST, but instead of getting knocked by mobs, you jump towards mob, turn around and AST back.
This technique can be used when you are at the edge of a platform and thus not enough space to AST through the mob. Used in papu.
One-sided AST can help in preventing getting hit while hitting the mob.
As we know, AST is usually able to knockback mobs while the range of AST is usually the thickness of a fat mob, e.g. sotong, viking, skele.
Hence, if we are not careful enough, we tend to get hit by the AST-knocked-back mob after we teleported through it.
One-sided AST is when when we stand very close to the mob, turn around and AST in the opposite direction (refer video 2)
Dodging AST is similar to telecasting of mages.
It is where you use AST to teleport away when a mob launches it magic attack on you.
This technique is not very significant however, as it has many restrictions and not as good as BS in terms of dodging.
It can be paired with BS to extend your invincibility period slightly.
Band of Thieves (BoT)Fastest AoE after heal. However, the downside of this skill is that it requires you to successfully hit the first mob before the other ninjas appear. A very good mobbing skill as it is one of the non-stunning skill, that is why you do not lure with BS although it is much more powerful then BoT. The skill has higher damage output compared to ast when you are standing in thick mobs. The damage output is already higher when you are dealing with 3 mobs and above at the same time.In your late cdit days, use it together with PP-ME as supportive mobbing skill gives you superb exp gain. Venom does NOT work with BoT.
Places to use: golem, mong, blue kenta, goby fish, skele
Meso Explosion (ME)Most powerful and expensive skill in the game.
Tradisionally used together with Pickpocket + SB.
It’s rather obsolete nowadays.
Nevertheless, it is still a powerful secondary skill in cdit’s 11x-12x period.
Misconception: ME as primary skill is a total waste of money
This statement is only true to a certain extent
Imagine boom-ing mong at lvl 10x
Each mong hits you ard 1k each hit
Your damage is about 10k, so you need about 7 hits to take out 1 mong
Boom-ing mong requires about 8*1k pile to kill 6 mongs
Now, do you lose or earn money here?
Of course, u can always be a mong lurer, but the experience will not be as impressive.
This applies for sotong as well
nice places to use: goby, sotong, mong
There is always a trade off between meso gain n exp gain
Boomberang step (BS)One of a shadower’s primary skills. It is to be maxed ASAP.
The skill deals 4000% damage with invincibility + 90% stun rate. Downside is that it has cooldown.
BS also requires about 50% of the BS range to be on top of a ground, similar to AST restriction.
BS can be stringed up with many skills to dish out high damage. Refer to PRACTICAL section.
Jump BS - I find that Jump BS doesn’t actually let you hit higher. It’s just the visual effect.
It’s easier to perform on some keyboards compared to the others.
Basically you just press jump and BS together.
* 4000% damage is the total damage output [500% *2hits *4mobs]
Assassinate (AS)A shadower’s bossing skill. Very very powerful. Some misconception to clarify about this skill.
The 4th hit of assassinate always comes out, but whether does it upgrade to a critical is another story.
The multiplier of assassinate increases by 1 every 3 sec.
In other words,
00-03 sec charge = uncharged *1
04-06 sec charge = uncharged *2
07-09 sec charge = uncharged *3
10-12 sec charge = uncharged *4
The direction of the 4th hit can be changed using direction keys.
The 4th hit can be cancelled by other skills.
The 4th hit won’t come out if they mob is killed after the first 3 hits.
Jump assassinate can be done the same way as jump BS.
Press jump and assassinate at the same time.
VenomOne of the most important passive skills.
There is no technique to be discussed under venom.
Venom’s effect is important if you don’t have at least above average equipment.
Reason is that with good gear you can 2hko with or without venom.
Hence, there is no need for adding venom.
Venom greatly enhances one’s dps.
However, there are mobs that are immune to poison, e.g. mong, cornian etc.
Combo -1
Combo -2
Combo -3
Combo -4
Combo -5
The above are the common skill combos that I normally use in training.
As we know, BS has a 1.x second delay in between 2 consecutive BS.
The time gap can be filled using different skills to optimize the damage output.
AST can be used after each combo to increase damage before repeating the combo as you can see that I start and end a combo with BS, so you need a skill to fill the time gap.
BS - AST also has advantage of extended invincibility period
For bossing purpose:
DS - AS - BS or BS - SB - BS
Which combo to use depend on your skill lvl of assassinate.
Opt for DS - AS - BS when your assassinate can inflict more damage than the total damage of BS - SB - BS.
If, your assassinate level is 1, then you should go for BS - SB -BS.
For mobbing purpose:
BS - BoT - BS
BS & BoT are 2 strongest mobbing skills with high damage output, 4000% and 1260%
Whenever in training, try as much as possible to lure mobs to both ends using BoT and finish off the thick mobs using this combo.
This ensures highest damage output of all combos.
The downside of this combo is that you also take in much more damage compared to other combos.
This problem is solved by fake, no worries.
For 1v1 purpose:
BS - SB - BS allows maximum possible chances of inflicting high venom damage on poison-able mobs
BS - AST - BS allows the mob to be stunned most of the time, especially useful in places like duku.
For farming purpose:
BS - SD - BS is a great combo for farming at places that requires 2hko.
Casting time of SD fits perfectly into the time gap of BS.
Especially useful when farming at places like birk, viking etc.
Do note that if you finish off a mob using SD without SD-ing first,
you DO NOT get bonus from SD
Shadower has high survivability in bosses
With 4200 HP and above, you can pretty much solo a lot of bosses, except maybe Anego, Bodyguards, Zakum and HT
During boss fights, throw in smoke every 10 min to obtain godmode status.
No knock back from bosses also means u can cast more skills per minute = more damage
Preferably to have fake, BS maxed, avoid tickets if you want to
but not necessary, avoid pill is good enough
Something different between shadower and other classes in bossing
DO NOT PIN THE BOSS
If you pin your boss to one small corner,
you are going to have trouble using your skills other than SB.
Captain Lathanica aka Sg Boss
This boss has very low accuracy.
So you should use very little pots.
The problem is that it heals 80k every 5 sec
If you cant dish out > 16k/sec then you can forget about it
ME - Just boom it. (not worth)
SB - BS if your assassinate level is low
DS - AS - BS if your assassinate level is high
Down time using DS - AS20 - BS is only 50% that of SB - SB - BS
it drops about 25 dew, 25 milk, lantern, meso and maybe equipments
Dark Crow aka Tengu
This is a headache, no dispel nor 1/1
but damage about 4k, highest on me is 4115
solo-able if you have more than 4200 HP
SB - BS and DS - AS - BS
Ignore the mongs, your BStep can take care of them
Lousy drops unless you get ribgol, which I never get.
Papulatus aka Clock boss
More advanced than Sg boss
dispel, stun, 1/1, slow, hibernate - evil skills
summon top bomb (4k damage) and bottom bomb (2k damage)
Skills needed:
Wall AST
Falling AST
Platform AST
Back AST
BS - AST
DS - AS - BS
There are 4 platforms on the right in the map
2 long platforms and 2 steps
You are immuned to the evil skills as long as you stay on the 2 long platforms, meaning no dispel no stun no slow.
If you stay on the ground, you get all the status effect EXTREMELY often
The trick is to summon the time sphere
SB till papu spawns, then use Wall AST to knock back papu so that it’s in between the 2 platforms.
Use DS - AS - BS to knock back papu to another platform
AST over and repeat to knock papu in the other direction and repeat
Should you fall from the platform, use the above listed techniques to quickly get back to the platforms before you are dispelled, stunned, slow etc.
Make use of papu’s hibernate time to charge your assassinate
avoid top bombs using BS or AST
Check out how this guy keep papu in between the two platforms
papu’s highest damage is about 1.5k
papu 2nd form highest is about 2.5k
drops about 40 milk, dew, elixer, PE, meso, eq, SB, tachion, papu cert.
Zakum
Not as technical as papu
Your role here is as backup bomber and smoker.
Not so much of main attacker.
During body, DS - AS - BS or SB - BS is the way to go.
If you wish, PP & ME as mob control skill
Use ME when zakum summons flying mobs
You can clear them before they reach your other squad members
Have to be careful of 1/1 skill though
Check under "precaution > 1/1 skill in bossing"
"icyrhino" Shadower Build
120 - BS [1], Fake [1], Assassinate [1]
121 - BS [2], Venom [1], Smoke [1]
122 - BS 3 [5]
123 - BS 3 [8]
124 - BS 3 [11]
125 - BS 3 [14]
126 - BS 3 [17]
127 - BS 3 [20] <- Can't get BS30, i failed 3 128 - Fake 3 [4] 129 - Fake 3 [7] 130 - Fake 3 [10] 131 - Fake 3 [13] 132 - Fake 3 [16] 133 - Fake 3 [19] 134 - Fake 3 [21] 135 - Fake 3 [24] 136 - Fake [25], BS 2 [22] 137 - Fake [26], BS 2 [24] 138 - Fake [27], BS 2 [26] 139 - Fake [28], BS 2 [28] 140 - Fake [29], BS 2 [30] 141 - Fake [30], SD [1], Awakening [1] 142 - MW 3 [3] <- I always solo, important to boost damage 143 - MW 3 [6] 144 - MW 3 [9] 145 - Venom 3 [4] <- My gear noob, important to boost damage 146 - Venom 3 [7] 147 - Venom 3 [11] 148 - Venom 3 [14] 149 - Venom 3 [17] 150 - Venom 3 [20] 151 - Venom 3 [23] 152 - Venom 3 [26] 153 - Venom 2 [28], Ninja Ambush [1] <- venom 28 already grants u 30% chance, 2 more ma is not worth 154 - Assassinate 3 [4] <- HP almost enough to solo many bosses when it has decent lvl 155 - Assassinate 3 [7] 156 - Assassinate 3 [10] 157 - Assassinate 3 [13] 158 - Assassinate 3 [16] 159 - Assassinate 3 [19] 160 - Assassinate [20], 2 SP left Planning: max assassinate, mw19, max SD, ........ Thanks icyrhino :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Kunako" Shadower Build For me Im a Training mode:- Total SP when reached 180 is [(180 – 120) x 3]+1 = 183 sp Venom – 30 Assasination – 30 Boomerang step – 30 Maple Warrior – 19 Ninja Ambush – 1 (useless skill, add for fun =x) Awakening – 1 Showdown – 30 Smoke – 10 Fake – 30 ________ Total = 181 sp used So as you can see, In the end you would have max all the main skill~ if you wan Training mode, u max Showdown if you wan Bossing mode, u max Smoke~ (when Toad boss is out, i think you need to use this very often) Training mode Type 1 -Fast exp, godly eq and Rich =x (Focus on Damage, don’t mind spamming pot) 120 Maple Warrior [2] Boomerang Step [1] 121 Boomerang Step [3] 122 Maple Warrior[2] Boomerang Step [1] 123 Maple Warrior [1] Boomerang Step [2] 124 Maple Warrior [3] 125 Boomerang Step [3] 126 Maple Warrior [2] Showdown [1] 127 Showdown [3] 128 Showdown [3]/Boomerang Step [3] 129 Showdown [3]/Boomerang Step [3] 130 Fake [3] Type 2 -Avg exp, avg equip and not so Rich =x(venom will assist you in killing and you wanna save pots) 120 Maple Warrior [2] Venom [1] 121 Maple Warrior [3] 122 Fake [3] - until here you still have to use savage blow to kill =x 123 Fake [1] Boomerang Step[2] 124 Fake [2] Boomerang Step[3] 125 Venom [3] venom will assist you in killing if you cant manage to kill within 2 hits 126 Maple Warrior [3] 127 Venom [3] 128 Fake [3]/Boomerang Step [3] 129 Venom [3]/Boomerang Step [3] 130 Maple Warrior [2] Fake [1] Type 3 – anyhow play Dan you anyhow add lor =x Bossing Mode Type 1 -always go solo clock, krexel, pianus etc (dun really need to add venom or showdown 1st, no effect on boss) 120 Maple Warrior [2] Boomerang Step [1] 121 Fake [1] Assasination [2] 122 Fake [2]Assasination [1] 123 Maple Warrior [3] 124 Assasination [3] 125 Boomerang Step [3] 126 Assasination [3] 127 Maple Warrior [3] 128 Fake[3] 129 Assasination [1] Boomerang Step [3] 130 Fake [3] / Maple Warrior [3] Type 2 – wanna get HT neck and egg fast, dun really need to add mw 1st cos inside HT a lot already max their mw, can get from PT member (of cos you need enuff hp to go in =x), lvling would be quite slow 120 Awakening [1] Smoke [1] Fake [1] 121 Fake [3] 122 Smoke[3] 123 Fake [3] 124 Smoke [3] 125 Fake [3] 126 Fake [3] <- try to buy Book 2 and max Fake 127 Fake [3] 128 Smoke [2] Fake [1] 129 Fake [3] 130 Fake [3] - until here I think I think you will be sian already~ =x These is only my recommendation nia~ i only "recommend" until 130 only~
Guide for Fourth Job Advancement ~ from Ayumi
Requirement:
- You must be at least Level 120
- You should be a 3rd Job class
- Skill points from your 3rd Job must be fully assigned
Step By Step Guide
Speak to the respective 3rd job instructor in El Nath to get a Recommendation Letter for the Fourth Advancement.
Bring the Recommendation Letter to the 4th Job Instructor in Leafre for acknowledgement. Now, prove to the Instructor that you have what it takes for the 4th job advancement by getting the Heroic Star and Heroic Pentagon. You may hunt the Manon and Griffey to get the required items. Alternatively, head to Eos Tower 44th Floor to get a Secret Letter of Spell at 10 million mesos. After which, look for Chief Tatamo of Leafre Village to exchange for a set of Heroic Star and Heroic Pentagon.
When you are ready with the required items, go to your 4th job instructor to make your job advancement. Congratulations! You are now in 4th job advance class!
You will be granted 3 Skill Points, 5 Ability Points, a Maple Hero Skill Book and 3 core skills.
Shadower Core skill (no need skill book) – Fake, Dagger Venom, Boomerang Step
