SoCal.Pwn’s Journey to a STR. Bandit w/ 3rd job Version 4** Chapter Prologue/// Intro Chapter A/// Stats build Chapter B/// Skill build** Section 1/// Rouge Section 2/// Bandit** Section 3/// Chief bandit Chapter C/// Monsters to kill Chapter D/// Armors/ weapons Chapter E/// Comparisons Chapter F/// Money making Suggestions Chapter G/// Credits Chapter H/// Guide history ** - New/ additions : I will place the same two stars at where it has been newly added so look around! ===============================================================Chapter Prologue/// Intro Welcome to MapleStory where you can experience a 2D MMORPG game. In this game you can use 1 of 4 characters. The first character and the easiest to understand is the warrior. Most people start with this character because it is simple to make money for the character you would like to choose as your primary. The second and the most common is the magician. They are the most common because they can cast spells and is the only class where you can fight those monsters that are weak against your spell or magic attack. The third is the archers. These characters are specialized to kill monster(s) from a ranged position. Last but least is the thieves. The thieves are the fastest characters in the game. Fast in killing and moving. There are two types of thieves are bandits and assassins. Bandits are close range (like the warrior but much more faster) and the Assassin is far range (like the archer but much MUCH faster. Many people will compare them to the magician. Magicians [Lightning magician] have a combo called telecast; where the teleport then cast, where an assassin uses haste then lucky seven. They are fast but lower damage then the bandit, Assassins have to waste more money because they have to make their weapon and buy their throwing stars. One reason why I do not prefer the assassin is because of the load of money u need for them. The bandit can out attack the assassin especially when they have dagger booster and haste maxed, and if they are a STR. Bandit. You are fast, lethal, and has one of the highest attacks in the game if you add the right stuff. ===============================================================Chapter A/// Stats build Dice roll: STR= 4/5 DEX= anything above 5 and below 10 INT= 4/5 LUK= 10+ Stats placement: lvl 10: DEX:25 LUK: 37 lvl 15: DEX:30 LUK: 57 lvl 20: DEX:40 LUK: 62 STR:10 lvl 25: DEX:50 LUK: 77 STR: 15 lvl 30: DEX:60 LUK: 92 STR: 20 0-30: 20 Str. 30-40: 30 Str. 40-50: 40 Str. 50-60: 50 Str. 60-70:55 Str. 70-80: 60 Str. ** 80-90: 65 Str. ** Chapter B/// Skill build ---Section 1 Skill distributions: lvl 10>>1-Double Stab lvl 11>>3-Double Stab lvl 12>>3-Double Stab lvl 13>>3-Double Stab lvl 14>>*SAVE SP* lvl 15>>*SAVE SP* lvl 16>>*SAVE SP* lvl 17>>10-Double Stab(MAXED), 2-Nimble Body lvl 18>>3-Nimble Body lvl 19>>3-Nimble Body lvl 20>>3-Nimble Body lvl 21>>3-Nimble Body lvl 22>>3-Nimble Body lvl 23>>3-Nimble Body(MAXED) lvl 24>>3-Disorder lvl 25>>3-Disorder lvl 26>>3-Disorder lvl 27>>3-Disorder lvl 28>>3-Disorder lvl 29>>3-Disorder lvl 30>>2-Disorder(MAXED), Dark Sight level 1 dark sight sucks. I know. Don’t bug me on it because the only other skill left is keen eyes. If u raise it then u would need a claw… if u would want to throw stars become an assassin, but obviously u wanna be a bandit so put it into dark sight and use it if u wanna see jr. balrog at level 30. ---Section 2 Level 30>> 1-Savage blow Level 31>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 32>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 33>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 34>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 35>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 36>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 37>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 38>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 39>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 40>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 41>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 42>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 43>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 44>> 2-Savage blow, 1 dagger mastery Level 45>> 1-Savage blow, 2 dagger mastery (SAVAGE BLOW MAXED) Level 46>> 3-Dagger mastery Level 47>> 1-Dagger mastery, 2 dagger booster (DAGGER MASTERY MAXED) Level 48>> 3-Dagger booster Level 49>> 3-Dagger booster Level 50>> 3-Dagger booster Level 51>> 3-Dagger booster Level 52>> 3-Dagger booster Level 53>> 3-Dagger booster Level 54>> 3-haste (DAGGER BOOSTER MAXED) Level 55>> 3-Haste Level 56>> 3-Haste Level 57>> 3-Haste Level 58>> 3-Haste Level 59>> 3-Haste Level 60>> 2-Haste (HASTE MAXED) 1-Endure Level 61>> 3-Steal ** Level 62>> 3-Steal ** Level 63>> 3-Steal ** Level 64>> 3-Steal ** Level 65>> 3-Steal ** Level 66>> 3-Steal ** Level 67>> 3-Steal ** Level 68>> 3-Steal ** Level 69>> 3-Steal ** Level 70>> 3-Steal (Maxed Steal) ** For those of you that have viewed my guide I have chosen to max endure before. But I have remade a test bandit and one of the things I chose to max is steal instead of endure and it helps a lot. It doesn’t drop mesos for mesos explosion but it does drop items and things like this I’ve heard works for zakum for items! --Section 3 Level 70>> 1-Assaulter Level 71>> 2-Chakra, 1-Mesos explosion** Level 73>> 3-Assaulter Level 74>> 3-Assaulter Level 75>> 3-Assaulter Level 76>> 3-Assaulter Level 77>> 3-Assaulter Level 78>> 3-Assaulter Level 79>> 3-Assaulter Level 80>> 3-Assaulter Level 81>> 3-Assaulter Level 82>> 2-Assaulter, 1-mesos guard (Assaulter Maxed) Level 83>> 3-Mesos guard Level 84>> 3-Mesos guard Level 85>> 3-Mesos guard Level 86>> 3-Mesos explosion Level 87>> 3-Theives Level 88>> 3-Theives Level 89>> 3-Theives Level 80>> 3-Theives Level 91>> 3-Theives Level 92>> 3-Theives Level 93>> 3-Theives Level 94>> 3-Theives Level 95>> 3-Theives Level 96>> 3-Theives (Theives Maxed) Level 97>> 3-Mesos explosion Level 98>> 3-Mesos explosion Level 99>> 3-Mesos explosion Level 90>> 3-Mesos explosion Level 100>> 3-Mesos explosion Level 101>> 3-Mesos explosion Level 102>> 3-Mesos explosion Level 103>> 3-Mesos explosion Level 104>> 2-Mesos explosion, 1 Chakra (Mesos Explosion Maxed)** Level 105>> 3-Pickpocket Level 106>> 3-Pickpocket Level 107>> 3-Pickpocket Level 108>> 3-Pickpocket Level 109>> 3-Pickpocket Level 110>> 3-Pickpocket Level 111>> 3-Pickpocket Level 112>> 3-Pickpocket Level 113>> 3-Pickpocket Level 114>> 3-Pickpocket (Pickpocket Maxed) Level 115>> 3-Mesos guard Level 116>> 3-Mesos guard Level 117>> 3-Mesos guard Level 118>> 2-Mesos guard, 1-Chakra (Mesos Guard Maxed) Level 119>> 3-Chakra Level 120>> 3-Chakra (10 Chakra)** The reason why I wanted to max assaulter first is because if you followed my guide you would have maxed disorder. That means the monsters are weaker which means you get more damage with Assaulter. Why 3 chakra in the beginning? That’s because you get that skill in the beginning. This skill is very important don’t underestimate it. Having it in the beginning even three should help you in the early stages. And I just want to point this out the cold in deep el nath will stop it from recovering. Why pickpocket? Because if you pickpocket the monsters you receive more mesos to use for mesos explosion. Now you don’t have to use your own mesos. ===============================================================Chapter C/// Monsters to kill =============================================================== Level 1-10>> Green snails, blue snails (Do not get ahead and raise STR.) Level 10-15>> Blue snails, red snails, slimes (**NEVER EVER USE DOUBLE STAB IN THESE LEVELS! A WASTE OF MP WILL TEMPT YOU TO BUY MP POTS! WASTE OF MONEY!) Level 16-20>> Slimes, Orange mushrooms, Pigs/ Ribbon pigs Level 21-27>> PQ (don’t suggest it unless with friends. So don’t waste time advertising and waiting), Blue/Green/Horned mushrooms Level 27-30>> PQ like a maniac! (good exp, now worth the wait, and if you find a right group good items and quantity of PQ’s) Level 31-35>> Zombie Mushrooms, Horned mushrooms Level 36-44>> Fire/ Wild boars, Evil eyes Level 44-49>> Fire boars, Jr. Grupins, Cellion, Lioner Level 50-59>> Jr. Grupins, Cellion, Lioner, Zombie Lupins(1 hit kill/ good EXP.), still fire boars, ( what I prefer is deep el nath but you should party with spearmen and cleric) Level 60-70>> Mushmom (NOT SOLO), Minor Zombies (1 hit kill and with dagger haste you can wipe out the entire map every spawn), Jr. Balrog (NOT SOLO), Pangs of all sort Level 70+>> Mushmom (Try to solo), Jr. Balrog (only try with maxed assaulter), Balrog, Dark yeti & pepi, Yeti & pepi, Lucida (solo if you have the balls) **WHAT I HIGHLY SUGGEST IS FINDING YOUR NEXT WEAPON INSTEAD OF BUYING IT! AND I AM SAYING THIS FOR 4 REASONS: [1] people will offer outrageous prices for the crappiest stats [2] you might have to force your self into buying one that’s not worth the price [3] you also might force yourself into selling some of the stuff you want to keep [4] why buy it when you can hunt for it!? ===============================================================Chapter D/// Armors/Weapons Level 10-11>> noob armor (because nothing can really kill you at this level), stolen fence Level 12-19>> orange sporty shirt or white lined t-shirt, grey thick sweat pants (once again you don’t need the most high tech armor right now because nothing will do amazing damage) Level 20-24>> Pao set Level 25-29>> Brown sneak, brown sneak pants, bamboo hat, make level 25 shoe OR whitterbottom shoes (keeping the fence will be alright from here too) Level 30-34>> stealer set, bamboo hat, whitterbottom shoes OR level 25 shoe, Level 35-39>> entire burglar set, keep level 26 ones, buy panlid (now is when 10 defense is going to make a difference. Buy a 10 defense ONLY! No more or less) Level 40-49>> Pilfer, shadow set, make level 40 shoes Level 50-59>> China wear set (if you want to keep the pilfer because it looks better then I guess that’s ok but you’ll be off in defense wise. Scroll it if your rich) Level 60+ >> From here on you can keep the china wear because it looks better or scroll you panlid to a +7 (if you are going to do this make sure they are all 60%’s because all the other’s aren’t worth it. You should be extremely rich.) Level 7-29>> upgrade every time Level 30-34>> Cass Level 35-39>> Korean fan Level 40-50>> Buzlad (get this and scroll it with only 60%'s) Level 50-59>> Sai (Cha) Level 60-69>> Serpent’s coil Level 70+ you can once again use anything you want. ===============================================================Chapter E/// Comparisons Str. Vs. Luk.>>> [1] Str. is faster [2] Str. has higher minimum attack [3] their weapons look cooler! [4] the one that I do not understand with you people! If you want the fastest job out their and you make it to the 2nd job and you choose to be the 2nd fastest why the hell would you want to choose a bandit then!?!? Most people say more attack! If you want more attack become a warrior. Maplestory has already made a luk bandit for no reason I am aware of and as far as I’m concerned its just a waste of space and ugly weapons. Why a bandit and not a sin>>> [1] I will put this reason into a question: would you want Assassin 2000*2= 4000 OR Bandit 800*6=4800 If you chose 4800 then you’ve chosen bandit HARD CHOSE HUH! (these are *rounded* not estimated numbers) [2] 9 mill for a mere +25 attack is a pain in the ass. I would never pay that much for a case of steelies [3] you have to MAKE your weapon!! Then you have to upgrade it to actually make it good. Bandit Vs. ALL>>> [1] they look kick ass! [2] I’ll put this up again “would you want 4800 damage or 4000 damage?” [3] fancy and awesome 3rd job skills [4] fastest class EVER! [5] dagger booster + haste + savage blow = UNSTOPPABLE! [6] not only are you the fastest class, you do some awesome damage Assaulter Vs. Theives>>> [1] using it with disorder makes a great damage [2] Assaulter is great going against high level monsters which means more people want to party you to fight jr. balrog or something [3] I think it looks better and more people get impressed =) =============================================================== Chapter F/// Money making suggestions =============================================================== In the beginning all bandits are poor. Almost as poor as assasins. They have nothing to train on that drops things except for a green mushroom and thats about it. It will be hard to get through the first 40 levels but in the end everybody will be drooling over you when you can one hit k.o. crimson balrog =P When you are level 40 and above train on fire boars as much as you can. find a couple kumbis and sell 'em. something else you should do is get some cure pots and sell them in ludibrium pq area. Many people will buy them because of the bosses unique attack. Sell them for 800-1000 mesos each. You can aquire this through exchange quests. At level 50 you should have a sai which would last you for 10 - 20 levels depending on the attack. i suggest scrolling this equipment. The prices on daggers these days are outrageous and is a nonsense to whoever buys them. 10 and 60% dagger scrolls aren't too bad. they range from 800k - 1.6 mill. Another good monster to train on for money is fire drakes. They drop steelies which doesn't seem like a good deal to sell it because it went down by 5 - 6 mill but assasins are crazy about these stars and will buy it usually anywhere under 7.8 mill. The newer monsters are at level 30's and drop things like red whips, seclusion wristband, and panlids. This i think you should look up on hidden-street.net and see if you can identify a good spot u can just sit and wait for one to pop out. When you hit around level 58-64 you should try to kill more minor zombies. they drop teeths which sell real good because people use it in exchange quests. The ludibrium pq is an O.K. place to train. They have some pretty good rewards at the end but the traffic is definetly not worth the wait. the boss is a pain in the ass (believe me -_-") I had my cleric go in there and i believe i used heal 4 times before i got cursed. it is almost like the boss is spam cursing. Of course people would like you to have disorder. but thats just if you get in. =============================================================== Chapter G/// Credits =============================================================== Thanks to: Kels1ja JrIcIc1eS K0rb1la Daniel Matt Matt K. Thanks for Chief bandit: AkromasWrath Neji20 Ichida AeonShadowx GamaBandit Special thanks to: Jon ** HIDDEN STREET!! ** If you have any comments, suggestions, or corrections e-mail me at jza80supraci@yahoo.com ============================================================= Chapter F/// Guide history =============================================================