~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My quick guide on Spearmans, Stats Points, Skills, Training Spots, ETC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So you've decided to become a Spearman, eh? There are some things that you should know. QUOTE Advantages: * Uses spears and polearms * Polearms have a stronger slash * Spears have a stronger stab * Weapons have long reach * Fancy 3rd job skills * Strongest raw attack * Many multi-hit moves in 3rd job * Hyper Body allows them to have much more HP and MP * Since advancing to Spearman gives you more MP, they have the most MP out of all the warriors Disadvantages: * Spears and Polearms are slow * Spears do less damage when slashing * Polearms do less damage when stabbing * Hardest class to use * Very big range between minimum and maximum damage * Lower defense than Page and Fighter because they have no Power Guard Spears: Pros- Slightly faster attack when you stab, and more dmg when you stab ----Cons- Spears at level 50+ = expensive Slash dmg= weak Polearms: Pros: Strong slash dmg, prices of polearms slightly less expensive ----Cons- weak at stab, no level 40 polearm out in game yet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now that that's done, let's talk about the basics ~~~~~~~~Skills of the Warrior~~~~~~~ Order of what you should get** QUOTE 1. HP Recovery: 5 2. Improving Max HP Increase: 10 3. Slash Blast or Power Strike: 10 4. Save 10 points* 5. Slash Blast or Power Strike: 20 (MAX) 6. Slash Blast or Power Strike: 10 7. Save 10 points* 8. Slash Blast or Power Strike: 20 (MAX) 9. Endure: 3 10. Iron Body: 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now that that's done, let's talk about Spearmans. Spearmans are overall strong and flexible, with skills that is really helpful in parties, and they are really cool :D~ Your Stats Distribution should go somewhere along these lines; if your a 4/4 build Remeber: Dex= Important QUOTE(Xephon) Stat Build (In increments of every 5 levels, starting from level 10)[%3] Level 10: 40 Str, 22 Dex Level 15: 55 Str, 32 Dex Level 20: 70 Str, 42 Dex Level 25: 85 Str, 52 Dex Level 30: 100 Str, 62 Dex Level 35: 120 Str, 67 Dex Level 40: 140 Str, 72 Dex Level 45: 160 Str, 77 Dex Level 50: 180 Str, 82 Dex Level 55: 200 Str, 87 Dex Level 60: 220 Str, 92 Dex Level 65: 240 Str, 97 Dex Level 70: 260 Str, 102 Dex From levels 10-30, your DEX should be 2X your level and REST in Str From levels 30-70, your points should go into 4 str, 1 dex per level ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skill Points Distribution ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE(Xephon) Spending your SP correctly will make your life as a Spearman much more enjoyable, and hopefully a fair bit easier too, so heres my advice as to how to spend it. Level 10 Job Transition > 1 SP > Improving HP Recovery Level 11 Level Up > 3 SP > +3 Improving HP Recovery Level 12 Level Up > 3 SP > +1 Improving HP Recovery, +2 Increasing Max HP Increase Level 13 Level Up > 3 SP > +3 Increasing Max HP Increase Level 14 Level Up > 3 SP > +3 Increasing Max HP Increase Level 15 Level Up > 3 SP > +2 Increasing Max HP Increase, +1 Power Strike Level 16 Level Up > 3 SP > +3 Slash Blast Level 17 Level Up > 3 SP > +3 Slash Blast Level 18 Level Up > 3 SP > +3 Slash Blast Level 19 Level Up > 3 SP > +1 Slash Blast Level 20 Level Up > 5 SP > Save SP Level 21 Level Up > 8 SP > Save SP Level 22 Level Up > 11 SP > +10 Slash Blast, +1 Power Strike Level 23 Level Up > 3 SP > +3 Power Strike Level 24 Level Up > 3 SP > +3 Power Strike Level 25 Level Up > 3 SP > +2 Power Strike Level 26 Level Up > 4 SP > Save SP Level 27 Level Up > 7 SP > Save SP Level 28 Level Up > 10 SP > +10 Power Strike Level 29 Level Up > 3 SP > +3 Endure Level 30 Level Up > 3 SP > +3 Iron Body ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ****2nd Class (Spearman) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Level 30 > SP 1 > +1 Spear/Polearm Mastery Level 31 > SP 3 > +3 Spear/Polearm Mastery Level 32 > SP 3 > +3 Spear/Polearm Mastery Level 33 > SP 3 > +3 Spear/Polearm Mastery Level 34 > SP 3 > +3 Spear/Polearm Mastery Level 35 > SP 3 > +3 Spear/Polearm Mastery Level 36 > SP 3 > +3 Spear/Polearm Mastery Level 37 > SP 3 > +1 Spear/ Polearm Mastery (Maxed), +2 Spear/Polearm Booster Level 38 > SP 3 > +2 Final Attack Spear/Polearm, +1 Spear/Polearm Booster Level 39 > SP 3 > +2 Final Attack Spear/Polearm, +1 Spear/Polearm Booster Level 40 > SP 3 > +2 Final Attack Spear/Polearm, +1 Spear/Polearm Booster Level 41 > SP 3 > +2 Final Attack Spear/Polearm, +1 Spear/Polearm Booster Level 42 > SP 3 > +2 Final Attack Spear/Polearm, +1 Iron Will Level 43 > SP 3 > +2 Final Attack Spear/Polearm, +1 Iron Will Level 44 > SP 3 > +2 Final Attack Spear/Polearm, +1 Iron Will Level 45 > SP 3 > +2 Final Attack Spear/Polearm, +1 Hyper Body Level 46 > SP 3 > +2 Final Attack Spear/Polearm, +1 Hyper Body Level 47 > SP 3 > +2 Final Attack Spear/Polearm, +1 Hyper Body Level 48 > SP 3 > +3 Final Attack Spear/Polearm Level 49 > SP 3 > +3 Final Attack Spear/Polearm Level 50 > SP 3 > +3 Final Attack Spear/Polearm Level 51 > SP 3 > +1 Final Attack Spear/Polearm (Maxed),+2 Hyper Body Level 52 > SP 3 > +3 Hyper Body Level 53 > SP 3 > +3 Hyper Body Level 54 > SP 3 > +3 Hyper Body Level 55 > SP 3 > +3 Hyper Body Level 56 > SP 3 > +3 Hyper Body Level 57 > SP 3 > +3 Hyper Body Level 58 > SP 3 > +3 Hyper Body Level 59 > SP 3 > +3 Hyper Body Level 60 > SP 3 > +1 Hyper Body (maxed), +2 Spear/Polearm Booster Level 61 > SP 3 > +3 Spear/Polearm Booster Level 62 > SP 3 > +3 Spear/Polearm Booster Level 63 > SP 3 > +3 Spear/Polearm Booster Level 64 > SP 3 > +3 Spear/Polearm Booster(Maxed) Level 65 > SP 3 > +3 Iron BODY Level 66 > SP 3 > +3 Iron BODY Level 67 > SP 3 > +3 Iron BODY Level 68 > SP 3 > +3 Iron BODY Level 69 > SP 3 > +3 Iron BODY Level 70 > SP 3 > +2 Iron Body, 1 Point left for whatever ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *****Ending Stats: Spear/Polearm Mastery: 20 Spear/Polearm Final Attack: 30 Spear/Polearm Booster: 18 Iron Will: 3 Hyper Body: 30 *****1st Class Skills: Increasing Max HP Recovery: 5 Increasing Max HP Increase: 10 Endure: 3 Iron Body: 20 Power Strike: 20 Slash Blast: 20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Training Spots: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Level 1-10 Maple Island (Basically Snails) Level 5-10 Heneyes Hunting Ground I (Yet more Snails) Level 10-13 Mushroom Garden (Snails, Mushrooms) Level 13-18 Slime Tree (ALOT OF SLIMES!) Level 18-25 Green Mushrooms (Mmm.. Green mushrooms! Also you can get a chance to find a panlid o.o;) Level 21-30 PQ or Level 21-25 Axe Stumps Level 25-30 Pig Beach ~~~~~ Level 27-32 Horned Mushrooms Level 32-40 Wild Boars Level 35-50 Evil Eyes or Level 35-50 Cursed Eyes Level 40-45 Dangerous Valley Level 45-50 Sleepywood Dungeon III,IV, or V with a party Level 45-52 Drakes Hunting Ground, or Entrance of Stone Golem Temple Level 48-50 Hot Sand (Lorangs Clangs and Umtis) Level 52-60 Wild Cargos Area, Dangerous Crokos II, or Drakes Meal Table, or if you have a party Tauromacis Level 60-70 Tauromacis, Taurospears, Cargos, Drakes Meal Table, Wild Cargos Area, and anywhere else you want to kill * I've put different areas of where you can train because, sometimes you might get bored. From alot of experience (and pissing off Shoy) I put alot of places you can train so you won't get bored all the time Credits: for alot of the warrior information Xephon's Spearman Faq for alot of useful information Other useful Links: Luffy's guide to hidden streets you might not know is ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Questions and Answers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. I heard that you should only get 19 Mastery, but your guide says 20. A: Well, Lvl 20 mastery does NOT add damage, but it adds 1 more Accuarcy, which is useful and for 1 acc, you need 1-2 more dex for just 1 more acc 2. Why Iron Body? Why not Iron Wall/Will A: Iron body is like.. your wearing another armor if maxed. The 40 more defence boost can help you alot, reducing around 20 dmg which can save alot of potions. I Iron Will though adds 20 Def and 20 Mdef. Both are good but, alot of monsters have physical dmg, and you'll probably fighting alot of them. If you want more mdef, just use Ancient Saps,etc **Note** It's your choice on what you decided to use, both are good, but I perfer Iron Body. If you Do want Iron Will, then that's your choice, just replace the last points to iron will instead of body and your set 3. At level 30-70 I hear people saying putting 5 str each level until 35 to wear your gloves, and then some weird way to distribute your other stat points A: At level 35, if you do the 4 Str, 1 Dex method, then you will have 120 Str, 5 short of the Dark Briggons, but, you can get +Str, from armors such as White Cross Chainmails to boost your str to wear the gloves 4. Can you redo the stat distribution? Because by level 40, you only have 140 str, but you need 150 to wear Adamantine Knuckles A: I know the lvl 40 gloves needs 150 str, when I was level 40, I only had 140, but my your level 40 equip should boost your str enough to wear your gloves. Even if you don't get enough str by your things, your next levels will allow you to 5. I wanna go full spear, but theres no spear for lvl 20-30, is polearm the same or does it make difference? A: Auctually, there is a level 20 spear called "Fish Spear" and Bubblings drop them.For the most part, it doesn't matter if you use a spear or polearm at levels 20-30, anything that you can kill with is fine ***If you have any questions about Spearman, PM me or leave a post here, and I'll get back to it as fast as I can, as well as putting it in this guide