MapleStory Dual Blade is a Adventurer Thief Class who wields a dagger and blade but are not able to to use Claw and Throwing Star. Primary Stat is LUK (Luck). This guide applies Tempest Update where job advancement starts at (1st Job – 10 / 2nd Job – 30 / 3rd Job – 60 / 4th Job – 100). GMS has implemented Tempest but MapleSEA has not yet. However, this guide still works for both MapleStory versions in terms on what skills to prioritize.
MapleStory Dual Blade Training Spots Level 1-200
Dual Blade 1st Job Skill Build Guide – Rogue (Level 10)
Flash Jump (Active)
Allows to leap forward while in mid-air. Higher skill level increases leap distance.
LV1: 38 MP.
LV5: 22 MP.
Side Step (Passive)
Permanently increases Dodge Rate.
LV1: +6% Dodge Rate.
LV10: +15% Dodge Rate.
Bandit Slash (Active)
Attack 3 enemies 1 time with a quick slash.
LV1: 10 MP, 186% Damage.
LV10: 13 MP, 330% Damage.
Dark Sight (Supportive)
[NOTE] Max Dark Sight required to unlock 4th Job Skill Advanced Dark Sight.
Hides in the shadows. With Dark Sight active, you can neither attack nor be attacked physically. Magical attacks from monster will be able to inflict damage even with Dark Sight enabled.
LV1: 23 MP, -23 Move Speed, Lasts 20 sec.
LV10: 5 MP, +10 Move Speed, Lasts 200 sec.
Skill Build: Everything maxed except Dark Sight, Bandit Slash and Side Step.
1. Add 1 SP into Bandit Slash.
2. Max Flash Jump.
3. Save remaining SP for 1st+ Job.
Explanation:
Dual Blade advancement is a little bit tricky. Nexon-Wizet decided to divide the 1st Job and 2nd Job Advancement into 2 parts (1st Job and 1st Job+ , 2nd Job and 2nd Job+). Dual Blade primary attacking skill will be Bandit Slash in 1st Job but soon to be replaced with Tornado Spin in 1st Job+ which allows you to travel and knockback multiple monsters very quickly! Therefore, once you got a Level 1 Bandit Slash and max Flash Jump, save the extra SP so you could max out the 3 essential skills in 1st Job+ quickly to further speed up your leveling progress! For MapleSEA players who have not receive Tempest Update, use SP (Skill Points) on maxing Dark Sight and Side Step.
Dual Blade 1st Job+ Skill Build Guide – Blade Recruit (Level 20)
Katara Mastery (Passive)
Permanently increases dagger-katara mastery and accuracy.
LV1: 14% Mastery, +12 Accuracy.
LV10: 50% Mastery, +120 Accuracy.
Self Haste (Supportive)
Temporarily increases Movement Speed and Jump. Permanently increases maximum Movement Speed.
LV1: 8 MP, +4 Speed, +5 Jump, +2 Max Speed. Lasts 20 sec.
LV10: 16 MP, +40 Speed, +23 Jump, +20 Max Speed. Lasts 200 sec.
Tornado Spin (Active)
Dashes forward quickly to perform a powerful spin attack against multiple enemies. Lv. 15 effects: Links to Lv. 10+ Flying Assaulter
LV1: 24 MP, Attack 3 enemies with 310% Damage.
LV15: 36 MP, Attack 6 enemies with 380% Damage.
Skill Build: Everything maxed except Bandit Slash (1st Job Skill)
1. Add 1 SP into Tornado Spin.
2. Max Self Haste, Katara Mastery and Tornado Spin.
3. Extra SP used to max 1st Job Skills (Dark Sight and Side Step).
4. Dump remaining SP into Bandit Slash.
Explanation:
Once you reach Level 20, add 1 SP (Skill Point) into Tornado Spin to replace Bandit Slash as the primary attacking skill. Then, max out both Self Haste (increase jump and move speed) and Katara Mastery (damage stabilizer and accuracy enhancer) before maxing Tornado Spin. After that, use the extra SP from 1st Job+ to max out Dark Sight and Side Step. Dark Sight will be required to unlock a 4th Job Skill (Advanced Dark Sight). Side Step will be a great help in avoiding enemy attacks during your training as this would mean less meso wasted on health potion consumption.
Dual Blade 2nd Job Skill Build Guide – Blade Acolyte (Level 30)
Fatal Blow (Active)
Attack 1 enemy 8 times with quick consecutive blows.
LV1: 21 MP, 76% Damage.
LV10: 30 MP, 94% Damage.
Slash Storm (Active)
[MASTERY BOOK] Slash Storm 20 required to unlock Level 11-20.
[NOTE] Max Slash Storm required to unlock 3rd Job Skill Bloody Storm.
Attack multiple enemies 3 times while moving forward.
LV1: 12 MP, Attack 3 enemies with 152% Damage.
LV20: 24 MP, Attack 6 enemies with 190% Damage.
Channel Karma (Supportive)
Temporarily increases weapon attack.
LV1: 15 MP, +1 Weapon Attack for 66 sec.
LV20: 22 MP, +30 Weapon Attack for 180 sec.
Physical Training (Passive)
Permanently increases LUK (Luck) and DEX (Dexterity).
LV1: +6 LUK, +6 DEX.
LV5: +30 LUK, +30 DEX.
Katara Booster (Supportive)
[REQUIRE] LV5 Katara Mastery.
Temporarily reduces regular and skill attack delay.
LV1: 30 MP, Lasts 20 sec.
LV10: 12 MP, Lasts 200 sec.
Skill Build: Everything maxed except Fatal Blow.
1. Add 1 SP into Slash Storm and 3 SP into Katara Booster.
2. Max Physical Training, Channel Karma, Katara Booster and Slash Storm.
3. Save remaining SP for 2nd Job+
Dual Blade 2nd Job+ Skill Build Guide – Blade Specialist (Level 50)
Flashbang (Active)
Has a chance to blind (reduce accuracy) enemies. Also works on boss at half the duration. Cooldown 60 sec.
LV1: 45 MP, 170% Damage, 50% Blind Chance, -4% Accuracy for 10 sec.
LV5: 65 MP, 250% Damage, 90% Blind Chance, -20% Accuracy for 50 sec.
Upper Stab (Active)
Attack multiple enemies 1 time by launching them in air. You can deal additional damage by attacking the enemies in the air.
LV1: 30 MP, Attack 4 enemies with 210% Damage, 44% Bonus Damage in Mid-Air.
LV10: 45 MP, Attack 8 enemies with 300% Damage, 80% Bonus Damage in Mid-Air.
Venom (Passive)
[NOTE] Max Venom required to unlock 4th Job Skill Toxic Venom.
Has a chance to poison enemy. Poison does not stack and will not cause enemy health drop below 1.
LV1: 11% Poison Chance, 52% Damage/sec for 3 sec.
LV20: 30% Poison Chance, 90% Damage/sec for 6 sec.
Flying Assaulter (Active)
[MASTERY BOOK] Flying Assaulter 20 required to unlock Level 11-20.
Attack 4 enemies 4 times by flying down through the sky and slashing nearby enemies with a chance to stun while knockbacking them. You need to be in high mid-air to perform this skill. Lv. 10 effect: Links to Lv. 15 Tornado Spin and Lv. 10 Bloody Storm Mastery Book required to unlock Lv. 6.
LV1: 24 MP, 127% Damage, 10% Stun Rate for 4 sec.
LV20: 44 MP, 165% Damage, 20% Stun Rate for 6 sec.
Skill Build: Everything maxed except Venom (or Upper Stab + Flashbang)
1. Max Flying Assaulter.
2A. Max Upper Stab and Flashbang. Extra SP into Venom.
2B. Dump remaining SP into Venom.
Explanation:
There are 2 options here depending on your playing style. If you do not prefer to be stationary in 1 place, then dump all the skill points into Venom. If you wish to have some variety in attacking skill, max Upper Stab and Flash Bang (for bossing) and remaining SP are dumped into Venom. For me, I dump all skill points into Venom since I do not use Upper Stab and Flashbang at all during training. Furthermore, 3rd Job will have a better mobbing skill and single attack skill. Link Flying Assaulter with Tornado Spin to scout through the hunting ground quickly while killing monsters along the way instead of using Slash Storm and Flash Jump.
Dual Blade 3rd Job Skill Build Guide – Blade Lord (Level 60)
Bloody Storm (Active)
[REQUIRE] Max Slash Storm
Attack multiple enemies 3 times similarly to Slash Storm. Also enhances Link Skill’s damage such as Tornado Spin and Flying Assaulter.
LV1: 35 MP, Attack 6 enemies with 233% Damage. +12% Link Skill Damage.
LV20: 50 MP, Attack 8 enemies with 265% Damage. +20% Link Skill Damage.
Advanced Dark Sight (Passive)
[REQUIRE] Max Dark Sight.
Deals extra damage to enemy while attacking in Dark Sight with a chance to maintain in Dark Sight state. It also has a chance to reactivate Dark Sight should your Dark Sight be deactivated while attacking.
LV1: +4% Damage. 17% chance to maintain Dark Sight. 4% Reactivate Dark Sight.
LV5: +20% Damage. 49% chance to maintain Dark Sight. 20% Reactivate Dark Sight.
Mirror Image (Supportive)
[MASTERY BOOK] Mirror Image 20 required to unlock Level 11-20.
Summons a doppelganger that looks just like you to assist in attacks for a certain amount of time. Your doppelganger cannot use certain skills.
LV1: 40 MP, 13% Doppelganger damage. Lasts 80 sec.
LV20: 67 MP, 70% Doppelganger damage. Lasts 200 sec.
Chains of Hell (Active)
Attack 1 enemy 10 times with critical and has a chance to stun.
LV1: 50 MP, 67% Damage, 1% Stun Rate for 1 sec.
LV20: 75 MP, 105% Damage, 10% Stun Rate for 4 sec.
Life Drain (Passive)
Has a chance to convert a percentage of damage inflicted against an enemy as HP replenishment. However, you can’t recover more than 20% Max HP.
LV1: 2% chance to convert 2% damage as HP.
LV5: 10% chance to convert 10% damage as HP.
Enveloping Darkness (Passive)
Permanently increase Max HP, Abnormal Status and Elemental Resistance.
LV1: +2% MaxHP, +6% Abnormal Status and Elemental Resistance.
LV10: +20% MaxHP, +30% Abnormal Status and Elemental Resistance.
Shadow Meld (Passive)
[MASTERY BOOK] Shadow Meld 20 required to unlock Level 11-20.
Increases your chance to dodge incoming attacks. A successful dodge will also put you into a 1 second frenzy where your weapon attack increases and every hit becomes a Critical.
LV1: 11% Dodge Rate. Upon successful dodge: +1 Weapon Attack.
LV20: 30% Dodge Rate. Upon successful dodge: +15 Weapon Attack.
Skill Build: Everything maxed.
1. Add 1 SP into Bloody Storm and Chains of Hell.
2. Max Life Drain, Mirror Image and Bloody Storm.
3. Max Shadow Meld, Enveloping Darkness, Chains of Hell and Advanced Dark Sight.
4. Extra SP is used to max 2nd Job Skills (Venom, Flashbang, Upperstab)
Explanation:
Dual Blade 3rd Job will be primarily using 2nd Job Skills (Flying Assaulter linking with Tornado Spin) since Bloody Storm is still not powerful enough to match both of these combo skills unless its at its max level. However, you can add 1 SP into both 3rd Job active skills (Bloody Storm and Chains of Hell) if you wish to try them out. Max Life Drain first to save some HP Potions during long training followed by Mirror Image (Doubles your attack at half damage of original attack) and Bloody Storm (Passively enhances Flying Assaulter and Tornado Spin damage). Once those 3 are maxed, you can max the remaining skills up to your preference. If you do early bossing, Chains of Hell works great but it will not be able to drag the boss or stationary enemies to your position. You will need to stand close to them in order to execute the Chains of Hell attack. For fast leveling, max Shadow Meld (additional damage boost for 1 sec when you dodge enemy attack) and Enveloping Darkness (boost your Max HP – useful when eliminating powerful monsters). Chains of Hell and Advanced Dark Sight can be maxed last. The remaining SP (Skill Points) can be distributed to 2nd Job+ such as Venom. In 4th Job, Toxic Venom will require a max Venom. Once your Bloody Storm is at max level, use that as your primary attacking skill on tougher monster for better EXP rate. Tougher monsters (around Level 85+) are the ones that can’t be killed in 1 hit with either Flying Assaulter or Tornado Spin.
Dual Blade 4th Job Skill Build Guide – Blade Master (Level 100)
Dual Wield Expert (Passive)
[REQUIRE] LV20 Katara Mastery
[MASTERY BOOK] Dual Wield Expert 30 required to unlock Level 11-30.
Permanently increases dagger mastery, weapon attack, accuracy, and avoidability.
LV1: 56% Mastery, +1 Weapon Attack, +1% Accuracy and Avoidability.
LV30: 70% Mastery, +30 Weapon Attack, +15% Accuracy and Avoidability.
Toxic Venom (Passive)
[REQUIRE] Max Venom.
Enhances Venom poison damage and damage. Poison can stack up to 3 times.
LV1: 32% Poison Chance, 115% Damage/sec for 5 sec.
LV10: 50% Poison Chance, 160% Damage/sec for 8 sec.
Final Cut (Active)
Attack 8 enemies 1 time with a chance to cause instant death! However, this requires sacrificing your health to inflict enormous damage. Also temporarily boost skills with additional damage. This skill gives 1 sec invincibility upon activation and has a long cooldown.
LV1: 150 MP, -30% HP, 1420% Damage, 1% Instant Death, +16% Damage for 15 sec. Cooldown 148 sec.
LV30: 400 MP, -10% HP, 2000% Damage, 15% Instant Death, +60% Damage for 60 sec. Cooldown 90 sec.
Blade Fury (Active)
Attack multiple enemies 4 times without moving from current position while ignoring a portion of enemy’s defense.
LV1: 40 MP, Attack 5 enemies with 136% Damage, Ignores 6% Defense.
LV30: 65 MP, Attack 8 enemies with 165% Damage, Ignores 20% Defense.
Mirrored Target (Supportive)
[REQUIRE] LV20 Mirror Image.
[MASTERY BOOK] Mirrored Target 20 required to unlock Level 11-20.
Permanently increases your Defense and Avoidability. Also turns your Mirror Image into a dummy that draws enemy attacks and absorbs damage. This skill can only be used when Mirror Image is active.
LV1: (ACTIVE EFFECTS) 60 MP, 2600 Dummy’s HP. Absorbs 5% Damage. Lasts 15 sec. (PASSIVE EFFECTS) +10% Dodge Rate, +2% Weapon and Magic Defense.
LV30: (ACTIVE EFFECTS) 135 MP, 20000 Dummy’s HP. Absorbs 5% Damage. Lasts 90 sec. (PASSIVE EFFECTS) +25% Dodge Rate, +60% Weapon and Magic Defense.
Thorns (Supportive)
Temporarily increases weapon attack and allows to resist knockback.
LV1: 40 MP, +1 Weapon Attack and 32% chance to resist knockback for 90 sec.
LV30: 90 MP, +30 Weapon Attack and 90% chance to resist knockback for 210 sec.
Phantom Blow (Active)
Attack 1 enemy 6 times while ignoring their defense.
LV1: 30 MP, 142% Damage, Ignores 1% Defense.
LV30: 42 MP, 200% Damage, Ignores 30% Defense.
Sharpness (Passive)
Permanently increases your Critical Hit Rate and minimum Critical Damage.
LV1: +7% Critical Rate, +7% Minimum Critical Damage.
LV10: +25% Critical Rate, +25% Minimum Critical Damage.
Sudden Raid (Active)
Attack 15 enemies by setting them on fire! Affects all monsters within the entire screen. Fire deals damage overtime (DoT) every second.
LV1: 290 MP, 715% Damage, 94% Damage Over Time for 5 sec. Cooldown 60 sec.
LV30: 290 MP, 1150% Damage, 210% Damage Over Time for 10 sec. Cooldown 30 sec.
Maple Warrior (Supportive)
Temporarily boost all stats by percentage.
LV1: 10 MP, +1% All Stats, Lasts 30 sec.
LV30: 70 MP, +15% All Stats, Lasts 900 sec.
Hero’s Will (Active)
Removes all status effects such as Cursed/Seduce.
LV1: 30 MP, Cooldown 600 sec.
LV5: 30 MP, Cooldown 360 sec.
Skill Build: Everything maxed except Sudden Raid.
1. Add 1 SP into Blade Fury, Toxic Venom, Sharpness, Mirrored Target.
2. Max Dual Wield Expert, Sharpness, Thorns.
3. Max Final Cut, Blade Fury, Mirrored Target, Toxic Venom.
4. Max Maple Warrior, Phantom Blow, Hero’s Will.
5. Dump remaining SP into Sudden Raid.
Explanation:
Congratulations once you advanced as a Blade Master in 4th Job. You will have 3 methods of training which are (1st method) Use Flying Assaulter + Tornado Spin to stack mobs then Blade Fury them to death OR (2nd method) Use Flying Assaulter + Bloody Storm and repeat (when u kill mobs with just those 2) OR (3rd method) Spam Blade Fury at close range and only use Bloody Storm to approach monsters when they are out of reach or simply 100% avoid enemy attack especially bosses when they are about to cast their spells. If you have Phantom Blow, use it against 1 enemy as its very effective but not as good as Blade Fury nor Bloody Storm against 2 or more enemies. Start by unlocking Blade Fury, Toxic Venom, Sharpness and Mirrrored target by adding 1 SP (Skill Point). Even at level 1, they are seriously helpful in enhancing 2nd and 3rd Job Skills. Next, max Dual Wield Expert, Sharpness and Thorns in sequence to boost your min-max damage considerably for all skills before mastering Blade Fury as this will be your primary attacking skill for bossing and mobbing depending on how you use it. If you have found yourself a skill book for Final Cut, then max that one first to gain some further damage boost. However, for me I would max out Blade Fury first to target more enemies unless the training ground only has lesser than 6 at most of the time. Finally, max the other skills listed in the skill build to further enhance your damage. Sudden Raid is maxed last since its unspammable and cost way too much mana for a Dual Blade.
Dual Blade Hyper Skills
Passive Skills
Bloody Storm – Reinforce (Level 143) +20% Blood Storm’s damage.
Bloody Storm – Spread (Level 162) +2 Mobs Bloody Storm’s will hit.
Bloody Storm – Extra Strike (Level 183) +1 extra number of attack.
Phantom Blow – Reinforce (Level 149) +20% Phantom Blow damage.
Phantom Blow – Guardbreak (Level 168) +20% PDR towards Phantom Blow.
Phantom Blow – Extra Strike (Level 189) +1 extra number of attack.
Sudden Raid – Reinforce (Level 155) +20% Sudden Raid damage.
Sudden Raid – Cripple (Level 177) +20% DoT on Sudden Raid.
Sudden Raid – Cooldown Cutter (Level 195) -20% Cooldown time for Sudden Raid.
Active Skills
Blade Clone (Level 150)
A hidden blade is summoned to add 1 line of hit at 140% damage for which lasts 60 seconds. Cooldown time: 90 seconds. Stack with Mirror Image
Asura’s Anger (Level 170)
Damage: 500%, Defense Ignored: 100%. Number of attacks: 3, Mobs: 10, Must hold down the key for 10 seconds then release to do the best damage. Cooldown: 90 seconds, Other effects: Monster cannot hit you as long as the skill is active. Cap damage 9,999,999
Epic Adventure (Level 200)
+10% Damage, Damage Cap + 50,000, Duration: 60 seconds, Cooldown: 120 seconds, works on legendary Explorers only.
MAPLESTORY OLD TO NEW OFFICIAL SKILL NAMES
Dual Blade Hyper Skills
Bloody Storm – Reinforce -> SAME
Bloody Storm – Extra Target -> Bloody Storm – Spread
Bloody Storm – Bonus Attack -> Bloody Storm – Extra Strike
Phantom Blow – Reinforce -> SAME
Phantom Blow – Ignore Guard -> Phantom Blow – Guardbreak
Phantom Blow – Bonus Attack -> Phantom Blow – Extra Strike
Sudden Raid – Reinforce -> SAME
Sudden Raid – DoT Reinforce -> Sudden Raid – Cripple
Sudden Raid – Cooltime Reduce -> Sudden Raid – Cooldown Cutter
Hidden Blade -> Blade Clone
Asura -> Asura’s Anger
Epic Adventure -> SAME
Mirrored Target 30 is only usable when the skill level is currently at 10.
Other mastery books that require the skill level to be 15+ must have a mastery book 20 counterpart, which is usable when the skill for that mastery book is level 5 or above. Mirrored Target does not have a mastery book 20 counterpart, so just max the skill and use the mastery book. It should be usable.
Hi ReFarded, all jobs can max out their 4th job skills including Hyper Skills. So do not need to worry about insufficient SP (Skill Points). However, you can take precaution and calculate ahead of time to see whether you have sufficient SP for both hyper skills and non-essential 4th Job Skills.
Is it possible to max all skills in the last job? Because im level 166 atm and have maxed everything except Maple Warrior, Hero’s Will and Sudden Raid. With 30 from Mw and 30 from SR, that would only take me up to 186, with 14 levels of SP left over. Already maxed PB and FC too
Hi seah jeremy, thanks for the correction. However for the ignore defense, its 20%. Which MapleStory region are you playing?
@Ayumilove: u do not move forwards when using blade fury and it’s ignore 30% def not 20%
@Alfred: are u sure it says required lvl 5? cause as far as I know all lvl 30 books requires ur skill to be at least lvl 15 before u can use the book.
a few question for the dual blade skill book. i bought a blade master skill book “Mirrored Target 30″, its level condition is above 5, but it seems like i can’t use it. my Mirrored Target is level 6 now.
Sorry for triple post.
I meant don’t have Bandit Slash, Fatal Blow, or Upper Stab maxed unless you have to. Slash Storm maxed is vital.
If I make myself unclear, just don’t have the below-mentioned skills maxed (Bandit Slash, Fatal Blow, Slash Storm) and you should be fine. If you have the SP reset from last week’s hot time, start with maxing every passive/supportive buff you see. :D That’s what I did.
By 4th job, the only skills you should have maxed from 1st to 3rd job are:
1) All Passive/Supportive buffs
2) All attacking skills except Bandit Slash, Fatal Blow, and Upper Stab (I believe)
Those three skills are easily outdamaged by other skills, and is not recommended to use at high levels.
which means that every important skills before lv100 will be max since there isn’t enough skill point to max the skills such as Slash Storm and Venom ?
Hi Alfred, the SP (SKill Points) gained after level 100 is only applicable for 4th Job Advancement.
each level gives you 3 skill point, does that mean when you reach lv 200, all dual blade skill are maxed ?
Thanks ShYGuY154 for the correction! I have changed the 4th to 3rd for the Bloody Storm :)
Btw, theres a typo regarding the information about Slash Storm:
MASTERY BOOK] Slash Storm 20 required to unlock Level 11-20.
[NOTE] Max Slash Storm required to unlock 4th Job Skill Bloody Storm
Bloody Storm is a 3rd job skill. ^^
I agree with ShYGuY154. Without having those books available, it makes training difficult and not fun since its hard to get them :)
It’s reaally not recommended to play a Dual Blade if you don’t have the proper skill books needed. I understand if you feel DBs are fun, but without the skill books/mastery books (eg- Slash Storm 20 needed for Bloody Storm, Final Cut and Phantom Blow only found from bosses and obnoxiously expensive in Scania), it’s going to be pretty difficult.
Hi HeyImHere, Dual Blades mastery book’s price differs based on the server. For example, Scania might have more Dual Blade Mastery Book supply since there is a higher population there compared to newer server such as Renegades. Therefore, it could be priced cheaper than Renegades or vice versa due to lack of demand. You could either window shop (go to each freemarket shop and list down the cheapest price) or purchase Owl of Minerva from Cash Shop to search for the cheapest Dual Blade Mastery Books. I used to purchase Owl of Minerva to save my time since there are too many shops in the Free Market.
Oh i see… Are the books sold in FM terribly expensive?How much do they cost,e.g. Mirror image?
Hi HeyImHere, you can hover your mouse on top of the 4th job skills and see its requirement. For example, hover your mouse on the Bloody Storm and it will show that it requires a max Slash Storm. To obtain max Slash Storm, you will need to purchase Slash Storm Level 20 Book from Cash Shop. I’m not sure whether they have removed this requirement or not. You could try checking if the Cash Shop does sell this item. Also, some of the 4th job mastery books can be purchased from the Free Market instead of Cash Shop.
Hi Ayumilove,love this build! Pretty detailed and makes sense. Just one question though: Is it a must to purchase mastery books for all skills in 3rd job in order to advance? Im stuck at 120 but cant add 4th job skills ..
Upon reaching Level 140 and above, you can start using those 4th Job Skill Points into those Hyper Skills (See this for the common passive skills http://ayumilove.net/maplestory-hyper-skills/ )
Hi De Liuzzi, some people (who has NX Cash) uses the SP Reset Scroll to reset the Skill Points and later re-add them. I have not tried method yet. You could ask your friend to waste those points in other skills, use it to max those useless skills until he is able to perform job advancement or add SP to the next job advancement skills :)
ayumi,my friend got db lvl118 but cant change job coz unspent sp got 56,how to settle that problem?
It is 2 sp in Fatal Blow sorry :)
Erm, FatalBlow should have 4 sp because when you do 4th job it is there is extra remaining sp. Venom, Upperstab & Flashbang can be max. :) And also could you tell me how much i should put in suddenraid? Hyper skills are out and i dont really know how to add ty :)
Hi Zashy, is it different than the one provided here? Which part is not in sync?
Hello Ayumilove could you provide a MapleSea version of the Dualblade guide tq :)
Hi Nova, thanks for stopping by to leave a comment :)
Hi Ryan, MapleSEA and GMS is a bit different, but don’t worry much since some of the skills MapleSEA did not implement Tempest Update which reduces the skill max level according to the level advancement cap. Max the skills as shown in the skill build guide and leave out the unimportant ones.
Hey ayumilove , im playing dualblade in MSEA and i followed you skillbuild ., i only followed till 30 and now i have missing alot of things. my tornado spin katara mastery and self haste is max . my flash jump is max bandit slash is 1 . but my darksight is 5 / side step is 0 …. Able to solve the problem ?? i found out that my flash jump max level is 10 and urs is 5 .. So is there anyway??
thanks and i play on nova just annoying how i cant advance without them because i have too much sp and love the skillguide btw
Hi Nova, which server are you playing? Because some server differ from each other. After the Big Bang patch, monsters don’t drop skill books except for bosses such as Zakum, Chaos Zakum, Hilla, Scarlion and Targa. This Final cut and phantom blow require basic skillbook which are found from the monsters above. Walk around the FreMarket for cheap Dual Blade Mastery Books. I used to train my Dual Blade at the LionHeart castle and it frequently drop those gray color books known as Mystery Books. This one has a chance to get Dual Blade Mastery Book. From there, you can exchange between your party member for the book you need :)
What are some of the best monsters for mastery books? i really need them fore second to last job
Hi lars smits, the SP is reserved for other skills. You can change the guide above to suit your needs. For me, I don’t use Fatal Blow since its not useful for training purposes except for 1 to 1 attack (bossing perhaps?) I rarely boss at low levels.
Hi ShYGuY154, thanks for the notice, I have added the Defense Ignored 100% into Asura’s Anger details :)
why not fatal blow ?
on lvl 30
Asura’s Anger has 100% PDR, if I’m not mistaken. Not sure if intentionally left out or forgotten.
Hi Liuzzi, you should max Slash Storm because it is required to unlock Bloody Storm. Fatal Blow is not necessary as it will be replaced with Chains of Hell.
Hi Matt, it is crucial to get those mastery books for Dual Blades. Otherwise, you will be left stranded with a weak skill, therefore slowing down your leveling progress termendously (worse than playing a regular adventurer). You will need the NX Cash to purchase those skills (from my time I remember Evan and Dual Blades require skill purchase from Cash Shop). I would recommend you to play Kanna in GMS as its the best to earn tons of meso. If you are playing outside GMS, you could try Ice-Lightning Mage, freeze monsters to avoid getting bumped into monsters and train as usual.
HI,ayumi are u there,i right now lvl49,what skill i should max,fatal blow or Slash storm?
Hi Ayumi,
How crucial is it to get the mastery books for dual blades. A lot of guides online say you need it to unlock your more powerful attacks. If you don’t have the money or the time to get the books, would you recommend just starting out as a thief explorer class?
As of a few days ago when I did my 2+ at level 45 it forced me to put 9 points into fatal blow but u skill build tells me not to why is this
Think that’s a bug. I’ve seen people get Venom 30 for Blade Masters, but the problem being that that’s 3rd job. 4th job has Toxic Venom, and it has no mastery book for it. I wear the emp set and I don’t see a +2 on either Toxic Venom or Venom.
Still need skill books for DB. I think GMS and/or MSEA won’t change it.
This site fails, i got toxic venom 30 book
Thx Ayumilove for the skill build
Thanks Xk for visiting my site :)
Hi Leo 623, are you referring Final Blow to Phantom Blow or Final Cut? Final Cut is a good skill and if you have the SP and Mastery Books for it, then you can max it early for extra damage boost! If Phantom Blow, its not a good skill for training purposes except 1v1 boss.
Final blow to no good? because they give sp?
Hi ayumi, Its okay i get what you mean now. When i want to advance to 2nd job the NPC said i have too much SP. from there i have maxed dark side and side step. and 2 extra SP for fatal blow. Thanks for your guide :)
maplesea :)
Hi Xk, are you playing on GMS or MapleSEA?
Hello Ayumi. At 1st+ job u maxed everything including dark side and side step before level 30? at level 30 i can only max katara mastery. flash jump. tornado spin. self haste. dark side is only at 5. side step 0. bandit slash 1. Please advise me x.x
Hi Jonrica, I think they still do. I couldn’t check because my Dual Blade has all the skills maxed as shown in the guide. Perhaps another Dual Blader here can tell us whether we still need those skill books. Or if the Cash Shop still sells those books or in Free Market. I have not kept in touch with Dual Blade skill books.
Hey Ayumi after Tempest patch does DB still require skill books to unlock higher lv skills? Example Book 2 Slash Storm isit still needed?
2nd+ advancement is level 45 for GMS
name dualmax not dulablade
too bad some skills got erased ihad to put my skills again! good news i could make my storngest skills to max XD
Hi sadgasdfgads, I have account in GMS, MSEA, KMS and JMS.
are you from msea?
Hi Demonluck, you can use the remaining SP (Skill Points) into other available skills first since the Mastery Books are not available to you. Unless you have sufficient funds to make it, then save the SP first than after purchasing Mastery Book from Free Market, then channel those SP into those skill.
Hi, I need your help Ayumilove. i have a little bit of a problem here with my Dual blade. Now here is my problem, if i can not get the mastery book of all the other skill, what can I do with all my other skill point? Do I need to save my point of the skill or use on my old skill? I know your skill builds already help me out a lot but on my dual blade I don’t know what to do now.
Or in GMS hyper skills didn’t come out yet ?
I just return back as a level 172 DB. I have a question about Hyper Skills. How do i get them? What should i upgrade?
I am having an issue with my DB. I’m not funded at all, and I am in need of Flying Assaulter 20 (got Slash Storm 20 from a friend). I’ve seen a few already for 25 million mesos. Is there any better way to get it?
Ok, thx Ayumi!! Really helped
Hi Bob, usually higher level monsters tend to drop more meso compared to lower level ones. To merch, visit Free Market and window shop. See what items are bought and at what price. Then, head over to Party Quests and do some of them to see what rewards they give. From there, you have a stepping stone on how to sell goods obtained from PQ or from monster loot but don’t depend on those. Learn crafting and sell equips or acessory. It’s a guarantee way of getting an item for sale. Another method is to sell quest items since players are lazy to collect or hunt them. For instance, Cygnus Knights Quest requires Mateon tentacles. Most players hate travelling to Omega Sector because its really far.
Ok so then what are some monsters that give good profit? Is there a guide on how to merch?
Thanks Ic3y for your feedback. Have a nice Mapling day ;)
Hi Bob, what do you mean by any quest for MMB (Mystery Mastery Book) ? Earn some meso by training and purchase it from Free Market.
I appreciate the help & the guides. And again THANK YOU,take care, and have a good day Ayumi~
Plz answer
Hi Ic3y, max out the skills as shown in the guide above. Once you reach the next job advancement, when you try to add some SP (Skill Point) into it, it will say something like “too little SP in 1st or 2nd job). Once you receive that error message, you can safely add the remaining Skill Points into Bandit Slash and Fatal Blow.
Hello Ayumi, I’m kind of confused :/
Is everything maxed? Meanwhile leaving Bandit Slash at 4 & Fatal Blow at 8 ?
Thanks
Hey are there any quests right now? I m quite poor wastes on mmb. I can’t get Nexon right now soooo. What
Hi Bob, you should max Slash Storm to unlock Bloody Storm because you will be using that for awhile for 3rd Job Training. It would speed you leveling progress considerably unless you are leeching EXP from a higher level player while they are training at a higher training ground :D
Should I buy mastery book for slash storm to get bloody storm or should I wait and buy 4th job adv books like for blade fury 30.
Hi KingT, I have added the 4th Job Dual Blade Skills Explanation! There are 3 methods to train by mixing 2nd + 3rd + 4th job skills. Basically, use Blade Fury (BF) when those guys are standing around in a tight cluster whereas use Flying Assaulter (FA) + Bloody Storm (BS) when enemies are apart from each other, the first is to stack them up and later eliminate them with BS.
Hey Ayumi ty for making these awesome guides. Could you put an explanation after the 4th job skills? You have explanations after the other _ job skills but I’m kind of confused as to use what when during 4th job, such as when to use Blade Flurry over FA/BS.
Hi Yee, you could choose Venom first since there is a 4th Job skill that requires Venom skill.
i’m confusing between venom and upper stab…
Hi Yee, think of it as 2nd Job and 2nd Job+ are one. Nexon just separate it to make Dual Blade skills unique lol :D
Hi ayumi. I’m still confuse of 2nd job+ skill. How should i add?
hi ayumi, im new here(noob) i just started to play and my fren told mii that pure is better. so can u giv mii some advice??
I have a one big question. Don’t you raise Final cut for 4th job skills? did you leave that out by accident ayumi?
never mind, went to look again at training spots at your website, saw aliens. Sorry should have double checked for aliens before commenting
thanks :) i think ill go to roids, thanks for your help! (also, do you think that aliens might work?
Hi dualblade, check the Best Training Spots for Level 1-200 at http://ayumilove.net/best-maplestory-training-spots-guide/
do you have any training suggestions? please answer I’m not lvling very fast, thanks
Hi Kace, use some SP into 1st Job Skill such as Dark Sight or Side Step. You can add into Side Step first to gain some additional avoidability which is very useful to save health potions. Once you reach 1st Job+, you will have extra unused SP (Skill Points) which can be use to max Dark Sight. If you are worried not being able to max Dark Sight to unlock Advanced Dark Sight, then you may add SP into that first.
hi. I’m currently level 30 and I can’t up any skills for my II skills :’( can you guide me? My I+ skills are alll maxed. and I left with 7sp untouched. As followed, I’ve maxed my flash jump and only add 1SP each for my dark sight, bandit slash and side step. Can you tell me which I should up in order to use my II skills? :) Thank you
Hi Yee, you will have additional SP (Skill Points) from 3rd Job which must be use up all before they allow you to add SP into 4th Job Skills. Naturally, a place where you can dump the extra would be Fatal Blow after you max all the essential skills as listed above in the guide.
Summary: Only 1st Job Skill Bandit Slash is not maxed.
so it’s how many sp at last?
thanks.
fatal blow 0?
Hi DBSY, the guide here applies for MapleSEA and GMS on which skills to be prioritize. GMS reduces the level requirement also affects the max mastery level of the skill as well, so it does not make much difference there.
Hey Ayumilove,is it right that dual blade on MapleSEA advances to 4th job only on
120?
I saw the guide as level 100,so I suppose that only applies to GMS?
hi ayumilove, im confuse that why the dual wield expert required lv20 katara mastery , but the max lvl of katara mastery is lvl10
hi ayumilove, i like your build! I’m currently lv 83 training at jesters, i dont think thats the best idea since im lv 83 and they are lv 70. Do you have any training suggestions? (If you did write some im sorry i only looked at the skill build), thanks!
Hi ck, thanks for leaving a comment. You can max Side Step and Dark Sight if the NPC says you have too much SP accumulated in previous job.
Thank you Ayumilove! I faced the exact same situation as Jovelle..guess I’ll have to max side step and dark sight now then…
Thank you very much! :)
Hi Jovelle, I think MapleSEA (South East Asia) and GMS (Global MapleStory) setup their Dual Blade system completely different. Reason being, for the 1st Job and 2nd Job, they will pop up a message advising you to save SP if you try to use up all the skill points before you reach either the 1st Job+ (if you are 1st Job) and 2nd Job+ (if you are 2nd Job). If you couldn’t save the SP, you can use it on the other skills as noted here. Just keep in mind not to max out the unnecessary skills such as Bandit Slash (replaced by Tornado Spin) and Fatal Blow (replaced by Chains of Hell).
playing maplesea btw :x
erm, I just lvled to 55 and when I was gonna job adv, it said I had too much SP, I have like 16. I ended up maxing dark sight and side step, it took 15 SP for those. When I had 1 SP left, it still said i have too much SP. I ended up adding that one point to fatal blow.. and now i have no SP for 2+ skills, any tips?
I love you guides tho <3 Thanks!
Hi ck, use some SP into other skills such as Physical Training, Channel Karma, Katara Booster and Slash Storm until a warning message pops up warning you to save SP for 2nd Job+. You can use those extra SP into 1st Job skills such as Dark Sight or Side Step but make sure all those 2nd Job+ essential skills are max. Otherwise, it will hurt your leveling progress.
Hi BeeBee, MapleSEA have not implemented the Tempest Update where the levels of job advancement is reduced (3rd Job at Level 60 and 4th Job at Level 100 instead of 3rd Job at Level 70 and 4th Job at Level 120). Dual Blade 2nd Job+ starts at Level 50 as tested by me in GMS, whereas Level 55 for MapleSEA. The guide above still applies since the max level decreases when the job advancement level requirement decreases as well.
I’m playing maplesea…but I cant seem to save my SP for 2nd job +. it tells me I have unused SP..what do I do now? I have about 16 SP that I’ve saved.
DUAL BLADE 3RD JOB SKILL BUILD GUIDE – BLADE LORD (LEVEL 60) << isnt this suppose to be lvl 70?
Hi Ayumilove, I think I understand what you mean. thanks a lot =)
Thanks Ayumilove, at the moment. my dark sight is zero, Flash jump max & side step lv4 (don’t talk about Bandit Slash since is useless). if I max out Katara Mastery + Self Haste + Tornado Spin. I maybe only left with 1 skill point for the 1st job. so should be ok right?
thanks again.
Hi BeBee! Don’t worry much about not maxing Dark Sight nor Side Step. It does not affect your training (base damage). Save the SP for 1st Job+ (which will be unlocked around Level 20) Most likely you will have additional SP from 3rd Job which can be use in 1st Job skills. Just be sure to get the Katara Mastery (damage stabilizer) + Self Haste (speed up your movement and jump height) + Tornado Spin (Links with Flying Assaulter) max out. These 3 skills affects your leveling in 2nd Job and 2nd Job+ and 3rd Job a lot. Once you reach 3rd Job, you will be using Bloody Storm in 4th Job for training, otherwise Blade Fury in LHC (Lion Heart Castle). Let me know if you need any other assistance :)
Hi Ayumilove, im a Msea player. I have a little confuse on the 1st job & 1st + job. if I follow the info you have given, I believe I can’t max side step and dark sight.. and my Katara Mastery is max at lv 20 now..can u help? thanks :)
kk thx :)
My DB is 134, and after using the sp reset scroll from event, i had pretty much maxed all skills except bandit slash which i left at 0, and fatal blow at 13 ( dont ask me why, i couldnt add the higher tier skills untill i added fatal blow to 13, then i could). BUT there is a small problem, while i was adding the 4th job skill (over here in msea we go by 1st job, 1st job+, 2nd job, 2nd job +, 3rd job, 4th job) spinning fury, it was stuck at lvl 26. i added 10 dual wield expert and 10 sharpness beforehand, so it didnt make sense to me. A pop up came up saying “previous skill insuffcient”. and its weird coz im pretty sure if they allowed me to add 4th job skills at the beginning, it should mean i would have spent all the lower job skill points.
Hi EternalBlade, the most important skills in 1st Job and 1st Job+ are Flash Jump, Katara Mastery, Self Haste and Tornado Spin. The leftover skills can be poured into Dark Sight (to unlock Advanced Dark Sight). I have a Dual Blade Level 110+ and I don’t use Dark Sight for training as the retriggering rate in Advanced Dark Sight is not that reliable unless you use it to explore dangerous maps :) Side Step is good as a passive skill for avoidability. The more often you avoid, you can activate this 3rd Job SKill (Shadow Meld) for additional damage for 1 sec.
Hey Ayumi, about the 1st job skills. The katara mastery max lvl, in MapleSEA is 20 o.0 I’m kinda confused..D: So I actually messes up everything =( If the katara mastery is 20, then I dont need to add Dark Sight/SideJump? haizz D=
Hi Kim Johnathan. If MapleSEA have all the skills listed here but just the skill level different, this guide can still apply :) Just need to know which skills need to be maxed out for leveling purposes and to unlock new skills ahead.
@weiming i dont think this guide is still correct yet (for maplesea) flash jump max lvl is at 10, physical training max lvl is at 10, life drain max lvl is at 10, upper stab max lvl is 20, enveloping darkness max lvl is at 20. pretty much the skills are the same as GMS, except for the max lvl of the skills.
@MSplayer yes I’m from msea and I follow this excellent guide
this skill build is with maplesea ??
Thanks haur for the correction! I have updated the 2nd Job+ as 55
Thanks Ayumi for the information.
it need 55 lvl to turn into 2+ job
Hi MapleSEA players, let me know if there are new skills or skills which are different here, so I can prepare a MapleSEA version. The one above is for GMS with Tempest Update.
Hi Keven Liew, The skill guide above is for GMS with Tempest Update where they reduce the skill level and also due to the changes in level (3rd Job = Level 60 / 4th Job = Level 100). MapleSEA have not update with Tempest, so you can check out this instead http://ayumilove.net/maplestory-dual-blade-skill-build-guide/2/ (Old Dual Blade Skill Build Guide)
Why the skill lvl is not same as MapleSEA?
Hi Leo, Advanced Dark Sight requires LV10 Dark Sight.
Hey ayumi i was wondering if dark sight is required for advanced dark sight??
you make awesome guides keep it up!!
thanks!
Hi Random Guy, Dual Blade 3rd Job starts at Level 56 until Level 70.
Ayumi when yout gonna be third job lvl70 or 60?
hi ayumi i’ve been following ur guide since the release of demonslayer and found your guide to be terrific! :) but as i’m playing maplesea and wants to make a dual blade to be my main but its not out yet sadly :( do you like have any idea when is it releasing on maplesea?? jus mayb a hunch or a guess :) thanks and will be supporting ur skill build :D
Ayumilove, is it better to have 1 side step rather than 1 bandit slash as 1 side step gives 6 levels of side step(6%). I’m willing to give up the attack skill and just do normal hits.
Erm sorry,i know i comment on the wrong place,,,but can i ask that what does body count mean?It is needed in shadower skill…
Am I able to create a Ultimate Explorer Dual Blade,or I can only do so for the root five adventurer classes?
Nice Guide Ayumilove! But may you add End Results for each Job Advance? Also a training guide. And how to make Combo attacks. :/
@Noobie: Skill books for Phantom Blow and Final Cut are still required even after even after the GMS V115 Mutiny Revamp. These skill books can be obtain from Zakum drop, but it has low drop rate compared to Chaos Zakum (CZAK). It’s best to partner with a friend to take down Czak so you can loot those skill books :)
did dual blade still need skill books after revamp(phantom blow and final cut)?
I use it too sneak around places that I normally would of died in as soon as I entered.
@ConfusedRaik: For me I rarely used Dark Sight unless requires to travel deep into maps without getting bump along the way. I use Flash Jump instead from rope to rope or with town scrolls.
Though I have no idea how to make a skill build, I think Lv1 Bandit Slash is pretty powerful already, thus removing the reason to max it. Though instead of Bandit Slash I maxed Dark Sight to make it easier to get around places.
Yayyy.
Thanks Ayumi.
@all:
Updated Dual Blades Skill Build to GMS V115 Mutiny Patch
@Ninjer:
Yes, with GMS V115 Patch (Mutiny) published on 2012-August-7
Will you be updating the Dual Blade’s skills with the revamp?