x3TheAran59 - Blockbuster: Heroes of Maple

Heroes of Maple showcases dynamic content with updated graphics and film production techniques in MapleStory. Featuring game elements including solving intricate puzzles, deciphering a crucial password and plotting a daring escape fraught with daunting obstacles, the Heroes of Maple content is split into different Acts. Each subsequent Act will be unlocked as you progress through the story.

Heroes of Maple features the six heroes trying to save the Maple World from the Black Mage’s commander, Damien, and his demon army! Mercedes, Aran, Phantom, Luminous, Evan, and Shade must join together to defeat this great evil.

ACT 0. Prequel

ACT 1. Slumbering Dragon Island

In Act 1, Evan sets off on an adventure to Slumbering Dragon Island to find the legendary Onyx Dragon, Afrien. However, Evan soon discovers that Damien and his army of demons have invaded the island and taken control of the local creatures. Join Evan and his own dragon Mir, as he teams up with Aran and Shade to search for clues about the impending threat that is about to engulf Maple World!

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above

Overview

Introducing the first chapter of Heroes of Maple, new content that features updated graphics and new gameplay mechanics!
Avoid obstacles, match puzzles, play as your favorite Heroes and fight monsters in this epic content.
The content is split up into multiple Acts, which are unlocked as you progress through them.
The enemies in Heroes of Maple scale to your character’s level.
This content is best viewed at resolution of 1024x768 or better.
This content features solo instanced gameplay, and you cannot enter in a party.

Gameplay

Accept the quest 'Feelings of Misfortune' from the Heroes of Maple event notifier on the left of the screen. This will move you to the Conference Pavilion.
From here, speak to Moco to access the UI and begin Act 1.
Evan and Mir have had a terrible feeling about Afrien! He may be in danger! Play from Evan's perspective as he and Mir investigate Slumbering Dragon Island to find the root cause of these feelings.

Rewards:

Destroy 100 breakable ice in the map
- Icebreaker: Untradeable. Medal. Req. Lv: 100. STR/INT/DEX/LUK: +4.
Defeat Spindel twice by landing the last hit with Evan, then select to finish off Spindel
- Final Hitter: Untradeable. Medal. Req. Lv: 100. STR/INT/DEX/LUK: +4.
Defeat 400 demon soldiers with Evan
- A Proper Hero: Untradeable. Medal. Req. Lv: 100. STR/INT/DEX/LUK: +4.
Clear Act 1 once
- Aran Cube Chair: Untradeable. Recover 50 HP/MP every 10 seconds.
Clear Act 1 twice
- Heroes Catch-up Kit: Untradeable. Open this box to receive one of the following items randomly:
  - Mercedes's Lip Gloss: Untradeable. Consumable. Charm: +300.
  - Shade's Espresso: Untradeable. Consumable. Empathy: +300.
  - Phantom's Hand Lotion: Untradeable. Consumable. Diligence: +300.
  - Aran's Energy Drink: Untradeable. Consumable. Willpower: +300.
  - Evan's Steamed Potato: Untradeable. Consumable. Insight: +300.
  - Luminous's Hair Spray: Untradeable. Consumable. Ambition: +300.

ACT 1.5. Reunion

In Act 1.5, Evan seeks the help of his friends and allies, Mercedes, Phantom, and Luminous, asking them to join up with him and the other heroes. Are they prepared to face Damien? The very future of the Maple World hangs in the balance.

Requirements: Lv. 33 and above. Must have completed Act 1 of Heroes of Maple.

Overview

In the first half chapter, Mercedes, Luminous and Phantom join the battle with Evan.
Demon Slayer met his brother Damien and ended with an epic conversation.
The content is split up into multiple Acts, which are unlocked as you progress through them.
This content is best viewed at resolution of 1024x768 or better.
This content features solo instanced gameplay, and you cannot enter in a party.

Gameplay

Accept the quest 'Feelings of Misfortune' from the Heroes of Maple event notifier on the left of the screen. This will move you to the Conference Pavilion.
From here, speak to Moco to access the UI and begin Act 1.5.
Play as Evan as he tries to gain the support of the 3 remaining heroes: Phantom, Mercedes, and Luminous. Travel around the world to speak with the heroes and convince them to join the fight for Maple World's survival!
This is a 100% dialogue Act. Depending on the different dialogue choices made during the Act, different medals can be earned.

Complete Act 1.5 to receive one of the following medals depending on the choices you made:

Luminous's Focus: Untradeable. Medal. INT/LUK: +4.
Freud's Leadership: Untradeable. Medal. INT/LUK: +4.
Shade's Compassion: Untradeable. Medal. STR/DEX: +4.
Phantom's Freedom: Untradeable. Medal. DEX/LUK: +4.
Aran's Strength: Untradeable. Medal. STR/DEX: +4.
Mercedes's Speed: Untradeable. Medal. STR/DEX: +4.

You can also earn the following rewards just for clearing Act 1.5 once or twice:

Clear Act 1.5 once
- Shade Cube Chair: Untradeable. Recover 50 HP/MP every 10 seconds.
Clear Act 1.5 twice
- Heroes Catch-up Kit: Untradeable. Open this box to receive one of the following items randomly:
  - Mercedes's Lip Gloss: Untradeable. Consumable. Charm: +300.
  - Shade's Espresso: Untradeable. Consumable. Empathy: +300.
  - Phantom's Hand Lotion: Untradeable. Consumable. Diligence: +300.
  - Aran's Energy Drink: Untradeable. Consumable. Willpower: +300.
  - Evan's Steamed Potato: Untradeable. Consumable. Insight: +300.
  - Luminous's Hair Spray: Untradeable. Consumable. Ambition: +300.

Act 2. Abraxas

In Act 2, Evan—along with Mercedes, Phantom, and Luminous—heads to Nihal Desert to search the ruins for the ancient relic, Abraxas. It may hold the key to fighting Damien! The way is dangerous, and full of traps and riddles. Will they be able to succeed in their mission?

Requirements: Lv. 33 and above. Must have completed Act 1.5 of Heroes of Maple.

Overview

In the second chapter, Mercedes, Luminous and Phantom join the battle with Evan to search for the giant ruins of Abraxas.
The content is split up into multiple Acts, which are unlocked as you progress through them.
Avoid obstacles, match puzzles, play as your favorite Heroes and fight monsters in this epic content.
The enemies in Heroes of Maple scale to your character’s level.
This content is best viewed at resolution of 1024x768 or better.
This content features solo instanced gameplay, and you cannot enter in a party.

Gameplay

Accept the quest 'Feelings of Misfortune' from the Heroes of Maple event notifier on the left of the screen. This will move you to the Conference Pavilion.
From here, speak to Moco to access the UI and begin Act 2.
Help Evan and the other heroes scour the ruins in search of the relic of Abraxas, the Watchful God!
During this Act, there are destructible pots that contain various loot items.

Destructible Pot Rewards:

Bronze Meso: 1 Meso earned.
Silver Meso: 10 Mesos earned.
Gold Meso: 100 Mesos earned.
Broken EXP Fragment: Small amount of EXP based on your level.
Shining EXP Fragment: Larger amount of EXP based on your level

Complete Act 2 and fulfill certain requirements to receive the following medals:

Destroy at least 70 pots in Act 2
- Shattering Pot: Untradeable. Medal. Req. Lv: 100. STR/INT/DEX/LUK: +4.
Skip the riddle part by getting it wrong 3 times
- Ignorant of the Truth: Untradeable. Medal. Req. Lv: 100. STR/INT/DEX/LUK: +4.
Kill the gatekeeper 3 times or more
- Out Of My Way: Untradeable. Medal. Req. Lv: 100. STR/INT/DEX/LUK: +4.

You can also earn the following rewards just for clearing Act 2 once or twice:

Clear Act 2 once
- Phantom Cube Chair: Untradeable. Recover 50 HP/MP every 10 seconds.
Clear Act 2 twice
Heroes Catch-up Kit: Untradeable. Open this box to receive one of the following items randomly:
- Mercedes's Lip Gloss: Untradeable. Consumable. Charm: +300.
- Shade's Espresso: Untradeable. Consumable. Empathy: +300.
- Phantom's Hand Lotion: Untradeable. Consumable. Diligence: +300.
- Aran's Energy Drink: Untradeable. Consumable. Willpower: +300.
- Evan's Steamed Potato: Untradeable. Consumable. Insight: +300.
- Luminous's Hair Spray: Untradeable. Consumable. Ambition: +300.

Act 3. Unfamiliar World

In Act 3, the Black Mage’s commander, Damien, seeks to destroy the World Tree. Join Mercedes, Aran, Phantom, Luminous, Evan and Shade, as they use the airship, Abraxas, to travel to the city of Seoul in the real world in search of the Transcendent Stone.

Requirements: Lv. 33 and above. Must have completed Act 2 of Heroes of Maple.

Overview

In the third chapter, Mercedes, Luminous and Phantom goes undercover to the Cosmic Museum in search for the Transcendent Stone.
Avoid obstacles, match puzzles, play as your favorite Heroes and fight monsters in this epic content.
The content is split up into multiple Acts, which are unlocked as you progress through them.
The enemies in Heroes of Maple scale to your character’s level.
This content is best viewed at resolution of 1024x768 or better.
This content features solo instanced gameplay, and you cannot enter in a party.

Act 4. World Tree

Requirements: Lv. 33 and above. Must have completed Act 3 of Heroes of Maple.

Overview

In the final chapter, the truth of Demon and Damien's mother revealed by Arkarium. The Heroes battle with Damien to save the World Tree.
Avoid obstacles, play as your favorite Heroes and fight monsters in this epic content.
The enemies in Heroes of Maple scale to your character’s level.
This content is best viewed at resolution of 1024x768 or better.
This content features solo instanced gameplay, and you cannot enter in a party.

New Boss: Damien

Once you clear all four Acts of Heroes of Maple, players Lv. 190 and above can open the Boss Matchmaking List window and go head-to-head with Damien. The Black Mage may be defeated, but his is not the only evil. This commander, Damien, is leading a demon army into the Maple World! Left unchecked, they will destroy everything in their path.

Job Revamps

Aran

The rules for stacking combos and the maximum possible combo count was adjusted, but since combos are no longer consumed when using skills, the consumption of both MP and combos has been improved.
If you reach the Max combo count you are automatically put into Adrenaline Rush. While in Adrenaline Rush, you are able to use powerful Finisher moves.
Additionally, you keep the stacked combos even after death and the combo deduction standard has been lowered making it easier to stack combos.
Skills also now have a Command feature. This means that any ability under the Command feature (Right-Clicking the ability which shows a small lock icon), can only be used by activating its hotkey. Example: Aran's "Combat Step" skill will work when you double-tap the Right movement key. Under the Command feature (locked), double-tapping the Right movement key will not allow Aran to combat step.

Aran's Basics

Combat Step (Max Level 1): Press the jump key or any direction key twice to dash. The skill can be activated once more if you use the jump key while midair. Also passively increases your Speed and Max Movement Speed. (Command: Right, Right or press Jump).
Return to Rien (Max Level 1): Teleport to Rien.
Combo Kill Blessing (Max Level 3): (Link Skill) Maha blesses your combos. This link skill can be used by one character in the same world.

Aran's First Job

Combo Ability: Counts up your attacks in a Combo Count. Increases Attack Power, Defense, and Movement Speed with every 50 counts, stacking up to 10 times. Also, passively increases your knockback resistance. Level 10 required to learn Advanced Combo Ability. Required Skill: Smash Swing Lv. 10.
Smash Swing: Calls upon Aran's muscle memory to swing the polearm 3 times in a row, hard. (Command: Tap the Attack Key multiple times). Level 1 required to learn Polearm Mastery and Level 10 required to learn Swing Studies I.
Smash Wave: Fires a burst of energy through your polearm to enemies in front. (Command: Down, Right+Attack Key). Command Effect: Increases the range of the projectile. Additional Adrenaline Rush Effect: Increases the number of projectiles. Right-Click to lock command.
Polearm Booster: Triples the attack speed of your weapon. Must have a polearm equipped.
Body Pressure: Surround yourself with bitingly cold air to reflect damage taken from bumping into enemies. Can be toggled On/Off.

Aran's Second Job

Final Charge: Charges forward, quickly knocking back enemies in your path. (Command: Left, Down, Right + Attack Key). Command Effect: Stun. Additional Adrenaline Rush Effect: Leaves an ice trail behind you that freezes enemies. Right-Click to lock command.
Final Toss: Lifts multiple enemies in front into the air. Airborne enemies take more damage, including enemies lifted with Judgment Draw and Rolling Spin. (Command: Up + Attack Key). Command Effect: Increases your vertical jump. Right-Click to lock command.
Rolling Spin: Uses centrifugal force to spin your polearm while standing in place and lift enemies nearby. (Command: Down, Up + Attack Key). Command Effect: Stun. Right-Click to lock command.
Command Mastery I: Enhances the effects of Command-activated skills. Level 5 required to learn Command Mastery II.
Swing Studies I: Through intense study, you've perfected your polearm swing. Increases swing damage and allows you to move while swinging. Also, you now know how to link Smash Swings with other skills to deal additional damage via a polearm afterimage. This also increases the damage of other skills for a short period afterwards. Level 4 required to learn Aero Swing. Required Skill: Smash Swing Lv. 10.
Drain: Absorbs some of the damage you dealt to the enemies as HP. Permanently increases your Max HP. Can be toggled On/Off. Required Skill: Combo Ability Lv. I.
Snow Charge: Permanently increases damage and infuses your polearm with powers of the ice spirit for a certain amount of time.
Polearm Mastery: Increases polearm weapon mastery, accuracy, and speed. Level 10 required to learn High Mastery. Required Skill: Smash Swing Lv. I.
Physical Training: Permanently improves STR and DEX through sheer physical training.
Final Attack: Provides a chance to activate Final Attack damage after an attack. The character must have a Polearm equipped. Required Skill: Polearm Mastery Lv. 3. Level 20 required to learn Advanced Final Attack.

Aran's Third Job

Advanced Combo Ability: Masterfully counts up your attacks in a Combo Count. Increases Critical Rate and Attack Power with every 100 counts, stacking up to 10 times. Also, passively increases your Power Stance Chance, Attack Power, Abnormal Status Resistance Chance, Critical Rate, and Critical Maximum Damage. Level 20 requires to learn Adrenaline Rush. Required Skill: Combo Ability Lv. 10.
Aero Swing: Allows you to use Smash Swing while airborne. Use Smash Swing while jumping, and Maha will stop you from falling. You'll be able to move around, just like on the ground. Also, passively increase Smash Swing's damage. (Command: Combo Attack Key while jumping). Level 10 required to learn Swing Studies II. Required Skill: Swing Studies I LV. 4.
Adrenaline Rush: A rush of adrenaline pushes your battle prowess to its maximum. Level 20 required to learn Finisher. Required Skill: Advanced Combo Ability Lv. 10.
Final Blow: Swing your polearm around to deal enormous damage, ignoring some DEF. Learn this skill to utilize Final Blow as the 3rd hit of Smash Swing. (Command: Down + Attack Key). Command Effect: renders all enemy attacks ineffective. Additional Adrenaline Rush Effect: Shoots shockwaves in front of you. Level 20 required to learn Beyond Blade. Right-click to lock command.
Judgment Draw: Your polearm slams into the ground with great force, bouncing nearby enemies. Enemies hit directly by the polearm will be frozen and take damage over time. You can control where the polearm lands. (Command: Up, Down/Up, Right/Up, Left + Attack Key).Command Effect: Freeze. Right-Click to lock command.
Gathering Hook: Uses your polearm blade as a hook to gather enemies in front of you. (Command: Up, Up + Attack Key). Right-Click to lock command.
Maha Blessing: Increases party member's Attack with the blessings of Maha, the spirit of the polearm.
Might: Permanently increases Attack Power and Defense and allows you to knockback enemies with a small amount of damage.
Cleaving Blows: Ignores a portion of a monster's defense and your damage increases when attacking Boss Monsters.

Aran's Fourth Job

Beyond Blade: Utilizes all of Aran's strength to sweep away enemies with Maha. You're invincible while using Beyond Blade. Additional Adrenaline Rush Effect: Shoots out shockwaves front and back. Required Skill: Final Blow Lv. 20.
Finisher - Storm of Fear: Pummel your enemies with a series of swings so quick, your polearm becomes invisible. Forms a whirlwind around Aran, sucking in all enemies. This skill can be activated by command only during Adrenaline Rush. (Command: Down, Left, Right + Attack Key(Held down)). Once activated, Aran cannot activate any other attacking skills while this key is pressed down. This is to prevent this skill from being cancelled as another skill was activated. Required Skill: Adrenaline Rush Lv. 20.
Finisher - Hunter's Prey: Charges forward to strike a powerful blow, automatically targeting the most powerful enemy in the direction of your attack. Charge the skill longer to do more damage. You're invincible while charging. This skill can be activated by command only during Adrenaline Rush. (Command: Down, Right, Up + Attack Key (held down)). Fixed an issue where damage would be abnormally applied. Required Skill: Adrenaline Rush Lv. 20.
High Mastery: Maxes out Polearm Mastery, while increasing Minimum Critical Damage and Attack Power. Required Skill: Polearm Mastery Lv. 10.
High Defense: A new defense technique that permanently decreases damage received from enemies and increases Max HP and DEF.
Maple Warrior: Temporarily increases the stats of all party members.
Hero's Will: By focusing your mind, you can ignore some abnormal status effects. However, this will not work on all abnormal status effects.
Sudden Strike: Damage dealt by Smash Wave, Final Charge, Final Toss, Rolling Spin, Judgment Draw, and Final Blow increased.
Command Mastery II: Enhances the effects of Command-activated skills. Required Skill: Command Mastery Lv. 5.
Swing Studies II: Through intense study, you've perfected your polearm swing and Smash Swing technique. Increases your movement speed and damage while swinging. Increases the damage of skills used after Smash Swing. The 2nd and 4th hits of Smash Swing and Aero Swing become Final Blows. Required Skill: Aero Swing Lv. 10.
Advanced Final Attack: Permanently increases ATT and Accuracy. Greatly increases the damage and activation rate of your Final Attack. Required Skill: Final Attack Lv. 20.

Aran's Hyper Skills (Passive)

Heavy Swing: Increases the damage of Smash Swing and Aero Swing.
Frenzied Swing: Increases the damage boost to other skills after using Smash Swing or Aero Swing.
Rebounding Swing: Increases the damage of the afterimages that occur from using skills after Smash Swing and Aero Swing.
Storming Terror: Increases the max number of monsters hit by Finisher - Storm of Fear.
Merciless Hunt: Increases the damage of Finisher - Hunter's Prey.
Surging Adrenaline: Increases the duration of Adrenaline Rush.
Beyond-er Blade: Increases Beyond Blade's damage. (Does not affect the shockwaves triggered by Adrenaline Rush).
Beyond Blade Barrage: Increases the number of hits of Beyond Blade. (Does not affect the shockwaves triggered by Adrenaline Rush).
Piercing Beyond Blade: Increases the amount of DEF ignored. (Does not affect the shockwaves triggered by Adrenaline Rush).

Aran's Hyper Skills (Active)

Maha's Domain: Summons a sleeping, giant Maha, which drops to the ground, affecting a large area. Deals damage over time to enemies in range. Removes Abnormal Status and restores HP and MP to party members in range.
Heroic Memories: Recalls the oath of the Maple Heroes to increase damage and max damage cap.
Adrenaline Burst: Instantly activates Adrenaline Rush. When triggered by this skill, Adrenaline Rush can't be affected by buff duration increase effects. Required Skill: Adrenaline Rush Lv. 20

Evan

Job advancements have changed from 10 to 4 advancements. (Some skills have been relocated).
Two obtainable medals have new requirements:
- After Shedding 1 - Level change from 80 to 60.
- After Shedding 2 - Level change from 120 to 100.
Dragon Master medal requirements have changed:
- Dragon Master Level 80 to 60.
- Dragon Master Level 120 to 100

Quests:

'Rumor about the Dragon Mount' level requirement changed from 50 to 60.
'Making A Saddle' Meso requirements have changed from 10 Million to 100,000.
All quests after 'Making A Saddle' have been removed.

Skills:

Evan and Mir now have 4 Job Advancements as opposed to 10. With these 4 jobs come new abilities to Evan's basic abilities, and the jobs themselves.

Evan's Basics

Back to Nature: Moves you to your front yard.
Persistence Rune: (Link Skill) Enhances Rune Magic ATT to increase the duration runes are active.

Evan's First Job

Mana Burst I: Two bursts of mana attack enemies in front. As you job advance, this skill improves, up to Mana Burst IV. (Lv. 10 required to learn Mana Burst II).
Teleport: Allows you to teleport a set distance to other locations on the same map using the arrow keys.
Magic Guard: A portion of the damage dealt to you affects your MP instead of your HP. Activated automatically when you have at least 1 MP, and is ineffective when you have 0 MP. Can be toggled on/off with the skill key.
Dragon Soul: Your dragon contract increases your Weapon DEF, Magic DEF, and Speed.
Magic Link: Shares Mir's magic, raising Evan's Magic ATT.
Dragon Spark: Whenever Evan attacks, Mir might attack too.

Evan's Second Job

Mana Burst II: Three bursts of mana attack enemies in front. As you job advance, this skill improves, up to Mana Burst IV. Lv. 20 required to learn Mana Burst III.
Wind Circle: Launches a gust of wind to push enemies aside and deal damage.
Dragon Flash: (Mir Skill) Mir flashes between enemies, attacking all in his way. If this skill hits an enemy with attack reflection, you won't take damage. Mir's skills and fusion skills aren't affected by attack speed increases.
Wind Flash: (Fusion Skill) Sharp blades of wind blast enemies when Mir's Dragon Flash melds with Evan's magic. Wind Flash advances alongside Dragon Flash. You won't take damage when this skill targets enemies with attack reflection. Activates when Evan uses Wind Circle while Mir is using Dragon Flash.
Return Flash: (Fusion Skill) Mir immediately stops attacking and returns to Evan, cursing nearby enemies to take more damage. This skill advances alongside Dragon Flash. Activates when Evan uses (Return) while Mir is using Dragon Flash, Wind Flash, and Thunder Flash.
Return!: Calls for Mir to immediately return to Evan's side. Various effects may activate based on the attack Mir was using when called.
Magic Booster: Increases Evan's Magic Attack Speed for a short time.
Support Jump: Evan uses air currents made by Mir's flapping wings to jump once more. Press the jump button and the up direction key while jumping to jump higher. Can only use while Mir isn't attacking.
High Wisdom: Your mental discipline permanently increases your INT.
Partners: Evan and Mir are partners on the battlefield, increasing their battle prowess.
Spell Mastery: Increases Magic Mastery, Magic ATT, and Critical Rate. Level 10 required to learn Magic Mastery.
Advanced Dragon Spark: After Evan uses an attack skill, Mir has a chance to deal an additional, enhanced magic attack.

Evan's Third Job

Mana Burst III: Four bursts of mana attack enemies in front. As you job advance, this skill improves, up to Mana Burst IV. Lv. 20 required to learn Mana Burst IV.
Thunder Circle: Create a pentacle of thunder to decimate enemies nearby.
Dragon Dive: (Mir Skill) Mir dives in front of Evan, creating shockwaves with the beating of his wings. You won't take damage when this skill targets enemies with attack reflection. Mir's skills and fusion skills aren't affected by Attack Speed increases. Lv. 20 required to learn Dragon Breath.
Return Dive: (Fusion Skill) Mir immediately stops attacking and returns to Evan, buffing all ally Attack Speed by 1. This skill advances alongside Dragon Dive. Activates when Evan uses (Return) while Mir is using Dragon Dive, Thunder Dive, and Earth Dive.
Thunder Dive: (Fusion Skill) Powerful electric orbs flow through Mir's body when Mir's Dragon Dive melds with Evan's magic. Thunder Dive advances alongside Dragon Dive. You won't take damage when this skill targets enemies with attack reflection. Activates when Evan uses Thunder Circle while Mir is using Dragon Dive. Increased the duration of the electric orbs, also changing them to look semi-transparent. Changed the behavior of the orbs from previous versions at certain distances.
Thunder Flash: (Fusion Skill) Five pentacles of thunder appear and crash into enemies when Mir's Dragon Flash melds with Evan's magic. Thunder Flash advances alongside Dragon Flash. You won't take damage when this skill targets enemies with attack reflection. Activates when Evan uses Thunder Circle while Mir is using Dragon Flash. Reduced attack radius at all points.
Magic Debris: Magic debris forms around enemies hit by fusion skills. Activate the debris to deal damage to enemies around Evan. The damage is proportional to the amount of debris activated at once. The number of Magic Debris particles will be shown on the buff window. Lv. 10 required to learn Enhanced Magic Debris.
Elemental Decrease: Temporarily decreases the Elemental Resistance to all of your attacks. Also permanently increases your final damage.
Critical Magic: Increases Critical Attack Rate and Minimum Critical Damage.
Magical Resistance: Increases your Abnormal Status Resistance, Elemental Resistance, and Magic DEF.
Magic Amplification: Increases the MP cost and the Magic Attack of your magic skills.
Dragon Potential: Draws out Mir's potential and reveals his hidden abilities.

Evan's Fourth Job

Mana Burst IV: Four bursts of highly condensed mana attack enemies in front, twice in a row. This is the final version of mana burst.
Earth Circle: Forms an irregular pentacle that raises the ground and damages enemies.
Dragon Breath: (Mir Skill) Releases a fiery breath that scorches enemies in front. Not affected by attack reflection. Skill damage increases from the Dragon Breath passive trump the damage increases for Dragon Dive. Mir's skills and fusion skills aren't affected by Attack Speed increases. Required Skill Lv. 20 Dragon Dive.
Wind Breath: (Fusion Skill) Mir breathes out a storm of flames that deal a tremendous amount of damage when his Dragon Breath melds with Evan's magic. Wind Breath advances alongside Dragon Breath. You won't take damage when this skill targets enemies with attack reflection. Activates when Evan uses Wind Circle while Mir is using Dragon Breath.
Earth Breath: (Fusion Skill) Mir breathes out flames that homes in on enemies when his Dragon Breath melds with Evan's magic. Earth Breath advances alongside Dragon Breath. You won't take damage when this skill targets enemies with attack reflection. Activates when Evan uses Earth Circle while Mir is using Dragon Breath.
Return Flame: (Fusion Skill) Mir immediately stops attacking and returns to Evan, scorching enemies in a curtain of flame. This skill advances alongside Dragon Breath. Activates when Evan uses (Return) while Mir is using Dragon Breath, Wind Breath, or Earth Breath.
Earth Dive: (Fusion Skill) Smashes a boulder into enemies in front when Mir's Dragon Dive melds with Evan's magic. Earth Dive advances alongside Dragon Dive. You won't take damage when this skill targets enemies with attack reflection. Activates when Evan uses Earth Circle while Mir is using Dragon Dive.
Dark Fog: A dark, cold fog descends, attacking multiple enemies at once. Applies additional Critical Rate. Magic Debris's damage increases while Dark Fog is on cooldown. Magic Debris will gain +20% damage while Dark Fog is on cooldown.
Blessing of the Onyx: Increases Weapon Defense, Magic Defense, and Magic Attack.
Maple Warrior: Temporarily increases the stats of all party members.
Hero's Will: By focusing your mind, you can ignore some abnormal status effects. However, this will not work on all abnormal status effects.
Enhanced Magic Debris: Forms enhanced magic debris around enemies struck by fusion skills. Activate the debris to deal damage to enemies around Evan. The damage is proportional to the amount of debris activated at once.
Magic Mastery: Enhances Magic Mastery, Magic Attack, and Minimum Critical Damage. Required Skill: Spell Mastery Lv. 10.
Onyx Will: Enhances your sense of camaraderie and your physical capabilities. Reduces damage taken and grants additional Power Stance chance to Evan while Mir is attacking.
Dragon Fury: When your MP is within a certain range, the focus of the Dragon strengthens and your Magic Attack increases. This effect disappears once your MP is out of that range.
High Dragon Potential: Fully draws out Mir's potential and reveals his hidden abilities.

Evan's Hyper Skills (Passive)

Dragon Flash - Cooldown Cutter: Reduces the cooldown of Dragon Flash.
Howling Wind: Increases the number of Wind Flash's wind blades.
Thunder Flash - Extra Strike: Increases the number of attacks per Thunder Flash's crashes.
Dragon Dive - Cooldown Cutter: Reduces Dragon Dive's cooldown.
Thunder Overload: Increase the number of orbs created by Thunder Dive.
Earth Dive: Enhance: Increases Earth Dive's damage.
Speedy Dragon Breath: Reduces Dragon Breath's cooldown.
Lungs of Stone: Increases Earth Breath's number of breaths.
Cyclone Breath: Increases Wind Breath's special effect HP requirement and damage.

Evan's Hyper Skills (Active)

Dragon Master (Max Level 1): Hop on Mir's back and fly freely through the air, breathing fire. While mounted, press the Dragon Master skill key to attack.
Heroic Memories (Max Level 1): Recalls the oath of the Maple Heroes to increase damage and max damage cap.
Summon Onyx Dragon (Max Level 1): Summons the ancient Onyx Dragon to aid you in battle. The Onyx Dragon's attacks will not be affected by enemies with attack reflection.

Explorer

Epic Adventure: The cast animation has been removed and max damage is increased by 10%.

Explorer Warrior

Iron Body has been changed to a passive skill.

Hero

For the hero class we added features to Cry Valhalla and increased the opportunity for higher damage output.

Second Job

Brandish: Attack range has been increased, and damage is now 280% from 220%.
Combo Fury: The casting delay has been decreased when casting with the down arrow key. Casting with the down arrow key now uses 1 Combo Counter.

Third Job

Shout: Shouting with the down arrow key and normally using Shout have been switched. Shout now deals 200% up to 6 times and up to as many as 10 enemies in an extended range. When casting with the down arrow key, Shout does 200% damage up to 3 times within a smaller range and stuns enemies for 6 seconds. If a boss is hit while holding the down key, the chance to inflict an abnormal status increases to 100%. Cooldown is 10 seconds.

Fourth Job

Raging Blow: Damage while in Enrage state has been reduced to 167% from 215% and number of hits is now 9 instead of 7.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Cry Valhalla: Cooldown is now 210 seconds instead of 90 seconds. The attack power increase has been removed, but critical rate has been increased to 50%. Knockdown immunity has been added and lasts 30 seconds. The amount of monsters hit by Raging Blow has changed to 8.

Paladin

The damage from One-handed weapons was low so some buffs were added to one-handed weapons.

Fourth Job

High Paladin: Wielding a one-handed sword now increases mastery by 3%.
Blast: Buff now lasts for 120 seconds from 90 seconds.

Dark Knight

The cooldown for Final Pact was too low, making it to where Dark Knights were returning to the fight too easily. While its cooldown has gone up, the amount of time the invincibility lasts has also gone up. This gives the opportunity to output more damage after reviving.

First Job

Evil Eye: There is no longer a cast action.

Third Job

Evil Eye of Domination: Now follows the damage formula for the character.
Evil Eye Shock: Now follows the damage formula for the character.
Lord of Darkness: Heal amount is now 2% max HP.

Fourth Job

Dark Impale: Increased attack range.
Gungnir's Descent: Now does 12 hits and damage has been reduced to 210% from 250%.
Final Pact: Invincibility now lasts 40 seconds instead of 25. The amount of numbers needed to be killed for revival is up from 20 → 30. Cooldown is now 600 seconds at max rank (30).
Revenge of the Evil Eye: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Dark Thirst: Decreased Cast Delay.

Explorer Magician

Magic Guard: Can now be toggled On/Off.

Arch Mage (Fire, Poison)
Second Job

Poison Breath: Damage over Time now has its damage duration increased to 10 seconds at max level (10).
Ignite: Fixed an error where a monster's attack negate nullification skill was being ignored.

Third Job

Burning Magic: Damage over Time now has a 100% duration boost instead of 10 seconds.

Fourth Job

Ifrit: Enemies hit by Ifrit will now take 140% damage for 2 seconds on top of the already existing effects.
Mist Eruption: Damage over Time boost has been adjusted to give more damage with more stacks. If there are 5 stacks of Damage over Time on an enemy the cooldown will be decreased by 2 seconds.

Hyper Skill (Passive)

Poison Mist - Aftermath: Damage over Time boost has been lowered to 6 seconds from 10 seconds.

Arch Mage (Ice, Lightning)
Third Job

Thunderstorm: Now has increased movement speed. Also follows the damage formula for the character.

Fourth Job

Chain Lightning: Its number of hits has been increased to 8 and damage is dropped to 230%.
Freezing Breath: Buff icon now shows the remaining cast time.
Elquines: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Bishop

Fixed an issue where the effects of certain buffs weren't being shown to party members.

Second Job

Invincible: Has been changed to a passive skill.

Fourth Job

Angel Ray: Number of attacks have increased to 5. Damage has been lowered to 295%.
Bahamut: Now follows the damage formula for the character. Damage reduced from 650% to 500%.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Righteously Indignant: Damage while this skill is being used the number of Angel Ray's attack count has been raised to 5.

Bowmaster
Second Job

Quiver Cartridge: Fixed an error where Magic Arrows would ignore monsters' attack negate skills.

Third Job

Arrow Blaster: Fixed an issue where you were unable to move after using this skill.
Phoenix: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Marksman

To better help the marksman with enemies at a distance, Arrow Illusion's utility has been improved.

Third Job

Hookshot: Pressing the down arrow key now moves you while triggering Arrow Illusion if within range.
Freezer: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Fourth Job

Arrow Illusion: Arrow Illusion now lasts 30 seconds. There is a 20 second cooldown period added. We have decreased the cast delay.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Bullseye Shot: Cast delay was decreased.

Night Lord
Second Job

Assassin's Mark: Fixed an issue where this skill was ignoring a monster's attack nullification skill. Also fixed another issue where this skill was affected by a monster's magic nullification.

Third Job

Dark Flare: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Fourth Job

Dark Harmony: Is now a passive skill.
Night Lord's Mark: Fixed an issue where this skill was ignoring a monster's attack nullification skill. Also fixed another issue where this skill was affected by a monster's magic nullification.

Shadower
Second Job

Channel Karma: This is now a passive skill.

Third Job

Dark Flare: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Shadow Veil: Fixed an issue where this skill was affected by a monster's magic nullification.

Dual Blade

Channel Karma: This is now a passive skill.
Thorns: This is now a passive skill.

Explorer Pirate

Nautilus Strike: Number of attacks is up from 3 to 7. Also damage has been lowered from 1020% to 440%.

Buccaneer
First Job

Dark Clarity: This is now a passive skill.

Second Job

Admiral's Wings: This is now a passive skill.

Fourth Job

Octopunch: No longer grants a damage boost when fully charged. Now deals 315% damage and attacks 10 times when fully charged.
Dragon Strike: Can only be used at full charge. Now applies a debuff on any enemy hit to increase final damage by 10%. Damage is lowered to 300% and number of hits increased to 12. Cast delay has also been decreased.

Corsair
Second Job

Rapid Blast: Damage is increased from 131% to 165%.
Scurvy Summons: Now follows the damage formula for the character. Damage is now 230%.

Third Job

Cross Cut Blast: This is now a passive skill.
All Aboard: Now follows the damage formula for the character.
Octo-Cannon: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Fourth Job

Eight-Legs Easton: This skill now passively increases the damage for Nautilus Strike by 130% points.
Parrotargeting: Increased cast delay. Also fixed an issue where final damage was not applying properly.
Majestic Presence: Fixed an issue where the damage output was higher than the skill description.
Ahoy Mateys: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Whaler's Potion: Casting action has been removed.

Cannoneer

Cannoneers had low damage so some changes were made to give them more power.

Third Job

Monkey Wave: Casting delay was reduced. Increased the buff duration from 10 → 30 seconds.
Barrel Roulette: Increased the buff duration from 150 → 180 seconds.

Fourth Job

Monkey Militia: Now follows the damage formula for the character. Decreased damage from 395 → 295%.
Cannon Barrage: Increased damage from 600% → 650%.
Anchors Aweigh: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Rolling Rainbow: Now follows the damage formula for the character. Fixed an issue where this skill was ignoring a monster's attack nullification skill.
Buckshot: Effect no longer affects summon skills.

Cygnus Knight
Noblesse Techniques (Basic Job)

Cygnus Blessing: No longer takes up a Link Skill slot when sharing with another Cygnus character.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Glory of the Guardians: Removed casting action. Maximum damage boost is now 10% instead of 5,000,000.

Dawn Warrior
First Job

Hand of Light: This is now a passive skill

Second Job

Divine Hand: This is now a passive skill.

Third Job

Soul of the Guardian: This is now a passive skill.

Fourth Job

Soul Pledge: This is now a passive skill.
Impaling Rays: Fixed an issue where this skill was ignoring a monster's attack nullification skill.

Wind Archer

Because Wind Archer had low damage output, we increased it a bit.

Fourth Job

Spiraling Vortex: Passively increases damage for Frozen Wind by 275% points.
Touch of the Wind: Now increases your attack by 10%.
Bow Expert: The boost for final damage is increased from 10% to 25%.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Storm Bringer: Removed cast action.

Night Walker

Marks of Darkness have been added to some skills.

First Job

Shadow Bat: Now enhanced with Marks of Darkness.

Second Job

Triple Throw: Now enhanced with Marks of Darkness.

Third Job

Quad Star: Now enhanced with Marks of Darkness.
Shadow Spark: Now enhanced with Marks of Darkness.
Dark Servant: Now enhanced with Marks of Darkness.

Fourth Job

Quintuple Star: Now enhanced with Marks of Darkness.
Shadow Stitch: Now enhanced with Marks of Darkness.
Dark Omen: Now enhanced with Marks of Darkness. Now summons 2 bats. Every time a dark-attribute attack succeeds the cooldown for this skill is decreased by 0.5 seconds, with the exception of Shadow Bat and Dark Omen.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Dominion: Now enhanced with Marks of Darkness.
Shadow Illusion: All copied attacks are enhanced with Marks of Darkness.

Thunder Breaker

The ability to change direction when linking skills has been added.

Third Job

Seawall: This is now a passive skill.
Ironclad: This is now a passive skill.

Hero

Heroic Memories now has a maximum damage increase of 10% instead of 5,000,000. Cast action was also removed.

Mercedes

The ability to change direction when linking skills has been added.

Second Job

Spirit Surge: This is now a passive skill.

Third Job

Elemental Knights: Damage has been reduced for all spirits. Ice Spirit's damage is now 385%. Fire Spirit's damage is now 385% damage over time. Shadow Spirit's damage is now 485%.

Fourth Job

[NEW SKILL] Spirit Nimble Flight: Allows Mercedes to move towards a desired direction by canceling a skill when in mid-air.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Elvish Blessing: Lowered cast delay.

Phantom
Fourth Job

Carte Noir: Fixed an issue where this skill was ignoring a monster's attack nullification skill.

Hyper Skill (Active):

Impeccable Memory H: Lets you use Lv. 150 Hyper Buff Skill stolen from Explorers. The skill duration and cooldown for these skills will be different for Phantom. Passive effects from skills will not work. Equip stolen skills using the Beginner Skill Loadout. Stolen Skill duration and cooldown:
- Hero’s Cry Valhalla: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 300 Sec.
- Paladin’s Sacrosanctity: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 600 Sec.
- Dark Knight’s Dark Thirst: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 180 Sec.
- Archmage (F/P)’s Inferno Aura: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 75 Sec.
- Archmage (I/L)’s Absolute Zero Aura: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 90 Sec.
- Bishop’s Righteously Indignant: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 300 Sec.
- Bowmaster’s Concentration: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 120 Sec.
- Marksman’s Bullseye Shot: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 150 Sec.
- Night Lord’s Bleed Dart: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 120 Sec.
- Buccaneer's Stimulating Conversation: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 75 Sec.
- Corsair's Whaler's Potion: Duration: 30 Sec, Cooldown: 60 Sec.

Shade
Second Job

Fox Spirits: Fixed an issue where this skill was ignoring a monster's attack nullification skill. Also fixed another issue where this skill was affected by a monster's magic nullification.
Fox Spirit Mastery: Fixed an issue where this skill was ignoring a monster's attack nullification skill. Also fixed another issue where this skill was affected by a monster's magic nullification.

Luminous
First Job

Mana Well: This is now a passive skill.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Equalize: Cast delay is decreased.

Demon Slayer
Third Job

Black-Hearted Strength: This is now a passive skill.

Fourth Job

Dark Metamorphosis: Now makes you invincible while casting.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Blue Blood: Casting delay has been reduced.
Demonic Fortitude: Cast action is removed. Max damage limit is now +10%

Demon Avenger
Second Job

Abyssal Connection: This is now a passive skill.

Fourth Job

Overwhelming Power: This is now a passive skill.
Nether Shield: Fixed an issue where this skill was ignoring a monster's attack nullification skill. Also fixed another issue where this skill was affected by a monster's magic nullification.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Forbidden Contract: Casting delay has been reduced.
Demonic Fortitude: Cast action is removed. Max damage is now +10%.

Resistance

Fixed an issue where an additional Link Skill slot was being used when sharing Spirit of Freedom.

Battle Mage

A darkness attribute has been added for some skills.
Battle Master has been renamed Master of Death

First Job

Condemnation: This attack now has a darkness attribute.

Second Job

Dark Chain: This attack now has a darkness attribute.

Third Job

Dark Shock: This skill's attacks now have darkness attributes.
Battle Burst: This attack now has a darkness attribute.

Fourth Job

Dark Genesis: This attack and attacks while it is on cooldown now have a darkness attribute.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Master of Death: Decreased the number of souls necessary to activate Condemnation. The number of Blow skill hits is now decreased to 1. When using any skill with darkness attributes other than Condemnation the cooldown for Condemnation will be decreased by 0.5 each time. Duration has been lowered to 30 seconds. Cooldown is now 200 Sec.

Wild Hunter
Third Job

Feline Berserk: Red-wing effect can now be toggled On/Off.

Fourth Job

Extended Magazine: This is now a passive skill.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Silent Rampage: Casting delay has been reduced.

Mechanic

Overclock: This is now a passive skill.

Xenon

Since Xenon did not have a skill that increased max damage such as Demonic Fortitude, Orbital Cataclysm now has that same effect.

Second Job

Perspective Shift: This is now a passive skill.

Third Job

Triangulation: Fixed an issue where if an enemy moved too much they would not take damage.

Fourth Job

Hypogram Field: Penetrate: Now follows the damage formula for the character.
Hypogram Field: Force Field: Now follows the damage formula for the character.
Offensive Matrix: This is now a passive skill.
Temporal Pod: Fixed an issue where the skill would still appear if your character became uncontrollable or died.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Orbital Cataclysm: Now invincible while casting. Now increases Max Damage for 25 Sec. after casting.
Amaranth Generator: Cast delay has been reduced.

Mihile

Because Soul Rage was the main focus for his attacking abilities, Mihile's hunting abilities were suffering. After redistributing final damage to other skills as well as critical rate boosts, their strength is up when not using Soul Rage.

Second Job

Soul Driver: Cast delay is reduced.
Sword Mastery: Final damage is now increased by 15%.

Third Job

Radiant Charge: This is now a passive skill.
Righteous Indignation: Final damage is lowered to 25% from 40%.
Intense Focus: Now increases final damage by 10% and critical rate by 20%.

Fourth Job

Four-Point Assault: Damage is reduced to 280% from 320%. Number of attacks is now 8.
Rolling Soul: Decreased final damage boost to 30%. Removed critical rate boost.

Hyper Skills (Passive)

Radiant Cross - Spread: Decreased damage from 100% to 75%. Number of attacks is now 4.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Queen of Tomorrow: Cast action is removed. Maximum damage boost is now a 10% increase instead of 5,000,000.

Kaiser
Second Job

Tempest Blades: Morph gauge increase rate is now lowered.

Third Job

Final Form: Final damage increase and duration after 4th Job Advancement have been decreased. Duration decreased from 90→60 seconds. Final damage boost for 3rd Job is now 10%. Final damage boost for 4th Job is now 15%.
Cursebite: Final Damage against monsters with status ailments increases by 25%.
Catalyze: This is now a passive skill.
Stone Dragon: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Fourth Job

Gigas Wave: Now has 330% damage.
Blade Burst: Delay until swords are summoned has been increased. Kaiser can now move before the explosion, decreasing the delay.
Inferno Breath: Now follows the damage formula for the character.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Kaiser's Majesty: Cast delay has been reduced.

Angelic Buster
First Job

Melody Cross: The HP increase is now a passive.

Second Job

Power Transfer: Creates a protective shield with a value of 1,000 upon casting. The max value of the shield is equal to your Max HP, but it cannot exceed 99,999.

Third Job

Soul Seeker: Fixed an issue where this skill was ignoring a monster's attack nullification skill. Also fixed another issue where this skill was affected by a monster's magic nullification.
Dragon Whistle: This is now a passive skill.

Fourth Job

Trinity: Damage has been increased to 900%.
Celestial Roar: Stun duration is now 3 seconds.
Finale Ribbon: Now raises own Max Damage by 15% and party members' Max Damage is increased by10%. Debuff duration is decreased from 30 → 20 seconds. Cooldown is now 40 seconds.
Soul Seeker Expert: Chance to summon a soul seeker when using Celestial Roar increases 15%. If the Soul Seeker activates, Angelic Buster will become semi-transparent. This can only occur with Angelic Buster's attack skills.

Hyper Skill (Passive)

Piercing Soul Seeker: Bonus DEF ignore is now added. DEF ignored: 10%.
Finale Ribbon - Overwhelm: Max damage cap increased by 20%.
Finale Ribbon - Cooldown Cutter: Cuts cooldown by 25% now.
Piercing Trinity: Now ignores a bonus 20% DEF.
Trinity - Extra Strike: Trinity's damage is now increased.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Pretty Exaltation: Casting time is now reduced.

Zero

Rolling Cross: Damage has been reduced to 365% and number of attacks is increased to 7.
Grand Rolling Cross: The damage will be decreased to 485%. Number of attacks is increased to 8.
Earth Break: Damage reduced to 515% and number of attacks is now 4.
Advanced Earth Break: Damage reduced to 695% and number of attacks is now 5. Shockwave's attacks are now also 5.
Time Holding: If Zero is above Lv. 200, Damage and Max Damage cap is increased by 10% for 90 seconds.

Kinesis
First Job

Psychic Force: The duration for Damage over Time increased to 10 Sec.

Second Job

Psychic Blast: The duration for Damage over Time increased to 10 Sec.

Third Job

Psychic Assault: The duration for Damage over Time increased to 10 Sec.
Kinetic Combo: Fixed an issue where this skill was ignoring a monster's attack nullification skill.

Fourth Job

Mind Break: Fixed an issue where final damage output was abnormally being applied.

Hyper Skill (Passive)

Mind Break - Reinforce: The issue where final damage increase is incorrectly being applied is known and will be fixed.

Hyper Skill (Active)

Mental Tempest: Fixed an issue where moving immediately after activation would not increase your Psychic Points.
Mental Shock: Cooldown is now 210 Sec.