Dual Blade

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Description

The Dual Blade is the newest class in Global MapleStory as of v.88 on July 21, 2010. It is a branch of the Thief class, yet highly separated and identified by their flashy, quick, stabbing and slashing skills.

"There is a secret war raging in the heart of Kerning City. Lady Syl, the former Dark Lord’s daughter, wages a silent war against the current Dark Lord and his Thieves from an unknown location simply known as the ‘Secret Garden’. Convinced that the current Dark Lord is responsible for her father's death, Lady Syl seeks revenge with the aid of her Dual Blades that wield a deadly weapon in each hand."

Dual Blades have a slightly changed equipment menu. Dual Blades do not possess a shield slot, instead they have a secondary weapon slot. They wield a dagger in their main weapon slot and a katara in their secondary weapon slot.

• Note from a player: Dual Blades actually DO have a shield slot but when you try to equip a shield, it says 'Dual Blade characters cannot equip shields'

Back Story

The Dark Lord. It’s an unfortunate name, for it brings up images of evil and fear. Yet the one who bears that title does so not because he is evil, but because he spends so much time in the dark, battling against the things that would bring Maple World down. It’s a high and lonely destiny, one borne well by all those who have carried the title.

The former Dark Lord was a great man who spent his life fighting against the forces of darkness. As all Dark Lords must, he had carefully groomed possible successors. His two greatest students were a young man named Jin and his own daughter, who is known to us now only as ‘Lady Syl.’ Both were excellent students, people of great strength and moral character and he cherished and loved both of them. In turn, Lady Syl and Jin revered their teacher and developed a great affection for each other. Times were happy as they all trained and worked together.

The trouble began with an urgent request from Tristan, the Dark Lord’s friend. It seemed that Balrog had been resurrected and was destroying Victoria Island. The Dark Lord immediately headed out to help but when he arrived in Sleepywood, his friend Tristan was nowhere to be found. He eventually tracked down Balrog and faced him in mortal combat. Alas, Balrog is a foe not so easily beaten for his evil is not merely physical, but spiritual as well. The Dark Lord lost his focus for a split second and allowed Balrog’s evil to slip past his shields – and he lost his soul. The Dark Lord had become one of the very monsters he had spent his life defeating and began attacking Kerning City.

Jin, who had followed his master against his wishes, witnessed everything. In despair and agony, he tried to appeal to the thing that was his former master, trying to get it to remember the man of virtue and honor he once was. Alas, it was no use! Jin knew what he would have to do, what his true master would have wanted and he defeated the monster that wore his master’s beloved face. Tears stinging his eyes, Jin carried the body back home to bury him in honor and succeed him as Dark Lord.

As it happened, Balrog claimed two victims that day. Lady Syl, her mind and soul shattered by the loss of her beloved father, blamed Jin for not protecting him. In time she came to believe that Jin had even engineered her father’s death in order to take his position as Dark Lord. Nothing Jin could say or do could convince her that she was mistaken, that he would have given anything to save her father’s life and that he never wanted to become Dark Lord in this way. It did not work. Lady Syl’s heart grew cold and bitter, hating the man she had loved with a cold fury that was like a wall of ice between them.

The last time they saw one another, Jin made one last entreaty to Lady Syl, begging her to remember her father’s honor and greatness and the love they had once shared. Lady Syl merely promised him that when the end came, his death would rival her father’s in pain and anguish.

Now there is a secret war raging in the heart of Kerning City. Lady Syl and her Dual Blades continue her struggle against the Dark Lord from an unknown location simply known as the ‘Secret Garden.’ Her new organization is growing in strength and more and more skillful Rogues are disappearing. The Dark Lord knows that Lady Syl is getting ready to make her move, though he does not yet know what that move will be.

Meanwhile, a man named Ryden in a back alley of Kerning City begins talking to travelers here and there, making an interesting offer.

At the Secret Garden, Lady Syl takes care of her plants, gathers her forces and nurses her ever-growing rage and bitterness towards the Dark Lord.

Yet in the silence of her empty heart, a tiny ember of something she’d long thought extinguished remains. Whether it can burst into flame before she and the Dark Lord destroy one another, no one knows.[1]

Job Tree

First Stage	Second Stage	Third Stage	Fourth Stage	Fifth Stage	Sixth Stage
Rogue	Blade Recruit	Blade Acolyte	Blade Specialist	Blade Lord	Blade Master

Rogue

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Dark Sight	Hides in the shadows. With Dark Sight active, you can neither attack nor be attacked.	Supportive	10	x	-
	Flash Jump	Use while in the middle of a jump to jump even further. The jumping distance increases as the skill level increases.	Active	5	x	-
	Bandit Slash	Lashes out at a group of enemies with your off-hand weapon.	Active	20	x	-
	Side Step	Permanently increases Dodge Chance.	Passive	10	x	-

NOTE: Dual Blade Rogue's Dark Sight is mastered at level 10

Blade Recruit

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Katara Mastery	Increases the weapon mastery and accuracy of daggers and kataras.	Passive	10	x	-
	Tornado Spin	QDashes forward quickly to perform a powerful spin attack against multiple enemies. Lv. 15 effects: Links to Lv. 10+ Flying Assaulter	Active	15	x	-
	Self Haste	Temporarily increases Movement Speed and Jump. Increases maximum Movement Speed permanently.	Supportive	10	x	-

Blade Acolyte

NOTE: Slash Storm requires a Mastery Book at level 5

Blade Specialist

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Katara Booster	Doubles the attack speed of your weapon. Must have a Katara equipped.	Supportive	10	x	Lv. 5 Katara Mastery
	Fatal Blow	Deals very quick consecutive attacks to a monster.	Active	10	x	-
	Slash Storm	Moves you forward while attacking multiple enemies.	Active	20	x	-
	Channel Karma	Maximizes Weapon Attack power.	Supportive	20	x	-
	Physical Training	Permanently improves LUK and DEX through sheer physical training.	Passive	5	x	-

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Flying Assaulter	Fly down through the sky to slash nearby enemies with a chance to stun. Lv. 10 effect: Links to Lv. 15 Tornado Spin and Lv. 10 Bloody Storm	Active	20	x	-
	Flashbang	Throws a flash bang to temporarily blind multiple monsters, with a chance to decrease the enemy Accuracy Rate.	Active	5	x	-
	Upper Stab	Launches multiple enemies into the air. You can deal additional damage by attacking the enemies in the air.	Active	10	x	-
	Venom	Your dagger is permanently coated with venom, giving all your attacks the chance to Poison enemies. Poison is not stackable, and it cannot cause enemies' HP to drop below 1.	Passive	20	x	-

NOTE: Tornado Spin requires a Mastery Book at level 5

Blade Lord

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Bloody Storm	A superior form of Slash Storm. Attacks multiple enemies at a very high speed with elaborate movements. Also provides passive damage increases for Tornado Spin and Flying Assaulter. Lv. 10 effect: Links to Lv. 10 Flying Assaulter	Active	20	x	Slash Storm Lv. 20
	Advanced Dark Sight	Learning Stealth allows you to attack in Dark Sight, with a chance of not ending Dark Sight. There is a chance to automatically trigger Dark Sight on attack and attacking in Dark Sight will increase damage.	Active	5	x	Dark Sight Lv. 10
	Mirror Image	Summons a doppelganger that looks just like you to assist in attacks for a certain amount of time. Your doppelganger cannot use certain skills.	Active	20	x	-
	Enveloping Darkness	Cover yourself with darkness, increasing Max HP, Abnormal Status Resistance, and Elemental Resistance are permanently.	Passive	10	x	-
	Chains of Hell	Chains of Hell pulls an enemy close and deals 10 consecutive Critical strikes with a chance to stun. Stationary monsters must be in range.	Active	20	x	-
	Shadow Meld	Increases your chance to dodge incoming attacks. A successful dodge will also put you into a 1 second frenzy where your attack power increases and every hit becomes a Critical.	Active	20	x	-
	Life Drain	Chance to recover HP when attacking. You cannot recover more than 20% of your Max HP.	Passive	5	x	-

Blade Master

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Maple Warrior	Increases the stats of all party members.	Active	30	x	-
	Hero's Will	By focusing your mind, you can ignore some abnormal status effects. However, this will not work on all abnormal status effects.	Supportive	5	x	-
	Sudden Raid	Calls in a horde of friends to set the stage on fire.	Active	30	x	-
	Final Cut	Sacrifices a significant amount of HP to deal powerful damage to multiple enemies. Has a small chance of causing instant death, and some skills will gain a damage bonus for a while.	Active	30	x	-
	Blade Fury	Spin furiously to damage nearby enemies. A portion of an enemy's defense will be ignored.	Active	30	x	-
	Dual Wield Expert	Increases weapon mastery, Weapon ATT, Accuracy, and Avoidability of daggers and kataras.	Passive	30	x	Level 10 Katara Mastery
	Phantom Blow	Deals a flurry of piercing attacks against one enemy. A portion of an enemy's defense will be ignored.	Active	30	x	-
	Mirrored Target	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.	Active	30	x	Mirror Image Lv. 20
	Toxic Venom	Increases Venom's poison chance and permanently increases poison damage.	Passive	10	x	Level 20 Venom
	Thorns	Increases your ATT for a fixed period of time and allows you to resist knock-back effects when struck.	Active	30	x	-
	Sharpness	Increases your Critical Hit Rate and minimum Critical Damage.	Passive	10	x	-

Release Dates

• GMS: July 21, 2010
• MSEA: November 10, 2010
• EMS: April 21, 2011

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Dual Blade Guides

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