Spearman
See Hybrid Spearman also.
Why Be A Spearman?
A Spearman is a class that is known as the best Warrior class in Maple story. This, in some people's opinions, is true. Spearmen are probably the class with the most builds. A spearman can look forward to becoming a Dragon Knight.
Pros and Cons
All classes have goods and bads. These are the spearmen's:
Pros
- Spears and Polearms, Spearmen's weapons, have long range (longest range of all warriors), thus making slash blast a powerful skill as it can hit more enemies.
- Higher MP than Fighters and Pages.
- Get Hyper Body, a fantastic party skill.
- Slash/Stab, dealing even more damage.
Cons
- Lower HP than Fighters and Pages.
- One of the slower classes.
- Can't equip shields (spears and polearms are 2-handed).
- A very large damage range, sometimes bad.
Spears or Polearms
Choosing between spears and polearms isn't easy. Look below to find pros and cons for each weapon.
Pros - Spears
- Mobs in 3rd job appear in sizes that favor the use of Buster.
- Usually cheaper than polearms.
- Dragon Blood and Buster combined are quite powerful.
Cons - Spears
- Only approximately two-fifths (≈40%) of the attacks are stabs, which weakens the spear's usefulness
- Overshadowed by Polearms in the 2nd job due to higher chance of slashing.
Pros - Polearms
- Approximately Three-fifths (≈60%) of the attacks are slashes, powerful for polearms and can hit more enemies above and below you.
- Better than spears in 2nd job due to higher chance of slashing.
- Dragon Fury has less delay than Buster.
Cons - Polearms
- Usually more expensive than Spears
- Mobs in 3rd job appear in sizes that favor the use of Buster.
- Not useful for using Buster, which attacks multiple enemies and hits multiple times.*also like to note that polearms can be found easier than spears in more common areas and look COOL!
Pros - Hybrid
- Has the Strength of pole-arms in 2nd job without the cost of them in 3rd.
Cons - Hybrid
- When you max Dragon Crusher, you will hardly ever use a Pole Arm again and waste the Mastery on Pole arms, this is because Crusher is alot stronger than Fury / Sacrifice.
- Hybrids will either max Final Attack and have low level Spear and Polearm Boosters, or max both boosters and skip Final Attack altogether.
Skills
- Main article: Category:Spearman Skills
Spear Mastery Master Level: 20
Increases the spear mastery and accuracy. It only applies when a spear is in hand.
- Requirements: None
- Level 1: Spear Mastery 15%, accuracy +1
- Level 20:Spear Mastery 60%, accuracy +20
Polearm Mastery Master Level: 20
Increases the pole arm mastery and accuracy. It only applies when a pole arm is in hand.
- Requirements: None
- Level 1: Polearm Mastery 15%, accuracy +1
- Level 20: Polearm Mastery 60%, accuracy +20
File:Final Attack Icon.gif Final Attack: Spear Master Level: 30
With a certain success rate, another attack performs after an attacking skill. Only works with a spear in hand.
- Requirements: 3 in Spear Mastery
- Level 1: 2% success rate, final attack with spear damage 105%
- Level 30: 60% success rate, final attack with spear damage 250%
File:Final Attack Icon.gif Final Attack: Pole Arm Master Level: 30
With a certain success rate, another attack performs after an attacking skill. Only works with a pole arm in hand.
- Requirements: 3 in Pole Arm Mastery
- Level 1: 2% success rate, final attack with pole arm damage 105%
- Level 30: 60% success rate, final attack with pole arm damage 250%
Spear Booster Master Level: 20
Use HP and MP to temporarily boost up the attacking speed of the equipped spear. It only applies when a spear is in hand.
- Requirements: 5 in Spear Mastery
- Level 1: HP -29, MP -29; Increase in spear speed for 10 seconds
- Level 20: HP -10, MP -10; Increase in spear speed for 200 seconds
Polearm Booster Master Level: 20
Use HP and MP to temporarily boost up the attacking speed of the equipped pole arm. It only applies when a pole arm is in hand.
- Requirements: Level 5 Polearm Mastery
- Level 1: HP -29, MP -29; Increase in polearm speed for 10 seconds
- Level 20: HP -10, MP -10; Increase in polearm speed for 200 seconds
Iron Will Master Level: 20
Temporarily increases the level of weapon and magic defense on every member of the party around the area.
- Requirements: none
- Level 1: MP -12; Weapon def. +1, magic def. +1 for 15 seconds
- Level 20: MP -24; Weapon def. +20, magic def. +20 for 300 seconds
Hyper Body Master Level: 30
Temporarily increases the Max HP and Max MP of all members of the party around the area.
- Requirements: 3 in Iron Will
- Level 1:MP -25; MaxHP +2%, MaxMP +2% for 10 seconds
- Level 30: MP -50; MaxHP +60%, MaxMP +60% for 155 seconds
AP Builds
Normal Build
DEX = Levelx2, rest into STR
Minimum STR until about 120 DEX Build
Get just enough STR for next armor, rest into DEX
No DEX Build
All points into STR
(Note: Not recommended unless you have a funder) (Another Note: By "Funded" it means have at least 5mil with you- 3mil or 4mil(sometimes 2mil) for the Brown Bandana 50k-100k for Fish Spear 400k-450k for 800 and/or 900 Sniper Pots)
Low Dex Build
1 dex = 0.8 acc
For this build you'll need some money :P
Low dex warrior build's idea is this: to have low dex and use items that add dex,
pretty smart ha? XD
low dex warrior has around 40-65 dex.
If you don't have money:
At lvl 35 you will buy blue crusader chainmail, and make it +10 with 100% scrolls. It will cost you 462.5k (overall is 112.5k and the scrolls are 35k each- 350k, will give you 14 dex). Use green bamboo hat, costs about 15k and adds 3 dex (great ha? :D) At lvl 42 buy icarus cape (2)+5 dex which worth 4mil (ull have the money in that lvl if u have a funder) And buy sniper pills only if you need because it's kinda expensive ;P
so, at lvl 50 instead of having 80-90 dex you will have the base dex u chose (let's say it's 60)+ 22 dex. So you will have 60+22 = 82 dex :D If you still miss the monsters then buy work gloves that adds dex (+6 dex +10 acc worth 4.5mil) When you will have money to buy better overall armors , attack work gloves, cape, and snowshoes + 7 acc or better.
If you have money:
Buy the lvl 35 overall 19-24 dex (19 - 20mil, 24 - 50mil) Buy at lvl 42 Icarus 10 dex (worth 45mil - i think) Buy work gloves 8-15 (rofl 15 XD) attack (8 worth 35 mil, 9 worth 45mil, 10 worth 70mil...) Buy snowshoes 7-13 acc (dont know the price) Buy at lvl 25 green bamboo hat (worth 15k) That's it :P
Max Acc - + 57.6 Min Acc - + 41.4
So if you have 40 base dex you will have 32 acc 32+57.6 = 89 acc which are 111.25 dex!
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Skill Point Distribution
In this build, [Weapon] refers to the weapon in which you are going to specialise in (Polearm/Spear). Also note that this build is for pure Spearmen intending to specialise in one weapon, for those who want to be Hybrid Spearmen, the SP build is found in Hybrid Spearman.
Level 30: 1 into [weapon] mastery (1)
Level 31: 3 into [weapon] mastery (4)
Level 32: 3 into [weapon] mastery (7)
Level 33: 3 into [weapon] mastery (10)
Level 34: 3 into [weapon] mastery (13)
Level 35: 3 into [weapon] mastery (16)
Level 36: 3 into [weapon] mastery (19)
Level 37: 3 into [weapon] Final Attack (3)
Level 38; 3 into [weapon] Final Attack (6)
Level 39: 3 into [weapon] Final Attack (9)
Level 40: 3 into [weapon] Final Attack (12)
Level 41: 3 into [weapon] Final Attack (15)
Level 42: 3 into [weapon] Final Attack (18)
Level 43: 3 into [weapon] Final Attack (21)
Level 44: 3 into [weapon] Final Attack (24)
Level 45: 3 into [weapon] Final Attack (27)
Level 46: 3 into [weapon] Final Attack (30)
Level 47: 3 into Iron Will (3)
Level 48: 3 into Hyper Body (3)
Level 49: 3 into Hyper Body (6)
Level 50: 3 into Hyper Body (9)
Level 51: 3 into Hyper Body (12)
Level 52: 3 into Hyper Body (15)
Level 53: 3 into Hyper Body (18)
Level 54: 3 into Hyper Body (21)
Level 55: 3 into Hyper Body (24)
Level 56: 3 into Hyper Body (27)
Level 57: 3 into Hyper Body (30)
Level 58: 3 into [weapon] Booster (3)
Level 59: 3 into [weapon] Booster (6)(You just need 6 because you dont need that much of it)
Level 60: 3 into Iron Will (6)
Level 61: 3 into Iron Will (9)
Level 62: 3 into Iron Will (12)
Level 63: 3 into Iron Will (15)
Level 64: 3 into Iron Will (18)
Level 65: 2 into Iron Will (20) 1 into anything you want (last [weapon] mastery advised)
Level 66: Put it to any thing you want ([Weapon] booster/Improving HP Recovery/Iron Body)
Level 67: Put it to any thing you want ([Weapon] booster/Improving HP Recovery/Iron Body)
Level 68: Put it to any thing you want ([Weapon] booster/Improving HP Recovery/Iron Body)
Level 69: Put it to any thing you want ([Weapon] booster/Improving HP Recovery/Iron Body)
Level 70: Put it to any thing you want ([Weapon] booster/Improving HP Recovery/Iron Body)
Final Results:
19 [Weapon] Mastery
30 [Weapon] Final Attack (Maxed)
6 [Weapon] Booster
20 Iron Will (Maxed)
30 Hyper Body (Maxed)
And, 16 spare points
Note by a player: I recommend spearmen (and all warriors, in fact) to save up sp for final attack. In lower levels, final attack might not knockback the monster, and you'll get hit.Note by a player:For the dexless build,i suggest pumping all ur sp into mastery first to get accuracy which will benefit you in hitting high leveled monsters at a specific level.Then booster(not until maxed yet)Then hyper body and lastly final attack as ur damage is high enough and you do not need to knock monsters back if only depending on dodging..then finally when you're about lvl 67+ u can pump the rest of ur sp into booster or iron will.