Spearman
See Hybrid Spearman also.
Why Be A Spearman?
The Spearman is known for its incredible attacking power as well as its incredible mobbing abilities. They sacrifice speed for extra range and huge attacking power. They have the most unstable damage out of the three warrior branches and tend to be very difficult in first and second jobs, but the payout can be well worth it for the elite few who can make it to the third job.
Pros and Cons
All classes have goods and bads. These are the spearmen's:
Pros
- Spears and Polearms (the weapons that Spearmen use) have the longest range of the warrior weapons, thus making mobbing more effective.
- Higher MP than Fighters and Pages.
- Get Hyper Body, a fantastic party skill, which is almost a requirement for any successful boss party.
- When stabbing (as opposed to slashing), spears will deal 1.5x damage; when slashing (as opposed to stabbing), polearms will deal 1.5x damage.
Cons
- Lower HP than Fighters and Pages.
- One of the slower leveling classes.
- Can't equip shields (spears and polearms are 2-handed) so they lost out on extra defence.
- A very large damage range.
- Spear slashes do 60% of the damage of spear stabs, and polearm stabs do 60% of the damage of polearm slashes. This is what gives Spear(wo)men their unstable damage, even after gaining mastery.
- No Power Guard
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.
- Polearms are found more commonly than spears.
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
- Arans also uses Pole-Arms, who are better in that sense.
Pros - Hybrid
- Has the Strength of pole-arms in 2nd job without the cost of them in 3rd.
Cons - Hybrid
- 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
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%
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 -20; MaxHP +2%, MaxMP +2% for 10 seconds
- Level 30: MP -60; MaxHP +60%, MaxMP +60% for 300 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
Before reading any of this, you should be aware that low dex warriors are more expensive than their normal dex counterparts. The idea of a low dex warrior is to have low dex and use items that add dex, in order to allow more stats to be added to strength. A normal low dex warrior has anywhere from forty to sixty 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 a green bamboo hat, which costs about 15k and adds 3 dex. At lvl 42 buy icarus cape (2)+5 dex which worth 4mil (you will have the money at that lvl if you have a funder) You may also want to invest in sniper potions if the money is available to you.
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)
Max Acc - + 57.6 Min Acc - + 47.6
So if you have 40 base dex you will have 32 acc 32+57.6 = 89 acc which is 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: I second the guy above me. I'd like to add that the minimum SP you should save for Final Attack should be 15. Low level FA does pretty poor damage.
- Note by a player: For the dexless build, I suggest pumping all your 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 your 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+ you can pump the rest of your SP into Booster or Iron Will.
- Note by a player: For a Hybrid Spearman, Final Attack is not recommended. The points normally used for Final Attack should be used in Polearm Booster and Spear Booster. This way, Pole Arm Master, Spear Mastery, Spear Booster, Pole Arm Booster, and Hyperbody end up Maxed.
- Note by a player: REMEMBER, before 2nd JOB, still being a warrior, so try to use swords, because, the spears without mastery, has low possibilities to hit at max.