Buccaneer

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The journey's been long and hard, but if can make it through the Brawler and Marauder jobs, the door of the Buccaneer will finally be open to you, and through it, you will find the absolute, brutal power unleashed by the master of the Knuckle. Like a sturdy ship among the turbulent waves of the sea, you stand tall in the heart of large groups of enemies and come out on top, demolishing them all with a brutal display of Energy and Power! As soon as you add those first couple of points into your skill book, you will immediately experience the boost from being a Marauder.

Buccaneers, also called "Buccs" for short, are a heavy mobbing class; virtually all of their offensive skills are focused on hitting 3 or more monsters except one. Maneuvering through groups of enemies and obliterating them with high-power mobbing skills is the essence of the class while supportive skills are there to keep your damage at its maximum. The greatest mobbing skill in their arsenal -- Buccaneer Blast -- requires that the user keep their energy fully charged as much as possible. Buccaneers are excellent mobbers, amazing rushers, and are adequate on 1v1 damage, however the player's ability to remain adept at using their new, powerful skills in conjunction with the previously-obtained skills from preceding jobs is what separates an adequate Buccaneer from a great one.

The basic approach in playing this class is to keep Energy charged as often as possible to have access to the wide-sweeping Buccaneer Blast. This can be done using the newly-obtained Dragon Strike, which has a large horizontal and vertical range and dishes out formidable damage to mobs. Along with this, one must also become acquainted with the Nautilus Strike, the universal Adventurer Pirate ultimate. What makes this skill differently used for Buccaneers as opposed to other classes is the ability to Mount Cancel, which is the use of the class-exclusive mount to break out of the stationary cast time during the execution of the attack. Using this aptly will prove to be a great step in controlling your Buccaneer adeptly.

Buccaneers have but one single-target skill in their entire skill pool -- Octopunch -- but this is one of the fastest multi-hitting single-mob skills in the game. Of course, it's not as powerful as other skills from other classes that are more adept at 1v1 combat, such as a Corsair's Rapid Fire in conjunction with Captain's Dignity, but it is swift and effective, although it does require that the user be in close proximity of the target.

Finally, there are the amazingly potent buffs that will make or break your Buccaneer in the long term. Almost immediately, you will want to max Crossbones, as it provides not only a sizeable boost to your damage range, but also improves your Knuckle Mastery. Following that, there is Typhoon Crush, which has the opportunity to completely nullify the defense of the mob being attacked. This will prove to be a very useful skill when attacking mobs and bosses that have a large amount of defense, such as Chaos Pink Bean and Horntail.

Job Tree

First Job	Second Job	Third Job	Fourth Job	Knights Of Cygnus
Pirate	Gunslinger Brawler	Outlaw Marauder	Corsair Buccaneer	Thunder Breaker

First Job	Second Job	Third Job	Fourth Job
Cannon Shooter	Cannoneer	Cannon Trooper	Cannon Master

Skills

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Dragon Strike	Summons a sleeping dragon from the depths of Maple World to damage multiple enemies. Damage increases when fully charged.	Active	30	x	-
	Buccaneer Blast Double Blast	Buccaneer Blast: Focuses your energy into powerful bolts that shoot at enemies. When fully charged, Double Blast does more damage and travels further. Double Blast: Focuses you energy to fire powerful bolts. The damage and range are greater than Energy Blast.	Active	30	x	-
	Ultra Charge	Push the energy control ability to extremes to enhance all the effects of fully charged status.	Passive	10	x	-
	Crossbones	Summons the souls of pirates past to temporarily increase Attack. Also increases Abnormal Status Resistance, Elemental Resistance, and Knuckle Mastery as passive effects.	Supportive	30	x	Level 10 Knuckle Mastery
	Octopunch Octopunch Outrage	Octopunch: Pummels enemies with supernatural punches. Damage increases when fully charged. Octopunch Outrage: Pummels enemies with supernatural punches. Damage increases when fully charged.	Active	30	x	-
	Nautilus Strike	Order the Nautilus to attack multiple enemies at once.	Active	30	x	-
	Typhoon Crush	Grants a chance to ignore all enemy DEF. Applies to Boss Monsters as well.	Passive	20	x	-
	Double Down	Try your luck! Roll two dice, and if both have the same number, you'll receive a very powerful buff.	Supportive	5	x	Level 20 Roll of the Dice
	Speed Infusion	Uses HP and MP to double your team's attack speed. This can be combined with other boosters.	Supportive	20	x	Knuckle Booster Lv.10
	Time Leap	Resets the cooldown for your skills and your party member's skills. Does not reset the cooldown of Time Leap.	Supportive	5	x	-
	Pirate's Revenge	When attacked, you have a chance to increase your attack damage. The higher the skill level, the longer the buff. Pirate's Revenge can only proc once every 50 seconds.	Passive	10	x	-
	Maple Warrior	Increases all players' stats within a team by a certain percentage.	Supportive	30	x	-
	Hero's Will	Cures you from being Seduced. The cooldown decreases as the skill level increases.	Supportive	5	x	-