Runypro99's 40 Dex Aran Guide

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Runypro99's Low Dex Aran Guide(currently until level70)

Aran

40 Dex Aran Mastery Guide

This guide is made by Runypro99.

Welcome to the famous low-dex Aran guide. I will help you out on most of your training spots and SP adding til 3rd Job.

Introduction

Aran is a version of a polearm-based warrior. Unlike other jobs however, it has the unique Combo Ability, where its damage increases with the number it hits it does. This is Aran's strongest and weakest points. Low-dex Aran allows the Aran to maximise its damage without spending too much money.

Pros:

• Has mob skill at 1st Job which hits up to 12 monsters, where other jobs hit up to 6 monsters until 3rd Job (Meso Explosion, Dragon Roar, Genesis .etc)
• High damage with Combo Ability
• Strong at MC1, MP3 and Magatia maps
• Fast attacks despite using polearm
• Can apply ice element to attacks.
• Combo Drain nearly removes the use of HP potions.

Cons:

• Accuracy problems, which means dexless arans are very expensive.
• Max HP is lower than Warrior class.
• Stunned breaks combos, resulting in weaker damage before combo count returns.
• Most skills require combos instead of MP, thus not spammable.
• No screen-range skill that is spammable; Tempest requires user to hit monster once before it dies

Legend

The Legend is the Beginner form of the Five Heroes who fought the Black Wizard.

Legend Skills

Common Beginner Skills

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Cooldown
	Link Manager	Allows you to manage your Link Skills, either by sharing with other characters on your account, or by choosing which skills to use on this character.	Active	1	-
	Nebulite Fusion	N/A	Active	1	-
	Blessing of the Fairy	Grants 1 skill level for every 10 levels your highest level character has. Between Blessing of the Fairy and Empress's Blessing, the higher increase is applied.	Passive	20	-
	Empress's Blessing	For every 5 levels on your highest level Cygnus Knight or Mihile character, this skill will gain 1 Skill Point. Blessing of the Fairy and Empress's Blessing do not stack, so only the stronger skill will be active. This skill can reach a max of Level 30, based on your Cygnus Knight or Mihile character's Noble Mind skill.	Passive	30	-
	Echo of Hero	Increase weapon attack and magic attack on all players around. (Only obtainable at level 200.)	Supportive	1	2 Hours

Noblesse

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Terms Between Skills
	Elemental Harmony	Use the harmony of nature to build affinity for an element of your choosing.	Passive	1	-
	Elemental Shift	Jump in any direction except down by pressing a direction key and jump in midair.	Supportive	3	10 Min
	Cygnus Blessing	The blessing of the awakened empress empowers the body to escape from danger.	Passive	2	-
	Elemental Slash	Attack enemies in front of you with pure, primal energy.	Active	1	-
	Elemental Expert	Become an expert of the elements to free you from elemental restrictions on all your skills.	Passive	1	-
	Imperial Recall	Return to the Empress using Shinsoo's power.	Supportive	1	30 minutes
	Noble Mind	Enhances Empress's Blessing effects	Passive	6	-

Here is the link to the three Legend skills: Beginner Skills

Legend Skill Build

This is the skill build I reccomend. Anything will do.

• Level 1: None
• Level 2: 1 Nimble Feet
• Level 3: 1 Nimble Feet
• Level 4: 1 Nimble Feet [MAX]
• Level 5: 1 Recovery
• Level 6: 1 Recovery
• Level 7: 1 Recovery [MAX]

Total: 6 Points:

• Three Snails (0)
• Recovery (3) [MAX]
• Nimble Feet (3) [MAX]

Legend Training

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It is very easy; just do Rien Quests. When you are level 10, CONGRATS ON BECOMING AN ARAN.

First Job Skills

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Prerequisites
	Combo Ability	Gain increased ATT, DEF, and Speed for every 10 Combo Count.	Passive	10	Lv. 10 Double Swing
	Double Swing	Press the attack key twice to deal a double attack on up to 8 enemies	Active	20	-
	Combat Step	Press a direction key twice to quickly move a short distance. Additionally has a passive effect which permanently increases the movement speed and the supremum of maximum movement speed.	Supportive	5	Lv. 5 Double Swing
	Polearm Booster	Triples the attack speed of your weapon. Must have a polearm equipped.	Supportive	20	Lv. 5 Combat Step
	Combo Smash	Uses the polearm to fire a burst of energy at enemies in front of you.	Active	10	Lv. 1 Combo Ability

First Job Skill Build

The Normal Aran Build:

• Level 10: 1 Double Swing (1)
• Level 11: 3 Double Swing (4)
• Level 12: 3 Double Swing (7)
• Level 13: 3 Double Swing (10)
• Level 14: 3 Double Swing (13)
• Level 15: 3 Double Swing (16)
• Level 16: 3 Double Swing (19)
• Level 17: 2 Combo Ability (2), 1 Double Swing (20) [MAX]
• Level 18: 3 Combo Ability (5)
• Level 19: 3 Combo Ability (8)
• Level 20: 3 Combo Ability (10) [MAX], Combat Step (1)
• Level 21: 3 Combat Step (4),
• Level 22: 3 Combat Step (7)
• Level 23: 3 Combat Step (10)
• Level 24: 3 Combat Step (13)
• Level 25: 3 Combat Step (15) [MAX], 1 Polearm Booster (1)
• Level 26: 3 Polearm Booster (4)
• Level 27: 3 Polearm Booster (7)
• Level 28: 3 Polearm Booster (10)
• Level 29: 3 Polearm Booster (13)
• Level 30: 3 Polearm Booster (16)

Total: 61 Skill Points

• Combo Ability (10) [MAX]
• Double Swing (20) [MAX]
• Combat Step (15) [MAX]
• Polearm Booster (16)

• • Note:

       You can choose to max Polearm Booster instead, but it just increases the time of the buff.
       You can also chose to max Combo Ability after Combat Step as at 1st Job, it doesn't make much difference.

AP Build

The AP Build is very easy. For each level up, it's +3 Str and 2 Dex. I capped my dex at 40, which is that aim of the guide. So you can stop adding dex at about Lv20 and put all your AP in Str.

Training Places

• Level 10-13: Do Keep Training! 1 until Keep Training! 3 and unlock Combo Ability.
• Level 13-15: Do the Aran Quests. You can train at Henesys on Cynical Orange Mushrooms or Pigs.
• Level 15-20: This should become easier. Train on Octopus at Henesys. There is a Hidden Street there with huge mobs of Octopus.
• Level 20+: Here comes the more tedious Aran quests. Click [here] for help.

     You can try Monster Survival: Closed Section or stick with Kerning PQ.
     At lvl 25++, go train on Zombie Mushrooms in the Mushroom-growing Cave.

• Level 28-30: Scorpions are EPIC EXP. Or you could stick with the old training spots.

2nd Job Advancement

Tips

• Keep stock of Return Town Scrolls and Return Lith Harbour Scrolls. When going to fight the Puppeteer, stock up on All Cure potions.
• Get a party when doing Aran Mob quests. They are quite tedious.
• Get a dex-scrolled bathrobe at LV20. Solves most of your current accuracy problems.
• If you are funded, try for a Brown Bandana or Scrolled/Coloured Workgloves. Even better, a Yellow Maple Bandana which adds +1 to each stat.
• Do Kerning PQ and REMEMBER TO GET SQUASHY SHOES. THEY ADD 1 TO EACH STAT. DON'T BE AN IDIOT LIKE ME.

Skills

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Prerequisites
	Polearm Mastery	Increases the weapon mastery, accuracy, and speed of polearms.	Passive	10	Lv. 3 Triple Swing
	Triple Swing	Press the attack key three times to deal a triple attack on up to 8 enemies.	Active	20	Lv. 20 Double Swing
	Final Charge	Charge forward, knocking back enemies in your path. Can only be activated after using Triple Swing. Has a chance to stun enemies.	Active	10	Lv. 20 Triple Swing
	Combo Fenrir	Throw a polearm that penetrates a certain amount of monsters in the direction you are facing	Active	10	Lv. 1 Combo Ability
	Combo Drain	Activates a buff that absorbs a portion of damage received as HP. Can only absorb up to 20% of your Max HP.	Active	10	Lv. 1 Combo Ability
	Body Pressure	Temporarily enables Body Attacks on enemies. Attacked enemies may be Stunned for 5 seconds.	Supportive	5	-
	Final Attack	Grants a chance to deal additional damage after an attack. Must have a polearm equipped.	Passive	20	Level 3 Polearm Mastery
	Snow Charge	Permanently increases damage and infuses your polearm with ice for a certain amount of time.	Supportive	10	-
	Physical Training	Improves STR and DEX permanently through physical training.	Passive	5	-

Second Job Skill Build

My Aran build

2ns Job Aran:

• Level 30: 1 Triple Swing (1)
• Level 31: 1 Polearm Mastery (2), 2 Triple Swing (3)
• Level 32: 3 Polearm Mastery (5)
• Level 33: 3 Polearm Mastery (8)
• Level 34: 3 Polearm Mastery (11)
• Level 35: 3 Polearm Mastery (14)
• Level 36: 3 Polearm Mastery (17)
• Level 37: 3 Polearm Mastery (20) [MAX]
• Level 38: 3 Combo Drain (3)
• Level 39: Save SP (2), 1 Body Pressure (1)
• Level 40: Save SP (5)
• Level 41: Save SP (8)
• Level 42: Save SP (11)
• Level 43: Save SP (14)
• Level 44: Save SP (17)
• Level 45: 20 Combo Smash (20) [MAX]
• Level 46: 3 Combo Drain (6)
• Level 47: 3 Combo Drain (9)
• Level 48: 3 Combo Drain (12)
• Level 49: 3 Combo Drain (15)
• Level 50: 3 Combo Drain (18)
• Level 51: 2 Combo Drain (20) [MAX], 1 Triple Swing (4)
• Level 52: 3 Triple Swing (7)
• Level 53: 3 Triple Swing (10)
• Level 54: 2 Triple Swing (12), 1 Final Charge (1)
• Level 55: 3 Triple Swing (15)
• Level 56: 3 Triple Swing (18)
• Level 57: 2 Triple Swing (20) [MAX], 1 Final Charge (2)
• Level 58: 2 Final Charge (4), 1 Body Pressure (2)
• Level 59: 2 Final Charge (6), 1 Body Pressure (3)
• Level 60: 2 Final Charge (8), 1 Body Pressure (4)
• Level 61: 2 Final Charge (10), 1 Body Pressure (5)
• Level 62: 2 Final Charge (12), 1 Body Pressure (6)
• Level 63: 2 Final Charge (14), 1 Body Pressure (7)
• Level 64: 2 Final Charge (16), 1 Body Pressure (8)
• Level 65: 2 Final Charge (18), 1 Body Pressure (9)
• Level 66: 2 Final Charge (20), 1 Body Pressure (10)
• Level 67: 1 Final Charge (21), 1 Body Pressure (11)
• Level 68: 3 Body Pressure (14)
• Level 69: 3 Body Pressure (17)
• Level 70: 3 Body Pressure (20) [MAX]

Total: 121 Skill Points

• 20 Triple Swing [MAX]
• 20 Body Pressure [MAX]
• 20 Polearm Mastery [MAX]
• 20 Combo Drain [MAX]
• 20 Combo Smash [MAX]
• 21 Final Charge

• • Note: You can max Body Pressure before Final Charge if you find it more useful.

       Triple Swing is added after maxing Combo Drain to maximise the hp gained by Combo Drain with higher damage.
       Polearm Mastery is maxed first to cover your lack of dex, which causes you to have problems with Toy Trojan in MC1.

Tips

• Do MC1 as it has the best EXP around this levels. If you get bored or need some funding, do Monster Survival: Pyramid's Nett.
• After finishing MC1, use all your Maple Coins to buy Gephart, but your top priority is to get Spielgellman's Necklace.

Training Places

• Level 30-35: If you want, get a Blue Sauna Robe (M)/Red Sauna Robe (F).I reccommend getting a Steel Polearm.Avoid MC1 as you will have accuracy problems unless you are heavily funded for godly equipments. Try leeching (33k xp per win is also good despite the new EXP party formula)
• Level 35-40: If you occasionally miss Toy Trojans, I reccommend you keep leeching or train on Evil Eye, Curse Eye or Fire Boar. Try getting a fully 100% dex scrolled Bennis/Crusader Chainmail.
• Level 40-45: Now you should not have any problems with MC. Max Trojan plus Speed in an MC swap will bring you a huge grin in EXP.
• Level 45-50: After getting your maxed Combo Smash, Max Rombot with Speed should be no problem. If you don't plan on getting a Super Snowboard, try getting a Guan Yu Polearm.
• Level 50-55: GET A SUPER SNOWBOARD (10M) OR A LV50 POLEARM BEFORE HITTING 51. Try doing Glitch MC1 (for more info, go Youtube to search it) or you can go Truckers in Singapore or Roids in Magatia. Avoid sharing maps and x2/x4 EXP is HIGHLY RECCOMMENDED. If you are heavily funded with godly equips, feel free to try MP3 or GS maps. I couldn't train there even at 54 with 93 accuracy. You can do rush MC2 but the EXP is worser than Glitch MC1.
• Level 55-65: MP3 or GS. Getting x2 EXP either family buff or events might speed things up. Pretty boring. If u got the @cash to buy the VIP tele rock or the time to reach the map, Wind Raiders would make nice EXP. Very nice.
• Level 65-70: You can try Homun at Magatia. Pretty good EXP if you can hit it but a pot-burner, nevertheless. A cleric would come in handy, and it would let you try out Sites. On the other hand, MP3 is great EXP as usual. x2 EXP might come in handy.If you are daring, try Homunculus at your late 60s, cleric still reccommended.