Ultimate Bandit Guide

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Bandit

The Bandit is the 2nd job advancement for Rogues who chose to use daggers over a claw and throwing stars/knives. The Bandit is a a fast and agile class that uses weaker, yet lightning fast attacks to down enemies. Due to the short range of their weapon of choice, Bandits are forced to get very close to their targets. A Bandit's skillbook contains skills that play up their strengths.

Pros

Gets Savage Blow at 2nd job, which attacks the enemy up to 6 times when maxed
Meso Explosion does a HUGE amount of damage
Acquires Haste at 2nd job, which boosts players' speed and jump
If you have a lot of mesos, a Bandit can be the MOST powerful job to you
Gets skills that can help players' get mesos easily
Gets flashy skills that you can show off to people
Acquires Shadow Shifter, Dark Sight, and Smokescreen, which is very useful when trying to avoid attacks
Taunt allows the player to get bonus exp

Cons

At max, Double Stab is weaker than Lucky Seven
Has to alot of damage since it needs to go up close to attack
Meso skills can drain your funds
Shadow Shifter, Venomous Stab, Assaulter, and Steal has a success rate
Chakra will cancel if hit by an enemy

Skills

The Bandit is a very unique job, with flashy and swift skills to support it. The Bandit has a couple of multi-hit skills that inspires others to make a Bandit.

Bolded Skill Level is the max lvl.

Bolded Skill in SP build means the skill is now maxed.

Beginner

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Three Snails	Hurls snail shells to attack monsters from long distance.	Active	3	x	-
	Recovery	Enables the user to recover HP constantly for 30 sec.	Supportive	3	x	-
	Nimble Feet	Enables the character to move around quickly for a short amount of time.	Supportive	3	x	-
	Blessing of the Fairy	Skill Point will increase by 1 when the related character reaches above Lv.10.	Supportive	20	x	-
	Empress's Blessing	Grants 1 skill level for every 5 levels your highest level Cygnus character has. Between Blessing of the Fairy and Empress's Blessing, the higher increase is applied.	Supportive	30	x	-
	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.	Supportive	1	x	Must reach level 10.
	Echo of Hero	Increase weapon attack and magic attack on all players around.	Supportive	1	x	Must be a level 200.
	Maple Return	Return to Maple Island.	Supportive	1	x	Must reach 2nd Job.
	Will of the Alliance	Strong force is released according to the Willpower of the Alliance.	Passive	1	x	Complete The Birth of an Alliance.

Beginner Skill Build

Lvl 1: You do not recieve any SP

Lvl 2: +1 Three Snails

Lvl 3: +1 Three Snails

Lvl 4: +1 Three Snails (MAX)

Lvl 5: +1 Recovery

Lvl 6: +1 Recovery

Lvl 7: +1 Recovery (MAX)

End Result

Three Snails - Maxed

Nimble Feet - 0

Recovery - Maxed

Why not max Nimble Feet? Because you get Haste at 2nd job, which replaces Nimble Feet.

Rogue

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Dark Sight	Allows you to hide in shadow for a short time. While Dark Sight is activated you cannot attack or be attacked, but you can use the Flash Jump skill. Press the skill key again to deactivate Dark Sight.	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	Explorer Rogue only
	Haste	Temporarily increases Movement Speed and Jump for all party members. Increases maximum Movement Speed permanently.	Supportive	10	x	Explorer Rogue only
	Self Haste	Temporarily increases Movement Speed and Jump. Increases maximum Movement Speed permanently.	Supportive	20	x	Dual Blade Rogue only
	Double Stab	Quickly stabs an enemy twice.	Active	20	x	-
	Nimble Body	Permanently increases Accuracy and Avoidability.	Passive	20	x	-
	Lucky Seven	Throws 2 throwing stars based on LUK, regardless of Claw Mastery.	Active	20	x	-

Rogue Skill Build

Lvl 10: +1 Double Stab

Lvl 11 - 16: +3 Nimble Body

Lvl 17: +2 Nimble Body, +1 Double Stab (MAX)

Lvl 18 - 23: +3 Double Stab (MAX)

Lvl 24: +3 Disorder

Lvl 25 - 30: +3 Dark Sight

End Result

Double Stab - Maxed

Nimble Body - Maxed

Disorder - 3

Dark Sight - 18

Why only 3 on Disorder? Disorder is next to useless, compared to Dark Sight. Disorder is meant to decrease the amount of damage you recieve and increase the amount of damage you deal. But compared to what Dark Sight does, Disorder is useless.

Why only 18 on Dark Sight? There is not enough SP to max it.

Bandit

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Dagger Mastery	Increases the weapon mastery and accuracy of daggers.	Passive	10	x	-
	Dagger Booster	Doubles the attack speed of your weapon. Must have a dagger equipped.	Supportive	10	x	Level 5 Dagger Mastery
	Critical Growth	For every interval or every attack, Critical Rate increases continuously.	Passive	1	x	-
	Steal	Quickly attack multiple enemies, and get a chance to steal one of the items that the target drops and a potion that recovers HP or MP immediately. You can steal each item and potion only once from a single enemy. Can attempt repeatedly until you succeed. Potions stolen from bosses recover HP and MP fully and boost Weapon ATT for a short time.	Active	10	x	-
	Savage Blow	Deals very quick consecutive attacks to a monster.	Active	20	x	-
	Shield Mastery	Increases Weapon Defense, Magic Defense, Avoidability, and Weapon ATT when a shield is equipped.	Passive	10	x	-
	Channel Karma	Maximizes Weapon Attack power.	Supportive	20	x	-
	Physical Training	Permanently improves LUK and DEX through sheer physical training.	Passive	5	x	-
	Mesoguard	Uses Mesos to absorb up to 50% of the damage taken. Amount of Mesos consumed is based on Skill Level and damage reduction rate.	Supportive	10	x	-

Bandit Skill Build

Lvl 30: +1 Dagger Mastery

Lvl 31 - 36: +3 Dagger Mastery

Lvl 37 - 46: +3 Savage Blow (MAX)

Lvl 47 - 52: +3 Haste

Lvl 53: +1 Haste, +2 Endure (MAX)

Lvl 54 - 59: +3 Endure (MAX)

Lvl 60 - 70: +3 Steal (MAX)

End Result

Dagger Mastery - 19

Savage Blow - Maxed

Haste - Maxed

Endure - Maxed

Steal - Maxed

Dagger Booster - 0

Why only 19 on Dagger Mastery? The best percentage mastery possible is at lvl 19.

Why 0 on Dagger Booster? As much as Dagger Booster is a incredible skill, Savage Blow becomes your main attack skill seeing as it's very useful, and Savage Blow's attack rate is FAST.

Chief Bandit

Icon	Skill Name	Description	Type	Mastered	Element	Prerequisites
	Enveloping Darkness	Cover yourself with darkness, increasing Max HP, Abnormal Status Resistance, and Elemental Resistance are permanently.	Passive	10	x	-
	Meso Mastery	Increase the amount of mesos that drop. Skills that use mesos become more efficient.	Passive	5	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	10	x	-
	Dark Flare	Temporarily summons the Dark Lord's throwing star. Party members nearby will reflect enemy damage. Cannot reflect more than half of the enemy's Max HP.	Active	20	x	-
	Pickpocket	Temporarily increases the Mesos dropped by monsters. Meso drops increase in proportion to skill level. This skill can be toggled on and off with the skill key.	Supportive	5	x	-
	Shadow Partner	A shadow partner that mimics the summoner appears. It does not have its own HP and disappears after a fixed period of time.	Supportive	20	x	1 Summoning Rock
	Phase Dash	Dashes at the enemy with blinding speed, damaging and knocking them back. Also pushes Mesos on the ground in the direction of the attack.	Active	20	x	-
	Midnight Carnival	Overwhelms enemies with supersonic slashes.	Active	20	x	-
	Meso Explosion	Sends nearby Mesos flying to damage enemies. Mesos that belong to others cannot be moved.	Active	20	x	Level 1 Pickpocket