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[MapleStory SEA] Hard Damien ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [26/09/18]
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![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Damien ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [26/09/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n18mDosGkvk/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Damien ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [26/09/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Damien on VanarisDB.")
![[MapleStory SEA] VanarisDBs 60k LUK Dual Blade Equipment Review!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pB751L7Gotw/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] VanarisDBs 60k LUK Dual Blade Equipment Review!
[MapleStory SEA] VanarisDBs Equipment Review (Aquila)
Its been a long journey. Ive finally managed 3 lines on all my main potentials (except gloves) and hit a significant luk landmark at the start of 2019. So here it is, for my friends, followers and all who are curious.
Some points of interest:
- My kataras main potential has pretty much defined and carried my character, apart from almost all other dual blades, due to the high damage% required to optimise WSE on this specific class. If I have to assign one trophy item, this is it.
- My Kannas Treasure and Breath of Divinity are at 20* intentionally. They are already best in slot rings so Im unwilling to take the 7% destruction risk in trying for 21* or 22*, since Kannas Treasure is irreplaceable and Breath of Divinity is too costly to justify the risk in my opinion.
- Frontier C Chicle is probably my next project. Ive bombed three so far before kishin nerf and never continued farming for it since...
- Seven-Day Monster Park Badge is absolute key to compliment my 21%Att 30%IED emblem in my damage output against bosses. Ideally I would really prefer a 40%IED 18%Att potential on my emblem but Im not about to recube this. Maybe with the future change in hyper stats from 30%IED to 45%IED, I may be tempted to aim for a 30%Att emblem. (PS: MapleSEA please dont make Sengoku Badge pottable and starrable)
- Yes I should be working on getting 21%Att on my emblems additional potential for 2.7% more output but Ive never managed to accumulate enough cash (1.5m and above) to take the plunge. This emblems additional potential is 2 years old...
- Str is also a secondary stat of dual blade(as with shadower and cadena). Both str and dex weigh 1/4 of luk values, they may be less significant but they definitely help. Most thief exclusive equipments only have base dex and luk but no str, so some work has to be put in to unlocking str at 15-22*. As a result, as% becomes significant in my case, like how my belt’s main potential is more effective than 30%luk. I may reflame my glove and cape in future for as% + luk.
- Huge strokes of luck include:
1) 40 black cubes for my 16% Crit Damage glove.
2) 4 HQEES for 14th star and 2 HQEES for 15th star on tyrant belt.
3) Jackpot luk flame on Dominator Pendant - my only jackpot luk flame ever.
4) 9 hexacubes for 30%luk on my pants.
5) 20 red cubes for my daggers 70%Boss 9%Att - technically only 100%Boss would be the only possible better outcome assuming 1 prime 2 non prime lines.
6) Starring 22* Outlaw Heart and 20* Breath of Divinity with 4 other teammates successfully with only one Outlaw Heart casualty.
Unlucky moments well... nvm. Lets just remember the good times~
Shoutout to PuaPehNurse2 and xiaosia07 for leading the way, becoming wonderful friends and supportive teammates.
Special thanks to my bossing parties, past and present, for making my time in the game amazing and memorable!
PuaPehNurse2 x3Stupidx OnyxBasilisk XECHEON4 FanxnaF yHaNw xiaosia07
Hope you have enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!
Look out for the following if you haven’t already!
PuaPehNurse2s Striker Equipment Review: https://youtu.be/y3Xizb3Z0ro
xiaosia07’s Bishop Equipment Review: https://youtu.be/Rlq2lcT-VP8")
![[MapleStory SEA] Genesis Weapon Quest - Hard Lucid Solo ft. VanarisDB (Night Lord)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pWuL_lVsDCA/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Genesis Weapon Quest - Hard Lucid Solo ft. VanarisDB (Night Lord)
[MapleStory SEA] Genesis Weapon Quest - Hard Lucid Solo with VanarisDB (Night Lord)
Rise Patch just hit on yesterday, its still the middle of the month and Im still training as a Night Lord so I decided to attempt the quest for fun to see how far I can go without my Dual Blades i-frames and Arcaneshade weapon (Im using a Fafnir Risk Holder).
As you may observe through the run, I was hardly prepared; no damage special cores, forgot to use guild noblesse skills until midway in phase 2, forgot to change out of my exp link skills, left my crit rate at 94%, and the list goes on...
I was at 30% of the last bar in phase 2 when I accidentally cast Bleeding Toxin, which has a 200 seconds cooldown and I was forced to run down the clock. Lost my last 2 expendable lives as a result and almost died out right before transitioning into phase 3, certainly broke some cold sweat. Damage buff from guild noblesse and guild potion expired as a result. Transition into phase 3 was good and the rest is history, the 24%hp nerf to hard Lucid has certainly exceeded our expectations. The nerf to phase 1 and phase 2 was crucial as well, saving death counts in phase 1 especially, and allowing more time wasting in phase 2.
I cant help but get excited about liberating the genesis weapon now that the 2 toughest quests are out of the way. See you in June, Heretic Hilla!")
![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [14/09/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/phhkYLLzCtU/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [14/09/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will with VanarisDB.
Dedicated to my team and all Dual Blades.
Smooth server today! Had a warm up run on Kanna just a few minutes before. Everyone (including the second DK user on x3Stupidx) was comfortable with the entire process and there was no panic. Cleared Phase 2 without any fuss! Changed drop gears but didnt have any luck with the arcaneshade equipment drop. Grats PuaPehNurse2 on farming enough stones for acs shoulders!
PS: The beautiful Commander Will artwork on the thumbnail is done by PhanDHammer. Many thanks, @SharkTuna!
Featuring:
PuaPehNurse2 (Striker)
BossFCA (Xenon)
FanxnaF (Kanna)
xDestlnyy (Bishop)
x3Stupidx (Dark Knight)
VanarisDB (Dual Blade)")
![[MapleStory SEA] Lucid #9 (Dual Blade PoV)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/puNSGBUcK0E/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Lucid #9 (Dual Blade PoV)
[MapleStory SEA] Lucid Run Week 9
Dedicated to my party and all Dual Blades.
Featuring:
MOOOOOxD (Kinesis)
medeXoxo (Bishop)
KrantzZ (Mihile)
Morzmordre (Luminous)
Kannami (Kanna)
VanarisDB (Dual Blade)
Kinesis PoV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGQ_xVsFQPo")
![[MapleStory SEA] Help! I boomed my Breath of Divinity!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rSkNosD6CJ8/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Help! I boomed my Breath of Divinity!
[MapleStory SEA] Normal Will Solo run on VanarisDB.
*Facepalm* Intended for this to be a demo on how to survive in normal Will without the OP BoD, but I ended up dying so many times carelessly it was embarrassing. Feel free to take references on how (not) to engage the fight and tackle the segment tests alone!")
![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [03/11/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tkL1pa7m-NQ/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [03/11/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will with VanarisDB.
Dedicated to my team and all Dual Blades.
PS: The beautiful Commander Will artwork on the thumbnail is done by PhanDHammer. Many thanks, @SharkTuna!
Featuring:
PuaPehNurse2 (Striker)
BossFCA (Xenon)
FanxnaF (Kanna)
xDestlnyy (Bishop)
x3Stupidx (Dark Knight)
VanarisDB (Dual Blade)")
![[MapleStory SEA] VanarisDBs 70k LUK Dual Blade 2020 Equipment Review!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w5lfhG7fms0/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] VanarisDBs 70k LUK Dual Blade 2020 Equipment Review!
[MapleStory SEA] VanarisDBs Equipment Review (Aquila)
Happy new year everyone! May your lives be full of joy and fulfilment in the year 2020~
A year on, weve hit another milestone! Level 270, black mage clear, the end is probably near.
Lets rock on in 2020 friends!
Special thanks to my bossing parties, past and present, for making my time in the game amazing and memorable!
Hope you have enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!")
![[MapleStory SEA] Dream Breaker 150-170 ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w9IEkeAGiwk/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Dream Breaker 150-170 ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV)
[MapleStory SEA] Climbing Dream Breaker 150-170 with VanarisDB.
Havent done any dream breaker for more than 2 months. Phantom Blows buff since then definitely helped significantly. Not sure if I can reach 200F eventually but Ill probably try in the weeks to come.")
![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [05/10/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x6Y78qkhx1s/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [05/10/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will with VanarisDB.
Dedicated to my team and all Dual Blades.
PS: The beautiful Commander Will artwork on the thumbnail is done by PhanDHammer. Many thanks, @SharkTuna!
Featuring:
PuaPehNurse2 (Striker)
BossFCA (Xenon)
FanxnaF (Kanna)
xDestlnyy (Bishop)
x3Stupidx (Dark Knight)
VanarisDB (Dual Blade)")
![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lucid ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [21/09/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xc3ezYfysR4/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lucid ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [21/09/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lucid with VanarisDB.
Dedicated to my team and all Dual Blades.
Notice the little weird background in phase 2? Thats right, it got x3Stupidx early, and it was gonna get me. Luckily for the team, I crashed right after we cleared phase 3. Woolala~
Featuring:
PuaPehNurse2 (Striker)
BossFCA (Xenon)
FanxnaF (Kanna)
xDestlnyy (Bishop)
x3Stupidx (Dark Knight)
VanarisDB (Dual Blade)")
![[MapleStory SEA] Arcaneshade Guards vs Fafnir Risk Taker](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yMadAk0ie3o/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Arcaneshade Guards vs Fafnir Risk Taker
[MapleStory SEA] Arcaneshade Guards vs Fafnir Risk Taker
Dear Night Lords, how good are your ACS claws + Fafnir Helms?
How good do they need to be in order to beat Fafnir claws + C.Vel Helms?
As I’m approaching 275 in a few weeks time, I will finally move on from having to train and do weekly bosses on the Night Lord and will be parting ways with my Fafnir Risk Taker. Some have questioned why I did not go for Arcaneshade Guards over the past year, and this video shows just why.
*Disclaimer:
1) The Arcaneshade vs Fafnir weapon comparison cannot be applied in similar fashion with other weapon types. Claws have the lowest base weapon attack hence the least advantage in upgrading from Fafnir to ACS. Weapon types that may be considered for this argument include Gun, Revolving Gauntlet, Energy Sword, Soulshooter and Knuckle, to an extent Dagger and Katara for Dual Blades as well.
2) This article does not make an argument for the ACS weapon + Absolabs helm, shoulders, cape, glove and shoe build, a build that I strongly discourage. ACS weapons belong with ACS armors. Fafnir weapons can go with ACS or Absolabs armors.
3) Comparison is done with my current set of equipment. Results may vary widely for different players with various ranges of funding.
In this video, I’m comparing the use of the popular Arcaneshade Guards + Fafnir Helm with Fafnir Risk Taker + Chaos Vellum Helm. For reference, I’ll be using a 51% Att Emblem and a 42% Boss Damage, 36% Att Secondary along with ACS shoulders, cape, gloves and shoes. The 21* Arcaneshade Guards, which belongs to JackForLife, is very well cubed with 12% Att 60% Boss Damage in the main potential, and 18% Att 18% Boss Damage in the additional potential. In today’s market it would probably cost around 4 times as much as the 22* Fafnir Risk Taker that I’m using, with a 120% Boss Damage main potential and 5% IED 18% Att additional potential.
Just to help the 21* ACS claw’s case a little more, I have equipped one of the better Fafnir helms against a relatively weaker Chaos Vellum Helm (the scrolling, flaming and additional potentials all have much to work on) in this comparison. With Decent buff skills applied, 100 Quadruple Throws with each set of equipment were recorded against a level 275 High Def Dummy in Battle Analytics for, well, analysis.
*Spoilers*
As you may have gathered from the video, the ACS claw + Fafnir helm combo achieved an average of 23.786b per cast of Quadruple Throw, as compared to the Fafnir claw + C.Vel helm combo which produced an average of 22.587b per cast. That is a mere 5.3% higher overall damage output in the ACS claw’s favour. Is that good enough for a sick ACS claw?
Granted the ACS claw can be improved with one more star, similar standards of improvement can be further applied to the Fafnir claw (additional potential to 21% Att) and C.Vel helm (better scrolling, flaming and additional potential overall). Most players in MapleSEA Aquila will be realistically using average ACS Guards (60% Boss, 9% Att + 21% Att) and Fafnir helm (27% Luk + 8% Luk) by cubing themselves, which would bring them even closer to the damage output granted by the vast availability of rigged Fafnir claws and C.Vel helms at a cut rate in the market.
A 22* Arcaneshade Guards has an average of 150+/- weapon attack advantage over a 22* Fafnir Risk Holder. This is the most common reason why players tend to favour the ACS weapon. However, on a character with mostly 22* equipment, one will have a total weapon attack well above 3000, which makes the 150 weapon attack advantage translate to less than 5% final damage. Conversely, the Chaos Vellum Helm in the Fafnir claw set up negates that by providing an additional 30% Boss Damage via unlocking the 4th set Chaos Root Abyss bonus. Therefore the advantage towards the budget build lies in their rigged potentials (a handful of more than 90% Boss Damage Fafnir claws and 36% Luk C.Vel helms are available in the market), that the regular hard cubing of ACS claws and Fafnir Helms cannot realistically match. Other advantages of ACS claws and Fafnir Helms like more luk and IED only serve to compensate the stronger rigged potentials of their counterparts.
In conclusion, Arcaneshade Guards will still edge out a little as a best in slot weapon (Genesis Guards aside), but at what potential costs? If cubing weapons isn’t painful enough, starring Arcaneshade Guards is gonna be hefty. One will still need a very well done Fafnir Helm (kuro scrolled and very well cubed) to support the ACS claw. Using the Fafnir claw + C.Vel Helm build would also allow Absolabs armors as a viable value-for-money alternative for ACS armors. Hope more Night Lord players will consider their options and find more success in the game after this video.
PS: Special thanks to Jack and Marcus for being generous and trusting with lending me their equipment for the purposes of this video.
PPS: The Fafnir claw and amulet are sold.
Thanks for watching!")
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