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Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The End Game - Black Mage with VanarisDB.
Once the liberation of Genesis Dagger is out of the way, I have been playing completely different. Took a week off to practice the authentic way, with brave, constant engagement and feeling confident of ducking most of the push attacks from Black Mage. This run is significantly faster than our previous runs despite the change of roster as a result. Really satisfied with the first half of the fight, before I got complacent and started leaking lives trying to squeeze in an extra attack every now and then. Hope to keep this rhythm up in future Black Mage runs!
A well deserved congratulations to OnyxBasilisk for his first clear on his main character; he has been an awesome pilot for our kanna(s) on our road to liberating our Genesis weapons.
A huge congratulations to the third party from Aquila clearing Black Mage just before our run started! As more and more parties are attempting the boss, we hope to hear good news from a 4th, or possibly a 5th team clear this month!
There will unfortunately be yet another slight tweak to the lineup next month, with Dazzleee leaving the squad to join up with his guildmates. We will be expecting a new addition next month hence it might take a while to get him accustomed to managing the boss fight in September, let's keep our hopes down on an early clear. Til then, see you guys on the next video!
The Team:
OnyxBasilisk (Evan) - First clear!
AuroraSoluna (Soul Master)
InverseAbyss (Ark)
Dazzleee (Bishop)
KishinLiaoLa (Kanna) [Piloted by PuaPehNurse2]
VanarisDB (Dual Blade)
The End Game - Black Mage with VanarisDB.
Once the liberation of Genesis Dagger is out of the way, I have been playing completely different. Took a week off to practice the authentic way, with brave, constant engagement and feeling confident of ducking most of the push attacks from Black Mage. This run is significantly faster than our previous runs despite the change of roster as a result. Really satisfied with the first half of the fight, before I got complacent and started leaking lives trying to squeeze in an extra attack every now and then. Hope to keep this rhythm up in future Black Mage runs!
A well deserved congratulations to OnyxBasilisk for his first clear on his main character; he has been an awesome pilot for our kanna(s) on our road to liberating our Genesis weapons.
A huge congratulations to the third party from Aquila clearing Black Mage just before our run started! As more and more parties are attempting the boss, we hope to hear good news from a 4th, or possibly a 5th team clear this month!
There will unfortunately be yet another slight tweak to the lineup next month, with Dazzleee leaving the squad to join up with his guildmates. We will be expecting a new addition next month hence it might take a while to get him accustomed to managing the boss fight in September, let's keep our hopes down on an early clear. Til then, see you guys on the next video!
The Team:
OnyxBasilisk (Evan) - First clear!
AuroraSoluna (Soul Master)
InverseAbyss (Ark)
Dazzleee (Bishop)
KishinLiaoLa (Kanna) [Piloted by PuaPehNurse2]
VanarisDB (Dual Blade)
![[MapleStorySEA] Black Mage ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV): Post Genesis, New Approach [09/08/2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8hYUjd-W4C0/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStorySEA] Black Mage ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV): Post Genesis, New Approach [09/08/2020]
The End Game - Black Mage with VanarisDB.
Once the liberation of Genesis Dagger is out of the way, I have been playing completely different. Took a week off to practice the authentic way, with brave, constant engagement and feeling confident of ducking most of the push attacks from Black Mage. This run is significantly faster than our previous runs despite the change of roster as a result. Really satisfied with the first half of the fight, before I got complacent and started leaking lives trying to squeeze in an extra attack every now and then. Hope to keep this rhythm up in future Black Mage runs!
A well deserved congratulations to OnyxBasilisk for his first clear on his main character; he has been an awesome pilot for our kanna(s) on our road to liberating our Genesis weapons.
A huge congratulations to the third party from Aquila clearing Black Mage just before our run started! As more and more parties are attempting the boss, we hope to hear good news from a 4th, or possibly a 5th team clear this month!
There will unfortunately be yet another slight tweak to the lineup next month, with Dazzleee leaving the squad to join up with his guildmates. We will be expecting a new addition next month hence it might take a while to get him accustomed to managing the boss fight in September, lets keep our hopes down on an early clear. Til then, see you guys on the next video!
The Team:
OnyxBasilisk (Evan) - First clear!
AuroraSoluna (Soul Master)
InverseAbyss (Ark)
Dazzleee (Bishop)
KishinLiaoLa (Kanna) [Piloted by PuaPehNurse2]
VanarisDB (Dual Blade)")
![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [31/08/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8wKl2sm0UyA/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [31/08/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will with VanarisDB.
Dedicated to my team and all Dual Blades.
Everything is gelling in place... except for the server. Lag spikes caused a few unfortunate team deaths in phase 2. Managed to change full set of drop rate gears before clearing, got a Arcaneshade Knuckle! This is probably the week where everyone is ready to tackle the boss like basic routine without any troubles from now onwards.
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] Mu Lung Dojo with VanarisDB: Clearly changing rings isnt my forte (DB PoV)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8xOHR5aOE5A/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Mu Lung Dojo with VanarisDB: Clearly changing rings isnt my forte (DB PoV)
[MapleStory SEA] Mu Lung Dojo with my Dual Blade.
Plenty of 60F clearers this week so I thought I would try with seed rings for the first time in a while. For gods sake I couldnt even remember to switch hats for Blade Storm when Ive already placed it right beside my rings...
Its a pretty interesting experience though, I learn to appreciate how the excellent dojo players have to keep trying to figure out their seed ring and buff rotations combined with different skill timings; Ill strive to do better when I try dojo again maybe in July. Meanwhile, hope youre entertained by my random unplanned seed ring rotations~")
![[MapleStory SEA] Lucid #7 (Dual Blade PoV)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9OS2lLRSqEY/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Lucid #7 (Dual Blade PoV)
[MapleStory SEA] Lucid Run Week 7
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=Rz2GWAXnMgk")
![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Damien ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [28/08/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AFYkMR4y0Hg/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Damien ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [28/08/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Damien on VanarisDB.
Thanks to PuaPehNurse2/MOOOOOxD on KishinLiaoLa (mule Kanna) for binding and being my emergency shrine! =D")
![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lucid ft VanarisK (Kanna PoV) [24/08/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AOVno0vJ4vg/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lucid ft VanarisK (Kanna PoV) [24/08/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lucid with unfunded Kanna.
Featuring:
xiaosia07 (Bishop)
1stMercedesz (Mercedes)
HawkNoEye (Wild Hunter)
Aquiline (Evan)
MessiArcher (Wind Breaker)
VanarisK (Kanna)")
![[MapleStory SEA] *NEW RECORD* Hard Lucid Solo in 12mins! ft. VanarisDB](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AV0d88zEX2E/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] *NEW RECORD* Hard Lucid Solo in 12mins! ft. VanarisDB
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lucid with VanarisDB.
Carrying on from HWill, managed to shave some time off my previous run as well. Left out Spider in Mirror for Phase 3 unintentionally.")
![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will ft VanarisK (Kanna PoV) [25/10/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AaJswelPB0o/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will ft VanarisK (Kanna PoV) [25/10/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will with unfunded Kanna.
PS: The beautiful Commander Will artwork on the thumbnail is done by PhanDHammer. Many thanks, @SharkTuna!
Featuring:
xiaosia07 (Bishop)
1stMercedesz (Mercedes)
HawkNoEye (Wild Hunter)
Aquiline (Evan)
MessiArcher (Wind Breaker)
VanarisK (Kanna)")
![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lucid ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [30/09/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BOBtrnalZlk/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lucid ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [30/09/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lucid with VanarisDB.
Dedicated to my team and all Dual Blades.
Fast game.
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] Hard Will Solo in under 16mins! ft. VanarisDB](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CaapNp4VGnk/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will Solo in under 16mins! ft. VanarisDB
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Will with VanarisDB.
Between Asura dodging screen crack and Mirrored Target for phase 3, Karmic Fury and Blade Tornado spam shines more against this boss than any other. Dual Blade is simply one of the best designed classes against bosses; some say its broken.
The more significant highlight here is the boss clear before webs flood the entire map. I would have preferred not to mistap the i-frame in the last minute to clock a no-death run, plus forgetting the noblesse skills that almost cost the 2min clear in phase 1 last segment was not ideal either. Ill look forward to have some luck in clearing phase 1 first segment before the first crack (if i remember my noblesse skills) next time round.
Just realised I forgot to put my title on as well. Oops.")
![[MapleStorySEA] Black Mage ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV): -5sec CD hat on new Karmic Fury and Blade Tornado](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DN7r8QFULYs/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStorySEA] Black Mage ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV): -5sec CD hat on new Karmic Fury and Blade Tornado
February Black Mage clear with some friends - old and new!
Rolled 4 seconds reduction on Hats main potential via the recent Equality Cubes while the skill change patch just landed yesterday. Great to see 7b lines on Karmic Fury which meant it still represents a buff for me in party settings (featuring AuroraSolunas True Sight), before damage cap releases and dual blades lose our advantage in the current game state. It also feels like both nukes come available faster than I can check on their cooldowns so I should start noticing the icons more to be more efficient on DPM. Til Neo patch arrives, it feels good to be a Dual Blade.
AuroraSoluna - Soul Master
Skeezmuff - Zero
xThexxShadow - Dual Blade
Ketsuben - Hayato
VanarisK - Kanna (Piloted by Moo)
VanarisDB - Dual Blade")
![[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lotus ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [21/09/18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DVMJwvg0GeI/mqdefault.jpg "[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lotus ft. VanarisDB (DB PoV) [21/09/18]
[MapleStory SEA] Hard Lotus with VanarisDB.
Dedicated to my team and all Dual Blades.
Cheers to more Hard Lotus time attacks.
Featuring:
PuaPehNurse2 (Striker)
BossFCA (Xenon)
FanxnaF (Kanna)
xDestlnyy (Bishop)
x3Stupidx (Dark Knight)
VanarisDB (Dual Blade)")
