MapleStory 2 Guide: How To Make Your MMO Life Pleasant

Class Breakdown

There are 8 classes in MapleStory 2, and they have their quirks, their strengths, and weaknesses. We’ll break them down for you.

Assassin

Pros

• Flashy moves.
• Very fun to play.
• Good range allows them to level quickly.
• Using 2 weapons allows great damage potential.
• Uses very little HP potions in training.

Cons

• Very squishy. Dies easily.
• Requires a lot of running around mobs to avoid damage and kite enemies in a line for mobbing.
• Damage not as high as other classes.

Use This Class If: You like to do hit-and-run up-close and personal. You will kite and run around a lot with this class.

Berserker

Pros

• One of the best damage dealing classes, plus it’s fun to swing a giant sword around!
• Great damage burst.
• Skills transition smoothly.
• Has skills to replenish HP by stealing it from enemies while wounding them.

Cons

• Difficult to train in medium to large parties due to lack of accurate range mobbing skill.
• Receive more damage as they perform close combat. Consumes a high amount of potions.
• Unlike Knight class, they do not have skills that can shield themselves from damage taken.

Use This Class If: You like attacking and hitting things. A lot. Without any regard to your own well-being. Just be prepared to stock loads and loads of potions.

Knight

Pros

• High defense.
• Easy to mob enemies with “Throw Shield” skill that homes to an enemy and bounce to nearby enemies.

Cons

• Half of Berserker’s sword attacking range, attacking speed and hits dished.
• Knight skills from Level 10-22 deals 1 hit.
• DPS (Damage Per Second) is lower and worsen with lots of misses.
• For block and 100% critical to work, it highly depends on probability instead of relying on player’s skills.
• Knight shines at Level 30 and above. So, it’s a little boring at earlier levels.
• Shield Block only works with magical/physical projectile. Not able to reflect lethal attacks.

Use This Class If: you want an offensive class with the highest defense rating. If you rather face enemies head-on and tank for your future party members, go for chivalry.

Heavy Gunner

Pros

• Has the longest attacking range for basic SP Replenshing Skill.
• Most SP Skills are based on AoE (Deals Area of Effect Damage).
• Great mobility. Rocket Launcher allows you to quickly move to a specific location.
• Has skills to perform high total damage in Boss Raids when utilizing skill rotations correctly.
• The Female Heavy Gunner sexy voice-over is simply awesome.
• Fastest mob clearing skills/stats
• Not too flashy but fun to play and look at.

Cons

• Grenade skill has very short attacking range, unsuitable for bossing/training activities.
• Heavy Gunner are squishy (low HP) similarly to other non-Warrior class.
• Damage range is lower compared to Ranger, Assassin, Thief, Berserker, Knight and Wizard.
• Many SP Skills has cooldown timer and has long skill animation before damage affects enemies.
• Lock On skill commonly used on Bosses does not have high impact.

Use This Class If: You don’t care too much about chaining skills and just want some long-ranged hard-hitting action with tons of AoE.

Archer

Pros

• Fast ranged damage.
• Skills produce very high hit combos.
• High mobility which makes it easier to kite.
• High damage output due to high critical hit chance and if you can land multi-hit combos.

Cons

• Difficult solo play.
• Low Defence, dies fast if you can’t kite properly.
• Low Strength, requiring you to land combos to be effective.

Use This Class If: You like to team up with people and rely on the kindness of strangers. While the Archer has a lot of mobility and damage output, you need to keep with the offensive while letting teammates deal with high defense enemies.

Thief

Pros

• Stackable poison effect drains enemy HP fast.
• Fast attacks and inflicts many hits.

Cons

• Short attacking range. Hassle to grind/farm enemies and evade boss attacks.
• Weak base damage. Relies heavily on poison to inflict heavy damage on enemies.

Wizard

Pros

• Have many active skills that allows you to deal high damage.
• Great for mobbing and bossing skills.
• Has skill that buff allies damage.
• Has ability to teleport to avoid enemy attacks.

Cons

• Low HP (Health)
• Weak Defense
• Skills need to chain in sequence to deal extra damage.

Priest

Pros

• Able to heal self and allies. This saves a lot of HP Potions.
• Has powerful close-combat mobbing skill at early levels. (Holy Light + Holy Explosion)
• Has ability to teleport to nearby allies while boosting self movement speed. (Heaven’s Wings)
• Has many skills that heals allies (Heal, Sanctuary, Angel Ray) and also replenish SP (Holy Symbol).

Cons

• Weakest job in MapleStory2 in early levels and 1 vs 1.
• Lacks mobility. Difficult to escape from boss lethal attack. Brace for impact!
• Lacks of spammable offensive skills and defensive skills. Focus primarily on healing.
• Requires a party to level up efficiently. Solo leveling is a pain.

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