kMSt ver. 1.2.487 – Dual Blade and Cannon Shooter Changes!
A Tespia patch has been released, containing the Dual Blade and Cannon Shooter changes which we were hinted towards yesterday, as well as a new theme dungeon! That’s basically it for this patch, other than events.
It seems that they’re not making any changes to the creation of these two jobs (for now at least) and are going straight into skill changes.
Dual Blade
1st Job (Dual Blade)
Sharp Slash: effect and icon have been renewed
Dark Sight: you can now use Flash Jump while in Dark Sight, using Flash Jump will not cancel Dark Sight
Flash Jump: existing Double Jump effect has been increased to Triple Jump (this means you can now use Flash Jump up to 2 times while in the air)
1st Job+ (Semi Dualer)
Tornado Spin: now if linked with Flying Assaulter, monsters will be pushed forward properly
2nd Job (Dualer)
Karma: Karma’s attack buff will now stack with other attack buffs
2nd Job+ (Dual Master)
Flash Bang: now any monsters affected by Flash Bang will take 10% increased damage from all of Dual Blader’s skills
3rd Job (Slasher)
NEW! Blade Ascension: Attack up to 6 enemies for 175% damage 3 times while rising into the air. This skill can be linked with level 10+ Flying Assaulter to create a quick and seamless attack. (max level: 20)
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Bloody Storm: delay has been increased, effect and icon have been renewed
4th Job (Dual Blader)
Blade Fury: range has been increased, delay has been decreased, effect and icon have been renewed
Phantom Blow: range has been increased, effect and icon have been renewed
Dummy Effect: you will no longer have to stand still to use this skill, Dummy Effect no longer cancels Mirror Imaging, Dummy Effect’s health has been decreased from 20000 to 19000, in addition to existing effects when Dummy Effect is destroyed Shadow Evasion will instantly activate (when fighting powerful bosses, installing Dummy Effect will be useful to dodge powerful attacks)
Final Cut: distance moved when this skill is used has been increased greatly
Sudden Raid: number of hits has been increased from 1 to 3
Hyper
Hidden Blade: in addition to existing effects, Hidden Blade now gives 10% total damage
NEW! Blade Fury – Reinforce: Blade Fury’s damage is increased by 20%. [required level: 155]
NEW! Blade Fury – Ignore Guard: Blade Fury’s defense ignored is increased. [required level: 177]
NEW! Blade Fury – Extra Target: Blade Fury’s number of monsters hit is increased by 2. [required level: 195]
REMOVED! Sudden Raid – Reinforce
REMOVED! Sudden Raid – DoT Reinforce- REMOVED! Sudden Raid – Cooltime Reduce
Cannon Shooter
1st Job (Pirate)
NEW! Monkey Push: While in the air, press jump to jump once more. This skill can be used during Cannon Jump. (max level: 5)
Cannon Splasher: number of monsters hit has been increased from 3 to 6
Gigantic Backstep: you can now use this skill during Cannon Jump, max level has been decreased to 10
2nd Job (Cannon Shooter)
Slug Shot: effect and icon have been renewed
Third Job (Cannon Blaster)
NEW! Monkey Furious: Launch a cannon ball at up to 10 enemies in front of you, dealing 180% damage 3 times. The cannon ball will go through them without exploding but will mark them with a ‘Gunpowder’ debuff. Debuffed monsters will take 200% damage every second for 20 seconds and will take 20% increased damage from all of Cannon Shooter’s skills. There is a cooldown of 10 seconds. (max level: 20)
Cannon Spike: damage has been increased from 220% to 240%, delay has been increased, effect and icon have been renewed
Cannon Jump: this skill can now be activated by pressing ↑ + jump while in the air, distance moved has been increased, during this skill you can use Monkey Push or Gigantic Backstep, you can use this skill after Monkey Push, effect has been renewed
Shooter’s Counterattack: you no longer wield your cannon when this skill activates, this skill’s activation will no longer interrupt movements, damage has been increased from 160% to 200%, effect and icon have been renewed
REMOVED! Monkey Power Boom
Fourth Job (Cannon Master)
Cannon Bazooka: effect and icon have been renewed
Cannon Buster: range has been increased, damage has been increased from 415% to 600%, delay has been increased, in addition to existing effects Cannon Buster now ignores 20% of an enemy’s defense, effect and icon have been renewed
Overburning Cannon: damage boost has been increased from 40% to 50%
Maple Warrior: effect has been renewed
Hyper
Rolling Cannon Rainbow: this skill has been changed from a keydown to an installation, meaning Cannon Shooter can now move around and attack after placing it
Thanks to Locked of Southperry for skill animations!
A new theme dungeon called the Dimensional Library has been added! I think it is for around level 100~115. You can access it through the Dimensional Mirror in any town. It’s a really interesting idea, and will definitely be something you should check out if you like MapleStory’s story!
Dimensional Library will be presented in 3 different episodes. Become the main character as you progress through important events that transpired in the past! Kid Cygnus and Lilin, too cute~!
- EP1: White Mage
- EP2: How to Become an Empress
- EP3: Black Witch
The White Mage… could this be the Black Mage before he cast away his light?
If you’re not familiar with the Luminous story, there was an organization called Aurora which protected the light. Black Mage was the creator of this but he grew too greedy and his light became what is now Luminous.
Even Dunamis and Eleanor the Black Witch (I thought Nexon forgot about her, haha) appear! And yes, that’s the Fairy Queen Ephenia! I think I heard something about her waiting for the White Mage but he never came… leading to what she is now.
The last one is someone new called Master Omen. He looks very Black Mage-y.
After completing all three episodes, you can talk to Thales to receive the Intellectual Pendant (3 to all stats, 1 attack and magic attack, 3 slots, untradeable, lvl 100) along with a time-limited Pendant Slot Expansion.
There’s also three different medals that you’ll get while doing this quest line. After each episode, you’ll get one. In order, they’re the Chaser of the White Mage (4 to all stats, 160 HP and MP), Empress Maker (4 to all stats, 160 HP and MP), and the Hobby of Reading Books (4 to all stats, 1 attack and magic attack, 175 HP and MP).
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Pathetic
3rd
Cheat to 4th?
cheated to 5th
5th or 6th… well i dun care.
Anyway, I will nexon would give DB an owl companion like Cannon Shooter. So those two will be like the really special adventurers that they are meant to be.
Also, Nexon should give DB a link skill like cannon shooter… which pirate are getting more than thieves… It feels like nexon doesnt give a F**K to thieves anymore… especially when xenon came out…. thought it will be thief but instead a stupid hybrid. Hey don’t get me wrong on hating the pirates… i mean Nexon give undivided attention to Warrior, Magician and Bowman… and forsakes the Thieves and Pirates. Quite unfair i have to say… I mean overall jobs… Thieves have the least updates and jobs to choose from… Pirates is more favoured compared to thieves. Thieves are just like an eye sore to Nexon… Nexon is not giving thieves enough love… but we maplers give them lots of love. Pirates, on the other hand…. is also not getting that much love from Nexon but at least they revamped the Striker instead of Night Walker… Which, I think, Nexon doesnt care at all…
Here look at this.
Jobs:
Explorers: Beginner | Warrior | Magician | Bowman | Thief | Pirate | Dual Blade | Cannoneer
Cygnus Knights: Noblesse | Dawn Warrior | Blaze Wizard | Wind Archer | Night Walker | Thunder Breaker | Mihile
Resistance: Battle Mage | Wild Hunter | Mechanic | Demon Slayer | Demon Avenger | Xenon
Heroes: Aran | Evan | Mercedes | Phantom | Luminous
Nova: Kaiser | Angelic Buster
Exclusive: Jett | Dragon Warrior (Zen) | Hayato | Kanna
Overall Warriors Classes: 11.
Overall Magician Classes: 8
Overall Bowman Classes: 6
Overall Thief Classes: 5 include xenon
Overall Pirate Classes: 10 include xenon
so the least is still Thieves classes… ah… i think i made my point… Just wish got more job for thief job class.
AWESOME
(Wanted to be first)
Second yo
lucky 7
Cheated to first!
(Ignores the line & steal the spotlight)
Master omen(NPC) probably the one encouraged to white mage & then became a emo.
1st
you’re 1st to take it in the butt. grats
Really looking forward to the Cannon Shooter changes.
Yeah it finally looks more cannon-ny and it finally has a jumping skill other than blast back which was so irritating
Yesssssssssss
FIRST!!
you’re first to lick a dog’s butt hole
Cannons didn’t change
FIRST!!!
you’re first to take the D in your nose.
ya
Wish there were more changes for cannons
dangit
page y u no tell me ppl already commented
Pathetic.
like your face
Hey, Max, do you have any way of checking if Cannon Jump is only activated by up + jump or if we can still hotkey it?
I think you can do both, it’s still an attacking skill after all.
Hope they have new cash shop events for these two.
Yay! Changes look really good for me! I only wanted small changes for these classes. I love the way they play right now, and it looks like they maintained the playstyle while updating some of the skills and percentages.
They should add something for 160-190
Max I love you
Glad to see that Dual Blades weren’t changed that much for the worse. They were already good as it was, and didn’t really need to be altered much IMO. Aside from that, I don’t think any GMS Maplers would want to have to have paid for skills, only to have them taken away when this eventually comes there. The changes that were done seem to be pretty good, IMO, and what I don’t know about(fourth job–my Dual Blade is 3rd) even looks pretty good. Blade Ascension also looks like it’s a good addition to the currently existing attacks.
And as for Cannon Shooter, why are people complaining? Would you guys rather that Nexon make them weaker? I’d rather have a class that’s only slightly tweaked rather than a possible total nerf. I’m personally glad they didn’t do much. The way it is currently, Cannon Shooter would at least still be the class that the people who have one love rather than an OP one that plays differently than they’re used to.
What I REALLY like about this patch is the theme dungeon, however. I can’t wait for that to come out of Tespia (and eventually to GMS)–it looks awesome! :). I love theme dungeons to begin with, and being able to learn more about the currently existing NPCs through something I already like makes it all the better. I especially look forward to the first two parts. :). I’ve been interested in learning more about the Black Mage since finding out some things from Luminous’s story, and this seems to be more of what I want to know. And as for the second one, I’m a big fan of Neinheart, and this one seems to offer a bit more on him. And I’ve always wanted to see him and Lilin actually interact at some point, and this is there, too.
And to make it even better, these theme dungeons have medals that are actually +4 that can be obtained through quests. I don’t know how good future medals are, but these look pretty good for something that can be obtained for free that isn’t promotional.
Overall, the second part is really what I think is the highlight of this update, but the revamps are OK, too. I just wish these theme dungeons came with one of the revamped Cygnus Knights instead. I’ve been waiting for revamped Blaze Wizard forever, it seems. But this is good for now, anyway. It beats the last update, anyway.
Correction: it should be had to have, not have.
you say to people not complain the cannoer revamp but you complain about the DB one O.o
He complained about the DB revamp? Huh?
Nooo! They ruined Cannon Bazooka’s animation!
for me is better the only bad thing is the delay it should not decrase so much
There are waaaaaaaaaaay to many character ‘firin deir lazers’ anyway, It’s a good change.
At least now it doesn’t look like Buccaneer Blast (aka Red Kamehameha). This new animation actually quite fits the Cannoneer to me.
Max who is Dunamis?
Dunamis is the knight that was tricked by the Black Witch to invite her to Ereb, allowing her to turn everyone to stone. It’s in the (old? I think they removed this in the Cygnus Returns update) Cygnus lvl 120 quests.
Regrettable…. they keep increasing distance from weaker classes and OP classes, dualblade will become more OP….. they seem had forgotten some people just play Maplestory cause one or 2 classes they like….. keep increasing distance between classes is wierd….
I dunno. This looks kinda sad compared to the others revamp? They don’t even get a special skill
Qq more. There is nothing special about specialised skills. For example corsair one is nothing special. All they did was use an old skill and call it a special skill
You do realize by making that old skill a 1 point that leaves room for the addition of better skills. Dumbass
You mean that specialized skill that allows them to summon two crew members at once and gain both bonuses from said summons, along with their anti-seduce and anti-stun capabilities gained from aforementioned specialized skill?
delay increased for bloody slash???its slow enough lol
I second this actually and I’m not even a DB fan.
its because theres a new combo Blade Ascension > flying assaulter > bloody slash
Do they have specialized skills?
Nope
Do you think Nexon will give them the specialized skills? With the knowledge you have at the moment as a prediction.
Hey Max,
I have watched a video clip of the revamped cannon.
I was wondering for Monkey Furious, it has a bouncing animation on the bomb it launched out, which one of the following does it do?
1. hit everything in contact and apply debuff to it
2. have to wait until it explode then it will hit anything that is in the explosion radius and apply debuff to those who has been hit?
I think its the first one based on how I read the description… not too sure though. :S
Look at the video.
I don’t know why Dual Blade need revamp. Phantom and Mercedes need more revamp as Dual Blade. NOT EVEN BALANCED, KMS NEED TO OPEN THIER EYES ON WEAK CLASS. OTHERWISE, IT PIECE OF SHIT AND NO ONE PLAY.
Shut the hell up. If they were weak at all, there would be no potential for them to hit hard; KMS people always find a way with even the “weakest” of classes. Plus, how would you know no one would play it? You are one ignorant player to say that.
you should probably contemplate the difference between a highly funded player and a normal player.
I dare someone to challenge me in League of Legends.
Did anyone noticed that there is a really small smiley face at the end of the left side corner page?
yes._.
Cannot be unseen ._,
Cannon OP :3
srs they need to revamp hero…. I feel evan is the worst dps ever … best attack count is 4 while the whole other char has so much attack count atleast 6 on most
I feel the same way. I think they should increase FW’s attack count to 6 while lowering 30% damage. And Illusion, 8 hits while loweing 20% damage. And Blaze’s range should DEFINATELY be revamped, it’s ridiculous just like FW’s DoT.
Phantom is op, dual blade is still weak compared to phantom, it is not fair for dualblade that phantom can steal his skills, furthermore, dual blade’s bloody storm delay increased?no! that is weakening it, what revamp is this?
Did you not see the new skill, blade ascension??! New skill added to combo, now its blade ascension > flying assaulter > bloody storm, of course they have to nerf something, DBs were OP to begin with
good joke, go look at dpm charts.
Well blade fury’s delay was decreased so that’s good.
What?
they should remove asura
KIss my owl
ok they keep asura but nerf it.
dual blade is already 20th out of like 25 classes in terms of dpm… let’s nerf more… yay!
No.
Wait
Someone posted a comment like 12 mins into the future
dafuq?
To all the nice people who didn’t realize what is the purpose of the new 3rd job skill – you are nothing more then that. Linking Ascenction to Flyin Assaulter to Bloody Storm is a revamp and faster DPS.
Luminous papa iz BM – coughbattlemagecough
You sure do suck at counting jobs.
Where 6th archer? there only 5. recount
I think he included Bowmaster AND Marksman
This is what I got.
Warrior: 10
Magician: 8
Archer: 5
Thief: 6 (Including Xenon)
Pirate: 8 (Including Xenon)
I did not include Dragon Warrior since it is essentially the same exact class as Jett. No need to count the same class twice in one category.
Conclusion: People should cry for archers instead of thieves.
I totally agree.
we have enough classese … too many actually. all we need is a decent balance and kazer remove. actually i would remove all new clases. new maplestory is stupid .
u said its probably the last patch.
What about the fifth job? :0
do dbs still need mastery books?
Max do dbs need skill book for phantom blow
Nope
OK I WILL COME OUT AND SAY IT WHEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFTH 5thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 5THHHHHHH JOOOOOOOOOB?!
I WANT TO FLY UP IN THE SKY SO HIGH AND REACH THE STARS AND FEEL ME FLY
SO WHERE R U 5TH JOB R U REAL OR NOT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT
LOL @ anyone who’s screaming for 5th job
Recent Nexon interview explicitly stated that 5th job is not happening soon. Just think about how many classes we have. It will happen eventually but not now.
I would give it 6 months to a year.
Maplestory should change theme dungeons after you complete them,for example if you complete Ellin Forest I think Ephenia should be looking like that and the forest is purified,or when you complete mushroom kingdom,the mushrooms are on the tower ,and if you wanna fight the monsters again there should just be portal into it…
I wonder how many patches it will take for KMS to find out how awful Frozen Breath is?
This comment.
NEXON REPLACE FROZEN BREATH PLZ
I know, right!? It just does too much damage, too OP, no point using anything else ever, completely unfair to everyone else, and no point using your other boring attacks.
u dumbass it doesn’t do ANYTHING it’s USELESS
I/L are garbage now their weak as shit
I/L got completely nexowned
Ohhhh, you’re riiight, it just makes them a complete support class now. Pffft, chain lightning, frozen orb, who cares about those when you can heal your team-mates, shield them from big attacks, give them super powerful buffs and keep them alive and feel satisfied doing those.
It’s not like they got a huge buff to their chain lightning damage, critical damage, a new attack that does glacier chain’s job even better, and can get the bonus passive damage from storm magic by freezing bosses too.
Frozen breath is fine, it gives you a period of invulnerability to dodge something big at its worst, and if you’re in a big party it’ll amplify everyone’s damage, imagine using it at that laggy 1 vs 100 boss, suddenly you’re not taking any damage and one of the boss parts is getting smashed to oblivion.
Nobody is forcing you to use it as your main bossing/training attacks, you have chain lightning and frozen orb for those.
It’s silly that people can’t handle being given a -strategic option- instead of another damn gun.
It’s not that.
It’s because Frozen breath looks really f***ing cool.
They barely get any really awesome ice attacks, it’s unique and has both snow and ice, but it doesn’t do anything except in situations most unfunded people won’t even get into.
It looks and feels like the perfect “causing an epic snowstorm/blizzard that annihilates enemies” sort of attack, but has no impact other than “oop, they’re getting a little chilly, I guess.”
The f*** is the point of that?
Nexon is a damn tease, they show off an incredible attack and then make it do practically nothing most of the time, just awful.
Completely disapprove.
Frozen Breath is not meant to be an offensive skill anyhow,
its utility is beyond dishing damage.
I do not see how a skill with a huge enemy debuff, invincibility frame, and binding time is a horrible skill.
Does anyone even attempt to acquaint themselves with the new skills?
But I guess instead of a great skill to grant yourself a strategic advantage,
people want a skill that deals the ultimate amount of damage that completely outshines a spammable old Glacial Chain (One where if they had done a better job with the cooldown cut).
Oh I know, let us give Frozen Breath 2000% x 6 damage with a delay of 120ms with a side of 12 mob count, and lastly, a 800% hitbox both height and length wise.
Oh yes, people will be so happy until they complain again and demand a higher damage skill to which they can use it to kill any boss effortlessly.
What is the point then?
That is my two cents.
Totally agree with you. It’s like there’s a percentage of players that want game play to need more teamwork and strategy while another percentage want to solo more and have more DPS.
I seriously can’t keep up with what players want anymore. Do they want a more team-based game similar to how old Maplestory was, or do they want Maplestory to stay the same with everyone trying to out-solo everyone else?
Well, now it seems like more recent players prefer the latter, but what will that mean for older Maplestory players who want a bit of old Maplestory back?
They didn’t revamp nautilus strike. That skill is completely useless.
If we already have a dual blade, is Phantom Blow and Final Cut given for free :o?
MAX RULES
Hi
i know that my question no follow the main topic but i want know this:
after RED update, evan and aran class still need skillbooks???
Thanks
Hi
i have a question
after RED update , aran and evan class strill need SkillBooks???
Thanks
hi, i have a question. i see in kms the skill Cannon Bazooka and i see he got 15 lins each attack. i see there is a hyper skill for him,he do him 15 lins… its true? 🙂
After Red did Cannon Shooter + dmg?
Europe still hasnt the db revamp -.- and look THE FKING DATE LIKE CMON!!! europe is really late!!