Hello! Nice to meet you all! I'm a level 76 Dragon Knight at the moment, and this is pretty much the farthest I've ever gotten in Maplestory stuff cause I was a total and complete noob back in pre-bigbang, so a lot of this stuff (like HP washing) is hella new to me! It's been a ton of fun so far though! I've been using this guide like religously, https://royals.ms/forum/threads/dark-knight-guide.28010/ lol Right now, I'm currently saving up on getting a Zhelm. Have the funds, just need to get a run now. After that, I'm not exactly sure what I should be trying to get next in regards to my equipment progression? I could list off what I have right now. For my base stats: Str: 402 Dex: 57 Int: 4 Luk: 4 Equipment: Maple Soul Spear: +7 str, 96 weapon attack, +38 accuracy Lord Pirate Hat: +2 everything, +30hp/mp, blah blah blah Blue Kendo Robe (I got this as a gift which is hella nice): +19 str, +5hp Blue Magic Cape: +10 str Work Gloves: +8 weapon attack Red-Hearted Earrings: +8 dex Spiegelmann's Necklace of Chaos: +3 everything White Belt +1 everything, +3 avoid Maroon Jangoon Shoes: +2 str, +2 dex, +4 accuracy Veteran Adventurer medal: +1 everything, +150hp/mp So with all of that together, my stats are 5712 HP 775 MP 402 Str 57 Dex 11 Int 11 Luk My attack range is 736-2149 w/o buffs Accuracy: 113 Reading up on stuff, I was also a little confused on how essential HP washing is with DK due to Hyper Body? I haven't really invested anything into Int at all yet, other than hitting 11int recently due to that Pirate Hat at like level 72-3ish. The Zakum helmet will also help with that too. I was just wondering, am I too late at level 76? Did I screw myself over not getting that extra int stuff early on? Or am I worrying way too early about this? Should I be grabbing some int gear right now? And what would be recommended to get if so? Anyway, yeah. Pretty much not sure what equips I should be looking forward to next and a little confused about HP washing, which I know you all seem to get a lot. Sorry!! But, if you read all of that, thank you! I'm eternally grateful for all and any help I get here!
I can’t respond entirely right now but as a DrK you will want to wash to 30k with HB. It’s not too late to start wearing INT and you will reach 30k without an issue assuming you start wearing it now and continue to going forward.
I see. If I wear my Zhelm and get to 20 int and keep that on going forward, is that enough? Or is it also required I get stuff like int capes and earrings? I’m not sure how much of my equips I’m supposed to be devoting to int stuff. Should I invest into base int at all as well? And then APR that later?
Get very basic int stuff like a wooden wand (lvl 8), a deputy star that is good for you anyway, an overall with less than 15 int (Maybe as low as 10 to make it cheap). Make sure to try and reach a round number of int. For example, if you have 49 int or 40 int you'll get the same benefit so it would be wasted. A dojo belt can also give some stats and it's free if you grind for it. Although in lower lvls it will be very difficult to get past yellow. regarding equips, you seem not bad for where you are now. When you get to bossing lvls gradually improve things in this order: weapon > 15 att gloves > att cape > shoes > str top and bottom You'll want to get rid of your base dex eventually too
Try out this HP washing calculator: https://royals.ms/forum/threads/hp-washing-calculator.111127/ From a quick look, I think you 36 int minimum from your int gear from lvl 76 to lvl 135 to get enough mp to wash to 18,750 (30k with HB), costing ~2B if AP resets are 15M (I have no idea how much they cost these days). This will leave you with very little MP so you might want to try and get a bit more int.
I see. If I pick up a wooden wand, does that mean I need to be leeched? Or like do I just equip it right as I'm about to level up Okay, so my goal for int should be 40 (4 base + 36) in total, right? That doesn't seem too bad. Just need to save up funds then. Then I still have stuff like the HP quest, medals, an eventual black belt (hopefully) and that should also help give me more HP in the future?
Just got a +10 int cape and a +4 int earrings! And my Zhelm is +14 int + 3 from my necklace of chaos + 4 from my white belt (scrolled to have +3 int using 100% scrolls) + 1 from veteran explorer medal hits +36 int! +4 base int and I just ran it through the calculator and that should be good! I could probably get more but this should be fine for now, I think? I put this in correctly, right? Also, curious, why do people generally do the HP washing at Level 135? Nvm, I see. So people do that so they can boss.
Just maxed out spear crusher since I’ve been going pure spear. What’s more important to get next, working on Dragon Fury (Spear) or Dragon Roar? The guide I linked earlier seems to be a bit outdated, since power crash seems to be important nowadays too for Horntail, so I’m not sure?
Hey, just wanted to stress out that you do not need 30k hp at lv135, imo that's too overkill, so save yourself some mesos. I'd recommend you to reach 30k with hb when you're ready to do HT (which is 155+). FYI, my drk reached 30k at lv168 and used less than ~60 aprs with hp quest done. You'll also get quite a bit of hp from equips such as dojo belt, bfc, MoN, event rings and so on. However it is true higher hp early on would increase your survivability in bosses; lower hp just means you'll need more practices and attention. I'd still recommend you to get to 26k hp with hb at lv135. As for power crash, I'd recommend you to max it since it's useful in bosses, and even cwk as well (to reduce touch dmg).
