Hello, on this build you'll find skills,armors,and weapons recomended for Shadow Runners. This build is based on AA Style.
If you're willing to play as Rogue, you must know this bfore starting... Rogues sux at low lvl, they have pretty bad damage low HP and DEF, but once you hit a good lvl and equip your char propertly... ppl will hate you! you will be known as a Boss.
One more thing, if you wish to play as Shadow Runner, be aware that we only have 1 AoE Skill "Explosive Arrow" its not the best but it does the jobs.
Due to lack of AoE skills, Shadow Runners are more suitable for AA "Auto Attack" which is perfect for Dual Sword and Crossbow, Blast your foes from short and long range distance.
Shadow Runners are not mean to use only Crossbow as people think, so, you better be prepare to use those duals and have fun! Lets beggin!!
Rogue Skills:
Sword Aura of Darkness: Filler.
Quick Attack: lvl10, This is our best skill for Xbow AA.
Joint Strike: Filler.
Forward Dash: lvl5, speed is always welcome.
Shadow Runner: Filler.
Raid: Filler.
Stealth: lvl10, Main skill.
Soccer Kick: lvl10, Exelent debuff, very usefull.
Home Thrust: lvl5, 80% Stun 3sec. is more than enough.
Ambush: lvl10, Our best stun, this skill provide 6sec stun at lvl67.
Fortitude: lvl10, Good for Crit %.
Retreat: lvl10, Exelent skill to scape or pursuit your enemies.
Shadow Runner:
Shadow Runner have a few good skills amon all other players, they are able to remove Long Range Attack from oponents to prevent them from using Crossbow or Launcher, also they are able to to Remove Magic from casters to prevent them from healing or attacking with any skill.
Now that you know this lets beggin!!
Explosive Arrow: lvl10, this is our best AoE which have an exelent DoT.
Instant Accel: useless: Auto Attack have a 95% success chanse.
Long Range Weapon Mastery: Increase Crossbow damage, in my opinion is a bit useless, i just use the Crossbow for AoE.
Curse of Darkness: lvl9, do not go above lvl9, This skill is exelent to remove Long Range attack from oponents, they wont be able to use crossbow or launcher.
Deadly Strike: Filler
Paralyzed Nerves: Filler, but still a nice skill, it increase the interval Attack speed of oponents by -0.1 for each lvl
Piercing Arrow: Filler, not a nice skill... this skill decrease foes Accuracy,
Sniping: Useless, but Very good skill if you'r planing to stand with Crossbow on a Safe Zone like a girl.
Trap of Silence: lvl7, Our main skill for casters, this baby set an AoE trap that prevent casters from using magic, uset against a bunch of caster to silence everyone and go for your target
Chaos Sniping: Useless, this skill increase magic casting speed by -30% at lvl1, but it dosent stop mages from casting and its useless against instant cast.
For DNA you will need the fallow:
Build based on 50 DNA.
Potens Forward Dash: lvl10 This allows you to dash every 3sec.
Extended Explosive Arrow: lvl10 This will increase the duration of DoT.
Strengthened Explosive Arrow: lvl10 This will increase continous DoT dmg.
Swift Curse of Darkness: lvl5 This will make the skill instant cast.
Trap of Silence Swiftness: max lvl, This will make the skill almost instant cast.
Build based on 25 DNA:
Potens Forward Dash: lvl10 This allows you to dash every 3sec.
Strengthened Explosive Arrow: lvl10 This will increase continous DoT dmg.
Swift Curse of Darkness: lvl5 This will make the skill instant cast.
With this said, lets go for armors and weapons!
Which armor should i use as SR and what stats are better for me?
Simple, it depends on your style, if you like the crossbow and like to stand away just shooting, then your main stat is DEX, and if you like to smash your foes with high speed and show whos tha boss then your main stat is STR.
There are too many armors which one should i use?
Recomendations and why:
Ruinhorn Heinous lvl67: Is perfect for duals plus the Criticial Adicional Damage goes perfect with AA style. (Recomended)
Resolute lv72: Is exelent for crossbow's maniacs, this armor provide huge CAD and DEX which is perfect for crossbow dmg and add critical %. (Recomended)
Explosive lv72: This armor is by far the best armor for SS Assasins, it provide huge SCAD (Skill Critical Adicional Dmg) plus great DEF bonus. (Not recomended for AA)
Eliminator lv75: This is a good looking set with great DEF bonuses but no CAD/SCAD. if you're poor and need a set to wear then this is the one.
Hell's Emissary lv79: This set is pretty god for SS Assasins, the problem is that the main dmg is standard but you're free to select the main stat "CON/STR/DEX" (Not recomended for AA)
Dark Stigma lv85: Same as 79 set but adding +10 on each bonus, and also for SS Assasins, players prefered stat 'CON', this is a very Expensive armor, if you're looking for huge CON and good DEF then this is your set. (Not recomended for AA)
FOC set: Those armors are based on SCAD, not recomended for AA style, but if you play as SS Assasin then this might be another choice for you (Explosive is by far better than any FOC set)
Coment: Resolute its a great looking set but xpensive as hell.
At lvl80 you can combine x2 Titan Ruinhorn pieces with your current armor to gain some extra dmg/HP.
Vest of Spite: New lvl89 Armor, drops from Voxyon without stats and Maregall as Nightmare and Terror.
NightMare: Exclusive for AA (Auto attack) Provide CAD on each +1
Terror: Exclusive for Mages or Skill users, Provide SCAD on each +1
Lets go for Weapns!
Recomended weapons and why... A few things that you need to know before taking a desision:
Dual Sword vs Claw... what should i choose?
Before making up your mind is good to know the diference between those tow, Duals will always have more base dmg than Claws, this is because Duals are mean for AA style and Claws are mean for SS style, beside this there is no other diference, they have almost the same stats. Exemple:
Dual Sword: Each +1 increase Strengh + CON/HP + Critical Adicional Damage as base.
Claws: Each +1 increase Strengh + CON/HP + Physical Critical Chance %.
So, if you choose Claws you will be missing CAD and if you choose Duals you will be missing crit %... I will always go for CAD
Recomended Enchants:
1st Enchant: Short Range DEF Dawn 4 or 5
Others: Ruinhorn Claw if you're or High Rank if you're rich.
For Crossbow:
1st Enchant: Long Range DEF Dawn lvl5 no less.
Others: Ruinhorn Claw if you're or High Rank and Attack % if you're rich.
Jewels!
Recomended Jewels: Go for the best you can get, Nightmare are the best at the moment, but you can also make a simple supernus set +20 with reinf event, this will help you survive while completing the Nightmare set.
Many ppl go for pure STR to kill tanks and other players with huge DEF as Druids.
Others go for 4 STR + 4 CON, good balance between HP and dmg.
Others go for 6 STR/CON + 2 STR/CON
Try to always enchant your jewels with Ion Mine Crit % xeons, 2% on each jewel is the minimum you need to feel the power.
And don't forget your CAD Ball at lvl79,
More updates to come. (Sorry for any typo)
updated 14 April 2016.
Edited by BioElesis, 14 April 2016 - 06:17 PM.