Breakdown on the stats
Dex is your damage. Not strength. Dex. Max this and you will be a goddess.
Agi is important as without it you are too slow. All the dex in the world will not help you. That being said you don't need massive amounts like the hunter does. 40-60 range is good. Use your own judgement on this as this is a guide not a lecture.
Vit is life for a dancer. Without it you are lost and my nickname "Dead Dancer". When we turn we get the short end of the stick and only get a 500hp bonus. So Vit is your life. Again range of 50-70 is good. You will get hit, but not badly and you will have the vitality to survive.
Int is your dance. How intellegent you are determines how many dances you can do. It also determines how much you can spam Double Strafe/Arrow Shower. That being said any higher then 30 and Reiz will come after you. 25-30 is good.
Strength, only if you have leftover points.
Luck. Now this one may need a few points in it if you are going with lady luck as your luck affects its dance. I can't see any higher then 10 points so it will mean you will have to sacrifice one high stat point to give the 10 points.
Breakdown on the skills
As seen here we have a lot of options. Here are the skills that we have
Acoustic Rhythm
Requires Lady Luck lvl 10 and is mastered at lvl 5.(An ensemble skill)
Cast an area that gives Fire and Water resistance to party members. Consumes 10 SP.
Lasts 60 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 3 seconds for the skill duration, applied on all party members 9*9 cells around the caster.
Amp (1 skill) Necessary
A basic Bard/Dancer skill which is mastered at lvl 1. (Common skill for Bard and Dancer class)
Quit dancing or singing when casting. Can not Encore this skill.
Consumes 1 SP.
Battle Theme (5 skills)
Requires Gypsy`s Kiss lvl 10 and is mastered at lvl 5. (An ensemble skill)
Create an area where the attack and defense of party members are increased for the skill duration. Lasts 60 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster for the skill duration, applied on all party members 9*9 cells around the caster.
Classical Pluck
Requires Slow Grace lvl 10 and is mastered at lvl 1.(An ensemble skill) Cast an area where all skills and magic are not allowed. Boss Monsters can not be effected by this skill.
Lasts 60 seconds, consumes 15 SP for a cast and drains 1 SP of the caster every 4 seconds for the skill duration.
Applied on every character 9*9 cells around the caster.
Dance Lessons (10 skills) Necessary
A basic Dancer skill which is mastered at lvl 10.
Increases whip weapon damage and the quality of dancing skills.
Dazzler
Requires Encore lvl 1 and is mastered at lvl 5.
Stun all enemies in view, skill level affects on the chance of stunning. Party members could be stunned by a even chance. The stun chance is affected by the skill level, has a 3 seconds delay before activated.
Down Tempo
Requires Classical Pluck lvl 1 and is mastered at lvl 1.(An ensemble skill) Cast an area where the defense of all the characters within the area drop down to 0.Consumes 30 SP for a use.
Lasts 60 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 4 seconds during the skill duration, applied on every character 9*9 cells around the caster.
Encore (1 skill) Necessary
A common skill for Bard and Dancer class. Requires Amp lvl 1 and is mastered at lvl 1.
Recast the last skill casted. Requires half the SP of the recasted skill.
Consumes 1 SP for casting.
Focus Ballet (10 skills)
Requires Hip Shaker lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 10.
Cast an area which increases accuracy rate within it's range. The accuracy rate increased by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill level and DEX of the caster. Lasts 60 sec, drains 1 SP of the caster every 5 seconds, applied on all characters 9*9 cells around the caster.
Gypsy's Kiss (10 skills)
Requires Hip Shaker lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 10.
Cast an area which increases the maximum SP and reduces the SP used for skills of party members. The amount of maximum SP increased by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill and INT of the caster. The amount of SP consumption reduced by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill and INT of the caster.
Lasts 180 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 5 seconds for a skill duration, applied on all characters 9*9 cells around the caster.
Harmonic Lick (3 skills)
Requires Battle Theme lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 5.(An ensemble skill) Cast an area that amplifies level 4 weapon damage of party members for the skill duration. Lasts 60 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 3 seconds, applied on 9*9 cells around the caster.
Hip Shaker (3 skills) Necessary to get access to the songs
Requires Dance Lessons lvl 1, Amp lvl 1 and is mastered at lvl 5.
Cast an area which continually damages SP of enemies within it's range. Damages one time when casted, continues to damage SP every 3 seconds. So this skill does damage on SP total 11 times for a skill duration.
(Neutral, Pierce Defense) Total damage amount is affected by Dance Lessons and Hip Shaker skill level. (Hip Shaker which is caused by dancing skill overlapped doesn't have any skill duration, the skill level is always 1, does 10 SP damage.)
The skill duration is 30 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 3 seconds, does damages 9*9 cells around the caster.
Lady Luck
Requires Hip Shaker lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 10.
Cast an area which increases the critical attack rate within it's range. The amount of critical rate increased by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill level and LUK of the caster.
Lasts 120 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 4 seconds for a skill duration, applied on all characters 9*9 cells around the caster.
Lullaby (1 skill)
Requires Focus Ballet lvl 10 and is mastered at lvl 1. (An ensemble skill.)
Cast an area which increases the flee rate and perfect dodge rate within it's range. Activated 1 time immediately after casted, activated every 6 seconds for a skill duration, so total 11 times of sleeping curse will be activated for a skill duration.
Chance of putting enemies in sleep is affected by INT of the caster, consumes 20 SP.
Lasts 60 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 4 seconds for a skill duration, applied on all enemies 9*9 cells around the caster.
Mental Sensing
Requires Acoustic Rhythm lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 5.(An ensemble skill)
Cast an area that increases the EXP amount the characters receive. Skill level affects on the amount of increased EXP.
Consumes 30 SP. Drains 1 SP of the caster every 3 seconds for a skill duration, applied on every creature 9*9 cells around the caster.
Power Cord (1 skill)
Requires Lullaby lvl 1 and is mastered at lvl 1. (An ensemble skill)
Cast an area that allows party members of the caster to use any skills without required items such as gemstones or traps.
Consumes 10 SP. Lasts 60 seconds for a skill duration, drains 1 SP of the caster every 5 seconds for the skill duration. Applied on all party members 9*9 cells around the caster.
Slinging Arrow
Requires Dance Lessons lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 5.
Throw arrows using a whip. Usable while playing musical skills. The property of arrows the caster's equipping affects on the attack peroperty.
Consumes 8 SP, has a 1.5 seconds delay.
Slow Grace
Requires Hip Shaker lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 10.
Cast an area which decreases movement and attack speed of enemies within it's range. Cancels any skills that increase movement or attack speed. The amount of attack speed decreased by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill level and STR of the caster.
The amount of moving speed decreased by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill level and AGI of the caster.
Lasts 180 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 10 seconds for a skill duration, applied on all enemies 9*9 cells around the caster.
What you want to do is entirely up to you and how you have decided to make your build.
Breakdown on equipment
Well some people say that we need just our whips. They are wrong. We need both as we can still hit hard with the bow. The benefit to us, is that we have the sp regeneration to SPAM. Even at 26 int that I currently have I have nearly 600 sp, and I regen in about 4 mins. And that is without my Eggrya sandles. Whip choice, I use a 3+ Lariat given to me by a wonderful guildie (5+ Dex baby!)
Edit: Okay another guildie lent me a 10+ double bloody/boned rope and this rocks! Only damage to Phendarks, make me cry. Heck I even outdamage my Alchy husband and he's 10 lvls higher!
Bow Choice..Ancient rules, but..my current Clamourous(Goblin carded)Gakk does an awesome job. Since I am still poor, and really haven't seriously outfitted anyone yet, single gakk is good. But the aim is double Clamourous, Double Ancient, Double Insectiside
Edit: Since I have my double bloody/double boned rope I don't use my bow for that, but I did invest in a double beholder, and it rules...can we say DEAD STINGS!
Edit (Jan 2007): A better choice is a Double Underneath/ Double Beholder or Boned. Depends if you like Lvl one or Lvl two. I used a Double beholder/underneath, and with a lex, I am one shotting them at lvl 90.
Armour...Hard tights are good, but until you have them, reg tights will do.
Currently I use a 5+ Hard Mantle that is blessedly able to be shared with all my chars. I also have Unfrozen Coat, and Evil Coat for ventures into Bathory Land
Edit: Now have my hard tights, and love them to death, but I still use my evil coat for bathories. A good choice as well is swordfish armour for those forays into Byalan. Waterball really hurts...
Garment..Angelic is nice till you have enough for muffler then the whisper card. Hoods rule, and are cheap.
Edit: I love my Mocking..Thank you Sanj if you ever read this
Shoes....Verit card in shoes is very very nice, but very very expensive. I find till you are higher lvl Eggrya shoes/sandles are nice for sp regeneration. but once you can afford it get Sohee Boots
Edit: Sohee Shoes are your friend. Really. GET THEM. I dont even use my eggyra sandles anymore and rely totally on the sohee's and they are great.
Edit: I now have my Verit boots and for the most part I do use them exclusively, for arrow crafting, I do still use my sohee's and my Mistress crown.
Accessories..I like Maytr's Leash for the agi that I get from them, but remember I am dirt poor. If I was rich or at least comfortably well off, I would have 2 slotted gloves one with a vitata card for the heal and one with zerom card. If I was partied with my own DuctTapedAco..then I would have 2 slotted gloves with Zeroms. Currently I use my heal clip (*hugs heal clip*) and a glove (Got lucky with it for 25k) On my other chars, I have a necklace (got it for 50K) and the leashes as well as a clever belt.
Edit: (A suggestion is also the Kukre cards..1 to Agi is nothing to sneeze at)
Edit: Nile Rose was very nice, but now its my Nile and a Teleport belt/Heal Clip
Edit (Jan 2007) Now that my char could wear nimbles, I barely even used anything else so when my rogue hits 90, she will be using them, as well has her niles of muscle.
What's a Battle Bard/Dancer?
A battle dancer would be someone that can take the dmg without dying. Not a lot of support for others, but can whack everyone.
Skills for this kind of build would be Slow Grace, Maxed Dance Lessions, Maxed Hip Shaker, Maxed Sling arrow, Maxed Dazzler, Amp and your ensemble would be Down Tempo and Classic Pluck.
Stats would be in the range of High Vit, High Dex, mid agi, no stats in strength, luck or int.
Weapons would be double boned Gakk bow or double ancient/clamourous/insectiside. 10+ Chemeti whip or Rante (1) Or Lariat
What's a FS Bard/Dancer?
A full support dancer is one that uses her bow less and her dances more. Make sure that the person you are with has a decent computer otherwise they are going to kill you (aka, can't dance with the boyfriend his computer sucks!)
Skills for this build is a wide variety so it is best to save what skills you want to do until you can find a partner and both of you go that route. Before choosing your path make sure you have Maxed dance lessons, amp and encore. Then decide. Its better to save the points then waste them down a path that you don't want to go as when you start getting to lvl 25 job it slows down drastically and if you have gone down the wrong path its too late
Stats would be for this girl High Dex, Mid agi, Mid Vit, Mid to High int.
Weapons would be the Gakk bow and your elemental arrows. But your whip is your good choice. Status causing 10+ quad ropes will do lots of fun damage. And with ropes being the cheap choices for a 4 slot get a bunch to 9+ then attempt the 10+
Levelling
For lvls 1-20: Poring, creamys, rockers are great, Poring Island till you can handle the Poporings, Spores
For lvls 20-30: Payon lvl 1/2 are fun Culverts, Wormtails, Horns, snipe wolves or Vagabond if you can Anacondas are lots of fun too, hodes if you can
For lvls 30-45: Orc Dungeon with an aco is fabulous, Poison Spores if you can find a good concentration, Byalan 1/2, Alberta sunken ship 1, Hodes and Sandman with some fire arrows, Desert wolves (mink coats and cards oh my!)
For lvls 45-change job at 40: Greatest Generals, Elder willows, Toy factory 1/2, Hodes, sandman, Desert wolves, Stem worms (bring earth arrows) for the tough scale like stems (you need 41)
After Change to Dancer (oops my bad) or going to job 50: More Sandman, more Toy Factory, Mids 2/3, Sphinx 1/2, Sunken ship 1/2, Byalan 1/2/3, Ho's, Orc Dungeon 1/2, Juno (geographers, but make sure you have a ton of wings on you) Amatsu before dungeon Dungeon is evil, go with someone cause you will get lost in there right quick, but star crumbs drop like crazy in there. Bring silvers and fire and steel arrows.
Edit: After remake I found lvling off of alligators is fun..bring your wind arrows and your whip when you run out of sp
Edit: Mi Gaos are now the hotspot for going to 50 or getting your initial 40 job lvls. Bring your fire arrows
Edit: Now that with the transcendant classes coming out dsing takes an arrow. But fear not. Go to Payon Tool Shop and with 500 of your arrows, get a quiver. Takes far less space so that now you can load up on arrows.
Arrow crafting also does more eg Fire/Crystal/Stone/Wind elements from one orb, makes 150 arrows
For lvls 60-70:
Mids 1-3, Minos, Sphinx 1-4 (just avoid Pharoah he hurts) Geffen 2-3(bring a party with a healer for lvl 3, this is not a good place to solo) Wild roses, Ct Hos(bring a healer till a little higher) West ho's (a healer is good cause when it is not crowded you can get mobbed and your vit is crappy at this time)
Underground Aldebaren 3(keys are about 50-80k) so bring a healer cause once you are down there, you will not want to leave. Bathories (shadow property armour for her card) all over the place and a good chance to get that elusive whisper card. Silver arrows here all the way. Bring some earth ones for the Jokers (steal lvl 1 card..yummy)
Mi Gaos and Louyang and or Niff with a good party and you will be cleaning house. Wild roses are still fairly decent exp for me still so head there if you can
Edit: People say Stings? But people forget that Stings are slow. Hence ds havens. But remember bring a friend aka, a healer. They may be slow, but they hurt..hard
Edit: Now that I am in my 80's Ti surface is fabulous. Heck Kiniro is going to 99 there, so never knock it. Stings, and Bathories are also nice. I can solo Bathories once I get down there, so if you don't have a priest friend, you can go there. Loot is wonderful and getting whisper cards and joker cards and awesome. heal clip and tele clip are an absolute must for down there. Nimble clip or glove as well, for when you are not healing yourself.
Edit:
Lvl 85-99 = Lvling is a pain the ***, we all know this when we get into this higher lvl, so there are a few places where we can still excel. Bathories (my double bloody/boned rope is still awesome there and I bring my Rapture rose for the whispers. I don't even bring a bow. And yes I can take out the swords with just sling arrow), Ti Surface (If you have over 70 agi base! Bring a triple or quad boned and fire/stone quivers) Magma (with a quad flammable and crystal arrows) Lighthalzen For the win. Seriously, the quests itself is a massive storehouse of exp and fun, which is what this game is all about, and the added bonus of BioLabs 1, 2 and 3. Bio Lab 3 parties are now the "in" thing and are some freaking sweet exp, however FINDING one, when they find out you are NOT an MS dancer is next to impossible. So good luck. Bio 2 is your friend, but beware of the MVP. It can kick your ***, and finally Stings lvl 2 (Bring a double underneath/beholder or just a double beholder and a priest, with just your fire arrows) Any one of these places will make you 99
Edit (Jan 2007) Now that Hugel is out... Hugel Labratories with all those Alicez and the Aliots and more WILL make you wanna cry, but the exp is amazing.
MVP strategies
Update..Finally got to participate in a MVP hunt for the Golden Thief Bug and I was using my gypsy kiss for the wizard that was with us. Course he got too close and thought my leg was good for chomping down on, and of course the 7 99's that were there finished him off, but were kind enough to ressurect me, after...so that was my first experience.
Edit: My second was doing PC with my guild and we managed to summon Osirus and his wonderful minions..that was a fun experience cause he kept warping away from us! When we did finally locate him we beat the snot out of him!
Edit: I have Mvped twice since this section of update, one by accident, and one not on purpose. The first time was teleporting from Stormy, and the second was Hatii and I was hit more and hit back more then a wizard and a hunter. I also died 12 times!
WOE strategies
Hip shaker and Slow grace will deeply perturb anyone real quick as will Dazzler. High Dex and High Vit will help. So will a Ghostring card so if you have 120 million lying around slap it on her and have a blast.
As a guild I will shortly be seriously woeing with my dancer so I will keep you all informed as to some good strategies with a battle dancer (which is what my girl is)
Unfrozens, PooPoo Hat, masqurade, Cranial Buckler, Mocking, Gankster Mask and gloves will help you a great deal. Take these one at a time and you will be fine. These are the equips that will help you a lot. If you are like me and the thought of putting a piece of #@*t on my head sends chills down my spine, use a big ribbon it has 10+ to mdef which isn't bad.
Bring about 50 whites, 10 greens, and bwings when your leader tells you to go. Sling arrow is your friend. It allows you to be dancing and attack. I've surprised a number of assassins this way. One bad thing is that if you are the cp Dancer, cancel it when you start getting swarmed and switch to slow grace, then use Sling arrow. Otherwise sling arrow will not work as cp cancels all skills.
Edit: A rapture rose is woe is something completely unexpected, especially if you combine it with some status ailments, like Silence. Then target the PRIESTS!!
Bow vs Instrument/Whip
Why chose when you should be carrying both. Carry only 25 arrows of fire, crystal, silver, stone and steels/Oris and you should be fine. (Edit: now that that the patch has been implimented, get Quivers) When you know you are going to be switching alot (ho's) take off your dances and hotkey your arrows so that you can switch fast. And when you run out of sp, thats what your whip is for.
Bard vs Dancer
We are an ensemble, but as priests and mage/sage/wizzies love gypsy kiss, everyone loves Song of Lutie. We get terrible bonuses versus the bard, but we are eye candy. They are not. We also get more sexual harrassment then even the priestess do..wonder why?
Bard/Dancer vs Hunter
There is no comparison, we support, they kill everything in sight. We are dead dancers, they are still spamming DS and using that damn bird! They can reach 99 faster then even wizzies/sages so I have yet to see a lvl 99 dancer. Would love to be the first though, but I have have a very very long time to go.
Bard/Dancer vs Priest
We can't help but be the secondary support to them and if they are alone, their one and only defence. They are our allies and kindred to us. They buff us, we buff back, they heal us, we support their A@@. Always remember that they are sisters/brothers to us and DON'T PISS THEM OFF! (again me and the foul language..ah well, never said I was a lady)
Minstral and Gypsy
Now that they have been implimented Arrow Vulcan...Yummy!
And Marionette Control....Drooool
But nothing is going to beat Tarot of Fate when implimented Edit: On Tuesday!!!! So much for me being 99 for its implimentation.
Credits go to:
RagnarokOnline for their images and the skill info
Aldoteng for making me do this..Eventually we will be married..
Wolfwood for hire for being my loving bard partner..if you would ever get back online!
Eos and Reiz for making this fun and for all your wonderful info
My Lovely Husband Isagani, that lets me whip him for fun..Thank you love
A big shout out to Engelis and Saint Andy..you will always be my one and only DUCT TAPED ACO!
Shouts and hugs to Chad, for being there for me, and lvling me without asking. You are what makes this game special to me and I thank you for it
Shout to Nin, Dear...I'm mentioning the Harem
and thanks to all the forum members that made me welcome and tanked my a@@. And didn't laugh too hard when I became Dead Dancer.
Yes, the current AxiaDrake char is deleted, but she was invaluable to me, and I will always have a special place in my heart for her.
Dex is your damage. Not strength. Dex. Max this and you will be a goddess.
Agi is important as without it you are too slow. All the dex in the world will not help you. That being said you don't need massive amounts like the hunter does. 40-60 range is good. Use your own judgement on this as this is a guide not a lecture.
Vit is life for a dancer. Without it you are lost and my nickname "Dead Dancer". When we turn we get the short end of the stick and only get a 500hp bonus. So Vit is your life. Again range of 50-70 is good. You will get hit, but not badly and you will have the vitality to survive.
Int is your dance. How intellegent you are determines how many dances you can do. It also determines how much you can spam Double Strafe/Arrow Shower. That being said any higher then 30 and Reiz will come after you. 25-30 is good.
Strength, only if you have leftover points.
Luck. Now this one may need a few points in it if you are going with lady luck as your luck affects its dance. I can't see any higher then 10 points so it will mean you will have to sacrifice one high stat point to give the 10 points.
Breakdown on the skills
As seen here we have a lot of options. Here are the skills that we have
Acoustic Rhythm
Requires Lady Luck lvl 10 and is mastered at lvl 5.(An ensemble skill)
Cast an area that gives Fire and Water resistance to party members. Consumes 10 SP.
Lasts 60 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 3 seconds for the skill duration, applied on all party members 9*9 cells around the caster.
Amp (1 skill) Necessary
A basic Bard/Dancer skill which is mastered at lvl 1. (Common skill for Bard and Dancer class)
Quit dancing or singing when casting. Can not Encore this skill.
Consumes 1 SP.
Battle Theme (5 skills)
Requires Gypsy`s Kiss lvl 10 and is mastered at lvl 5. (An ensemble skill)
Create an area where the attack and defense of party members are increased for the skill duration. Lasts 60 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster for the skill duration, applied on all party members 9*9 cells around the caster.
Classical Pluck
Requires Slow Grace lvl 10 and is mastered at lvl 1.(An ensemble skill) Cast an area where all skills and magic are not allowed. Boss Monsters can not be effected by this skill.
Lasts 60 seconds, consumes 15 SP for a cast and drains 1 SP of the caster every 4 seconds for the skill duration.
Applied on every character 9*9 cells around the caster.
Dance Lessons (10 skills) Necessary
A basic Dancer skill which is mastered at lvl 10.
Increases whip weapon damage and the quality of dancing skills.
Dazzler
Requires Encore lvl 1 and is mastered at lvl 5.
Stun all enemies in view, skill level affects on the chance of stunning. Party members could be stunned by a even chance. The stun chance is affected by the skill level, has a 3 seconds delay before activated.
Down Tempo
Requires Classical Pluck lvl 1 and is mastered at lvl 1.(An ensemble skill) Cast an area where the defense of all the characters within the area drop down to 0.Consumes 30 SP for a use.
Lasts 60 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 4 seconds during the skill duration, applied on every character 9*9 cells around the caster.
Encore (1 skill) Necessary
A common skill for Bard and Dancer class. Requires Amp lvl 1 and is mastered at lvl 1.
Recast the last skill casted. Requires half the SP of the recasted skill.
Consumes 1 SP for casting.
Focus Ballet (10 skills)
Requires Hip Shaker lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 10.
Cast an area which increases accuracy rate within it's range. The accuracy rate increased by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill level and DEX of the caster. Lasts 60 sec, drains 1 SP of the caster every 5 seconds, applied on all characters 9*9 cells around the caster.
Gypsy's Kiss (10 skills)
Requires Hip Shaker lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 10.
Cast an area which increases the maximum SP and reduces the SP used for skills of party members. The amount of maximum SP increased by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill and INT of the caster. The amount of SP consumption reduced by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill and INT of the caster.
Lasts 180 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 5 seconds for a skill duration, applied on all characters 9*9 cells around the caster.
Harmonic Lick (3 skills)
Requires Battle Theme lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 5.(An ensemble skill) Cast an area that amplifies level 4 weapon damage of party members for the skill duration. Lasts 60 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 3 seconds, applied on 9*9 cells around the caster.
Hip Shaker (3 skills) Necessary to get access to the songs
Requires Dance Lessons lvl 1, Amp lvl 1 and is mastered at lvl 5.
Cast an area which continually damages SP of enemies within it's range. Damages one time when casted, continues to damage SP every 3 seconds. So this skill does damage on SP total 11 times for a skill duration.
(Neutral, Pierce Defense) Total damage amount is affected by Dance Lessons and Hip Shaker skill level. (Hip Shaker which is caused by dancing skill overlapped doesn't have any skill duration, the skill level is always 1, does 10 SP damage.)
The skill duration is 30 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 3 seconds, does damages 9*9 cells around the caster.
Lady Luck
Requires Hip Shaker lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 10.
Cast an area which increases the critical attack rate within it's range. The amount of critical rate increased by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill level and LUK of the caster.
Lasts 120 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 4 seconds for a skill duration, applied on all characters 9*9 cells around the caster.
Lullaby (1 skill)
Requires Focus Ballet lvl 10 and is mastered at lvl 1. (An ensemble skill.)
Cast an area which increases the flee rate and perfect dodge rate within it's range. Activated 1 time immediately after casted, activated every 6 seconds for a skill duration, so total 11 times of sleeping curse will be activated for a skill duration.
Chance of putting enemies in sleep is affected by INT of the caster, consumes 20 SP.
Lasts 60 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 4 seconds for a skill duration, applied on all enemies 9*9 cells around the caster.
Mental Sensing
Requires Acoustic Rhythm lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 5.(An ensemble skill)
Cast an area that increases the EXP amount the characters receive. Skill level affects on the amount of increased EXP.
Consumes 30 SP. Drains 1 SP of the caster every 3 seconds for a skill duration, applied on every creature 9*9 cells around the caster.
Power Cord (1 skill)
Requires Lullaby lvl 1 and is mastered at lvl 1. (An ensemble skill)
Cast an area that allows party members of the caster to use any skills without required items such as gemstones or traps.
Consumes 10 SP. Lasts 60 seconds for a skill duration, drains 1 SP of the caster every 5 seconds for the skill duration. Applied on all party members 9*9 cells around the caster.
Slinging Arrow
Requires Dance Lessons lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 5.
Throw arrows using a whip. Usable while playing musical skills. The property of arrows the caster's equipping affects on the attack peroperty.
Consumes 8 SP, has a 1.5 seconds delay.
Slow Grace
Requires Hip Shaker lvl 3 and is mastered at lvl 10.
Cast an area which decreases movement and attack speed of enemies within it's range. Cancels any skills that increase movement or attack speed. The amount of attack speed decreased by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill level and STR of the caster.
The amount of moving speed decreased by this skill is affected by Dance Lessons skill level and AGI of the caster.
Lasts 180 seconds, drains 1 SP of the caster every 10 seconds for a skill duration, applied on all enemies 9*9 cells around the caster.
What you want to do is entirely up to you and how you have decided to make your build.
Breakdown on equipment
Well some people say that we need just our whips. They are wrong. We need both as we can still hit hard with the bow. The benefit to us, is that we have the sp regeneration to SPAM. Even at 26 int that I currently have I have nearly 600 sp, and I regen in about 4 mins. And that is without my Eggrya sandles. Whip choice, I use a 3+ Lariat given to me by a wonderful guildie (5+ Dex baby!)
Edit: Okay another guildie lent me a 10+ double bloody/boned rope and this rocks! Only damage to Phendarks, make me cry. Heck I even outdamage my Alchy husband and he's 10 lvls higher!
Bow Choice..Ancient rules, but..my current Clamourous(Goblin carded)Gakk does an awesome job. Since I am still poor, and really haven't seriously outfitted anyone yet, single gakk is good. But the aim is double Clamourous, Double Ancient, Double Insectiside
Edit: Since I have my double bloody/double boned rope I don't use my bow for that, but I did invest in a double beholder, and it rules...can we say DEAD STINGS!
Edit (Jan 2007): A better choice is a Double Underneath/ Double Beholder or Boned. Depends if you like Lvl one or Lvl two. I used a Double beholder/underneath, and with a lex, I am one shotting them at lvl 90.
Armour...Hard tights are good, but until you have them, reg tights will do.
Currently I use a 5+ Hard Mantle that is blessedly able to be shared with all my chars. I also have Unfrozen Coat, and Evil Coat for ventures into Bathory Land
Edit: Now have my hard tights, and love them to death, but I still use my evil coat for bathories. A good choice as well is swordfish armour for those forays into Byalan. Waterball really hurts...
Garment..Angelic is nice till you have enough for muffler then the whisper card. Hoods rule, and are cheap.
Edit: I love my Mocking..Thank you Sanj if you ever read this
Shoes....Verit card in shoes is very very nice, but very very expensive. I find till you are higher lvl Eggrya shoes/sandles are nice for sp regeneration. but once you can afford it get Sohee Boots
Edit: Sohee Shoes are your friend. Really. GET THEM. I dont even use my eggyra sandles anymore and rely totally on the sohee's and they are great.
Edit: I now have my Verit boots and for the most part I do use them exclusively, for arrow crafting, I do still use my sohee's and my Mistress crown.
Accessories..I like Maytr's Leash for the agi that I get from them, but remember I am dirt poor. If I was rich or at least comfortably well off, I would have 2 slotted gloves one with a vitata card for the heal and one with zerom card. If I was partied with my own DuctTapedAco..then I would have 2 slotted gloves with Zeroms. Currently I use my heal clip (*hugs heal clip*) and a glove (Got lucky with it for 25k) On my other chars, I have a necklace (got it for 50K) and the leashes as well as a clever belt.
Edit: (A suggestion is also the Kukre cards..1 to Agi is nothing to sneeze at)
Edit: Nile Rose was very nice, but now its my Nile and a Teleport belt/Heal Clip
Edit (Jan 2007) Now that my char could wear nimbles, I barely even used anything else so when my rogue hits 90, she will be using them, as well has her niles of muscle.
What's a Battle Bard/Dancer?
A battle dancer would be someone that can take the dmg without dying. Not a lot of support for others, but can whack everyone.
Skills for this kind of build would be Slow Grace, Maxed Dance Lessions, Maxed Hip Shaker, Maxed Sling arrow, Maxed Dazzler, Amp and your ensemble would be Down Tempo and Classic Pluck.
Stats would be in the range of High Vit, High Dex, mid agi, no stats in strength, luck or int.
Weapons would be double boned Gakk bow or double ancient/clamourous/insectiside. 10+ Chemeti whip or Rante (1) Or Lariat
What's a FS Bard/Dancer?
A full support dancer is one that uses her bow less and her dances more. Make sure that the person you are with has a decent computer otherwise they are going to kill you (aka, can't dance with the boyfriend his computer sucks!)
Skills for this build is a wide variety so it is best to save what skills you want to do until you can find a partner and both of you go that route. Before choosing your path make sure you have Maxed dance lessons, amp and encore. Then decide. Its better to save the points then waste them down a path that you don't want to go as when you start getting to lvl 25 job it slows down drastically and if you have gone down the wrong path its too late
Stats would be for this girl High Dex, Mid agi, Mid Vit, Mid to High int.
Weapons would be the Gakk bow and your elemental arrows. But your whip is your good choice. Status causing 10+ quad ropes will do lots of fun damage. And with ropes being the cheap choices for a 4 slot get a bunch to 9+ then attempt the 10+
Levelling
For lvls 1-20: Poring, creamys, rockers are great, Poring Island till you can handle the Poporings, Spores
For lvls 20-30: Payon lvl 1/2 are fun Culverts, Wormtails, Horns, snipe wolves or Vagabond if you can Anacondas are lots of fun too, hodes if you can
For lvls 30-45: Orc Dungeon with an aco is fabulous, Poison Spores if you can find a good concentration, Byalan 1/2, Alberta sunken ship 1, Hodes and Sandman with some fire arrows, Desert wolves (mink coats and cards oh my!)
For lvls 45-change job at 40: Greatest Generals, Elder willows, Toy factory 1/2, Hodes, sandman, Desert wolves, Stem worms (bring earth arrows) for the tough scale like stems (you need 41)
After Change to Dancer (oops my bad) or going to job 50: More Sandman, more Toy Factory, Mids 2/3, Sphinx 1/2, Sunken ship 1/2, Byalan 1/2/3, Ho's, Orc Dungeon 1/2, Juno (geographers, but make sure you have a ton of wings on you) Amatsu before dungeon Dungeon is evil, go with someone cause you will get lost in there right quick, but star crumbs drop like crazy in there. Bring silvers and fire and steel arrows.
Edit: After remake I found lvling off of alligators is fun..bring your wind arrows and your whip when you run out of sp
Edit: Mi Gaos are now the hotspot for going to 50 or getting your initial 40 job lvls. Bring your fire arrows
Edit: Now that with the transcendant classes coming out dsing takes an arrow. But fear not. Go to Payon Tool Shop and with 500 of your arrows, get a quiver. Takes far less space so that now you can load up on arrows.
Arrow crafting also does more eg Fire/Crystal/Stone/Wind elements from one orb, makes 150 arrows
For lvls 60-70:
Mids 1-3, Minos, Sphinx 1-4 (just avoid Pharoah he hurts) Geffen 2-3(bring a party with a healer for lvl 3, this is not a good place to solo) Wild roses, Ct Hos(bring a healer till a little higher) West ho's (a healer is good cause when it is not crowded you can get mobbed and your vit is crappy at this time)
Underground Aldebaren 3(keys are about 50-80k) so bring a healer cause once you are down there, you will not want to leave. Bathories (shadow property armour for her card) all over the place and a good chance to get that elusive whisper card. Silver arrows here all the way. Bring some earth ones for the Jokers (steal lvl 1 card..yummy)
Mi Gaos and Louyang and or Niff with a good party and you will be cleaning house. Wild roses are still fairly decent exp for me still so head there if you can
Edit: People say Stings? But people forget that Stings are slow. Hence ds havens. But remember bring a friend aka, a healer. They may be slow, but they hurt..hard
Edit: Now that I am in my 80's Ti surface is fabulous. Heck Kiniro is going to 99 there, so never knock it. Stings, and Bathories are also nice. I can solo Bathories once I get down there, so if you don't have a priest friend, you can go there. Loot is wonderful and getting whisper cards and joker cards and awesome. heal clip and tele clip are an absolute must for down there. Nimble clip or glove as well, for when you are not healing yourself.
Edit:
Lvl 85-99 = Lvling is a pain the ***, we all know this when we get into this higher lvl, so there are a few places where we can still excel. Bathories (my double bloody/boned rope is still awesome there and I bring my Rapture rose for the whispers. I don't even bring a bow. And yes I can take out the swords with just sling arrow), Ti Surface (If you have over 70 agi base! Bring a triple or quad boned and fire/stone quivers) Magma (with a quad flammable and crystal arrows) Lighthalzen For the win. Seriously, the quests itself is a massive storehouse of exp and fun, which is what this game is all about, and the added bonus of BioLabs 1, 2 and 3. Bio Lab 3 parties are now the "in" thing and are some freaking sweet exp, however FINDING one, when they find out you are NOT an MS dancer is next to impossible. So good luck. Bio 2 is your friend, but beware of the MVP. It can kick your ***, and finally Stings lvl 2 (Bring a double underneath/beholder or just a double beholder and a priest, with just your fire arrows) Any one of these places will make you 99
Edit (Jan 2007) Now that Hugel is out... Hugel Labratories with all those Alicez and the Aliots and more WILL make you wanna cry, but the exp is amazing.
MVP strategies
Update..Finally got to participate in a MVP hunt for the Golden Thief Bug and I was using my gypsy kiss for the wizard that was with us. Course he got too close and thought my leg was good for chomping down on, and of course the 7 99's that were there finished him off, but were kind enough to ressurect me, after...so that was my first experience.
Edit: My second was doing PC with my guild and we managed to summon Osirus and his wonderful minions..that was a fun experience cause he kept warping away from us! When we did finally locate him we beat the snot out of him!
Edit: I have Mvped twice since this section of update, one by accident, and one not on purpose. The first time was teleporting from Stormy, and the second was Hatii and I was hit more and hit back more then a wizard and a hunter. I also died 12 times!
WOE strategies
Hip shaker and Slow grace will deeply perturb anyone real quick as will Dazzler. High Dex and High Vit will help. So will a Ghostring card so if you have 120 million lying around slap it on her and have a blast.
As a guild I will shortly be seriously woeing with my dancer so I will keep you all informed as to some good strategies with a battle dancer (which is what my girl is)
Unfrozens, PooPoo Hat, masqurade, Cranial Buckler, Mocking, Gankster Mask and gloves will help you a great deal. Take these one at a time and you will be fine. These are the equips that will help you a lot. If you are like me and the thought of putting a piece of #@*t on my head sends chills down my spine, use a big ribbon it has 10+ to mdef which isn't bad.
Bring about 50 whites, 10 greens, and bwings when your leader tells you to go. Sling arrow is your friend. It allows you to be dancing and attack. I've surprised a number of assassins this way. One bad thing is that if you are the cp Dancer, cancel it when you start getting swarmed and switch to slow grace, then use Sling arrow. Otherwise sling arrow will not work as cp cancels all skills.
Edit: A rapture rose is woe is something completely unexpected, especially if you combine it with some status ailments, like Silence. Then target the PRIESTS!!
Bow vs Instrument/Whip
Why chose when you should be carrying both. Carry only 25 arrows of fire, crystal, silver, stone and steels/Oris and you should be fine. (Edit: now that that the patch has been implimented, get Quivers) When you know you are going to be switching alot (ho's) take off your dances and hotkey your arrows so that you can switch fast. And when you run out of sp, thats what your whip is for.
Bard vs Dancer
We are an ensemble, but as priests and mage/sage/wizzies love gypsy kiss, everyone loves Song of Lutie. We get terrible bonuses versus the bard, but we are eye candy. They are not. We also get more sexual harrassment then even the priestess do..wonder why?
Bard/Dancer vs Hunter
There is no comparison, we support, they kill everything in sight. We are dead dancers, they are still spamming DS and using that damn bird! They can reach 99 faster then even wizzies/sages so I have yet to see a lvl 99 dancer. Would love to be the first though, but I have have a very very long time to go.
Bard/Dancer vs Priest
We can't help but be the secondary support to them and if they are alone, their one and only defence. They are our allies and kindred to us. They buff us, we buff back, they heal us, we support their A@@. Always remember that they are sisters/brothers to us and DON'T PISS THEM OFF! (again me and the foul language..ah well, never said I was a lady)
Minstral and Gypsy
Now that they have been implimented Arrow Vulcan...Yummy!
And Marionette Control....Drooool
But nothing is going to beat Tarot of Fate when implimented Edit: On Tuesday!!!! So much for me being 99 for its implimentation.
Credits go to:
RagnarokOnline for their images and the skill info
Aldoteng for making me do this..Eventually we will be married..
Wolfwood for hire for being my loving bard partner..if you would ever get back online!
Eos and Reiz for making this fun and for all your wonderful info
My Lovely Husband Isagani, that lets me whip him for fun..Thank you love
A big shout out to Engelis and Saint Andy..you will always be my one and only DUCT TAPED ACO!
Shouts and hugs to Chad, for being there for me, and lvling me without asking. You are what makes this game special to me and I thank you for it
Shout to Nin, Dear...I'm mentioning the Harem
and thanks to all the forum members that made me welcome and tanked my a@@. And didn't laugh too hard when I became Dead Dancer.
Yes, the current AxiaDrake char is deleted, but she was invaluable to me, and I will always have a special place in my heart for her.
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