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@whiteforce18: No prob

@BlizzardNick: orly? I have to try this :O

[quote=finalshot]Hello guys, I played on a shadower before renegade so everything is kinda new to me now
1. how does assassinate work now? I can only see it hitting 3 times and never get the last critical hit. I remember the last hit would be registered seperately from the first 3 slashes and onto the nearest monster. I just did a few silent crusade quests and assassinate only did 3 hits on the bosses
2. In which order should I rank my 4th job skills?
3. what range do I need to solo zakum/horntail?
4. would you recommand %luk or empress equips for average low funding player like me?
5. what inner ability should I aim for when using circulators?

Thank you very much. [/quote]

most was answered above yeah

1.sometimes assassinates last hit wont activate if your akwardly posistioned to the monster your attacking but if your bossing and using it its more so wise to cancel like stated above
2. put dagger mastery and shadower instinct, then bstep and poison, or instead of poison shadow shifter thats really by preference i didnt mind not having the extra avoid chance then i would go assassinate after poision and shadow shifter is finished the rest is just up to you.
3. about a 15 to 20k range is ideal for zak, 50k to 100k is great for HT/czak
4. if your low funded %luk would be the best bet while trying to save for a nice empress set
5. ive just learned about inner abilities myself but for now im just sticking with what gives the most +luk atm 30luk from inner ability, it looks like this was answered better above anyway.

@BlizzardNick: ahh, interesting! I have seen people doing that in vids, as well as when I go with friends! Makes sooo much more sense now haha

[quote=whiteforce18]@iDivideZer0: wow, that was WAY more indepth than I expected Thank you so much for the tips and help! [/quote]

And to add on to what he said for the prelim heads to solve the buffing/skills problem just stand on that platform where the portal is to the next map above the head you can buff freely there and use skills normally as well

@iDivideZer0: wow, that was WAY more indepth than I expected Thank you so much for the tips and help!

@whiteforce18: 160 i guess? But yea, it would be better when you have most of the core skill maxed first.

For the 2 prelim heads in the beginning, idk if it's a glitch or something but i find it hard to cast skills. I end up having to hold down a skill for a few seconds before it activates. And for some reason i can only buff when I'm on the rope, which is a pain when you want to stack up for FTC. idk if anyone else is having this problem though. DS doesn't seem to work well either, so I can't use DS+nate. But this might be different for you, so you'll just have to find out.

I personally kill it in this order, Tail > Legs > Wings > Right arm > Left Arm > Right head > Middle head > Left Head

When killing the tail, I usually keep pickpocket on, so that when it's dead you can use meso explosion on the legs afterwards. I turn it off afterwards cause ME can't reach the other body parts. Climb up to where the wings and arms are and use Bstep+MC or Bstep+Steal, so you can hit both the arm and the wings. The wings should die first. Proceed to kill the arms, cause they seduce, which gets annoying. Another good thing to have is Hero's Will, which should be easy to obtain now since you can summon pianus in evo world. The heads are another annoying part cause they always use def which forces you to wait. The wyverns that they summon can dispell your buffs too.

@iDivideZer0: what level do you suggest for HT? Cause I am currently level 136 or so, sitting on a clean 34k range, so I was wondering if I could possibly solo HT at lvl 150 after getting FTC? Is it a possibility? Self buffed I am close to like 40ish k, and still working on maxing some of my core skills, but just curious.. Any help and tips for HT and the like would be greatly appreciated!

[quote=TheseWalls]Would I be able to solo HT with a 30k range?[/quote]

I think it's possible, but it would probably take you the whole time limit

@above don't thread steal please

Would I be able to solo HT with a 30k range?

I maxed B-step first, It's nice for the 6 mobs, Next max Dagger mastery, then max Shadowers instinct. Then I'd probably suggest get shadow shifter to 10, then max assassinate (shadow shifter books are so hard to find)

@finalshot haha dw i maxed bstep first too but shadowers instinct and weapon mastery is definitely the most important!
yah maple set is good for now! try merching or saving up, selling stuff etc and getting empress! unfortunately it's sort of expensive cuz of xenon (screw you nexon) but it's still not as bad as some other empress lol

1. oh no, I already maxed B-step for fast evo training, i guess it wouldn't matter that much
2. thx I will look into that
3. oh cool I can solo zakum now
4. Yeah, I'm using the lv.99 maple set and the 35att set bonus is really nice

#1-3 were nicely answered by above
4. Empress is ideal, but if not some luk % (3-6 if you're really unfunded) top and bottom, gloves, czak helm with some decent pot, tempest shoulder & rings, MoN pendent, etc etc. make sure to tune in for hot-time and give-aways cuz they're really beneficial for the unfunded
5. all of the inner abilities sort of suck but yah it'll take a while to get %boss or %crit etc, especially for shad crit% is important!

1. If the monster dies within the first 3 hits, the last hit will not activate. But say if you were up against a monster that doesn't die within the first 3 hits, the last strike will activate (it will be 100% critical). Most people want to cancel this last hit when fighting against bosses cause it rushes you forward, cause I don't think you want to run straight into a boss and take some damage. To cancel it, you just hold down another skill immediately after you use assassinate.

2. [url=http://www.basilmarket.com/forum/2702764]http://www.basilmarket.com/forum/2702764[/url] The people at the bottom kinda answered that. Also, Sudden Raid last, cause it's useless.

3. 15k~20k range for Zak I believe. HT can be done with ~50k range or less iirc.

4. I'm not exactly the best person to answer this, but I believe empress would be better? Someone correct me.

5. The usual %boss, %tot dmg, %crit I guess. We don't really have a need for buff duration.