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[quote=adaptableone]From what I've heard, you would need around a 600k range buffed to hit cap consistently with Ishtar hits (not afa) on normal mobs. Even though mercs have a high crit rate, their multiplier is fairly low, and all buffs are included in their range.[/quote]

400k buff range=600k/700k 550k buff range=999k </3

@ImaHooka: LOL, tbqh idk if i'm going to be playing that long $:

I really don't mean any offence when I write this... But, none of this will matter too much once we get Unlimited, and IF GMS gets the same/similar boost to bosses, soloing will be a thing of the past for most people who are now caught up with other godly players. It would only mean you would want to join other godly people to fight bosses, but teaming up to take one boss down is what maple should be all about!

[quote=iBubbleTeax3]@adaptableone: ohh.. LOL, tqtq [/quote]

Bear in mind that as of right now, we only hit 110% (130% with hyper skills) with ishtars ring. After the merc revamp that came out in KMS recently, it hits 150% (170% with hypers) damage as well as hyper skills that give ishtars ring extra boss damage and pdr

@adaptableone: ohh.. LOL, tqtq

[quote=adaptableone]Ranmaru: 25k should be fine, but will take nearly the full hour
V2s: 250k-300k range, % boss isn't all that important. Must have good control and enough hp to tank one hit.
Arkarium: 999k range, if you get extremely lucky
HT: 25k should be fine if you have potion pot and are level 160 with all important skills maxed. Will probably take nearly the entire hour + 30 minutes
Czak: 30-35k range, again, potion pot is helpful. All important skills maxed
Actual empress: Max damage and attacking all the way up to dr. Use stunning strikes on v2, do not single mihile out, good status resistance or potion pot, and you'll finish with up to 5 minutes to spare
Root Abyss: not entirely sure, but 50k range sounds reasonable for all but vellum[/quote]

Do you need max range to hit cap? I'm debating on whether I want to strip my db and go back to my merc :l

@ImaHooka It's a CS item that takes all potions you feed it into one usable pot. It works in dojo and during seduce/pot lock.

i would say if you can do 500k+'s with your main attack skill you should be able to do empress v2's

May I add another question on what range is needed for us Mercedes to solo the Empress' knights in the Evo world?

Thank you

[quote=adaptableone]Ranmaru: 25k should be fine, but will take nearly the full hour
V2s: 250k-300k range, % boss isn't all that important. Must have good control and enough hp to tank one hit.
Arkarium: 999k range, if you get extremely lucky
HT: 25k should be fine if you have potion pot and are level 160 with all important skills maxed. Will probably take nearly the entire hour + 30 minutes
Czak: 30-35k range, again, potion pot is helpful. All important skills maxed
Actual empress: Max damage and attacking all the way up to dr. Use stunning strikes on v2, do not single mihile out, good status resistance or potion pot, and you'll finish with up to 5 minutes to spare
Root Abyss: not entirely sure, but 50k range sounds reasonable for all but vellum[/quote]

Sorry if this is a noob question, but whats the potion pot that you mentioned above?

@above definitely true lol. Which is probably why KMS mercs got revamped, even though they still fall quite far behind with unlimited

@Kazno: O.o Perhaps it's just because Mercedes are terrible in terms of dps. I hit between 150-200k per line with Ishtar's ring.

Mercs hit at least 2x faster than NL's tho. A merc with 200k range should easily be able to outdamage 700k on quad/quint right?

[quote=williamme]Atleast 100k range to solo RA. Ranmaru, you can probably do within a 50k range. I can solo in 10 minutes with a 110k range.[/quote]

Wow, that's ages for a range like that o_o

[quote=adaptableone]V2s: 250k-300k range, % boss isn't all that important. Must have good control and enough hp to tank one hit.[/quote]

T.T My NL friend can solo V2 with 130k range hitting max on normal bosses....Do Mercs really need that high of range?

Actual Empress = max on Empress herself.
V2s = Max with Stunning Strikes on Minions.
PB = Try when you hit 300ks on PB.
Ark = nope.

Other four are easypoo if you can survive.

HAI.

Atleast 100k range to solo RA. Ranmaru, you can probably do within a 50k range. I can solo in 10 minutes with a 110k range.