Shadower vs Phantom as Main
So I just started playing Maplestory again after a very long time (pre big bang).
After doing my fair share of research on the classes, I've narrowed it down from my top 5 choices (Bishop, Shadower, Phantom, Angelic Buster, Mercedes) to 2 (Phantom and Shadower).
As a new player, who's unfunded but will probably spend some cash on NX, what would you suggest I main?
I like the playstyles of both characters very much. And now that 5th job is confirmed in KMS and the damage cap will be increased/ removed, it would seem that shadower would have the upper hand, as their %damage skills are very high. Furthermore, shadower was one of my favourite classes from the jump. I love the high damage and great survive.
That being said, I really enjoy the speed of phantom, and stealing skills allows for a lot of versatility in gameplay. Also their mobility is great, and they can train faster (with holy symbol, showdown etc). Plus who doesn't love seeing a flurry of numbers when you attack <3.
In your opinions and experiences, which of the two would be easier (i.e cheaper i.e. faster) to get to end game(i.e soloing chaos root abyss, magnus, hell gollux)?
Thanks everyone!
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@dupants: "And with SP now doing the SAME damage instead of a certain percent of the damage you already do" no its still doing 70% of your damage, you can just hit beyond that 70% now.
Im gonna tell you right now,I main a phantom,and my previous main was a shadower. Phantoms dont shine until late game with a lot of funding. So if you wanna go phantom, better bust out that wallet. Otherwise you will just be let down. They are fun as hell regardless of funding. But, if you want to boss and not empty your wallet, go shadower.
Thanks for all the opinions! I think I'll go with shad. But I'll make my link skill characters first anyway, so I still have time to decide/ see if there will be any more updates about 5th job haha.
But yeah overall I've liked shadower a long time, and the buff to the hit box of boomerang step realllllly makes their mobbing better than it was before.
inb4 Shadower gets a hurricane attack
I was debating this even after reading about the most recent KMST patch with the crazy shad buff. I had already transferred all my NX in the CS to my Phantom and thought really hard about moving it back to my shad. Both are the same level, both are thieves, both are fun, but overall phantoms are way more fun and I like the mobbing with it so I'm sticking with it. Shads are cool and all too and great bossers but I never liked the new nate when RED came out. And with SP now doing the SAME damage instead of a certain percent of the damage you already do means the same amount of line damage with MC so if you cap on a shad already you'd be doing tons of damage.
I say if you wanna boss a lot and have more DPM, go shad. But if you wanna have more fun such as stealing skills and Hyper skills, then go phantom. I also like phantom more because of that teleport skill they have which helps fly up to the top of a map with ease. Also you get to STEAL buffs from a boss which is super helpful especially against damage reflect. Also with Feint you will survive 1 death every while until the cool down ends. And Feint only lasts so long but it's still really useful for me.
You'll fund faster as a Shad. and you can change into 3 different thieves, 2 birds with one stone?
You will be able to do end game bosses alot sooner and reliably on a shadower.
ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNlVDCtTYh4
Phantom. You can pretty much be a shad...and a lot more lol. With 5th job coming imagine all those new skills to steal : o