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Maplestory 2012 Most useless skills

The year is ending and maple has added or modified some skills, however some continue to be worthless. Discuss which you believe are the worst.

I believe that Stink bomb shot is the worst. Despite Renegade, Nexon overlooked the funny little skill which only affects normal mobs.
By the time WHs begin to add points into stink bomb, they do not train on regular mobs anymore, which makes the skill, absolutely worthless.

November 29, 2012

44 Comments • Newest first

omegasereon

Dark flare, steal, double stab, disorder.

Reply December 6, 2012
achyif

shadow web was actually more useful when it did DoT before the revamp.
Now it's just... might as well just use shade splitter

Reply December 6, 2012
marilanna

[quote=xiCreate]- Triple Throw
- Doom
- Beginner skill, that party heal one?
I swear, all Beginner skills are stupid, and useless.
[b]- Meditation ( dont even know what it does )[/b]
- Seal
- Nightlord skill, something got to do with the web thing?
- Meso dropper .. ( whut LOL )[/quote]

You're kidding me right...? It adds 30 magic attack and stacks with potions ROFL

Also the +meso drop isn't worthless. The more mesos on the ground, the more you can use Meso Explosion.

Reply December 6, 2012
Fiction

smokescreen.. so annoying >_<

Reply November 30, 2012
xiCreate

- Triple Throw
- Doom
- Beginner skill, that party heal one?
I swear, all Beginner skills are stupid, and useless.
- Meditation ( dont even know what it does )
- Seal
- Nightlord skill, something got to do with the web thing?
- Meso dropper .. ( whut LOL )

Reply November 30, 2012
iceychill2

@Ouhai: Lol sucks to suck. Maxed Seal ftw. Nah, but I just must be used to playing lower-leveled people. And besides, there are a ton of people who are just lazy and don't have Hero's Will

Reply November 30, 2012
norcalkid

ANYTHING the Mihilie or Jett uses, worst classes ever.

Reply November 29, 2012
SoulStreak

[quote=EruditeISBACK]The one that increases meso drop rate
lol[/quote]
meso up was amazing pre big bang not so much for mesos but if you partied noobs at hene hunting ground the pigs dropped gold coins(50mesos+) instead of bronze.
people immediately called HAX! and riots erupted to pick up the "hacker mesos" cuz fun.

Reply November 29, 2012
KamikazeDes

Jetts.
Just Jetts. I'm allowed to say it cause I'm a Corsair.

Reply November 29, 2012
AnthonysWill

Holy Symbol is the most useless skill in the game.
It doesn't increase the damage of your party, it doesn't weaken monsters, and it sucks once you reach Lv 200.
Basically, It's a training skill that others want, just to level faster.
L>for Holy Symbol to get replaced with a more useful skill.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
hirrho

Beginner heal...

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
HastyHeist

[quote=Unitarity]Taunt....[/quote]
Taunt was fun. *scribble scribble scribble...THROWS KUNAI*

Seal.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
AnthonysWill

Buccaneer:
Landlubber Blast. (Used to be called "Shockwave&quot
Stun Mastery. (This skill is pointless at bosses)

BaM:
Dark Shock (It's slow, it's different from the "triple/quad/finishing blow" series, but I would still prefer to use Finishing Blow over it.)

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
Ouhai

[quote=iceychill2]seal..? you must not pvp much. i agree with thunder spear though.

OT: i know it's been deleted for a while now, but Smart Knockback was pretty useless in my opinion. Big Bang is also meh (although it is/was nice in PvP)[/quote]

Yeah hi, this is f/p mage speaking, we only got seal at lvl 11.

Also I pvp a lot. Besides, it's still useless in pvp.
Two words: Hero's Will

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
MyCookyGoMoo

Flash Jump on every class but NL's.
It was enough that shads got it.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
doc

[quote=iceychill2]seal..? you must not pvp much. i agree with thunder spear though.

OT: i know it's been deleted for a while now, but Smart Knockback was pretty useless in my opinion. Big Bang is also meh (although it is/was nice in PvP)[/quote]

I should execute you for saying big bang is useless. I always use it.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
simaini

@above scattershot is not useless. barrel bomb is a nice move, but you can jump and shoot with SS. and there are some spots where you can't cast barrel bomb.
after 2nd job SS is useless, but during 2nd job, it's not as bad as you say.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
TripleBladez

[quote=FrozenFlameO]-facepalm- fratality curse is extremely useful

@UltaMareep: That has uses.

@TripleBladez: all those skills excluding taunt has uses.[/quote]

You honestly haven't played a NL then. Yes they have uses, but they're severely limited.

Shadow Web used to be good in PvP, but Grand Battle killed any idea of a "strategy".

Dark Flare doesn't activate when you miss or dodge with Shadow Shifter. It's a reflection skill that would be best suited for a Warrior. It's still most effective when used in a party of high HP classes where the boss spams 1/1.

Taunt is useless since it doesn't work on bosses. Pitiful range when used and slow animation. They should've made it a toggle on skill.

Purge Area takes 3-5 seconds to activate, and it doesn't work on bosses either. The range isn't that big, either. The 30% PDR would have meaning on bosses, but for training, you already kill mobs in 2-3 hits on average.

Sudden Raid just lags up anyone on the map, and is used somewhat in PvP as a finisher. Mastery isn't accounted for either, so you could hit 500k+ on one hit and as low as 10k on the next. I could kill a group of mobs much easier with Shade Split in less the amount of time.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
iceychill2

[quote=Ouhai]Seal and Thunder Spear[/quote]

seal..? you must not pvp much. i agree with thunder spear though.

OT: i know it's been deleted for a while now, but Smart Knockback was pretty useless in my opinion. Big Bang is also meh (although it is/was nice in PvP)

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
dragon2923

that recovery skill from beginner tabs. As far as I know it's been one of the most useless skill since those skills exist.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
oakmontowls

I would have to say doom now that it doesnt work in pvp making it completely useless

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
Rimkii

Nimble feet.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
FrozenFlameO

[quote=unstealthed]fraility curse and taunt[/quote]

-facepalm- fratality curse is extremely useful

@UltaMareep: That has uses.

@TripleBladez: all those skills excluding taunt has uses.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
TripleBladez

Shadow Web, Dark Flare, Taunt, Purge Area, Sudden Raid.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
GeEmEs

Angelic Buster - Lyrical Cross

[quote=maxblog]Lyrical Cross: Using Escada's strength, increase your accuracy by 450 for 180 seconds. (max level: 15)[/quote]

Specifically because they revamped the accuracy system [b][i]way[/i][/b] after they introduced the class.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
DeeeMon

Double Stab, everyone's either a sin or sindit nowadays.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
bomberb0i2

Sharp Eye

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
HelloMyCuties

Finisher for Battle Mages.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
Unitarity

Taunt....

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
batonrougegoon

Blizzard Charge

Simply Useless.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
TehResisting

beginners hp recovery thing

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
Dave4eva1229

^^alrdy used

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
Ouhai

Seal and Thunder Spear

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
yuzesun

I have you all beat: three snails!
Edit: ninjaed. Dangit

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
Xerkka

3 snails
Nuff' said

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
Croodle

Impeccable memory.

*pokerface*

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
Ace987

Holy Symbol. I have no idea why people keep asking for it. The mobs don't die any quicker.

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
Classicvibe

Maple Warrior

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
Mechace117

Most useless skill..... Iron body

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
andrew924

Doom

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
yoguy911

holy symbol

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited
RustedEdge

Triple Throw

Reply November 29, 2012 - edited