kMSt ver. 1.2.422 – Return of the Dual Blader & New Boss Hilla!
In this patch, Dual Blader has been reorganized! It can now be created again, and has new skills and quests! In addition, the Black Mage’s commander Hilla can be fought in Aswan! And there were some changes to Monster Park as well!
There were a few events too, like the Dual Blader Reorganization Celebration event (which gives free mastery books, rings, masks, etc), the White Day event, and the 7th Star Star Festival! Like always, I’ll cover them when they come to the real server~
In Aswan, you can now fight the remnants of Hilla’s army. They drop Conquerer and Emperor’s Coins, and you can gain Honor as well.
Excitingly, Hilla has finally been released as a boss! She can be fought with an expedition of 2~6 people over level 120 twice a day, in either Normal or Hard mode. (Thanks to Spadow for the picture!)
Monster Park has been reorganized~ Monsters’ HP has been decreased and the amount of monsters per map has been increased! Also, you might see this special monster randomly spawn while inside. If you defeat it, it can drop equipment that comes epic on reveal!
In addition, in Monster Park runs where you have defeated the special monster, when you enter the final portal after clearing, you’ll be taken to the Treasure Storage. Here, you can fight Bonus Spiegelmann for Greed Boxes that give special items when opened.
I think the above Pendant of Greed (2 to all stats, 5 slots, account tradeable) and scrolls for it (25% attack/magic attack scrolls with a 25% chance to explode if failed and 30% stat scrolls) come from this box.
Two new multipets were released, I don’t like them very much though.
There are two new Cash items called Inner Ability Protects. One is for B rank and one is for A rank. I don’t know if I told you already, but Inner Abliities have ranks. And when you use a Circulator, there is a chance of getting a higher rank. However, unlike potential, once you use a Circulator the rank is reset. These items allow you to lock the rank of an Inner Ability for 1 Circulator.
This is the new character creation screen, focusing on Dual Blade!
Dual Blade creation has been changed! You can now choose your gender regardless of KSSN, and there are two default hairs and one default faces for each gender! (Did you notice my pro editing skills?)
The tutorial has been renewed! I recorded it for you guys, sorry for any little lag spikes I had, haha.
Dual Blade’s advancement system has also been changed: Level 10 – 1, Level 20 – 1.5, Level 30 – 2, Level 55 – 2.5, Level 70, 3, Level 120 – 4! At fourth job, Dual Blades can receive a special mount called the Dark Owl!
On February 25, the Shiny Golden Headband will be given out in a Hot Time! If you haven’t noticed, it’s Dual Blade’s signature hat! But compared to the previous Hot Time hats, its stats sort of suck. It gives 10 to all stats, 100 HP and MP, defense and magic defense, 25 accuracy and avoid, 10 craft, with 10 slots. If you’re a Slasher or Dual Blader, you get a bonus of 5% critical chance (no bonus stats or attack for this hat I guess…). It can be traded through the account once with the Share Name Tag.
This means that my prediction of the patch on the 23rd was correct!
And now onto the skills!
Dual Blade (1)
NEW SKILL: Side Step: Passively increase your base avoid by 15%. (master level: 10)
NEW SKILL: Sharp Slash: Quickly slash up to 3 enemies in front of you for 330% damage. (master level: 20)
NEW SKILL: Flash Jump: Jump once more while in the air. As the skill level increases, the distance moved will increase. (master level: 10)- UNCHANGED SKILL: Dark Sight
- MOVED SKILL: Self Haste
- REMOVED SKILL: Disorder
- REMOVED SKILL: Double Stab
- REMOVED SKILL: Nimble Body
Dual Blade (1.5)
NEW SKILL: Self Haste: Increase your speed by 40, jump by 23 for 200 seconds. Passively increase your maximum speed by 20. (master level: 10)
NEW SKILL: Tornado Spin: Dash forward and use a powerful spin attack to inflict 380% damage on up to 6 mobs while rushing them. If this skill is level 15, it can be used with level 10 or higher Flying Assaulter. (master level: 15)- UNCHANGED SKILL: Blade Mastery
- MOVED SKILL: Blade Booster
- REMOVED SKILL: Triple Stab
Dual Blade (2)
NEW SKILL: Blade Booster: For 200 seconds, increase the speed of your blade by 2 stages. (pre-requisite: Level 5 Blade Mastery) (master level: 10)- CHANGED SKILL: Fatal Blow: master level has been decreased from 30 to 20, damage has been increased from 85% to 94%
- CHANGED SKILL: Slash Storm: number of attacks has been increased from 2 to 3
- UNCHANGED SKILL: Physical Training
- UNCHANGED SKILL: Karma
- MOVED SKILL: Flash Jump
Dual Blade (2.5)
NEW SKILL: Flying Assaulter: While in the air, quickly dash down and attack up to 8 monsters for 165% damage 4 times with a 20% chance to stun for 6 seconds, while rushing them. You must have 120% or higher jump to use this skill. If this skill is level 10 or higher, you can use it with level 15 Tornado Spin or level 20 Bloody Storm. (pre-requisite: level 10 Self Haste) (master level: 20) [requires mastery book at level 5]- CHANGED SKILL: Flash Bang: chance to blind monsters has been increased from 80% to 90%
- CHANGED SKILL: Upper Stab: damage has been increased from 240% to 300%, amount of monsters hit has been increased from 6 to 8, additional damage to monsters in the air has been increased from 70% to 80%
- UNCHANGED SKILL: Venom
- MOVED SKILL: Tornado Spin
Dual Blade (3)
NEW SKILL: Shadow Evasion: Increase your dodge chance by 30%. If you dodge successfully, increase your attack by 15 and have a 100% chance to hit critical attacks for 1 second. (master level: 20) [requires mastery book at level 10]- CHANGED SKILL: Advanced Dark Sight: additional damage when using an attack in Dark Sight has been increased from 10% to 20%
- CHANGED SKILL: Vital Steal: maximum health possible to regain has been increased from 15% to 20%
- CHANGED SKILL: Bloody Storm: master level has been increased from 10 to 20, damage has been increased from 225% to 265%, number of attacks has been increased from 2 to 3, increases Tornado Spin and Flying Assaulter’s damage by 20%
- CHANGED SKILL: Mirror Imaging: master level has been decreased from 30 to 20, duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds
- CHANGED SKILL: Chains of Hell: damage has been increased from 85% to 105%, now has a 20% chance of stunning the enemy for 4 seconds, Dark Sight is not required to use this skill anymore
- UNCHANGED SKILL: Radical Darkness
- MOVED SKILL: Flying Assaulter
Dual Blade (4)
NEW SKILL: Fatal Venom: Increases the effects of Venom. There is a 50% chance of inflicting a monster with Poison when attacking. Poisoned monsters will take 160% damage every second for 8 seconds. Poison can stack up to 3 times. (pre-requisite: 20 Venom) (master level: 10)
NEW SKILL: Blade Expert: Passively increase your accuracy and evasion by 15%, your attack by 30, and your mastery by 70%. (pre-requisite: level 20 Blade Mastery) (master level: 30)- CHANGED SKILL: Final Cut: HP consumption has been decreased from 20% to 10%, 1 second of invincibility is given after using this skill
- CHANGED SKILL: Blade Fury: damage has been decreased from 165% to 150%, amount of monsters hit has been increased from 6 to 8, number of attacks has been increased from 3 to 4, now ignores 20% of a monster’s defense, effect has been renewed
- CHANGED SKILL: Dummy Effect: HP has been increased from 12,000 to 20,000, now absorbs 20% of the damage you take while it is summoned
- CHANGED SKILL: Phantom Blow: damage has been increased from 105% to 200%, amount of a monster’s defense ignored has been increased from 20% to 30%
- CHANGED SKILL: Sharpness: minimum critical damage boost has been increased from 20% to 25%
- UNCHANGED SKILL: Thorns Effect
- UNCHANGED SKILL: Sudden Raid
- UNCHANGED SKILL: Maple Warrior
- UNCHANGED SKILL: Hero’s Will
- REMOVED SKILL: Monster Bomb
Thanks to Fiel of Southperry for skill icons and animations!
Orange Mushroom's Blog 
first. nice one
Cheated my way to 2nd =D
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Cheated to 3rd
lol
cheated to 2nd
3rd then? 😀
pie
😀
Did Db’s Cash package come back?
It is not available in the Tespia cash shop, but it may be released when this comes to the real server.
If they re-release the perm clothing+dagger+blade when this hits GMS I’m gonna be sad face.
I agree as i am one of the few dualblades that has the full set
Hey Max was there any mention of new scrolls? I saw on Fiel’s Extractions some black scrolls with a skull mark.
Um, I think those may come out of the Greed Boxes, along with that pendant.
Pendant?
K, I added them into the post, check the part about Monster Park ^^
Thanks Max~!
Another question, is there any wallpapers for the DB Revamp? I checked the Korean Maple Site but they’re still on the January Wallpaper.
The patch hasn’t come to the real server yet so the website has not been updated. Wait until Thursday and there will probably be one :O
cool
Woah this looks pretty cool, nice job. Although sucks that there will be lots of clones of dual blades since you cant choose different styles, and nice editing skills c:
fith… 😛
whoops, spelled fifth wrong… *sigh*
*sigh* i mean ninth …. xP
Oh gosh…They took out monster bomb LOL… I agree, it’s pretty cool..
eh blade booster only last 100 second? Or is it a typo? Isn’t it supposed to be 200 second? lol
Yeah it’s 200 seconds, fixed, thanks ^^
What does blade fury’s new effect look like? :O
Oh haha, forgot to add it in. Check now~ 🙂
WOW! Did its range increase too? That animation is huge compared to the current one!!! 😀
Yup, from this to this (thanks to Fiel again ^^)
Awesome! One last question, do you know if all the avoid from Slide Step, Shadow Evasion, Blade Expert and Dummy Effect/Mirrored Target stack with each other? And is it like normal avoid, or is it like a dodge like shadow shifter?
Side Step is avoid I’m pretty sure. Shadow Evasion is like a direct copy of archers’ Dodge, so if you know how that one works, you’ll know if this one is avoid or dodge. I’m not sure about Dummy Effect either :S Sorry!
Blade Expert gives accuracy, no avoid there.
omg that is so sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for the update max
and a question max, do existing dbs have the option to change their hair/ face to the new ones?
I really doubt it, you’ll probably have to make a new DB if you want the new hair/eyes..
Great blog. Props to your collaboration with Spadow too.
can existing dbs get the mask, mastery books, and everything that new created dbs get?
I checked the patch notes, and they say “all” Dual Blades receive the masks and mastery books, so I think yes, existing DBs can get them. But only newly created ones can get the ring.
oh ok thanks, the ring doesn’t really matter that much to me, just want the mask and the book for shadow evasion
Awww 😦 no DK buffs…
For Katara expert, does it require a Mastery book, if so is it like most of the current DB mastery books where you only need skill lv10 to get to lv30? And what skill does Katar expert take over? Monster bomb? Will points from MB be given to Katara expert?
Yes it does require a mastery book, and yes there’s one book for it to go from max level 10 to max level 30. I’m not sure about the second part, you’d have to ask someone who had a DB before and after the patch :S
i doubt it.
remember at chaos? they completely deleted CoH and THEN added phantom blow to our 4th job list so we had to zak all over again for the book -.-
source:me raging when i had to zak again for it
and if ur mistaking about me saying CoH got deleted? i really meant if got deleted from 4th job, and then re-added to 3rd job ..
Dammm
CHANGED SKILL: Phantom Blow: damage has been increased from 105% to 200%, amount of a monster’s defense ignored has been increased from 20% to 30%
Its like Dual Bladers got x2 Powerful and
Every time the Dual Blade falls slightly behind another class (ie: Mercedes, Demon slayer) Nexon just bumps them back up. I wonder if anyone will argue that this, once again, makes Dual Blades overpowered.
Who am I kidding. Ofc people will XD
I think that this just makes things all the more fun and enjoyable.
So I’m just wondering with the revamp will we still be required to buy skill books from the cash shop to get the DB skills to max level? If not that’s definitely a plus side to remaking a DB since i deleted mine after I destroyed my Luminous Earth Katara. oh p.s nice photo shop/cropping skills. I commented on that before i read the caption below the photo.
Um, weirdly enough, there are no Cash Shop mastery books in the Cash Shop anymore in Tespia… I’m not sure what they’re thinking, or if its a glitch or something, but the skills themselves still need mastery books right now. In Tespia, there’s an event that gives Special Mastery Books for every skill needed, so I don’t need any Cash Shop or monster drop books, but I’m not sure what’s happening with the Cash Shop ones…
every skill? .________. i need shadow evasion book and blade expert book…..that means im getting BOTH? or just ONE .___.
*gms player looking for preparations* ._.
You get Special Mastery Books for Slash Storm, Flying Assaulter, Mirror Imaging, Shadow Evasion, Thorns Effect, and Blade Fury.
AHHHH *mental breakdown* ………well at least i get shadow evasion xP, thx tho max ^^
Did they finally release a permanent badge that isn’t extremely rare :O
Nope 😦
I’m dissappointed I wanted to see changes in the gameplay, sigh it’s it not even a revamp just skill buffs…
Too sad db come out when I quit kms ;( god doesn’t want me to play db
Where is hilla D:
In the picture I posted, click it for a bigger version, you’ll see her near the centre of the map 🙂
FINALLY YES!
DBs still require books before 4th job? Do not want.
What happens to Dual Blade characters that were already made?
I wish classes like Aran and Evan gets nicer hair and face too 😀
Ikr
Those are the only heroes being somewhat neglected
Max do you have a list on which books can be exchanged? Because I don’t see much books needed skills removed…
I think it might just be Tornado Spin and Monster Bomb. But I’ll check for you once I can log in to Tespia!
So, can Resistance have a specialized mount too? Or atleast BaMs where they don’t get anything of that sort. ]:
They get to teleport *wink*
Lol
We have Adv. Yellow Aura (which stacks with Adv. Blue and Adv. Dark), Teleport, and Teleport Mastery. I’m not complaining lol.
Thank you!!
Max, hoping you can give a little reply. When Monster Bomb is removed. Will they be switched into 4th Job mastery instead? Or… ?
(Example: 25 SP in Monster Bomb > When removed > 25 SP in 4th Job mastery)
Yes, that happens when a skill is removed 🙂
(Sorry I know your busy) Does this mean, that it will be automatically transferred into Blade Mastery? or will this be converted into just left out SP?
Oh I thought you meant they go into the SP pool, that is my guess. But Nexon does different things each time, sometimes they just leave the SP for you to redistribute, sometimes they put it in another skill. The only way to really know is to ask a 4th job DB after the patch :S
Oh I noticed, you didn’t add “Unchanged skill: Venom” in the skill table. It is a 3rd job skill right?
Ah, it’s in 2.5, my bad. Added it in~
Are these Inner Ability Protects free?
Of course not! It’s just because this is the Tespia cash shop, all new items are free xD
I need you guys opinions. After this revamp, how they got some cool skills from the thief/pirate revamp and then a lot on this one, do you think Dual Blades still need to have pretty “brutal” funding?
What about the extra AP we earned from purchasing the skill books from the cash shop? During the revamp will those AP be counted as well? I got like 5 AP points extra from buying Cash Shop books.
Sharp Slash max level is 10.
What did it happen if I have already gotten S rank inner ability and used highest-level circulator?would it reset to C rank ?I have once used a lowest-level circulator on my S rank inner ability and it reset to C rank.
The higher level a circulator is, the higher chance there is of getting a higher rank. There’s no guarantee that you will get to S rank or A rank or anything when using ANY circulator. That’s where these Protects come in!
Well I guess the Skill changes aren’t so bad, I’m guessing they just removed the useless crap
re animated moves huh
can you tell me if skill books are still in kms? I.e do I still have to kill zakum for phantom blow etc…?
Yes you do, the DB I have in Tespia still doesn’t have PB because we can’t kill Zak 😦
Just asking a question max (or anyone) what happen to the skill owl spirt? was the skill removed or unchange (or changed but no deatils were made) please reply anyone thanks for help =)
Owl Spirit was deleted in the first patch of the Justice update.
aw man that was a fun skill =( thanks for help bro.
so lame remake
last few patches a re totat let down imho
agreed. I think the only people who like this patch are DBs. KMS is getting crazy with all the revamps to everything. They need to start releasing actual content.
You get free mastery books :D?
Yup, for almost every skill (except 4th job, where you only get Blade Fury and Thorns Effect).
Wats the level requirement for that headband? is it 90? the picture isnt really clear for me
It’s level 50, just like the other Hot Time hats.
The Mercedes Tiara is level 80, though…
No it’s not…
Then it’s different in GMS, I guess? It’s level 80 in GMS.
no its 50 in gms
ah dam skill books still exists…
Max,wanna know if Nexon changed DB’s storyline?
I don’t think so, it’s still Lady Syl who hates the Dark Lord for killing her father.
(allegedly)
Wait, got that wrong.
lol
Dam I just passed blade fury and thorns on my DB, oh well, I’m looking forward to this update, thanks Max!.
Max or anybody do you have any information on the stats of the masks the DBs get, and can you confim to me if any pre existing dual blades get the masks (i dont care about much else just the masks :P) thanks for the help.
The first few expire, but the last one (at level 120) gives 4 to all stats, 120 HP and MP, 60 defense and magic defense, 3 attack and magic attack, 20 accuracy and avoid (untradeable, no slots).
In the patch notes it said “all” Dual Bladers receive the masks, but it might just be a written thing. I’ll check for you with my DB once this comes to the real server!
First Thief and Pirate Revamp, later Phantom, now another Dual Blader Revamp, Why Nexon Only has Helped and Focused in the Thieves in these last three months X-X
Well, Thieves have been asking for a revamp for a long time..
if u haven’t noticed db was really weak after they nerf (fixed) mirror image/shadow partner. i’ve been doing bull dmg with 52% luk..i think we deserve this revamp
(and on top of that compare shadower skills to dual blade skills BEFORE this patch…and nl/shad/bucc/sair had alot of useless skills so they needed a revamp)
I feel like the justice patch was focus on sin , pirate and db. They could fix dmg range for dit ,but they just fk there skill that made them fun to play on.
Max,about the circulator,do you mean no matter which level of circulator I use,my inner ability will reset to C rank,right?
There is a high chance that it will go back to C rank, especially if you’re using like a grade 9 or 10 circulator.
Thanks!
Will shad didnt become that good.
This is exactly why I don’t play MS anymore. It’s just one revamp to the next making one job superior to others. Nothing is ever balanced, people are always bickering, whining and bitching at each other cus they’re damage is either shit or too good. No teamwork.
Max, you forgot to mention they deleted Dead Owl, the 1hitKO move.
): it was one of my favorite skills
It’s been gone since the last major patch. It was cool, but the new stuff is cooler! You’ll forget it soon enough.
That was in Advance of the Union
No it’s not…
Hey Max, I know this is a bit off topic, but I would like to ask if the lv. 130 pvp Ipos Bloody Dual Bowgun would be implemented into Larson’s shop. Thank you for your time. ^_^
Hey Max, I know this is a bit off topic but I would like to ask when the Lv. 130 pvp Ipos Bloody Dual Bowgun would be implemented into Larson’s shop. Thank you for your time. ^_^
To my knowledge, there are no bloody weapons, bloody armor, or bloody recipes in Larson’s shop with the exception of the Secret Recipe and Battle Pouches, which have a chance to give bloody recipes. Otherwise, you’ll need to make/buy them from other players yourself. It is unlikely that Larson will sell them.
say,if I have three lines of inner ability and use circulator,all of them will be reset or just one?thanks!
All of them
I wish they gave us more Dual-Blade-like clothes to start off with
😮 Really?.. I play in GMS and Larson sells bloody armor and weapon smithing recipes except for the bowgun and cannon, and since I’m in less populated world there are not a lot of empress equips nor has empress been defeated legitly in my world. So I just wanted to know if Larson would ever sell the bowgun recipe. >_<"
Where’s Mercedes in the character creation screen ? ._.
It was a limited time class. So where Demon slayer and Cannon Shooter.
It was a limited time class. So where Demon slayer and Cannon Shooter.
Double posted.
Wouldn’t it be funny if when Max shot his Db Tut. if Sharkar was doing it at the same time/ ch
Nope. He sells them.
Do we still need cash books?
i have a feeling canoneer, mercedes, and demon slayer are going to be revamped again because they had to go through the reorganization just like dbs
wait what is blade mastery lv max?
30
if we already fourth job, when the event comes, do we get owl?
Yup~
THANX FOR EVERYTHING LOVE UR POSTS ❤ Dbs r the BOMB literally 😀
When is its cominin out in GMS??? Plzzzz Reply
Yay!!! is sudden raid skill coming back?
Wow thanks for the great info Max.. really appreciate it a lot =D.
Now we’re DB’s Are TALKING!!! at least they not like Thieves 1st job anymore… They now Unique in their own… i must say.
i have a lvl 120 db, so when i log on after the patch, do i get all those mastery books or just thorns and blade fury?
If before big bang, i’ve maxed my sudden raid skill to level 30…
in this coming patch, will my sudden raid skill still be level 30 or will it drop to lvl 10 and i have to buy another sudden raid mastery book again?
i wait for the blade fury its the best attck ever
This might be a stupid question but ..
If you already have a DB, do you have to remake it for this or my db changes automatically?
Do you know when/if this is going to be applied to GMS?
2nd?
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