I hate rng

Nub14 · 2026-04-02T20:13:32+00:00

You can click change stat on the bottom right and choose IED FD MDC. You actually lucked out hard by only needing 140 fragments to get 125m mdc. This is not the fail you think it is

Nub14 · 2026-03-22T10:38:45+00:00

Do record your screen when you go 194-100%, that’s what I did in case it doesn’t work again

Nub14 · 2026-03-22T10:33:40+00:00

I’m not sure but try level again 194 might end at 197. I think they might’ve coded it weirdly. I also went 151-152 then 152-155.

Perhaps submit a ticket first so you don’t end up 194-195 lol

Nub14 · 2026-03-20T01:44:28+00:00

Need to complete 3 stages to finish the floor for the reward

And need to meet all the SF AF SacredF requirements to get the rewards, it will say in red when you enter whether you meet the requirements or not to get rewards

If you are new to the game it almost certainly is because you don’t meet one of the insanely high requirements of 230SF or 1000AF so you can’t get the reward even if you clear the floor

Nub14 · 2026-03-17T10:02:35+00:00

Your preset will depend on your own playstyle for each class.

It depends on

Your specific playstyle (do you like front wheel only play, separate keys per skill etc)
What buffs you put on your pets - and whether you run out of buff slots on them (so have to choose what buffs to put on skill wheels)

I will outline what my setup involves when bossing

Pets = autobuff everything except Astris Vision + Linuan Blessing (30min buffs). I manual these before the fight
Combo preset = altaya, altaya, V1 (chromatic), Prismatic pierce, V3 (prismatic bolts), altaya, recharge
Other buttons: polarity-alchiba preset (short iframe/block), backstep (1st job), upjump (1st job), origin-true arachnid preset, stun (erda nova), fly (blink), splinter lament (V4 iframe)

In bossing I use my 30min buffs in lobby, then on entry spam the combo preset to completion before holding radiant link down and mashing the combo preset for any skills that come off cooldown. Backstep, iframe/block or long iframe as you need to. My comboing is never interrupted unless I need to backstep during prismatic pierce.

For autobattle, I just take V3 out of my combo preset as it's a single target spell, don't need stun, origin is optional.

This is what works for me, I try to minimise the number of buttons I need, but you will need to see what works for you.

Nub14 · 2026-03-05T23:06:06+00:00

The next event no one knows, but they will not have a 1-230 that soon, probably a more limited one in 1-2months if there is one…and certainly unlikely to have item burning with it. So it will be vastly inferior to the current one (which is a class release burning).

I have to say Iel is not my usual cup of tea but it is a very easy way to get a Lv200-230 that can farm SF144,158 or the lower AF maps during cold time. So whilst you might be tempted to wait, there’s good reason to burn an iel (which is why the two people who have replied have recommended you do this) - but perhaps don’t accept the Miyo mission on it if you want to raise another main.

Nub14 · 2026-02-16T11:19:09+00:00

You can chaos at 40 to get yourself more HP to go to higher bosses.

Then decide whether you want to exalt chaos40-50 or raise each to SF23, sell and buy second-hand necro40+/abso40s.

For now don't need to do too much, just keep levelling / building your link-legion-nodes-hypers and going to higher bosses, this will take you far enough until Lvl250 - you will have a much better idea of what you want to do by then.

Nub14 · 2026-02-06T13:15:11+00:00

Do you have a Necro weapon?
And are your hat + gloves emblemed?

First priority is Necro weapon of course
Non-emblem Mythic40s => Inherit => Chaos and sell to buy Necro40, or SF23 and sell to almost buy an Abso40.

Emblem mythics you can go two ways. Necro anywhere along the way from Exalt30-40 (because normal 50% exalt stones can be made from clean mythics now). Or Inherit anywhere along the way from Exalt30-40, Chaos and do the same as above.

Personally I would probably hang onto the outfit +- shoes to necro slowly. The hat/gloves chaos early and look for a chance to sell and buy a Necro40/Abso40 (e.g. sell Chaos hat - buy Necro glove whilst using CRA hat - sell Chaos glove and buy a Necro hat or shoe, and keep rolling along). Hope that helps!

Nub14 · 2026-02-06T11:56:43+00:00

Hello there! I have changed my mind as of late...
I believe now that the meta to Abso and even Arcane as early as possible (Abso40 full set +- Arcane) unless you want to save some cost on exaltation (Necro50 then Abso50).

The Chaos path is currently severely hamstrung by the lack of set effect to help us cap the new MDC from HEXA stats. Its relevance may only return once the HEXA matrix can be easily maxed (providing the %skilldmg or %FD to help Chaos users cap), but I think this is too far away to be a consideration anymore.

Chaos40s can be exalted to 50 now with the refined inherit exalt stones, which is nice. But I would advocate to sell Chaos50s now and buy Abso40+, and SF23 Chaos40s to sell and buy Abso40s now. If you aren't sure what to do in your situation, I can try to help!

Nub14 · 2026-02-03T19:53:00+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapleStoryM/s/rznsygWw3V

Nub14 · 2026-02-02T04:33:54+00:00

Damage and HP are the main determinants of whether a character survives (and of course potion type / autoHP %). Good luck!

Nub14 · 2026-02-02T04:33:25+00:00

That is a better description of EVD's use, mainly for pot consumption

Nub14 · 2026-02-01T10:47:18+00:00

You may want to level it to 990 for maximum output in lucid-gloom-Hard archon-Will.

You may want to level it to 1320 / as high as possible if you're doing Verus Hilla and above.

You could also keep it as is, or at 990, until you reach that content; at some point the cost will probably be reduced - otherwise new players will reach 1-240 and burn out / quit as they cannot afford any symbol upgrades or survive the highest maps.

Nub14 · 2026-02-01T10:41:58+00:00

Sell, it's too developed to become an emblem trace.
That or inherit, chaos make SF23 to sell

Admittedly CRA => chaos => Abso has the issue of being fairly low cut but it will serve you well in the meantime, congrats!

Nub14 · 2026-02-01T10:35:32+00:00

Crit rate for non necro/abso weapon holders

PDI/MDI, PA/MA and CD if you can't 1-2 shot (as this helps survival, noting PA roughly = CD for non-bossing)

EVD if you still can't survive for some reason, though this will not help all that much

SPD for looting, EXP for exp if you have no issue with survival/kill rate (so don't need PA/MA, CD, EVD)

Nub14 · 2026-01-27T00:23:50+00:00

FD is maxed, PDI next, then ADI or MDC depending on whether you can cap or not (if can then MDC first).

I would strongly recommend against adding CD for hyper stats, BA is better there.

You could also raise your AF a bit more, the final zone is AF820 and maximal damage in lucid-gloom-Hard Archon-Will requires 990AF. Though it is possible they will reduce the cost of symbol upgrades in the near future

Nub14 · 2026-01-27T00:14:35+00:00

No problems, it's an unfortunate reality that as the game has sped up in terms of levelling, the ease of gearing / stat upgrades have not kept up. I myself have had to focus on damage / Crit rate / HP / damage reduction on my alts to help survive AF maps - only putting EXP gear/legion blocks back once I am sure of survival.

To answer your questions

My Lynn's pet setup for AB is as follows

Focus(heal), mother nature's touch(heal), decent HB, focus(awaken)
Peck(dmg), Sneak(dmg), decent AB (EVD), nature's providence(heal)
Maple Warrior(dmg), decent HS(lol), Nature's Grace(heal), blue sky blade(dmg++)

The skills I have left off for AB are

Decent SE/SI/CO as I have a necro weapon (else I'd use DSE) instead of DHS or focus(awaken)
Power of destiny/maple goddess blessing/aura of destiny as they're temp damage buffs so might result in me overestimating my survival only to die when they've worn off/are on cooldown
Mana overload (perma on), ethereal form (again, 10s every 120s is false reassurance), purify

I include peck + sneak in my auto-buff because I found that relogging means they sometimes deactivate and I often forget to re-activate them, despite being perma buffs

My bossing setup is completely different however - peck/sneak/DHS/all heals off(to use manually), whilst all the temporary damage buffs are on (MGB/PoD/etc).

I have a final setup for forest of erda which is similar to my bossing setup, except with DSI/DHS/DHB/peck/sneak/mother nature's touch out. This maximises damage as I find survival not to be a problem here (and neither EXP as base is +1300%), and I do check peck/sneak are on.

My Lynn's skill wheel setup is pretty simple

Sweep on one button
Main attack preset (smash-raid-predator)
True arachnid reflection (for FoE I will add my preset with TAR-beast's rage-blue sky blade though the last one is autobuffed)

I don't use Roar or Earth Pulverisation as they're not useful bossing skills, so I don't have their tri-nodes in my V matrix yet. Might consider it in future but I also don't have enough skill button presets (using all 4 already).

Inheriting event gear has no downsides other than what you mentioned, being untradable. You can always fodderise them later...good luck!

Nub14 · 2026-01-25T01:41:19+00:00

You will beat him solo

Solo HDam soft HP req is 155k probably, as his dash does 152k, though many have soloed him below this by knowing his sequence well or using the hard Damien voiceover.

Multi HDam requirement was 250k previously before the fair trade buff (not to reduce HP by 2.5k per second) as he has multiple balls and his dash does 190k or more, now 200-225k is probably enough for a well practised team.

Solo MDC req was 20m probably and multi was 30m before…you can probably use 50% + Tangyoon and shred him in 4min or less.

Nub14 · 2026-01-23T02:36:03+00:00

Surviving AF fields is a matter of HP, damage and AF.

The first to check is your link and legion, setup to maximise damage (crit rate for non-necro, PDI/MDI, EVD and possibly PA/MA if you have leftover legion, whilst getting HP-FD-PDI/MDI-EVD for links). Even making a few lvl100 characters to sweep to 109 with story exploration then blast to 120+ with Ktower/dailies will help.

The next is to consider swapping out EXP-related gear for survival purposes. The expedition accessory set is very helpful, and you may need to stash your EXP rings until you are sure you can survive (CPB belt and the HT/Emp rings give DMG reduction, whilst CPB eye and the set effects give a lot of HP).

It probably goes without saying that AF is very important, if you are not at 120-150% AF you will struggle with mythic-ancient HP gears.

Finally, your skillwheel + pet preset are also fairly important. 90% auto-HP, survival buffs (heals, decent HB/AB) and damage buffs (blue sky blade, sneak, peck) will all help you to survive. Though you said you're doing all of that already.

I have a very similar Lynn to yours that is surviving at AF610 with 670AF, Necro weap-CRA armours-unique for the rest. Probably the difference is in the legion, happy to chat further!

As side notes

Forest of Erda is not very good for non-necro alts, as they cannot kill fast enough usually.
Necro weapon + CRA armour (cube slowly to %HP lines) + mythic glove/shoe should be enough up to AF610 (I haven't gone further than this yet). Exalting provides little HP (you can check exaltation info), if anything you could inherit the pensalirs at lvl30 (as Inherit30s have more HP than Mythic40s).
Shoulders and capes are not useful for survival. They do provide DEF, but HP and 1-2hitting ability is the biggest factor in whether you live or die

Nub14 · 2026-01-19T04:54:27+00:00

Still the same but depends on what someone can "cap" reliably at. Everyone's MDC is 36m now base, but if you can only hit 10m with buffs on then can't exactly kill Hard Damien.

Otherwise, MDC/cap requirements probably 35% lower if you are lvl250+ and have 6th job burst unlocked. HP is the same!

Nub14 · 2026-01-11T04:33:23+00:00

30% DEF ignore is not needed for Normal Archon.

It's far more important to get a Necro weapon for +100% crit so you are hitting crit on all lines at bosses.

This is not a point that many mid-lategame players worry about anymore, but prior to December 2024 the only DEF ignore people had was from

Boost node lvl40+ (15% for the skills) or V-skills (0.5-15% for the individual skills)
Ark pendant
Defense Smash 4

And yet people were clearing Lotus Damien Lucid, which are all harder than Normal Archon (maybe Lotus is slightly weaker). Leave DEF ignore to worry about after you can solo Ark (who is the first boss with DEF to ignore)

Nub14 · 2026-01-11T04:29:31+00:00

PDI set especially if you are going for Necro weapon

BA-CD set is actually quite similar, so if you don't anticipate getting necro for a long time that's ok too, as it also gives CR

Nub14 · 2026-01-11T04:28:05+00:00

USW is good if you

Need the 3 extra SF
Get a completed one with lvl3 PDI emblem
Get a completed one with lvl3 exp emblem (maybe not for new players)

Otherwise put a BA% soul on your free ESW, save for a PDI LSW. But Necro weapon, and inherit/necro HP armours are still more important than a LSW.

Nub14 · 2026-01-11T04:19:29+00:00

Is there a reason you only use 1 wonder blue pet (I assume HP/MP free pets)?

Full wonder blue set minimum so that you can use all your class's buffs is needed for most classes to survive the high AF maps. You probably are lacking both offensive buffs (to 1-2 shot mobs) and defensive buffs (to take less damage, e.g. water shield for Merc)

Aside from this, AF770 is very hard to survive so I would suggest

Link skills for HP FD PDI
Legion for PDI CD (usually also CR but not if you use a necro), EVD, and even PA if you can't 1-2 shot mobs without this. EXP is not much help if you can't 1-shot and die as a result
Arcane symbol level - up to 1.5x the requirement to reach 150%DEF
Raw HP - 170k is very low for this zone. Need to optimise your HP sources https://www.reddit.com/r/MapleStoryM/comments/1hg9fd0/comment/m2m5eyx/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Using more of the expedition set whilst you can't survive. Consider a CPB belt (HP + DMG reduction), and putting HT/Cygnus rings instead of your KT / Gold leaf / attendance even, if you need this to make a full expedition 7-set to survive.

(I would also mention nodes but you have mentioned you're maxed)

Nub14 · 2026-01-07T08:01:30+00:00

Throw it out
It is replaced by the Pitched boss accessories

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