Pocket Maplestory - Mercedes Build

Mercedes Build Guide (For Fast Dojo Clear Rate)
(Updated on July 2016)

Mercedes is the 7th class to be released in Pocket Maplestory. She is one of the best class for Dojo, even better than Angelic Buster due to her Ishtar’s Ring skill. Although there are many other viable fun builds for Mercedes, the most common yet deadly build revolve around Ishtar’s Ring. Even though Mercedes’ DPS is high, she have very poor defense without VIP buffs. Hence, I added 1 Strength for every 2 Dexterity for more survivability during leveling and Auto-Combating. Mercedes shines at level 108 after changing to her 4th Job where we will get to spend most of our skill points on.

I use Strike Dual Shot whenever Ishtar’s Ring is on cooldown. You might wonder why this skill is used when there’s an upgraded version – Advanced Strike Dual Shot. Strike Dual Shot actually does more damage than Advanced Strike Dual Shot due to Ishtar’s Ring passive which adds 70% more damage to Strike Dual Shot.

Tip for leveling from 130-150 quickly (Using Ishtar’s Ring):
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiW3wgNmE0s

In this video, you can kill about 70% of all the monsters in the map before they re-spawn again. You will need VIP buffs and/or high defense purple level 130 gears to do this though. For non-VIP players, you can level quickly by doing the same method after defeating King Pepe and staying in the same map. As long as you do not move out of the map, your character will be immune to any damage from monsters.

Skills that I bring to dungeon:

Ancient Spirit (Buff), Spirit Infusion (Buff), Strike Dual Shot and Ishtar’s Ring

Job Advancement Levels:     

1st Job Advancement: Level 6

2nd Job Advancement: Level 41

3rd Job Advancement: Level 71

4th Job Advancement: Level 108

Stats Allocation:     

Strength (150), 

Dexterity (307), 

Intelligence (5),

Luck (5)

Skills Allocation:

Total SP = 272/272

1st Job – 6 SP
Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill Level
Potential Power	-
Sharp Aiming	-
Speed Dual Shot	-	5
Acrobatic Jump	-	1
2nd Job – 61 SP
Final Shot	Speed Dual Shot (5)	10 (Max)
Dual-bow Gun Mastery	-
Final Attack: Dual Bowgun	-	25 (Max)
Physical Training	-	6
Cross Piercing	Sharp Aiming (5)
Charge Drive	Potential Power (5)
Dual Bowgun Booster	-
Spirit Infusion	-	20  (Max)
3rd Job – 25 SP
High Kick Demolition	Charge Drive (10)
Strike Dual Shot	Final Shot (10)	25 (Max)
Reef Tornado	High Kick Demolition (10)
Unicorn Spike	Cross Piercing (20)
Gusty Dive	Reef Tornado (20)
Oblivion Roar	-
Water Shield	-
Elemental Knight	Unicorn Spike (20)
4th Job – 180 SP
Dual Bowgun Expert	-	35 (Max)
Defense Break	-	25 (Max)
Rolling Moonsault	Gusty Dive (20)
Advanced Final Attack	-	35 (Max)
Advanced Strike Dual Shot	Strike Dual Shot (20)	15 (Max)
Ishtar’s Ring	Advanced Strike Dual Shot (15)	35 (Max)
Legendary Spear	Elemental Knight (15)
Lightning Edge	-
Ancient Spirit	-	35 (Max)

Skills Explanation:

1st Job – 6 SP
Skill Name	Explanation
Speed Dual Shot	Prerequisite
Acrobatic Jump	Add 1 for mobility
2nd Job – 61 SP
Final Shot	Prerequisite
Final Attack: Dual Bowgun	Passive that gives you a chance for 25% extra skill damage.
Physical Training	Throw remaining points here. Put at least 1 point here for the initial boost of 5 Strength and 5 Dexterity. This passive is not useful enough to max it. Every additional skill level only gives 1 Strength and 1 Dexterity. At max level, it gives 14 Strength and 14 Dexterity.
Spirit Infusion	A buff that adds 67 ATT and 13 Critical Rate
3rd Job – 25 SP
Strike Dual Shot	Prerequisite. Use this skill during Ishtar’s Ring cooldown. Ishtar’s Ring gives you a passive that adds 75% more damage for Strike Dual Shot.
Oblivion Roar	Not needed for this build. It is a buff that adds 44 Evasion, 44 ATT and 15% damage when using related skills. This damage buff do not affect Ishtar’s Ring or Strike Dual Shot.
4th Job – 180 SP
Dual Bowgun Expert	Passive that adds Mastery, ATT and Critical Damage.
Defense Break	Passive that adds 22 Accuracy and 15% Critical Damage.
Advanced Final Attack	Passive that adds 35 ATT, 27 Accuracy, 43% more chance and damage for Final Attack.
Advanced Strike Dual Shot	Prerequisite. This skill does lesser damage as compared to Strike Dual Shot with Ishtar's Ring passive.
Ishtar’s Ring	Your main DPS skill that tears down everything in a blink of an eye! Also gives you a permanent passive that boost Strike Dual Shot damage by 75%!
Ancient Spirit	A buff that adds 45 ATT, 20 Evasion and a whopping 20% to Max HP!

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