Pocket Maplestory - Shade Build

Shade Build Guide

(Updated on Oct 2016)

Shade is the 9th class to be released in Pocket Maplestory. Despite Shade’s long hair, Shade is actually a guy! Most of his skills are passive which will activate whenever you use normal attacks or skill attacks. As Shade has poorer mobility compared to other classes., it is best to make use of the Auto-combat ‘teleport’ or the Contract Space skill while training or travelling. Shade normal/skill attacks can activate his passive, summoning fox spirit or weakening monsters. He is a good tank with high defense and HP leeching.

However, the disadvantage of Shade is the lack of AoE skills. His two larger AoE skills have a cooldown of about 20 seconds.

Extra tips: As shade do not have high melee damage, auto-combat is slow till level 108 when you get your 4th job passive skills. If you plan to auto-combat all the way, it is recommended to get a fashion weapon (cost at least 4000 candies) which will boost your Attack by 36 and Critical Attack Rate by 4. Always enhance your weapon to maximize your damage. Be sure to be in a guild for guild buffs. They give bonus stats and Attack %! 
Players who rather play themselves will not have any 'slow' leveling issue! Shade's Blade Imp skills are able to 1-hit-KO every monster!

Skills that I bring to dungeon:

Contract Space (Utility), Spirit Frenzy, Death Mark and Spirit Claw

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:

(Go pure strength if you are fully funded)

Strength (150), 

Dexterity (307), 

Intelligence (5),

Luck (5)

Skills Allocation:

Total SP = 272/272

Basic Job
Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill Level
Close Call	-
Contract Space
Spirit Bond 1	-
1st Job – 22 SP
Cosmic Balance	-	2
Flash Fist	-	20
Vulpes Leap	-
2nd Job –  50 SP
Fox Spirit	-	10 (Max)
Knuckle Mastery	-	10 (Max)
Spirit Bond 2	-	10 (Max)
Strength Training	Cosmic Balance (20)
Ground Pound	-
Blade Imp – Downward Slash	Blade Imp – Forward Slash (10)	10 (Max)
Blade Imp – Forward Slash	Flash Fist (20)	10 (Max)
Back Step	Vulpes Leap (10)
3rd Job –  70 SP
Spirit Bond 3	Spirit Bond 2 (10)	20 (Max)
Harmonious Defense	Strength Training (10)
Weaken	Knuckle Mastery (10)	20 (Max)
Shockwave Punch	Ground Pound (20)
Blade Imp – Spin Slash	Blade Imp – Downward Slash (10)	10 (Max)
Spirit Frenzy	Fox Spirit (10)	20 (Max)
Summon Other Spirit	Fox Spirit (10)
4th Job –  130 SP
Fire Fox Spirit Mastery	Spirit Frenzy (20)	20 (Max)
Spirit Bond 4	Spirit Bond 3 (20)	30 (Max)
High Quality Knuckle Mastery	Weaken (20)	30 (Max)
Critical Insight	Harmonious Defense (10)
Bomb Punch	Shockwave Punch (20)
Spirit Claw	Blade Imp – Spin Slash (10)	30 (Max)
Death Mark	Spirit Claw (30)	20 (Max)
Soul Splitter	Bomb Punch (30)
Spirit Ward	Summon Other Spirit (10)

Skills Explanation:

Basic Job
Skill Name	Explanation
Close Call	10% chance of protecting you when your HP falls below 1! It has a cooldown of 15 mins though!
Contract Space	Teleport you to a nearby enemy! Moves you forward by 30 spaces if there is no enemy in range.
Spirit Bond 1	Restores 1% HP for each successful hit and permanently decrease damage taken by 20%.
1st Job – 22 SP
Cosmic Balance	Throw remaining 2 skill points here.
Flash Fist	Prerequisite
Vulpes Leap	You can add 2 points here instead of Cosmic Balance. However, I feel that it doesn’t work well as a mobility skill.
2nd Job – 50 SP
Fox Spirit	Prerequisite. A passive that gives you 10% chance to summon a fox spirit whenever you attack or use a skill. The fox spirit will deal damage to the enemy you’re attacking.
Knuckle Mastery	Prerequisite. A passive that adds 10% Mastery and 12 Accuracy.
Spirit Bond 2	Prerequisite. A passive that adds 30 Accuracy, 30 Avoidability, 20 Attack Speed and 20 Movement Speed.
Blade Imp – Downward Slash	Prerequisite.
Blade Imp – Forward Slash	Prerequisite.
3rd Job – 70 SP
Spirit Bond 3	Prerequisite. A passive that boost your Attack by 40! This is a huge boost for auto-combating.
Weaken	Prerequisite. A passive that gives you 10% chance to inflict 20% more Damage and decreases enemy’s Attack (20%) and Evasion (40%) for 15 sec.
Blade Imp – Spin Slash	Prerequisite. Great for clearing monsters for quests.
Spirit Frenzy	Prerequisite. Do remember to hold the skill button to do more damage and enlarge the AoE radius!
4th Job – 130 SP
Fire Fox Spirit Mastery	Passive that gives you 20% chance to summon a fire fox spirit to do more damage to your enemy. With this, you can auto-combat way quicker!
Spirit Bond 4	Passive that adds 20% Critical Rate and 30% Attack against bosses.
High Quality Knuckle Mastery	Passive that adds Mastery and Critical Attack Damage.
Spirit Claw	Your main DPS skill with no cooldown!
Death Mark	An AoE skill that does Damage-Over-Time and restores your HP!

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4. Job Advancement Levels

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