Rune Knight

Rune Knight
Job Base(s):	Lord Knight
Job Type:	3-1
Job Level:	70
Race:	Human
Changes At:	Glast Heim
Number of Skills:	13
Total Skill Points:	100
Total Quest Skills:	0
Job Bonuses
STR AGI VIT INT DEX LUK +6 +6 +7 +10 +9 +5

Overview

Rune Knights are the final evolution of the Knight classes. Their name is often abbreviated and referred to as "RK". They have traded in their Pecos for new dragon mounts and are ready to do some serious damage with an arsenal of new powerful attacks while also having the highest HP pool compared to other classes.

Rune Knights have a slower startup leveling-wise, but they can become one of the most versatile and powerful classes in the game. Unfortunately, they suffer from a poor skill tree layout, forcing players to have to get 22 job points to max a basic AOE leveling skill (Ignition Break), or going with a Dragon Breath build early on, which may not be very strong in the first 20-30 levels. Rune Knights aspiring to have a Dragon Breath end-game build but do not want to use a skill/stat reset may resort to being mainly a party tank for 20-30 base levels until their HP and SP pools are higher for better damage, as that is how the Dragon Breath skill formula is calculated. The upside is that Bowling Bash and Brandish Spear is one of the most powerful non-third class AOEs and can be used until level 110-120 or so, but does require a good weapon. Dragon Breath ignores reductions in PVP / WoE and is one of the main killing skills, but depends on party buffs such as Magic Strings and Sacrament.

Finally, there are the the runes themselves. Players who choose the Rune Knight class are introduced to a new system of buffs and attacks in the form of rune stones. These consumables provide the user with immensely powerful buffs that range anywhere from a large increase in DEF/MDEF, potting ability, and massive damage increase. Unfortunately, creating runes consumes materials, but their sheer power makes them worth their cost. It is highly recommended that every Rune Knight should get the maximum level of Rune Mastery.

Job Change Guide

See Rune Knight Job Change Guide for detailed information.

This test is very easy, but it is strongly recommended to have high DEX (70 DEX is recommended) or use a high level of Twohand Quicken and Spear Dynamo for the final part due to the mobs having such high flee rate. You will be pitted up against three very powerful minibosses. You must time the use of your runes accordingly to allow yourself time to heal/get in hits.

Class Data

Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Enchant Blade	Enchant your blade with magical energy, allowing you to deal additional physical damage with your auto attacks.	10	Supportive
Sonic Wave	Smash your weapon into the ground, creating a sonic wave that hits an enemy up to 11 cells away.	10	Offensive
Death Bound	The damage you receive is amplified and used against the attacker. However, you still receive half of the amplified damage.	10	Active
Hundred Spears	Stab a target up to 7 cells away, dealing damage to all enemies in the area around them.	10	Offensive
Wind Cutter	Swing your weapon around you causing immense wind pressure to deal damage to all enemies around you.	5	Offensive
Ignition Break	Strike your weapon into the ground causing a large explosion in a area around you, and dealing damage to all nearby enemies.	5	Offensive
Phantom Thrust	Attack a distant enemy bringing them closer to you.	5	Offensive
Dragon Training	Enables you to rent a Dragon and gives several benefits when mounted.	5	Passive
Dragon Breath	Command your Dragon to breath firey flames on target area (AoE), dealing Fire property damage to all enemies inside that area.	10	Offensive
Dragon Water Breath	Command your Dragon to breath icey flames on target area (AoE), dealing Water property damage to all enemies inside that area.	10	Offensive
Dragon Howling	Command your Dragon to howl, causing the Fear status to nearby enemies.	5	Active
Rune Mastery	Enables Rune Knights to craft and use Runestones.	10	Passive
Full Throttle	Push your body to its limits, allowing you maximize your power for a short time.	5	Active

Job Bonuses

Stat\Amount	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+9	+10
STR	10	11	33	51	60	70
AGI	20	21	41	53	63	68
VIT	4	14	23	32	45	59	61
INT	1	2	5	12	13	22	30	39	46	50
DEX	3	15	19	24	31	40	44	55	66
LUK	47	48	49	57	65

ASPD

Equip Attack Speed From 2nd Class Bare Handed 156 0 Shield -5 0 Dagger -10 −1 Sword (One Handed) -12 −7 Sword (Two Handed) -15 −3 Axe (One Handed) -18 −8 Axe (Two Handed) -20 −5 Mace -5 0 Spear (One Handed) -8 +7 Spear (Two Handed) -12 +13

ASPD Potions Usable Concentration ✔ Awakening ✔ Berserk ✔

Builds

Wind Cutter Build (2025)

Wind Cutter damage depends on Base level and Base Damage. So equips that increase ATK, will be helpful in boosting it's damage. The Wind Cutter skill hits enemies twice when using a Two-Handed sword, while using a spear makes it ranged attack for enemies with reflect. The main equipment that is needed initially is the full Peuz's set that will boost the Wind Cutter damage by a lot. This can be farmed in game from the Mora Coins given in the Mora Village quests. Additional gears help to boost damage and spamming.

This is a very good F2P starter build which new or old players can use to level up to 200+ easily. This build can also be used to farm and hunt some of the lower HP MVPs.

Stat Points

Stat	Amount	Notes
STR	120 - 125	STR to increase more damage.
AGI	90 - 100	AGI needed for Flee and ASPD.
VIT	90 - 120	For high health and survivability.
INT	1 or 12 - 18	Additonal INT for SP pool.
DEX	100 - 110	High DEX for HIT.
LUK	30 - 60 or 100	LUK for extra ATK and CRIT auto attacks. 100 LUK for Curse Resistance

Suggested Equipment

Equip	Best in Slot?	Card Options	Comments
Headgear (Upper)
+9 Black Ribbon [1]	❌	Purple Ferus Card	TBA
+11 Helm of Faith(Rune Knight) [1]	❌	Purple Ferus Card	TBA
+11 Thanatos Warrior Helmet [1]	❌	Purple Ferus Card	TBA
+12(C) Thanatos Warrior Helmet-LT [1]	✅	Purple Ferus Card	Combo with Thanatos Great Sword-AD
Headgear (Middle)
Demon's Familiar [1]	❌	Any	Combo with Hypocrisy Edge
Ear of Spirit [1]	✅	Any	TBA
Headgear (Lower)
Old Camouflage Scarf	❌	None	TBA
Tyrant of Earth	❌	None	TBA
Grey Wolf Cub in Mouth	✅	None	TBA
Armor
+7 / 9 Peuz's Plate	✅	None	TBA
Weapon
+11 Hypocrisy Edge [2]	❌	Greater Special Alnoldi Card	TBA
+11 Adulter Fides Two-handed Sword [2]	❌	Rekenber Guard Card	TBA
+11 Vivatus Fides Two-handed Sword [2]	❌	Rekenber Guard Card Abysmal Knight Card Lord of the Dead Card	TBA
+14(A) Thanatos Great Sword-AD [2]	✅	Rekenber Guard Card Abysmal Knight Card Lord of the Dead Card	TBA
Garment
+9 Peuz's Manteau	✅	None	TBA
Shoes
+9 Peuz's Greaves [1]	❌	Any	TBA
+14(A) Ancient Knight Shoes [1]	✅	Any	TBA
Accessories
Peuz's Seal [1]	✅	Gold Scaraba Card	TBA
Storm Stone [1]	✅	Gold Scaraba Card	TBA

Special Gears:

• +10 Rune Knight Shadow Weapon (Must have for combo with Sonic Shadow Shield for Def Bypass)
• +10 Sonic Shadow Shield (Must have for combo with Rune Knight Shadow Weapon for Def Bypass)
• +10 Ignition Shadow Weapon (Alternative combo with Rune Knight Shadow Shield for Def Bypass)
• +10 Rune Knight Shadow Shield (Alternative combo with Ignition Shadow Weapon for Def Bypass)
• Costume 20th Anniversary Poring
• Costume 20th Anniversary Fairy Wing
• +10 Penetration Shadow Earring (Optional)
• +10 Penetration Shadow Pendant (Optional)

Note: Rune Knight Shadow Weapon and Sonic Shadow Shield combo are crucial for WC build, it give you 60% hard defense bypass (Recommended at lvl 160+). Can also use +10 Ignition Shadow Weapon and +10 Rune Knight Shadow Shield for similar defense bypass effect (60%).

Pets:

• Succubus Egg (for HP Leech)

Suggested Runes

Some of the runes from Rune Mastery are very helpful for Wind Cutter RKs. They are recommended to be used at Lvl 130+.

• Turisus Runestone For extra STR and ATK.
• Isia Runestone For better healing with Syrups
• Lux Anima Runestone Overall one of the best RK Rune. For more HP/SP, ATK and Damage boost.
• Asir Runestone For more ATK and ASPD.
• Hagalas Runestone For extra DEF, increase physical and magical armor.

Suggested Skills

Skills: Dragon Training 5 / Rune Mastery 10 / Wind Cutter 5 / Spear Dynamo 5 (For Extra ATK and HIT) / Aura Blade 5 / Two Hand Quicken

• Optional:Phantom Thrust 3 / Hundred Spears 10 / Ignition Break 5 / Enchant Blade 10
  • Prereqs: Enchant Blade 5 / Cavalier Mastery 1 / Brandish Spear 2 + Clashing Spiral 5 (if getting Hundred Spears) / Counter Attack 1 (if getting Ignition Break)

Special Thanks to Sanggoro for Researching and Testing this Newbie friendly build!

Dragon Breath Build (2025)

Introduction

Dragon Breath and Dragon Water Breath is a long range ground targeted AOE skill. It is one of the best overall build to clear more than 90% of the game content with right gears. Its damage calculation is very different from standard skills, refer the skill page for details. You need 185+ ASPD, 101% After Cast Delay, and near 0 Cast time, to maximise spamming the skill. It has no cooldown. Some of the runes will help change the element of the breath. Unfortunately, with current mechanics and equips its damage ceiling is lower than other builds.

Skills

Talent / Stats

Talent / Stat	Amount	Notes
Stats
STR	1 ~ 30	1 point for pure Dragon Breath only. More STR can be added for carrying capacity
AGI	90 ~ 100	AGI for high ASPD and reducing animation delay
VIT	120 ~ 130	Extremely important for every Rune Knight build
INT	120 ~ 130	Extremely important for every Rune Knight build
DEX	80 ~ 120	120 base DEX for eliminating Dragon Breath fixed cast time with Temporal Dex Boots.
LUK	1	LUK is not needed for this skill right now
Talents
POW	100	Main source of damage post 200.
STA	0	Not needed.
WIS	0	Not needed.
SPL	0	Not needed.
CON	97	Boosts damage.
CRT	0	Not needed.

Damage Modifiers

• Current HP
• Total SP
• Long Range
• VIT
• INT
• Skill Element
• Monster Element

Suggested Equipment

Below is a list of equipment based on approximate costs compiled by Sanggoro

Affordable and Cheap Early Dragon Breath Build

Equip	Best in Slot?	Card Options	Comments
Headgear (Upper)
+8 Red Baby Dragon Hat [1]	✅	Bungisngis Card	TBA
Headgear (Middle)
Heavenly Order	❌	None	TBA
Demon's Familiar [1]	✅	Firm Air Deleter Card	TBA
Headgear (Lower)
Sacred Lapel	❌	None	TBA
Einherjar Mantle	✅	None	TBA
Armor
+7 Fafnir Scale	✅	None	TBA
Weapon
+9/+11 Dragonic Slayer [2]	❌	Hunter Fly Card	TBA
+9/+11 Awakened Dragonic Slayer [2]	❌	Hunter Fly Card	TBA
+9/+11 Dragonic Slayer-LT [2]	✅	Hunter Fly Card	TBA
Garment
+9 Erymanthian Skin [1]	✅	Menblatt Card	TBA
+10 Mysterious Muffler [1]	✅	Menblatt Card	TBA
Shoes
+7 Temporal Dex Boots	✅	Enchanted with - Expert Archer Speed of Light	DEX 120 for 0.5s FCT
Accessories
Temporal Ring [1]	❌	Broken Cleaner Card	Set Bonus with Expert Archer enchant(Reduce global delay by 30%)
Memento Mori [1]	✅	Broken Cleaner Card	TBA
Twin Head Dragon Ring [1]	✅	Broken Cleaner Card	TBA

Special Gears:

• Costume enchanted with Minor Casting Stone(Garment)

Pets:

• Incubus Egg (for SP Leech)

Mid but Awesome Dragon Breath Build

Equip	Best in Slot?	Card Options	Comments
Headgear (Upper)
+9 Fafnir Helm [1]	✅	Bungisngis Card	TBA
Headgear (Middle)
Heavenly Order	❌	None	TBA
Demon’s Familiar [1]	❌	Firm Air Deleter Card	TBA
Purified Pigeon [1]	❌	Firm Air Deleter Card	TBA
Headgear (Lower)
Moon God Lapel	❌	None	TBA
Sacred Lapel	❌	None	TBA
Einherjar Mantle	✅	None	TBA
Armor
+7 Fafnir Scale	✅	None	TBA
Weapon
+10 God Eater Dragon Spear [2]	✅	Rekenber High Guard Card Greater Research Assistant Bot Card	TBA
Shield
+8 or more Spenta Armati	❌	None	TBA
+7 or more Illusion Shield [1]	❌	Andre Egg Card Mushy Ant Egg Card Alice Card for MVPing	TBA
+8 or more Striking Armguard [1]	✅	Andre Egg Card Mushy Ant Egg Card Alice Card for MVPing	TBA
Garment
+11 Fafnir Breath [1]	✅	Menblatt Card Cenere Card	TBA
Shoes
+11 Prana Boots [1]	❌	Firelock Soldier Card Verporta Card	TBA
+7 Rune Greave	✅	None	TBA
Accessories
Temporal Ring [1]	❌	Broken Cleaner Card	TBA
Memento Mori [1]	✅	Broken Cleaner Card	TBA

Special Gears:

• Costume enchanted with
  • Lord Knight Stone (Upper), Lord Knight Stone (Middle), Lord Knight Stone (Lower) and Rune Knight Stone (Garment)
  • Range Stone (Upper), Range Stone (Middle), Range Stone (Lower) and Minor Casting Stone(Garment)
• Firebreath Shadow Weapon, Firebreath Earring Shadow and Firebreath Pendant Shadow
• Cold Breath Shadow Armor, Cold Breath Shadow Shield and Cold Breath Shadow Shoes
• Rune Knight Shadow Weapon and Rune Knight Shadow Shield

High End and Almost High End Dragon Breath Build

Equip	Best in Slot?	Card Options	Comments
Headgear (Upper)
+9 Fafnir Helm [1]	✅	Bungisngis Card Melted Poring Card	TBA
Headgear (Middle)
Heavenly Order	❌	None	TBA
Demon’s Familiar [1]	❌	Firm Air Deleter Card Melted Poring Card Sealed Kiel Card Kiel-D-01 Card	TBA
Diabolus Wing [1]	❌	Firm Air Deleter Card Melted Poring Card Sealed Kiel Card Kiel-D-01 Card	TBA
Purified Pigeon [1]	✅	Firm Air Deleter Card Melted Poring Card Sealed Kiel Card Kiel-D-01 Card	TBA
Headgear (Lower)
Twinhead Dragon Scale	✅	None	TBA
Armor
+12/+14 Twinhead Dragonmail [1]	✅	Amitera Card Dame of Sentinel Card combo with Empathizer Card in Garment Tao Gunka Card Sealed Tao Gunka Card	TBA
+14(A) Apollo Armor-LT [1]	✅	Amitera Card Dame of Sentinel Card combo with Empathizer Card in Garment Tao Gunka Card Sealed Tao Gunka Card	TBA
Weapon
+10 God Eater Dragon Spear [2]	❌	Rekenber High Guard Card Greater Research Assistant Bot Card	TBA
+15/+18 Pike [4]	❌	3x Rekenber High Guard Card Dracula Card Sealed Dracula Card	TBA
+15/+18 Spear [4]	❌	3x Rekenber High Guard Card Dracula Card Sealed Dracula Card	TBA
+15/+18 Javelin [4]	❌	3x Rekenber High Guard Card Dracula Card Sealed Dracula Card	TBA
+14(A) Abydos Morning Star [2]	✅	2x Rekenber High Guard Card Dracula Card Sealed Dracula Card Powerful Archer Skeleton Card	TBA
Shield
+8 Spenta Armati	❌	None	TBA
+12/+15 Striking Armguard [1]	❌	Mushy Ant Egg Card Golden Thief Bug Card Alice Card for MVPing	TBA
+10 or more Symbol of Eden [1]	✅	Mushy Ant Egg Card Golden Thief Bug Card Alice Card for MVPing	TBA
Garment
+11 Fafnir Breath [1]	❌	Empathizer Card Menblatt Card Cenere Card	TBA
+14(A) Will of Ingrid [1]	✅	Empathizer Card Menblatt Card Cenere Card	TBA
Shoes
+13 Twinhead Dragon Boots [1]	✅	Firelock Soldier Card Verporta Card	TBA
Accessories
Y.S.F.Ring [1]	✅	Broken Cleaner Card Osiris Card (Set Bonus with Abydos Morning Star)	Max HP+15%, Long Ranged Damage +10%. For every 2 base levels, increases damage of Dragon Breath and Dragon Water Breath by 1%. Combos with Dragon Eye Ring.
Dragon Eye Ring [1]	✅		Max HP+20%, Long Ranged Damage +20%. For every base level, increases damage of Dragon Breath and Dragon Water Breath by 1%. Combos with Y.S.F.Ring to give - Max HP +15%, Long Ranged Damage and Physical Damage +15%. If the equipped armor's refine level is +14 or higher, 3% chance to gain POW & CON + 15, STR & DEX + 150 for 10 seconds when dealing melee or long-range physical attack.

Special Gears:

• Costume enchanted with
  • Lord Knight Stone (Upper), Lord Knight Stone (Middle), Lord Knight Stone (Lower) and Rune Knight Stone (Garment)
  • Range Stone (Upper), Range Stone (Middle), Range Stone (Lower) and Minor Casting Stone(Garment)
• Firebreath Shadow Weapon, Firebreath Earring Shadow and Firebreath Pendant Shadow
• Cold Breath Shadow Armor, Cold Breath Shadow Shield and Cold Breath Shadow Shoes
• Rune Knight Shadow Weapon and Rune Knight Shadow Shield
• Full Power Shadow Armor and Full Power Shadow Shoes
• Physical Power Shadow Weapon and Physical Power Shadow Shield
• Focusing Shadow Earring and Focusing Shadow Pendant
• Durable Shadow Weapon and Durable Shadow Shield
• Almighty Shadow Earring and Almighty Shadow Pendant

Ignition Break Build (2025)

Introduction

Ignition Break build tends to have higher DPS than Dragon Breath builds for leveling, especially at lower levels (100-130) when an RK's HP / SP pool is not high.

Skill

Talent / Stats

Talent / Stat	Amount	Notes
Stats
STR	120-125	Base damage.
AGI	90+	Increases Aspd, to reuse skill faster in combination with cooldown reduction gears.
VIT	80-100+	At least 100 total is recommended for stun immunity.
INT	1-60	This build requires a lot of SP use but can be remedied with SP leech effects.
DEX	1+	Not needed as such.
LUK	125	Increases Crit Rate and gives various bonuses in combination with Cards / Equips.
Talents
POW	100	Main source of damage post 200.
STA	0	Not needed.
WIS	0	Not needed.
SPL	0	Not needed.
CON	0	Not needed.
CRT	97	Boosts crit rate.

Equipments

Equip	Best in Slot?	Card Options	Comments
Headgear (Upper)
+12 or more Peco Warrior Hat [1]	❌	Any	TBA
+10 Black Feather [1]	❌	Any	Good source for some SP leech and 100% physical defense penetration early on.
+12 or more Awaking Bloom [1]	❌	Any	'TBA'
+11 or more Thanatos Fighter Helmet [1]	❌	Any	Does not have Physical Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Good source for melee damage increase.
+11 (C) or more Thanatos Fighter Helmet-LT [1]	❌	Any Enchanted with - Acute Lv. 3 Gray Spell (Fighter) Lv 3	Does not have Physical Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Good source for melee damage increase.
+13 or more Snake Queen Crown [1]	❌	Evil Nymph Card Evil Snake Lord Card	Does not have Physical Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Good source for physical damage increase and some additional POW / CON. Also provides 0.5s fixed casting time reduction.
+12 (A) or more Disciple of Bijou [1]	❌	Any	Does not have Physical Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Good source for physical damage increase and some additional ATK. Also provides 0.3s fixed casting time reduction.
+10 or more Old Rune Circlet [1]	✅	Enchanted with - Acute Lv. 5 Any Stats Any	Does not have Physical Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Good source for Ignition Break damage increase and some additional ASPD. Combos nicely with Document Swordsman to boost physical damage and IB damage. Also reduces skill cooldown by 1.5 seconds.
Headgear (Middle)
Demon's Familiar [1]	❌	Any	Cheaper option, provides All Stat + 10.
Little Garden	❌	None	Good source of ATK and critical damage based on base LUK.
Ancient Morocc Noble Jewelry [1]	❌	Marduk Card Pharaoh Card	Good source of ATK. Also increases damage and helps with ACD reduction if paired with Marduk or Pharaoh card.
Hairband of Asmodeus [1]	❌	Any	When Ignition Break Lv. 5 is learnt, reduces its cooldown completely. Also increases physical damage by 10%.
Crow Tengu Mask [1]	❌	Any	Good source of ATK % and physical damage based on base STR. Also gives pretty good HP / SP percentage leech.
Smiling Eyes [1]	✅	Any	Good source of ATK % and physical damage based on base LUK.
Headgear (Lower)
Old Camouflage Scarf	❌	None	For every 10 base levels, increases physical damage against all size monsters by 1%.
Bat Von Blood	❌	None	Some ATK and EXP + 15%. Gives minor fixed HP / SP leech and Greed Lv. 1.
Loyal Servant of Morroc	❌	None	Combo with Demon God's Apostle Ahat Card and Demon God's Apostle Shnaim Card.
Grey Wolf Cub in Mouth	✅	None	Some talent stats and MHP. For every 10 base levels, increases physical damage against all size monsters by 1%.
Armor
+10 Evil Dragon Armor [1]	❌	Pecopeco Card Angry Nine Tail Card	Useful for HP / SP % leech early on.
+9 or more Mighty Black Threaded Armor [1]	❌	Pecopeco Card Angry Nine Tail Card	Some ATK and cheap source of 70% Physical Defense Penetration.
+13 Abyss Lake Roaring Armor [1]	❌	Pecopeco Card Angry Nine Tail Card RSX-0806 Card Detardeurus Card	Good source of damage and All Stats increase for VCT.
+13 Screaming Ghost Party [1]	❌	Pecopeco Card Angry Nine Tail Card RSX-0806 Card	Good source of damage and All Stats increase for VCT.
+14 (A) or more Abyss Lake Roaring Armor-LT [1]	✅	Angry Nine Tail Card RSX-0806 Card Detardeurus Card	All Stats +12, good source of Max HP / SP, ATK, POW and CON. Increases physical damage by a LOT, reduces ACD and also provides 0.3s fixed casting time reduction.
Weapon
+10 Lindy Hop [2]	❌	Greater Special Alnoldi Card White Knight Card Polluted Wander Man Card True Seyren Windsor Card	TBA
+11 Volar [2]	❌		TBA
Thanatos Great Sword [1]	❌		TBA
Thanatos Great Sword-AD [2]	❌		TBA
+12 Dragon Slayer's Longsword [1]	❌	White Knight Card Polluted Wander Man Card True Seyren Windsor Card	TBA
+16 or more Full Force [1]	✅	Greater Special Alnoldi Card White Knight Card Polluted Wander Man Card True Seyren Windsor Card Doppelganger Card	TBA
Shield
+10 or more Excelion Shield [1]	❌	Khalitzburg Knight Card Bijou Card	Max HP / SP and some ATK.
+11 or more God-Devouring Demonic Shield [1]	❌	Mysteltainn Card Khalitzburg Knight Card Bijou Card	Good source of ATK, tons of ASPD and some physical damage increase.
+11 (A) or more God-Devouring Demonic Shield-LT [1]	❌	Mysteltainn Card Khalitzburg Knight Card Bijou Card	Good source of ATK, tons of ASPD and some physical damage increase. Also provides 70% physical defense penetration.
+12 (B) or more Alice Body Pillow [1]	✅	Khalitzburg Knight Card Alice Card Bijou Card	Good source of ATK and P.ATK. There's a 6% chance to activate STR + 70 for 20 seconds when dealing physical damage.
Garment
+12 or more Striking Mikoshi [1]	❌	Happiness Giver Card Galensis Card A-ji and Geffen Card	Good source of physical damage, P.HIT and allows casting of Improve Concentration Lv. 10.
+13 or more Kiel Hyre's Darkness [1]	❌		Good source of physical damage and POW / CON.
+11 or more Arabian Manteau [1]	❌		Good source of crit and critical damage.
+14 (A) or more Royal Prontera Cape [1]	❌		Good source of ATK and other talent stats. Increases physical damage by a LOT. Provides All Stats + 15 and ACD reduction. Increases Ignition Break damage by 120%.
+14 (A) Black Cat Backpack [1]	✅		Good source of ATK, CRI and other talent stats. Increases critical damage by a LOT. Increases Ignition Break damage by 90%.
Shoes
+11 or more Stylish Silent Shoes [1]	❌	Chaotic Baphomet Junior Card	Good source of physical damage increase.
+13 Kenzen Ichinyo [1]	❌	Chaotic Baphomet Junior Card Faceworm Queen Card	Does not have Physical Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Provides crit and critical damage, along with some ATK %.
+14 Demon Hunter Shoes [1]	❌		Provides MoT Effect - Penetrates physical defense and increases damage depending on enemies' defense. Also provides some ATK %.
+12 (B) or more Ancient Mechanic Greaves [1]	❌		Good source of ATK, POW and other talent stats. Increases physical damage by a LOT and reduces fixed casting time by 0.7 second.
+14 (A) Legendary Dragon Shoes [1]	✅		Provide a lot of ATK and POW. Increases physical damage by a LOT and reduces fixed casting time by 1 second.
Accessories
Palace Ring [1]	❌	Void Mimic Card	Only when using Lindy Hop. Good source of Physical Damage. Reduces Ignition Break cooldown by 1.5 seconds.
Ring of Silver Claw [1]	❌		Crit + 50 and increases critical damage.
Perverse Demon Mask [1]	❌		Left only accessory. Good accessory early on for physical defense penetration, provides 15% def pen for every 18 base LUK.
Overdrive Rampage [1]	❌	Void Mimic Card only with Loyal Servant of Morroc Demon God's Apostle Ahat Card Demon God's Apostle Shnaim Card	Good source of physical damage and ATK.
Document Swordsman [1]	✅		Good source of physical damage and ATK. Also reduces VCT of Ignition Break by 100% and increases critical damage.
Jasper Ring [1]	✅		Good source of physical damage and Ignition Break damage scaling on every 3 base levels.

Shadow Equipment

Armor

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Knight Shadow Armor	1	10
Reload Shadow Armor	1	10
Maximum Mammoth Shadow Armor	1	10
Full Penetration Shadow Armor	1	10
Full Power Shadow Armor	200	10

Weapon

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Rune Knight Shadow Weapon	1	10
Ignition Shadow Weapon	1	1
Concentration Shadow Weapon	1	10
Physical Power Shadow Weapon	1	10

Shield

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Rune Knight Shadow Shield	1	9
Reload Shadow Shield	1	10
Concentration Shadow Shield	1	10
Physical Power Shadow Shield	1	10

Shoes

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Knight Shadow Shoes	1	1
Reload Shadow Shoes	1	10
Maximum Mammoth Shadow Shoes	1	10
Full Penetration Shadow Shoes	1	10
Full Power Shadow Shoes	200	10

Pendant

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Ignition Shadow Pendant	1	10
Maximum Mammoth Shadow Pendant	1	10
Focusing Shadow Pendant	200	10
Full Penetration Shadow Pendant	1	10

Earring

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Maximum Mammoth Shadow Earring	1	10
Focusing Shadow Earring	200	10
Ignition Shadow Earring	1	10
Full Penetration Shadow Earring	1	10

Costume

• Rune Knight Stone II (Garment)
  • Increases damage by 15%.
  • When equipped with Lord Knight Stone II (Middle), increases damage by 10%.
  • When equipped with Rune Knight Stone (Lower), increases damage by 15%.
• Rune Knight Stone (Upper)
  • For every level of Dragon Training learnt, increases critical damage by 2%.
• Melee Stone (Upper)
  • Increases melee physical damage by 4%.
• Melee Stone (Middle)
  • Increases melee physical damage by 4%.
• Melee Stone (Lower)
  • Increases melee physical damage by 4%.
• ASPD+1(Dual)
  • Increases ASPD by 1.
• Critical Stone (Dual)
  • Increases critical damage +10%, CRI + 10.
• Melee Stone(Dual)
  • Increases melee physical damage by 4%.
  • When equipped with Melee Stone (Upper), increases melee physical damage by 2%.
  • When equipped with Melee Stone (Middle), increases melee physical damage by 2%.
  • When equipped with Melee Stone (Lower), increases melee physical damage by 2%.

Sonic Wave (2025)

Introduction

an offshoot of ignition break build which focuses on attacking single targets at a distance, thus not being affected by reflect shield, the stat spread and talents are the same as an IB build with the only difference being the equipment.
early on a sonic wave rune knight can use the peuz set with Oriental Sword [2] or the upgraded Awakened Onimaru [2] as an autocaster, benefiting from the Rune Knight Shadow Weapon chance of using ignition break and peuz's chance of using Pertz Runestone, the damage of this build takes off after lv170 when they are allowed to equip the edda biolab weapon and helmet combo with zodiac boots which eliminates the cooldown of sonic wave, allowing them to manually cast the skill for greater damage.

Equipment

• +11 Vernan [2] enchanted with Seyren's Memory
• +11 Biolab Aries Crown [1]
• +11 Zodiac Boots (Swordman) [1]
• Grace Breath Armor [1] + Noblesse Oblige [1]
• Jasper Ring [1]

Shadow Equipment

these shadow equipments improve Sonic Wave damage, SP consumption and provide some def bypass, but they are far from being the best.

• Rune Knight Shadow Weapon, Sonic Shadow Armor, Sonic Shadow Shoes and Sonic Shadow Shield

note that Vernan's cooldown reduction also works when Seyren's Memory is enchanted in Memory Records of Nostalgia [1] and Memory Records of Reminiscences [1], although the accessory itself doesn't benefit the build as much.