Shadow Chaser

Shadow Chaser
Job Base(s):	Stalker
Job Type:	3-2
Job Level:	70
Race:	Human
Changes At:	Rogue Guild
Number of Skills:	21
Total Skill Points:	118
Total Quest Skills:	0
Job Bonuses
STR AGI VIT INT DEX LUK +8 +7 +8 +6 +5 +6

Overview

Shadow Chasers are the third job class of Stalkers. Their name is often abbreviated and then referred to as just "SC". They use body paint and other means to detect cloaked enemies, become totally invisible, and even debuff opponents. Shadow Chasers can also hide in their enemies shadow to pass off damage being dealt to them. Add to that their ability to copy skills from other 3rd job classes and the Shadow Chaser becomes a versatile and dangerous class to play and face.

Job Change Guide

See Shadow Chaser Job Change Guide for detailed information.

Changing into a Shadow Chaser from a Stalker requires the player to complete a treasure hunt across the three nations of the rune Midgard Continent, and through several dungeons. After finding the unique treasure, the player will be transformed into a Shadow Chaser. The journey begins in the Rogue Guild at Pharos Lighthouse!

Class Data

Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Melee / Physical
Fatal Menace	Strike a target and all foes in a 3x3 ~ 5x5 area around the target.	10	Offensive
Copy / Autocast
Reproduce	Learn / Copy the last skill that was inflicted by an enemy while active.	10	Active
Shadow Spell	Magic skills learned through Intimidate and Reproduce can be auto-casted while melee attacking.	10	Active
Bow / Long Ranged
Triangle Shot	Attacks an enemy by firing 3 Arrows at once.	10	Offensive
Debuffs
Shadow Formation	Redirects any damage the caster receives to the player targeted by Shadow Form.	5	Active
Deadly Infection	Spreads any status ailments the character is suffering from to any target that the character attacks.	5	Active
Paint-related Skills
Body Painting	Splash paint all around the caster, revealing any hidden targets instantly in a 5x5 area.	5	Active
Manhole	Any targets that walk within 3x3 cells of the manhole will be sucked into it.	3	Active
Dimensional Door	Paint a magical door on the ground which teleports anyone who enters it.	3	Active
Chaos Panic	Paint a whirling yellow symbol on the ground. Any player or monster that enters the 5x5 area around it becomes inflicted with the Chaos ailment.	3	Active
Bloody Lust	Paint a red symbol on the ground, any characters inside the 3x3 symbol receives the Frenzy status.	3	Active
Feint Bomb	Draw a fake copycat of yourself on the ground, Back Slide 3, 6, 9 or cells, then enter Hiding . After a while, the fake copycat explodes, damaging all surrounding enemies in a 5x5 area.	10	Offensive
Emergency Escape	Ankle Snare and backslide.	5	Active
Maelstrom	Paint a swirling circle (5x5 area) on the ground that absorbs and negates certain ground-targeted skills.	3	Active
Divest Accessory	Forcibly strip both accessories off a target.	5	Active
Invisibility	Completely conceal yourself whilst allowing you to attack while hidden.	5	Active
Masquerade
Masquerade-Enervation	Reduce target's ATK and causes target to lose all spirit spheres.	3	Active
Masquerade-Gloomy	Reduces target's Accuracy and Attack Speed and remove's their mount or summoned pet.	3	Active
Masquerade-Ignorance	Remove a target's ability to use active Skills and take a set amount of SP from the target, recovering half of SP taken for yourself.	3	Active
Masquerade-Laziness	Reduces target's FLEE and slows their cast time.	3	Active
Masquerade-Unlucky	Reduces target's CRIT and Perfect Dodge and inflicts a random status effect.	3	Active
Masquerade-Weakness	Reduces target's Max HP and strips their shield and weapon at the same time.	3	Active
Others
Full Throttle	Fully restores HP when cast and increases movement speed increases for the skill's duration. All stats +20%.	5	Active

Job Bonuses

Stat\Amount	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8
STR	2	5	31	32	44	45	53	59
AGI	8	17	49
VIT	19	20	25	29	33	42	43	52
INT	10	13	21	37	38	51
DEX	9	22	48	57
LUK	1	7	14	26	34	56

ASPD

Equip Attack Speed From 2nd Class Bare Handed 156 0 Shield -5 0 Dagger -3 +2 Sword (One Handed) -7 +3 Axe (One Handed) -159 0 Bow -7 +3

ASPD Potions Usable Concentration ✔ Awakening ✔ Berserk ✔

Builds

NOTE: While all listed gears in this section are viable for usage, it is encouraged to test the item combinations you desire for your character first by going to the iRO Wiki Calculator, consult any knowledgable players in your group or in iRO Wiki Discord, or watch video guides before purchasing any item included in this list.

Fatal Menace Build (2025)

Introduction

Fatal Menace is the only melee option as a Shadow Chaser. It works well with other leech options and scales off of your AGI.

Skills

Talent / Stats

Talent / Stat	Amount	Notes
Stats
STR	120	Main damage stat.
AGI	120	AGI for high ASPD and reducing animation delay. Also Fatal Menace scales off of it.
VIT	70 - 80	For some survivability and stun resistance.
INT	70+	Remaining points for SP pool.
DEX	90 ~ 110	For some HIT and ASPD.
LUK	70 - 80	LUK is not needed for this skill, helps with additional atk and perfect dodge.
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.

Equipment

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 Circlet of Time(ShadowChaser) [1]	❌	Any Enchanted with Tenacity Lv. 3	Does not have Physical Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Good source for melee damage increase. Also increases Fatal Menace damage by 30% for every 3 refines.
+11 Helm of Faith (Shadow Chaser) [1]	❌	Any	Does not have Physical Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Good source for melee damage increase, POW and P.ATK. Also increases Fatal Menace damage by 15% for every 3 refines. Also reduces fixed casting time by 0.5 seconds.
+10 or more White Fox Bamboo Hat [1]	❌	Any	Does not have Physical Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Good source for physical damage increase and some additional POW. Needs base level to be 200 or above.
+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.
Headgear (Middle)
Demon's Familiar [1]	❌	Any	Cheaper option, provides All Stat + 10.
Ear of Spirit	❌	None	Good source of ATK and physical damage based on sum of STR and VIT.
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.
Crow Tengu Mask [1]	✅	Any	Good source of ATK % and physical damage based on base STR. Also gives pretty good HP / SP percentage leech.
Headgear (Lower)
Old Camouflage Scarf	❌	None	For every 10 base levels, increases physical damage against all size monsters by 1%.
Vassalage Necklace	❌	None	For every 50 sum of STR and LUK, provides 5 Perfect Hit and increase in physical damage to all size monsters by 4%.
Bat Von Blood	❌	None	Some ATK and EXP + 15%. Gives minor fixed HP / SP leech and Greed Lv. 1.
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 Byorgue Card Mistress of Shelter Card	Useful for HP / SP % leech early on.
+9 or more Mighty Black Threaded Armor [1]	❌		Some ATK and cheap source of 70% Physical Defense Penetration.
+12 Great Gunner Armor [1]	❌		Good source for AGI and DEX. At +12 refine, gives % chance for HP and SP leech.
+13 Abyss Lake Roaring Armor [1]	❌	Pecopeco Card Byorgue Card Mistress of Shelter Card RSX-0806 Card Detardeurus Card	Good source of damage and All Stats increase for VCT.
+7 Dark Triad [1]	❌	Pecopeco Card Byorgue Card Mistress of Shelter Card	AGI+10 and ATK+50, for every level of Maelstrom learnt. Also provides +50 Perfect Hit, allowing you to forgo DEX to some extent. Gives 7% physical damage increase against all monsters for every level of Triangle Shot learnt.
+13 Screaming Ghost Party [1]	❌	Pecopeco Card Byorgue Card Mistress of Shelter Card RSX-0806 Card	Good source of damage and All Stats increase for VCT.
+14 (A) or more Abyss Lake Roaring Armor-LT [1]	✅	Byorgue Card Mistress of Shelter 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
+9 or more Fatalist [2]	❌	Cowraiders Class 3 Card Rekenber Guard Card White Knight Card Polluted Wander Man Card	Good source of melee damage and 20% Fatal Menace danage increase.
+9 or more Awakened Fatalist [2]	❌		Good source of melee damage and 25% Fatal Menace danage increase.
+9 or more Fatalist-LT [2]	❌		Good source of melee damage and 45% Fatal Menace danage increase.
+12 (C) or more Vivatus Fides Dagger [2]	✅		Good source of melee damage and 70% Fatal Menace damage increase.
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]	❌		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
+9 Glotoneria [1]	❌	Happiness Giver Card	Good source of Max HP, AGI and DEX.
+12 or more Striking Mikoshi [1]	❌		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.
+14 (B) 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.
Shoes
+11 or more Stylish Silent Shoes [1]	❌	Aries Card	Good source of physical damage increase.
+10 or more Chaser Shoes [1]	❌		Enables Teleport Lv. 1. Good source for Max HP / SP. Increases Fatal Menace damage by 10% for every level of Sword Mastery learnt. Ignores physical defense by 20% for every level of Emergency Escape learnt. When Feint Bomb Lv. 10 is learnt, gives Drake Effect - Nullifies size penalty.
+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.
Accessories
Memento Mori [1]	❌	Hermit Plant Card Sewage Venenum Card	Good source of physical damage and after-cast delay. Also provides All Stats + 10.
Amulet of Asteria [1]	❌		Good source of physical damage and ATK.
Ring of Hunter [1]	✅		Good source of physical damage and after-cast delay. Also increases damage of Fatal Menace by 1% for every 3 base levels.
Overdrive Rampage [1]	✅		Good source of physical damage and ATK.

Shadow Equipment

Armor

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Rogue Shadow Armor	1	10
Reload Shadow Armor	1	10
Menace 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
Shadow Chaser Shadow Weapon	1	1
Concentration Shadow Weapon	1	10
Physical Power Shadow Weapon	1	10

Shield

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Shadow Chaser Shadow Shield	1	1
Reload Shadow Shield	1	10
Menace Shadow Shield	1	10
Concentration Shadow Shield	1	10
Physical Power Shadow Shield	1	10

Shoes

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Rogue Shadow Shoes	1	10
Reload Shadow Shoes	1	10
Menace 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
Thief Shadow Pendant	1	1
Maximum Mammoth Shadow Pendant	1	10
Focusing Shadow Pendant	200	10
Full Penetration Shadow Pendant	1	10

Earring

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Thief Earring Shadow	1	5+
Maximum Mammoth Shadow Earring	1	10
Focusing Shadow Earring	200	10
Full Penetration Shadow Earring	1	10

Costumes

• Shadow Chaser Stone II(Garment)
  • Increases damage by 15%.
  • When equipped with Stalker Stone II(Upper), increases damage by 10%.
  • When equipped with Stalker Stone II(Middle), reduces SP consumption by 10%.
  • When equipped with Shadow Chaser Stone (Middle), increases damage by 15%.
• 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%.
• 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%.

Manual Cast - Comet Build (2025)

Introduction

Shadow Chasers are the jack of all trades, and can also act like a manual cast magic class instead of an autocaster. Comet is one of the best magical skills in game and its cooldown can be completely reduced through equips by any class, making it one of the best option.

The only negatives (if you may call it that) would be that we are locked in the Headgear (Middle) and Shield options. Everything else can be equipped freely to aid in reducing cast time / improving damage.

Our goals in this build are -

Reduce  Comet's Cooldown of 20 seconds.
Reduce  Comet's fixed casting time of 2 seconds.
Achieve Total INT + (2 × Total DEX) >= 530

Skills

• Nothing much to look at, everything else is up to your preference but primarily you want -
  • Intimidate Lv. 10
  • Preserve Lv. 1
  • Reproduce Lv. 10
  • Shadow Spell Lv. 10
• Went with Haggle for some discount, maxed out Stalk and Stealth. Also picked up Fatal Menace for some emergency damage (if required).

Talent / Stats

Stat	Amount	Notes
Stats
STR	1	Not needed as such, only for weight capacity.
AGI	90 - 100	AGI needed for Flee and high ASPD, preferably 193.
VIT	60 - 72	For health and survivability.
INT	130	Nothing to look at here, main damage stat. So to the max!!.
DEX	125 - 130	DEX for reducing variable casting time.
LUK	60 - 72	LUK for extra MATK. 100 Total LUK for Curse Resistance.
Talents
POW	0	Not needed.
STA	0	Not needed.
WIS	0	Not needed.
SPL	100	Main talent stat for damage.
CON	97	Secondary talent stat after SPL.
CRT	0	Not needed.

Equipments

Equip	Best in Slot?	Card Options	Comments
Headgear (Upper)
+10 or more Garden of Eden [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Source for 100% Magic Defense Penetration, damage and some VCT stats
+10 or more Awaking Bloom [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Good source of damage increase, damage reduction from mobs and VCT stats.
+11 or more Thanatos Magic Helmet [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources.
+11 or more Thanatos Magic Helmet-LT [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources.
+14 Full Faith Crown [1]	✅	Plaga Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. SPL / S.MATK / MATK Bonuses, 0.5s fixed casting time reduction and quite some damage increase.
Headgear (Middle)
Kardui Ear	✅	None	Good source of MATK. Also provides Comet cooldown reduction, if paired with Laphine Shield.
Headgear (Lower)
Mob Scarf	❌	None	Set effect with Sunglasses.
Old Camouflage Scarf	❌	None	For every 10 base levels, increases magical damage against all size monsters by 1%.
Bat Von Blood	❌	None	Some MATK and EXP + 15%. Gives minor fixed HP / SP leech and Greed Lv. 1.
Grey Wolf Cub in Mouth	❌	None	Some talent stats and MHP. For every 10 base levels, increases magical damage against all size monsters by 1%.
Constellation Orb	✅	None	All Stats and Talents +7, helps with damage and VCT stats. For every 10 base levels, increases magical damage against all size monsters by 1%.
Armor
+9 or more Lunar Eclipse Armor [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Some MHP and MSP, also 70% fixed casting time reduction.
+9 or more Armor of White Thread [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Some MATK and cheap source of 70% Magical Defense Penetration.
+10 or more Automatic Armor Type B [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card Enchanted with - 2x Automatic Orb (Shadow Spell) Automatic Modification Orb (MATK)	Good source of MATK and magic damage.
+11 or more Violent Dragon Shadow Armor [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Good source of MATK, All Stat +10 for VCT stats and magic damage.
+13 Screaming Ghost Party [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Good source of damage and All Stats increase for VCT.
+14 (A) Violent Dragon Shadow Armor-LT [1]	✅	Sweet Nightmare Card Nidhoggur Shadow Card	All Stats +12, good source of Max HP / SP, MATK, SPL and CON. Increases magical damage by a LOT, reduces ACD and also provides 0.3s fixed casting time reduction.
Weapon
+9 or more Magic Sword [2]	❌	Red Pitaya Card Mutating White Knight Card	Good source of MATK and all elemental damage increase early on. Can use Red Pitaya if using for combo with Research Assistant Bot in shoes and Roaming Spellbook in accessories
+9 or more Awakened Madogum [2]	❌		Good source of MATK and all elemental damage increase. Can also be enchanted. Can use Red Pitaya if using for combo with Research Assistant Bot in shoes and Roaming Spellbook in accessories
+11 Jewel Detector Mk47 [2]	❌	Red Pitaya Card Mutating White Knight Card Dracula Card	Good source of MATK and neutral elemental damage increase. ACD -20% helps a ton in being able to spam Comet, primarily the reason why I use it over other weapons. Can use Red Pitaya if using for combo with Research Assistant Bot in shoes and Roaming Spellbook in accessories
+9 or more Madogum-LT [2]	❌		Good source of MATK and all property damage increase. Gives some ASPD which helps with the animation delay. Can use Red Pitaya if using for combo with Research Assistant Bot in shoes and Roaming Spellbook in accessories
+11 or more Thanatos Dagger-AD [2]	✅		Good source of MATK and neutral property damage increase. Also provides minor chance for Magical HP / SP leech. Can use Red Pitaya if using for combo with Research Assistant Bot in shoes and Roaming Spellbook in accessories
Shield
+7 or more Laphine Shield [1]	✅	Mutating Khalitzburg Card	No other option here. Provides some MATK and 20 seconds Comet cooldown reduction when paired with Kardui Ear.
Garment
+11 or more Fairy of Eden [1]	❌	Purple Pitaya Card Tai-Zi and Niflheim Card	Good source of ASPD / MATK, VCT stats and DEF / MDEF. Also provides All Stats + 10. If equipped with Wizard of Veritas in weapon, INT + 40.
+9 Reforming Magic Cloak [1]	❌		Good source of ASPD, MATK and magical damage increase.
+11 or more Valkyrie Curse Blight [1]	❌		Good source of Max HP / SP, ACD and magical damage increase. Also provides All Stats + 10 and reduces damage taken from Ghost property attack.
+9 Magic Compressor [1]	❌		Good source of ASPD, INT, ACD and magical damage increase.
+13 or more Hero's Grace [1]	❌		Good source of MATK and other talent stats. Also increases damage against all size monsters and provides ACD reduction. Lacks All Stats +10 like in other garments, so will have to be compensated for variable casting time calculations with base stats.
+14 (A) Will of Karasu [1]	❌		Good source of MATK and some damage reduction from Normal and Boss monsters. Provides All Stats + 43, SPL +26 and 14% ACD reduction. Increases all property magical damage by 60%. Also provides 0.5 second fixed casting time reduction.
+12 (B) or more Royal Geffen Cape [1]	✅		Good source of MATK and other talent stats. Increases magical damage by a LOT. Provides All Stats + 15 and ACD reduction.
Shoes
+10 or more Moaning of Evil Spirits [1]	❌	Research Assistant Bot Card	Provides 100% Magic Defense Penetration and good amount of MATK / ASPD.
+11 or more Great Hero's Boots [1]	❌	Research Assistant Bot Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Provides 0.7s fixed casting time reduction.
+11 or more Hero Boots-LT [1]	❌	Research Assistant Bot Card Nightmare Verit	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Provides 0.8s fixed casting time reduction.
+13 (A) or more Mythical Moonlight Paw [1]	✅	Research Assistant Bot Card Cat O' Nine Tails Card Nightmare Verit Card Moonlight Flower Card	Good source of MATK, INT and other talent stats. Increases magical damage by a LOT and reduces fixed casting time by 1 second.
Accessories
Memento Mori [1]	✅	Roaming Spellbook Card Dy Card	provides some more ACD reduction and All Stats + 10 helping with your VCT reduction.
Overdrive Rampage [1]	✅	Roaming Spellbook Card Dy Card	Good source of magical damage and MATK.

Shadow Equipments

Armor

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Maximum Mammoth Shadow Armor	1	10
Spell Caster Shadow Armor	1	10
Full Tempest Shadow Armor	1	10
Full Spell Shadow Armor	200	10

Weapon

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Concentration Shadow Weapon	1	10
Magical Spell Shadow Weapon	1	10

Shield

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Concentration Shadow Shield	1	10
Magical Spell Shadow Shield	1	10

Shoes

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Maximum Mammoth Shadow Shoes	1	10
Spell Caster Shadow Shoes	1	10
Full Tempest Shadow Shoes	1	10
Full Spell Shadow Shoes	200	10

Pendant

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Centering Shadow Pendant	200	10
Maximum Mammoth Shadow Pendant	1	10
Full Tempest Shadow Pendant	1	10

Earring

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Centering Shadow Earring	200	10
Maximum Mammoth Shadow Earring	1	10
Full Tempest Shadow Earring	1	10

Costume Enchants

• Warlock Stone II(Garment)
  • Increases damage by 15%.
  • When equipped with High Wizard Stone II(Upper), increases damage by 15%.
  • When equipped with Warlock Stone (Lower), increases damage by 15%.

• Reduce Minor Casting
  • Reduces fixed casting time by 0.3 seconds.
  • When equipped with Reduce Minor Casting(Dual), reduces fixed casting time by 0.3 seconds.

• Reduce Minor Casting(Dual)
  • Reduces fixed casting time by 0.1 second.

Masquerade/Insignia

Stat Build:

Stat	Amount	Notes
STR	1+
AGI	60+
VIT	100+	Extremely important for every WoE build.
INT	100-110
DEX	100-120
LUK	1+

Important Skills:
Masquerade-Enervation	Masquerade-Groomy	Masquerade-Ignorance
Masquerade-Weakness	Masquerade-Laziness	Masquerade-Unlucky

Masquerade-Enervation and Masquerade-Laziness can be left at level 1.

This is a WoE/PvP oriented build designed for disabling enemies while remaining incredibly tanky and hard to kill. The best skill to Intimidate for this build is Flying Kick, for its sheer mobility. It also applies status effects so it is useful to equip status arrows while Flying Kicking around a group of people to spread debuffs. There are several different options to Reproduce - some players opt for Windmill, some prefer Crazy Vines and some choose Jack Frost. Typically, however, all of these skills serve the purpose of giving the Shadow Chaser more tools to further disable and debuff the enemy.

Leveling with this build would best be accomplished by copying the skill Arrow Storm to provide supplemental AoE DPS in parties. A tank/puller role may also be assumed through the use of skills such as Jack Frost/Frost Misty and Back Slide for mob control.

Auto Shadow Spell

Stat Build:

Stat	Amount	Notes
STR	1+	Since base weight limit is low, Gym Passes are highly recommended.
AGI	100-120	ASPD and Flee, main source of autocast spamming.
VIT	30-90+	For stun immunity and overall survivability.
INT	95+	Main source of damage.
DEX	70+
LUK	30~40

Important Skills:
Reproduce	Shadow Spell

Auto Shadow Spell is a unique Shadow Chaser build which relies on high ASPD and high MATK to deal AoE damage primarily through autocasts triggered from the Shadow Spell skill. High AGI and high INT and are required to be an effective build, and STR is not needed as this build does not focus on single target damage.

High VIT, while not a necessity during the leveling process helps with survivability in large mobs. For end-game purposes however Stun immunity is very important for higher level content. It may also help when leveling on monsters that regularly stun, and some players may opt for it early.

Commonly copied spells are e.g. Lord of Vermilion, Storm Gust, Meteor Storm, Duple Light, Raging Trifecta Blow. Skills to be copied would vary depending on the situation and the preference of the player.

Typically, it is best to Intimidate a strong AoE spell to use in conjunction with Shadow Spell. Damage-wise, the best option is Meteor Storm, as the meteors stack and can continue to proc while one has already been cast. If mob control is a higher priority Storm Gust is an excellent option to keep mobs frozen. Lord of Vermillion is another alternative, providing decent damage (better on Water property monsters) as well as hitlocking mobs around the player.

There are several options to Reproduce, most popular of which being Duple Light. Duple Light synergises very well with the ASPD, MATK based playstyle of an Auto Shadow Spell Chaser, providing a considerable boost to single target damage.

Double Strafe/Triangle Shot

Stat Build:

Stat	Amount	Notes
STR	1+	Since base weight limit is low, Gym Passes are highly recommended.
AGI	80-120	For Triangle Shot base damage, flee and ASPD.
VIT	60~90+
INT	60~70+	SP pool and SP regeneration rate are very important for this build.
DEX	110~120	Base damage.
LUK	1-30+

Important Skills:
Vulture's Eye	Double Strafe
Triangle Shot	Feint Bomb

The bow rogue has high DEX and high AGI for quick and devastating damage via bows, Moderate INT ensures a steady SP supply for skill spamming and high VIT for survivability.

Skills to copy with Reproduce include Arrow Storm which gives an single-hit high amount of upfront damage but does not do as much as Rangers due to class-exclusive White Wing Set, or Severe Rainstorm which depends on high DEX and AGI but consumes 220 SP and 20 arrows per cast. With higher-end HP or SP leeching gear, Severe Rainstorm will be a generally more self-sustainable skill by the time you can do Verus or NCT. With both skills, you can cast Feint Bomb before or during delays to give yourself some space or extra needed damage.

ALL Around PVM

Stats build:

Stat	Amount	Notes
STR	90-120	For physical attacks.
AGI	60,90-100	A bit of ASPD, flee rate.
VIT	100-120
INT	60,90-110	SP pool and even magical casts.
DEX	90-100	Not only for hit rate but also ranged skills.
LUK	1+	optional

Depends on which skills copied, gears, role, you should prioritize which stats goes first.

This build is for those who wanted to bring the life of a WOE-oriented class into PVM environment. SC is like Hermes, which is jack of all trades, but master of none. Don't expect to deal as much damage as the classes you copied the skills from, because they have access to their own specialized gear. You may or may not increase the damage via stats, foods, gears, but the main class will always be ahead of you.

The gift, yet a curse to SC is their versatility, even a build that is both magical and physical can work for this class when equipped properly. Expect to use both bows and swords.

Feint Bomb can save your life in several ocassions, but keep in mind that when in party, the mob will target your allies.

Skills worth copying:
Bowling Bash	Storm Gust	Meteor Storm
Jack Frost	Ignition Break

The most popular skills to use are the BB+IB combo for going solo route. If BIO and partying isn't your thing, this is the path for you. Scaraba dungeon is your best bet for going solo. Armed with RTE and SP/HP leeching gear, you don't have to rely on potions anymore.

If you don't think going solo is fun, you could be a tank (sort of) when leveling in party at BIOs. By learning Storm Gust and Jack Frost, your job is to freeze all those pesky bio-people at the cost of those mobs regconizing you as acting aggro. Stack up some reduction gears, high vit and int, you're ready to sacrifice yourself to the demons lurking in bios.

Feint Bomb tactics

Skills used:
Feint Bomb	Lava Flow

For this tactic you will need:

• Valkyrie Knife [4] Refined to +10 or greater with four True Gertie Wie Card or any Twin Edge with 3 of them (More base ATK).
• Any Temporal Boots of your choice with the Hawkeye enchantment (Chance to proc +200 DEX).
• Temporal Ring [1] +40 DEX if Temporal Boots have Hawkeye, +50 ATK and more.

Not recommended in early levels due to Feint Bomb scaling in base level and even more on job level. The four true Gertie Wie cards will increase the damage of your Feint Bomb by 240% total (Being Valkyrie Knife a level 4 weapon) giving you even greater Feint Bomb damage than a bow user due to both the low amount of slots in bows and the bonuses Valkyrie Knife gives (With a hand free for a shield). Using Lava Flow in large mobs to activate Hawkeye, the formula of Feint Bomb skyrockets and you can use it in the 5 seconds of Hawkeye to deal great damage in a 5*5 AoE.

An example if the user has 100 total DEX at level 175/60 after Hawkeye is activated:

Damage: ATK [(3 Skill Level + 1) x (300 DEX / 2) x (60 Job Level / 10) x 175 Base Level / 120)] %

That makes 5,250% damage total, but with the 4 True Gertie Wie cards, it changes a lot.

Damage: ATK [600 x 6 x (175 / 120)] x [240 /100] % = 12,600%

With a damage percentage that looks like Rebel skills in a 5*5 AoE, plus a 9 cell backslide and a second of hiding, Feint Bomb becomes a dangerous weapon to deal with for the small cost of a single Surface paint item.

Equipment

Caster/Auto Shadow Spell Shadow Chaser

Headgear

• Catherina von Blood [1] - Healing falls off later but excellent for sustain early on
• Lunar Rainbow [1] - Combo with 2 cards in normal weapons or 4 in Valkyrie Dagger
• King of Spirit Circlet - Despite missing most skill bonuses, still gives MDef Bypass and Fixed Cast reduction
• Celine's Ribbon [1] - Can also downgrade to Lush Rose if on a budget
• Spell Circuit [1] - Solid MATK bonus and a little fixed cast reduction as well
• Very Normal Hat [1] - All around choice for hybrid builds
• Isabella Red Ear [1] - ASPD and MaxHP bonuses.

Recommended cards:

• Kathryne Keyron Card
• Isilla Card
• Weakened Fenrir Card
• Red Lichtern Card - There is a whole cycle of cards like this one, find the element that fits your copied skill best

Mid and low:

• Floating Ball - Works best with 125 dex
• Fortunetelling Sealed
• Mob Scarf and Sunglasses, Sunglasses [1], Glasses, or Glasses [1]
• Diabolus Wing [1] - When worn with high upgraded boots

• CD In Mouth Gives a chance to autocast several single-target magic skills.
• Robo Eye

Armor

• Celine Dress [1], Bloody Dress [1]
• Abyss Dress, Nature Dress, Icefall Dress, Samael Dress
• Illusion Armor Type B [1]
• Armor of White Thread [1]
• Flattery Robe [1] with Int enchants or Agi if more aspd is needed
• Diabolus Armor [1]

Recommended cards:

• Byorgue Card For rogue classes, gives both +10% MATK and +10% ATK.
• Pecopeco Card +10% Max HP.
• Sweet Nightmare Card Mostly due to long fixed cast times on Shadow Spell and Preserve
• Pest Card Up to 6% chance to curse the enemy when physically attacked.

Garment

• Fairy of Eden [1]
• Temporal Int Manteau [1]
• Owl Baron Manteau [1]
• Guardian Soul
• Skin of Typhon [1]
• Fallen Angel Wing [1]
• Heroic Backpack [1]

Recommended cards:

• Raydric Card Reduces incoming Neutral element damage by 20%. This also applies to monster normal attacks.
• Antique Book Card +5 MATK for each 10 points of base INT.
• Cenere Card +2% ASPD for each 10 points of base AGI.

Shoes

• Elemental Boots [1]
• Temporal Int Boots or Temporal Agi Boots
• Diabolus Boots [1]
• Traveler Shoes, Shoes of Punishment, Devil Worshipper Shoes, Pororoca Shoes, Survivor's Shoes Minor element boosts
• Booster Shoes
• Enhanced Variant Shoes [1]

Recommended cards:

• Nightmare Verit Card 10% MATK if upgraded to +9
• Firelock Soldier Card +2 STR. At upgrade +9 and higher adds +10% MaxHP and MaxSP.
• Gold Acidus Card or Verit Card
• Green Ferus Card +10% MaxHP and +1 VIT.

Accessory

• Ring of Pazuzu [1]
• Evil Spirit Glove [1]
• Sixth Sense Ring [1]
• Celine's Brooch [1]
• Celine Brooch Type K [1]
• Magician Gloves [1]
• Diabolus Ring [1]
• Bakonawa Agimat Tattoo or Buwaya Agimat Tattoo

Recommended cards:

• Phen Card
• Scaraba Card +20 MATK at the cost of -1% MaxSP.

Weapon

• Magic Sword [2]
• AC_B44_OS [2] About the only bow with MATK for now
• Elemental Sword [3]
• RWC Memory Knife [1] + RWC 2012 Pendant
• Bazerald
• Ancient Dagger
• Thanatos Dagger [1]
• Faceworm Queen Leg [2]

Shield

• Excelion Shield [1]
• Anemos Shield [1], Gaia Shield [1], Nero Shield [1], or Fotia Shield [1]
• Mad Bunny Special, or Mad Bunny Special [1]
• Valkyrja's Shield [1] Simple defensive choice

Recommended cards:

• Hodremlin Card Reduces incoming damage from all monster sizes by 15%.

Double Strafe/Triangle Shot Shadow Chasers

Headgear

• Black Feather Great SP management item with full Def bypass at +10
• Very Normal Hat [1] Gives both +10% ranged damage and +10% ATK. At upgrade +9 or higher decreases skill delay by 15%.
• Rideword Hat [1] or Vanargand Helm [1]
• Airship Captain's Hat [1] or * Evil Marching Hat [1]

Mid and low:

• Imperial Feather and Royal Guard Necklace Works best with 120 Agi
• Robo Eye
• 99 Love Balloons
• Gangster Scarf or Pirate Dagger
• Long Octopus Balloon
• Well-Chewed Pencil

Armor

• Abyss Dress or Nature Dress or Icefall Dress if applicable to whatever you're fighting at the moment
• Evil Dragon Armor [1]
• Abusive Robe [1] with preferrably Dex or possibly Str enchantments
• Mighty Black Threaded Armor [1]
• Vigilante Suit Part of the vigilante set. Enchantable at Rock Ridge.
• Diabolus Armor [1]
• Orleans's Gown [1] or Geffen Magic Robe [1]
• Valkyrian Armor [1]

Recommended cards:

• Byorgue Card For Rogue classes, gives both +10% MATK and +10% ATK.
• Restless Dead Card Gives both armor and weapon indestructibility and a little ATK
• Mangkukulam Card +10% Max SP at the cost of losing 666 HP each time you finish an enemy.
• Pecopeco Card +10% Max HP.

Garment

• Fallen Angel Wing [1] with Expert Archer enchantment
• Heroic Backpack [1]
• Skin of Ladon [1] Works best with 120 Agi and 80 or 100 Vit
• Nidhoggur's Shadow Garb [1]
• Diabolus Manteau [1]

Recommended cards:

• Raydric Card Reduces incoming Neutral element damage by 20%. This also applies to monster normal attacks.
• Menblatt Card +1% ranged damage for each 10 DEX.

Shoes

• Temporal Dex Boots with Hawkeye Enchantment
• Gray Wing Boots
• Enhanced Variant Shoes [1]
• Diabolus Boots [1]

• Shackles + Bloodied Shackle Ball

Recommended cards:

• Firelock Soldier Card +2 STR. At upgrade +9 and higher adds +10% MaxHP and MaxSP.
• Gold Acidus Card or Verit Card
• Green Ferus Card +10% MaxHP and +1 VIT.
• Sohee Card +15% MaxSP and +3% SP regeneration rate.
• Eggyra Card +15% SP regeneration rate.

Accessory

• Emerald Ring [1] Increases Double Strafe and Severe Rainstorm damage, works best with non-copied Double Strafe 10.
• Vigilante Badge Part of the vigilante set. Enchantable at Rock Ridge.
• Diabolus Ring [1]
• Advanced Ring Of Flame Lord
• Bakonawa Agimat Tattoo
• RWC 2012 Ring
• Dex Glove [1]

Recommended cards:

• Phen Card
• Gold Scaraba Card +20 ATK at the cost of -1% MaxHP.

Weapon

• Vigilante Bow [2] A very strong set of bonuses, especially when upgraded to +9.
• Crimson Bow [2]
• Catapult [2] Increases overall damage of Triangle Shot.
• Rudra Bow
• Orc Archer Bow + Steel Arrow Basically Elven Bow for rogue classes.

Recommended cards:

• Sidewinder Card Useful for auto-attacks, enables Double Attack with bows at the same level of the user's.
• Archer Skeleton Card Standard ranged card, +10% ranged damage.
• Powerful Archer Skeleton Card Slightly stronger, way more expensive, +12% ranged damage when over level 99.
• Resentful Soldier Card Only when carded in a +10 or above weapon.
• Beholder Master Card +3% ranged damage. Grants +1 ASPD at +10 and an extra +1 ASPD at +14.

Physical Melee Shadow Chasers

Headgear

• Black Feather Hit, Feint Bomb damage, 50 sp on kill, 100% Def bypass at +10
• Very Normal Hat [1]
• Rideword Hat [1] or Vanargand Helm [1] or Catherina Von Blood [1] for HP and SP leech options

Mid and lower headgears

• Imperial Feather and Royal Guard Necklace
• Seraphim Coronet and Seraphim Feather Substitute the Feather for something else if the variable cast penalty isn't affecting whatever skill you're using too much
• Mob Scarf and Sunglasses or Glasses (slotted or not)
• Diabolus Wing [1]
• Crow Tengu Mask and * Tengu Scroll Tengu Scroll is also great by itself for leech
• Robo Eye
• 99 Love Balloons
• Gangster Scarf or Pirate Dagger
• Long Octopus Balloon
• Well-Chewed Pencil

Armor

• Abyss Dress or Nature Dress or Icefall Dress if applicable to whatever you're fighting at the moment
• Evil Dragon Armor [1]
• Abusive Robe [1] with Str enchantment
• Mighty Black Threaded Armor [1]
• Vigilante Suit Part of the vigilante set. Enchantable at Rock Ridge.
• Diabolus Armor [1]
• Valkyrian Armor [1]

Recommended cards:

• Byorgue Card For Rogue classes, gives both +10% MATK and +10% ATK.
• Restless Dead Card Gives both armor and weapon indestructibility and a little ATK
• Earth Deleter Card
• Pecopeco Card

Garment

• Skin of Ladon [1] Works best with 120 Agi and 80 or 100 Vit
• Heroic Backpack [1]
• Fallen Angel Wing [1] with Fighting Spirit enchantment
• Nidhoggur's Shadow Garb [1]
• Diabolus Manteau [1]

Recommended cards:

• Raydric Card Reduces incoming Neutral element damage by 20%. This also applies to monster normal attacks.
• Wakwak Card
• Rockridge Cramp Card

Shoes

• Enforcer Shoes Combined with Thieves' Guide Vol.1 for Meteor Assault
• Temporal Str Boots with Fighting Spirit and Bear Power Enchantment
• Diabolus Boots [1] High plus with Diabolus Wings
• Enhanced Variant Shoes [1]
• Shackles + Bloodied Shackle Ball

Recommended cards:

• Firelock Soldier Card +2 STR. At upgrade +9 and higher adds +10% MaxHP and MaxSP.
• Gold Acidus Card or Verit Card
• Green Ferus Card +10% MaxHP and +1 VIT.

Accessory

• Thieves' Guide Vol.1 [1] Allows usage of Lv.5 Meteor Assault, Assumptio, Maximum Power-Thrust, Mystical Amplification, Wind Walker, and Frenzy Lv.1 depending on which Masquerades are Lv.3
• Shadow Ring [1]
• Temporal Ring [1]
• Emerald Ring [1] 100 ATK if you have Double Strafe 10
• Vigilante Badge Part of the vigilante set. Enchantable at Rock Ridge.
• Diabolus Ring [1]
• Bakonawa Agimat Tattoo
• RWC 2012 Ring

Recommended cards:

• Phen Card
• Gold Scaraba Card +20 ATK at the cost of -1% MaxHP.

Weapon

• Crimson Dagger [2] or Vicious Mind Dagger [1]
• Twin Edge of Naght Sieger [3] or Twin Edge of Naght Sieger [3]
• Ice Pick or Ice Pick [1]
• Combat Knife
• Aztoe Nail
• Immaterial Sword
• Excalibur

Feint Bomb user set

• True Gertie Wie Card
• Valkyrie Knife [4]