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!

Builds

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]

Class Data

Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Bloody Lust	Paint a red symbol on the ground, any characters inside the 3x3 symbol receives the Frenzy status.	3	Active
Body Painting	Splash paint all around the caster, revealing any hidden targets instantly in a 5x5 area	5	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
Deadly Infection	Spreads any status ailments the character is suffering from to any target that the character attacks.	5	Active
Dimensional Door	Paint a magical door on the ground which teleports anyone who enters it.	3	Active
Divest Accessory	Forcibly strip both accessories off a target.	5	Active
Emergency Escape	Ankle Snare and backslide.	5	Active
Fatal Menace	Strike a target and all foes in a 3x3 ~ 5x5 area around the target.	10	Offensive
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
Full Throttle	Fully restores HP when cast and increases movement speed increases for the skill's duration. All stats +20%.	5	Active
Invisibility	Completely conceal yourself whilst allowing you to attack while hidden.	5	Active
Maelstrom	Paint a swirling circle (5x5 area) on the ground that absorbs and negates certain ground-targeted skills.	3	Active
Manhole	Any targets that walk within 3x3 cells of the manhole will be sucked into it.	3	Active
Masquerade-Enervation	Reduce target's ATK and causes target to lose all spirit spheres.	3	Active
Masquerade-Groomy	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
Reproduce	Learn the last skill that was inflicted by an enemy while active.	10	Active
Shadow Formation	Redirects any damage the caster receives to the player targeted by Shadow Form.	5	Active
Shadow Spell	Magic skills learned through Intimidate and Reproduce can be auto-casted while melee attacking.	10	Active
Triangle Shot	Send 3 arrows flying towards your target.	10	Offensive

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 ✔

External Links

• Skilltree at Himeyasha's Skill Simulator