Character Card Deck effects

[Promothian]

I'm also planning my character cards exclusively for Phantom ^^u

Since my DS is 200, and my Paly and Aran are on their way there, I'm planning on doing the all Warrior Set effect. I'm also foregoing a second set effect, besides the Rank one, in order to increase the time in which I'd be able to use Luck of Phantom Thief, so I'm going with this:

Deck One:
DS (SS) - Status Resistance
Paly (S/SS) - Level to Damage
Aran (S/SS) - HP Drain

All Warrior (S/SS) - % HP to Damage
All Ranked (S/SS) - HP/MP +700, ATK/MATK +3, 3% Boss Damage (HP/MP +1000, ATK/MATK +5, 5% Boss Damage)

Deck Two:
Mercedes (S) - Cooldown Reduction
Mechanic (S) - Increase Buff Duration
Marksman (S) - Increase Crit Rate

All Ranked (S) - HP/MP +700, ATK/MATK +3, 3% Boss Damage

However, depending on how much the increased crit would really help with Blanc/Noir Carte, I might considering alternatively doing this:

Deck One:
DS (SS) - Status Resistance
Mechanic (S) - Increase Buff Duration
Battle Mage (S) - Decrease Damage Taken

All Resistane (SS) - All Stats +10
All Ranked (S) - HP/MP +700, ATK/MATK +3, 3% Boss Damage

Deck Two:
Aran (S/SS) - HP Drain
Mercedes (S) - Cooldown Reduction
Evan (S) - MP Drain

All Legendary Heroes (SS) - All Stats +10
All Ranked (S) - HP/MP +700, ATK/MATK +3, 3% Boss Damage

Now, a few things, you can have multiples of the same set, at least more than one of the same All (B/A/S/SS) Set, even at the same rank. The all faction set effects, like all Adventurers, Cygnus, whatever, are based on the highest card, so even if you had one SS Ranked card, it'd give you the full SS Rank set effect, unlike the other sets which are based on the lowest card.

I've only tested this with All A Ranked and All Adventures up to S Rank, though.
In kMS, I have two All A Ranked set effects active, and my Adventurer deck consists of my Dual Blade (S), and other characters (A), and the all adventurer deck gives the S rank effect.

So wait, does that mean with a 120 DB,120NW and 120-199 phantom I'd get the S effect instead of A?

also considering the DB,NW,Phantom set gives 7% avoid ,4% meso drop , 4% crit damage would it not be the best bonus for a phantom, bringing our total avoid rate through the roof and aswell as 8% more crit damage. then again I'd be giving up on 10 all stat from the tri legend effect of Aran,Evan and Merc.

I don't know what's better.
Deck One :
Dual Blade (S) - 4-5% avoid (Not sure if S gives 4 or 5)
Night Walker (A) - 3% avoid
Phantom (S) - 3% meso drop rate increase

Weakness Targeting (3 Thieves) – 4% maximum critical damage
Hero’s Activity – 700 HP and MP, 3 attack and magic attack, 3% damage increase on boss monsters

Deck Two Option A
Aran (S) - HP Drain
Evan (S) - MP Drain
Mercedes (S) -reduction in skill cooldowns
Great Return (3 Heroes) – 10 all stats
Hero’s Activity – 700 HP and MP, 3 attack and magic attack, 3% damage increase on boss monsters

Deck Two Option B
Dual Blade (S) Avoid
Nightwalker (A) Avoid
Phantom (A) Meso rate
Weakness Targeting (3 Thieves) – 4% maximum critical damage
Hero’s Activity – 700 HP and MP, 3 attack and magic attack, 3% damage increase on boss monsters

Considering with Decent Se, a Crit ring and some other things i'm pretty sure I can get crit rate to 100%
but that would be ALOT of work. the Deck Two Option A requires no work because I have all six of those minus the Nightwalker.

and atm my chars are
15x BaM,15x Drk,15x DS , 15x Aran , 14X Evan,11x DB , 12x Wind Archer, 9x Mercedes , 10x CS

can't delete my highest char because of blessing, nor any link skill char.
but I got room to make my phantom +3.

[CrazyForDex]

Really sucks that BMs have the worst bonus in the world.

I keep thinking up different scenarios for what I could do, but can't decide fully.

Definitely using a Drk, Pally, Bucc, and DS to say the least.

[Grey]

So wait, does that mean with a 120 DB,120NW and 120-199 phantom I'd get the S effect instead of A?

No. What I said was:

The all faction set effects, like all Adventurers, [all] Cygnus, whatever, are based on the highest card, so even if you had one SS Ranked card, it'd give you the full SS Rank set effect

Only the all faction sets, if you have all Adventuers, all Cygnus, all Resistance, all Heroes, the ones that give all stats, are based on the highest card.

unlike the other sets which are based on the lowest card.

With that combination, you'd only get the A effect.

Anyway, while it's nice to avoid damage, I'd rather reduce the damage I take and probably save NX on a few wheels here and there with Luck of Phantom Thief, and Phantom's avoid rate is pretty high already.

Increasing max critical damage, even by 8%, would only bring the average critical damage from (135+150)/2 = 142.5% to (135+158)/2 = 146.5%, an increase of about 3% damage, unless you have actual SE, when the average damage increase would be slightly less than 1%. And that's assuming you crit all the time.

I'm also opting out of using a Phantom card, since it's just meso drop, and not even a sufficient amount.

I wouldn't choose the all thief set, since the set effect isn't that good, and you'd only get an A Rank effect by combining them in that way.

[Mazz]

So much information *_*

I'm gonna go with all three Explorer Pirates (S rank) for the 6% ignore monster DEF + 700 HP/MP, 3 ATT and 3% boss damage, and S rank Demon Slayer, Aran and either Dark Knight or Paladin depending on whether or not Nexon allow me to world transfer. That'd get me 10% HP > damage and extra status resistance as well as either more max HP or some additional stats.

Working on getting explorer Pirates to 120 now...

[Locked]

someone should really whip up a chart with all the bonuses of ranks B through SS

-is not that someone- ._.

Counted as	Class	Job	Stat	B	A	S	SS
Adventurer	Warrior	Dark Knight	MaxHP%	2	3	4	5
Adventurer	Warrior	Paladin	+range	0.5x	1x	1.5x	2x
Adventurer	Warrior	Hero	Weapon DEF%	2	3	4	5
Adventurer	Bowman	Bowmaster	Accuracy%	2	4	6	8
Adventurer	Bowman	Marksman	Critical Rate%	1	2	3	4
Adventurer	Magician	Arch Mage(I/L)	+range	0.5x	1x	1.5x	2x
Adventurer	Magician	Bishop	+%MP recovery from potions	5	10	15	20
Adventurer	Magician	Arch Mage(F/P)	MaxMP%	2	3	4	5
Adventurer	Thief	Night Lord	+Jump	2	3	4	5
Adventurer	Thief	Shadower	+Speed	2	3	4	5
Adventurer	Thief	Dual Blade	+%Avoid	2	3	4	5
Adventurer	Pirate	Corsair	+%Summon Duration	4	6	8	10
Adventurer	Pirate	Cannon Shooter	-%EXP on death	2	3	4	5
Adventurer	Pirate	Buccaneer	+range	2x	3x	4x	5x
Hero	Warrior	Aran	70% chance to recover %HP	2	4	6	8
Hero	Bowman	Mercedes	-%Cooldown	2	3	4	5
Hero	Magician	Evan	70% chance to recover %MP	2	4	6	8
Hero	Thief	Phantom	+% Meso Drop Rate	1	2	3	4
Resistance	Warrior	Demon Slayer	+% Status Resistance	1	2	3	4
Resistance	Bowman	Wild Hunter	Instant Death %proc	0.5	1	1.5	2
Resistance	Magician	Battle Mage	-%Damage Taken	2	3	4	5
Resistance	Pirate	Mechanic	+% Buff Duration	5	10	15	20
Cygnus	Warrior	Dawn Warrior	Weapon DEF%	2	3	-	-
Cygnus	Bowman	Wind Archer	Accuracy%	2	4	-	-
Cygnus	Magician	Blaze Wizard	+range	0.5x	1x	-	-
Cygnus	Thief	Night Walker	+%Avoid	2	3	-	-
Cygnus	Pirate	Thunder Breaker	+range	2x	3x	-	-

Name	Requirement	Stat	A	B	S	SS
Strong Dash	3 Warriors	%HP to Damage	4	6	8	10
Accurate Aiming	3 Bowman	+% Final Attack Damage	1	2	3	4
Magic Storm	3 Magicians	%MP to Damage	4	6	8	10
Weakness Training	3 Thieves	+% Critical Max	1	2	3	4
Pirate Spirit	3 Pirates	Ignore PDR%	2	4	6	8
Free Spirit	3 Adventurer	+All Stat	2	5	7	10
Cygnus' Concern	3 Cygnus	+All Stat	2	5	-	-
Great Return	3 Hero	+All Stat	2	5	7	10
Resistance Spark	3 Resistance	+All Stat	2	5	7	10

Name	Requirement	Stat
Warrior's First Step	3 B or higher cards	MaxHP + 300; MaxMP + 300
Warrior Growth	3 A or higher cards	MaxHP+ 500; MaxMP + 500; Weapon Attack + 1; Magic Attack + 1
Warrior's Activity	3 S or higher cards	MaxHP +700; MaxMP +700; Weapon Attack +3; Magic Attack +3; 3% Boss Damage
Warrior's Completion	3 SS	MaxHP +1000; MaxMP +1000; Weapon Attack +5; Magic Attack +5; 5% Boss Damage

Variable Names; Credit to iAmFear

Hero - pdr (2+x)
Paladin - lv2pdX (1, 2, 3, 4)
Dark Knight - mhpR (1+x)
Fire/Poison Archmage - mmpR (1+x)
Ice/Lightning Archmage - lv2mdX (1, 2, 3, 4)
Bishop - mpConEff (5*x)
Bowmaster - accR (2*x)
Marksman - cr (x)
Night Lord - psdJump (1+x)
Shadower - psdSpeed (1+x)
Blade Master - evaR (1+x)
Buccaneer - lv2damX (1+x)
Corsair - summonTimeR (2*x+2)
Cannon Master - expLossReduceR (1+x)
Demon Slayer - asrR (x)
Battle Mage - ignoreMobDamR (1+x)
Wild Hunter - suddenDeathR (1, 2, 3, 4)
Mechanic - bufftimeR (5*x)
Aran - onHitHpRecoveryR (2*x)
Evan - onHitMpRecoveryR (2*x)
Mercedes - coolTimeR (1+x)
Phantom - mesoR (x)
Dawn Warrior - pdr (1+x)
Blaze Wizard - lv2mdX (1, 2)
Wind Archer - accR (2*x)
Night Walker - evaR (1+x)
Thunder Breaker - lv2damX (1+x)

All Warrior Set - mhp2damX (2*x+2)
All Magician Set - mmp2damX (2*x+2)
All Archer Set - finalAttackDamR (x)
All Thief Set - criticaldamageMax (x)
All Pirate Set - ignoreMobpdpR (2*x)

All Faction Set - strX/dexX/intX/lukX (2, 5, 7, 10)

All Ranked Sets
- mhpX (300, 500, 700, 1000)
- mmpX (300, 500, 700, 1000)
- padX (0, 1, 3, 5)
- bdR (0, 0, 3, 5)

@_@

[Promothian]

No. What I said was:



Only the all faction sets, if you have all Adventuers, all Cygnus, all Resistance, all Heroes, the ones that give all stats, are based on the highest card.



With that combination, you'd only get the A effect.

Anyway, while it's nice to avoid damage, I'd rather reduce the damage I take and probably save NX on a few wheels here and there with Luck of Phantom Thief, and Phantom's avoid rate is pretty high already.

Increasing max critical damage, even by 8%, would only bring the average critical damage from (135+150)/2 = 142.5% to (135+158)/2 = 146.5%, an increase of about 3% damage, unless you have actual SE, when the average damage increase would be slightly less than 1%. And that's assuming you crit all the time.

I'm also opting out of using a Phantom card, since it's just meso drop, and not even a sufficient amount.

I wouldn't choose the all thief set, since the set effect isn't that good, and you'd only get an A Rank effect by combining them in that way.

in that case i'll stick with the three legends but what other set would be worth while? I don't mind getting 3 chars to 120 for it.

[Devil]

Deleting to prevent wrong quoting - editting atm

[ShinkuDragon]

i love you locked.

now all i need is to understand how the freaking paladin/ I/L / canonneer buffs truly work, and i'm set for life >.<

[Devil]

Complete Card-Set Tables

Rules:
- You can have 2 card-sets of 3 cards each.
- Each card set can only have one of each class, so in total you can have 2 cards of the same class in your total card-deck of 6.
- Class Bonuses stack (6 max)
- Card-Set Class Type Combination Bonuses stack (2 max)
- Card-Set Organization Type Combination Bonusess stack (2 max)
- Card-Set Rank Bonuses stack (2 max)

Class Levels:

Rank	Level Range
B	lvl 30~69
A	lvl 70~119 (and lvl120 Normal Cygnus)
S	lvl 120~199 (and Cygnus Instructors)
SS	lvl 200 (and Cygnus Instructors)

Class Bonuses (Per Class):

Class	B	A	S	SS	Bonus Effect
Hero	3%	4%	5%	6%	Wdef
Paladin	1.01%	1.02%	1.03%	1.04%	Watt
Dark Knight	2%	3%	4%	5%	Max HP
-	-	-	-	-	-
Archmage (F/P)	2%	3%	4%	5%	Max MP
Archmage (I/L)	1.01%	1.02%	1.03%	1.04%	Matt
Bishop	5%	10%	15%	20%	MP Potions Amount Increase
-	-	-	-	-	-
Bowmaster	2%	4%	6%	8%	Accuracy
Marksman	1%	2%	3%	4%	Critical Chance
-	-	-	-	-	-
Night Lord	+2	+3	+4	+5	Jump
Shadower	+2	+3	+4	+5	Speed
Dual Blader	2%	3%	4%	5%	Avoid
-	-	-	-	-	-
Buccaneer	1.02%	1.03%	1.04%	1.05%	Total Damage
Corsair	4%	6%	8%	10%	Summon Durations Increase
Cannon Shooter	2%	3%	4%	5%	Experience Loss Reduction on Death
-	-	-	-	-	-
Demon Slayer	1%	2%	3%	4%	Status Resistance
Battlemage	2%	3%	4%	5%	Damage Reduction from Monsters
Wild Hunter	1%	2%	3%	4%	Chance on Instant Death Hit on Monster
Mechanic	5%	10%	15%	20%	Buff Duration Increase
-	-	-	-	-	-
Aran	2%	4%	6%	8%	HP Healed when Attacking at 70% Chance (Cooldown 60 seconds)
Evan	2%	4%	6%	8%	MP Healed when Attacking at 70% Chance (Cooldown 60 seconds)
Mercedes	2%	3%	4%	5%	Skill Cooldown Reduction
Phantom	1%	2%	3%	4%	Meso Droprate Increase
-	-	-	-	-	-
Dawn Warrior	2%	3%	-	-	Wdef
Blaze Wizard	1.01%	1.02%	-	-	Matt
Wind Archer	2%	4%	-	-	Accuracy
Night Walker	2%	3%	-	-	Avoid
Thunder Breaker	1.02%	1.03%	-	-	Total Damage
-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael	2%	3%	4%	5%	Wdef

Card-Set Class Type Combination Bonuses (Per Set):

Set Combination	B	A	S	SS	Bonus Effect
3 Warriors Set	4%	6%	8%	10%	HP to Damage
3 Magicians Set	4%	6%	8%	10%	MP to Damage
3 Archers Set	1%	2%	3%	4%	Final Attack Damage
3 Thieves Set	1%	2%	3%	4%	Maximum Critical Damage
3 Pirates Set	2%	4%	6%	8%	Ignore PDR of Monster

Card-Set Organization Type Combination Bonuses (Per Set):

Set Combination	B	A	S	SS	Bonus Effect
3 Adventurers Set	+2	+5	+7	+10	All Stats
3 Heroes Set	+2	+5	+7	+10	All Stats
3 Resistance Set	+2	+5	+7	+10	All Stats
3 Cygnus Set	+2	+5	+7	+10	All Stats (Normal Cygnus can only reach A-Rank, even at lvl 120, Cygnus Instructors can go to S and SS)

Card-Set Rank Bonuses (Per Set):

Rank Combination	Bonus Effect
3 B Rank Cards (or higher)	300 HP / MP
3 A Rank Cards (or higher)	500 HP / MP & 1 Watt / Matt
3 S Rank Cards (or higher)	700 HP / MP & 3 Watt / Matt & +3% Damage on Boss Monsters
3 SS Rank Cards (or higher)	1000 HP / MP & 5 Watt / Matt & +5% Damage on Boss Monsters

[Locked]

That's redundant.

[Devil]

That's redundant.

I was typing mine while I was typing yours, you posted earlier. I like my tables layout more (nfi). :)

Also your attack bonus doesn't really make sense. 0.5x 1.0x 1.5x 2.0x... 2 times watt is a bit too much, let alone 5x watt... ;)

Edit:
Tables updated - according to iAmFear extraction data

[ShinkuDragon]

they're both useful so whatever, question of a million bucks though is, does mikhail give any buffs?

[Dark Link]

they're both useful so whatever, question of a million bucks though is, does mikhail give any buffs?

IIRC, Mikhail takes the Dawn Warrior buff and gives 4% / 5% DEF at S / SS Rank.

[Devil]

they're both useful so whatever, question of a million bucks though is, does mikhail give any buffs?

Michael is a Cygnus and Warrior and can reach S and SS rank.

OrangeMushie says it is Wdef:

"If you remember the Character Deck system, Mikhail’s card gives 2/3/4/5% in weapon defense. He also counts as a Cygnus."

*Updates Tables* :)

[Chilly]

Did some data collection, each level up on the target character with the Paly effect increases range by a small amount. This table is for the displayed range:

Displayed Ranges per level

Level	B (0.5)	A (1.0)	S (1.5)	B+S (2.0)	A+S(2.5)	S+S(3.0)
10	102	112	112	122	122	132
11	102	113	113	124	124	135
12	102	114	114	126	126	138
13	102	115	115	128	128	141
14	102	116	116	130	130	144
15	102	117	117	132	132	147
16	102	118	118	134	134	150
17	102	119	119	136	136	153
18	102	120	120	138	138	156
19	102	121	121	140	140	159
20	102	122	122	142	142	162
21	102	123	123	144	144	165
22	102	124	124	146	146	168
23	102	125	125	148	148	171
24	102	126	126	150	150	174
25	102	127	127	152	152	177
26	102	128	128	154	154	180
27	102	129	129	156	156	183
28	102	130	130	158	158	186
29	102	131	131	160	160	189
30	102	132	132	162	162	192
31	102	133	133	164	164	195
32	102	134	134	166	166	198
33	102	135	135	168	168	201
34	102	136	136	170	170	204
35	102	137	137	172	172	207
36	102	138	138	174	174	210
37	102	139	139	176	176	213
38	102	140	140	178	178	216
39	102	141	141	180	180	219
40	102	142	142	182	182	222
41	102	143	143	184	184	225
42	102	144	144	186	186	228
43	102	145	145	188	188	231
44	102	146	146	190	190	234
45	102	147	147	192	192	237
46	102	148	148	194	194	240
47	102	149	149	196	196	243
48	102	150	150	198	198	246
49	102	151	151	200	200	249
50	102	152	152	202	202	252
51	102	153	153	204	204	255
52	102	154	154	206	206	258
53	102	155	155	208	208	261
54	102	156	156	210	210	264
55	102	157	157	212	212	267
56	102	158	158	214	214	270
57	102	159	159	216	216	273
58	102	160	160	218	218	276
59	102	161	161	220	220	279
60	102	162	162	222	222	282

Done in kMST, this is as far as I can go without adding AP/SP, but for 10~60, STR was 52 and DEX was 10 constantly, Weapon was 15atk, Blessing was 24atk, on character using the beginner 1H Axe/BW/Sword, so actual range should be 1.2*(4*52+10)*39/100, or 102. Only change was character level. I have a feeling I should do A+B's 1.5x effect. Note that you cannot have two Paly's, or any combination of Paly's job advancements, in the same deck, so the stacking effect was achieved by putting each one card in each of the two decks allowed.

So the Paladin and I/L bonuses are ironed out now (as percent increases on their respective values)? Because the quote above shows something completely different, right?

[Grey]

I was typing mine while I was typing yours, you posted earlier. I like my tables layout more (nfi). :)

Also your attack bonus doesn't really make sense. 0.5x 1.0x 1.5x 2.0x... 2 times watt is a bit too much, let alone 5x watt... ;)

Edit:
Tables updated - according to iAmFear extraction data

Except the way you represent it is wrong. It's not 1.0x%, in game the bonus is displayed as 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0.

No one actually knows how variables in the format x2y actually work, though when I was testing lv2padX, I gained 1 or 2 range, as in the range displayed in your stat window, every time I leveled from 10 to 20, but I wasn't able to do further testing. I didn't find any evidence that it was a % attack bonus, however that could be the case.

[Nomad9375]

Deck One:
DS (S) - Status Resistance
Mechanic (S) - Increase Buff Duration
Battle Mage (S) - Decrease Damage Taken

Deck Two:
Aran (S) - HP Drain
Mercedes (S) - Cooldown Reduction
Evan (S) - MP Drain

These are the exact decks I planed on using xD, but it requires me leveling a second Battle Mage because the one I have is on an alternate account. :/

[ShinkuDragon]

i dislike the hero set, it's utterly useless in my opinion 5% cooldown reduction is what? a second off from a skill with a 50 second CD?
and the drain only activates one per minute, and randomly.

edit: half a second, GG.

[Grey]

Forget what I said before, all sets except the Rank sets (All cards are at least x Rank) take the effect's rank from the highest ranked card.

At least, it seems that way, I'm getting 8% hp2damX (S Rank) with 2 S Ranked Warriors and an A Rank Warrior.

I don't wanna make any conclusive statements yet, but, it seems that %hp2damX aka, the warrior set is just x% of your base HP added to your damage range.

Also, tested I/L's effect (A Rank).

On a spearman with a wooden wand, the range is 1~1, so no effect there... however on the I/L with the beginner sword, the range increases by 1 for each level. I'm gonna check the spearman with ~200 INT like the I/L.

Having 105 INT, 23matk wand, 24matk blessing gets you a 1~1 range with a wooden wand on a DK, I don't think it matters if you have matk or not, if you're not a mage your range doesn't benefit from the I/L effect.

I'm absolutely positive now that lv2padX and lv2madX is just floor(cardMultiplier) * level added to your range. Here's the data from my I/L with lv2madX and varying wands:

4*INT+LUK	Wand	Bonuses	MATK	Theory*	Display	Difference
1070	23	25	48	514	585	71
1070	28	25	53	567	638	71
1070	33	25	58	621	692	71
1070	38	25	63	674	745	71
1070	43	25	68	728	799	71
1070	48	25	73	781	852	71
1070	53	25	78	835	906	71

*Value is rounded.

Rounded to one decimal

4*INT+LUK	Wand	Bonuses	MATK	Theory	Display	Difference
1070	23	25	48	513.6	585	71.4
1070	28	25	53	567.1	638	70.9
1070	33	25	58	620.6	692	71.4
1070	38	25	63	674.1	745	70.9
1070	43	25	68	727.6	799	71.4
1070	48	25	73	781.1	852	70.9
1070	53	25	78	834.6	906	71.4

The I/L is level 71, A Rank effect (1.0), and the difference between the actual range and the theoretical range is always 71.

I'm going to do Bucc now.

Okay, okay, this is with a level 30 Infighter, which means the effect is 2.0

On the brawler, level 33, using the beginner 1H sword with 132 STR and 55 DEX, 15atk sword, 24atk Blessing, 1H multiplier is 1.2, theoretical range should be 273 (272.8), displayed range is 339, difference is 66, level 33 * 2 is 66.

On a new I/L, level 31, using wooden wand, 79 INT, 34 LUK, 23matk wand + 24matk blessing, wand multiplier is 1, theoretical range is 165 (164.5), displayed range is 227, difference is 62, and level 31 * 2 is 62.

The bucc card is basically the paly and I/L cards combined, each rank has a better effect, hell it starts out with 2.0 at level 30, which Paly and I/L cap at, with a level 200 SS card.

[Nomad9375]

i dislike the hero set, it's utterly useless in my opinion 5% cooldown reduction is what? a second off from a skill with a 50 second CD?
and the drain only activates one per minute, and randomly.

edit: half a second, GG.

I'm hoping that the pirate hero will have a worthwhile effect for the Character Card Deck.