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Welcome to AcornStory, our ongoing feature helping players get started in Maple World - everything from choosing a class to finding friends to understanding combat to tips for participating in a online community. MapleStory is easy to learn, but once you learn the basic game mechanics, where do you go and what do you do? Read on to find out!
Playing a Demon Slayer
Sometimes help can come from the strangest of places. In an era when another legendary hero has returned from the past and a hero emerges from the wreckage of ship and a too smart monkey, perhaps the strangest new member of the Resistance is a former disciple of the Black Mage has turned against his dark master.
The Penultimate Battle
You will begin your career as Demon Slayer as a trusted general of the Black Mage. You have used your powers to bring great evil to the world. Everything changes, though, when you are betrayed by your comrade Arkarium. As another of the Mages generals, he plans an attack on your homeland. Defying orders, you visit your home to find that the Mages forces have slaughtered your family.
You return to confront the Black Mage, fighting your way through Arkarium and his forces. Making your way into the sanctum of the Mage, youll attempt to destroy him. Unfortunately his powers are too much for you and youre trapped inside a mystical egg. Many long years later, you escape from the egg and easily destroy the Black Wings who found you. J from the Resistance witnesses this and makes you an offer you cant refuse. Work with them and you can finally have your revenge against the resurrected Black Mage!
Job Advancements
Like Mercedes, once you work your way through the opening prelude, you will begin your Demon Slayer career at level 10.
Ability Points and Skill Points
What are Ability Points?
Ability Points are used to increase a character's basic abilities. Abilities are inherent characteristics that affect a character's abilities to perform Skills and other actions. "Strength," for example (abbreviated STR) affects the amount of damage a character inflicts when striking a monster. The most important abilities for a particular class are sometimes referred to as their "primary attributes."
Primary Attributes -- Demon Slayer
Strength (STR): SStrength measures how physically strong your character is. The higher your Strength, the more damage you'll do when hitting a monster at close range. For a Demon Slayer, higher STR means doing more damage with your melee weapon. Most of your Ability Points should go into STR, and DEX will be your secondary attribute.
Dexterity (DEX): Dexterity is a measure of how nimble and agile your character is. A high DEX increases your accuracy and greatly increases the damage done by ranged weapons. As a Demon Slayer, this will raise the damage of many of your skills and improve your chances to hit an enemy.
Pro Tip: While there is an "auto-assign" function that will allocate your points automatically, the distribution of Ability Points is very important for a Demon Slayer. There may be many opinions on the proper way to distribute Ability Points. It's recommended you
seek out the advice of fellow players when building your Demon Slayer.
Pro Tip: If you make a mistake allocating your Ability Points, you can reallocate them by purchasing an AP Reset Coupon in the Cash Shop.
What are Skill Points?
Skill Points are used to learn new abilities that help Cannoneers kill monsters or to increase the power of an already learned skill. Many MapleStory players on the Internet have taken it upon themselves to write detailed guides that recommend various character "builds." This simply means that they give lists of skills they believe make for a skilled and useful player and tell you how many Skill Points you should put into each ability.
If you would like to get some recommended builds or discuss it with other players, you can get started on the
official MapleStory Forums. The guide below won't recommend a specific build, but will point out a few sample Demon Slayer skills.
Note: Certain skills will not be available until you reach a certain level.
Demon Slayer Skills
The Demon Slayer is primarily a melee combat character thats extremely tough and unique. Unlike other characters, Demon Slayers dont use Mana to fuel their skills, instead relying on Demon Fury which works quite differently than Mana. You will also be fighting with a built-in shield called the Demon Aegis, and unlike other Warrior-types, you cannot switch out your shield. The result is a tank class that can fight long and hard, use their unique skills to dish out a lot of punishment, and still protect their friends.
Demon Fury
Demon Fury is the power that activates the Demon Slayers skills. Unlike Mana, a Demon Slayers Demon Fury begins at 1. It only increases as the Demon Slayer uses his Demon Lash power against enemies. This power can then be used to activate other skills. Should you run out of Demon Fury, simply use your Demon Lash against an enemy to refill it.
A few important things to know about Demon Fury:
- There are no potions or other items (save for one high level skill) that can increase your Demon Fury artificially.
- There are no items or equipment that can increase the amount of Demon Fury you can store. The amount will increase as you level up.
- Attacks that drain Mana will work to reduce your Demon Fury.
Sample Skills
Special Skills
Special skills are skills that are acquired by a Demon Slayer automatically when they gain their first Job Advancement. They cannot be improved through the use of Skill Points but will improve each time you gain a job advancement.
AcornStory -- Playing a Demon Slayer
AcornStory -- Playing a Demon Slayer
Originally Posted by Nexon
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