

Skills: Dragon Training 5 / Dragon Howling 5 / Dragon Breath 10 / Dragon Water Breath 10 / Rune Mastery 10 Note: Dragon Breath and Clashing Spiral cannot be interrupted and does not require a Phen Card (or other equipment / cards that provide the effect). While leveling as a Lord Knight, if the player chooses to level with 1 STR, having a sufficiently heavy spear for Clashing Spiral is crucial.

The 25% Max HP and Max SP bonus from Transcendence is a must for this build. While this build is not consumable intensive, having items that boost Max HP and Max SP will differentiate the Great from the Good.

For example, switching between a weapon for damage output or one for survivability with HP regen. Players may find themselves having to keybind multiple weapons in order to play this build effectively. Players around level 100 will find themselves only doing 4-6k damage in basic gear and 6-10k with excellent gear, and will most likely have to rely on tanking for parties until lvl 130+ to level up.Īt lower levels, flat SP bonuses (Ex: +250 SP) provide much more damage than gears that give a % of SP (Ex. Unfortunately, it is mediocre until around level 130+ due to requiring the player to have a high HP/SP pool and the lack of available monsters weak to the element before level 120-130. Most Rune Knights have their builds centered around the Dragon Breath and Dragon Water Breath skill.ĭragon Breath builds are versatile - Tanking, Mobbing, MVP, WOE, PvP.ĭragon Breath is a powerful AoE attack that scales with level/HP/SP. 90 and on if getting Hundred Spears or IB.Ħ0 only to get rid of animation delay, but not recommended for early on.Įxtremely important for every Rune Knight build.ġ20 base DEX for eliminating Dragon Breath fixed cast time with Temporal Dex Boots.ĭragon Breath and Dragon Water Breath damage depends on Max SP and CURRENT HP. More STR can be added for carrying capacity and masquerade skill resist in WoE. You must time the use of your runes accordingly to allow yourself time to heal/get in hits.ġ point for pure Dragon Breath only. You will be pitted up against three very powerful minibosses. 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. See Rune Knight Job Change Guide for detailed information. It is highly recommended that every Rune Knight should get the maximum level of Rune Mastery. Unfortunately, creating runes consumes materials, but their sheer power makes them worth their cost. 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. Players who choose the Rune Knight class are introduced to a new system of buffs and attacks in the form of rune stones. 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.įinally, there are the the runes themselves. 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. 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. 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 have a slower startup leveling-wise, but they can become one of the most versatile and powerful classes in the game. 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.

Their name is often abbreviated and referred to as "RK". Rune Knights are the final evolution of the Knight classes.
