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The Hero class in MapleStory Before The Big Bang was a popular Warrior job that excelled in bossing and single-target mobbing. The class was boosted in 4th job to be a great character to train due to it's main attacking skill Brandish whilst also having access to some of the coolest weapons in the game.
- Fighter, Crusader, Hero Highlights
- Overview
- Assigning AP
- Warrior First Job Skill Build
- Fighter - Second Job Skill Build
- Crusader - Third Job Skill Build
- Hero - Fourth Job Skill Build
Crusaders were known for their Combo Attack skill that built up powerful hits over time, combing it with Panic and Coma, making them a class that could deal some of the highest damage in the game. Whilst their mobbing skills were lackluster and you were stuck with first job warrior skills for the duration of 3rd job, this was fixed eventually when Fourth Job arrived, giving them the skill Brandish that could hit up to 3 enemies at a time.
The Hero class can equip many different weapon types, but they mainly focused on using One-Handed and Two-Handed Swords.
If you're looking to play the modern MapleStory class, check out our Hero Skill Build Guide.
Fighter, Crusader, Hero Highlights
If you're planning on maining a Hero, you'll want to be aware of some of the advantages and disadvantages when playing the class. The class suffers in early job advancements but the reward is paid off in the final job advancement.
Hero's excel at:
- High HP - All warriors have high hp, allowing them to solo train in end-game areas without support
- High Single-Target DPS - With the addition of Combo Strike and Panic, you attacks deal some of the highest damage lines in the game
- Brandish - Once you hit 4th job, you'll be able to clear mobs much faster with a fast-slashing multi-hit skill.
- Rage - Party-wide buff that gives +10 Weapon Attack
Some of the disadvantages:
- Low mobility - They have no skills that help with mobility, so you'll be doing a lot of walking around to get to your training maps
- First Job Skills - As you advance with through the job advancements, you gain new buffs to deal more damage. But you'll still mostly be using Slash Blast and Power Strike in 3rd job
- Low Accuracy - You need to have DEX in order to hit mobs at certain levels
Overview
Main Stat: STR
Secondary Stat: DEX
Weapon: One-Handed Sword / Two-Handed Sword
Job Branch:
- Warrior (Level 10)
- Fighter (Level 30)
- Crusader (Level 70)
- Hero (Level 120)
Assigning AP
A Warrior's main stat is STR that boosts damage. But you'll also need DEX for wearing equipment and hitting mobs due to Warrior's low accuracy.
When rolling your stats for character creation, you want to aim for:
- STR: 13
- DEX: 4
- LUK: 4
- INT: 4
However, rolling this is called a "perfect roll", and so you should accept anything with low DEX and high STR to get going.
You get 5 AP per level in MapleStory. A regular AP build for Warrior is:
- +4 STR every Level
- +1 DEX every Level
In order to job advance at Level 10 to Warrior, you need 35 STR.
You'll want to cap your dex at around 50 and then gain DEX from Equipments in order to equip high-level equipment.
Warrior First Job Skill Build
At Level 10 you can job advance to Warrior in Perion by speaking to Dances With Balrog. You need at least 35 STR in order to job advance.
Each level up gives you 3 SP and your Job Advancement gives +1 SP.
- Level 10: Improving HP Recovery + 1
- Level 11: Improving HP Recovery + 3
- Level 12: Improving HP Recovery + 1, Improving Max HP Increase +2,
- Level 13: Improving Max HP Increase +3
- Level 14: Improving Max HP Increase +3
- Level 15: Improving Max HP Increase +2, Power Strike +1
- Level 16: Slash Blast +3
- Level 17: Slash Blast +3
- Level 18: Slash Blast +3
- Level 19: Slash Blast +3
- Level 20: Slash Blast +3
- Level 21: Slash Blast +3
- Level 22: Slash Blast +2, Power Strike +1
- Level 23: Power Strike +3
- Level 24: Power Strike +3
- Level 25: Power Strike +3
- Level 26: Power Strike +3
- Level 27:Power Strike +3
- Level 28: Power Strike +3
- Level 29: Improving HP Recovery + 3
- Level 30: Improving HP Recovery + 3
Warriors should put 5 points into Improving HP Recovery as soon as possible to unlock the skill Improving Max HP Increase and then max that.
Improving Max HP Increase adds additional HP to your character on level up, so the earlier you do this the more HP your character will have going forward.
Once maxed, add one point into Power Strike to start dealing more damage. Then you'll want to max Slash Blast for mobbing and then max Power Strike. You can play around with these skills if you find your damage is too low with Slash Blast and prefer 1-hitting single mobs.
Fighter - Second Job Skill Build
At Level 30, you can take on the Warrior second Job Advancement and become either a Fighter, Page or Spearman. This guide is for Fighter since we eventually want to become a Hero.
Follow this skill build:
- Level 30: Sword Mastery +1
- Level 31: Sword Mastery +3
- Level 32: Sword Mastery +1, Sword Booster +2
- Level 33: Sword Booster +3
- Level 34: Sword Booster +3
- Level 35: Sword Mastery +3
- Level 36: Sword Mastery +3
- Level 37: Sword Mastery +3
- Level 38: Sword Mastery +3
- Level 39: Sword Mastery +3
- Level 40: Sword Mastery +3
- Level 41: Sword Mastery +3
- Level 42: Sword Mastery +3
- Level 43: Sword Mastery +1, Sword Booster +2
- Level 44: Sword Booster +3
- Level 45: Sword Booster +3
- Level 46: Sword Booster +3
- Level 47: Sword Booster +1, Rage +2
- Level 48: Rage +3
- Level 49: Rage +3
- Level 50: Rage +3
- Level 51: Rage +3
- Level 52: Rage +3
- Level 53: Rage +3
- Level 54: Power Guard +3
- Level 55: Power Guard +3
- Level 56: Power Guard +3
- Level 57: Power Guard +3
- Level 58: Power Guard +3
- Level 59: Power Guard +3
- Level 60: Power Guard +3
- Level 61: Power Guard +3
- Level 62: Power Guard +3
- Level 63: Power Guard +3
- Level 64: Axe Mastery +3
- Level 65: Axe Mastery +3
- Level 66: Axe Mastery +3
- Level 67: Axe Mastery +3
- Level 68: Axe Mastery +3
- Level 69: Axe Mastery +3
- Level 70: Axe Mastery +3
As a Fighter, you'll continue to use Slash Blast and Power Strike from first job as your main attacking skills.
You'll want to max Sword Mastery first after putting some points into Sword Booster for additional attack speed.
Then you get the party-buff Rage, which can be useful in Ludibrium Party Quest. Power Guard is next, which helps with dealing damage and saving on Potion costs.
After that, you have free SP to spend on whatever you like.
Crusader - Third Job Skill Build
At Level 70, you can do the third job advancement and become a Crusader. You'll get some new damage dealing skills to help but still have to use your first job skills.
Follow this skill build guide:
- Level 70: Combo Attack +1
- Level 71: Combo Attack +3
- Level 72: Combo Attack +3
- Level 73: Combo Attack +3
- Level 74: Combo Attack +3
- Level 75: Combo Attack +3
- Level 76: Combo Attack +3
- Level 77: Combo Attack +3
- Level 78: Combo Attack +3
- Level 79: Combo Attack +3
- Level 80: Combo Attack +2, Coma +1
- Level 81: Coma +3
- Level 82: Coma +3
- Level 83: Coma +3
- Level 84: Coma +3
- Level 85: Coma +3
- Level 86: Coma +3
- Level 87: Coma +3
- Level 88: Coma +3
- Level 89: Coma +3
- Level 90: Coma +2, Panic +1
- Level 91: Panic +3
- Level 92: Panic +3
- Level 93: Panic +3
- Level 94: Panic +3
- Level 95: Panic +3
- Level 96: Panic +3
- Level 97: Panic +3
- Level 98: Panic +3
- Level 99: Panic +3
- Level 100: Panic +2, Shout +1
- Level 101: Shout +3
- Level 102: Shout +3
- Level 103: Shout +3
- Level 104: Shout +3
- Level 105: Shout +3
- Level 106: Shout +3
- Level 107: Shout +3
- Level 108: Shout +3
- Level 109: Shout +3
- Level 110: Shout +2, Armor Crash +1
- Level 111: Armor Crash +3
- Level 112: Armor Crash +3
- Level 113: Armor Crash +3
- Level 114: Armor Crash +3
- Level 115: Armor Crash +3
- Level 116: Armor Crash +3
- Level 117: Armor Crash +1, Improving MP Recovery +2
- Level 118: Improving MP Recovery +3
- Level 119: Improving MP Recovery +3
- Level 120: Improving MP Recovery +3
The Crusader Skill Build is relatively simple. First you max out Combo Attack; for each kill you'll gain an orb around your character.
You can then use these orbs to deal damage with skills Coma and Panic. Coma is a multi-hit attack for training so we max that first, and Panic is single-target, which is great for bossing.
After that, the other skills don't really matter too much. We did Shout first because it can be useful for mobbing low-level mobs during events.
Hero - Fourth Job Skill Build
At Level 120, you can take on the fourth and final job advancement and become an Hero!
Fourth job is slightly different to other jobs in that you need to obtain Skill Books to increase the max level of a skill and also take on a few quests to unlock others. This guide assumes you have everything maxed out, but whilst waiting for skill books you can improve other skills.
Follow this skill build:
- Level 120: Rush +1
- Level 121: Brandish +3
- Level 122: Brandish +3
- Level 123: Brandish +3
- Level 124: Brandish +1, Advanced Combo Attack +2
- Level 125: Advanced Combo Attack +3
- Level 126: Advanced Combo Attack +3
- Level 127: Advanced Combo Attack +2, Maple Warrior +1
- Level 128: Maple Warrior +3
- Level 129: Maple Warrior +3
- Level 130: Maple Warrior +3
- Level 131: Brandish +3
- Level 132: Brandish +3
- Level 133: Brandish +3
- Level 134: Brandish +3
- Level 135: Brandish +3
- Level 136: Brandish +3
- Level 137: Brandish +2, Advanced Combo Attack +1
- Level 138: Advanced Combo Attack +3
- Level 139: Advanced Combo Attack +3
- Level 140: Advanced Combo Attack +3
- Level 141: Advanced Combo Attack +3
- Level 142: Advanced Combo Attack +3
- Level 143: Advanced Combo Attack +3
- Level 144: Advanced Combo Attack +1, Maple Warrior +2
- Level 145: Maple Warrior +3
- Level 146: Maple Warrior +3
- Level 147: Maple Warrior +2, Power Stance +1
- Level 148: Power Stance +3
- Level 149: Power Stance +3
- Level 150: Power Stance +3
- Level 151: Power Stance +3
- Level 152: Power Stance +3
- Level 153: Power Stance +3
- Level 154: Power Stance +3
- Level 155: Power Stance +3
- Level 156: Power Stance +3
- Level 157: Power Stance +2, Maple Warrior +1
- Level 158: Maple Warrior +3
- Level 159: Maple Warrior +3
- Level 160: Maple Warrior +3
- Level 161: Enrage +3
- Level 162: Enrage +3
- Level 163: Enrage +3
- Level 164: Enrage +3
- Level 165: Enrage +3
- Level 166: Enrage +3
- Level 167: Enrage +3
- Level 168: Enrage +3
- Level 169: Enrage +3
- Level 170: Enrage +3
- Level 171: Achilles +3
- Level 172: Achilles +3
- Level 173: Achilles +3
- Level 174: Achilles +3
- Level 175: Achilles +3
- Level 176: Achilles +3
- Level 177: Achilles +3
- Level 178: Achilles +3
- Level 179: Achilles +3
- Level 180: Achilles +3
- Level 181: Rush +3
- Level 182: Rush +3
- Level 183: Rush +3
- Level 184: Rush +3
- Level 185: Rush +3
- Level 186: Rush +3
- Level 187: Rush +3
- Level 188: Rush +3
- Level 189: Rush +3
- Level 190: Rush +2, Hero's Will +1
- Level 191: Hero's Will +3
- Level 192: Hero's Will +1, Guardian +2
- Level 193: Guardian +3
- Level 194: Guardian +3
- Level 195: Guardian +3
- Level 196: Guardian +3
- Level 197: Guardian +3
- Level 198: Guardian +3
- Level 199: Guardian +3
- Level 200: Guardian +3
As a Hero, your main attacking skill is Brandish and you'll want to max that first. Add a single point into Rush early on to help with mobility.
After Brandish you'll want to max Advanced Combo Attack for boosted damage and then Maple Warrior. Maple Warrior skill books are hard to come by, so you might need to leave that until later.
Next up is Power Stance, which prevents you from getting knock-backed. Very useful in bossing and training.
Then you'll max Enraged for boosted weapon attack and finally Achilles. The rest of the skills you max are up to you, but this build max outs Rush and Hero's Will for training/bossing.
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