The Ultimate Guide to Ninjas
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(Guide last updated on... 12/20/11 5:37 PM (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) )
- Welcome. If you have clicked here, then you are a Ninja wishing to get some tips! Well, there is a lot to talk about when it comes to this class, and I mean A LOT. It's kind of hard to know where to begin honestly, but I guess I will start with the basics.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Job Change
To start off, you are still a Novice probably. Ever since the server transferred over to Eathena, you, the Novice, have 2 different routes you can take to become a Ninja! The ways to become a Ninja are as follows;
1) You can talk to the job changer NPC in either Prontera or Alberta. This is if you are too lazy to become a Ninja the old fashion way (shame on you if you choose this path). Or if you are lost and have no idea on what you're doing. The Prontera one will be located here:
where as the Alberta one will be located here:
2) If you want to become a Ninja the honorable way, and really impress your sensei here, you can do the Ninja Job Quest.
- Ok so you are a Ninja now, you are around level 10-20 I'm guessing (Unless you're some really rich dude who decided to get a level 50 Novice) and you have 1 Job Level. You are probably wondering where to find the gears required for this class. Honestly, you don't need super fancy gears to level your Ninja. Your Ninja's best friend will be the Ashura[2] that the NPC gives you at the start;
Ashura
Please note that there is a [3] version. The Ashura you will be given is a [2] version of it. But I will tell you how to get the [3] version of this weapon later; since the [2] is all you will need for now.
- Now for simple Armors. As a Ninja, You will need to gather up simple gears such as these;
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- Please note, these are NOT your permanent gears. Don't go thinking that once you get them you will be a godly Ninja or that if you get these gears you will look strange forever. These are only suggested gears to get you started. These gears can all be NPC bought except for the Clips. Which is why I chose these gears to help you get started. You can buy the Adventure Suit, Muffler, Shoes at a NPC in Prontera Located right near the Job Changer;
Spoiler for "Prontera City, Capital of Rune Midgard(Prontera): 174,218":
Sunglasses you can by in Alberta here;
Spoiler for "Alberta(alberta) 117,41":
the Bandana and Superior Gauntlet can be bought here;
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The Flu Mask can be bought here;
Spoiler for "Einbroch, the City of Steel(einbroch) 138,66:
Note: x surrounded by a black circle marks the spot!
- The Clips you can buy from venders in Prontera/Alberta/Payon for around 50-100k (Not exactly sure). Or you can kill a weak MvP called Dragonfly which drops Clip[1] at a very high chance. You can find him if you go 2 maps down from Morroc City. Or you can use the Belt [1]'s that are available in the Prontera/Alberta NPC's. However I don't recommend them since they are very heavy and don't provide any bonus at all besides the slot. If you are in desperate need then just go ahead and buy one.
- It is preferred that you get a Vitata Clip (lv. 1 Heal), Hiding Clip (lv. 1 Hiding), x2 Zerom Clips (+3 Dex, with 2; +6). If you are wondering why not a [1] Glove for the Zeroms, it is because a better card exists, Sting (+4 Dex). So wait until you get a Sting card if you obtain a [1] Glove, don't waste it with a Zerom card.
Ok now step 2;
How to upgrade to better gears
- Well this is pretty straight forward, you collect money and you buy them right? If you didn't know, there is an easier way. Lets say your on a low budget, or even you might be busy all day. For everyday you can do a vote for this server which gives you ADs that you can buy simple gears with! Now for simple gears for your Ninja I mean something like this;
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- You are probably looking at these gears thinking "Wow these must be very expensive". But the truth is, these gears are only 1 ad each! This is something you can do by voting very quickly. I really encourage you to vote. It will make your life much easier when it comes to simple gears like these. If you want to know where to vote, follow this link;
[Vote for AnesisRO]
Note: It may seem like a little amount at first, but once you do all the voting you will realize you make around 25 cents a day. Meaning you get 1 AD in a few days! You also must have a forum account to be able to vote, do NOT use more then 1 account to vote. It is illegal and will get you banned on the spot! Using more then 1 account is called AD frauding, in simple words meaning trying to bypass the cool down.
- If you are asking yourself "Which one of these gears do I get first?". I highly recommend you try to purchase the Ninja Suit and Shinobi Sash first. If you use both of these gears at once, you get this amazing combo;
Gear Bonus's alone; STR + 1, AGI + 2, MDEF + 4
Combo; HP + 300, for every skill you use it will consume 20% less SP.
- That is an amazing combo for this class. You should always go for this combo before anything! Once you get this combo I recommend you buy the Apple of Archer and the Glove next. Both of these items combined give you a total of +5 Dex! Dex is not only important for your Magic speed, but it also improves your accuracy with Range moves such as TWS, Kunais, Shurikens. Now for the Shoes [1] and Muffler [1]. These items you can either find from monsters (Wouldn't recommend it if you don't like adventure and patience), buy them from venders, or buy them with 1 AD like I mentioned. Honestly buying these with ADs is a lot less of a hassle. Not to mention they can be expensive and hard to find. These 2 items should be the last thing you get though.
The Ninja Hideout
- With the addition of Eathena on our server, we now have the long lost Ninja Hideout! Which is located at Amatsu right here;
Spoiler for "Amatsu, the Land of Destiny(amatsu) 149,139":
- At the Ninja hideout, you can find the following things. However, if you became a Ninja correctly. You would of already noticed these things here;
- You can buy Kunais, Shurikens, Ninjitsu Orbs, and various other Ninja accessories here.
- You can find Ninja equipment quests for just about all of the Ninja weapons and shields.
- This should be a gathering area for the Ninjas of this server, why isn't it? This upsets me... /sigh
Chapter 2: Time to find a Leveling Spot
- Ninjas can gain a maximum level of 99/70. The reason why is because Ninjas tend to have more skills and they can only be Ninja, they do NOT have a second class! Ninjas should always PvM with a Magic build (Unless your level 99). You should always have only Int and Dex in this build. Your Int should be at least 20-40 more then your Dex. Trust me the power is more important then the speed right now, especially when you are beginning. Lets say you are level 30, your stats should look like this;
Int= 47
Dex= 15
- When you start a Ninja, you should always start your leveling at either Payon/Orc Dungeon floor 1 (Which ever one is more exp and easier for you). Stay here until you have Ice Spear lv.1 and Cicada Skin Shedding lv. 5. Get the following skills to obtain these skills;
Spirit of the Blade lv.1 < Ice Spear lv. 1
Improvise Defense lv.1 < Shadow Jump lv. 5 < Cicada Skin Shedding lv. 5
- When you obtain these skills, your job level should be Job 14. If you are Base level 25. Then you can continue to the next leveling spot. If not, stay here until you are at least 25/14+.
- Your next leveling spot should be Prison. In order to get here, you have to talk to Anne the EX-Stylist (the orange haired Kafra girl) in the same building you changed your job at. In Alberta, she will be near the Job Changer there too, except shes a little more down right. [s]When you talk to her say "Shut up and give me your money" (No you don't literally steal her money).[/s] (Ever since the Eathena update, it's now a yes/no option). You will now be in Prison. This is one of the ideal leveling spots for your Ninja. You can level here from level 25-80. The monsters you want to hunt here are the Zombie Prisoners, and the Injustice. With the new addition of the Skeleton Prisoners since the Eathena update. Please note, the Hunter Flies can be a huge threat! Especially if you are mobbing here! So make sure you watch out. Make sure you also keep track of your Cicada Skin Shedding! Remember it will only last for 3 hits, once it runs out, use it again. Once your Cicada Skin Shedding is on, keep attacking your enemy with Ice Spear. Eventually, your next skill you should get should be Raging Fire Dragon. In order to get this skill you must get the following;
Spirit of the Blade lv.10 < Crimson Fire Petal lv.5 < Crimson Fire Formation lv.7 < Raging Fire Dragon lv. 5
- Once you obtain Fire Dragon, you can start mobbing around 15 zombies/injustice if not more! Meaning your leveling is going to start getting a lot faster. Please note, the skills Crimson Fire Formation, Raging Fire Dragon, Lightning Strike of Destruction, Kamatachi, Hidden Water, Ice Meteor, Illusionary Shadow all require a special Ninjitsu Orb Catalyst! The skills Shuriken Throwing and Kunai Throwing both require Kunai and Shuriken Ammunition to use! In order to buy these Ninjitsu Orbs, Shurikens, and Kunais. You must visit the Ninja tool shop which is coincidentally right next to the building you bought your Bandana and Superior Gauntlet at!;
Spoiler for "Amatsu, the Land of Destiny(amatsu) 98,117":
- Lets say your Ninja is level 80/45+ now. The EXP is probably starting to slow down at Prison now. Once you turn to level 80 you can probably start leveling at stronger areas. But before you do so, make sure your Stats look like this by lv 80/45+;
Int= 82
Dex= 80
- Notice how you want to try to have equal amounts now. But at this point, you want to keep your Dex at 80 until your Int is 99 (Power is still always the first thing!). Once your stats start to look like this, you can try stronger dungeons to get better EXP. I recommend places like these until you gain lvl 99/70 (Yes you will be able to level at these spots til the maximum level, unless you get a leech);
- High Orcs (Easiest)
- Anubis or Ice Dungeon 3 (Intermediate)
- LH3 (Very Difficult!)
Note: If you have any successful Ninja leveling spots to share, share them here!
High Orcs
- This is far by the easiest place to level at for low budget Ninjas. You should use the basic gears that you currently have. The skills you should use here are the following;
- Ice Spear lv.1-10 (Which ever levels tends to be the fastest and most decent at this point)
- Crimson Fire Petal lv. 5 (This is used to protect yourself from the Orc Warriors, Orc Ladies, Orc Archers)
- Lightning Strike of Destruction lv. 5 or Kamatachi lv. 5 (Which ever one you like better, you can also try Ice Meteor lv.5; but it tends to be a very slow skill. This move is used to mob. You will not use Fire Dragon here since the High Orcs are Fire property.)
- Soul lv.5 (If you have the points for it)
Note: if you need more help on setting up your skills, use this simulator (Remember, this is Job level selectable!);
http://ratemyserver.net/skill_sim.php?jid=25
- When you go to level at High Orcs. Please remember to watch out for the Orc Archers as they can be very annoying (Regardless if you use improvise defense or not). At High Orcs you should also try mobbing almost all the time unless you really have to battle just 1.
Anubis
- This is the spot where I got my Ninja from 80-99 to. Refer to the guide I made on this area a long time ago;
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Anubis Leveling with a Ninja guide
By: Neutral12
Before I start, if you don't know where to find the Anubis's. You need to go to Sphinx dungeon and go to either floor 4 or 5. (Floor 4 is easier for beginners). Why Anubis's? Because the EXP there is amazing (Base EXP: 140,000 , Job EXP: 110,000). It provides an alternative to Thors, it's easy EXP over all.
Build: For the build you want to use the usual Mage build (Int and Dex).
Recommended Level: I recommend you start going to Anubis when you are around level 80; Otherwise train at Prison.
Skills: The skills that you use there are the following;
1. Crimson Fire petal level 10 OR Crimson Fire Dragon Level 5
2. Ice Spear Level 10
3. Cicada Skin Shedding Level 5 (This should always be level 5 anyway)
4. Soul Level 5 (That extra 5 Int helps a lot)
5. Kamatachi 5 (The reason why Kamatachi was used is because for 1 Pasanas/Minorous are fire prop, so no Dragon. 2 Ice Meteor has a huge delay. 3 Kamatachi Is highly Spammable) and/or Lightning Strike of Destruction to 5.
Gears: This is what I used there.
Kaho
DI
My usual gangster mask
Evil Druid (Bathory also works, however, the Int Evil Druid gives helps this class.)
Bazerald (Ashura with Drops will be a better alternative if you happen to have Stings/Celebs/Brys)
Cranial Guard (Toad works better however, I didn't have a Toad... and GTB also works. But GTB will make your spells cost a lot more then they already do. You use GTB there due to their wind spells.)
Raydric (I didn't use the Deviling because of the Magic they use. Dustiness would also probably work there.)
DL
2 Berz (2 Celebs/Stings also work. If you happen to use a Drops Ashura, try the Celebs/Stings, you will probably have a faster cast. Same with Brys.)
Items I used: everytime I went I brought 1000 Sushis and 850 GJ. To those who don't know where to find Sushi; if you go down from the warp girl in Amatsu near the bottom. You will find a building on the right side toward the bottom of that road (However Sushi's can be annoying due to the fact you can only buy 10 at a time. Meaning you gotta spam him for awhile.).
Tips for leveling here:
1. You DON'T want to try to mob here with a Ninja. Trust me, it's a bad idea. The only reason why I had a Mob move was in case a sudden mob came toward me.
2. When your fighting Anubis, you want them to put you into a Wall. (this way it is easier to spam your Crimson Fire Petal, Dragon, or Ice Spear on them.)
3. If you find Pharaoh there, don't even bother fighting him just teleport away. I was never able to beat him as my Ninja.
- Please note that either Bathory or Evil Druid plays a huge role leveling here (I recommend the Evil Druid more). It blocks not only the Anubis's dark soul strike. But it also stops their attribute attack (+1 INT if you use Evil Druid). Making it so they can only use their lightning spells on you. The lightning spells honestly shouldn't be that strong, if anything, use a Dustiness garment.
Ice Dungeon 3
- From what I know, Leveling on the Ice Titans and Snowiers here make amazing levels here. The only thing that can make this spot difficult is if you are against a Gazeti. Kinda acts like an Orc Archer if you know what I mean, but faster. Gears you should have before coming here are a Marse carded Garment or a Raydric (Which ever one works for you); and you should also have an Unfrozen Wind armor (Aebeccee's Raging Typhoon Armor [1] with a Marc card) or if you have a GTB shield bring that! If you can only bring 1 thing you MUST bring the Unfrozen Wind armor or GTB. Otherwise, the Ice Titans here are going to freeze you and destroy you when your Cicada is broken. The skills you should use here are the following;
- Wind Blade (Which ever level works best for you)
- Kamatachi Lv. 5 (This works better then Lightning Strike of Destruction at this dungeon)
- Soul Lv. 5 (If you have the Points)
- Improvise Defense at any level (Just in case your fighting a Gazeti and you need to defend yourself from Range Attacks)
- Please Note that you should try to get away from the Gezetis if possible. They can be a real pain in the ass just like Orc Archers.
Lighthalzen Bio Lab 3 (LH3)
- This is the most insane, hardest leveling there is for Ninjas. Not only is it near impossible now a days, but it requires A LOT of concentration, strength, and determination. The only thing that made this possible in the past, was that the LK's, WS's, and SinX's were easy targets with Ninjas that had Cloaking or Shadow Slash (This is one of those places where you can use a Shadow Slash build to level). They would either use Shadow Slash with the right weapons/elements. Or they would go against a wall with cloaking and use magic until they were killed. Now a days though, it's near impossible. This is because the LK's are now Demon property and can see you cloaked. That and SinX's can now cloak and makes them too hard. The WS's haven't changed much though. Still pretty hard either way with all the other LK's that can see you. Anyway, I have never tried leveling here. But I did know it was possible until the LH3 update. However... There might still be some hope, but it requires you to be partied with a good Champion. First off you need these moves;
- All your Single Target Magic (This Means Ice Spear, Crimson Petal, AND Wind Blade Adjusted to the level you are comfortable with. HOWEVER with the strategy i'm about to explain, you probably will want them all at level 10 for max damage)
- Kamatachi and Raging Fire Dragon Lv. 5 (They can be used if you need to defend yourself from multiple enemies or more power when attacking just 1)
- Soul Lv. 5
OR, use this move set to kill the Whitesmiths. This means you can have a hybrid build here, and it might just work out!
- Shadow Slash lv. 5
- Hiding lv. 1 (Must have a Smokie Carded Accessory to obtain this skill!)
- Cloaking lv. 1 (Must have a Frilldora Carded Garment to obtain this skill! It isn't all that necessary, but can be a helper if your knocked into a wall and you need a fast escape route.)
- Now the way a Champion and a Ninja team would work here is you would need the Champion to use Blade Stop (Freezing both the enemy and Champion). This allows you to do some free attacks with no worries of the enemy coming after you. Yea it's simple as that, maybe not but you can try it out, tell me if it works out or not!
