[Guide] Human Melee - Skill Builds, Equipments, and Enchants.

• akaneo wrote on 2011-01-29 02:59
  So, I should get r1 sword mastery before fh since I'll usually be dual-wielding anyway.
• Ryoko wrote on 2011-01-29 05:07
  FH is CP based, and takes a lot of AP to rank.. And Sword Mastery can be trained as you do FH anyways, so train it with your extra AP along the way or something.
• akaneo wrote on 2011-01-31 11:40

  Quote from Ryoko;309113:

  FH is CP based, and takes a lot of AP to rank.. And Sword Mastery can be trained as you do FH anyways, so train it with your extra AP along the way or something.

  
  
  Ohhh right, I forgot about training fh, i just thought about the ap. Alright thanks for the advice.
• lordsyca wrote on 2011-02-15 00:11
  Just a few quick nooby questions but where do the transformation skills go on this guide? After all the rebirths and such or anytime?
  And when would i want to start the g1-3 quests, after a few rebirths?
• Tablo wrote on 2011-02-16 01:34

  Quote from lordsyca;336236:

  Just a few quick nooby questions but where do the transformation skills go on this guide? After all the rebirths and such or anytime?
  And when would i want to start the g1-3 quests, after a few rebirths?

  
  
  as soon as possible. i got my transformation before my first rb, but it can be a bit tough as a new player.
  make sure to do g1 whenever you have the chance to, and you'll eventually get to g2 which gives the transformation skills. I'd suggest getting the transformation after your first rb, or earlier if you have developed a good understanding of the game.
• RaineXchan wrote on 2011-05-20 23:05
  Hello! I saw that you haven't update this in a while. So I just want to make sure if anything else that is new I should know or remember. Thanks! I am really loving this build, very fun XD I love using strategy in game. It makes the game so much more interesting. Thank you very much for the guide.
• vuudoo wrote on 2011-06-25 02:52
  hey, i love the guide! i'm going to use it when i start playing mabinogi. i have a few nooby questions though: each time i rebirth; what age should i start at? do i stay at age 17 each time i rebirth? how do i obtain the prefixes and suffixes that were mentioned? should i enchant the items myself or buy them?
  
  thanks!
• Kollin wrote on 2011-06-25 03:03

  Quote from vuudoo;488898:

  hey, i love the guide! i'm going to use it when i start playing mabinogi. i have a few nooby questions though: each time i rebirth; what age should i start at? do i stay at age 17 each time i rebirth? how do i obtain the prefixes and suffixes that were mentioned? should i enchant the items myself or buy them?
  
  thanks!

  
  
  though this guide hasnt been updated its still a nice guideline to follow. if you arent paying $10 a week to rebirth, rebirth at 17 so its only a 3 week wait for a freebirth. as for enchants http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/index.php?title=List_of_Enchants has a list of all the enchants and where you can get them. the wiki is also a good place for finding any info you need. as for enchanting yourself and buying, thats up to you. the enchant skill DOES NOT affect success rate on enchanting, instead the Intelligence stat does. 200 int is the cap at which it affects enchanting, any intelligence after that does nothing for it, just increases damage for combat spells. 200 int is incredibly easy to obtain, if you have transformation skill (not including Spirit Awakening) you can easily get to the 200 int needed for enchanting. if you are going to enchant it is recomended to do so on Thursday as enchanting recieves a success bonus on that day. the enchants he listed are nice and something to shoot for, however new and better enchants keep coming out, but ill leave it up to you to figure out what those are (as i really havnt even bothered looking).
• vuudoo wrote on 2011-06-25 05:02

  though this guide hasnt been updated its still a nice guideline to follow. if you arent paying $10 a week to rebirth, rebirth at 17 so its only a 3 week wait for a freebirth. as for enchants http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/index....st_of_Enchants has a list of all the enchants and where you can get them. the wiki is also a good place for finding any info you need. as for enchanting yourself and buying, thats up to you. the enchant skill DOES NOT affect success rate on enchanting, instead the Intelligence stat does. 200 int is the cap at which it affects enchanting, any intelligence after that does nothing for it, just increases damage for combat spells. 200 int is incredibly easy to obtain, if you have transformation skill (not including Spirit Awakening) you can easily get to the 200 int needed for enchanting. if you are going to enchant it is recomended to do so on Thursday as enchanting recieves a success bonus on that day. the enchants he listed are nice and something to shoot for, however new and better enchants keep coming out, but ill leave it up to you to figure out what those are (as i really havnt even bothered looking).

  
  
  thanks for answering my questions! :D if the enchant skill does not affect the success rate on enchanting then what is that skill used for?
• Ryoko wrote on 2011-06-25 05:07

  Quote from vuudoo;489163:

  thanks for answering my questions! :D if the enchant skill does not affect the success rate on enchanting then what is that skill used for?

  
  
  Enchant rank let's you use scrolls respectively at R5+ if you have the corresponding enchant rank.
  
  It adds Int as well.
  
  When you enchant and fail, the enchant scroll loses durability. When that durability of the scroll hits 0, you can't use it anymore. When you have a higher enchant rank, the durability used upon a failure will decrease, allowing you to use the scroll more times, before the durability hits 0%.
  
  Also having a better powder affects the percentage of enchant success rates.
  Ancient being the best powder, but rarest.
  
  Enchant rank also affects the burn rate of burning enchants off an item.
• Kollin wrote on 2011-06-25 05:14

  Quote from Ryoko;489168:

  Enchant rank let's you use scrolls respectively at R5+ if you have the corresponding enchant rank.
  
  It adds Int as well.
  
  When you enchant and fail, the enchant scroll loses durability. When that durability of the scroll hits 0, you can't use it anymore. When you have a higher enchant rank, the durability used upon a failure will decrease, allowing you to use the scroll more times, before the durability hits 0%.

  
  
  oh? this i didnt know. i was just taught the basics of enchanting. still so many things to learn about this game, even after playing for a while and wiki stalking.
• Hujisaki wrote on 2011-07-01 05:42
  Excellent guide! After reading this guide (a whiole ago) I decided to start a new character and try it out.
  So far, im doing pretty good... kicking butts with my pure melee, its the first time I have a character with no magic skills, not even icebolt lol
  
  Right now im at this part:
  
  Rebirth #6 - Level 50 / Exploration Level 15 - Total Level 320 [Total 65 AP]
  
  1. Refining Rank 1 - 53 AP
  
  Refining r7 so far but im playing on alexina and no one seems to be selling ores anymore and the few that are selling, well prices are high o.O and I have an elf with production mastery r1 and metallurgy r4 but still not getting enough silver :/
  
  So I was wondering, is refining r1 really that necessary? cant I just leave it at r7 or get it to r5 and do the other skills that gives dex to have like 250-300 dex? or will I need more dex?
  
  I plan to be melee and do range too and do decent damege with range but mainly melee. So, what should I do? o.o
• Kollin wrote on 2011-07-01 07:17
  if you plan to do ranged, it is recommended to get rank 1 refining. even if not doign ranged, it is recommended to get rank 1 refining. its one of those pain in the ass skills you just want to get out of the way, like windmill. of course the decision is entirely yours, you can build your character any way you like.
• Hujisaki wrote on 2011-07-03 22:46
  If thats the case.. I think I'll start buying silver ore fragments evn if it means paying 10k stack for them ._.
  but just so I can finish refining faster.. well that and more metallurgy xD good thing is I've been getting big diamonds lately from metallurgy ;o
• Ryoko wrote on 2011-07-06 18:33

  Quote from Hujisaki;499167:

  If thats the case.. I think I'll start buying silver ore fragments evn if it means paying 10k stack for them ._.
  but just so I can finish refining faster.. well that and more metallurgy xD good thing is I've been getting big diamonds lately from metallurgy ;o

  
  
  Even in melee, you need Dexterity. When you get to the point where you'd be using 222 Broad Swords, or even good roll Artisan'ed Battle Swords for damage and crit, Sword Mastery + Combat Mastery won't cut it for keeping balance up if you have too low Dex.
  
  Refine should be done early due to the fails etc...Since it's extremely hard to fail for training in Refine when you get too much Dexterity. And you probably don't want to end up buying Production Failure Potions for Refine either.
  
  Range is pretty unreliable for a human at the beginning though, so until you get more Dexterity, it isn't that useful at the earlier stages. Just simply being able to level for the AP and all works too for later, rather than leaving skills hanging, and splitting into too many categories.
  
  250-300 dex is decent, but then again, it wouldn't suffice through certain Hardmode mobs if you're gonna go far with ranged. Some even have around 500-600 dexterity, but the life skills such as Blacksmithing and Tailoring take a lot of money if you're getting the materials off players.
  Refining may save you some efforts if you Blacksmith, for ingots, etc. But there's always Edern's Part-Time Jobs you can do as well to train Blacksmithing.