The Mele Lion Guide.

Thunderhermit · 21 May 2007

Hello all. This guide/build is strictly for sense types. You may use this build for other classes however, but i'm sure the outcome won't turn out pretty. @_@; I've spent a lot of time and effort into my Mele Lion, and I find that this class, well this type of lion is actually pretty strong. There will be many alternate builds you can go with this, but be cautious that it'll be a pain if you find yourself in a sticky situation.

Here are some of the more appropriate builds for a mele lion.
1144:
This build is for RAW damage, and DP. You get some good HV, DP, and HP too. You lack Accuracy, which is vital to your mele lion image, and AP. (who really needs ap if you're going to be using DA/LK?)

4141:
High Accuracy, you probably won't miss often. You will lack a lot on DP though, and will die very often.

3142:
This build is moderate. You have high accuracy, yet you still lack a lot of DP. If you consider this build, you should probably have DP equips.

2143:
Moderate again, but you still lack DP. In this build, DP is of the essence. I'd stick with the 1144 build.

If you are going with any of those builds, which i'm sure you should be, you would want to pump up your points with either DA or LK. The reason is you will be using Stone Strike for a while, and DA is the build up damage for your skill. You will also get a boost from Sixth Sense, which will be a big help in your use of Stone strike. If you decide to go with LK, you will be a high CRITer, which will be pretty good, but in some cases not so good. LK will increase Critical damage, but it won't help your Stone Strike unless you have DA equips. Another way to go with this is to go hybrid. 1 level DA, then 1 level LK. You can chose to go a certain level of DA, and then go with all LK, or just do half and half.

There is one specific thing that all mele lions must/should do. They should get gun booster. Why? Well it's going to be your main resource for AC. If you chose to go 1144, you will such low Accuracy you can't even see it on your statistics. That was a joke. From my personal experience, I can say that getting Gun Booster was the best thing i've done to help boost my accuracy when training. The downside to getting Gun Booster is you need to get Gun carrier, and Invisible reload.

The skills you will be using are:
Stone Strike(Master or level 10)
Sixth Sense(Level 10)
Gun Carrier
Invisible Reload
Gun Booster(level 10 or master, it's up to you)
Amour Destruction(level 1)
Lucky Seven(level 10 or master)

If you chose to get the 2nd job, you can get Fortune hit (that is if you plan to go pure LK) and you can get ButtPlate, which its damage is based on your DA. The downside of that though is you won't have a shield, since you must use a gun in order to use ButtPlate.

Training, well you can train anywhere suitable for you, and where you feel comfortable leveling at a FAST pace. I got to level 50 in 3 and a half days. (I'm not some guy who plays all day. Thank you royal parties :P) Just make sure you find Parties whenever you train, or else you'll have a pretty slow and boring time training.

When buying equips, you should buy a dagger, with DA compounded in it. Craft or Custom daggers are suitable. You should also try and get a MD hat, and compound DA/LK in your hats, depending if you want more crits or more power. Your shields should be compounded with DP, so find any shields with MD already on the shield, and find shields that have compound slots in them. You can compound DP in it, that will get back the DP you missed out on your hat. As for inner wears, try and get as much DP based inner wear you can get. You won't have a lot of DP to suit your needs so you should get as much DP compounded in your Duo Doctor, or GMV. As for rings and neckalces and such, you should get anything that has DA, LK and Accuracy in it, with slots as well. Possed fork is an example. With those slots, you should compound AC in them. Just to boost up your AC, thats all.

Well, sorry this guide isn't as formal and proper like the other guides being more descriptive. My mele lion currently is level 77, and is training at Swamp Field 2. I do 4.6k damage on Arachne, having criticals of 7.6k (something around there) on them.

funnydon · 7 Jun 2007

i think that DA lions should not waste time in buttplates, gun carrier and gun booster. it will cause a lack of HP or DP depending on the type of shields that is used, and the DA of the lion will also suffer as knife-type weapons have original buit-in DAs. the TMpoints should be instead pumped into more useful skills like compound master, as it can cover up the lack of luck for compounding. the sixth sense should then be mastered as the TMpoints of the gun-related skills are saved to master up those skills that are affecting the damage of a DA lion.

sorry if this may sound too harsh.

Handkerchief · 7 Jun 2007

I think the common consensus right now is that Compound Master has no effect on compound success. Gun booster provides AC and is quite important for a 1144. So in order to get gun booster, you have to get gun carrier.

JunWisewar · 8 Jun 2007

might as well make a fox......

jett2003 · 1 Jul 2007

So, you're saying...I have to put most of my stat points only on DA And/or LK? I really don't understand what does it mean by a 1144 build...Can someone explain please? Sorry if this is a bad thing for me asking..

Eise · 1 Jul 2007

If I was a melee lion, I'd go LK. Otherwise I'd just be a DA Fox.

1144 =

1 in Power
1 in Magic
4 in Sense
4 in Charm

If you ever run into people using stufflike that again, remember the order is Power, Magic, Sense and Charm. =)

muuchan · 9 Jul 2007

hi guys....... can you help me how to explain this build??

4 - power
1 - charm
4 - sense
1 - magic

this is the stat that i have choose, in level 1 - 15 where do i put all my stat to boost the power of the Gun?? And How will affect my character about this build?? Anyone help me through here I'm Confused

Blessedone777 · 10 Jul 2007

But what about Dexterity Isn't Attack speed a good thing for any Melee Based chars? and also to me it would be invaluable if you go for a 4141 build so you can kill quickly without getting killed first.

KuyaBaka · 10 Jul 2007

Originally Posted by Blessedone777

But what about Dexterity Isn't Attack speed a good thing for any Melee Based chars? and also to me it would be invaluable if you go for a 4141 build so you can kill quickly without getting killed first.

Guns have no attack speed unlike the normal sticks and stones other people use. They're "attack speed" is based on the reload times, or some of those tricks Lions know how to do.

As for muuchan, if you're planning on using your gun, AC is it's power.

Blessedone777 · 10 Jul 2007

Originally Posted by KuyaBaka

Guns have no attack speed unlike the normal sticks and stones other people use. They're "attack speed" is based on the reload times, or some of those tricks Lions know how to do.

As for muuchan, if you're planning on using your gun, AC is it's power.

I was not talking about guns because I Thought (And still think) that this is a non-gunner lion guide because Melee means to have hand to hand combat.

Handkerchief · 10 Jul 2007

It is a non-gunner.

By melee--in most cases--is using your skills like Stone Strike at close range. That's why a 4 is recommended in charm because you'll be hit quite often.

In that case, DX, isn't that useful because you won't be whacking things with your dagger. Instead, you'll use skills so DX is useless. If you want a 4141 so you CAN whack things--your skills will be doing much more damage than a strike from your dagger. Your skills will have nothing based on AP. Instead, it'll be a mix of DA and LK. And if you plan to hit and run because you have a 1 in charm, why not just use another skill in your arsenal or run around for the skill to be finished with its cool time? Why hit it with your dagger? .__.

In my opinion, the only useful part about having a 4 in power is the AC, which dagger lions lack. That's why people sometimes add Gun Booster (+20 AC when mastered) or Sticky Foot (Reduces enemy HV for a time) to help in that.

Though, you know, there is that DX fox that everyone was talking about a while back, of course. But I don't really know about that. .__.

Blessedone777 · 10 Jul 2007

Thanks for clarifying that.

arleya4h · 12 Jul 2007

could anyone plz tell me how to build a luk lion?

cleric564328 · 19 Jul 2007

What build do u use?( how much points into DA and LK)

Rikumaru · 4 Sep 2007

Originally Posted by JunWisewar

might as well make a fox......

yup IMO i think lions weren't made for melee.

Thunderhermit · 31 Oct 2007

Even so, you can get the fox's skills in 3rd job which would make it effective for a mele lion to be in use. The only thing that we reek in is our defence/make up for HP comps because we're so into having a lot of damage so we can kill faster/better. This is what ruins the balance of the mele lion.