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Martial Artist

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MARTIAL ARTIST

📌 OVERVIEW
Pro Tip💡 Max stack Quest 3 miscs (400 each)
→ Enough item drops for all quests
→ Skip Quest 4 kills with 1.5M Gold instead
📦 REQUIREMENTS
RequirementsLevel 65 · 8 Quests to unlock
🔢 HOW TO USE THE CLASS

⚠️Ping-dependent — DPS varies from player to player
Requires active button pressing. Optimal rotations can get
very long (think: social security number length). It's complex.

🔢 STANCES
There are 9 stances total, but only 6 matter
🩹 HoT while active (heals over time)

→ Zard-Gorilla (2-3)

→ Zard-Dragon (2-4)

⚡ +20% Crit Chance while active

→ Gorilla-Zard (3-2)

→ Gorilla-Dragon (3-4)

🛡️ First auto after switching applies Spinning Dragon

(makes enemy's next hit deal 0 damage)

→ Dragon-Zard (4-2)

→ Dragon-Gorilla (4-3)

💡Each skill's buff/debuff is described in its own tooltip.

📘 DODGE & EVASION

Max dodge requires 86.3% evasion or higher

(includes hit chance debuffs on enemy)

MA base evasion71.85%
With Dragon-Zard91.85% effective dodge after 2 autos ✅ Max dodge
🔢 ROTATIONS

💡Skill 5 replenishes mana — use it freely
You're effectively infinite mana while it's active,
so it's also a good window to squeeze in more DPS.

💡Dragon-Zard (4-2) can be slotted in anywhere to
refresh max dodge without breaking your flow.

✅ Catch-All Rotation

423 23

Cycles through all debuffs/buffs except the DoT resist one.

Simple and easy to use. Has max dodge.

~20k DPS (Ravenous / Lucky / Vim / Lament · 51/50)

⚔️ High DPS Rotation

534 32 32 34 23 23

Higher DPS without going too long. No max dodge

(not using 4-2) — add it in if you need it.

~28k DPS (Ravenous / Lucky / Vim / Lament · 51/50)

🔬 Super Min-Max Group DPS
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✨ ENHANCEMENTS
ClassLucky
WeaponRavenous / Valiance (Solo) / Praxis (Group)
HelmVim
CapeVainglory / Lament
⚔️ QUESTS
1 · Join My Dojo

→ /join hakuvillage · Speak to the master
⚠️ Must be at least Level 65

2 · 500 Punches and 500 Kicks

→ Frogzard Defeated ×500 · /join nexus

→ Gorillaphant Defeated ×500 · /join arcangrove

→ Dragon Defeated ×500 · /join etherwardes

3 · Deathly Slow Start

Same monsters as Quest 2, but 500k kills each.

Use the Soul Hunter method below.

💡Soul Hunter Method
/join death · Click "Monster Souls?" · Do "Soul Hunter"

Free players250k per turn-in (do twice)
Members500k per turn-in

→ Dreadhaven General's Soul Fragment ×20 · /join dreadfight

→ Zakhvatchik's Soul Fragment ×20 · /join hakuwar (final room)

→ Creel's Soul Fragment ×20 · /join towerofdoom5 (final room)

4 · Discount Diploma

Same 500k kills per monster.

Use the Dreadrock shortcut or Soul Hunter if short on gold.

→ /join dreadrock · Screen 9 · Talk to Khuddar Khamundi
💡 Use 500k Gold Voucher for one monster (once per day)
⚠️ Costs 1.5M Gold total

AlternativeDo Soul Hunter twice if you don't have 1.5M Gold.
5 · One Million Miles Searching

1M kills per monster. 💡 Soul Hunter ×4 is the cleanest method.

→ Nightmare Carnax Defeated ×10 (Frogzards) · /join darkcarnax

→ Voidsalek Sprayer Defeated ×10 (Gorillaphants) · /join voidsalek

→ Nerites Defeated ×10 (Dragons) · /join nerites

Alternative/join portal · Talk to Sir Render → "Make them Surrender?"
Each quest: 100k per creature (members: 150k)
Do each quest 10 times.
6 · Ughhhhhh

2M kills per monster. 💡 Soul Hunter ×8 recommended.

Alternative/join buyhouse · Buy Catapult (100k Gold)
Place in house → click it → "Blow Up Lore?!?!?" quest
Complete ×3 for 2M kills per monster

→ Dynamite ×3 · Kill Killer Queen Bee · /join beehive

→ Panda Launcher ×3 · Kill Neko Mata · /join yokaigrave
💡 Talk to Neko Mata first to fight her

→ Cyborg Beast Core's Core ×3 · Kill Cyborg Beast Core · /join dreadspace (2nd to last room)

→ Radioactive Hydra's Plutonium ×3 · Kill Radioactive Hydra · /join worldsoul

→ Teja's Powder Keg ×3 · Kill Pirate Queen Teja · /join granitecove

⚠️Last 3 items have low drop rates — keep trying

7 · Work Smarter, Not Harder

~6M kills per monster. Mix and match any methods below.

→ Soul Hunter ×24 Most consistent — recommended

→ Surrender quests ×60 Needs a decent team for Carnax / Salek / Nerites

→ Blow Up Lore ×9 RNG-heavy on last 3 items, but confirmed drops

→ Daily Dreadrock ×12 Costs 18M Gold total

8 · Cheater Cheater

→ Talk to The Master NPC · Face him in battle
⚠️ 300,000 HP · Human-tagged

→ Defeat him to unlock the Martial Artist shop!

💡Rank up Martial Artist at /join icestormunder