1. Basic introduction of Raiders
Raider is 2nd job choice of a hawker. This guide doesnt cover the another 2nd job of hawker, the scout. Raiders are close-combat specialists that mostly rely on their dodge to evade attacks. Raiders could be classified into two main groups, katar raiders and dual raiders. Classification is needed, because being hybrid between both weapon makes you weak, so its important to choose either one.
Katar raiders rely on attack speed and dodge, but their hp and defence are low. Also their attack power isnt really high, but its atleast decent. Katar raiders divide into two basic builds, damage and dodge builds. Basically damage build katar raider is weak when soloing, but strong when partying because they gave up some dodge to get more damage. Dodge build has alot of dodge, but thats quite much it. If they get hit, they get hit hard. Also their hp is low and damage isnt too great either. Dodge build has it own pros and cons, but in my opinion that build isnt really good.
Dual raiders are different from katar, and like in real life, they are only used by elite few. They have slow attack speed and they cant really dodge things, but dual raiders have medium defence and often good hp, so they can take hit. There is only one proper way to build a dual raider, and that is damage build. No expections. Dual raiders need less con than katar raiders, because dual raiders basically spam skills to make up for their slow attack speed. Dual raiders need party all the time, they arent for solo players!
2. Stats:
What stats to pick and what not? Some trivia included.
Katar raider (Damage):
str: Adds damage, defence and hp. You'll need this!
con: One of most discussed stats. Adds hitrate.
dex: Adds dodge, movement speed and damage.
sen: Adds critical rate. Could be useful.
int: waste of points.
charm: useless
Katar raider (Dodge):
str: Adds damage, defence and hp. Dont bother with this.
con: One of most discussed stats. Adds hitrate.
dex: Adds dodge, movement speed and damage. Your main stat, pump it!
sen: Adds critical rate.
int: waste of points.
charm: useless
Dual raiders:
str: Adds defence, hp and alot of damage. Str is as important as dex!
con: Adds hitrate, you dont need it as much as katar raider.
dex: Adds dodge, movement speed and damage. Dex is as important as str!
sen: Not really useful, since only skill that benefits from sen is triple attack.
int: not completely useless but still dont pump it.
charm:useless
3. Basic status build for levels 50, 70, 90, 110 and 130
Form for charts is Level:Dex:Str:Con:Sen, that just means on what level and with what build you should have that much of each status. And no, its not a ratio, i couldnt invent one that requires less space in short time so thats my system now.
Dual raider status chart:
Level:Dex:Str:Con:Sen
50:85:85:40:10
70:110:110:50:10
90:140:140:60:10
110:160:160:80:65
130:185:185:105:65
That is quite much how i built my own Dual raider, Str and Dex should go hand to hand for maximum damage. Con is needed in order to hit everything, since you hit slowly misses arent tolerated! This is build is better in pvp than pvm due to high con (you can easily hit scouts with skills).
Katar (dodge) raider status chart:
Level:Dex:Str:Con:Sen
50:120:15:35:10
70:155:15:50:10
90:195:15:65:10
110:235:15:75:10
130:270:15:90:10
I'd never build my raider with this kind of stats, but some people do. They are only after dodge, so they they are almost purely dex builds. This build still needs con to hit, so its not much, but enough to hit quite much everything with buffs. This build is most common among scouts, but it works with raider too (its different how well it works...)
Katar (damage) raider status chart:
Level:Dex:Str:Con:Sen
50
50:45:45
70:135:65:50:50
90:170:80:65:65
110:200:100:70:70
130:230:115:95:90
Now this is how i'd build my katar raider. Damage is nice, you do mostly high damage to monsters. You got good dodge and its backed up by quite nice hp and defence. Also you wont miss because you have decent con, and you get good amount of criticals due to high sen. Only real con in this build is the fact that it cant dodge pink monsters like dodge build can.
Damage ratios:
this is where damage comes from, thanks to Raider for information.
Katar: 60% dex 40% str
Duals: 50% dex 40% str
