Classic World jobs & best class

Community view, not Nexon’s: picks from NiaMeowDB’s level-70 benchmark and henesys.gg difficulty ratings, which do not fully agree.

MeowDB 2nd Job Comparison (L70 benchmark) (community) · Henesys.GG class guides index (difficulty ratings) (community)

3rd job names are those of pre-Big Bang MapleStory; Classic World has no 3rd job yet.

Main stat STR, with DEX for weapon requirements. At level 30 the same NPC offers Fighter, Page, Spearman.

• Swordsman HP Recovery from items raised from +5–20% to +20–50% (v1.0.0, 21 October).
• Iron Body Weapon DEF raised from +5–25% to +20–40% (v1.0.0).

Grand Launch Release Notes (Nexon) · Scheduled Grand Launch maintenance, v1.0.0 (Nexon)

Main stat INT, with LUK for wand and staff requirements. At level 30 the same NPC offers Wizard (Fire/Poison), Wizard (Ice/Lightning), Cleric.

• Magician MP Recovery from items raised from +5–20% to +10–25% (v1.0.0, 21 October).

Grand Launch Release Notes (Nexon) · Scheduled Grand Launch maintenance, v1.0.0 (Nexon)

Main stat DEX, with STR for bow and crossbow requirements. At level 30 the same NPC offers Hunter, Crossbowman.

Grand Launch Release Notes (Nexon) · Scheduled Grand Launch maintenance, v1.0.0 (Nexon)

Main stat LUK, with DEX for claw and dagger requirements. At level 30 the same NPC offers Assassin, Bandit.

• Dark Sight now makes the character semi-transparent to every player, not only party members (v1.0.0, 21 October).

Grand Launch Release Notes (Nexon) · Scheduled Grand Launch maintenance, v1.0.0 (Nexon)

• Level cap 100 at Founder's Access/launch; 1st job Lv10, 2nd job Lv30; 3rd job (Lv70, El Nath) excluded from Founder's Access and initial Grand Launch build along with Orbis/El Nath
• No stat requirements for job advancement (e.g. a 4-INT Beginner can become a Warrior)
• Rush moved into 2nd job for Fighter, Page and Spearman (launch: 15 MP at max, 6 targets, 2s cooldown); Power Guard moved to 3rd job (Crusader/White Knight); Hyper Body stays Dragon Knight only
• All 2nd-job Final Attack skills cut from 50% to 25% proc chance between COT2 and launch
• Slash Blast hits up to 6 mobs (was 4 in COT2); Iron Arrow 4->6 targets; Cleric Holy Arrow 3 targets/60 -> 1 target/160; Bandit Steal buff 30->60s
• Haste weaker than 2008 version: +30 Speed/+10 Jump vs +40/+20
• Cleric Heal damage considerably lower than pre-Big Bang
• HP washing removed: per-level HP/MP gain is fixed per class, no INT scaling (based on COT1 data, may differ at launch)
• Max HP Increase gives an immediate % of base Max HP instead of a flat per-level bonus; base HP raised for all classes
• Ranged classes shoot at point-blank range instead of the old melee swing; claw punching still exists for thieves
• 2nd-job SP cannot be spent on 1st-job skills; AP Reset and SP Reset Scrolls cost 7,000 NX each (Cash Shop)
• Pirates and the Nautilus start area are not in the initial release

Community findings from the tests and Founder’s Access; Nexon’s own v1.0.0 skill changes are listed under each class above.

Founder's Access Release Notes (Nexon, via MeowDB mirror) · MeowDB MapleStory Classic Classes (community) · MeowDB Beginner's Guide: First Steps in Maple World (community) · MeowDB Warrior Lv1-30 guide (community) · MeowDB Bowman Lv1-30 guide (community) · MeowDB Thief Lv1-30 guide (community) · MeowDB skill changes COT2 -> launch (community) · MeowDB Fighter Lv30-70 guide (community) · MeowDB Spearman Lv30-70 guide (community) · MeowDB Rush (Page) skill page (community) · MeowDB Assassin Lv30-70 guide (community) · MeowDB Cleric Lv30-70 guide (community) · MeowDB HP/MP gain explained (community) · MMOBomb: Everything We Know About MapleStory Classic World (community) · MapleStory Wiki: Classic World (community) · MeowDB Magician Lv1-30 guide (community) · MeowDB Bandit Lv30-70 guide (community)