Sakura's Rawr (Dragonic Breath) guide towards the Journey's End

Introduction

Hello everybody, Sakura here, i've been playing MuhRO for over a year at the time of writing this guide. I love the class a lot, being able to carry lots of stuff, hit hard and not afraid of being hit :< and you get to have a mount. The purpose of this guide is to show the Best in slot (BiS) equipment and some tips and tricks for playing Dragon Knight mainly Dragonic Breath. As this is my first guide please be lenient >//< and enjoy reading!

Video

A short video show casing the end game of Dragon Knight - Dragonic Breath Build Featuring Biosphere Depth 2, CT 25* and HoL Lv20.

Notable Skills and Consummables

Notable Skills from Swordman to Dragon Knight. Further info can can visit here.

Shadow Gears

	Skills	Effects	Notes
Swordman	Increase HP Recovery	Restores 50 + 2.0% of Max HP	A good skill that works well with our High HP in the late game.
	Magnum Break	When casted, the buff last for 10 seconds that increase +20% fire physical property to your Damage	This skill is super good to improve damage during MVP fight, not so much for farming as you need to refresh every 10 seconds.
	Endure	When casted, the buff last for 37 seconds or after taking 7 hits from monster (whichever come first) will make you immune to stagger effect from physical hit.	This skill has niche usage when you are not wearing Lord Bearer's Shadow Gear.
Knight	Spear Mastery	A Passive skill that +40 Mastery Attack	More Attack is always welcome.
	Riding	A Passive skill that enable us to get a mount which Improve movement speed, increase weight limit, Ignore Size Penalty with Spears Weapon, + Mastery Attack	Never say no to a Cute Mount and all the benefits it bring :3
	Cavalry Mastery	A Passive skill that regain our Attack Speed back to normal	Riding a mount reduces our Attack Speed so this skill balance back the Attack Speed.
	Charge Attack	An Active Skill that you cast on a target and "Jump" towards it from 14 Cells away	This skill is one of the best movement skill in game as it bring you closer to the monster, faster movement = faster kill = faster farming.
	Concentration	When Casted, the buff last for 1 minute that increase +15% Attack, +50 Hit at a cost of -15% DEF	This skill improve Damage by a bit, good for MVP and its duration is manageable in farming.
Rune Knight	Dragon Training	A Passive skill that works like Riding but slightly better	This skill alone restore our Attack speed back to normal.
	Dragon Breath	An Active skill that deal AoE Fire Ranged Physical attack to a target	This skill is pre-requisite for Dragon Knight Skill.
	Dragon Breath Water	An Active skill that deal AoE Water Ranged Physical attack to a target	This skill is pre-requisite for Dragon Knight Skill.
	Rune Mastery	An Passive that allow you to consume Runestones for self Buff	This skill is the most important skill that allow us to use Runestones. Check on Consumables Section.
Dragon Knight	Two Handed Defense	A Passive skill that give reduce damage taken from 10% Small, 15% Medium and 18% Large sized monster	This skill is super good that increase our survivability.
	Dragonic Aura	When casted on a monster, the buff last for 5 minutes, it increases our main skill Dragonic Breath (DcB) by A LOT	This skill is the most important buff for Dragon Knight.
	Dragonic Breath	An Active skill that deal 9x9 AoE Ranged Physical attack to a target	This skill is our Main Skill, it IGNORE Def of monsters and its Damage scale with our POW, Max HP & Max SP. We need to achieve instant cast by getting 530 cast point, the formula is ((dex*2)+int) and 185+ Attack speed for max spam. Try to get 193 (max Attack speed) for seamless Charge Attack + Dragonic Breath spam.

Costume Stones

Item	Effects	Where to get
Top	Rune Knight Stone II (Top) (1001939)	This stone provide a total of 10% Long Range Damage when Lv10 Dragon Training is learned. Further info can visit here.
Mid	Rune Knight Stone II (Mid) (1001940)	This stone doesn't provide anything on it's own but it combo with Dragon Knight Stone II (Garment). Further info can visit here.
Low	Ranged Stone (Low) (1000376)	This stone provide 3% Long Range Damage on it's own and combo with Ranged Stone (Dual). We have a few option for Costume Stone (Low), you can even use Teleport Stone (Low) (25228) for Field Farming, Teleport Stone (Low) (25228) for Tower of Trials, even Greed Stone (Low) (25062) for Treasure Chest reward type like CT and OGHC, but Ranged Stone (Low) has the highest Damage. Further info can visit here.
Garment	Dragon Knight Stone II (Garment) (1001948) & Ranged Stone (Dual) (1000523)	DK Stone II (Garment) Combo with RK Stone II (Top & Mid) which provide +15% physical damage against all size, +5% Max HP and +10% DcB Skill Modifier. Ranged Stone (Dual) provide +4% Long Range Damage on it's own and another +2% Long Range Damage with the combo with Ranged Stone (Low). Further info can visit here for Dragon Knight Stone II (Garment), and here for Ranged Stone (Dual).

Bossing and Farming Gear

Farm gear are basically gears that provide increase drop rate %, the higher it is the more item drops you'll get. Be wary equipping farm gear may reduce your Damage, and always try to aim for 1 Hit / 2 Hit kill the monster you're farming for maximum efficiency.

End Game Equipment for MVP & Farming

	Item	Notes
Upper Head Gear	+12 A Time Dimensions Rune Crown (Dragon Knight) [1] (400529)	Best enchant on 2nd slot is Adamantine Jewel Lv5 (312783) 3rd slot is Time Dimension Jewel (Vitality) Lv3 (312706) 4th slot can go for any stats. Further info can visit here.
Mid Head Gear	Gambler's Seal [1] (410233)	BiS is 10% Long range, but if you get 10% Max HP it works too, use Loki's Black Coin (102343) to enchant. Further info can visit here.
Mid Head Gear (Farm)	Poring Sunglasses (19117) or Poring Sunglasses+ [1] (19118)	Depends whether you need the card slot for slight damage increase for last hitting monster. Further info can visit here.
Low Head Gear	Ace of Diamonds in Mouth (Ranged Physical) (420220)	BiS is 5 Vit and 7% Long range but Prioritize on 7% Long range then follow by stats, use Loki's Advice (Ranged Physical) (102342) to enchant. Further info can visit here.
Low Head Gear (Farm)	Happy Balloon (19095) or Poring Balloon (19143)	BiS is Happy Balloon for the 10% drop rate but if it's too pricey, 2nd best would be Drops Balloon (19147) because of the +2 Dex but can get any balloon from Poring Family for 5% drop rate if you don't need the stats. Balloons from Poring Family can be Enchanted, BiS for the enchant is MaxHP Lv.2 (310991) more info here. Further info for drop rate can visit here.
Armor	+12 A Nebula Suit of Concentration [1] (450171)	Best enchant on 2nd slot is Star Cluster of Concentration Lv.3 (310682) 3rd slot is Nebula of Expert Archer Lv.3 (310732) 4th slot can go for Vit or Dex. Further info can visit here.
Armor (Farm)	+12 Kafra Uniform [1] (15186)	Best enchant to get from 1st line is Indestructible, 2nd line would be either Vit or Dex. You can use Uniform Repair Kit (23175) for the enchant. By replacing Nebula Armor, you'll lose a lot of Attack Speed and may slow down your farm. Further info can visit here.
Weapon	+12 A Dimensions Dragon Lance [2] (630041)	For the enchant you can choose which monster / MVP you want to focus. Further info can visit here. For Rigel (22174) (Formless | Neutral) hence, Biosphere Gem (Vibra-rupt) (311934) & Varmundt's Crystal (Poison) Lv3 (312800) For Betelgeuse (20994) (Dragon | Neutral) hence, Biosphere Gem (Dragon Fishing) (311928) & Varmundt's Crystal (Poison) Lv3 (312800) For Encroached Tan (22373) (Demi-Human | Poison) hence, Biosphere Gem (Execu-sect) (311937) & Varmundt's Crystal (Poison) Lv3 (312800) For Biosphere Depth 2 my build rely on these 2 enchant Biosphere Gem (Vibra-rupt) (311934) & Varmundt's Crystal (Plain) Lv3 (311874) Tips:- Notice how the first 3 MVP shared the same Varmundt's Crystal (Poison) Lv3 (312800) , you can save some zeny to use 1 lance against 3 of them.
Garment	+12 A Circulation of Life Summer [1] (480350)	This Garment should be the most expensive gear to make but it has the highest damage boost and should last a very long time. Prioritize to max the enchant on 2nd slot and aim for Life of Summer (Concentration) (313015) (RNG involved to get Concentration). After 2nd enchant then only start focusing on 3rd enchant Physical Fruit Lv20 (312538) . The last enchant to focus is the 4th enchant Physical Flower Lv5 (312513) . Further info can visit here.
Shoes	+11 C Boots of Unknown Life [1] (470073)	This is like the cheat code damage boost for DcB DK, once the bonus vit is proc from the boots, your damage will be boosted by a large amount. BiS is 10% Max HP, the 2nd line enchant preferably MHP (flat 50~1000) too but can be any as long as you get 10% max HP on the first line enchant. Tips to use Doil the Instance Coin Shop if you don't want to run the instance. Further info can visit here.
Shoes (Farm)	+12 A Yorscalp Boots [1] (470303) +12 A Glade Rune Boots [1] (470174) +12 Sombre Shoes [1] (22048)	BiS Boots for general farming and higher HP for higher survivability, best enchant on 2nd slot is Forest Magic Orb (Firing Shot) (313097) 3rd slot is Forest Magic Orb (Size Attack) (313094) 4th slot is Forest Magic Orb (HP) (313090) Further info can visit here. Glade Rune Boots have higher damage IF hitting the monster that match the element of the 2nd enchant of the boots at Lv5 (Example:- Varmundt's Crystal (Plain) Lv5 (311876) against Wind and Earth element, other elements Glade Rune Boots fall behind in Damage compared to Yorscalp. Further info can visit here. Sombre Shoe provide 10% drop rate or any other drop rate shoe. If you have trouble 1 shot killing the monster, considering not using drop rate shoe and go for Yorscalp or Glade Rune Boots. Further info can visit here.
Accessory 1	Stamina Signet of Star [1] (490133)	Best enchant on 2nd slot is Star Cluster of Strength Lv5 (313028) 3rd and 4th slot is Star of Master Archer Lv5 (310701) (RNG involved to get double Master Archer). Further info can visit here.
Accessory 2	Signet of Circulation Summer [1] (490484)	Best enchant on 2nd slot is Signet of Concentration Lv5 (312991) (There's a perfect enchant concentration Lv1 but cost x20 times the materials) 3rd slot is Token of Life (312981) . Further info can visit here.

Cards recommendation for MVP / Farming

Cards

	Item	Notes
Upper Head Gear	Yortus Bishop Card (300528) Engkanto Card (4583)	This Card give +7% Max HP, if refine +10 additional +3% Max HP and if refine +14 additional +2% Max HP. With a Total +12% Max HP. Use this Card if you lack Damage against Encroached Tan (22373) since his Element is Poison. It 30% increased damage against poison monster.
Mid Head Gear	Melted Poring Card (300174) Engkanto Card (4583) Jitterbug Card (27109)	This Card can be used for general farming give +10% Max HP and a total of 4% decreased damage from Earth and Poison elemental @ base vit 130. Use this Card if you lack Damage against Encroached Tan (22373) since his Element is Poison. It 30% increased damage against poison monster. Use this card only when fighting Neutral type MVP (Rigel and Betelgeuse) when proc it will double your damage against neutral monster and must use with the Singing Pere Card (Accessory slot) and Playing Pere Card (Accessory slot), not recommended to use for farming since the proc is unreliable and it hinders movement.
Low Head Gear	-	-
Armor	[MVP] Tao Gunka Card (4302)	This MVP Card is BiS for armor, it gives +100% Max HP and is the highest impact card to improve Damage. The downside of this card is -50% of DEF & MDEF. Encroached Tan Card is not really good for DcB Build. MVP Tao Gunka Card VS MVP Encroached Tan Card.
Weapon	[MVP] Ghost Ship Captain Card (300532) Abysmal Knight Card (4140) Polluted Wander Man Card (27361) Yormi Card (300519) Scalleg Card (300506) Gan Ceann Card (300240) Brutal Murderer Card (300241)	x2 MVP Ghost Ship Captain Card is BiS for farming Boss Protocol Monster where their sizes are mix (Example:- Biosphere D1, D2 and Tower of Trials) Abysmal Knight Card + Polluted Wander Man Card are 2nd Best for Fighting Boss Protocol Monster if there's only Large and Medium sized monster. (Example:- Biosphere D2) Yormi Card + Scalleg Card is a good combo if fighting non-boss protocol and good for Small, Medium and Large sized monster. x2 Gan Ceann Card is good for ONLY fighting Large sized Monster. (Example:- Rigel and Betelgeuse) x2 Brutal Murderer Card is good for ONLY fighting Medium sized Monster. (Example:- Biosphere D1) The Highest Damage output for weapon card combo from this list is to have Boss + Size (MVP Ghost Ship Captain Card + Gan Ceann Card for Large sized monster or MVP Ghost Ship Captain Card + Brutal Murderer Card for Medium sized monster) Click here for Weapon Card Test Result
Garment	[MVP] Rune Knight Seyren Card (4679) [MVP] Snow Angel Card (300473)	This card is Bis and provide the best utility for DcB DK, +2 Aspd, +15% physical damage to all races and most importantly +20 to all stats which help reaching instant cast tremendously. This card give a huge boost to Long Range damage, @ +15 refine it gives 55% LR%, but the important one is +10% boss damage as this modifier is quite rare. Click here for Rune Knight Seyren Card VS Snow Angel Card
Shoes	[MVP] Venom Chimera Card (27150) Letterster Card (300509) Cliolima Card (300510) Rockstriker Card (300511) Yoster Cleaner Card (300514) Yoster Collector Card (300516)	BiS card for ALL purpose farm as it provide 15% Max HP & Max SP which scale with DcB damage, the flat Max HP boost is a bonus since with the rest of the card and gear, we will reach a very high % Max HP and flat Max HP will provide a slight boost. BiS card for farming a specific monster race (Insect). BiS card for farming a specific monster race (Demon). BiS card for farming a specific monster race (Undead). Can be use on MVP Ghost Ship Captain or MVP Lasgand. BiS card for farming a specific monster race (Dragon). Can be use on MVP Betelgeuse. BiS card for farming a specific monster race (Formless). Can be use on MVP Rigel, or field farming Forgotten Time Zone 1 or Zone 2. Click here for MVP Venom Chimera Card VS Specific Monster Race Card
Accessory 1	Broken Beta Guards Card (300076) Playing Pere Card (27107)	BiS card for all purpose farm, any Vit stats + % Max HP are welcome. Only use this card in combo with Jitterbug card (Headgear slot).
Accessory 2	Broken Beta Guards Card (300076) Singing Pere Card (27108)	BiS card for all purpose farm, any Vit stats + % Max HP are welcome. Only use this card in combo with Jitterbug card (Headgear slot).

Shadow Gears & Costume Stones

These New Advance Shadow Gear from Tower of Trials surpasses the Blue Shadow Gear even at RES 0. Click here for the Test Result. Be aware that using this new set may improve Damage but you'll lose Max HP and have to relocate your stats again for Instant Cast.

Shadow Gears

	Item	Notes
Armor	+10 Madness Breath Shadow Armor (1270025)	Best enchant is Long Range Damage % on 1st line and Pow or P.atk on 2nd line. Prioritize on LR % > Pow / P.atk. Can use Advanced Shadow Spellbook (Range) (101262) for the enchant. Further info can visit here for enchant, and here for the Shadow Gear.
Weapon	+10 Master Shadow Weapon (24792)	Best enchant on slot 1 is +3 Pow and for slot 2 is +5 Vit or +5 Dex, pick Vit for Damage or Dex for instant cast. Further info can visit here for enchant, and here for the Shadow Gear.
Shield	+10 Master Shadow Shield (24793)	Best enchant on slot 1 is +3 Pow and for slot 2 is +5 Vit or +5 Dex, pick Vit for Damage or Dex for instant cast. Further info can visit here for enchant, and here for the Shadow Gear.
Shoes	+10 Madness Breath Shadow Shoes (1270026)	Best enchant is Long Range Damage % on 1st line and Pow or P.atk on 2nd line. Prioritize on LR % > Pow / P.atk. Can use Advanced Shadow Spellbook (Range) (101262) for the enchant. Further info can visit here for enchant, and here for the Shadow Gear.
Accessory 1	+10 Bow Master Shadow Earring (1270011)	Best enchant is Long Range Damage % on 1st line and Pow or P.atk on 2nd line. Prioritize on LR % > Pow / P.atk. Can use Advanced Shadow Spellbook (Range) (101262) for the enchant. Further info can visit here for enchant, and here for the Shadow Gear.
Accessory 2	+10 Bow Master Shadow Pendant (1270012)	Best enchant is Long Range Damage % on 1st line and Pow or P.atk on 2nd line. Prioritize on LR % > Pow / P.atk. Can use Advanced Shadow Spellbook (Range) (101262) for the enchant. Further info can visit here for enchant, and here for the Shadow Gear.

Costume Stones

	Item	Notes
Top	Rune Knight Stone II (Top) (1001939)	This stone provide a total of 10% Long Range Damage when Lv10 Dragon Training is learned. Further info can visit here.
Mid	Rune Knight Stone II (Mid) (1001940)	This stone doesn't provide anything on it's own but it combo with Dragon Knight Stone II (Garment). Further info can visit here.
Low	Ranged Stone (Low) (1000376)	This stone provide 3% Long Range Damage on it's own and combo with Ranged Stone (Dual). We have a few option for Costume Stone (Low), you can even use Teleport Stone (Low) (25228) for Field Farming, Teleport Stone (Low) (25228) for Tower of Trials, even Greed Stone (Low) (25062) for Treasure Chest reward type like CT and OGHC, but Ranged Stone (Low) has the highest Damage. Further info can visit here.
Garment	Dragon Knight Stone II (Garment) (1001948) & Ranged Stone (Dual) (1000523)	DK Stone II (Garment) Combo with RK Stone II (Top & Mid) which provide +15% physical damage against all size, +5% Max HP and +10% DcB Skill Modifier. Ranged Stone (Dual) provide +4% Long Range Damage on it's own and another +2% Long Range Damage with the combo with Ranged Stone (Low). Further info can visit here for Dragon Knight Stone II (Garment), and here for Ranged Stone (Dual).

Pets & Runes Tablet System

Pets

Pet Name	Notes
Abysmal Knight (1219)	The best pet for fighting any Boss Protocol monster, the easiest way to tell is by these symbol on the monster name and . It provide Atk + 5%, P.Atk + 2 Increases physical damage against boss monsters by 5% when intimacy level is at Loyal. Further info can visit here.
Blue Moon Loli Ruri (20940)	One of the best pet for fighting any monster that is NOT Boss Protocol monster. It provide +4 Vit, +5% Max HP and chance to auto cast Lv2 Kyrie Eleison on yourself when receiving physical damage (not very important) when intimacy is at Loyal. Further info can visit here.
Incubus (1374)	Good for farming any map that you've already able to 1 hit kill the monster. It provide Max SP +5% with 1% chance of healing your SP with your damage dealt when intimacy is at Loyal. Further info can visit here.
Succubus (1370)	Good for farming any map that you've already able to 1 hit kill the monster. It provide Max HP +1% with %% chance of healing your HP with your damage dealt when intimacy is at Loyal. Further info can visit here.

Runes Tablet

Tablet	Notes
Demigod Set	This is the best rune tablet in the game right now if you're fighting Boss Protocol monster . It may look intimidating to fully activate it (3 pieces set) but you can just activate the 2 pieces set to get +10% increase damage against Boss Protocol when its fully activated and upgraded at +15, you'll get +40% Damage increase damage against Boss Protocol . Further info can visit here.

Test with Screenshots

This section of the guide provide test for various combination of Cards, Costume Stones and Gears. All the test had been done as fair as possible. Buff used are all self-casted. Test Setup for Dummy are Damage Taken 10% Average Variance | Large | Formless

Buffs and Consumables

Increase Agility and Blessing from Healer Dragonic Aura Almighty (12883) get from here. Red Herb Activator (100232) get from here. HP Increase Potion (Large) (12424) get from here. Minor Brisket (12431) get from here. Asir Runestone (12729) get from here. Turisus Runestone (12731) get from here. Lux Anima Runestone (22540) get from here.

Tests

	Screen Shot	Notes
Weapon Card Test		DK can easily reach high value of Long Range % and Size % Modifier due to Lux Anima Runestone, once reaching around 100% Size Modifier we can start building Boss % Modifier. Hence the result showing Boss + Size yield the highest Damage among all the other combination.
Rune Knight Seyren Card vs Snow Angel Card		Left Image is MVP Rune Knight Seyren Card Right Image is MVP Snow Angel Card This test is with RES 0 to make it fair for Almighty Shadow Gear. MVP Snow Angel Card will be BiS by wearing Bow Master Shadow set, BUT have to consume +20 Dex food to replace the stats lose from Almighty Shadow Gear.
Blue Shadow Gear vs New Advance Shadow Gear		The Left image is with Vit Enchant on Nebula armor and both Master Shadow Weapon+Shield. The Middle image is with Dex Enchant on Nebula armor and both Master Shadow Weapon+Shield, the reason behind is because dropping Almighty Shadow Gear loses stats for instant cast and have to get back the stats from equipment enchant. The Right image is with Madness Breath Shadow set.
MVP Venom Chimera Card VS Specific Monster Race Card		The Left image is with MVP Venom Chimera Card. The Right image is with Specific Monster Race in this test we target Formless.
MVP Tao Gunka Card VS MVP Encroached Tan Card		The Left image is with MVP Tao Gunka Card. The Right image is with Encroached Tan. We lose a lot of Max HP and Damage for using Encroached Tan.
Costume Stone (Garment & Low) Comparison		In this test we compared a few Costume Stone in different combination, Ranged Stone (Garment), Ranged Stone (Low), Vit Convert (Low) and Power Stone (Dual). This test was tested with Damage Taken 30% Average Variance | Medium | Formless