Maru's Chivalry: A war guide for Knights

Introduction

Hey! It’s me, Maru!

So you are interested in bringing your mount to WoE, aren’t you? You've come to the right place! I'll guide you through this journey of becoming the strongest knight you can be.

Keep in mind that this guide is NOT absolute truth and doesn't intend to be, it is my vision and experience as a WoE player. You can (and should) adapt and change things based on your needs, experiences and own tests. WoE is not as simple as black and white, there are many variants that will change from guild to guild, player to player and meta to meta.

War of Emperium: Second Edition!

WoE SE is my favorite WoE edition and the one I played the most in my life. I played as a DB RK mostly and I'll share some tips, ideas and builds that I've gathered over the years.

Dragon Breath

Dragon Breath is, by far, my favorite build and from where I'm starting to write this guide.

Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Easy to play and very newbie friendly; Offensive tanker, dealing decent damage even if your main goal is to take damage; Great toolset, being naturally immune to freeze/stone due to high mdef from runes; Higher weight capacity and higher speed.	Easily disabled; Predictable damage element, being forced Neutral/Shadow, Ghost/Holy or Water/Fire; High usage of badges due to consumables (Runes and Potions); Needs to get hit'd to really shine on.

Stats

STR	Increases weight capacity and reduces duration of some disables;	80+	It is your main source of protection against Shadow Chasers and those annoying Masquerades.
AGI	Increases ASPD and reduces chances of some disables;	70+	Good for ASPD but also helps with Masquerades.
VIT	Increases your HP and potion efficiency;	110+	Your main stat. Increases your damage and your tankyness.
INT	Increases your SP and reduces cast time;	110+	Reduces cast time and slightly increase your damage.
DEX	Greatly reduces cast time;	120	Used mainly for Temporal DEX Boots [1] (22008) .
LUK	Reduces chances and duration of some disables;	1+	Good for Curse immunity and helps with Masquerades.

Runes

Rune	Effect
Asir Runestone (12729)	Greatly increases ASPD. Changes Dragon Breath Water element from Water to Ghost.
Hagalas Runestone (12733)	Greatly increases DEF/MDEF.
Isia Runestone (12728)	Increase potion efficiency by 50%. It is cumulative with Increase HP Recovery.
Lux Anima Runestone (22540)	30% bonus to Ranged Damage, HP and SP, which is huge damage boost. Changes Dragon Breath Water element from Water to Neutral. Changes Dragon Breath element from Fire to Shadow.
Nosiege Runestone (12725)	Remove and become immune to the following debuffs: Stun, Sleep, Curse, Stone Curse, Poison, Blind, Silence, Bleeding, Confusion, Frozen, Deep Sleep, Burning, Freezing, Guillotine Cross Poisons, Marsh of Abyss, and Mandragora Howling. For 60 seconds. IT HAS 120 SECONDS COOLDOWN AND IS BEST USED BEFORE IMPORTANT GVGS.
Verkana Runestone (12727)	Randomly summon 2~4 shields. Each shield can protect you from 1 attack. It lasts for 15 minutes if doesnt break and has 60s cooldown. Try to always keep it up, this way you can protect yourself from initial burst from GvG and still have it for emergency (panic button).