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!
Notable Skills from Swordman to Dragon Knight. Further info can can visit here.
Skills
Skills
Effects
Notes
Swordman
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, a buff will be applied on you and 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.
Most consumables that come from Eden Machine, Genetic Brewing & Cooking does not Dispel Upon death. Consumables that Dispel upon death are from Tool Dealer, Runestone.
+15% Melee & Range Physical Damage for about 8 minutes+ (500 Seconds)
This potion increase our Damage by quite a bit, may help to 1 hit Kill the monster you're farming. You can get the 30 Minutes Version by Combining them from Mandy. (main_office 68, 59).
can buy from players or created by Genetic, more info here.
Recover 25% Max HP upon usage but the important one is it removes Stun, Sleep, Curse, Stone Curse, Poison Blind, Silence, Bleeding, Confusion, Frozen,Deep Sleep, Burning, Freezing, Guillotine Cross Poisons Marsh of Abyss and Mandragora Howling Debuff. Then Immune to those Debuff for 60 seconds
A super useful Runestones in Tower of Trials as monster there cast all sorts of Debuff. Last 60 seconds.
have to be crafted by yourself since the Runestones are untradable, more info here.
increase +30% Physical Damage to All Size, +30% Range & Melee Physical Attack, +30% Critical Damage, +30% Max HP & Max SP
This is the Best Runestone, it increase your Damage significantly. Last 15 Minutes.
have to be crafted by yourself since the Runestones are untradable, more info here.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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
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