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If I want to go full-damage for a specific medium/large monster, I’ll mix 2xTrue Margaretha with 1xMutating White Knight. But I don’t like the idea of not having the same bonus on small sized monsters so I stick with 3x True Margaretha.

That's exactly how someone who didn't stay long to try 3rd jobs would say. No. You can't do everything solo with 3rd jobs even when it was first released in 2008. That's why there were a lot of skill reworks and a couple of level cap increase. But still wasn't enough, so they started adding OCP items in 2017 and this is when some classes started to outshine others. So from 2008 to 2017, that's a whole 9 years of doing hard instances with 3rd job parties. And that's a generous estimation since the first batches of OCP's aren't for every class. Even in this video I had to be creative with the use of OCP gears which aren't suited to my class. It took 3 years of planning and countless trial-and-errors just to survive Valkyrie Randgris. Today there are dungeons that still need 4th job parties to finish because they're extremely hard even with fully-geared members. Let's stop this nonsense about Classic vs 3rd Class debate on which is better. Both are good in their own right. The REAL reason why Ragnarok Online's population is dwindling is because it's an old game with old graphics. Most (if not all) of the players are the same ones playing it 10-20 years ago. I hate to say this but there's little to no chance of getting "new blood" to play this game for the simple reason that there are a lot of games out there with better graphics. And with the era of mobile gaming, it's already a miracle that Ragnarok Online still manages to exist.

I did not say game is dwing because of this or one age is better then another, i just said game lost his essence (at least for me, i'm kinda a nostalgic guy).. I respect your creativity (gz btw) and i do not bealive it was easy.. but u still are able to do it, thats my point. And i agree with you about the last part when u said about population and the reasons.... Indeed its a miracle and i'm glad the game still manage to exist, it just say how good a 20years game is... Btw that is MY point of view, i know and respect that there is people who like it.

Have you tried +20 Centering Shadow accesories?

GTB

@@carlbianzon7711 so GTB still carrying till this day. nice.

@@wiganagames No. Some of the recent MVPs have a skill to nullify GTB effect. It’s quite sad people dismiss how difficult it was for an Arch Bishop (in 2019) to finish this Endless Tower without any skill rebalance just because “GTB was used”. Just watch how hard it was to kill Valkyrie Randgris. GTB alone cannot carry you unless you know what you are doing.

For this video I used Gambler's Seal + Heart Card in Mouth combo to get Flat +4 ASPD, then 90 AGI to get ASPD bonus from Anemos Shield and ASPD enchant on Temporal Luck Boots. For buffs, Canto Candidus, Adrenaline Rush Scroll and Concentration Potion. But this is an old video where Ancilla skill hasn't been updated yet so I resorted to kill Valkyrie using crit-pdodge build. Right now, this is inefficient and obsolete. After some updates, Adoramus became AoE and can change to neutral property if Ancilla is used. Which means Valkyrie Randgris is a lot easier to kill now using a caster-type Archbishop.

Actually the 4th job classes are scheduled to roll out on September lol. Probably they’ll add higher-difficulty dungeons too.

@@carlbianzon7711 LOL for real? I had no notion they were still making new content for this game. I feel like they need to stop. The core systems are way too antiquated and the game is too grindy. I'd only play RO again if they a) fixed the horrible movement glitches and b) found a way to actually reward you with end game level benefits that are guaranteed over time, but also capped so players can't just put more hours (or use bots) to gain benefits well over the rest. Zeny should only go so far to make you look better, but marginally perform better. The higher skilled player should win. Several systems and economy systems together need to change to make this possible. FFXIV is a great model of end game currency rotation, weekly rate limit, capacity limit, spend that currency on something. Essentially at X amount of weeks, you should be able to gear up to current level end game gear just like everyone else, and only people running much much harder content may have marginally better gear but even they aren't getting it much more rapidly than once a week. I don't know how to fix the rare card drop grind issue RO has. That one can stay maybe.

This is the game’s “replay mode” on x2 speed (please refer to bottom right corner of the video) that’s why there are frame skips.

Also, the Tempest & the Magic Exorcist MDEF bypass is for normal monsters. Do you think if your damage against MVP bosses will be higher if you have 100% MDEF bypass against boss type monsters? (I play on iRO Chaos, and it's possible to get 100% MDEF bypass against boss type in multiple ways, so I suppose it's also possible on Thor)

Yes, the +15 awakened x2 True Margaretha is much better than the +15 Valk Hammer x4 True Margaretha, even without enchants because I tried both. As for the Tempest Set, it works on boss monsters as well. There was a time I switched the wrong Shadow Weapon (demon+angel) on Phreeoni and the damage was significantly lower than with the correct one (brute+plant).

@@carlbianzon7711 Wow thanks!!!!! haha you just helped me save a lot of zeny. And good to know that the Tempest shadow set works against boss monsters! Even Divine Pride only mentions normal monsters. <3

I’m at Thor server

The official site for iRO is this one: renewal.playragnarok.com/downloads/clientdownload.aspx

@@carlbianzon7711 thanks Carl for your reply

Indeed, this looks like a high rate private server with wings and all.

The problem is that the game is old so most players already have their own lives/families to live. You can’t just decide the “true essence” of the game based on how you played it in the past. How about those who play at home? They don’t count right, because according to you, they need to play in a net cafe to grasp the true essence of ragnarok? This is meaningless gatekeeping. People find ways to have fun- whether playing with friends, playing solo for challenge, farming to sell items, etc. If you are stuck with the past, you will not enjoy the present and cannot adjust for the future.

@@carlbianzon7711 that's what I'm saying .. almost all players are all old players no new players .. that's why it'll never get to it's peak like before .. if you enjoy solo good for you . I play solo all the time with assasin . But sooner or later it'll get bored no matter what.. it's not being stuck .. just being realistic

Shields only have 1 slot in iRO

@@carlbianzon7711 u using GTB card?

@@matsuhiroshun829 Yes

in kRO , solo is just for early leveling stages or to clear way weaker dungeons , u still need party to clear the last 2-3 dungeons in patch , it's impossible to clear it solo no matter what ur gears are . but idk in other servers since i've never played it

and as far as i know , endless tower is a really old content wasnt it ? putting well geared arch bishop in endless tower is just like being an assassin in prontera maps

Renewal isn't the classic ro you knew back then. They should name this game something else, maybe the worse version of wow

Ragnarok Euro Loki/Chaos best server no cheater no pay to win….. We had only fun❤ i Want play again……

it's not impossible lmao, not even close to impossible lmao.@@tzu4285

This is iRO website: renewal.playragnarok.com/

thanks bro

@@carlbianzon7711 what online on server?

@@Lancom9 Currently iRO has 3 servers: Chaos, Thor and Freya

Yes, it's an autocast from the item "Wonder Egg Basket": www.divine-pride.net/database/item/410027 But no need to do this anymore after the Arch Bishop skill update last Oct 13, 2022. Simply use Ancilla to change Adoramus into Neutral property and spam until he dies.

@@carlbianzon7711 Wow cool... I haven't played ragnarok in a long time..

Headgear (Upper) - Sacred Crown Headgear (Middle) - Sunglasses [1] with Weakened Fenrir Card or Mutant Heart Hunter Sanare Card Headgear (Lower) - Mob Scarf Armor - Abyss/Icefall/Nature/Samael Dress Weapon - Valkyrie Hammer [4] with 4x True Margaretha Sorin Card Shield - Excellion Shield [1] Garment - Skin of Typhon [1] with Nightmare Arclouse Card Shoes - Shoes of Punishment Accessory - 2x Ring of Adoramus [1] with Headless Mule Card Costume/Shadow For PVM: Costumes with Arch Bishop Stone set Tempest Shadow Set (Weapon+Earring+Pendant) Arch Bishop Shadow Shield Priest Shadow Armor Priest Shadow Shoes For PVP/Woe: Costumes with Arch Bishop stone set Full Arch Bishop Shadow Set

For GX, RK, Sura and Ranger, yes. For AB, no. This class had it worst. I had to make use of a pre-renewal concept (perfect dodge) just to make this work because of Valkyrie Randgris.

Yes, otherwise it will be extremely hard to do a no-death run using an Arch Bishop. I was actually planning on doing a no-boss-card run but changed my mind after they implemented the Green-Aura to MVP’s. It’s still possible to do but will require a lot of resources.

Yes, but I’m pressed for time so I tend to skip some buffs. At the time of this video, Magnus still cannot be used on non-demon/undead monsters so I had to use Judex. This video is 1hr 49min long in x2 speed so the actual run took around 3hrs 30+mins. If I exceeded 4hrs, I’ll be kicked out so I tried to save time whenever I can.

Yes, you are right. No fingers to do that coz I’m lazy lol.

Yes, this is where I hunt for MVP cards (aside from Central Laboratory). In my AB vs Endless Tower v3.0 video, an Orc Lord Card dropped.

There is a skill update on ME. It now hits all races, provided they’re not holy property. renewal.playragnarok.com/news/updatedetail.aspx?id=320&p=1

@@carlbianzon7711 wow this will be great for priest user

@@mugensgameoutplayed9017 The struggle is real without this update. In my first AB vs ET video it took me 3hrs 30min to finish because I had to rely on Judex for clearing up non-MVP non-holy monsters.

@@carlbianzon7711 are you playing GGH? will it be implemented to that server since they said it is based on iRO

@@mugensgameoutplayed9017 I’m not playing GGH yet, but this update will eventually be applied to GGH too.

Thanks!

Dude. I get your point about renewal classes being overpowered now. But please don't make it sound like it's an easy thing to solo Valk/Bee/Ifrit in this vid using an AB. It's not like I'm one-hitting them here. You're calling out the wrong class. I was literally running for dear life against Ifrit for 8 minutes (4min x2 since vid is on ff). And I'm not even using damage skills on Valk/Bee. I just made it work by thinking of a build that can survive. Ragnarok is fun. You are able to experiment on different builds that may or may not work, like this one. Who would've thought a LUK build AB can work? But if your mindset is stuck on "a certain meta" then it really won't be "fun" for you.

@@carlbianzon7711 he doesnt know shit , he think all AB can solo this hahaha

Too bad a game that was played with friends became a solo grind.

I think his point might be that a support class should NEVER be able to solo late/endgame content. I also think like that and i would add that even with dmg classes being capable to go further, they also shouldn't be able to solo endgame content because that makes a "team focused game" pointless.

renewal is definitely more towards solo play instead of group play, back then we need certain strat to kill mvp, certain comp, but in renewal everyone with almost every job can solo shit if played right, sooo yeah, solo players might find it more fun, but as for me and maybe OP, renewal system is not fun

Right now it’s still nerfed to 1030% in iRO since it was recently changed to AoE: irowiki.org/wiki/Adoramus Hopefully we get the 2800% buff fast but probably will be delayed seeing how slow iRO gets the update (we’re still at 3rd jobs with 185/65 max level)

@@carlbianzon7711 Sad, its nice to finally do aoe with adoramus, but damn, that nerf was not necessary, its not like AB was a strong class to compete mvp or anything like that, i mean, at least remove cooldown then lol :c

I recommend unahin mo ang Shrine Maiden Hat. Kahit wala munang plus, abang ka na lang ng enriched event saka mo iplus 9 para lumakas lalo damage ng magnus. Sa weapon, Holy Stick ka mura lang yun nakavend. Lalakas lalo damage mo pag nakakuha ka na ng Shoes of Punishment kasi may set effect. Sa shield kahit Exorcism Bible lang muna. Sa armor igrind mo muna Flattery Robe, dun din ako nag-umpisa. Sa Shadow equip, ang top priority mo eh ung Priest Shadow Armor tapos AB Shadow Shield. Tapos buuin mo ang 100% MDEF bypass set na shadow equip.

Thanks!

Roughly 50-100 on weekdays and150-200 on weekend

You're welcome!

I'm planning to do a run without MVP cards... currently trying different tactics on Valkyrie Randgris in her map in Odin Shrine. If I'm able to pull it off 80% of the time I'll try it in Endless Tower (because for me, Valkyrie Randgris is the biggest threat). In the meantime, I'm levelling up my third AB for this new build.

@@carlbianzon7711 did you finish your 3rd AB?) Is he 5.0 or not? Thanks for videos by the way! Its awesome

@@kolyamba Still levelling up my 3rd AB... not much time to play recently so I just do instances when I have the chance. The one I used on v5.0 is my 2nd AB.

@@carlbianzon7711 im playing on new euro prime server from russian publisher 4game and it has almost no equip and cards from your video... We'll have 3rd jobs on this week and i wanna try to make hybrid ME-melee build, but ill use my +9 bravery bag as main equip (bonuses from 90 stats) and maybe look for some nice headgear (i already have +6 red fox ears, but dont know if it'll look good on melee character, it buffs range damage, at least it'll buff duple light)

@@kolyamba There’s a good chance that new items will be added along with 3rd job update because some of my items have level 100 requirement. Anyway, have fun playing battle AB! It’s really a fun class to play.

Glad to be of help. Welcome back to Midgard!

LUK is 120 because I use this AB to solo ET too. Need 120LUK for Temporal Luk Boots for the crit damage boost and perfect dodge necessary for killing Valkyrie Randgris.

My stats are roughly below: STR 90+ (for physical damage) AGI 90 VIT 90+ (total should be 100 for stun immunity) INT 80+ DEX 40+ LUK 120 Equips used below. This is an old run so some of these are outdated already. I recommend watching my no-death run v4.0 for a full guide of equips, stats and skills (th-cam.com/video/5I-DWpVrau8/w-d-xo.html). Default Mode (for non-boss floors with non-holy mobs) Old Mitra (Weakened Fenrir) Sunglasses (Weakened Fenrir) Mob Scarf Flattery Robe INT4 (Entweihen Crothen) Glorious Destruction Staff Fallen Angel Wings Spell19 (Antique Book) Shoes of Punishment Valkyrie Drop (Scaraba) Perverse Demon Mask (Yoyo) Adoramus Mode From default mode, change below Old Mitra -> Celine's Ribbon (Weakened Fenrir) Flattery Robe -> Abyss Dress/Nature Dress (No change if no advantage in element/race) Glorious Destruction Staff -> Valkyrie Hammer (4x True Margaretha Sorin) -> Anemos Shield (Golden Thief Bug) Valkyrie Drop -> Celine's Brooch (Scaraba) Magnus Mode From default mode, change below Old Mitra -> Shrine Maiden Hat (Weakened Fenrir) Flattery Robe -> Abyss Dress Glorious Destruction Staff -> Holy Stick (Hell Apocalypse) -> Anemos Shield (Golden Thief Bug) Anti-holy Mode From adoramus mode, change armor to Mighty Black Threaded Armor (Garm) Anti-Ifrit Mode From adoramus mode, change garment to Phoenix Muffler (Antique Book) Physical Mode (a.k.a. Anti-Randgris Mode) Siegfried's Helmet (Duneyrr) Gambler's Seal Heart Card in Mouth Mighty Black Threaded Armor (Angeling) Robot's Arm (2x Abysmal Knight) Anemos Shield (Golden Thief Bug) Old Morroc Shawl (Deviling) Temporal Luk Boots Lucky Day ASPD4 Temporal Ring (Yoyo) Perverse Demon Mask (Yoyo) Note1: It's possible to kill Valkyrie Randgris without GTB if you want to use an Alice Shield. But you need to time your retreat correctly as she casts Dispell every 30secs. No guarantee that you won't die though. When I tried it this way in her map (Odin Temple), I died 2-3 times before killing her. Note2: Perfect Dodge 90+ is a must. If Duneyrr Card and Lucky Day procs, that's already +30 total Pdodge. Your stats + equips need to fill in at least 60 Pdodge. Anti-FBH Mode From physical mode, change below Mighty Black Threaded Armor -> Consultation Robe Agi6 (Angeling) Old Morroc Shawl -> Valkyrian Manteau (Isis) Note1: Do not use Duple Light Skill. You are most likely to die from it since this boss has magic reflect. Note2: Perfect Dodge 90+ is a must. If Duneyrr Card and Lucky Day procs, that's already +30 total Pdodge. Your stats + equips need to fill in at least 60 Pdodge. Anti-Beelzebub Mode From physical mode, change below Anemos Shield -> Anemos Shield (Medusa) Mighty Black Threaded Armor -> Abyss Dress Note1: Switch to Pure White Marching Hat regularly to enchant weapon with Ghost Property. Once proc-ed, switch back to Siegfried's Helmet. Note2: Do not use Duple Light Skill. You are most likely to die from it since this boss has magic reflect. Note3: Perfect Dodge 90+ is a must. If Duneyrr Card and Lucky Day procs, that's already +30 total Pdodge. Your stats + equips need to fill in at least 60 Pdodge.