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MapleStory Classic World class tier list (Public Release)

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Which class is strongest, and at what?
iWhat Class tier list, axis by axis is
The ten second-job classes of the Public Release, each run through the damage engine at level 70 against the character printed on the damage rankings, then tiered one axis at a time. Every letter has a number under it and every tier has its cutoff beside it. There is no overall grade, and the panel at the foot says why.

The short answer

At level 70, with the weapon and stats printed for each class and nothing else, Bandit hits one monster hardest, Crossbowman does the most to a crowd in one cast, and Fighter, Page, Spearman and Hunter get the most damage out of each MP point. Against Tauromacis, the hardest monster to hit up to level 70, F/P Wizard, I/L Wizard and Cleric land nearly every attack and Fighter, Page, Spearman, Assassin and Bandit hit it less than 70% of the time.

Bandit
S tier on one target
Crossbowman
S tier on a crowd
Fighter, Page, Spearman and Hunter
S tier on MP
Classes tiered
10
every second job in the Public Release
Attacks counted
32
their own book and their branch's first
Reference level
70
the damage rankings' character
Axes
4
tiered apart, never added up

The tiers, side by side

iWhere this page's numbers come from
Built from skills.json, data/extract/skills.json, items.json, monsters.json, maps.json, src/lib/calc/damage.ts. Nothing on this page is written from memory, and where a number comes from somewhere other than the client’s own files it says so beside itself.
ClassOne targetA crowdMPAccuracy
FighterA 2,046A 6,138S 171C 42%
PageA 2,046A 6,138S 171C 42%
SpearmanA 1,955A 5,864S 163C 42%
F/P WizardA 2,279C 2,279B 103S 100%
I/L WizardA 2,152B 5,317B 103S 100%
ClericA 2,025C 2,025B 103S 100%
HunterA 1,889B 5,666S 177B 83%
CrossbowmanB 1,470S 8,821C 53A 88%
AssassinB 1,543C 1,543C 64C 69%
BanditS 2,825C 2,825A 126C 68%

A damage number is the middle of the roll on one monster, at the skill’s top rank, before the monster’s defence. Accuracy is the hit test’s own chance against Tauromacis (level 70, 41 avoid).

One target: the tiers

iHow one target is measured
The most damage one cast does to one monster, the middle of its roll, at max rank.

The most damage one cast does to one monster, the middle of its roll, at max rank. The best class on this axis sets the scale (2,825 a cast), and each tier starts at a share of it.

  • S tier · 85% of the best or more (2,401)Bandit (Savage Blow, 2,825)
  • A tier · 65% of the best or more (1,836)Fighter (Power Strike, 2,046), Page (Power Strike, 2,046), Spearman (Power Strike, 1,955), F/P Wizard (Fire Arrow, 2,279), I/L Wizard (Cold Beam, 2,152), Cleric (Holy Arrow, 2,025), Hunter (Arrow Blow, 1,889)
  • B tier · 45% of the best or more (1,271)Crossbowman (Iron Arrow, 1,470), Assassin (Drain, 1,543)
  • C tier · below thatNobody.

A crowd: the tiers

iHow a crowd is measured
The most one cast does to every monster its box can catch, at max rank.

The most one cast does to every monster its box can catch, at max rank. The best class on this axis sets the scale (8,821 a cast), and each tier starts at a share of it.

  • S tier · 85% of the best or more (7,497)Crossbowman (Iron Arrow, 8,821, 6 caught)
  • A tier · 65% of the best or more (5,733)Fighter (Slash Blast, 6,138, 6 caught), Page (Slash Blast, 6,138, 6 caught), Spearman (Slash Blast, 5,864, 6 caught)
  • B tier · 45% of the best or more (3,969)I/L Wizard (Thunder Bolt, 5,317, 6 caught), Hunter (Power Knockback, 5,666, 4 caught)
  • C tier · below thatF/P Wizard (Fire Arrow, 2,279), Cleric (Holy Arrow, 2,025), Assassin (Drain, 1,543), Bandit (Savage Blow, 2,825)

MP: the tiers

iHow mp is measured
The most damage per point of MP any of its attacks gives, on one monster.

The most damage per point of MP any of its attacks gives, on one monster. The best class on this axis sets the scale (177 per MP), and each tier starts at a share of it.

  • S tier · 85% of the best or more (151)Fighter (Power Strike, 171), Page (Power Strike, 171), Spearman (Power Strike, 163), Hunter (Power Knockback, 177)
  • A tier · 65% of the best or more (115)Bandit (Double Stab, 126)
  • B tier · 45% of the best or more (80)F/P Wizard (Energy Bolt, 103), I/L Wizard (Energy Bolt, 103), Cleric (Energy Bolt, 103)
  • C tier · below thatCrossbowman (Iron Arrow, 53), Assassin (Disorder, 64)

Accuracy: the tiers

iHow accuracy is measured
The chance to hit the hardest-to-hit monster the Public Release places on a map up to level 70.

The chance to hit the hardest-to-hit monster the Public Release places on a map up to level 70. A chance has a scale of its own, so the tiers start at the chance itself.

  • S tier · 95% to hit or betterF/P Wizard (100%), I/L Wizard (100%), Cleric (100%)
  • A tier · 85% to hit or betterCrossbowman (88%)
  • B tier · 70% to hit or betterHunter (83%)
  • C tier · below thatFighter (42%), Page (42%), Spearman (42%), Assassin (69%), Bandit (68%)

Each class in a sentence

  • Fighter is A tier on one target (Power Strike, 2,046 a cast), A tier on a crowd (Slash Blast catching 6, 6,138), S tier on MP (171 damage per MP with Power Strike), and C tier on accuracy (42% to hit Tauromacis). The Fighter guide.
  • Page is A tier on one target (Power Strike, 2,046 a cast), A tier on a crowd (Slash Blast catching 6, 6,138), S tier on MP (171 damage per MP with Power Strike), and C tier on accuracy (42% to hit Tauromacis). The Page guide.
  • Spearman is A tier on one target (Power Strike, 1,955 a cast), A tier on a crowd (Slash Blast catching 6, 5,864), S tier on MP (163 damage per MP with Power Strike), and C tier on accuracy (42% to hit Tauromacis). The Spearman guide.
  • F/P Wizard is A tier on one target (Fire Arrow, 2,279 a cast), C tier on a crowd (Fire Arrow, one monster at a time, 2,279), B tier on MP (103 damage per MP with Energy Bolt), and S tier on accuracy (100% to hit Tauromacis). The F/P Wizard guide.
  • I/L Wizard is A tier on one target (Cold Beam, 2,152 a cast), B tier on a crowd (Thunder Bolt catching 6, 5,317), B tier on MP (103 damage per MP with Energy Bolt), and S tier on accuracy (100% to hit Tauromacis). The I/L Wizard guide.
  • Cleric is A tier on one target (Holy Arrow, 2,025 a cast), C tier on a crowd (Holy Arrow, one monster at a time, 2,025), B tier on MP (103 damage per MP with Energy Bolt), and S tier on accuracy (100% to hit Tauromacis). The Cleric guide.
  • Hunter is A tier on one target (Arrow Blow, 1,889 a cast), B tier on a crowd (Power Knockback catching 4, 5,666), S tier on MP (177 damage per MP with Power Knockback), and B tier on accuracy (83% to hit Tauromacis). The Hunter guide.
  • Crossbowman is B tier on one target (Iron Arrow, 1,470 a cast), S tier on a crowd (Iron Arrow catching 6, 8,821), C tier on MP (53 damage per MP with Iron Arrow), and A tier on accuracy (88% to hit Tauromacis). The Crossbowman guide.
  • Assassin is B tier on one target (Drain, 1,543 a cast), C tier on a crowd (Drain, one monster at a time, 1,543), C tier on MP (64 damage per MP with Disorder), and C tier on accuracy (69% to hit Tauromacis). The Assassin guide.
  • Bandit is S tier on one target (Savage Blow, 2,825 a cast), C tier on a crowd (Savage Blow, one monster at a time, 2,825), A tier on MP (126 damage per MP with Double Stab), and C tier on accuracy (68% to hit Tauromacis). The Bandit guide.

Counted: each class’s own second-job attacks and its branch’s first-job ones, which a level 70 character still casts. Left out: every Final Attack, which is a rider on a swing you were making anyway rather than a cast, and Arrow Blow, Power Knockback and Double Shot for the Crossbowman, Double Stab for the Assassin and Lucky Seven for the Bandit, because the client ties each to a weapon that class’s character is not holding.

Why there is no overall grade

Because adding the four columns up needs a weight for each, and the weight is the whole argument. A class that is C on a crowd and S on one target is the right pick for a boss and the wrong one for a training map, and a single letter would have to decide which of those you are doing. The damage rankings refuse to put a mage and a warrior in one table for the same reason: two formulas over two stats. Here each axis is one number with one meaning, so a class can be compared on it; a blend of four would be a number nobody can check.

What this does not measure

  • How fast each attack comes out. Nothing in the client attaches a cast time to a skill, so these are per cast, not per second. The animations and speed stages that would decide it are on the attack speed page.
  • Reach. The client measures a hit box for 5 of the 23 attacks counted here and leaves the rest to the weapon, whose reach is not in the files, so there is nothing to tier them on. Weapon reach has the ones it does measure.
  • HP and MP per level. How much a level-up adds is the server’s roll and in none of the files; HP and MP has what the client does say.
  • Gear, scrolls, buffs and a party. Each class is the bare character the damage rankings print: the best weapon of its family a level 70 can hold, with the strongest stars or arrows it may fire, every AP point in its own stat, and nothing else. Real gear lifts every row.
  • Other monsters. Accuracy is measured against Tauromacis, the highest avoid of the 67 monsters the Public Release places up to level 70. Against anything easier every class hits more often.

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