[Sticky Please] How to: Ultimate SoulMS Guide - Hints & Tips, Bosses, Skills, Equips, Buffs, Tactics, Time Saving.

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Introduction

So, you have been Killing Headless Horses And/Or Crows for some time now, 10-20 Rebirths Perhaps.
The Rebirthing is getting tedious now, Slow Spawn and far too many lingering Lowbies.
I guess your Looking for a better challenge up to your expertise!

Zakums Altar: Boss ~ Zakum

Points of Interest:

Zakum is the perfect option;
~Fairly Constant Spawn with the Mid-breaks of Leaving and re-entering the Boss area, (We will get to that later!).
~Great Experience points, Similar to the amount of exp gained from Black Crows but with a hugely increased spawn rate.
~Kill Stealers can be a bother, remmeber to be polite, keep calm and they should leave, if not Switch to a different channel, or even possibly get your High Rebirth friend to KS him back!
~This Boss does NOT drop Meso, Not a HUGE issue though.
~Main Body gives Negative Exp, So dont waste your time going berzerker mode and battering the Living crap out of it.

Required Skills / Equipment

Skills:

Assuming you kept the majority of the Buffs / Summons from the previous Rebirths, I will go through what is Most important when it come to Increasing your Damage and aiding you in Battle Which "hopefully" will prevent you from getting angry and damaging something or someone!

You will need the following Buffs/Summons:

BS ~ Battle Stance ~ Warrior - (Stops you getting Knocked Back)
MW ~ Maple Warrior ~ All 4th Job Classes - (Stat Increase)
SE ~ Sharp Eyes ~ Bowman - (Damage Increase)
SP ~ Shadow Partner ~ Hermit - (Extra Damage Bonus)
WB ~ Weapon Booster ~ All Classes - (Faster Attack Speed)
HS ~ Holy Symbol ~ Cleric - (Bonus Experience)
PH ~ Phoenix ~ Bowmaster - (Rebirth Monkey)
WAP ~ Weapon Attack Pot - Naricain's Demon Elixir (+140 WA For 8M)

They are the Main buffs you will be using, there are more Buffs, but they are less important so lets not go into detail.
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There are some great skills out there that will have you grinning from ear to ear as you molest Zakum over and over, Lets list a few!

Bowman Skills:

~Hurricane (Bowmaster)
Excellent Skill, especially when combined with SP, The sheer power of this Skill will have you taking down Zakum in no time.
~Arrow Rain (Ranger)
This also Stacks with SP, its good but not at early RB's, this is a better choice over Hurricane when you are well into your Super Rebirth.
~Phoenix (Bowmaster)
This fiery Beauty makes Soloing Zakum Heaven, Have him finish off a Zakum arm after you have Rebirthed, However i would recommend Going into room 9-FM to Kill a Headless Horsemen if you have under 30,000 DEX; You would otherwise be wating a while for the arm to die.
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Mage Skills:

~Dispell (Bishop)
Quick and easy, Removes Curse and darkness, Simple and effective.
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Warrior Skills:

~HyperBody (Spearman)
Great untill you hit the Max Hit-Points of 30,000.
~SpearCrusher (Dark Knight)
Great skill when using AOE skills with the Spear such as Aerial Strike, Dragon Roar. However these skills are not reccomended to use untill 180+ Rebirths.
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Thief Skills:

~Haste (Assassin)
Great for increasing Mobility and Killing time.
~Flash Jump (Hermit)
Increases Mobility and Killing time.
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Pirate Skills:

~Air Strike (Corsair)
I Love this skill, i really do. 1200% damage hits 6 enemies, (6/8 Zak arms) 5 Second Cooldown.
Wouldnt recommend it untill you hit around 150 Rebirths, it is an AOE skill and there usually useless untill you are Hitting the big numbers.
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Equipment

The Aim here is to try and stick with Common Job Equipment, since if you do switch Classes now and again It doesnt matter a whole lot.

Weapon:

~Any Bow
I would recommend using a bow, and going as bowmaster from 10-140 Rebirths
Its not a must, but from my experience Hurricane Whilst used in conjunction with SP is unbeatable untill around 140 Rebirths, which is when you will be Using AOE moves such as Air Strike and Dragon Roar Both Mainly used with a commen Spear, (No need for Job advance both skills can be used as a beginner).
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Helmet:

~Zakum Helmet
Scroll it as best you can with DEX, Bowman damage will rely heavily on that Particular Stat.
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Face Accessory:

~Ice Cream Bar
A nice bonus with the 5 Weapon Attack it issues.
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Pendant:

~Horntails Necklace
You Probably wont get your hands on the Stones unless you Donate, However it is still a great Pendant with the +7 to all Stats.
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Eye Accessory:

~White Racoon Mask
Scroll this Mask with DEX as Best you can.
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Earrings:

~Any
Doesn't necessarily matter as to which Earring you choose, whatever suits you best, main thing here is to scroll it with DEX.
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Overall:

~Sauna Robe
You should be able to scroll a good amount of DEX on this item, with 10 Slots it has room for high DEX if your lucky.
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Cape:

~Pink Gaia Cape
Adds 3 Weapon attack and with the extra Scrolled DEX it Makes a great Asset.
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Shoes:

~FaceStompers
Adds 2 Weapon Attack with added DEX scrolls this item should keep you happy.
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Tactics & Time Saving


MORE TO COME YET GUYS!

[Notes] Still to come ~ Tactics & Time Saving
~ Tips & Tricks
~ Partying
~ Earing Mesos
~ Dealing with Kill Stealers & Zakum Campers
~ Credits




~McLoving

Bump.

Great guide. I appreciate how you took the time to make this guide, to help out the server. Too bad the server isn't alive anymore. It would help someone who goes to a server similar to this one. (Ex: Rates, boss maps, etc.)

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