Thief Shadower Sed Mule in HT

1. Intro

kfiranego entertainments presents
A WARNER BROTHERS
guide for seduce mule at ht

with the latest balance patch(summer 2020) nerfing dexbucc alot of classes got nerfed.
one of the most convenient things dexbucc had to offer besides speed infusion buff and timeleap was negating the seduce status effect that horntail cast.
that nerf left a big hole to fill but do not worry shadower is the best class to fill that hole!

so what exactly is sed ? and why you should make a shadower ht sed mule ?

Sed Mechanic:
Seduce is status effect(such as "seal" "darkness" and "weakness") that makes the character run randomly in a direction or jump so 3 total possibilities.
summer 2020 balance patch changed the frequency and the times sed is being cast by ht.
before this patch each hand would seduce once every 3 min (2 different timers) which would change when the arms drop to certain hp threshold.
the patch made it so each sed possibility became separate and now have a different timer which results in 6 different sed timers.
this change makes the sed target being unable to attack most of the time during horntail fight which basically negates an attacker.

Shadowers:
what shad sed mule does is you don't have to worry about sed timers anymore(unless horntail hands drops below 33% hp)
shadowers almost cannot die since they have high avoid from there main stat being luk which gives alot of avoid combined with skills such as "meso guard" "shifter" and smoke screen" makes them the best choice as being the sed target.
this allows us to kill horntail without having to deal with sed(until later stages) and focus more on damage.

after i explained why they are needed lets get to how to make them.
first of all pick a name i suggest a short name that would be easy to kick invite from the party if needed example : kfiranego1 , blu302 , Hippo11 , jootf , bakamule123 , op4bish .


2.AP Progression

lets start of with the dice since we are going to be washing this character quite a bit (will get to that later in the guide) i recommend rolling for 10 int base so roll the dice till you get:

4 str
x amount of dex
10 int
x amount of luk

we want to pump as many points as we can into int as we leveling to level 10 but remember for 1st job advance to thief you need 25 base dex.
once we out to victoria island i suggest to start leveling with as much int gear as you can from the very start this will short the amount of nx needed and we will reach the hp goals faster.

after we became a thief we gonna pump all the ability points we gain from level up into int now this is going to be different from person to person depends on int equips and access to nx.
for players with good int equips and large amount of nx 140-180 int base should be enough.
people that have total int equips of +80 int and lower i suggest to go over 200 int base up to 240 but not more than 240.
after we reached 240 base int we going to put a few points in luk to help us do 3rd job and hold the rest to maximize hp gains from washing with fresh ap.

once we are done washing and we reached our hp goal we are going to remove all the int base and put everything back to luk to gain avoid.


3. Skill Build

1st job

Spoiler: 1st job

Level 10: +1 Lucky Seven [1]
Level 11: +3 Nimble Body [3]
Level 12: +3 Keen Eyes [3]
Level 13: +3 Keen Eyes [6]
Level 14: +2 Keen Eyes [MAX]; +1 Lucky Seven [2]
Level 15: +3 Lucky Seven [5]
Level 16: +3 Lucky Seven [8]
Level 17: +3 Lucky Seven [11]
Level 18: +3 Lucky Seven [14]
Level 19: +3 Lucky Seven [17]
Level 20: +3 Lucky Seven [MAX]
Level 21: +3 Nimble Body [6]
Level 22: +3 Nimble Body [9]
Level 23: +1 Nimble Body [10]; +2 Disorder [2]
Level 24: +1 Disorder [3]; +2 Dark Sight [2]
Level 25: +3 Dark Sight [5]
Level 26: +3 Dark Sight [8]
Level 27: +3 Dark Sight [11]
Level 28: +3 Dark Sight [14]
Level 29: +3 Dark Sight [17]
Level 30: +3 Dark Sight [MAX]

reasoning: lucky seven is a stronger skill than double stab and its damage based on luk which will be our main stat after we reach the int goal.
nimble body gives avoid and accuracy helps during 2nd and 3rd job advancement as for dark sight its going to be used in horntail in body phase

2nd job

finish maxing nimble body from 1st job for the extra avoid.
max haste and steal is nice if you going to meso explosion at 7f its a good lure skill
rest of the points doesn't matter but i guess you should put points in dagger mastery and booster just incase they nerf this somehow that way you can play this char as an attacker.

3rd job

if you want to level this char fast highly recommended to use this build with meso explosion and you can do it since its damage is based on the amount of meso dropped and the skill level.

Spoiler: 3rd job speed leveling

Level 70: +1 Meso Explosion [1]
Level 71: + 3 Chakra [3]
Level 72: +1 Meso Guard [1], +2 Meso Explosion [2]
Level 73: +3 Meso Explosion [5]
Level 74: +3 Meso Explosion [8]
Level 75: +3 Meso Explosion [11]
Level 76: +3 Meso Explosion [14]
Level 77: +3 Meso Explosion [17]
Level 78: +3 Meso Explosion [20]
Level 79: +3 Meso Explosion [24]
Level 80: +3 Meso Explosion [27]
Level 81: +3 Meso Explosion [MAX]
Level 82: +3 Meso Guard [4]
Level 83: +3 Meso Guard [7]
Level 84: +3 Meso Guard [10]
Level 85: +3 Meso Guard [13]
Level 86: +3 Meso Guard [16]
Level 87: +3 Meso Guard [19]
Level 88: +1 Meso Guard [MAX], +1 Assaulter [1], +1 Band of Thieves [1]
Level 89: +3 Band of Thieves [4]
Level 90: +3 Band of Thieves [7]
Level 91: +3 Band of Thieves [10]
Level 92: +3 Band of Thieves [13]
Level 93: +3 Band of Thieves [16]
Level 94: +3 Band of Thieves [19]
Level 95: +3 Band of Thieves [22]
Level 96: +3 Band of Thieves [25]
Level 97: +3 Band of Thieves [28]
Level 98: +2 Band of Thieves [MAX], +1 Assaulter [2]
Level 99: +3 Assaulter [5]
Level 100: +3 Assaulter [8]
Level 101: +3 Assaulter [11]
Level 102: +3 Assaulter [14]
Level 103: +3 Assaulter [17]
Level 104: +3 Assaulter [20]
Level 105: +3 Assaulter [23]
Level 106: +3 Assaulter [26]
Level 107: +3 Assaulter [29]
Level 108: +1 Assaulter [MAX], +2 Pickpocket [2]
Level 109: +3 Pickpocket [5]
Level 110: +3 Pickpocket [8]
Level 111: +3 Pickpocket [11]
Level 112: +3 Pickpocket [14]
Level 113: +3 Pickpocket [17]
Level 114: +3 Pickpocket [MAX]
Level 115: +3 Chakra [6]
Level 116: +3 Chakra [9]
Level 117: +3 Chakra [12]
Level 118: +3 Chakra [15]
Level 119: +3 Chakra [18]
Level 120: +2 Chakra [21]

reasoning : meso guard will play a big rule in horntail fight its the best skill and one of the reasons shad is the best class for this task
meso explosion helps us level fast but we lose money in the process still cheaper to level at 7f from 70 to 100~ than buy leech so its worth.
all the other skills are basically there just in case this gets nerfed so we can still use this char.

4th job

Spoiler: 300 IQ PLAN

Level 120: +3 Boomerang Step[3]
Level 121: +3 Boomerang Step[6]
Level 122: +3 Boomerang Step[9]
Level 123: +3 Boomerang Step[12]
Level 124: +3 Boomerang Step[15]
Level 125: +3 Boomerang Step[18]
Level 126: +3 Boomerang Step[21]
Level 127: +3 Boomerang Step[24]
Level 128: +3 Boomerang Step[27]
Level 129: +3 Boomerang Step[MAX]
Level 130: +3 Shadow Shifter[3]
Level 131: +3 Shadow Shifter[6]
Level 132: +3 Shadow Shifter[9]
Level 133: +3 Shadow Shifter[12]
Level 134: +3 Shadow Shifter[15]
Level 135: +3 Shadow Shifter[18]
Level 136: +3 Shadow Shifter[21]
Level 137: +3 Shadow Shifter[24]
Level 138: +3 Shadow Shifter[27]
Level 139: +3 Shadow Shifter[MAX]
Level 140: +3 Hero's Will[3
Level 141: +2 Hero's Will[MAX], +1 Smokescreen [1]
Level 142: +3 Smokescreen[4]
Level 143: +3 Smokescreen[7]
Level 144: +3 Smokescreen[10]
Level 145: +3 Smokescreen[13]
Level 146: +3 Smokescreen[16]
Level 147: +3 Smokescreen[19]
Level 148: +3 Smokescreen[22]
Level 149: +3 Smokescreen[25]
Level 150: +3 Smokescreen[28]
Level 151: +2 Smokescreen[MAX] +maple warrior ?

reasoning : the reason we leveling up boomerang step is so we can do the hero's will quest its a good mobbing skill to kill the gobies and people that finished washing around level 140~ can actually train to level faster instead of leeching
shadow shifter is the 2nd most important skill for this char since it gives us 40% chance to avoid any incoming attacks combined with high avoid we almost don't get hit
hero's will is necessary if you plan to use this char at early level as 140 and will help you to get out of situations you might die when res is not available
if you got to 150+ smokescreen is probably one of the best utility this char can give and it increases the DPM(damage per minute) of your party members when used correctly
as for maple warrior when you get to the higher levels 170+ you don't have to be in a party anymore your effective chance to dodge is so high that you don't need to be there so using maple warrior 10 will give us more avoid since we going to have basically all our points in luk.


4.HP Goals & Washing

before we get into that, i need to first explain what is meso guard purpose in ht.
besides 50% of the damage taken goes into meso there is a unique interaction with 1/1 attacks hitting you while having the buff.
when you have meso guard on and you get hit by a 1/1 attack your hp instead gets halved
so for example if our current is 10k and we got hit by a 1/1 attack our hp will be 5k and we can take another hit right after assuming the buff will still be active.

HP Goals
you need to get to this goals by levels 140-150 thats when you going into ht
Minimum HP goal to aim for 10k HP
with 10k hp your char can still die to some scenarios that occur pretty often in ht like dispel into 2 consecutive attacks will kill this mule that might happen quite often in the early levels 14x and you need the bishop to pay attention and keep it alive if its about to die

Recommended HP Goal 16k HP
with this much hp the only scenario you can potentially die is dispel into 1/1 and an attack right after while sed status effect is active on your char which shouldn't occur that often .
going for anymore than 16k hp wont change the things you can die to, it would just be waste of nx.


Washing

if you don't know what hp washing is i suggest to check guides to understand how it works since its necessary.
check what int gear you have and plan according to that what your int base should be and
if mp washing is needed.
i recommend to start leveling with int gear as soon as you get to victoria island to get to the hp goals as soon as you can.
don't forget to use mw before leveling at higher levels.


5.Leveling
for the majority of the leveling we will be using a mage to leech this char if you dont have a mage buy leech.
bishops between levels 120-130 are the best for early leveling


1-10
levels 1 to 7 in maple island pump as much int as you can but remember you need 25 base dex for job advance at 10.
leave maple island at level 7 to level with int gear to maximize mp gains as early as you can.
levels 7-10 can be done in victoria farm snail shells by using another char that way you can train and level really fast killing monsters in henesys hunting ground 1.

10-17 - Henesys PQ
Henesys pq is the way to go we leveling with int we dont have the damage to kill monsters yet highly recommend to level more mules since doing it for 1 char just doesn't feel efficient.

17-20 - Quests
i recommend to use your bishop from here on out, if you don't have a bishop make one lvl 120 ideal for low level leech else you can buy from people
Natilus lvl 15 quests with greens mushroom sign quest should get you to level 20 .
if you really dont like questing you can do bubbling leech.

20-30 - Ninja Castle
fastest method would be Ninja Castle leech killing genins
best map - Inside Ninja Castle

2nd job advancement
for this fight since we'v been pumping all our points into int means we are really weak but we can still do it with minor investment buy garnier(lvl 10 claw) dont need to scroll it
equip yourself with dex gear 15+ dex bathrobe 8-10 dex earrings 2-4 dex dana and gloves scrolled with accuracy not att.
buy 1 apple from FM and sniper pills from Ludi get 10 we will need them for 3rd job later too.
if you have everything written above you should finish the job advance in less than 5 min
and you are a bandit now.

30-43 - Jr.Wraiths
by far the hardest part of the leveling 38-43 feels like eternity but it will all be worth it in the end.
best map - Kerning City Subway Line 2 <Area 1>

43-50 - Wraiths
its not great but its all we got best option
best map - Kerning City Subway Line 1 <Area 4>

50-55 - Red Slimes
this is when leveling becomes fast agian
if the mage leeching you is a different gender one of you will need to tp with teleport rock from the cash shop to get to the same spa

55-65 - Ghostship 1-6
leech in whichever map you can get a hold of
after we are done with this place leveling is ez agian

65-70 - WindRaiders
for people that want to level fast and train with meso explosion
if you wanna leech all the way in the usual places i recommend staying in wind raiders till 75 so you don't have to climb back

3rd job advancement
at this point you should have been washing out points into luk that should help you with the accuracy and the damage
we are going to use the same formula as in 2nd job advance but we are going to change the weapon to decently scrolled kandayo 35 ~ att which will also will be used later on since it gives us alot of avoid
additionally if you have a att cape use it if not its fine we going to be using an apple anyway.

now that we have meso explosion we can train in 7f its not ez you die in 2 hits at this point
but you gain around 18-22m eph which is equivalent to skele leech.
you should stay in 7f till 105 and than swap to petri since its faster
for people that going to leech all the way they can level in the usual places ws ulu and on.

105-120 - Petri
this is a the fastest way to level with all the int we have right now and probably will still be even after 120 i would leech here till 140+

4th job advancement
use your attacker or mage to kill manon and griffey and save yourself 10m
now back to leeching till we reach that hp goal


5.Equips

Helm - best in slot would be max avoid zak helm with highest luk you can get but scar/targa can work too

Earrings - 10+ luk very cheap and ez to get

Face - angry mask/rat mouth/tree branch scrolled with face for avoid atleast +6

Overall - Blue/Red sauna robe depends on gender scrolled with 20+ luk is very solid

Weapon - best in slot would be skanada but its pretty expensive so we could use kandayo instead its not worse by alot

Shoes - would be yellow strapped shoes scrolled with 20+ avoid

Cape - icarus cape(1) scrolled with luk

Gloves - pink marker scrolled with at least 2 30% glove for dex

Pendant - max avoid max luk horntail necklace by far the most important item

Potions - Elixirs on both pet hp and mana we set them to 90%
mana elixirs when we only want to replenish mana
and all cures situational

6.Gameplay and Tips
since your job is to be the sed target you should be the one making the party and start the sign to ht that way your the first to enter the map and therefore the sed target.
1st prehead jump to the bottom platform after all the party members are inside and cast meso guard not much to do besides refreshing the buff during that phase
2nd prehead same thing as prehead 1

Bodyphase
just before horntail is summoned cast meso guard and ask for mw from party members if you have smoke screen off cooldown you could also use it next to a rope and hang on it.
until tail is dead cast dark sight when buffs are about to expire find a timing when your not
under sed effect and refresh the buffs (meso guard and dark sight) repeat till tail is dead.
once tail is dead there is no need to recast dark sight only meso guard is necessary
and you pay attention and recast it after every dispel.
repeat till horntail is dead

Tips for certain situations
the amount of negative status effect that can be active on you are 2 that means that if for a example i have weakness status effect and seal status effect i cannot get sed that means your immune to sed without the help of holyshield at this situation i recommend to not use all cures unless you need to refresh meso guard.
if you know mass sed is coming and your bishop holy shield is on cd you should save hero's will for the sed and smoke your party for Pog plays.
people that reached level 175+ following this build dont have to be in party anymore your effective dodge is good enough that you wont need a bishop to save you.



7.Conclousion
This mule has a great potential and its the next generation of mules technology.
i highly recommend to make this mule for people that grinding daily ht as it helps alot.

special thanks to all the pepegas that thought me what i know today i couldn't have made this amazing guide without the knowledge gained by interacting with such highly educated human beings.
if you think there is anything i need to change or there can be improvements i am open to suggestions thank you guys for reading i was kfir cya on the next guide.