Dual Blade SP Guide

Now that I've experienced 1-120 on my dual blade character, I revised my SP builds to what I think is much more effective. Feel free to criticize them or ask a question.

First Job

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Level 10: 1 Double Stab
Level 11: 4 Double Stab
Level 12: 7 Double Stab
Level 13: 10 Double Stab
Level 14: Save
Level 15: Save
Level 16: Save
Level 17: Save
Level 18: Save
Level 19: Save
Level 20: Save
Skills:

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10 Double Stab

Explanation: 10 double stab is needed for triple stab, and none of the other 1st job skills are immediately useful. The rest of your SP is best saved for the next job advancement.

Second Job

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Level 20: 10 Mastery, 6 Triple Stab, 5 Booster
Level 21: 13 Mastery
Level 22: 16 Mastery
Level 23: 19 Mastery
Level 24: 9 Triple Stab
Level 25: 10 Triple Stab, Save
Level 26: Save
Level 27: Save
Level 28: Save
Level 29: Save
Level 30: Save
Skills:

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10 Double Stab
19 Mastery
10 Triple Stab
7 Booster

Explanation: Although dumping into triple stab directly would give more average damage than going mastery first, you’re mainly concerned with stability during these levels trying to consistently kill a monster in x amount of hits, so overkilling won’t be of much help. 6 triple stab to start off for the third target, then mastery for the consistency. If you need dark sight for party quests and such, take a few points for it.

Second Job Plus

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Level 30: 1 Slash Storm, 17 Self Haste
Level 31: 20 Self Haste
Level 32: 4 Slash Storm
Level 33: 8 Slash Storm (CS book)
Level 34: 11 Slash Storm
Level 35: 14 Slash Storm
Level 36: 17 Slash Storm
Level 37: 20 Slash Storm
Level 38: 3 Fatal Blow
Level 39: 6 Fatal Blow
Level 40: 9 Fatal Blow
Level 41: 12 Fatal Blow
Level 42: 15 Fatal Blow
Level 43: 18 Fatal Blow
Level 44: 20 Fatal Blow, 6 Booster
Level 45: 9 Booster
Level 46: 12 Booster
Level 47: 15 Booster
Level 48: 18 Booster
Level 49: 20 Booster, 1 Disorder
Level 50: 3 Disorder, 1 Dark Sight
Level 51: 3 Nimble Body
Level 52: 6 Nimble Body
Level 53: 9 Nimble Body
Level 54: 12 Nimble Body
Level 55: 15 Nimble Body
Skills:

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10 Double Stab
19 Mastery
10 Triple Stab
20 Booster
3 Disorder
20 Slash Storm
20 Self Haste
20 Fatal Blow
1 Dark Sight
15 Nimble Body

Explanation: Triple stab will still be your best mob skill until level 70, so focus first on self haste to improve your mobility. Slash storm is a decent mob skill with farther range than triple stab along with being the first skill that moves you, so get that next to integrate it into your training for even better mobility and mob damage. Fatal blow then comes next after your training skills as a strong single-target skill. After that, get nimble body for the extra accuracy and avoid. Warning: Do not go beyond 15 nimble body, or you won’t have enough SP for your needed skills later on.

Third Job

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Level 55: -
Level 56: 1 Tornado Spin, 2 Flash Jump
Level 57: 5 Flash Jump
Level 58: 8 Flash Jump
Level 59: 11 Flash Jump
Level 60: 14 Flash Jump
Level 61: 17 Flash Jump
Level 62: 20 Flash Jump
Level 63: Save
Level 64: Save
Level 65: Save
Level 66: Save
Level 67: Save
Level 68: Save
Level 69: Save
Level 70: Save
Skills:

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10 Double Stab
19 Mastery
10 Triple Stab
20 Booster
3 Disorder
20 Slash Storm
20 Self Haste
20 Fatal Blow
1 Dark Sight
15 Nimble Body
1 Tornado Spin
20 Flash Jump

Explanation: Tornado spin and flash bang are not very good skills, so max flash jump for mobility and save the rest of your SP for the next job advancement. Tornado spin gives you a nice rushing skill, but you get flying assaulter anyways in a few levels. 1 point is good enough for a 55-69 rushing skill to create triple stab mobs. Flash bang won’t be useful until you start bossing, or for training, when you get thorns (critical flash bang actually does enough damage to finish off far-away monsters decently). Some people consider leaving flash jump unmaxed and saving up more SP for a head start, but I would recommend against this because you will need a very high level (something like 18+?) flash jump for it to have enough vertical range to be chained to flying assaulter.

Third Job Plus

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Level 70: 1 Mirror Image, 10 Bloody Storm, 16 Flying Assaulter (CS book)
Level 71: 4 Mirror Image
Level 72: 7 Mirror Image
Level 73: 11 Mirror Image (CS book)
Level 74: 19 Flying Assaulter
Level 75: 4 Tornado Spin
Level 76: 8 Tornado Spin (CS book)
Level 77: 11 Tornado Spin
Level 78: 14 Tornado Spin
Level 79: 17 Tornado Spin
Level 80: 20 Tornado Spin
Level 81: 20 Flying Assaulter, 2 Upper Stab
Level 82: 5 Upper Stab
Level 83: 8 Upper Stab
Level 84: 11 Upper Stab
Level 85: 14 Upper Stab
Level 86: 17 Upper Stab
Level 87: 20 Upper Stab
Level 88: 14 Mirror Image
Level 89: 17 Mirror Image
Level 90: 20 Mirror Image
Level 91: 23 Mirror Image
Level 92: 26 Mirror Image
Level 93: 29 Mirror Image
Level 94: 30 Mirror Image, 2 Owl Spirit
Level 95: 5 Owl Spirit
Level 96: 8 Owl Spirit
Level 97: 11 Owl Spirit
Level 98: 14 Owl Spirit
Level 99: 17 Owl Spirit
Level 100: 20 Owl Spirit
Level 101: 3 Flash Bang
Level 102: 6 Flash Bang
Level 103: 9 Flash Bang
Level 104: 12 Flash Bang
Level 105: 15 Flash Bang
Level 106: 18 Flash Bang
Level 107: 20 Flash Bang
Level 108: 4 Dark Sight
Level 109: 7 Dark Sight
Level 110: 10 Dark Sight
Level 111: 13 Dark Sight
Level 112: 16 Dark Sight
Level 113: 19 Dark Sight
Level 114: 20 Dark Sight, 2 Advanced Dark Sight
Level 115: 5 Advanced Dark Sight
Level 116: 8 Advanced Dark Sight
Level 117: 11 Advanced Dark Sight
Level 118: 14 Advanced Dark Sight
Level 119: 17 Advanced Dark Sight
Level 120: 20 Advanced Dark Sight
Skills:

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10 Double Stab
19 Mastery
10 Triple Stab
20 Booster
3 Disorder
20 Slash Storm
20 Self Haste
20 Fatal Blow
20 Dark Sight
15 Nimble Body
20 Tornado Spin
20 Flash Jump
20 Flash Bang
30 Mirror Image
20 Upper Stab
10 Bloody Storm
20 Flying Assaulter
20 Owl Spirit
20 Advanced Dark Sight

Explanation: At the beginning of 3rd+, you’ll most likely be training at horizontally-oriented large, mobby maps, such as kents, bains, galloperas, or himes, so get 10 bloody storm immediately so that you can chain it to flying assaulter. The FA + BS chain will be your main training combination in early 3rd+. FA into a mob, BS out of it, then turn around and do the same thing again. There’s no need for tornado spin this early because most likely, you’ll be too weak to need to add more monsters to the mob, which will require a lot of FA + BS combos to kill. After getting flying assaulter and bloody storm, getting mirror image to 11, where it jumps up by 10%, will help your damage for those skills. At this point, your mobs may start to thin out quickly, so get max tornado spin to chain with FA to gather mobs until you have enough to kill with FA + BS. As you get stronger, you’ll be able to kill things fast enough to simply FA + TS across a map, so upper stab comes next for the added damage to your mobs and to clean up strays without flying around. Then, finish off mirror image for the added damage to all your skills as well as owl spirit for the occasional shots at higher damage. After that, it’s mostly about preparing for 4th job. Flash bang will be very helpful at group bosses, and although dark sight and advanced dark sight are completely useless at this point, they will become useful later on after you get chains of hell and final cut.