Ultimate Dexless Infighter Equips Guide

Not quite a guide but rather an outline but still. This shows the easiest (in my mind) way to be dexless and still able to equip the current LVL knuckle and so forth.

 LVL 20

At lvl 20, continue as normal, only adding str. There are no new equips needed.

UPDATED: From LVL 10 (job advance) you should already have 20 Base Dex, leaving all added points to STR. With 10-20, a 100%ed overall with DEX can help with hitting higher LVLed mobs, but the difference might not be very noticeable. Euips til now should be the basic Pirate Equips you can buy at the Nautalis, or a Showa Bathrobe for some extra speed.

 LVL 25

You will be stuck with the lvl 20 overall still, unless you have a 5 or 10 Dex cape that you could use. 100% Dex scroll the lvl 20 overall to be able to use the LVL 25 knuckle.

UPDATED: From 25-30, obtaining a Squishy Shoe from Kerning PQ will help slightly by giving a low LVL stat shoe to use from 30 til a replacement shoe is obtained (either at LVL 50 for a Facestomper, or 60 for a Black Basile).

 LVL 30

Here is where you will start to lag behind normal and low Dex builds, seeing as you are limited to using an lvl 20-30 depending on what Dex ragged cape you have. This is also the last LVL weapon you will use until you either scroll a SS with 5-10 Dex, in which case you will be able to move up to the 35 and/or 40 overall and weapons.

 LVL 35 + 40

Here is the current run down of equips and stats that will be needed to use anything at this LVL with the dexless base of 20 Dex:

Cape: 5-10 Dex
Snowshoes: 5-10 Dex

Highest LVL Overalls Equipable: LVL 20-40 depending on equips.
Highest LVL Weapons Equipable: LVL 30-50 depending on equips and assuming currently equipped overall is +10 Dex.

Summary: With the 100%ed minimalist route, with a 5Dex cape, no Dex shoes, and 10 Dex overall, you should be wearing the LVL 25 Overall, while using the LVL 35 knuckle. With the moderate spenders route, you should be able to equip the LVL 40 Overall, while being able to use the LVLs 40 and 50 Knuckles when applicable.

UPDATED: Here is where the fun starts, as you are now able to create equips with Maker Skill to have better stats on your equips clean, as well as actually being able to obtain them, as compared to when this build was first written, equips were really only obtainable from drops.

Revised Equips:
Cape 5-10 DEX
Shoes 5-10 DEX
(20 Base + 10~20=30-40 DEX)

Agent Earrings - ~10 DEX (or other low LVL earrings)
(30-40 + ~10=~50)

With 50 DEX total from all equips above, you should now be set until LVL 50.

 LVL 50-60

This is where it starts to get interesting and good, as well as where more Dex equips should be brought into play, as, with all non-job Dex equips are brought into play, we will reach the highest LVL Overall to be used.

New Dex Equips: Earrings, YAC, Att PAC, Zhelm! Job shoes with Dex clean!
Figures: Earrings you should aim for 10 at best, but 8-9 will be cheap and easier to find. If you pan to get a YAC, 12-14 Dex is a good number to shoot for, meaning out of the 8 slots, you only have to pass 6-7 to get your goal, which should be extremely hard, and is doable. If you plan to skip the YAC and go for a PAC, 8 Dex is what you should aim for, and anywhere from 2 Att to 4 Att would be good. Zhelm, of course, will bring you a hefty 15 Dex clean alone. The Best part about this LVL area, is with enough Dex from other equips, you will be able to wear the LVL 60 Pirate shoes, which have 3 Dex clean, making it easier to shoot for ~10 dex to get an even higher LVL weapon later on.

Equips
Earrings: 8-10 Dex
Cape: 8-14 Dex
Shoes 9-12 Dex
Helm: At Least 14 Dex
Necklace At Least 1 Dex
OPTIONAL: 5 Dex Face/Eye Equip.

Total Dex Added to Base: 40 Dex Min-50+ Dex Max

Summary: This now tells us what the final overalls to be equipped will be. For the minimalists, the Black Royal Barone overall is the last overall you should be wearing. For the sky high seekers, Red Viska is your new overall, but wait, if you plan to shoot for the stars, scrolling your zhelm with at least 10 more Dex will more you 1 further, making the dex needed from the overall to equip the highest LVL knuckle even less.

 LVL 70+

Congrats, you've made it to 3rd Job as a dexless! Now, with regards to the only equips that have not been mentioned much: overall stats, and end-game knuckle.

LVL 60 Overall: The LVL 60 overall comes with 1 Dex clean. This isn't much, but as a dexless, every Dex counts. With this overall, 100%ing it for Dex will only allow you to equip the LVL 70 knuckle, still a good place to end as a dexless (think of dexless-rab sins). But, with even a little bit of luck and scrolling funding, getting an 20 Dex overall would produce the best bang for the buck. Putting you 2 LVLs over you overall, and at a weapon most other classes would be happy to end at even using low stat builds. But to be dreaming, but still within the limits, 30 Dex is the way to fly, allowing the use of the LVL 90 knuckle, and most likely out damaging the average dexless, low Dex Infighter.

LVL 70 Overall: If you had the good equips to end up here, you are already ahead of the curve. 100%s set you at the LVL 80 knuckle with very little work put into it at all. Again, the 20 Dex sweet spot is where it would be best to aim for, and with the 2 Dex clean, it will be slightly easier than the 60 overall, allowing the use of the LVL 90 knuckle, where most other high LVL rangers, and other classes would end they're secondary stat adding. Like to dream bigger than big? 30 Dex is for you, hell, even 40 if you can, both being able to push the limits beyond what most to all others will hit, allowing the use of the LVL 100 and 110 knuckles while still being dexless!


The only downside to relying on Dex earrings, is that if you pla to GPQ, you will be forced to use a lower LVL knuckle.

 Maker Addition

Overall Update: With the release of the Maker Skill, clean class equips are now easily made to be godly.

With the following Comon Class equips, you can easily start out with just a few godly stat'd equips made with Maker, and easily put yourself higher than what the first outline of this guide provides.

Zhelm - 15 Dex
Pac/Yac - ~10 Dex/14+ Dex
Earring - ~10 Dex
Black Belt - 5 Dex Clean
Pendant - 5 or 22 Dex
Eye Acc. - 1 Dex Clean

Along with a base of 20, thats 66 low 82 high.

Black Basile Shoes - Clean-8 Dex, Scrolled-12+ Dex

74 total low, 94 high.

Going with a Maker'd Red Viska will net 1 crystal use on it, giving an average of 5 Dex clean (intermediate crystal) to 7 Dex clean (advanced). From there, a somewhat easy target to attain is 20+ dex scrolled, giving a total of 94 Dex on a low end.

Making a White Marquini will net the use of 2 crystals. The first choice of Dex will get an average of 6 Dex (intermediate) to 8 Dex (advanced) clean. From there, you can use a Str crystal for an average total Str of 9 to 11 Str. Again, 20+ Dex is an easy target for scrolling, ending with a total of 114 Dex on the high end. Its also possible to risk using a Dark Crystal instead of the Str crystal, which could possibly add even more Dex on top of everything else, as well as add some Str as well, but in the same light, it can also take it away.

94 Low, 114 High.

For the final equip of gloves, Maker'ing it give it a really good use over a normal WG at the cost to some, of a higher attack glove. On the low end, a LVL 90 Red Martier works fine, and is actually on the edge, as the LVL 80 glove has considerably less Dex clean than the Red Martier. This allow you to use 2 crystals as well, having 7 to 9 dex clean on average, as well as 5 to 7 Str clean when using a Str crystal. As with the White Marquini, a Dark Crystal is possible instead of the Str, but the same risk applies. With this glove, you should have between 101 and 103 Dex total, and should scroll the glove for Attack.

On the high end, there is a choice between the Black Skellduke (easier to make) and the Canopus Glove (better stats clean). The Black Skellduke has 3 Str and 4 Dex clean, while the Canopus Glove has 5 Str 5 Dex clean, while also being able to use 3 crystals on it, while the Skellduke only has 2 slots for crystals.

With the Skellduke, the outcome stats range from 6 Str 7 Dex (intermediate) to 8 Str 9 Dex (advanced). Giving an overall total of 123 Dex, enough to use a Reverse/Timeless Equinox. Total Dex with Skellduke 121~124

With the Canopus Glove, overkill ensues with the Dex, but it has other uses with it. With an intermediate set of Str and Dex, the outcome is 8 Str 8 Dex, and advanced gives a whopping 10 Str 10 Dex and is essentially worth its weight in stats. But you have a third slot still to use, giving you the ability to use a Dark Crystal on top of the already added stats. If your luck is good, you could easily make a GLOVE that would rival clean most overalls that are already scrolled! Total Dex with Canopus 122~125


Overall, the main idea of this build is to have the ability to equip the highest lvl knuckle without adding extra Dex beyond the 20 needed to be a pirate. This is essentially a kind of achievement for some, to be able to wear some weapon that would give a nice attack boost with the base Dex you already have. This shows you what could be the best equips to go with to achieve that goal, using Maker to somewhat of its fullest potential along the way to the goal. If you have an awesome attack glove already, then use it, youll only lose a few attack or so from your weapon in its place. Already got a nice 25 dex sauna robe? use it, you will only miss out on the Def as well as extra Str that comes from the pirate overall. This is merely a suggestive thread, not a mandate.

Maple Knuckle Build
I'll skip the spoilers, this is pretty straight forward enough.

LVL 10-60+
Up until LVL 20, you will be able to move along to the current LVL Knuckle, as well as overall and any other job specific equips. Once past LVL 20 though, you cannot equip any higher equips, unless you scroll your overall with Dex. To last until the first maple knuckle at LVL 35, 100%ing the LVL 20 overall, or even a bathrobe will be enough to equip the LVL 30 knuckle. One major benefit to using maple knuckles is the fact that being dexless, you may have some minor issues with ACC. Similar to dexless warriors, the lack of Dex becomes a small problem in higher LVLs when trying to hit stronger monsters. The maple knuckles give a 10 ACC boost for each LVL of knuckle. This build should still need the Dex equips to be able to equip at least the LVL 60 overall. But because you are able to get an ACC boost from the maple knuckles, you scroll the overall for Str, giving yet another major increase to attack. Another good thing about this build, is that it is very easy to switch back to the normal dexless build, just by simply scrolling another overall for Dex and using the highest LVL knuckle you are able to equip.


Edit: I am now assuming this guide/outline as final, but if there is some update down the road that requires a fine tuning of this, then I'll tackle it when it comes.