Best Inner Ability For Every Class – MapleStory

Inner Ability can be a big boost to your damage and really round out your character in terms of what it needs, like critical rate or attack speed. This guide will tell you the best Inner Abilities for every class in the game assuming you have legendary Inner Ability. 

Keep in mind that while getting 3 perfect lines is great it is not the best use of your Meso. After your equips have great Starforce (17+) and potential lines then you can start perfecting your Inner Ability. 

The best Inner Ability for every class is Boss Damage %, Attack Speed +1, or Passive Skills +1 for your prime line. If you’re making a farmer Meso and Drop % are the best.

When To Work On Your Inner Ability

Inner Ability should not be your main concern when starting out and should be perfected once you hit some sort of threshold with your equips. These are the best steps to take when creating a main or legion/link mules. 

  1. First get your Inner Ability to Epic or Unique and lines of Meso and Drop ASAP
  2. Leave it there and level up to 200 and up (Do a little Starforce upgrading along the way to help you level)
  3. Once you are done with Starforce work on your potential lines
  4. Then push to Legendary Inner Ability
  5. At this point you need to make a choice of continued farming/leveling or bossing 
  6. Get that 1st line of Meso or Boss depending on your choice and class
  7. When you’re no longer farming and your gear is done, check the list for your class and go for your perfect Inner Abilities.

Things to note would be, you’ll want to keep Meso Obtained and Drop Rate for as long as you can since you won’t be doing harder bosses till around 220+. 

In the beginning it is relatively easy to get to epic and unique on just the honor exp you’ll find from farming. After unique, use Miracle Circulators to get to legendary. 

Spending your money on Starforce and Potential will give you the biggest gains.

Warrior Class Best Inner Ability List

These Inner Abilities are best in slot but, if you roll Boss Damage % on a character that doesn’t have it as it’s 1st line it’s still a great option (If you actually do bosses on that character). Zero can get Cooldown Skip as it’s 1st line instead of Attack Speed if you are being relied upon for mass binding in a party.

1st Line2nd Line3rd Line
Adele20% CoolDown Skip20% Critical Rate10% Boss Damage
Aran20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate8% Damage to Debuffed
BlasterPassive Skills +110% Boss Damage21 Attack
Dark KnightAttack Speed +138% Buff Duration21 Attack
Dawn Warrior20% Boss Damage8% Damage to Debuffed20% Critical Rate
Demon AvengerAttack Speed +110% CoolDown Skip20% Critical Rate
Demon Slayer20% CoolDown Skip38% Buff Duration10% Boss Damage
Hayato20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate8% Damage to Debuffed
HeroAttack Speed +120% Critical Rate10% Boss Damage
KaiserAttack Speed +138% Buff Duration20% Critical Rate
Mihile20% Boss Damage21 Attack8% Damage to Debuffed
PaladinAttack Speed +110% Boss Damage21 Attack
Zero20% CD Skip (if support for binds)
20% Boss Damage (if mainly solo)
10% CD Skip / 10%Boss Damage8% Damage to Debuffed

Magician Class Best Inner Ability List

When it comes to Magicians, Attack Speed and Boss Damage will be your best friend. Kanna has 2 sections since they are so great at farming and Bossing. For farming 20% Meso is absolutely necessary. 

Lara is different from other mages and since she relies on her summons Passive Skills +1 is better compared to Attack Speed +1. (will update this if this is tested and changed) Choose +8% damage over Critical Rate if you can reach 100% Critical Rate through Legion and Links.

1st Line2nd Line3rd Line
Battle Mage20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate21 Magic Attack
Beast Tamer20% CoolDown Skip38% Buff Duration10% Boss Damage
BishopAttack Speed +138% Buff Duration10% Boss Damage
Blaze Wizard20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate38% Buff Duration
EvanAttack Speed +110% Boss Damage21 Magic Attack
Fire/Poison Arch MageAttack Speed +138% Buff Duration20% Critical Rate
Ice/Lightning Arch MageAttack Speed +138% Buff Duration20% Critical Rate
IlliumAttack Speed +110% Boss Damage21 Magic Attack
KinesisAttack Speed +120% Critical Rate10% Boss Damage
Lara Passive Skills +1 20% Critical Rate 10% Boss Damage
LuminousAttack Speed +138% Buff Duration10% Boss Damage
Kanna (Bossing)20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate21 Magic Attack
Kanna (Farming)20% Meso Obtained15% Drop Rate21 Magic Attack

Thief Class Best Inner Ability List

The Thief class has a lot of burst characters so a flat Boss Damage % is great. 

1st Line2nd Line3rd Line
Cadena20% CoolDown Skip21 Attack10% Boss Damage
Dual Blade20% Boss Damage38% Buff Duration10% CD Skip
Ho YoungPassive Skills +138% Buff Duration20% Critical Rate
Khali20% CoolDown Skip10% Boss Damage8% Damage to Debuffed
Night Lord20% Boss Damage8% Damage to Debuffed21 Attack
Night Walker20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate21 Attack
Phantom20% Boss Damage38% Buff Duration21 Attack
Shadower20% Boss Damage21 Attack20% Critical Rate
XenonAttack Speed +138% Buff Duration10% Boss Damage

Bowman Class Best Inner Ability List

When it comes to Bowman classes they usually have high Critical Rate (Sharp Eyes) already so it might be confusing to see Critical Rate on the list. This is because of the V Matrix Skill, Vicious Shot. This skill takes your extra Critical Rate and puts a % of it into your Critical Damage. This is amazing since Critical Damage is one of the best damage multipliers in the game. 

The Magician link skill helps you take full advantage of the 3rd line.

1st Line2nd Line3rd Line
Bowmaster20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate21 Attack
MarksmanAttack Speed +110% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate
Mercedes20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate+8% damage when attacking targets inflicted with Abnormal Status
Pathfinder20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate+8% damage when attacking targets inflicted with Abnormal Status
Wild Hunter20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate+8% damage when attacking targets inflicted with Abnormal Status
Wind Archer20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate+8% damage when attacking targets inflicted with Abnormal Status
Kain20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate+8% damage when attacking targets inflicted with Abnormal Status

Pirate Class Best Inner Ability List

Pirate class benefit from Attack Speed and Critical Rate. Getting to 0 Attack Speed and 100% critical rate will take you so far even though it doesn’t show up on your range.  

1st Line2nd Line3rd Line
Angelic BusterAttack Speed +120% Critical Rate10% Boss Damage
ArkPassive Skills +110% Boss Damage10% CD Skip
Buccaneer20% Boss Damage21 Attack20% Critical Rate
CannoneerAttack Speed +120% Critical Rate10% Boss Damage
Corsair20% Boss Damage8% Damage to Debuffed21 Attack
Jett RIP20% Cooldown Skip10% Boss Damage8% Damage to Debuffed
MechanicPassive Skills +121 Attack10% Boss Damage
Shade20% Boss Damage20% Critical Rate8% Damage to Debuffed
Thunder Breaker20% Boss Damage21 Attack20% Critical Rate

James Chow

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