Demon Avenger Best Skill Build and Guide MapleStory

If you choose the path of Revenge for the Demon race you’ll become a Demon Avenger. Demon Avengers use their HP to deal damage and are very reliant on their HP stat.

You should definitely make a Demon Avenger since they have a great Link and Legion effect. It’s a damage and boss damage boost which will be great for your entire account.

Demon Avenger 1st Job Skill Build

Demon Avenger has 2 different ways to get across the map. In your Beginner Tab is Dark Winds and if you right click the skill and lock it, you’ll do a Flash Jump by double tapping Jump. If you don’t lock it you’ll glide across the screen by holding Jump. Preference is up to you.

To Up Jump, Jump and double tap Up Arrow Key.

Demon Avenger 1st job skill build,

  • Exceed: Double Slash (MAX)
  • Overload Release (MAX)
  • Demonic Veracity (MAX)
  • Life Sap (MAX)

Demon Avenger 1st Job Skill Explanation 

Skill NameMax Lvl DescriptionPurpose
Skill Exceed Double Slash.png
Exceed: Double Slash
HP Cost: 1%, Damage: 200%, Number of Attacks: 2, Max Enemies Hit: 81st Job Mobbing Skill
Skill Overload Release.png
Overload Release
Resets Overload to 0. Duration: 60 sec, Final damage: +15%, HP Restored: 100%Damage Boost and HP recovery
Skill Life Sap.png
Life Sap
100% chance to recover 5% HP on hitPassive Effect to recover HP on hit
Skill Demonic Veracity.png
Demon Veracity
Speed: +45, Max Speed: +20, Jump: +20, Critical Rate: +20%Passive Buff

Demon Avenger 2nd Job Skill Build

You’ll get some passives and some new mobbing skills. Bat Swarm is great for sending off and helping you take care of an area. 

Demon Avenger 2nd job skill build,

  • Exceed: Demon Strike (+1), Bat Swarm (+1)
  • Exceed: Demon Strike (MAX)
  • Battle Pact (MAX)
  • Desperado Mastery (MAX)
  • Bat Swarm (MAX)
  • Abyssal Connection (MAX)
  • Rage Within (MAX)
  • Unbreakable Steel (MAX)

Demon Avenger 2nd Job Skill Explanation

Skill NameMax Lvl DescriptionPurpose
Skill Exceed Demon Strike.png
Exceed: Demon Strike
HP Cost: 1%, Damage: 125%, Number of Attacks: 4, Max Enemies Hit: 102nd Job Mobbing Skill
Skill Bat Swarm.png
Bat Swarm
HP Cost: 1% of Max HP, Damage: 200%, Number of Attacks: 40

The cloud expires once you finish attacking, move a certain distance, or their timer runs out

Press the skill key again to switch direction
Secondary Mobbing Skill

(send your bats off to take care of a row of mobs away from you)
Skill Battle Pact (Demon Avenger).png
Battle Pact
HP Cost: 200, Duration: 180 sec, Attack Speed: +2Active Buff for Attack Speed
Skill Abyssal Connection.png
Abyssal Connection
HP Cost: 400, Weapon ATT: +40, Duration: 180 secPassive Buff for Attack
Skill Unbreakable Steel.png
Unbreakable Steel
Permanently increases Defense by 100%Passive Buff for Defense
Skill Desperado Mastery.png
Desperado Mastery
Permanently increases Desperado Mastery by 50%Passive Buff
Skill Rage Within.png
Rage Within
Permanently increases Max HP by 600 and Defense by 500Passive Buff for HP and Defense

Demon Avenger 3rd Job Skill Build

3rd job for Demon Avenger is mainly getting buffs for resistance and HP recovery. Hold down Vitality Veil for a burst and absorb HP.

Demon Avenger 3rd job skill build,

  • Exceed: Lunar Slash (+1), Vitality Veil (+1), Shield Charge (+1)
  • Exceed: Lunar Slash (MAX)
  • Diabolic Recovery (MAX)
  • Advanced Life Sap (MAX)
  • Pain Dampener (MAX)
  • Vitality Veil (MAX)
  • Ward Evil (MAX)
  • Shield Charge (MAX)

Demon Avenger 3rd Job Skill Build Explanation

Skill NameMax Lvl DescriptionPurpose
Skill Exceed Lunar Slash.png
Exceed: Lunar Slash
HP Cost: 3%, Damage: 300%, Number of Attacks: 3, Max Enemies Hit: 10Main Mobbing Skill
Skill Vitality Veil.png
Vitality Veil
HP Cost: 100, Enemies Hit with Key Pressed: 12, Damage: 300%, HP Restored: 10%

Explosion Damage: 1000%

Cooldown: 12 sec
Attack to restore HP
Skill Shield Charge.png
Shield Charge
HP Cost: 2% of Max HP, Enemies Hit: 12, Damage: 200%, Number of Attacks: 2

Enemies Hit After Charge: 12, Damage After Charge: 200%
Secondary Mobbing Skill
Skill Ward Evil.png
Ward Evil
HP Cost: 900, Duration: 180 sec, Elemental Resistance: +50%, Abnormal Status Resistance: +50, Damage Intake: -30%Active Buff for Resistances
Skill Diabolic Recovery.png
Diabolic REcovery
HP Cost: 900, Duration: 180 sec, Max HP: +25%, Interval: 4 sec, HP Restored at Interval: 5%Active Buff to restore HP
Skill Pain Dampener.png
Pain Dampener
Exceed Overload HP Absorption Penalty: -2%, Exceed Damage: +20%Passive Buff for Exceed Damage
Skill Advanced Life Sap.png
Advanced Life Sap
Increases Life Sap’s absorption amount boosted to 10% of Max HP, Overload Release’s final damage increase amount boosted to 25%Passive Buff to increase HP absorption

Demon Avenger 4th Job Skill Build

4th job for Demon Avenger is where you’ll get your Bossing skills. Exceed: Execution and Nether Slice are used primarily for bossing since they have extra IED and a Debuff. 

Exeed: Lunar Slash is a better mobbing skill because it hits more mobs. Nether Shield should be used whenever up to help your mobbing and bossing. Blood Prison is your Bind skill to lock down bosses.

Demon Avenger 4th job skill build,

  • Nether Shield (+1), Exceed: Execution (+1), Nether Slice (+1)
  • Nether Shield (MAX)
  • Overwhelming Power (MAX)
  • Infernal Exceed (MAX)
  • Advanced Desperado Mastery (MAX)
  • Defense Expertise (MAX)
  • Exceed: Execution (MAX)
  • Nether Slice (MAX)
  • Maple Warrior (MAX)
  • Blood Prison (MAX)

Demon Avenger 4th Job Skill Explanation

Skill NameMax Lvl DescriptionPurpose
Skill Exceed Execution.png
Exceed: Execution
HP Cost: 4%, Damage: 540%, Number of Attacks: 4, Max Enemies Hit: 2 
Enemy DEF Ignored: 30%
Main Bossing Skill
Skill Nether Shield.png
Nether Shield
HP Cost: 8% of Max HP, Shields: 2, Damage: 500%, Number of Attacks: 2, Attacks per Shield: 8

Cooldown: 6 sec

[Passive Effect: Exceed: Lunar Slash Damage: +330% points]
Skill to help you Mob and Boss as it targets enemies on its own
Skill Nether Slice.png
Nether Slice
HP Cost: 1000, Enemies Hit: 12, Damage: 350%, Number of Attacks: 4, Debuff Duration: 30 sec, Enemy DEF: -30%

[Passive Effect: Exceed: Demon Strike Damage: +155% points]
Bossing Skill 

(used to debuff the boss and lower Defense)
Skill Blood Prison.png
Blood Prison
HP Cost: 5000, Max Enemies Hit: 14, Damage: 800%, Number of Attacks: 3, Stun Duration: 10 sec

Stun Duration: +100% depending on damage inflicted with Blood Prison

Cooldown: 120 sec
Bind Skill
Skill Overwhelming Power.png
Overwhelming Power
Damage: +30%, Attack Speed: +1Passive Buff for Damage
Skill Defense Expertise.png
Defense Expertise
Enemy DEF Ignored: 30%, Shield Charge and Nether Shield Damage: +20%

Shield Charge and Nether Shield ignore 2x DEF
Passive Buff for IED and increasing shield damage
Skill Advanced Desperado Mastery.png
Advanced Desperado Mastery
Desperado Mastery: +70%, Attack Power: +50, Critical Damage: +8%Passive Buff for Attack and Critical Damage
Skill Infernal Exceed.png
Infernal Exceed
Chance for extra attack after Exceed: 70%, Damage: 200%, Bonus Number of Attacks: 2, Max Enemies Hit: 2Passive Effect that gives you a chance to do an extra attack
Skill Maple Warrior (Demon).png
Maple Warrior
HP Cost: 130, Duration: 30 sec, All Stats: +15%

[Passive]: Max HP: +15%
Active Buff for stats
Skill The Demon's Will.png
The Demon’s Will
HP Cost: 30, Cooldown: 360 secImmune to Status Effects for a duration

Demon Avenger Hyper Skill Build

The hyper skills are pretty simple, get your Exceed and Nether Shield as strong as possible to do the best mobbing and bossing. Forbidden Contract makes it so that your skills do not consume HP when it’s active.

Demon Avenger hyper skill build,

  • Skill Exceed - Reinforce.png Exceed – Reinforce
  • Skill Exceed - Reduce Overload.png Exceed – Reduce Overload
  • Skill Exceed - Opportunity.png Exceed – Opportunity
  • Skill Nether Shield - Reinforce.png Nether Shield – Reinforce
  • Skill Nether Shield - Spread.png Nether Shield – Spread
  • Skill Forbidden Contract.png Forbidden Contract
  • Skill Thousand Swords.png Thousand Swords
  • Skill Demonic Fortitude.png Demonic Fortitude

Demon Avenger 5th Job Skill Build

When you reach level 200 and get access to your V Matrix and new 5th job skills. The best way to level them up is through Nodestones and Experience nodes. Demon Avenger V Skills are,

Skill Demonic Frenzy.png Demonic Frenzy

Skill Demonic Blast.png Demonic Blast

Skill Dimensional Sword.png Dimensional Sword

Skill Revenant.png Revenant

Demon Avenger Perfect Trio Nodes

Demon Avenger has two sets of perfect boost nodes. They are Exceed: Execution, Nether Shield, Infernal Exceed, and Exceed: Lunar Slash, Thousand Swords, Exceed: Demon Strike.

Skill Exceed Execution.png Exceed: Execution Boost

Skill Nether Shield.png Nether Shield Boost

Skill Infernal Exceed.png Infernal Exceed Boost

And, 

Skill Exceed Lunar Slash.png Exceed: Lunar Slash Boost

Skill Thousand Swords.png Thousand Swords Boost

Skill Exceed Demon Strike.png Exceed: Demon Strike Boost

The other important nodes are Defender of Demon, Otherworld Goddess’s Blessing, Decent Sharp Eyes, Weapon Aura and of course Decent Holy Symbol.

Demon Avenger 5th Job Skill Explanation

Skill NameMax Lvl DescriptionPurpose
Skill Demonic Frenzy.png
Demon Frenzy
HP Cost: 20% of Max HP

Consumes 6000 HP per sec. Healing Restriction: Items and skills can only heal 2% of Max HP

Hit Damage -30% (including the damage proportional to Max HP)
Final Damage: +1% and can be increased up to 35% per 2% HP consumed

Your demonic blood spills periodically, coating the ground for 5 sec. and dealing 540% damage on up to 10 enemies 2 times

When your Max HP falls below 30%, the HP loss will cease, and Demonic Frenzy will no longer restrict your healing

Reusing this skill during its effect will deactivate that effect

Cooldown: 120 sec
Puts you in a state where you’ll constantly lose HP but you’ll gain a big Final Damage boost
Skill Demonic Blast.png
Demonic Blast
Consumes 1% of Max HP to attack up to 8 enemies

Consumes an additional 3% of current HP per second while charging, Max Charging Time: 30 sec
 
Damage -30% only for attacks that inflict damage at a certain ratio of the Max HP while attacking

Lv. 1 (No Charge): Deals 1100% damage 7 times, restores 10% of Max HP

Lv. 2 (3 sec Charge): Deals 1430% damage 9 times, restores 15% of Max HP

Lv. 3 (4 sec Charge from Lv. 2): Deals 1760% damage 12 times, restores 25% of Max HP, Critical Rate +100%, Ignore Def +100%

Cooldown: 10 sec
Big Burst Skill
Skill Dimensional Sword.png
Dimensional Sword
HP Cost: 20% of Max HP

Summon a magical sword for 40 sec every 3 sec
 
Max Enemies Hit: 8, Damage: 1870%, Number of Attacks: 8

The skill duration becomes 1/5 if the skill is used again while summoning, but the magical sword will spin quickly and deal 660% damage to 8 enemies 6 times

All Dimensional Sword hits receive Defense Ignored: +100%

Cooldown: 120 sec
Bossing Skill can help with Mobbing as well
Skill Revenant.png
Revenant
HP Cost: 25% of Max HP, Duration: 30 sec

When using the Exceed skill, it activates Thorn of Fury, which damages 5 enemies with 660% damage 9 time(s)

Additional Monster DEF Ignored: +30%,
Cooldown: 4 sec

Saves Damage Taken, up to 200% of Max HP, as Fury, and reduces cooldown in proportion to the amount saved

Your current Fury amount decreases by 7% periodically

After the skill ends, any saved Fury, plus 1% of max HP will come back to you as damage 25 time(s)

This damage cannot kill you by itself

Cooldown: 240 sec
Used while Bossing for dealing extra damage with your Exceed skills

(be careful since at the end of the skill you’ll receive damage you were suppose to take)

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