For a hybrid knight, I strongly suggest you start with str and agi first, maybe also add energy to 30 or something to help leveling easier, dont even bother with vit till you reach a reasonable amount of str to level efficiently. DKs in MU spend a considerable amount of time soloing. Here I teach you how to build a powerful soloing/teaming/pvping capable knight.

First of all, whats the ideal amount of agility you would need ? You would not want to get your agility higher than 279. The reason is the best item you can wear (+11 dark phoenix armor) only req that much agility.

Assuming you have the following equipment. They all can be found in tarkan, lets be more realistic, we only use tarkan and the items we can obtain there in this example, icarus is not an ideal place for soloing unless you are over lvl 300.

A set of def rate 10% armor (any set from leather to dragon)
2x 10% def ring rings
+9 +20opt + 10% def rate excellent dragon shield (exc drag shield can be found in tarkan) - total 137 def rate
A +11 +16opt +Skill Sword of Destruction - 134 to 142 damage (a good exc lightning sword also works)

The total defense rate multiplier with the set is
5 pieces armor + set bonus + shield + 2x def rings = 1.1^9=2.3579

What the multiplier means is assuming you have the similar equipment setup as I mentioned above, for every 1 point def rate you have, you obtain 2.3579 def rate.

So the total def rate a DK with 279 agility and the equipment as above would be
2.3579* (137 (from shield) + 279/3) = 542 def rate !

With that def rate, you can obtain 97% miss chance against Tantallos. When it does hit you (with the 3% chance), it will only deal 20% damage on you which is not much for a DK. In other words, you can SOLO Tantallos with the proper equipment and 279 agility only !

Now whats left is what damage can you deal to the monster. Taken from muhq site, the stats for Tantallos is

Level(82) Physical Strength(24000) Minimal Striking Power(360) Maximum Striking Power(430) Defensive Power(280) Defense Success Rate(160)

24k hp, 280 def.

Now lets assume you have 1.2k str and with the 1h sword you have + other opts like wings or pendant.... you should have approximate of

1200/4 (from strenght) + 16 (opt from wing) + 142 (from sword of destruction) = 458 max damage (You can also add exc dmg rate or other opt depends on what pendant you have)

Now also assuming you have a decent wings, +11+16+luck+3% ignore def 2nd generation DK wings. When you solo, assuming you group plenty of them and do TS. The max damage you deal with TS is

(458-280) * 1.30 (from satan) * 1.46 (from wings) * 203% (assume 30 energy on your DK) = 685 damage (more damage if you have exc dmg rate or other exc opt)

There's also a 3% chance that you completely ignore the monster defense. The damage you deal when the opt is in effect is

458 * 1.30 * 1.46 * 203% = 1764 damage

It might seem a bit weak dealing 685 TS on a 24k hp monster. It would take at least 30 TS to kill one. But remember you already can miss the mobs, they only have 3% chance to deal damage to you. All you need to do is group plenty of them and spend all your TS bar on them. You do not kill a single mob for leveling, you kill plenty at one time and then collect good loot.

With the similar setup, I can assure you, you would not have much difficulty in finding a team with or without e-elf lol. You will be the tank TSing to have the mobs target on you. Then wizards come in to inferno/ES all.


Some Q&A:

Q: So how exactly should a hybrid knight be built ?
A: First 250 levels, you would be a str/agi hybrid knight, you should only get 279 agility and the rest into strength (and maybe 30 energy too) so you could dish out enough damage to level up fast. Its fine if you cant obtain the ultimate dark phoenix armor yet. Just make sure you find yourself the basic equipment to be able to solo, you would find enough jewels to build your next powerful set.

Q: Wouldn't it be too slow to level in tarkan solo ?
A: Yes, but the example I used was against Tantallos. If you solo the lower mobs in Tarkan, you can kill them much faster. Just remember you need strength to deal damage. Strength is your primary stat.

Q: What to do if I want to kill higher monsters than Tantallos ?
A: Well, prepare yourself another defense set, like black dragon or dark phoenix or even excellent dragon/plate set. Find a team and go hunt with them. You wouldn't be able to kill fast enough anyway on the bosses even if you can solo unless you are a very high level DK. After 250 levels, you can consider raising some vit, this would provide you enough survivability for killing the boss or even playing in icarus later. When you get a team, you go for big mobs. When you solo, you do Tantallos or lower mobs. Either way, you can level up well.

Q: Is there any other benefit with the setup above ?
A: Auto training. Park yourself inside Tarkan and TS.





Hope the little guide would help majority of the DKs out there.

I am very sure that this guide will create dreams for all the DK's out there such as myself, not that this stuff is attainable for more then half of us no matter what lvl we are.

Great guide, really informative. Makes my little lvl 80 DK feel super small and weak LOL.

oh and i have a question. Just how much would adding up to 30 energy help a dk? I have never added to vit, or energy in all my lvls. just str, and agil.

ahh, its MAGIK, always see u on Maya server 7 flying at SW entrance. Man nice tips for a person who's dreaming of heading out to Icarus and higher lvl maps when I get to that lvl.

97% chance of Tantellos missing us, if that's the case shouldn't we be trying for higher mobs to get better exp? I wonder how much exp we will be getting at the level which you recommend if we are soloing them.

At the moment, I'm leveling pretty slow.. Like 1 per day, I play like 6 hours or maybe more a day? I can't go to D3 cos there's too many hackers, I can't kill them too cos I'm not even wearing a +5 set for fear that they might come back for revenge and I drop my items... I could TS 4 - 5 elite skeles (avg 320 xp each) no problem without the need of using healing pots. Thunder lich too but they made me move around too much to be able to TS efficiently.

I have like 390 str and 150 agi 28 vit and 15 nrg. I do have access to an e-elf who is at level 89 with 270 nrg I think. Def is 237 full brass set. I've tried everything, use alcohol, lure mobs, find a place that has fast access to warp and leveling is still a pain... I think main reason is because I don't particularly hunt for jewels, if they drop, they drop. This makes me freaking poor with no jewels to upgrade my stuffs to be able to handle LT cos with my stats, I'm could be wearing dragon +11+12 if i have blesses But I guess I shouldn't complain about the amount of jewels, I know alot of people whose level are higher than me and are still quite poor heh heh.

Hmm since you seem to be a great help to them maybe you can suggest to me a good place to lvl up


Im DK lvl 81, i have a little over 250 def, and my dmg is 140ish~180ish. Where might be a nice spot to train for quick lvl up, cause i train in d2~d3, but all the 1 hitters in there make it super slow, takes my about 2 hours per lvl.

Actually i do train in devias with noobs, that where i have been training . Maybe i will give lt a shot then.

At lvl 81, ur stats are very good. And 2 hours per level... it's very ideal already! I wish I can level every 2 hrs... but I lack the wpns and the equipment to do so...

I went and solo'd in LT1 today aginst some shadows, they hit me for about 20, not bad unless there is like 4 or 5 of em, then i whip out TS and then back to regular skill when my agil bar runs out.

Lego how much Energy would i need to be able to TS almost nonstop? it gets to be a pain to half kill a group of shadows then have to finish em off 1 by 1. I think you said it was about 30, but that seems to easy

If you agi bar is above 300, you should be able to do some serious TSing. Not all the way unlimited, but the AG bar could regenerate fast enough for your next group of mobs when you go on luring.
Before they implemented the AG bar, I had 500+ TS bar, that was unlimited ya.

Well my enegry is still 10 so my TS bar is all of 96 lol. How much adds per lvl, i dont want to start adding energy at all untill i know what to expect

To Maven,

Another way is to join a guild, a trustworthy guild. Of coz, u have to prove yourself to join such guild.

Coz, for future maps, definitely need party. And who else you want besides u except the trusty pple from guild?

From personal exp, I was a 100+ noob, with poor equipment (very poor bless drop),soloing was a bore and very slow. Until i fortunately joined a superb guild. They took care of the equipment and now i can survive in LT (even Balrog with quick potting) when doing guild party. And yeah, u make great friends in MU, making playing MU into another dimension.

My 2cents worth.

Edit: oops, after this posting, i noticed you have guild. Ignore this useless post then.

interesting, how this dk feels in pvp, when lvl dk 200+ have 1,5k atack