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MapleStory's First Adversary Guide: Complete Analysis of Patterns, Tips, and Practical Strategies
This video is a guide for the new MapleStory boss, 'The First Adversary'. It covers the boss system, patterns for each phase, practical tips, and useful strategies in detail. It provides key information needed to clear, such as the Power of Order system, death count management, elemental parrying, and damage timing.
1. ⚔️ Understanding the Core of the First Adversary System: Power of Order, Death Count, and Power Cycle
- ✅ Power of Order: A party-shared gauge that recovers upon successful parries. It significantly impacts final damage at each stage, but patterns become stronger as the stage increases.
- ✅ Death Count: Uses the 'Will of the Adversary' system; upon death, 'Will of the Adversary' decreases. When it reaches 0, you're out of the fight.
- ✅ Power Cycle: An authority is cast every 135 seconds, resetting the gauge to 500. Gauge management is crucial.
| Stage | Effect |
|---|---|
| Stage 1 | Final Damage Reduction |
| Stage 5 | Final Damage Increase |
00:25 - 02:07
1. ⚔️ Understanding the Core of the First Adversary System: Power of Order, Death Count, and Power Cycle
- ✅ Power of Order: A party-shared gauge that recovers upon successful parries. It significantly impacts final damage at each stage, but patterns become stronger as the stage increases.
- ✅ Death Count: Uses the 'Will of the Adversary' system; upon death, 'Will of the Adversary' decreases. When it reaches 0, you're out of the fight.
- ✅ Power Cycle: An authority is cast every 135 seconds, resetting the gauge to 500. Gauge management is crucial.
| Stage | Effect |
|---|---|
| Stage 1 | Final Damage Reduction |
| Stage 5 | Final Damage Increase |
02:09 - 05:11
2. 🛡️ Phase 1 Pattern Analysis and Strategy: Perfect Summary of Evasion and Parry Timing
- ✅ Evade yellow attacks, parry red attacks as a rule of thumb.
- ✅ Key Patterns: Hitting, 3-hit attack, Sword Shower, Dash Attack, Quick Dash, Find the Real Body.
- ✅ Focus on parrying the Sword Shower as it provides a high amount of gauge recovery.
| Pattern | Description | Parry Timing |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Hit Attack | The last hit of the three attacks | When the sword is pulled back |
| Sword Shower | Swords falling across the entire map | When the light of the large sword in the center descends |
How to Deal with Dash Attacks:
- Long dashes are very dangerous, so be careful.
- For short dashes, always crouch for the 2nd hit, and react to the 3rd hit depending on whether there's an afterimage.
05:13 - 07:49
3. Tons of Pro Tips! Phase 1 Practical Tips: Distinguish Dash Patterns, Utilize Afterimages, Master Parry Timing
- ✅ Jump when the circle narrows in the falling sword pattern.
- ✅ It's important to distinguish between long and short dashes. Watch out for the pattern where it dashes while making an 'Ugh!' sound.
- ✅ Be careful as the afterimage may also perform a low attack.
- ✅ Normal patterns can also be parried, but there is no cooldown reduction effect.
How to Distinguish Dash Patterns:
- For short dashes, crouch for the 1st and 2nd hits, and either jump or parry the 3rd hit.
- Parry when the clone folds the sword inward.
07:50 - 10:31
4. 🔥 Phase 2 Pattern Strategy: Elemental Parry, Vortex of Elements, How to Deal with Forked Arrows
- ✅ In Phase 2, you must parry according to the element floating above your head to recover the gauge.
- ✅ The element changes randomly when the authority is activated, so you must keep checking.
- ✅ Key Patterns: Vortex of Elements, Elemental Current, Forked Arrows, Aimed Arrows, Magic Arrows, Ivol Summon.
| Pattern | Description | Countermeasure |
|---|---|---|
| Forked Arrows | The Adversary shoots arrows | Evade to the portal on the opposite side of the shooting direction |
| Aimed Arrows | Fires a weakness arrow followed by an elemental arrow | Parry the last elemental arrow |
Map Patterns:
- Magic Barrier: Parry in the barrier that matches your element.
- Stalactites: Evade them.
- Tracking Altar: Install it in the corner as much as possible.
10:33 - 13:03
5. 💎 Phase 2 Practical Tips: Avoiding the Poop, Evading Stalactites, How to Utilize Ascent
- ✅ In Easy/Normal mode, it's okay to place the poop (Tracking Altar) in one place.
- ✅ In Hard/Extreme mode, it's best to place the poop in the corner.
- ✅ You can evade stalactites more easily by crouching.
- ✅ You can use Ascent to evade patterns that are difficult to avoid.
Forked Arrow Safe Zones:
- When shooting to the top left: Bottom right portal, top left corner
- When shooting to the bottom right: Bottom left portal, bottom right corner
13:04 - 15:00
6. 💥 Phase 3 Pattern Strategy: Phase 1 Enhanced, Elemental Infusion, Utilizing Color of Ignorance
- ✅ Phase 3 is a form where the elemental system of Phase 2 is added to the patterns of Phase 1.
- ✅ Mastering Phase 1 is important, and you must actively utilize the Color of Ignorance pattern.
- ✅ Key Patterns: Hitting, 3-hit attack, 4-hit attack, 3x Elemental Dash, Elemental Laser, Arrow Shower.
| Pattern | Description | Countermeasure |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Hit/4-Hit Attack | Includes Elemental Sword, Rainbow Sword | Evade 1st and 2nd hits, parry Elemental Sword, parry Rainbow Sword |
| 3x Elemental Dash | Fire, Ice, Light Elemental Dash | Parry according to each element |
15:02 - 17:10
7. 👂 Phase 3 Practical Tips: Parry by Listening to Sounds, Dash Pattern Strategy, Utilize Bind
- ✅ In Phase 3, parrying by listening to the sounds is very effective.
- ✅ The dash pattern is fixed in the order of Fire, Ice, and Light elements.
- ✅ You can use Bind to interrupt patterns.
How to Deal with Dash Patterns:
- Normal Fire/Ice Dash: Parry as soon as you see it
- Normal Light Dash: Parry when you see the hands raised in an X shape
- Afterimage Fire Dash: Parry 1.5 seconds after the afterimage passes
- Afterimage Ice Dash: Parry immediately after the afterimage passes
- Afterimage Light Dash: Jump to avoid the afterimage and parry after landing
17:11 - 18:35
8. Concluding Tips: Burst Damage Timing, Utilizing Power Cycle, Recommended Reference Materials
- ✅ For burst damage timing, it's best to use the Liberation buff when the sword falls, parry with Space, and then use Origin.
- ✅ It's better to immediately unleash burst damage instead of waiting for the Power Cycle.
- ✅ Referencing the 'Cheotbo's Maple World' blog will be very helpful.
Burst Damage Strategy:
- Liberation Buff + Parry + Origin combo for burst damage
- Utilize the cooldown reduction effect for continuous burst damage instead of being bound by the Power Cycle