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MapleStory Union Champion Recommended and Not Recommended Jobs (After 2nd Combat Experience Improvement Patch)
In celebration of the fourth Union Champion slot opening, this video introduces recommended and not recommended classes for Union Champion after the second combat experience improvement patch. Mercedes, Illium, and Archmage Fire/Poison are recommended, while Luminous and Kinesis are not recommended.
1. 🥇 Top Union Champion Recommendation: Ran (You probably already have one leveled)
- ✅ A character that seems to have all the good points of every class
- ✅ Feels like the devs are paying attention
00:00 - 00:34
1. 🥇 Top Union Champion Recommendation: Ran (You probably already have one leveled)
- ✅ A character that seems to have all the good points of every class
- ✅ Feels like the devs are paying attention
00:35 - 01:48
2. 🥈 Second Union Champion Recommendation: Mercedes (Flashy combos & bossing with low stats)
- ✅ Pros: Stylish gameplay, easy to tackle Union Champion bosses with low stats
- ✅ Cons: Combo-reliant playstyle
- ✅ Burden reduced due to back-end compression improvements in the August balance patch
- ✅ Consistently receiving good reviews since 5th job, and consistently receiving patches that show the devs have a high understanding of the class
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Control Difficulty | Not easy |
| Burst Compression | Noticeable survivability after burst compression |
01:49 - 02:52
3. 🥉 Union Champion Recommendation: Illium (Free DPS & ignores body slams)
- ✅ Pros: Free DPS using Elemental Ghost, has a skill that ignores body slams (useful for Seren), short invincibility, double jump, dash, teleport-like skill
- ✅ Cons: Combo class
- ✅ Freed's Oath 30-second invincibility
02:53 - 04:19
4. 👍 Union Champion Recommendation: Illium (Easy controls, powerful performance, excellent utility)
- ✅ Pros: Easy controls, powerful performance, excellent utility (party/personal invincibility, healing skill, teleport), can fly around and ignore the boss in Seren
- ✅ Structure cleaned up with the age auto-generation during the all-class 2-minute surgery
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Invincibility | Party invincibility, personal invincibility, Ethereal Form |
04:20 - 05:25
5. 🔥 Union Champion Recommendation: Archmage Fire/Poison (Consistent powerhouse & ignores knockback in Seren)
- ✅ Traditional powerhouse
- ✅ Origin skill composition is a patch from devs who understand Fire/Poison skills well
- ✅ Increased burst convenience with Infinity structure improvement during the August balance patch
- ✅ Can ignore knockback in Seren, teleport class
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Cons | Ignite induction control (requires boss to be stationary) |
| Fluid Bosses | Suitable for Gunma, Kalos |
05:26 - 06:54
6. 🚫 Union Champion Not Recommended: Luminous (Still a screwed-up class & low stats)
- ✅ Has the disadvantages of a gauge class while having low stats
- ✅ Was one of the main 3 classes in the September balance patch, but still has many areas that need improvement (no up-jump on Punishing keydown, low stats)
- ✅ Suspect the devs lack understanding of the class
06:55 - 08:21
7. ❌ Union Champion Not Recommended: Kinesis (Unfamiliar controls & PP System)
- ✅ Feels like the devs are focusing on standardization and simplification
- ✅ Existence of the PP system as a shackle (PP acquisition gets harder with each patch)
- ✅ Bangu jump (minor version of triple jump), no teleport
- ✅ HP consumption when using Overload Mana
- ✅ Many elements to manage, but weak
- ✅ Becomes even weaker when the boss goes crazy
08:22 - 09:01
8. Conclusion: Class Tier & Efficient Investment
- ✅ There is no more efficient investment than choosing a good class
- ✅ Hoping that classes like Kinesis will come alive in the next balance patch