The Mechaner is a Resistance class in MapleStory known for its unique combat style centered around piloting a large mech suit. This class, categorized as a Pirate, utilizes various robots and summons to engage in combat. Mechaners are recognized for their versatility, capable of both ranged and melee attacks, and their ability to control the battlefield through deployable units.
Core Gameplay and Mechanics
Mechaners primarily operate within their mechanical suit, which grants increased speed, attack, defense, and knockback resistance. This mech-bound playstyle is central to their identity. While inside the mech, their mobility is enhanced with skills like a flash jump and an upward jump, though overall movement can feel slower than more agile classes.
Mechaner gameplay revolves around their reliance on diverse summons. They deploy various robots and turrets, each with unique functions, such as firing on enemies, providing healing, or creating teleporters for party members. Managing these summons, including placement and duration, is key to maximizing effectiveness. Some skills also consume a resource called Metal Armor Fuel, which adds a layer of resource management to their combat flow.
Essential Skills Breakdown
Humanoid Mech is a foundational skill, allowing players to mount and dismount their mech suit, gaining stat bonuses and knockback resistance while mounted. Heavy Salvo, or its upgraded form AP Salvo Plus in Tank Mode, serves as a primary attacking skill for both mobbing and bossing.
Summoning skills are central to the Mechaner’s damage and utility. Homing Beacon continuously fires missiles at enemies, acting as a consistent damage source that can be used while moving and attacking with other skills. Robo Launcher RM7 deploys bots that run towards enemies and explode, while Rock ‘n Shock places coils that arc lightning, damaging and stunning enemies. Support Unit: H-EX is a utility summon that heals allies, reduces enemy defense, and provides resistance buffs.
The class also benefits from buff and utility skills. Roll of the Dice provides random buffs, including damage and experience bonuses. Perfect Armor is a toggle skill that grants a passive chance to guard against attacks and reflects damage, contributing to survivability.
Building Your Mechaner for Success
Optimizing a Mechaner involves careful consideration of stats, equipment, and supplementary progression systems. The primary stat for Mechaners is Dexterity (DEX), with Strength (STR) as a secondary stat. Prioritize allocating most stat points into DEX to maximize damage.
For equipment, obtaining gear that provides DEX, Attack (ATT), and Critical Damage is beneficial. Mechaners also have unique “armor plates” which provide additional stats and can be purchased from NPCs. Set bonuses from equipment are important for boosting overall stats and damage.
Hyper Skills offer significant power spikes and should be chosen strategically. Recommended passive Hyper Skills enhance primary attacking skills like AP Salvo and Rock ‘n Shock, or reduce cooldowns/increase attack count. For Link Skills, Mechaners benefit from those that increase damage, critical rate, or buff duration.
The Mechaner’s own Link Skill provides increased buff duration, which can be useful for many classes. Inner Abilities include Attack Speed +1, Boss Damage %, or Passive Skills +1, depending on playstyle.
Mechaner Strengths, Weaknesses, and Role
Mechaners possess several notable strengths, particularly their high burst damage potential and excellent mobbing capabilities. Their extensive array of summons allows them to clear maps efficiently, making them strong for general training and farming. They also offer decent utility and support to parties through skills like Support Unit: H-EX, which provides healing and defense reduction.
Despite these strengths, Mechaners have some weaknesses. Their mobility can feel slower outside of their mech, and even within it, certain skills can lock them in place, making fluid movement challenging. They are heavily reliant on their summons for damage, which can lead to complex skill management and requires strategic placement and refreshing of these units. Furthermore, achieving optimal damage often requires significant investment in funding and nodes, as their summons may have lower base damage without proper stat boosts.
In various content, Mechaners typically fill a versatile role. They are highly effective at clearing large groups of monsters, making them suitable for grinding and daily content. For bossing, they can deliver substantial burst damage, especially when all summons are strategically deployed. Their supportive utilities also make them a valuable addition to party play.