Maegu Class Guide

Introduction

The Maegu class uses a Foxspirit Charm as her primary weapon and a Binyeo Kinife as her secondary weapon. She is a ranged magic user, specializing in Do arts, and trained at the Jwado school. Her homeland is the Land of the Morning Light, which is an Asian-themed region, inspired by Korean folklore. Maegu is also the older sister and twin of the Woosa class.

At level 56, Maegu unlocks her succession and awakening skills. Succession Maegu can cast a variety of ranged attacks through spells using her fox spirit charm, or scatter the charms around her to deal melee damage. Maegu can also use magic to summon a clone of herself, confusing her enemies, as she swaps positions with her double. While Awakening Maegu is a melee class that uses 2 Foxtail fans. She has fast and agile skills, with a graceful and dance-like style.

Awakening VS Succession

Maegu Succession and Awakening can be unlocked after level 56 after speaking to the Black Spirit and completing the Awakening and Succession quests under the suggestions tab.

• The Awakening will unlock a completely new skill tree, which will be your primary skills from now on. The skills in the pre-awakening are mostly utility skills, and your main damage dealers will be your Awakening skills.
• The Succession skill kit enhances your foxspirit skills instead and only has a few awakening skills.

Your awakening weapon still affects your succession damage and vice versa. For example, if you are using the Succession kit, then 30% of your Awakening AP is still applied to the damage of Succession skills, as well as the additional item stats on the awakening weapon, such as Human/Species Damage and Accuracy.

For her awakening, Maegu swaps weapons with her sister Woosa. She uses the Foxtail Fan as her awakening, and Woosu uses the charm as her awakening. Although the twins share the same weapons, their combat styles are very different.

Skill Builds

Since the skill point update in late 2022, you can obtain all skills for approximately 1,000 skill points. Focus on your main skills first, then level the passives. The Weight Training skill should be leveled last since it only gives you weight limit increase.

Protected Skills

It is important to read through your skills to understand which skills have protection and crowd control effects. Read through your skills carefully to get familiar with what each skill does. You can also filter the different effects in the Skill Window (K).

Locked Skills

To lock a skill, press the lock icon on the top of each skill icon in the skill window (K).

These are the Succession and Awakening skills I recommend locking to help prevent messing up combos during PVP.

• Evasion

Skill Enhancement (Rabam) Skills

Skill Enhancement skills can be obtained in the Skill Window (K) under the “Skill Enhancement” tab at the top. At levels 56, 57, and 58, you will have 2 different options to choose between. These skills have no skill points cost, but you have to have other skills leveled up to be able to take them.

Level 56 – [SHIFT + X]

• Heavenly Return – Requires [Flow: Hanpuri] and [Soulflame III]
• Spirit Parade – Requires [Flow: Hanpuri] and [Soulsnare III]

For the level 56 rabam, the choice is down to preference. Both skills can flow nicely out of Flow: Hanpuri by pressing (F) or (E) afterward.

So you can just hold (E) to use Soulflame > Flow: Hanpuri > Heavenly Return/Spirit Parade, or you can hold (F) to use Soulsnae > Flow: Hanpuri > Heavenly Return/Spirit Parade

Heavenly Return is an unprotected skill with a Stun CC. The skill is quick to cast with a short animation and has good damage.

Spirit Parade has a Super Armor protection, and can be useful for trading damage in PVP. The damage is decent and the skill also has a push CC that only works on monsters.

Level 57 – [SHIFT + Z]

• Petal Snare – Requires [Petal Play III] and [Petalblast III]
  • (Preferred Choice)
• Constricting Charm – Requires [Petal Play III] and [Spirit Swirl IV]

For the level 57 rabams, Petal Snare is the more popular choice at the moment.

Petal Snare has Forward Guard protection and moves you backwards slightly so is great an an extra form of protection that is useful in group PVP. The skill has a long animation, but it can be canceled using your (SHIFT + W/A/S/D) dash.

In comparison, Constricting Charm is a faster skill with Super Armor protection. It can also flow nicely into the Level 58 rabam: Spirit Sparks by holding (LMB) at the end.

Level 58 – [Quickslot Only]

• Spirit Sparks – Requires [Spirit Swirl IV] and [Bristling Sparks IV]
• Soul Charm – Requires [Spirit Swirl IV] and [Spirited Away IV]
  • (Preferred Choice)

For the 3rd Rabam skill, Soul Charm is the recommended choice. It has Super Armor and recovers a flat number of HP. The skill has no damage or CC so you can use it before engaging in PVP or after you disenage for a fast heal.

Spirit Sparks has Forward Guard protection and flows nicely after the level 57 rabam: Constirctiong Charm by holding (LMB). The skill has good damage and also has decent HP recovery on hits but you are forced to use both skills to really make the rabam useful.

Skill Add-ons

Below are some examples of PVE skill add-ons you can take. These add-ons are recommended by the Class Discord for the specific combos listed in this guide. Full credit goes to the original sharer.

If you would like example skill add-ons for other scenarios, please refer to the Class Discord and its resources.

I recommend experimenting with your add-ons and figuring out what is best for you because it really depends on your personal preference and how you play your class. If you’re simply not sure what to take then you can blindly follow the examples below and they will still be effective.

You can also check our Skill Add-on guide for a complete list of Skill Add-ons.

Clone Mechanic (Succession)

Succession Maegu has a unique mechanic, allowing her to create an exact clone of herself and swap places with it to confuse her enemies in combat.

The clone is an exact copy of your character, even down to the outfit (including dye settings). It appears as a white dot on the mini-map like a normal player, and also has your character name, family name, guild name, title, and rankings. The clone will also have a HP bar with the same HP as when you cast the skill.

Maegu can use Prime: Foxspriit: Deceiver [Q] to swap places with her clone. The swap is unprotected but almost instant and the clone will shortly disappear after the swap. You cannot use the [Q] swap if you are CC’d.

Clones do not take damage and cannot be CC’d. You can also walk through them without collision but they do have a red cross-hair when you aim at them.

Maegu can create a clone using the following skills:

• Soul Tear (W + Q)
• Bared Claws (A/D + LMB)
• Flower Shroud (W + E)

Advanced Use:

Teleporting to your clone can also displace any skills that have a casting animation, moving the skill with you when you swap locations.

• Eg. Use Bared Claw (A/D + LMB) to summon a clone, then Spirit Swirl (SHIFT + F) and then press (Q) during the Spirit Swirl skill animation to teleport to the clone whilst still casting Spirit Swirl.

Spiritforged Mechanic (Awakening)

Awakening Maegu has a unique mechanic, allowing her to empower certain skills when in the Spiritforged state.

Certain skills can be used to put you into the Spiritforged state, and other skills such as pre-awakening skills and Spirit Step will take you out of the stance. Using Twirling Rhapsody twice in a row will also take you out of Spiritforged state.

Whilst in the Spiritforged state, some skills can be used to empower the skills, and will also give you a Critical Hit Damage buff.

Each time you use an empowered skill without coming out of Spiritforged state, it will “level up” the Critical Hit Damage buff, starting at a +2.5% buff, then +5%, and finally +10%.

Skills that put you into Spiritforged State:

• Hazy Path (W + RMB)
• Foxflare Charge (W + F)
• Emberclaw Torrent (SHIFT + RMB)
• Emberclaw Slash (SHIFT + LMB)
• Flow: Emberclaw Slash (LMB after Emberclaw Slash)
• Emberclaw Finale (SHIFT + Q)
• Emberclaw Crush (E)

Weapons

Armor

For your armor, you will make a choice between Damage Reduction or Evasion gear. I recommend reading our guide about the two different DP stats if you want to learn what the two different stats do.

Generally, you are recommended to build Damage Reduction on Maegu at first, then you have the option to switch Evasion later on. Succession Maegu can work with evasion but is not that common anymore since players would rather go for full human damage AP on a ranged class.

Because of the way the Evasion stat works, you may find that you are squishy for a long time and that your Evasion isn’t really doing much for you. This is why players only recommend swapping to Evasion armors once you reach full PEN gear with Caphras Level 9 or higher. It is also worth noting that Damage Reduction is still viable on Maegu, and is also viable on all classes, while Evasion is not viable on all classes. I highly recommend doing some research before committing to Evasion.

Accessories

There are various different accessories in the game. At first, just focus on using the accessories that give you the highest AP in each slot.

There are also “free” accessories that all new players should get:

Accessory	How to obtain
Tuvala Accessories	Tuvala accessories are starter accessories obtained from the Season Server. Try to push up your accessories to PEN if possible, but if you don’t have much time to play Season, then focus on your Weapons and Armor first.
PEN Capotia Necklace	You can obtain a FREE PEN Capotia Accessory from the Season Servers Special Reward. For your first season, it is recommended to get the PEN Capotia Necklace because it gives the most AP. You then want to create another Season character in the next season to get the PEN Capotia Belt, and finally the PEN Capotia Ring or Earring.
PEN Ring of Crescent Guardian	You can obtain a PEN Ring of Crescent Guardian by completing Jetina’s PEN Accessory quests. These are daily quests that take a minimum of 45 days to complete. Every new and returning player should complete these as early as possible for a highly discounted PEN accessory.

Common Starter PVE accessories:

• TET Black Distortion Earrings or TET Narc Ear Accessory (PEN Capotia Earring)
• TET Basilisk’s Belt (or PEN Capotia Belt)
• TET Ring of Crescent Guardian
• TET Ogre Ring/Laytenn’s Necklace (or PEN Capotia Necklace).

Crystals

Below is an example starter Crystal build for PVE. Some of the crystals are expensive. You can obtain the Rebellious Crystal by completing the main story questline. For more example crystal builds, including an end-game PVE crystal build, and PVP Crystal builds, check our Crystal Preset Guide.

This is an example PVP Build for Maegus using Damage Reduction Armors and going full Human Damage (glass cannon). For more example crystal builds, check our Crystal Preset Guide or the Class Discord.

This is an example PVP Build for Maegus using Evasion armors and wanting a more balanced generic build. For more example crystal builds, check our Crystal Preset Guide or the Class Discord.

Artifacts and Lightstones

There are a few different viable choices for both Artifacts and Lightstone combos. Maegu is the “Magic Damage” type so you want to go for Magic Accuracy and Magic Damage for offensive artifacts.

For PVE Lighstones there are a few different options to min-max. For certain spots, you may want to use Species damage combos (eg. The Wild: Demihumans, The Wild: Kamaslyvia, The Wild: Humans). Species damage combos perform better if you are reaching the monster AP caps at a certain zone.

A more generic PVE combo is listed below that is recommended for your class and will work at any spot.

You can also find more information about Artifacts and Lightstones, and how to obtain them, in our guide. We also have a list of Best in slot Artifacts and Lightstones.

Useful Links/Credits

I highly recommend checking out the Twin Class Discord and Maegu Class Discord for resources about your class. The class discords always have the most up-to-date information and tons of experienced players that can help with questions or gearing advice. I would like to give a shoutout to the Mod and Helper roles in the Twin and Maegu discord for all their hard work gathering resources. I would also like to thank Naru for reaching out and offering to help with the creation of this guide. You can find additional resources below, I honestly cannot recommend enough to join the discord.

Useful links to check out:

• Official Maegu Forums
• Maegu Succession Combo Guide by Quendya
• Maegu Movment Guide by Qoald
• Maegu Succession Cheat Sheet by itmeBloo
• Maegu Succession PVP Combo by Horsey

PVP Montage Videos:

• Maegu Succession PVP by Exal
• Maegu Succession PVP by REED
• Maegu Succession PVP by k3n
• Maegu Succession RBF and Arena of Solare PVP by MOON
• Maegu Succession Arena of Solare PVP by Khaoz
• Maegu Succession Arena of Solare PVP by Chekzthisout TV

Credits Disclaimer: Since there are now 26 BDO classes, it is impossible for me to keep class guides fully maintained. My main class is Ranger and I don’t claim to be the best in any class. Therefore, I use resources and recommendations from the Class discords since (as all other players would agree) this is the best source. I also ask for advice from friends who are more experienced in the class. Where possible, I credit specific players for information such as Add-ons, and combos. However, sometimes there is no player mentioned as the original sharer. If there are any issues with credit or you would like certain information removed/changed, please reach out to me!