Mo Xuan Guide
MapleStory GMS edition. All names and translations are based on TMS content and may change upon GMS release.
Class Overview
Mo Xuan combines “Heaven,” “Earth,” and “Divine” style skills into short and impactful combos. Easier than Blaster or Cadena, but still skill-expressive.
Faction
Jianghu (shares Cash Shop with Lynn only)
Type
Combo-based pirate class
Burst Cycle
3-minute main burst, 1-minute mini bursts
Legion
+6% Critical Damage at Lv. 250 (Best-in-Slot)
Link Skill
Vigor +4% Boss damage, stacking up to +16%
Common Abbreviations
Mo Xuan combines “Heaven,” “Earth,” and “Divine” style skills into short and impactful combos. Easier than Blaster or Cadena, but still skill-expressive.
RoR
Ring of Restraint
WJ
Weapon Jump Ring
FD
Final Damage
DSI
Decent Speed Infusion
DCO
Decent Combat Orders
Inner Ability
20% Cooldown skip
Buff duration or 8% abnormal monster damage
1st Line
2nd Line
10% Boss damage
3rd Line
Critical Rate Setup
Base
55%
DSE or Sayram’s Elixir in Bosses
+10%
Lynn’s Link
+10%
Buffs and support
Works like Zero’s crit bind (independent cooldown)
Party Critical Damage Buff
+10% for 30s at max stacks (5)
Bind
3s bind (45s immunity cooldown)
Note
Cooldown Hat Strategy
Aim for -4 CD Hat (Heoric Server)
Divine Skill cooldowns are key to Mo Xuan’s damage
CD Hat
Divine Skills
What’s realistic
-3 is acceptable, -5/-6 is unrealistic
Combo Type 1 - [Skill Link]
Combo Type 2 - [Skill Link]
Example
60s Mini Burst
Off-Burst
Mastery Cores
Passives
Notable effects include:
Final Damage
+10% FD from Vigor (Story Passive)
Critical Damage
+10% Crit Damage
Divine Tricksters
Buffs from alternating Divine Styles
Supreme Unity
Attack Speed
No need for attach speed in inner ability.
Decent Speed Infusion and Green Pot
Base
6
Booster
+2 (total: 8)
+2 (cap: 10)
Legion Artifact
+20%
Legion Blocks (Marksman NL)
+8%
Total (no additional investment needed)
+103%
Defensives and utility
Protective Aura
Xuan Mountain
Reinforce and boss rush
Divine Skill
Reinforce and effect enhancement
Shield power enhancement
Oz Ring Strategy
Use Continuous Ring due to frequent cooldown skips and 3-min/1-min burst structure
Triple swaps (RoR/WJ/Totaling) are suboptimal
Class Type
Continuous
Continuous Ring
Swaps
Combo System: How it Works
Using:
Same style twice = 25% cooldown reduction
Opposite style = 50% Final Damage
Heaven Style > Ascending Fist > (Heaven again) > Chaotic Fist = CD reduction + 100% FD Earth Style > Ascending Fist > (Heaven) > Whirlwind Kick = 50% FD + 100% FD
You can stack combo types 2 and 2 together.
Use Heaven or Earth Style > Correct Divine Skill > Grants +50% or +100% Final Damag
Combo Rotations
Enter Second Style [Heaven]
Chaotic Fist Combo > Thunderous Fist > Bind > Breakthrough Fist
Use Iron Armor Fist > Whirlwind Kick
Fit in Energy Buffs when possible
Ascending Fist > Shattering Kick or Chaotic (if skipped)
Filler Combo: Heaven > Ascending > Earth > Shattering
Farming and Mobbing
Main Skill
Whirlwind Kick
Position
Keep shifting position toggled for constant afterimages
Rotation
Rotate in long CD’s: Sol Janus, Dusk
Works well in flat, smaller maps (Punch Farm viable)
6th Job Overview
30 lines of high % damage
Divine Power won’t decrease for 120 seconds
+30% Boss, +30% IED at max level
Heaven/Earth styles now scale up to 650%/590%
Chaotic Fist Combo VI: 680% rapid hits + 830% finisher
Breakthrough Fist (Main 6th Job Skill)
Passive Crit
+20% Abnormal Resistance: +30%
+30 ATK, +20% IED
Pets and buffs
Decent Sharp Eyes
Decent Combat Orders
Bossing
Mobbing
Decent Holy Symbol
Final Notes
Mo Xuan is combo-heavy, but rewarding once mastered
CD skip RNG affects burst consistency
High scaling, high crit synergy, great for solo and party content
Likely to get adjusted to 2-minute burst in GMS
Burst Combo