Talk:Shattering Stars/Thief

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Added the item Key Ring Belt to the list of "Steal" + items in the first strategy.

--Chaosdruid 14:36, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Teh fight

Just curious but i'm thinking about making THF my first to 75 and I was thinking could you just Hide > SATA Dancing Edge then use the wing and SC for like uber damage? o.o

If Thief is going to be your first 75, then you can just take the Steal method to victory. >_> --Taeria 19:50, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Hide doesn't work on Maat. (It will say that you "use hide but is spotted by Maat") I wish it did so I could add another SA during this fight. The good thing is though that you can sneak attack him at the very beginning because he will not move until you attack him first. FYI so you know what to expect: if you Sneak attack > Dancing Edge > icarus wing > Dancing Edge > Detonation you will do a lot of damage to him but he will still have about 40% HP left. he will instantly Perfect Dodge. (you will probably flee while he does perfect dodge) After that he will be hitting you for between 180 - 290 damage per hit and you will likely be hitting him for 15-35 per hit so the trick is to figure out how you will survive that last 40% while actually having time to build another 100% TP. So far i have not figured that out. If i try and heal myself up with potions i am not building any TP and therefore it is an exercise in futility as I am just biding my time waiting to die. If I don't heal myself with potions I can survive only 4 or 5 of his hits with 1,000 HP. currently I am 66 THF and am 0/5 but I am thinking now hat I need to level THF to 75 before I can beat him. the +73 evasion in gear and capped evasion skill (including capped evasion merits) and capped parrying (including capped parrying merits) and capped shield skill that I have are not enough to live through this fight long enough to build another 100% TP and finish him off.--NOiSEA 16:34, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Member's Attempts

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I went 1/8 as 70 THF. I tried about 3 different methods each time. First time I went into BCNM naked (except Opo Necklace), drank 2 Sleep pots and equipped all Steal gear with Scorp Harness, Hoplite's Harpe, Thug's Zambrek, Unyielding Ring. I was unsuccessful. 2nd attempt was the same but used a Thief's Knife. Same result. On my final attempt I died. After Reraising I re-equipped Steal set-up and waitied on Steal to be available. I used Hide and Maat did NOT see me. After timer for Steal hit zero I attempted again. This time I stole the scroll but Maat used Asuran Fists. I did have the scroll in my inventory and broke the 70 cap.