Thief class

[aero916]

can someone help me start off a thief? i kno that they need luck, dex, and agi... other than that idk cuz its my first one

[ExodusLight]

Focus on Vit and dex, then STR, unless you have a good weapon, you won't need much agi, Since you arent going to DPS Stuff

[aero916]

wuts DPS and i thought thiefs use agi...

[EmptyMoon]

I think he meant Department of Public Safety  ..Damage Per Second

[ExodusLight]

Damage Per Second.
Low- geared Thiefs need ro rely on two of their skills, Perfect Dodge and Double attack.
Use a pretty powerful(but cheap) Dagger( Like a Damascus, or a dagger with a skel card in it), so you will do more damage, Str helps too, Dex for hitting stuffies, and Vit so, you can both have an acceptable Hp and to increase healing items effectiveness

[aero916]

so increasing agi is pointless...

[Sera]

vit on thief?

i would say, get agi enough to dodge most attacks, then like 10-15 dex (i assume he doesnt need to much hit since he is still a thief, and i also assume its a normal thief, no thief high, therefore he isnt fightin high flee monsters, not even mid flee ones) then rest on str makin sure the numbers sum 10's in total, like 15+5 or 19+1, etc.

if you want to use vit as defensive stat, go with a swordie :3 or carry a lot of healin items, a thief class is supposed to dodge (and im a low geared player, so the thing about usin a cheap, npc dagger like damascus is a nice idea too ^^)

[Lovi]

Increasing Agi gives you more flee and attack speed,so if your going for Sin then you definitely need agi (i guess Rogues need Agi too but im not sure xP)

But as a Thief if you dont want to get hit too often then yea get Agi.

I dont think you need much Vit unless you want alot of Hp as a thief but meh...

[SoSmooth]

Get 20~40 vit for sin at PvM so meat heals more.

[aero916]

thats wut i was thinking but when i was told not to invest in agi it kinda freaked me out... and i cant wait to get a sin :3

[the_undutchable]

Focus on Vit and dex, then STR, unless you have a good weapon, you won't need much agi, Since you arent going to DPS Stuff

lolwut?
Out of all the first classes the thief is the most DPS class available...

When you start out as a thief with no gears, I hope you went to at least level 35 as a novice.
This should free up a lot of stat points for you to play with.
The best build for a thief would be AGI, STR, DEX
Where 20~30 DEX will suffice in most situations.

The cheapest option is to buy a dagger and a buckler and go fight monsters.
Stay at your novice place for a while at first to make sure you get level 10 double attack.
Then get increase dodge, but you can move to a different location.
You can either try bibalan dungeon or metalings. Bibalan dungeon isn't great exp, but the cards there sell for quite some money.
Metalings might hurt too much, so try to get as much flee as possible.

The main trick with a good thief build is the balance between AGI and STR. Not enough STR and your damage sucks; not enough AGI and you get killed too fast.
Check a website like RMS for the flee number needed for the monster. Mi gao's are good exp as well, but hard to kill without a fire weapon or high flee.

As for VIT on a thief, it increases your hp by a bit. The increase in effectiveness of healing items isn't noticeable on your low hp.
Besides that, it will force you into a hybrid build and from my experience hybrid = fail.

[aero916]

ok so the balance is between agi, str, and dex... so which stat is most important, str or agi?

[Riou212]

here is what i did to lv my theif

i got at least 100 hit
some agi
10 or so vit
lots of str
and i hit leaf cats till job 40 since 50 doesnt really matter until u trans

after that u need gears....and a lot of em.

*modified* oh and get meat too lol

[aero916]

so dont invest too much into agi... focus on str?

[Riou212]

well once u get 100 hit u want str my theif did like 400 damage with his double attack but thats just with a fire damascuss