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DPS Chart 2026: Lv 50 Class Rankings - MapleStory Classic

Verified against NiaMeowDB MapleStory Classic Guides2026-07-02

Summary

The MapleStory Classic DPS chart for 2026: every lv 50 build ranked by 1-minute damage, broken into casts, MP spent, and damage per MP vs a 0-defense target.

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Which class does the most damage at level 50 in MapleStory Classic World? This guide ranks every viable lv 50 build by damage over one minute against a stationary target with 0 weapon defense and 0 magic defense. The 1-minute number is fully broken down: how hard one cast hits, how many times you cast it in 60 seconds, the MP that costs, and the resulting damage per MP. Nothing is a black box.

How the numbers are built. Damage is computed by the exact same code as the on-site DMG Simulator, so the guide and the simulator always agree. Per-hit damage uses the physical and magic formulas confirmed by Discord community member Slash; crit is the innate 5% rate / 20% damage plus class passives; cast time uses the Classic attack-speed formula `castMs = 30 x ceil(BaseDelay x (10 + tier) / 480)`. Three gear tiers run through that same code: Standard is the synthetic no-gear baseline; Realistic and Max-Scrolled are each 10 real builds by Grummash in the Character Builder, one per class, scrolled with safe Lesser scrolls and gambled Chaos scrolls respectively.

Contents

Single-target rankings
How the 1-minute number works
AoE rankings
How attack speed shapes the rankings
Realistic lv 50 DPS path
Build cards: every class in detail
Caveats and known unknowns

Single-target rankings

Bars are 1-minute damage against a stationary 0-defense target, Booster active (the realistic grinding figure). Hover any bar for the cast count, MP spent, and the unbuffed number. Use the toggle to switch between Standard (no gear), Realistic (Grummash's Lesser-scrolled builds), and Max-Scrolled (his fully Chaos-scrolled builds). Each mage class gets two bars: the neutral baseline and a second row with the +25% elemental Weak-tier multiplier baked in (Cleric uses vs-undead, the same 1.25x slot). The elemental row is the ceiling when the mage stays on an element-vulnerable map; the neutral row is the floor on everything else.

1-minute single-target damage (Booster active, 0-defense target)

Standard: lv 50, 200 primary / 50 secondary (mages 210 INT / 40 LUK), mastery 10, all 2nd-job self-buffs. Realistic / Max-Scrolled: Grummash's Lesser- and Chaos-scrolled builds. Mage classes show two bars: neutral and (vs Weak / vs undead) with the +25% elemental multiplier baked in.

Tap a bar for build details.WarriorBowmanThiefMagician

Source: Realistic and Max-Scrolled builds from the meowdb.com Character Builder. Special thanks to Grummash for the builds.

How the 1-minute number works

The table below shows the full breakdown so you can check every number yourself. 1-min damage = Damage per use x Casts in 1 min. Casts in 1 min is `60s / cast time` (with Booster). MP spent = Casts x the skill's MP cost. Damage per MP = Damage per use / MP cost, the efficiency that decides how often you stop to pot. Numbers here are the standard tier, ranked by 1-minute damage.

#	Class	Main skill	Damage per use	Casts in 1 min	1-min damage	MP spent	Damage per MP
1	Bandit	Savage Blow	1,783	83	148,007	2,324	64
2	Assassin	Drain	1,322	100	132,168	2,800	47
3	Cleric	Holy Arrow (neutral)	1,344	83	111,550	1,992	56
4	Fighter	Power Strike	1,186	87	103,151	1,044	99
5	Page (2H Sword)	Power Strike	1,121	87	97,553	1,044	93
6	F/P Wizard	Fire Arrow (neutral)	1,151	83	95,545	3,237	30
7	Hunter (Bow)	Arrow Blow	1,146	83	95,144	1,162	82
8	Spearman (Polearm)	Power Strike	1,224	77	94,281	924	102
9	Crossbowman	Arrow Blow	1,178	77	90,718	1,078	84
10	I/L Wizard	Cold Beam (neutral)	1,079	83	89,590	3,237	28

Two things the breakdown makes obvious. First, big-hit-slow and small-hit-fast can land in the same place: Savage Blow hits hardest per use but casts slowly (its 960ms `savage` animation), while Drain hits less but casts faster, so their 1-minute totals are close. Second, mana efficiency varies a lot: a 12-MP Power Strike clears ~100 damage per MP where a 39-MP mage spell clears under 30, so warriors grind almost potion-free while mages burn through MP.

AoE rankings

1-minute damage at each skill's full mob cap, Booster active. Bandit, Assassin, Cleric, and F/P are absent because their best skills are single-target. I/L Thunder Bolt is the only true 6-mob skill, and it gets a second bar with the +25% Weak-tier elemental multiplier baked in (same ceiling/floor framing as the ST chart).

1-minute AoE damage (Booster active, full mob cap)

Full mob cap (4 mobs for most skills, 6 for Thunder Bolt). Standard / Realistic / Max-Scrolled toggle as above. I/L Wizard shows two bars: neutral and (vs Weak) with the +25% elemental multiplier baked in.

Tap a bar for build details.WarriorBowmanThiefMagician

Source: Realistic and Max-Scrolled builds from the meowdb.com Character Builder. Special thanks to Grummash for the builds.

How attack speed shapes the rankings

Casts per minute is half the ranking. A skill that hits hard but casts slowly can lose to a weaker, faster skill. Savage Blow has the top damage-per-use but runs a 960ms animation; Power Strike on a fast weapon casts far more often.
Polearm pays for its multiplier. The Nine Dragons has the strongest mixed-skill multiplier (2.7) but is attackSpeed tier 8, the slowest weapon in the game, so it gets the fewest casts per minute. Polearm Booster is close to mandatory.
Crossbow vs Bow is a speed story. The crossbow hits harder per shot but runs an 820ms animation at tier 7; the bow is tier 6 at 800ms, so the bow fits more casts into the minute and wins single-target.
Magicians cast at a fixed tier 6 whether they hold a Wand or a Staff. Magic Booster shifts that to tier 4.
Booster is a -2 attackSpeed tier shift, which means more casts per minute. It is cheap to keep up, so every number here assumes it is on.

Realistic lv 50 DPS path

The Standard and Max-Scrolled tiers are the two ends of a spectrum: a synthetic no-gear baseline, and a fully Chaos-scrolled ceiling that assumes every 10%-success scroll landed. Most players grind somewhere in between. The Realistic tier is that middle ground: ten lv 50 builds by Grummash in farmable gear, every slot scrolled with Lesser scrolls. A Lesser scroll succeeds 100% of the time, adds +1 to its stat line, and never destroys the item, so the loadout below is exactly what you get with no gambling and nothing boomed. It is the floor every player can reach.

Each realistic build also spends AP on its accuracy stat instead of dumping everything into the damage stat the way the Chaos builds do. Warriors and thieves invest enough DEX, plus accuracy scrolls on hat and cape, to land reliable hits on same-level mobs; Archers clear 100 accuracy from their naturally high DEX; magicians skip accuracy entirely because spells never miss in Classic. The accuracy column in the single-target table below is each realistic build's stat-window value (gear, scrolls, and Sword Mastery for sword warriors).

Lesser vs Chaos. A Lesser scroll is the safe scroll: 100% success, +1 to its stat, never booms the item. A Chaos scroll is the gamble: 10% success, +5 on a hit, and a failure can destroy the gear. Seven Lesser weapon scrolls add a guaranteed +7 W.ATK; seven Chaos scrolls could add +35, but on average only a fraction land and the rest risk the weapon. The Realistic tier is what disciplined scrolling guarantees; the Max-Scrolled tier is the lucky ceiling.

Realistic single-target ranking

1-minute single-target damage against a 0-defense target, Booster active, ranked by the Realistic tier. The Standard and Max-Scrolled columns are alongside so you can see where realistic gear lands between the no-gear baseline and the Chaos ceiling.

#	Class	Main skill	Standard	Realistic	Max-scrolled	Accuracy
1	Bandit	Savage Blow	148,007	207,947	409,157	81
2	Assassin	Drain	132,168	198,134	383,787	76
3	Fighter	Power Strike	103,151	141,010	285,789	70
4	Hunter (Bow)	Arrow Blow	95,144	136,859	269,866	101
5	Cleric	Holy Arrow (neutral)	111,550	136,387	195,425	n/a
6	Page (2H Sword)	Power Strike	97,553	133,179	257,945	70
7	Crossbowman	Arrow Blow	90,718	132,313	256,320	104
8	Spearman (Polearm)	Power Strike	94,281	120,080	264,299	64
9	F/P Wizard	Fire Arrow (neutral)	95,545	110,736	143,888	n/a
10	I/L Wizard	Cold Beam (neutral)	89,590	104,065	135,830	n/a

Realistic AoE ranking

1-minute AoE damage at each skill's full mob cap, neutral element, Booster active. Bandit, Assassin, Cleric, and F/P are absent because their best skill is single-target.

#	Class	Main AoE skill	Standard	Realistic	Max-scrolled
1	I/L Wizard	Thunder Bolt (neutral)	269,534	324,204	452,385
2	Hunter (Bow)	Arrow Bomb: Bow	222,002	319,337	629,686
3	Crossbowman	Iron Arrow: Crossbow	201,091	293,294	568,175
4	Fighter	Slash Blast	206,301	282,020	571,578
5	Page (2H Sword)	Slash Blast	195,107	266,358	515,890
6	Spearman (Polearm)	Slash Blast	188,562	240,161	528,598

Realistic gear loadouts

The exact realistic loadout for each class: every gear slot, item by item, with the Lesser scrolls applied. Every weapon and armor scroll here is 100% success, so this is a straightforward shopping list.

Fighter realistic loadout, every slot Lesser-scrolled:

Slot	Equipment	Lesser scrolls
Weapon	Lion's Fang	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 W.ATK
Hat	Mithril Crusader Helm	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Accuracy
Overall	Dark Crusader Chainmail	10 Lesser scrolls: +10 STR
Gloves	Steel Brist	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 W.ATK
Shoes	Gold Hildon Boots	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Speed
Cape	Red Napoleon	5 Lesser scrolls: +4 Accuracy, +1 STR
Earring	Red-Hearted Earrings	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 STR

Page (2H Sword) realistic loadout, every slot Lesser-scrolled:

Slot	Equipment	Lesser scrolls
Weapon	Lion's Fang	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 W.ATK
Hat	Mithril Crusader Helm	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Accuracy
Overall	Dark Crusader Chainmail	10 Lesser scrolls: +10 STR
Gloves	Mithril Brist	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 W.ATK
Shoes	Gold Hildon Boots	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Speed
Cape	Green Napoleon	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 DEX
Earring	Red-Hearted Earrings	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 STR

Spearman (Polearm) realistic loadout, every slot Lesser-scrolled:

Slot	Equipment	Lesser scrolls
Weapon	The Nine Dragons	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 W.ATK
Hat	Mithril Crusader Helm	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Accuracy
Overall	Blue Crusader Chainmail	10 Lesser scrolls: +10 DEX
Gloves	Gold Brist	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 W.ATK
Shoes	Emerald Hildon Boots	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Speed
Cape	Green Napoleon	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Accuracy
Earring	Red-Hearted Earrings	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 DEX

Hunter (Bow) realistic loadout, every slot Lesser-scrolled:

Slot	Equipment	Lesser scrolls
Weapon	Olympus	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 W.ATK
Hat	Green Maro	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Accuracy
Overall	Blue-Lined Kismet	10 Lesser scrolls: +10 DEX
Gloves	Blue Willow	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 W.ATK
Shoes	Green Steel-Tip Boots	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Speed
Cape	Green Napoleon	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 DEX
Earring	Red-Hearted Earrings	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 DEX
Ammo	Adamantium Arrow for Bow	Not scrollable

Crossbowman realistic loadout, every slot Lesser-scrolled:

Slot	Equipment	Lesser scrolls
Weapon	Rower	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 W.ATK
Hat	Green Maro	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Accuracy
Overall	Blue-Lined Kismet	10 Lesser scrolls: +10 DEX
Gloves	Blue Willow	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 W.ATK
Shoes	Green Steel-Tip Boots	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Speed
Cape	Green Napoleon	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 DEX
Earring	Red-Hearted Earrings	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 DEX
Ammo	Mithril Arrow for Crossbow	Not scrollable

Assassin realistic loadout, every slot Lesser-scrolled:

Slot	Equipment	Lesser scrolls
Weapon	Dark Slain	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 W.ATK
Hat	Brown Sonata	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Accuracy
Overall	Dark Avenger	10 Lesser scrolls: +10 LUK
Gloves	Brown Moon Gloves	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 W.ATK
Shoes	Green Goni Shoes	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Speed
Cape	Black Napoleon	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 LUK
Earring	Red-Hearted Earrings	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 LUK
Ammo	Steely Throwing-Knives	Not scrollable

Bandit realistic loadout, every slot Lesser-scrolled:

Slot	Equipment	Lesser scrolls
Weapon	Shinkita	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 W.ATK
Hat	Brown Sonata	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Accuracy
Overall	Dark Avenger	10 Lesser scrolls: +10 LUK
Gloves	Brown Moon Gloves	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 W.ATK
Shoes	Green Goni Shoes	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Speed
Cape	Black Napoleon	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 LUK
Earring	Red-Hearted Earrings	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 LUK
Shield	Pan Lid	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Accuracy

F/P Wizard realistic loadout, every slot Lesser-scrolled:

Slot	Equipment	Lesser scrolls
Weapon	Cromi	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Magic ATK
Hat	Aqua Golden Circlet	7 Lesser scrolls: +70 MP
Overall	Blue Calas	10 Lesser scrolls: +10 INT
Gloves	Blue Penance	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Magic ATK
Shoes	Purple Goldwind Shoes	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Speed
Cape	Blue Napoleon	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 INT
Earring	Red-Hearted Earrings	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 INT
Shield	Pan Lid	7 Lesser scrolls: +14 WDEF

I/L Wizard realistic loadout, every slot Lesser-scrolled:

Slot	Equipment	Lesser scrolls
Weapon	Cromi	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Magic ATK
Hat	Aqua Golden Circlet	7 Lesser scrolls: +70 MP
Overall	Blue Calas	10 Lesser scrolls: +10 INT
Gloves	Blue Penance	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Magic ATK
Shoes	Purple Goldwind Shoes	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Speed
Cape	Blue Napoleon	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 INT
Earring	Red-Hearted Earrings	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 INT
Shield	Pan Lid	7 Lesser scrolls: +14 WDEF

Cleric realistic loadout, every slot Lesser-scrolled:

Slot	Equipment	Lesser scrolls
Weapon	Cromi	7 Lesser scrolls: +7 Magic ATK
Hat	Aqua Golden Circlet	7 Lesser scrolls: +70 MP
Overall	Blue Calas	10 Lesser scrolls: +10 INT
Gloves	Blue Penance	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Magic ATK
Shoes	Purple Goldwind Shoes	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 Speed
Cape	Blue Napoleon	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 INT
Earring	Red-Hearted Earrings	5 Lesser scrolls: +5 INT
Shield	Pan Lid	7 Lesser scrolls: +14 WDEF

Build cards: every class in detail

Each card lists the build behind the ranking, then the full Chaos-scrolled loadout Grummash used for the max-scrolled tier (every gear slot, item by item, with the scrolls on it), then the per-skill 1-minute breakdown (Booster active) for the standard, realistic, and max-scrolled builds: damage per use, casts per minute, 1-minute damage, MP spent, and damage per MP.