Pros

• Can keep up with Snipers in terms of DPS.
• Probably the cheapest DPS to gear up
• Buffs the other DPS in the group.
• Not reliant on Ignore DEF to deal damage.

Cons

• You might be investing on temporary gear
• A lot of buffs which causes DPS downtime
• Not-so-tanky melee DPS

Stats

• 99 STR
• X-70 AGI - Agi A Awakening Potions with 70 base agi will allow you to reach 480 ASPD. You can opt for less if you want to use Agi B and you have Bless up all the time.
• X LUK - 110 Crit is a comfortable number to always crit vs most bosses.
• Rest into VIT

Equipment

• Weapon

1. Heart Breaker - Less Crit Chance but more Crit Damage & ATK. Exclusive to Whitesmiths only.
2. Slash - Less Crit Damage & ATK but more Crit Chance. Can be used by Champion & Battlepriest and is realistically easier to sell compared to Heart Breaker. Heart Breaker offers superior damage but I personally prefer Crit Chance over Crit Damage.
3. Doom Axe - Mechanic Weapon. Doesn't offer Crit Chance or Damage but gives exponential damage increase vs Fire-weak targets. You can settle for this if you don't want to spend on a temporary weapon if you're eventually going to be a mecha driver.

• Off-Hand

1. Golden Ornament [1] III - one of the cheapest off-hands to slot. It offers 8 crit as well. Marc Card is very important for Melee DPS to avoid getting frozen.
2. 10 Evil Bracer [1] - should be the end-game item you should aim for. It provides 5% Melee ATK at 10 refine.

• Armor

1. Tights [1] III - the entry level DPS gear that provides 8% ATK. Cheap to slot as well which allows you to take advantage of elemental type-changing cards.
2. Staunch Armor [1] - the Melee Tanky/DPS mix which provides a healthy amount of STR, DEX, & def and provides 5% ATK when you have Staunch Ring Equipped.

• Garment

1. Saint Cape - Use this if you have it. It provides 3 to all stats at level 90
2. Blueeve Cape [1] - Cheap to slot if you have Bapho Jr. Card.
3. Staunch Mana Manteau - End game PVP Gear. Combos with High Fashion Sandals.

• Boots

1. Saint Shoes - Use this if you have it. It provides 3 to all stats at level 90.
2. Rune Boots - Provdes 3% ATK but is extremely expensive.
3. High Fashion Sandals - End Game PVP Gear. Combos with Staunch Mana Manteau.

• Accessory

1. Luna Brooch - Cheapest useful accessory to slot. You don't need to Tier this up.
2. Staunch Ring - Combos with Staunch Armor.
3. Fairy in Bottle - Gives a huge damage boost when it procs. Helps you secure the last hit in MVPs by bloating your damage.

• Headgears

1. Cat Ear Beret - 5% ATK
2. Rudolph's Horn - Melee DMG 5%
3. Goblin Leader Mask - 30% Demi-Human Reduction
4. Spiked Scarf - 5% Demi-Human Damage, 5% Demi-Human Reduction
5. Devil Wing - Damage 5%
6. Marchiosas' Tail - Refine Atk 10

Cards

1. Weapon - % Boosting Cards
2. Off-Hand - Marc Card, the rest are optional
3. Armor - Elemental Armor Cards, etc. Archer Skeleton * isn't worth it imo.
4. Garment - Bapho Jr.
5. Shoes - Ferus Card, optional.
6. Accessory - Greatest General Card (important), Kobold Card (optional)

Skills

Merchant

1. Cart Attack - 10
2. Enhanced Cart - 10
3. Change Cart - 5
4. Loud Exclamation - 10
5. Buying Low - 5

Blacksmith

1. Over Thrust - 5
2. Weapon Perfection - 10
3. Adrenaline Rush - 10
4. Weaponry Research - 10
5. Skin Tempering - 5

Whitesmith

1. Cart Boost - 1
2. Overthrust Max - 5
3. Meltdown - 10
4. Human's Heart Light - 5
5. Trading Master - 5
6. Skin A Flint - 5
7. The rest are up to you

Breakthrough

1. Level 20 - Adrenaline Rush - Increases your Auto Attack by 1,000.
2. Level 20 - Meltdown - Increases your Auto Attack by 30%.
3. Level 20 - Crazy Uproar - Increases your Party's strength by 10.

• The first two are your priority to level up. You'll feel the damage increase by around Job level 52-55. Invest more levels in Skin Tempering instead of Crazy Uproar if you opt to use a Doom Axe.

Runes

1. ATK from contributions
2. Cart Attack
3. Cart Slot
4. Cart Movement
5. LUK Switch
6. Strength Expansion
7. Unlocking more ATK

Priority from the top. This set-up is still superior and still gives you access to Cart Attack when you need it. I've tried Strength Expansion runes using the bottom path and it didn't add much damage compared to focusing on ATK. Using the left path causes you to pass by Split Axe which gives you a chance to deal AoE damage which can break CC while bosshunting.

Pets

1. Mandragora - 10 Crit, one of the cheapest sources of Crit.
2. Bapho Jr. - Luxury pet. I'll take the 10 Crit from Mandagora any day but 30k Sonic Blows in PvP is huge.

Do take note that you lose pet bonuses when pets are dead so Mandragora is better for bosshunts since its ranged and is less likely to get in the way of the boss' aoe.