The Dark Lord of MU Online is Season 2's class and the game's only commander: a fifth stat called Command, pets that fight for him, and a scepter instead of a sword. This guide covers him end to end — the kit with our server's own numbers, the Command economy, all four official builds, and the cape ladder read from our item table.
| Dark Lord at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Added | Season 2 (Kundun's Counterattack era) |
| Unlock | A character of level 250+ already on the account |
| Base stats | Str 26 / Agi 20 / Sta 20 / Ene 15 / Command 25 — 7 points per level |
| Growth | +1 HP per level, +2 HP per Sta, +1 mana per level, +1.5 mana per Ene |
| Weapons | Scepters — and the Command-driven pet system |
| The fifth stat | Command 25 at creation — it levels the pets and the party buffs |
| Builds | Four official ratios — battle, life, support, command |
Who the Dark Lord is
He arrived with Season 2's Kundun's Counterattack era: a lord who commands rather than swings — a scepter in hand, a Dark Horse to ride and a Dark Raven to fight beside him, and a fifth stat nobody else has. Where every other class asks "strength or energy?", the Dark Lord asks "me, or my pets and my party?"
He is gated: creating one needs a character of level 250 or higher on the account — the steepest gate of the classic classes.
The kit, with the numbers that matter
The class lives and dies on two skills and one stat:
| Piece | What it does |
|---|---|
| Fire Scream | The signature cone attack — the reason to roll the class, and the skill our Season 2 guide carries the full stat table for |
| Chaotic Diseier | The late line skill from the client's table (level 100, 220 mana row) |
| Command | The fifth stat: 25 at creation, and every point feeds the pets' damage and the party buff lines — no other class has it |
| Dark Raven | The attack pet — its damage scales on Command, which is what makes the command builds real |
| Dark Horse | The mount — and a stat stick in its own right |
The skill tree, from the client's own files
The client's reinforcement rows for the cape line apply to his shared cloak — Reinforcement of Cloak of Death, Defense and Attack (mana 17) — because his back slot is the cloak he shares with the Rage Fighter, Grow Lancer, Illusion Knight and Crusader lines. His own damage rows route through Fire Scream: the tree's job is to make the scream wider and the pets meaner, and the command builds skip nothing by taking both.
Four official builds — the only stat table with five columns
| Build | Ratio (Str / Agi / Sta / Ene / Cmd) | What it plays like |
|---|---|---|
| Battle lord | 40% / 15% / 10% / 25% / 10% | Strength and Energy for PvP combat — the lord who fights himself |
| Life lord | 15% / 30% / 45% / 9% / 1% | Life and defence training — the clan-battle bait |
| Support lord | 20% / 15% / 5% / 20% / 40% | Command and Energy — the party window: buffs, pets, presence |
With 7 points per level and a stat nobody else trains, the support lord is the build no other class can copy: a 40% Command column turns the raven into a second damage dealer and the party buffs into the reason the party exists.
Gear: scepters and the cloak slot
His weapon line is scepters — from the starter scepter up the classic tiers to the modern mastery lines — and his back slot is a cloak, not wings. The Moros's Scale set is his level-1 starter set on current files, and his armour ladder climbs the same mastery tiers everything else does.
The cloak ladder, with server numbers
Levels and defence read straight from our server's item table:
| Cloak | Level | Defence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wings of Curse | 150 | 10 | Shared with Summoner and Grow Lancer — the wing-shaped starter |
| Cape of Lord | 150 | — | His own starter cape — the scepter class's first cloak |
| Cloak of Death | 290 | 27 | Shared with Rage Fighter, Grow Lancer, Illusion Knight, Crusader |
| Cape of Emperor | 400 | 45 | Exclusive — the third-class cloak |
| Control Wings | 800 | 155 | Exclusive — the fourth-class cloak |
| Cloak of Yeongdo | 1200 | 175 | Exclusive — the fifth-class cloak, the top of the ladder on current files |
PvE, PvP and the party
PvE he is a rolling siege: Fire Scream through the pack while the raven picks targets. PvP the battle lord bursts with the best of them and the life lord simply refuses to leave. He fits no official trio — the lord is the fourth man every trio wants — but his Command buffs make any party better, which is its own kind of meta.
Play the Dark Lord on a live server
The Dark Lord is live on our Season 22 server — high exp, max stats 32,700, events and mini-bosses all day. Get one character to 250 first, then create him — and see the Season 2 guide for the Fire Scream stat table and the classic-era file canon.
- Create your account — it takes about a minute
- Download the client, level any character to 250, then pick the Dark Lord
- New to MU Online entirely? Start with how to start, then come back and take command
Every skill on the bar, read from our server's own files
The complete list, pulled straight from the skill table our server runs — level to learn, base damage, mana and AG cost, range, the stat gate, the +1-damage-per-X scaling and the imprint value. If another site disagrees with a number here, ours is the one the server actually uses.
| Skill | Level | Damage | Mana | AG | Range | Gate | +1 dmg per | Imprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abolish Magic | — | — | 90 | 70 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Archangel's will | — | — | 100 | 150 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Cyclone | — | — | 9 | 0 | 2 | — | 30 Strength | — |
| Defense | — | — | 30 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Earth-Shake | — | 150 | 0 | 50 | 10 | — | — | +100% |
| Explosion | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Falling Slash | — | — | 9 | 0 | 3 | — | 30 Strength | — |
| Fire Blast | — | 150 | 30 | 10 | 6 | — | — | +100% |
| Force | — | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ENE 15 | 40 Strength | +160% |
| Force Wave | — | 70 | 10 | 0 | 4 | — | 40 Strength | +160% |
| Lunge | — | — | 9 | 0 | 2 | — | 30 Strength | — |
| Stun | — | — | 70 | 50 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Swell Mana | — | — | 35 | 30 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Uppercut | — | — | 8 | 0 | 2 | — | 30 Strength | — |
| Crown Force | 10 | — | 80 | 20 | 0 | ENE 300 | — | — |
| Battle Glory | 66 | — | 40 | 30 | 0 | STR 200 | — | — |
| Fire Burst | 74 | 150 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ENE 79 | 80 Strength | +135% |
| Dignity | 82 | — | 50 | 50 | 0 | ENE 102 | — | — |
| Electric Spike | 92 | 250 | 10 | 12 | 10 | ENE 126 | 100 Strength | +125% |
| Summon | 98 | — | 70 | 30 | 0 | ENE 153 | — | — |
| Chaotic Diseier | 100 | 220 | 12 | 4 | 6 | ENE 84 | 80 Strength | +130% |
| Fire Scream | 102 | 180 | 10 | 3 | 6 | ENE 150 | 100 Strength | +130% |
| Plasma Storm | 110 | 60 | 50 | 20 | 6 | — | — | +100% |
The master skill tree (3rd class), node by node
Unlocked at the third class change (level 400); every level from 400 to 800 grants one point. Three branches, with the node names read from our server's own tree file:
Defense branch: Durability Reduction (1), PvP Defense Rate Increase, Maximum SD increase, Auto Mana Recovery Increase, Durability Reduction (2), SD Recovery Speed Increase, Automatic HP Recovery Increase, Defense Increase, Elemental DEF Increase, Automatic AG Recovery Increase, Durability Reduction (3), Defense Success Rate Increase, Adds Command Stat, Armor Set Bonus Increase, Vengeance, Energy Increase, Stamina Increase, Agility Increase, Strength Increase, Emperor Cape Defense PowUp, Protection Shield, Emperor Cape Attack PowUp, Steel Armor, Shield Block
Attack branch: Attack Success Rate Increase, Fire Burst Strengthener, Fire Scream Strengthener, Chaotic Diseier Strengthener, Electric Spark Strengthener, Fire Scream Mastery, Weapon Mastery, Spirit Blast Strengthener, Horse Strengthener, Maximum Life Increase, Battle Glory Strengthener, Earth-Shake Strengthener, Maximum Mana Increase, Divine Aura Strengthener, Maximum AG Increase, Max HP Boost, Crown Force Strengthener
Weapon branch: Attack Rate, Command Attack Increase, Scepter Strengthener, Shield Strengthener, Spirit Critical DMG Probability Increase, Scepter Mastery, Shield Mastery, Spirit Excellent DMG Probability Increase, Mana Reduction, Monster Attack SD Increment, Monster Attack Life Increment, Lord Dignity Strengthener, Minimum Attack Power Increase, Monster Attack Mana Increment, Divine Force Strengthener, Maximum Attack Power Increase, Increases critical damage rate, Restores all Mana, Restores all HP, Absorb Life, Increases excellent damage rate, Spirit Noble, Restores all SD, Increases double damage rate, SD Absorption, Increases chance of ignore Def
What each stat point does
The classic MU formulas, with this class's damage stat in the first row. Per-point HP and mana are in the table at the top of the page.
| Stat | What each point gives |
|---|---|
| Strength (damage stat) | +1 max damage per 4 points, +1 min damage per 7 |
| Agility (everyone) | +1 defense per 3 points, +1 defense rate per 4, +1 attack speed per 20 |
| AG (skill stamina) | +1 per 3 Agility, per 4 Vitality, per 5 Strength; +0.15 per Energy |
| SD (shield) | +1.2 per stat point and per level; +1 per 2 defense |
Class specialization and the EXP party
Two systems the stat screen never explains. First, specialization: as the class damage stat climbs past 1,500 and then 2,000, the character earns bonus damage on the same skill set — up to +45% at the top tier. Second, the classic EXP party: parties built as Dark Lord + Summoner + Magic Gladiator or Rage Fighter earn bonus EXP while hunting together — on top of the combat trios listed above.
Ability cards (5th class): Wind Soul of Saturation, Spirit Blast of Anger.
MU Online Dark Lord FAQ
What is the Dark Lord in MU Online?
The Dark Lord is Season 2's commander class: a scepter-wielding lord with a fifth stat called Command (25 at creation), a Dark Raven attack pet and a Dark Horse mount. No other class has the Command stat.
How do you unlock the Dark Lord?
He is gated: you need a character of level 250 or higher on the account — the steepest gate of the classic classes. On a high-exp server that is minutes of work.
What weapons does the Dark Lord use?
Scepters, plus the pet system: the Dark Raven attack pet and the Dark Horse mount, both scaled by the Command stat.
What does Command do?
It is the Dark Lord's fifth stat: it levels the pets' damage and the party buff lines. The official support build runs 40% Command — a column no other class can train.
What is the best Dark Lord build?
40/15/10/25/10 battle for PvP, 15/30/45/9/1 life as clan bait, or 20/15/5/20/40 command support for the party window. All three are official ratios.
Is the Dark Lord good for PvE or PvP?
PvE he is a rolling siege: Fire Scream through the pack while the raven picks targets. PvP the battle build bursts and the life build refuses to die.
Do the Dark Lord's wings differ from other classes?
Yes — his back slot is a cloak: Cape of Lord at 150 through Cloak of Yeongdo at 1200, with the Wings of Curse starter shared with Summoner and Grow Lancer.