Delevel

## About

**Delevel**'ing is the art of maximizing the potential of your character's build by removing exp from one (or more) of your Combat Skills: STR/DEX/DEF/INT.

You do this using a combination of “Exp removal scrolls” + getting killed.

Things to keep in mind:

1. Getting killed will only loose exp if there is any left to loose in the current level of your skills, eg. has more as zero exp in the current level.
*(This will not lower the level of your skills)*
2. Using any “Exp removal scroll” will also remove exp from your Weapon skills and VIT, in addition to the respective Combat Skill: STR/DEX/DEF/INT
*(This can lower the level of your skills)*

## Why?

You might ask "Why should I remove XP?" Good question, as it leads to a well hidden secret of Ancients Reborn. We have three groups of levels you will collect XP in, when fighting MOBs. Each of them has advantages.

1. Combat Skills (STR, DEX, DEF, INT): These increase your performance in the respective fighting style. Which receive XP can be set in the combat skill tab.
2. Vitality (VIT): Increases your health and health regeneration. Vitality gets 1/3 of all XP regardless of weapon type.
3. Weapon Skills: Increases your performance in the respective weapon type and only increases when the weapon is used.

In addition we have the combat level. It is calculated as roughly 1/3 of the sum of **all** combat skills from group 1 (STR, DEX, DEF, INT). With higher combat level you may use better gear. (Hurray!) But with higher combat level you will get less XP from MOBs. (Boo!) MOBs with much lower level will not attack you at all during afk. This does balance the game as you will tend to fight MOBs around \*/- 10 of your own combat level.

BUT: Groups 2 and 3 do not influence your combat level. So the best of all worlds is super high vitality and weapon skill while the combat level is about 10 levels below your choice of MOB. Additionally the distribution between combat skills should be according to your fighting style and weapon, Similar arguments are true for PvP.

The problem is that there is no way to reduce XP in only one group or even to only increase XP in groups 2/3. That is why you delevel. Usually deleveling is only relevant for higher level players.

## How to

Possible selections in the “crossed-swords” menu:STRDEXDEFINTSwords / Axes / Hammers✓✓✓Bows✓✓Staffs✓✓
Here is an example of how to use **Deleveling** to improve your VIT.

1. Make sure your VIT has just leveled up and the bar looks empty visually, because there is no indication how much exp you have in the current level of it, unlike the STR/DEX/DEF/INT skills which you can view using the “crossed-swords” icon above chat and making only that stat active.
2. Choose one of the STR/DEX/DEF/INT skills which you are willing to loose exp from. This skill has to have exp in the current level of it.
	* Use the “crossed-swords” icon above chat to activate only the skill you have chosen, and equip a corrosponding weapon for it from the table shown.
3. Now get your self killed until the skill you had chosen has no more exp left in the current level.
Eg. shows “`0 / xxx`” in the bar under your Health bar in top left.
*(This will not lower the level of the skill you had chosen from step 2 yet)*
4. Now **Delevel** your chosen skill, from step 2, using a corrosponding “Exp removal scroll”.
*(This will also remove some exp from your VIT and corrosponding Weapon skill, plus possibly lower their levels)*
5. Now go kill some monsters to regain enough exp to level up your VIT and/or corrosponding Weapon skill again to the level it was before step 4.
6. Repeat from step 3 until you are satisfied with the level of the skill you started in step 1, which in this scenario was VIT.
7. Enjoy your improvement.