Introducing, the dancer! The dancer is intended to be the 18th class for Realm of the Mad God and the third Katana class in the game. As many others have often done with their ideas for a third katana class, the dancer wears robes to stick with the theme of each katana class wearing a different armor type.
The dancer utilizes her ability item, the hoop, to give herself, along with one other player (her “dance partner” so to speak), a massive DPS increase. This works by first selecting your dance partner via the nearby player display at the bottom of the inventory interface. The dancer can then move the mouse and activate her ability to place a hoop particle effect on the ground. When both the dancer and her dance partner are standing in a hoop at the same time they are provided with a new buff called Dancing which provides a boost to the attack and dexterity of both players.
The dancing hoop particle effects will appear on the ground and are only visible to the dancer and their partner. If the hoop only applies one hoop, it will appear as the left hoop, however, if the ability allows you to have a second “partner” hoop, the second hoop will appear as the one on the right. We will refer to these as the “dancer hoop” and “partner hoop” for the sake of convenience throughout the rest of this post. Please keep in mind that these hoops cannot be placed on top of each other nor can they overlap at all.
Now for the steps on how to set your dance partner…
First, find the player you want to set as your dance partner in the nearby player menu in the bottom right of the UI.
After clicking on their name, click again to open the pre-existing menu for interactions with other players.
Select “Dance” to mark the other player as your dance partner which will place a Dancing symbol above you and your partner’s heads when a player enters a hoop’s radius.
Alternatively, players will be able to use a “/dance” chat command in order to select a dance partner in their current instance as well. The chat command would be formatted as the following:
/dance PARTNERNAME
Now, with an ability that is so reliant on having another player with you, you might be thinking, “is there no point in playing this class solo?” Well, actually, no. Thankfully, if you don’t currently have a dance partner marked, you will still be buffed by “dancing” but only for half of the effect. So if the dancing buff of a particular hoop increases your DEX by +10 and ATT by +10, you would instead receive a dancing buff of +5 DEX and +5 ATT when standing in the hoop. So, ideally, you should try to always have a dance partner, but solo play is still possible even without one.
Now, let’s get into the hoops themselves!
Training Hoop
Tier 0
MP Cost 70
On Equip +2 VIT
Effect(s)
Places dancer hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +4 DEX and +4 ATT if both players are standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +2 DEX and +2 ATT if only one player is in the hoop and only applies to that player (not both players)
Duration Infinite (until dancer moves hoop to a new location)
Cooldown 10 seconds
Hoop Radius 1.5 tiles
Feed Power 5
Wooden Hoop
Tier 1
MP Cost 75
On Equip +4 VIT
Effect(s)
Places dancer hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +6 DEX and +6 ATT if both players are standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +3 DEX and +3 ATT if only one player is in the hoop and only applies to that player (not both players)
Duration Infinite (until dancer moves hoop to a new location)
Cooldown 9 seconds
Hoop Radius 1.75 tiles
Feed Power 10
Stainless Steel Hoop
Tier 2
MP Cost 80
On Equip +6 VIT
Effect(s)
Places dancer hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +8 DEX and +8 ATT if both players are standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +4 DEX and +4 ATT if only one player is in the hoop and only applies to that player (not both players)
Duration Infinite (until dancer moves hoop to a new location)
Cooldown 8 seconds
Hoop Radius 2 tiles
Feed Power 20
Circus Hoop
Tier 3
MP Cost 85
On Equip +8 VIT
Effect(s)
Places dancer hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +10 DEX and +10 ATT if both players are standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +5 DEX and +5 ATT if only one player is in the hoop and only applies to that player (not both players)
Duration Infinite (until dancer moves hoop to a new location)
Cooldown 7 seconds
Hoop Radius 2.25 tiles
XP Bonus 1%
Feed Power 45
Golden Hoop
Tier 4
MP Cost 90
On Equip +10 VIT
Effect(s)
Places dancer hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +12 DEX and +12 ATT if both players are standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +6 DEX and +6 ATT if only one player is in the hoop and only applies to that player (not both players)
Duration Infinite (until dancer moves hoop to a new location)
Cooldown 6 seconds
Hoop Radius 2.5 tiles
XP Bonus 2%
Feed Power 90
Jungle Hoops
Tier 5
MP Cost 95
On Equip +12 VIT
Effect(s)
On First Click:
Places dancer hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
On Second Click:
Places partner hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from both players standing in the same hoop provides +14 DEX and +14 ATT
Dancing effect from either hoop provides +7 DEX and +7 ATT if only one player is in the hoop and only applies to that player (not both players)
Dancing effect from the dancer standing in the dancer hoop and the partner standing in the partner hoop provides +20 DEX and +20 ATT to both the dancer and their partner
Duration Infinite (until dancer moves hoops to a new location)
Cooldown 5 seconds after placing both hoops
Hoop Radius 2.75 tiles
XP Bonus 3%
Feed Power 185
Mystical Hoops
Tier 6
MP Cost 100
On Equip +14 VIT, +20 HP, +20 MP
Effect(s)
On First Click:
Places dancer hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
On Second Click:
Places partner hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from both players standing in the same hoop provides +16 DEX and +16 ATT
Dancing effect from either hoop provides +8 DEX and +8 ATT if only one player is in the hoop and only applies to that player (not both players)
Dancing effect from the dancer standing in the dancer hoop and the partner standing in the partner hoop provides +22 DEX and +22 ATT to both the dancer and their partner
Duration Infinite (until dancer moves hoops to a new location)
Cooldown 4 seconds after placing both hoops
Hoop Radius 3 tiles
XP Bonus 6%
Feed Power 380
Celestial Eon Hoops
Tier 7
MP Cost 105
On Equip +16 VIT, +40 HP, +40 MP
Effect(s)
On First Click:
Places dancer hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
On Second Click:
Places partner hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from both players standing in the same hoop provides +18 DEX and +18 ATT
Dancing effect from either hoop provides +9 DEX and +9 ATT if only one player is in the hoop and only applies to that player (not both players)
Dancing effect from the dancer standing in the dancer hoop and the partner standing in the partner hoop provides +24 DEX and +24 ATT to both the dancer and their partner
Duration Infinite (until dancer moves hoops to a new location)
Cooldown 3 seconds after placing both hoops
Hoop Radius 3.25 tiles
XP Bonus 8%
Feed Power 570
Burning Hoop of Fire
Tier UT
MP Cost 120
On Equip +10 ATT, +10 VIT
Effect(s)
Places dancer hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop damages enemies within the hoop for 400 damage per second if only one player is in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop damages enemies within the hoop for 800 damage per second when dancer and partner are both standing in the hoop
Duration Infinite (until dancer moves hoop to a new location)
Cooldown 10 seconds
Hoop Radius 5 tiles
XP Bonus 6%
Feed Power 700
Loot Bag
Drops From Archdemon Malphas
Ancient Inventor’s Hoop
Tier UT
MP Cost 90
On Equip +5 DEF, +8 VIT
Effect(s)
Places dancer hoop at cursor granting Dancing to the player or their dance partner when standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +20 DEF if both players are standing in the hoop
Dancing effect from this hoop provides +10 DEF if only one player is in the hoop and only applies to that player (not both players)
Duration Infinite (until dancer moves hoop to a new location)
Cooldown 3 seconds
Hoop Radius 2.5 tiles
XP Bonus 6%
Feed Power 800
Loot Bag
Drops From Stone Guardian
And finally, onto the stats!
Initial Stats
HP 150
MP 100
ATT 10
DEF 0
SPD 10
DEX 10
VIT 15
WIS 15
Average Stats at Level 20
HP 625
MP 195
ATT 29
DEF 0
SPD 38
DEX 29
VIT 40
WIS 40
Base Stat Cap
HP 720
MP 252
ATT 50
DEF 25
SPD 60
DEX 50
VIT 75
WIS 75
And that’s it for now! I hope you enjoyed reading this post and please remember to provide feedback/comments below! Thanks!