Doppelganger

For the old Japan/Taiwan version of the skill, see Shadow Bunshin.

For the monster, see Doppelganger (Monster).

Description

This skill allows you to gather monster souls and turn them into clones to attack your enemies. If you have high Stamina, you can use it to inflict more damage on your enemy by making your dopplegangers[sic] more active. You must gather monster souls each time you use this skill.

Details

Doppelganger skill loaded.

Doppelganger clones appearing for an attack.

• Instantly teleports to the target to attack with multiple clones.
  • You will need one soul per clone.
    • Souls are automatically obtained from defeating enemies, including Barrier Spikes or other players through PvP.
      • As souls are gathered, the skill icon will be shaded partly.
        • Attempting to use the skill when unavailable results the message "You need # more monster souls".
        • When the maximum soul count is reached, the skill icon will appear on the screen briefly, indicating that the skill is ready for use.
      • Souls are gathered regardless of enemy Combat Power.
      • Souls are not collected from enemies defeated by pets nor marionettes.
      • Souls are collected from finishing blows, rather than killing blows.
    • Souls will not stack past the maximum amount allowed by the current skill rank.
    • The number of clones generated is dependent on the skill rank.
    • Logging out or changing channels will reset the number of collected souls to 0.
  • Critical Hit Rate is calculated separately for each hit.
  • The last clone's hit will push the target back.
• The user also attacks with the clones, resulting in the skill attacking # of clones + 1 times.
• Movement is not possible while the skill is loaded.
  • The player is free to move and use other skills while the clones are attacking.
• The skill uses 8 Stamina upon activation, then an additional 7% of your current Stamina is consumed when attacking.
• Total Damage = [(Remaining Stamina * 0.21) + Doppleganger Damage] * (# of clones + 1)
  • Thus, the more Stamina the player has, the more damage the skill will do.
  • The equipped weapon has no effect on the skill's damage.
    • However, if the weapon has a special property, such as a Lance's Piercing Level or R type special upgrade, all clones will possess that ability.
• Ignores Protection for calculating Critical Hit.
• Ignores Defense, Counterattack, Lance Counter, and Chain: Counter Punch.
• Cannot be countered by Windmill.
• Doppelganger does not provide Proficiency nor consume Durability of weapons.
• Can be used during many skills' animation delay, as well as after triggering Defense and Auto-Defense (Melee), and also while being attacked or knocked down.

Skill Issues

• Due to a targeting bug, the user will attempt to run back to the target each time a clone attacks if they have not selected a new target.
• This skill causes displacement lag.
• Does not hit enemies with "Finish" above them.

Summary

Rank	N	F	E	D	C	B	A	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
AP Required	-	5	6	8	10	12	14	18	20	22	26	28	32	35	38	42
AP Required (Total)	-	5	11	19	29	41	55	73	93	115	141	169	201	236	274	316
Additional Strength	-	2	-	2	-	2	-	3	-	3	-	3	-	3	-	5
Additional Strength (Total)	-	2		4		6		9		12		15		18		23
Additional Stamina	-		2	-	2	-	2	-	3	-	3	-	3	-	3	-
Additional Stamina (Total)	-		2		4		6		9		12		15		18
Minimum Damage	80	88	96	104	112	120	128	136	144	152	160	168	176	184	192	200
Maximum Damage	120	132	144	156	168	180	192	204	216	228	240	252	264	276	288	300
Stamina Use	8 + 7%
Number of Clones	4	5						6				7
Range	1200
Close Combat Talent EXP (Total)	-	500	1,300	2,300	3,500	5,000	6,800	8,800	11,300	14,300	17,800	21,800	26,300	31,300	37,300	45,300
Adventurer Talent EXP (Total)	-	300	800	1,600	2,600	3,800	5,300	7,100	9,300	11,900	14,900	18,400	22,400	26,900	31,900	37,900

Obtaining the Skill

Alter Ego

How to Get Quest	Acquire Apprentice Level or higher in Vagabond Talent (Apprentice Level Adventurer and Apprentice Level Close Combat)
Briefing	Do you know that the spirits of all life forms are connected by a flow that is governed by Irinid? Once you study this flow, you may be able to control it and create wondrous things. - Kousai
Objectives	Talk with Kousai in Courcle, Iria Hunt 10 monsters
Rewards	10000 Experience Points
Additional Information	You will automatically learn the Doppelganger skill upon completing the quest. The monsters can be anything, as long as it is your finish.

Training Method

Novice Rank

• AP: 0

• Effects: 스킬을 연습하는 단계

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger.	20	5	100

Rank F

• AP: 5
• Stat Improvement: Str +2
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger.	6	20	120
Defeat an enemy	10	10	100

Rank E

• AP: 6
• Stat Improvement: Max Stamina +2
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger.	2	30	60
Defeat an enemy.	4	15	60
Use Doppleganger on a similarly-ranked enemy.	2	20	40
Defeat a similarly-ranked enemy.	4	10	40
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	4	5	20
Defeat a strong enemy.	6	3	18

Rank D

• AP: 8
• Stat Improvement: Str +2
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger.	1	40	40
Defeat an enemy.	2	20	40
Use Doppleganger on a similarly-ranked enemy.	1	30	30
Defeat a similarly-ranked enemy.	2	20	40
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	3	10	30
Defeat a strong enemy.	5	5	25

Rank C

• AP: 10
• Stat Improvement: Max Stamina +2
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger.	0.6	40	24
Defeat an enemy.	1.6	20	32
Use Doppleganger on a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.6	30	18
Defeat a similarly-ranked enemy.	1.6	20	32
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	2	15	30
Defeat a strong enemy.	3	10	30

Rank B

• AP: 12
• Stat Improvement: Str +2
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger.	0.4	40	16
Defeat an enemy.	1	20	20
Use Doppleganger on a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.4	50	20
Defeat a similarly-ranked enemy.	1	20	20
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	1.6	25	40
Defeat a strong enemy.	2.4	15	36

Rank A

• AP: 14
• Stat Improvement: Max Stamina +2
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger.	0.2	100	20
Defeat an enemy.	0.5	40	20
Use Doppleganger on a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.2	110	22
Defeat a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.5	40	20
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	0.6	50	30
Defeat a strong enemy.	1.2	25	30

Rank 9

• AP: 18
• Stat Improvement: Str +3
• Effects: Clone damage increases, Number of Clones increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger on a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.1	200	20
Defeat a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.2	100	20
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	0.6	40	24
Defeat a strong enemy.	1.6	20	32
Use Doppleganger on an extremely powerful enemy.	1	30	30
Defeat an extremely powerful enemy.	2	15	30

Rank 8

• AP: 20
• Stat Improvement: Max Stamina +3
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger on a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.1	200	20
Defeat a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.2	100	20
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	0.4	50	20
Defeat a strong enemy.	1	25	25
Use Doppleganger on an extremely powerful enemy.	1	30	30
Defeat an extremely powerful enemy.	2	15	30

Rank 7

• AP: 22
• Stat Improvement: Str +3
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger on a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.05	400	20
Defeat a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.1	200	20
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	0.3	100	30
Defeat a strong enemy.	0.6	50	30
Use Doppleganger on an extremely powerful enemy.	0.6	50	30
Defeat an extremely powerful enemy.	1.2	25	30

Rank 6

• AP: 26
• Stat Improvement: Max Stamina +3
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger on a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.03	500	15
Defeat a similarly-ranked enemy.	0.05	400	20
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	0.2	150	30
Defeat a strong enemy.	0.3	100	30
Use Doppleganger on an extremely powerful enemy.	0.5	60	30
Defeat an extremely powerful enemy.	1	30	30

Rank 5

• AP: 28
• Stat Improvement: Str +3
• Effects: Clone damage increases, Number of Clones increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	0.1	300	30
Defeat a strong enemy.	0.2	200	40
Use Doppleganger on an extremely powerful enemy.	0.4	75	30
Defeat an extremely powerful enemy.	0.6	50	30
Use Doppleganger on a boss-level enemy.	1	30	30
Defeat a boss-level enemy.	2	15	30

Rank 4

• AP: 32
• Stat Improvement: Max Stamina +3
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	0.05	500	25
Defeat a strong enemy.	0.1	300	30
Use Doppleganger on an extremely powerful enemy.	0.3	100	30
Defeat an extremely powerful enemy.	0.4	75	30
Use Doppleganger on a boss-level enemy.	0.8	25	20
Defeat a boss-level enemy.	1.6	15	24

Rank 3

• AP: 35
• Stat Improvement: Str +3
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	0.05	500	25
Defeat a strong enemy.	0.1	300	30
Use Doppleganger on an extremely powerful enemy.	0.24	150	36
Defeat an extremely powerful enemy.	0.36	100	36
Use Doppleganger on a boss-level enemy.	0.6	35	21
Defeat a boss-level enemy.	1.2	18	21.6

Rank 2

• AP: 38
• Stat Improvement: Max Stamina +3
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	0.04	500	20
Defeat a strong enemy.	0.05	300	15
Use Doppleganger on an extremely powerful enemy.	0.2	150	30
Defeat an extremely powerful enemy.	0.3	150	45
Use Doppleganger on a boss-level enemy.	0.4	50	20
Defeat a boss-level enemy.	0.5	25	12.5

Rank 1

• AP: 42
• Stat Improvement: Str +5
• Effects: Clone damage increases

Method	Exp.	Count	Total
Use Doppleganger on a strong enemy.	0.04	500	20
Defeat a strong enemy.	0.05	300	15
Use Doppleganger on an extremely powerful enemy.	0.1	300	30
Defeat an extremely powerful enemy.	0.2	150	30
Use Doppleganger on a boss-level enemy.	0.2	150	30
Defeat a boss-level enemy.	0.5	60	30

Master Title

Doppelganger Master
Max Stamina +30
Max HP +10
Doppelganger Damage +15%
Will -20

References

• スキル/隠し才能/分身術 - Mabinogi JP Wiki

Trivia

• Doppelganger serves as a rebalanced Shadow Bunshin, costing 316 AP total versus 173 AP total, no longer gains Proficiency nor loses uses Durability, uses 8 Stamina for loading verses 12, no longer has a load time, and can be usable at Novice Rank.