Maplestory Guide - Zakum

Mighty Zakum, once a force to be reckoned with, now... not so much. Post-4th job, Zakum has become quite an easy challenge, but still, for those of you out there who aspire to solo it, you'd best know everything about him.

First of all, the Zakum fight occurs in 4 stages. The first stage is Zakum's 8 arms, which comprise roughly half its total HP. Stage 2 3 and 4 are his body stages, all of which are mostly the same. First of all, lets take a look at what he can do.

Each of Zakum's 8 arms are different. There are 4 arms on each side and each one has a similar arm on the other side. First of all are the bottom arms, which are completely identical. Their only ability is a ground pound attack. Both have 25,300,000HP.

The second arms from the bottom are unique, however. The left side one is the curse (or status) arm, this arm casts status afflictions (such as darkness) for as long as it remains, making it a high priority target. The right side is the healing arm, which as its name would suggest, heals. It also buffs Zakum with attack and defence up. The curse arm has 27,500,000HP while the heal arm has 30,000,000.