Monster+Carnival

__** __Intro__
 * __ Carnival PQ Guide

Carnival PQ is a PQ with a difference. It is more like PvP or RTS than anything else in maplestory. You dont use pots, you pick them up and they are instantly used. There are big pots which affect the whole PT, and small, normal ones just for you. It is a mix of tactics and brute force, which blends excellently if you have a brain.

__Making a PT__

To start off with, decide how many people you want to PQ with. minimum of 2, maximum of 6. The best number is 3 or 4, with 2 Warriors/Melee attackers, 1 Sin/Archer and a wizard/cleric.

After, you will see lots of people shouting '４ｖ４' The 4 stands for how many people. So they are looking for a 4 against 4 Carnival PQ. So, if you happen to have 4 people, engage in conversation and arrange a ch.. **(In GMS, people use J> PQ and then state the type of PQ (4vs4, etc).)**

__Choosing a Map__

There are a total of 6 maps, each with different characteristics. Map 1 is a flat map, with small ledges where the Pillars (more about this later) go. Map 2 is the same, Map 3 is the same as map 4, map 4 is a good one, but is more about raw power than tactics. It has monsters spawn on the bottom, and it has lots of platforms where Pillars can construct. Map 5 and Map 6 are the same as each other. They are big maps with lots of monsters, and are good for 4-6 PT's

__Tactics__ Unlike most PQ's in maple, where you want the highest levels, me (level 40 Fighter), inny(level 47 xbow) and chris(level 44(?) i/l mage) happily fended off PT's with one or 2 levle 50's simply by working together. An all english PT helps too much to describe.

This is the closest maple will come to RTS, imo.

So....tactics.

In most games i have seen and played in, the most common way to win successfully, and recommended by Chris, is to start the game and power through, ranking up as much CP as possible in the first 30 or so seconds. After this, or as soon as you have 16 CP, click the 3rd tab and activate the Monster Effect which looks like Avoidability in your status window. This will construct a Pillar in the opponents half, or in maps 1-4, on any of the platforms. This Pillar, as long as it stays standing, will make every monster the opponent can only attack, have really high avoidability. In other words, only Archers will be able to hit them or screwed up high dex people. After you have done this, start rapidly spawning monsters from the 1st tab. This just makes it chaotic for the other team.

While this is happening, the best way to ultimately confuse the enemy team is to spawn lots of (semi)useless Pillars. This makes it hard for them to target the specific one, and leads to more time for you to kill while they arent.

The 2nd tab is pretty useless, it affects one person on the other team, and all of them can instantly be worn off with a all-heal which are incredibly common in there.

Once you have started making serious CP, try saving up 35 Points. This allows you to use the Monster Effect that makes them like Goby houses or Bone fish. Invulnerable to Physical or magical attacks. It is useful scouting out the big hitters in your opponents PT, so you can pinpoint which to go for, physical or magical.

If you manage to work together as a team efficiently, you can end up not letting the opponent not have a Invulnerable or Avoid effect on their monsters the entire round. Its embarassing when you lag behind by 100-200 points.

__Bountact (see wut i did thar)__

Depending on the party size (i'll use 4 for an example), you want to split the CP usage between everyone; for what i usually do, 2 people try to max summoning master chrono's, 1 casts debuff's on the whole party(i'll explain why later), and last you'd want one person to construct buff towers (3rd tab).

So, some of you might notice that, all monsters mainly spawn on the ground or bottom, and the towers get constructed on the top somewhere. first part of the plan, you want to get the 2 people to summon master chrono's ASAP. 2nd, you'll need to co-ordinate with your tower constructer and debuff'er; tower constructer builds a avoid and speed tower really quick, then right after that you'd want the debuff'er to cast weakness (the debuff where you can't jump), this will make the other team not be able to hit anything or jump out of danger, If you don't kill anything then no pots will come out, therefore everyone will die. They might have cure-all's on the other side but, that's why you get your debuffer to spam the spell every few seconds. Also if any theives try to do dark sight, the chrono's will attack them, so GG, basically a perfect killer strat.

__How to stop Effects__

To stop monster effects, simply go and atttack the pillars until they fall down. There is no way of knowing which controls which effect, so go for one as soon as it appears.

__Winning__

To win, you have to have more Total Points Gained than the other team by the end of 10 minutes. In those 10 minutes, i have gained anywhere from 3% to 8-9%, and i havent even had the winning bonus yet. With a good pt i have gained almost 20% a PQ. Thats 20% every 10 minutes.

Good Luck.