After a couple frustrating efforts at the train and
Maplestory 2 Mesos beating Shao, I have come up with a way to kill her to get Zero which should result in no death (it did for me, twice in a row,) plus a couple(somewhat apparent, but still possibly helpful)hints for escaping the train. The majority of this relies on the skill "Time Holding" so if you're too low to have this ability, this might not be as useful, but you still may get a few tips.
Always head to the left as that is where the final car is along with the explosions you need to escape from beginning on the right side. Stay on the top for as much as you can as there's less things to obstruct you and permit the explosions to grab up to you.When you do need to go down, simply jump near the border of the top of a car and you should receive inside another one.Don't kill some of these monsters, just repeatedly press your potions and walk past them.Make sure you have your "Rewind" on in the event that you're large enough to possess it. Should you make a mistake along with the explosions are in view, use "Time Holding" and attempt to get as far ahead of these as possible.
Following the battle begins, strike her until she teleports. (She can teleport in front of you, sometimes, so in the event that you own "Rewind" I really do recommend having it on, just in case.) If she teleports, instantly press double up-arrow onto one of the (apparent, no enemies on it) above platforms. Wait until you hear four (4) explosions. That's when you know that there's no longer any leaf bugs down under. (The foliage bugs will kill you within one hit.) Jump down and continue attacking. Repeat this until she begins spawning her giant flame spell.
When she begins spawning her giant fire charm, immediately press on "Time Holding" and press on double up-arrow to get along with a few of the high platforms, just like before. Wait until it finishes, and leap back down. I hope this can be helpful to anyone stuck on Shao. I couldn't locate any other guides about this.
Random questions from a returning maplestory participant
I'm pretty sure most npcs sold all cure potions and I remember an npc in the crafting town that sold a few of the lowest degree flowers/seeds and fatigue lowering potions
Buy MS2 Mesos. What happened to those? My very first run of zakum cost over like 50 all cures and I still lost because I ran out (He had been on the last stage and low hp also...). When I found them out about lv70ish, I maxed lv80 gear. Later to find out this was a mistake, of course. I got to 120 pretty quickly from there and discovered the 120-130 gear needed way longer. Aside from farming monsters, there must be another way people are becoming spell traces. I found out about pulling them out of scrolls and so started my alch material but as lv10 is sort of way for now, can anyone tell me just how many spell traces one actually gets out of a scroll? Is that even how most people get the majority of theirs?