Angelic Buster
| Faction | Nova |
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| Class | Pirate |
| Main Stat | DEX |
| Secondary Stat | STR |
| Primary weapon | Soul Shooter |
| Secondary weapon | Soul Ring |
| Link Skill | Terms and Conditions |
| Legion member effect | DEX: +10/20/40/80/100 |
| Angelic Buster | |
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| Title | Idol of the Battlefield |
| Hometown | Pantheon |
| Current Residence | Pantheon |
| Gender | Female |
| Race | Nova |
| Affiliations | Nova Eskalade Kaiser Velderoth (formerly) Maple Alliance |
| Minions | Eskalade |
| Enemies | Gerand Darmoor Magnus Velderoth |
| Status | Alive |
| Name (Other Servers) | |
| KoreaMS | 엔젤릭버스터 (Angelic Buster) |
| JapanMS | エンジェリックバスター (Angelic Buster) |
| ChinaMS | 爆莉萌天使 (Angelic Buster) |
| TaiwanMS | 天使破壞者 (Angelic Buster) |
| Voice Actors | |
| GlobalMS | Sarah Anne Williams[1] |
| KoreaMS | Yongshin Lee[2] |
| JapanMS | Haruko Momoi |
| ChinaMS | Suisui Xiaoguaishou (碎碎小怪兽)[3] |



Angelic Buster is a Nova Pirate released during the MapleStory: Tempest[4] Update.
Born without magic or a tail, Tear was shunned by the other Nova until she inadvertently fused with one of the four Nova sacred stones. After accepting the power of the ancient Nova spirit, Eskalade, Tear was transformed into the magical idol of the battlefield, Angelic Buster, with Eskalade's power strengthening in her as she gains fame and followers throughout Grandis and beyond. With her newfound abilities, Angelic Buster fights to protect the Nova from Magnus and his master, Gerand Darmoor, traveling to Maple World to find allies to retake the Nova capital of Heliseum.
Story
- Main article: Angelic Buster/Story
Decades after the end of the Flora Civil War and the fall of Heliseum, the Nova remained safe in the sanctuary city of Pantheon, protected by the four sacred stones that formed the Protective Shield. Two children named Kyle and Velderoth became friends with a girl named Tear, who had been shunned by the Nova for having been born without magic or a tail. Together, they became the Heliseum Force and trained every day in order to become strong enough to take back their capital.
One day, the three of them found Nefarious Priests attempting to steal the eastern sacred stone. While Velderoth went to get help, Tear grabbed the stone and fell unconscious upon touching it. As the priests attempted to kill her, Kyle awakened as the next Kaiser and used his powers to defeat them, falling unconscious soon after. The pair were brought to the infirmary, where Tear learned that the stone had been fused to her arm as a bracelet, thereby weakening the Protective Shield without the stone to lend its power.
Feeling guilty over her actions, Tear ran off as Kyle woke up. After Kyle learned about his destiny as Kaiser, he was informed by Fenelle the high priestess and Cartalion the knight captain that, with Gerand Darmoor having awakened as the Transcendent of Life, the Nova would need to ally with other Transcendents in order to win the war. As Kaiser continued training to become the Guardian of the Nova, Tear heard the voice of Eskalade, an ancient dragon spirit. Eskalade explained that his spirit had resided in the Outrigger - holy relic of the Nova, which had been given to them by the Ancient Gods of the Nova. When Magnus had invaded Heliseum, the Nova had transferred the relic's power into the sacred stones in order to transport them, with Eskalade's spirit inadvertently being transferred from the relic into the eastern stone.
Eskalade offered to share his power with Tear, explaining that the condition to use the power of the sacred stone was to have a high reputation amongst the people. Though Eskalade had initially hoped to have Tear gain reputation with her prowess as a warrior, he instead used his power to turn her into an idol, Angelic Buster, which would allow her to become famous, even without innate magic or strength. As Angelic Buster began performing and gaining a following, she slowly began absorbing more of Eskalade's powers, allowing her to become even stronger. While Tear began practicing with her new powers, Velderoth slowly began growing jealous of Kaiser, whose newfound abilities had allowed him to grow even stronger than Velderoth.
Soon after, both Kaiser and Angelic Buster realized that the Nefarious Priests were attempting to steal the other three sacred stones. Though they attempted to fight off the priests, they were unable to stop the priests from taking the western sacred stone. With two of the stones gone, the Protective Shield was weakened, allowing Magnus to send in his Specter army. While the Nova mounted their defenses, Angelic Buster used her connection to the sacred stones in order to find the stolen stone, which she brought back to Fenelle and Cartalion.
While the Protective Shield recharged, the Nova desperately attempted to hold off the invading Specters. Eventually, the shield came back on, instantly vaporizing all the Specters within its boundary. Kaiser then proposed the idea of deliberately turning off the shield in order to lure the Specters back in. After carrying out his plan, the Nova restored the shield, wiping out the entire Specter army at once. However, Magnus arrived on the scene and easily defeated Kaiser, Angelic Buster, and Velderoth at once before he was chased away by the Nova army. Bitter and resentful of Kaiser and the power that he had supposedly been handed out, Velderoth decided to leave Pantheon and join Magnus, believing that Magnus could give him the power to match Kaiser.
With the entire Specter army destroyed and Magnus too prideful to ask Darmoor for reinforcements, the Heliseum Council believed that now was the optimal time to launch a counterattack on Tyrant's Castle in order to take back their capital. In order to find powerful allies, the Council authorized Kaiser and Angelic Buster to use the Interdimensional Portal to explore the other. Kaiser and Angelic Buster then crossed through dimensions and arrived in Maple World. Around this time, the power of time that the Black Mage had stolen from Rhinne began leaking from the seal, allowing the Interdimensional Portal on Maple World to reappear, which led to Grandis.
While Angelic Buster continued to increase her reputation on Maple World, Kaiser's activities on Maple World drew the attention of the Maple Alliance, whom he began investigating as possible allies. With the approval of the Nova, Kaiser requested the Alliance for their assistance in the operation to retake Heliseum, for which the Alliance decided to send a small team of elite soldiers in order to reinforce the Nova, who crossed over to Grandis through the Interdimensional Portal. During the battle, the Nova soon learned that Velderoth had joined Magnus as a Guardian of Heliseum in order to become stronger than Kaiser. Eventually, the Nova were able to break into the city and launched their final assault on Tyrant's Castle, where they defeated the three Guardians of Heliseum. Though Victor and Treglow were both killed, Velderoth managed to escape in the battle.
The Alliance then discovered Magnus, who, for decades, had been attempting to steal the power of the Outrigger - the holy relic of the Nova, though the Ancient Gods of the Nova - sensing that Magnus had betrayed his people - continued rejecting his attempts. Furious, Magnus resolved to kill every single Nova in the world if it was required to finally claim the power. After being defeated, a mysterious vortex pulled in both Magnus and the Outrigger, causing them to disappear. Following Magnus' defeat, the Nova reclaimed Heliseum and officially joined the Maple Alliance.
Job Advancements
Gallery
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One of Tear's original NPC Sprites
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Default avatar of original Angelic Buster
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NPC Sprite of Angelic Buster (Dreamer / GO WEST!: Dream Concert Event; Non-KMS servers only)
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Angelic Buster Logo (2024, ChinaMS only)
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Angelic Buster Logo (2023)
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Angelic Buster Logo (2012)
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2023 Angelic Buster artwork
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2020 Angelic Buster artwork
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Original Angelic Buster artwork
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Angelic Buster dress-up teaser photo
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Angelic Buster selection button (Pre-Remaster)
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Angelic Buster selection button (Pre-Remaster)
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Artwork of Angelic Buster (2023 Remaster)
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Artwork of Angelic Buster (Dreamer / GO WEST!: Dream Concert Event; Non-KMS servers only)
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Artwork of Angelic Buster (MapleStory M China)
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Angelic Buster and Lucid Cutscene (Dreamer / GO WEST!: Dream Concert Event; Non-KMS servers only)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2021 - 2023)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2021 - 2023)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Tear (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (2023 - present)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (On Stage Skill)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (On Stage Skill)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (On Stage Skill)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (Dreamer / GO WEST!: Dream Concert Event; Non-KMS servers only)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (Dreamer / GO WEST!: Dream Concert Event; Non-KMS servers only)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (2021 - 2023)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (2021 - 2023)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (2021 - 2023)
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NPC Portrait of Angelic Buster (2021 - 2023)
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Collection Card of Angelic Buster (Rare)
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Collection Card of Angelic Buster (Epic)
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Artwork of Angelic Buster
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Artwork of Angelic Buster
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Artwork of Angelic Buster
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Artwork of Angelic Buster
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Artwork of Angelic Buster
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Videos
Trivia

- Before the remaster, Angelic Buster used Soul Recharge instead of MP to use her Soul Battery Skills (Star Bubble, Lovely Sting, Soul Seeker, Shining Star Burst, Celestial Roar, and Trinity). By cycling through her attack skills, all six had a chance to recharge. When using a Soul Battery skill, only that skill was unusable if it failed to recharge. Recharging success and failure only occurred if the attack made contact with an enemy. Recharging rate could be increased through Affinity Heart I, II, III, and IV.
- Her leitmotif/theme BGM is Star Bubble, and it was introduced in MapleStory M first.
- Only Female option is available at character creation.
External Links
- https://www.grandislibrary.com/nova/angelic-buster
- https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%97%94%EC%A0%A4%EB%A6%AD%EB%B2%84%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0
- https://orangemushroom.net/2012/08/08/kms-ver-1-2-169-idol-of-the-battlefield-angelic-burster/
References
- ↑ Also provides the voice(s) of Cygnus, Sanaan (Monad), Hilla (Tenebris and Grand Athenaeum), Ain, Juli, Freya, Bowman (Female), Pathfinder (Female), Pirate (Female), Cannoneer (Female), and Irena.
- ↑ Also provides the voice(s) of Seren and Joy.
- ↑ Confirmed from her Bilibili Channel's uploaded videos.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150107101010/http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/updates/update-notes/00Fcq#angelic
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