Just a few clarifications on terminology:
*Blind: Going into the boss blind to mechanics and learning mechanics as I practice.
*Pure solo progression: Even after soloing the boss once, I continue to farm the boss week by week in order to obtain any relevant drops, etc (I.e., farming Arcane equips from scratch)
**Gear, fams, legion, and stats at the end of video

It's been a long time coming, probably about 1.5-2 years of heavy MapleStory grinding on my Cadena and truthfully I never thought I could manage to fulfill my goal of solo progressing through every boss in MapleStory blind (never having watched any spoilers or gameplay of each boss I solo while learning all the mechanics myself), let alone a blind pre-lib Black Mage solo.

It's been a super fulfilling experience (full of dopamine hits) that has kept me passionate about MapleStory and a goal that has driven me to continue playing through a lot of ups and downs (with a few minor breaks in the middle).

The journey/grind doesn't end here, however. I plan on solo liberating as well as continuing to push any boss beyond Black Mage that is minimum damage solo viable. If not, then I have to wait for just enough power creep to allow a solo to be possible on future bosses. Pure solo progression continues! I also want to start creating MapleStory content from time to time as a hobby while pushing potential alt characters to this point. P.S. Cadena best class.