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LilPhenyl · 10-07-2009

May or may not contain actual Cirnos.

So yeah, that's right - you're a wizard or you're going to be making one! If you’re not, then reading this guide will totally be a waste of your time. I'm srs. Get out. Now. These are just overviews of practical builds, giving the pros/cons to them and a very simple layout of how to go about leveling skills. I won't be too specific, as I am not being payed to hold your hand. If you DO want to pay me, I will hold your hand and do various other activities that involve me having my clothes on.

This Guide Contains Dairy Products And:
-Elements
-Simple Builds
-Must haves
-Tips
-Ways to pick your final class for level 80
-Bad jokes and terrible memes

~The Elements~

EARTH! ~ Shiny Rock 'n' Roll

Attack speed bounces between slow to medium speed(s)
Attack range varies (can go as far as water~wind)
Cool down rate is slower than wind/water, faster than fire
Flashiest element (Shiiiiiny maaaagic)
Good for mobbing
Stronger than wind/water, weaker than fire
SP consumption is less than fire, more than wind/water
After you get all 8 main attacks, it becomes the most versatile element

FIRE! ~ it's hot in Topeka

Attack speed hovers around medium
Attack range is slightly shorter than wind
Cool down rate is the slowest out of all the other elements
Strongest magic
SP consumption is the highest out of all the other elements
Very hard to use until mid game (long cool down = gaps of no attacking)

WIND! ~ blowing and hoeing

Fastest magic
Second fastest cool down rate
Second weakest magic
Biggest horizontal range
SP consumption is less than all the other elements
Easiest element to use as it is best for speedy kiting

WATER! ~ be strongest - freeze frogs

Second fastest magic
Quickest cool down rate
Weakest magic
Highest vertical range/terrible horizontal range
SP consumption is more than wind, less than fire/earth
great for soloing if you're bulky
3rd mastery makes healing 10% more potent

HEART! ~ is not an actual element; it's healing skills which are an extension of water

Uh... You heal people with Dione/Undine skills from the healing tab
Costs a lot of SP
There's two branches for healing; one to heal yourself, one to heal others
Gets more potent as you get upgrade to the next healing skill
Gets stronger with the Final Mastery for water (10% more potent)

GOOOOOOOOOOO

PLANET!

~The Builds~

Okay, so just a note... I will tell you what to max/do and in what order to do it. It's up to YOU to judge if you should save points. Each skill tells you what you need before obtaining it and how many points you need - so there's no need for me to tell you the obvious. (I don't like holding people's hands the whole way through)

If there's points left over, which most of the time there are, you can use them on whatever you like. Depending on your build, using extra points on the Final Elemental Mastery, Mind Square, Stone Armor, Wind Walk, Healing skills and/or Elemental Protection would be a great idea. Keep in mind that you can work on more things in between maxing out the necessities.

Elemental Pride

Spoiler!

Elemental Prostitute

Spoiler!

Abracadagger

Spoiler!

No Items, Daggers Only, Final Destination

Spoiler!

Magical Fisticuffs

Spoiler!

10-07-2009	#1 (permalink)
LilPhenyl after seeing Flay naked: Games Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wherever is more annoying to you Posts: 1,873 Blog Entries: 4 iTrader: (0) IGN: Evey Class: The Master Of Coli Pickle Sticks: Queen Weinerlooks Level: 14X Guild: TrueHeaven	Cirno's Perfect Magic Class May or may not contain actual Cirnos. So yeah, that's right - you're a wizard or you're going to be making one! If you’re not, then reading this guide will totally be a waste of your time. I'm srs. Get out. Now. These are just overviews of practical builds, giving the pros/cons to them and a very simple layout of how to go about leveling skills. I won't be too specific, as I am not being payed to hold your hand. If you DO want to pay me, I will hold your hand and do various other activities that involve me having my clothes on. This Guide Contains Dairy Products And: -Elements -Simple Builds -Must haves -Tips -Ways to pick your final class for level 80 -Bad jokes and terrible memes ~The Elements~ EARTH! ~ Shiny Rock 'n' Roll Attack speed bounces between slow to medium speed(s) Attack range varies (can go as far as water~wind) Cool down rate is slower than wind/water, faster than fire Flashiest element (Shiiiiiny maaaagic) Good for mobbing Stronger than wind/water, weaker than fire SP consumption is less than fire, more than wind/water After you get all 8 main attacks, it becomes the most versatile element FIRE! ~ it's hot in Topeka Attack speed hovers around medium Attack range is slightly shorter than wind Cool down rate is the slowest out of all the other elements Strongest magic SP consumption is the highest out of all the other elements Very hard to use until mid game (long cool down = gaps of no attacking) WIND! ~ blowing and hoeing Fastest magic Second fastest cool down rate Second weakest magic Biggest horizontal range SP consumption is less than all the other elements Easiest element to use as it is best for speedy kiting WATER! ~ be strongest - freeze frogs Second fastest magic Quickest cool down rate Weakest magic Highest vertical range/terrible horizontal range SP consumption is more than wind, less than fire/earth great for soloing if you're bulky 3rd mastery makes healing 10% more potent HEART! ~ is not an actual element; it's healing skills which are an extension of water Uh... You heal people with Dione/Undine skills from the healing tab Costs a lot of SP There's two branches for healing; one to heal yourself, one to heal others Gets more potent as you get upgrade to the next healing skill Gets stronger with the Final Mastery for water (10% more potent) GOOOOOOOOOOO PLANET! ~The Builds~ Okay, so just a note... I will tell you what to max/do and in what order to do it. It's up to YOU to judge if you should save points. Each skill tells you what you need before obtaining it and how many points you need - so there's no need for me to tell you the obvious. (I don't like holding people's hands the whole way through) If there's points left over, which most of the time there are, you can use them on whatever you like. Depending on your build, using extra points on the Final Elemental Mastery, Mind Square, Stone Armor, Wind Walk, Healing skills and/or Elemental Protection would be a great idea. Keep in mind that you can work on more things in between maxing out the necessities. Elemental Pride Spoiler! Leveling Effectiveness~ 3/5 stars Summary: Good after level 30, even greater after level 50. If you choose this build, wind or water is what you should be using. If you use this build, leveling will be difficult until level 50 unless you have a party. This is also the cheapest build. If you want to be a supporter, you can toss in getting healing skills in between maxing everything else. You should have enough points to do so. Remember though, being able to defend yourself is more important than healing your allies. You can't do jack shizzle if you're dead or getting swarmed by monsters, now can you? Necessary Skills: -1 into Novice Mastery -Max 1st elemental attack -Max Novice Mastery -Max 2nd elemental attack -Max Skilled Mastery -Max Magic Upgrade -Max 3rd elemental attack -Max 4th elemental attack Elemental Prostitute Spoiler! Leveling Effectiveness~ 3/5 stars Summary: This requires you to use more than one element, though TWO is the suggested number. Any more than two and you'll find yourself in a very confusing place skill point wise. Leveling is much easier in the early stages compared to the Elemental Pride build, but it becomes a bit unnecessary after level 50. It's also costs twice as much as the Elemental Pride build. Only one of the elements will be strong, and the other one will be pretty lame in terms of damage. Choosing fire as the secondary element is a popular choice. You will NOT have extra points to toss around until later on. I find this build to be VERY inferior to the "Abracadagger Build" or "Elemental Pride Build". If you're going to use a dagger and shield for survival, the choice is obvious, use dagger skills. If you're bent on using magic, you can still use a dagger/shield, but your DPS will be lessened. . . Necessary Skills: -1 into the primary element's Novice Mastery -1 into the primary element's 1st attack -1 into the secondary element's Novice Mastery -1 into the secondary element's 1st attack -Max primary element's 1st attack -Max secondary element's 1nd attack -Max primary element's 2nd attack -Max secondary element's 2nd attack -Max primary element's Skilled Mastery -Max primary element's 3rd attack -Max secondary element's 3rd attack -Max secondary element's Skilled Mastery -Max primary element's 4th attack -Max secondary element's 4th attack -Max Magic Upgrade (this'll be around/a bit after level 60, if I recall correctly) Abracadagger Spoiler! Leveling Effectiveness~ 5/5 stars Summary: Good from start to finish, as in, it's great for you if you are not yet a Sorcerer or Bard. It's the most cost effective and fastest/safest way to grind. I personally love this build, as it makes you a DPS machine in a party. I heavily suggest you use either wind or fire with this build. Wind would be much more faster. . . You can also opt to switch to pure-wind at level 50 if you have the money. I find having full-on magic gets you better suited for everything past level 80. After all, if you wanna use dagger skills, PICK AN EXPLORER AND GTFO THE MAGIC-CIRCUIT MAAAAAAN! Or something to that effect. Be sure to keep up with your shield and try to put some stamina on it. As for your dagger, you should try to get a Weak Weapon Coupon (for cheap or from a quest) and get a Pririrng Dagger. The BEST dagger is the Java Walk, though. The Java Walk is considered the best weapon for any magic users on a budget, as it provides you with 10% Target Magic Resistance Decrease, which is easily better than a 20% Min/Max staff or orb. LASTLY, this is the BEST build because of one thing! Unlike the "Elemental Prositute Build", both means of attacks will be at their strongest. Dagger relies on the weapon, and your elemental attack relies on your stone. One set of dagger attacks, one set of elemental attacks, BLAMO! Whereas a build using two elemental types will have one strong element, and one weak element UNLESS you're uber rich and buy Bat Hearts or whatever. Necessary Skills: -1 into element's Novice Mastery -1 into element's 1st attack -1 into dagger's Novice Mastery -1 into dagger's 1st attack -Max element's 1st attack -Max dagger's 1nd attack -Max element's 2nd attack -Max dagger's 2nd attack -Max element's 3rd attack -Max dagger's 3rd attack -Max element's 4th attack -Max dagger's 4th attack -Work on skilled/expert masteries for funsies No Items, Daggers Only, Final Destination Spoiler! Leveling Effectiveness~ 3/5 stars Summary: This build is pretty decent, I suppose. You will be just as strong as a dagger explorer, with just about the same survival rating and less crit-probability. I really advise against this, since you're supposed to be using magic! Not only daggers. However, it works quite well. You can pick one branch or two. You can go for two, since all your misc skills are totally useless for powering-up dagger attacks - meaning more points for your masteries and dagger skills. HOORAY! Necessary Skills: -1 into Dagger's Novice Mastery -Max 1st dagger attack -Max Dagger's Novice Mastery -Max 2nd dagger attack -Max Dagger's Skilled Mastery -Max 3rd dagger attack -Max 4th dagger attack -Max Dagger's Expert Mastery Magical Fisticuffs Spoiler! Leveling Effectiveness~ 1/5 stars DON'T EVEN BOTHER Unless you want to be unique, that is. Remember, just because you're unique doesn't make you useful/good~ If you really want to try this build, I suggest you just follow a Guardian-type build and toss in some magic if you want. It's still very lame in terms of DPS compared to the other builds and you'll die. A lot. A LOOOOOT. __________________ "He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day!" Last edited by LilPhenyl; 11-01-2011 at 09:17 PM.