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| Job Base: | Sage | ||||
| Job Type: | 2-2 Transcendent | ||||
| Changes At: | Juno | ||||
| Number of Skills: | 8 | ||||
| Total Skill Points: | 24 | ||||
| Total Quest Skills: | 0 | ||||
| Job Bonuses | |||||
| STR | AGI | VIT | INT | DEX | LUK |
| +6 | +9 | +4 | +13 | +11 | +2 |
Overview
Quenching their lifelong thirst for learning, Scholars have accumulated a greater body of knowledge than ever before! They have new, creative uses for their mystical skills to support allies and frustrate enemies. Although Scholars do not boast the sheer power of their counterpart, the High Wizard, their inventive applications of magic are their keys to victory.
Scholars are the transcendent version of Sages. Through rebirth, Scholars gain class-defining SP manipulative skills such as Soul Exhale, Indulge, and Soul Siphon. The two former skills enable Scholars to act as endless sources of SP, which makes them a favorable class for party play. The third SP-manipulating skill, Soul Siphon, allows Scholars to offensively eliminate all of their opponent's SP, making Scholars a formidable class for PvP and WoE.
Their offensive power also gets a boost in the form of Double Bolt, Foresight and Fiber Lock, making one-hit kills for INT-based builds a possibility.
Jobchange Guide
To become a Scholar, you must find a book called 'the Book of Ymir' in 'Sage Castle', Juno. The book will lead you to Valhalla so you can change your job through the Scholar job NPC. Also you must reach at least job level 40 as a transcendent 1st class character.
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| 1.Sage Castle is located at 11 o'clock direction (yuno 88,320) in Juno. | 2.'Book of Ymir' is located inside a room behind an NPC called Metheus Sylphe (yuno_in02 88,164). |
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| 3.The Book of Ymir (yuno_in02 94,206) will teleport you to Valhalla. | 4.Find and talk to a job NPC suited to your 2nd class. |
Builds
Hindsight
- STR: 1
- AGI: 99+
- VIT: 20-30
- INT: 99+
- DEX: 1-20
- LUK: 1
This is similar to the Hindsight Sage build. However, a Scholar is able to further enhance the efficiency of Hindsight by using the skill Double Bolt, which vastly improves damage compared to a Sage. Note that this build requires a constant Sage Spirit link from a Soul Linker to function effectively. This build is less vulnerable to silence due to the automatic-casting nature of Hindsight, and can deal high amounts of damage. Some builds will take VIT as well to increase HP, or DEX for casting speed. Largely a PvM build, Hindsight types are rare in WoE and MVP scenarios.
INT/DEX Bolter
- STR: 1
- AGI: 1
- VIT: 1-60
- INT: 120+
- DEX: 110-130
- LUK: 1
Considered a PvP build, the Bolter utilizes high INT, Foresight, Fiber Lock and Double Bolt to inflict massive damage on their foes. They can also render their opponents semi-useless with Soul Siphon. This build allows Scholars to perform the same supportive roles as support-type Scholars due to their high DEX, high maximum SP, and similarity between skill builds, in addition to having offensive options. However, having minimal VIT leaves this build more vulnerable to stun and silence status effects than support builds in PvP and WoE scenarios. Refer to the Bolter section for information on PvP tactics.
VIT/DEX Support
- STR: 1-40
- AGI: 1
- VIT: 80-100
- INT: 1-40 (only 3x INT is needed to have enough MATK for Frost Diver and Heaven's Drive to seldom miss foes)
- DEX: 130+
- LUK: 1
The Support type is the most common build among Scholars. Although they come in a large variety of stats, their common point is the maxed DEX and their very low INT (can be hybridized), which makes solo leveling for them via bolts neigh impossible. They are however much preferred for party play with classes that heavily rely on SP.
INT/AGI/STR Melee
- STR: 1-80
- AGI: 70-110
- VIT: 1-50
- INT: 91-110
- DEX: 1-75
- LUK: 1-30
This build does not differ much, stat-wise, from their Sage counterpart. However Double Bolt greatly enhances their offensive capability, while Foresight offsets their generally low DEX when bolting manually. Coupled with the Sage Spirit buff of Soul Linkers, they can deal high amounts of damage. They can also render their opponents semi-useless with Soul Siphon or support their allies with Soul Exhale. These builds vary largely, some even using pure melee damage for attacking. Hybrids can deal with many situations, but are usually not optimal in a certain field. They are fairly rare in WoE/PvP activities. Unusually, they can use automatic-casting equipment to further supplement Hindsight.
Tactics
PvM
Although INT based or Battle builds can opt to solo, Scholars are much preferred for party play thanks to Indulge and Soul Exhale. It allows them to team up with classes that require lots of SP to do the killing, mostly Snipers, Monks/Champions, and Lord Knights.
MVP
In addition to everything Sages can do, Scholars can refill the SP of needy classes and use Fiber Lock to immobilize monsters.
WoE
Besides the Sage skills already available to them, they get further use in supporting SP needy classes with Soul Exhale. They can also make use of Soul Siphon and Soul Exhale to strip other classes of their SP, or Fiber Lock, to stop anyone in their tracks.
PvP
Bolter
- Fire Bolt Combo: Anything that does not massively stack MDEF or wear Fire elemental armor can be decimated by Stone Curse + double Fiber Lock + Double Bolt Fire Bolt combos. Damage can be further amplified by standing on Volcano and using Imp Cards.
Equipment
Since Scholars retain all of the roles of a Sage, their equipment is also similar to Sage equipment.
Weapons
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Lich's Bone Wand |
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Piercing Staff |
These weapons are very effective if refined up to +9 \~ +10
Shields
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Thorny Buckler |
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Orleans's Server |
Accessories
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Orleans's Glove |
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Bison Horn |
Obs: Orlean's combo for cast, Imp and Siroma cards recommended; Thorny Buckler + Bison Horn for agi/Hindsight builds, Gazeti and Kukre cards recommended for more DPS.
Class Data
Skills
For more information about Sage skills, click here.
| Skill | Description | Levels | Type | ||
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Create a 5x3 area with protection against various attacks and inflict the [blind](Blind.md) status on all characters and monsters inside it. | 1 | Active | ||
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Gives the caster a buff that has a 40%~80% chance of a bolt spell triggering twice with a single cast. | 5 | Supportive | ||
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Shoot a spider web to immobilize a target for 8 seconds (4 against players). | 1 | Active | ||
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Reduces the casting time of the next 5 casts by half. | 1 | Supportive | ||
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Consumes 10% of the user's [Max HP](Max_HP.md) to restore 10%~50% of that amount as SP. | 5 | Supportive | ||
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Increases the target's [MATK](MATK.md) by 20%~100% while decreasing its Soft [MDEF](MDEF.md) by 12~60. | 5 | Offensive | ||
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Exchange caster's remaining [SP](SP.md) amount with the SP amount of a target. | 1 | Active | ||
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Grants a 40%~70% chance to fully drain the SP amount of a target. | 5 | Offensive |
Job Bonuses
The job levels in which a Scholar receives a certain bonus:
| Stat\Amount | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +6 | +7 | +8 | +9 | +10 | +11 | +12 | +13 |
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| STR | 5 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 57 | |||||||
| AGI | 3 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 43 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 69 | ||||
| VIT | 7 | 24 | 43 | 63 | |||||||||
| INT | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 30 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 70 |
| DEX | 8 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 55 | 62 | ||
| LUK | 21 | 66 |
ASPD
Scholars can use Concentration and Awakening Potions.
See Also
External Links
- Scholar Skill Tree at Skill Simulator