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Wizard

Job Base:			Magician
Job Type:			2-1
Changes At:			Geffen Tower
Number of Skills:			13
Total Skill Points:			101
Total Quest Skills:			1
Job Bonuses
STR	AGI	VIT	INT	DEX	LUK
+1	+8	+1	+12	+6	+2

Overview

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Wizards are powerful offensive magic users. They rely on dangerous magic strikes as well as devastating Area of Effect spells to wreak havoc.

Jobchange Guide

See Wizard Job Change Guide for detailed information.

Changing into a Wizard from a Magician requires the player to complete a number of tasks:

Item Collection
Written Test
Battle Test

After completing these tests, the player will be transformed into a Wizard. This takes place inside of the Geffen Tower.

Builds

There are a large variety of builds in terms of skills. In terms of stats however, there isn't much freedom for originality besides melee and Fire Pillar builds, which are unusual. Most Wizards have 99 DEX then varying levels of INT and VIT, depending on what their character have been built for.

Melee

Melee Wizards are rare and probably stem from the fact that they can use Berserk Potions and a Dagger of Counter. Additionally, Quagmire makes dodging and hitting monsters much easier. They are rare builds that are for fun more than for practical use.

Fire Pillar

Stats

STR: 1-72
AGI: 52+
VIT: 9
INT: 99 base
DEX: 1
LUK: 1

Skills

Fire Pillar 10 (The skill's rapid cast time of 0.3s coupled with similarly rapid or instant cast spells allow for neglecting DEX and serves as the bread and butter of the build)
Quagmire 5 (Cast on groups of mobs to both make them easier to control and dodge)

Example skill build: Fire Pillar

Fire Pillar build is centered around a solo leveling strategy involving using Fire Pillar and Quagmire. Enemy attacks can be easily dodged with Quagmire's 50 DEX reduction lowering their hit and a modest investment into AGI. Fire Pillar is used to kill mobs of enemies normally highly resistant to magic (i.e., with high MDEF) and a surplus of STR allows the wizard to farm heavy items like Great Nature and gemstones comfortably.

PvM

Stats

STR: 1
AGI: 1
VIT: 1-15
INT: 120 (total) or 99 base
DEX: 99
LUK: 9

Skills

Storm Gust: 10
Lord of Vermillion: 1 or 10 (Primarily for tapping or breaking enemies out of ice to continue taking damage from Storm Gust in parties, rank 1 is viable at higher levels of DEX in parties with A Poem of Bragi only)
Meteor Storm: 0 or 10 (Choose this or Lord of Vermillion (rank 10) for party play, it's not feasible to get both as a wizard. Rank 1 Lord of Vermillion and Meteor Storm 10 can fit snugly into a party-oriented build however)
Quagmire: 1\~5 (Mostly useful for solo play to control enemies, can be useful for parties in a pinch to save a mobber that enemies have caught up with)
Heaven's Drive: 1 or 5 (Useful solo for dealing with Gargoyles or leveling on Wanderers and Dragon Tails. In a party it can be used to tap/damage mobs when Storm Gust/Lord of Vermillion/Meteor Storm is already being casted by other wizards)
Jupiter Thunder: 5 or 10 (Occasionally useful for finishing off frozen single targets either solo or in party play)
Water Ball: 0, 4 or 5 (Largely useless in party play, only take this skill if you intend to level in maps with shallow water or have a Ninja/Sage slave with Hidden Water/Deluge)
Fire Pillar: 0 or 10 (Used for solo Fire Pillar leveling, mostly useless for party purposes. Niche utility as a wizard's only means of damaging very high MDEF foes)
Ice Wall: 4\~10 (Useful for mobbing while solo using the ice wall trick (see below) or for party play only in Bio3 (at present) to teleport troublesome enemies)
Sight Trasher: 0, 2\~10 (2 is a prerequisite for Meteor Storm. More points can be taken for the extremely niche party utility of breaking your own ice walls in Bio3, but Jupiter Thunder serves this purpose just fine)

Example skill builds: Balanced, Party-oriented no MS, Party-oriented with MS Solo-oriented (with Kaahi and Wizard Spirit), Solo-oriented (No Kaahi and Wizard Spirit)

These Wizards can level solo or, as they more commonly are, be joined by a Priest or an entire party. Generally, the Priest will mob up monsters, Heal themselves and use Suffragium on you, reducing the cast time of a single AoE skill - such as Storm Gust or Meteor Storm. If you're leveling solo, you may need to learn how to use Vertical Fire Wall and other tricks. Many builds go for more VIT and less INT, as seen in the WoE/PvP section.

PvP/WoE

STR: 1 - 11
AGI: 1
VIT: 1 - 49
INT: 105/112/120 (total) or 99 base
DEX: 99 base
LUK: 9

In order to take part in WoE or even PvP, Wizards require VIT to avoid dying quickly and to resist Status Effects. Safety Wall, Stone Curse, Fire Bolt and varying levels of Jupiter Thunder and Storm Gust are popular weapons for Wizards in PvP. In WoE, Storm Gust and Meteor Storm are mainly used in precasts. Leftover stat points are dumped into STR for the single purpose to raise the Weight Limit. This can also be considered upon reaching high VIT, where a Wizard might decide holding more Potions is more effective than having higher HP or Status Effect resistance.

In PvP situations, try using Storm Gust level 1 to quickly freeze and scatter multiple targets.

Beware that opponents can easily resist Wizard skills with elemental armors and others (i.e. unfrozen) and MDEF. Players equipped with such can easily counter the damage from Storm Gust level 10. In these cases, try linking freezing techniques with Jupiter Thunder level 10 and Stone Curse with Fire Bolt level 10. Also, use various different elemental attacks if you suspect your opponent is switching armors to counter you. For example, if the damage of Jupiter Thunder is oddly low, the opponent may have equipped a Wind armor, so use Fire Bolt on them or an Earth attack instead.

Equipment

Top Headgears:

INT Gear:

Mage Hat (+2 INT, +150 SP, +1 DEF)
Crown or Tiara (+2 INT, +4 DEF)
Fricca's Circlet (+2 INT, +50 SP, +10 MDEF, +3 DEF)
Elder Willow Card (+2 INT)
Carat Card (+2 INT, if refined to +9 or higher: +150 SP)
Isilla Card^CU^ (+2 INT, each magic cast has a chance of reducing cast time by 50% and Flee +30 for 5 seconds)

DEX Gear:

Apple of Archer (+3 DEX)
Magician Hat (+1 DEX, +1 AGI, +50 SP, +3 DEF, combo with Gentleman's Staff [1])
Ulle's Cap [1]^CU^ (+2 DEX, +1 AGI, +3 DEF)

Mid Headgears:

Dark Blinder (grants immunity to blind, +2% stun resistance)
Blinker (grants immunity to blind)
Monocle (As part of the Memory Book, Monocle and Pocket Watch combo)
Opera Mask or Goblin Leader Mask (+2 DEF, occupies middle and lower headgear slots)
Alarm Mask (+2 DEF, +50% blind resistance, occupies middle and lower headgear slots)

Lower Headgears:

Pipe or Cigarette (-3% damage from Insect monsters)
Romantic Flower or Romantic Leaf (-3% damage from Plant monsters)
Flu Mask (+10% silence resistance)
Gangster Mask (+15% silence resistance)

Right Hand:

Whatever is chosen to wield in the right hand, it should always be a rod type weapon, as they all provide +15% MATK.

INT Rods:

Survivor's Rod [1] (+3 INT, +400 HP)
Evil Bone Wand (+4 INT)
Arc Wand [2] (+3 INT)
Staff [3] (+2 INT)

DEX Rods:

Survivor's Rod [1] (+3 DEX, +400 HP)
Gentleman's Staff [1] (+1 DEX, combo with Magician Hat)

Miscellaneous Rods:

Rod [4]

Cards:

Drops Card (+1 DEX, +3 HIT)
Death Word Card (+5% damage with Napalm Beat, Soul Strike and Napalm Vulcan)
Hill Wind Card (+5% damage with Thunder Storm, Jupiter Thunder and Lord of Vermillion)
Laurell Weinder Card (+3% damage with Frost Nova and Storm Gust)
Pitman Card (+5% damage with Earth Spike and Heaven's Drive)
Red Ferus Card (+5% damage with Fire Pillar and Meteor Storm)

More DEX is usually better but sometimes getting more INT to attain the next MATK bonus (occurring every 5 and 7 points of INT) is more desirable. The Staff [3] and Arc Wand [2] with right cards provide the most, although mixed, stat points for non-battle ground items.

The slotted Survivors Rods are desirable Wizard weapons. The DEX version is basically a Quadruple Dexterous Rod with an extra 400 HP. The non-slotted Survivors Rods are a viable alternative for lower level Magicians and Wizards, but they do not offer enough stat points for higher level Wizards.

The Death Word Card, Hill Wind Card, Laurell Weinder Card, Pitman Card and Red Ferus Card can be desirable in situations where the abilities they benefit are utilized exclusively. Some examples are Fire Pillar leveling, a Meteor Storm or Lord of Vermillion role in a party or farming low level mobs with Soul Strike. Ideally 4 cards are slotted in a Rod [4] or 3 in a Staff [3] (with Staff being the better choice if it allows you to reach a new min/max MATK bonus).

Left Hand:

Guard [1] (+3 DEF)
Stone Buckler [1] (+3 DEF, receive 5% less damage from Large size monster, very heavy)
Memory Book (+1 INT, +3 DEF, +2 MDEF, Socket Enchantable)
Valkyrja's Shield [1] (+3 DEF, +5 MDEF, adds a 20% resistance against Water, Fire, Shadow and Undead property)
Racial Damage Reduction Cards
Thief Bug Egg Card (+400 HP)

The player should have multiple shields with "racial cards" - cards which resist respect races by 30%. For example, if they were to level in High Orcs or enter a PvP area, they should equip a Cranial shield (Thara Frog Card) to reduce damage received from Demi-Humans (i.e. High Orcs or other players) by 30%. The most common choice is Guard [1] because of its cheap price and low weight.

While racial guards are vital, it may be difficult to acquire all of the necessary ones immediately. Some players choose to get a Thief Bug Egg Card for use in the places they do not yet have the appropriate racial guard for.

Armor:

Coat [1] (+5 DEF)
Mink Coat [1] (+6 DEF, very heavy)
Silk Robe [1] (+3 DEF, +10 MDEF)
Robe of Cast (+5 DEF, +3 MDEF, reduces Casting Time by 3%)
Mage Coat (+1 INT, +5 DEF, +5 MDEF, Socket Enchantable)
Glittering Jacket [1] (+7 DEF, +5 MDEF, adds a 3% chance of causing Blind status to enemies with each attack, very heavy)
Pupa Card (+700 HP)
Baby Desert Wolf Card (+1 INT)
Agav Card^CU^ (+5% MATK, -10 DEF, if Magician: +100 SP)

Garment:

Ragamuffin Manteau (+1 DEF, +10 MDEF, for WoE)
Muffler [1] (+2 DEF)
Heavenly Maiden Robe [1] (+3 DEF)
Survivor's Manteau^CU^ (+10 VIT)
Elemental Damage Reduction Cards
Aliot Card (+2 INT, +5% SP)

Shoes:

Shoes [1] (+2 DEF)
High Heels (+2 DEF, +5 MDEF, Socket Enchantable)
Vidar's Boots (+4 DEF, +9% HP and SP)
Sohee Card (+15% SP, +3% SP recovery)
Eggyra Card (+15% SP recovery)
Verit Card (+8% HP and SP)
Golden Acidus Card (+4% HP and SP, if refined to +4 or lower: +4% HP and SP, +5% HP and SP recovery)
Firelock Soldier Card (+2 STR, if refined to +9 or higher: +10% HP and SP)

Accessories:

Some accessories and cards that are helpful in leveling or PvP situations. Cards can be slotted into Belt [1], Clip [1] or Nile Rose [1] to freely swap between different classes as they have no level requirement, unlike other slotted accessories.