Ragnarok Job Guides

This guide is focussed at people who want to level their SG's and/or leech their other characters at Thor's Volcano; L1. As such, I'm going to automatically assume that everyone reading has enough money for basic potions, a hell of a lot of fly wings, and the basic Thor cards. It'll also be handy if you have enough money to reset, but as it is so damned cheap in most servers.

The Novice

Starting Stats
Str - 9
Agi - 9
Int - 1
Vit - 1
Dex - 9
Luk - 1

These are your typical, run-of-the-mill starting melee stats. No questions asked: these stats will work just fine.

Leveling & Stat Distribution as a Novice
>__>' C'mon guys, do you really not know this? We have a special map just for novice leveling...

In terms of stats, you're going to want to have a lot of Strength, as you won't be able to equip a weapon when you're a TK. Keep your Agility fairly high, even though your base ASPD as a TK is pretty good already, higher attack speeds just make you level faster. Plus, the extra flee can't ever hurt, right...? Dexterity isn't nearly as important, since the mobs you're going to be leveling on while you're a novice/taekwon simply don't have flee. You could probably survive with 10, but I say bring it to around 20. Max.

Once you've hit JL10, hop on over to Prontera and change your job. It might not be a bad idea to pick up a couple hundred novice potions, as they're free.

The Taekwon

Leveling & Stat Distribution as a Taekwon
Warp over to Payon Dungeon 1 and kill skeletons and familiars. Be careful that 10+ familiars don't mob you, as even decent flee won't save you. Get Tornado kick, and keep the stance on at all times. Don't get any of the other kicks; tornado is the only one that you'll need. Stay here until L30 - L40, or so. Also, be sure to get Warm Wind to a maximum level, you'll be able to put your damage output to up to 200% depending on what monster you're fighting. Since you'll mainly be doing combat with the armies of the undead for now, make sure it's set to holy.

Bored yet? That's fine. Once you're L35 or so, you should be able to take on the second level of Payon Dungeon. Use the same tactics, and if you have enough skill points, get Flying Side Kick and Tumbling. They're both fairly useful skills. If you don't want to goto Payon Dungeon 2, you can also go ahead and goto Orc Dungeon 1 -or- 2. Mob and use Tornado kick if you go there.

Do one of these until JL50, and go and change into your sexy Star Gladiator self!

In terms of stats while you're a TK: Just like while you were a novice, you'll want to keep your strength your highest stat. Agility is all good; but keep your strength and dexterity your highest stats until dexterity is 40. After that, pump agility and strength. My friend is convinced that a 5:3 ratio of strength to agility is the best ratio; but it doesn't really matter. Just make sure they you're killing efficiently.

In terms of skills while you're a TK: These are really up to you, but the skills that you're definately going to need are...
-Tornado Kick
-Tornado Kick Stance
-Warm Wind
-Flying Side Kick
-Tumbling

You can get the other kicks if you'd like, but they're not very useful while mobbing. I suppose that they'd be okay while you're a lower level in Payon Dungeon 2.

Starting out as a Star Gladiator

Leveling & Stat Distribution as a Star Gladiator
Wewt! We're almost there! You have two routes now: Either you can go and get a few job levels and then go directly to Thor's, or you can do some conventional leveling first. I'll leave the choice up to you. If you choose to level, get to around L90 before you go. If you want to go directly to Thor's, make sure you're atleast L70, or else you won't be able to take the heat. Harhar, kay, enough with the bad puns...

If you're really having trouble leveling, reset and get all of the kicks, then goto High Orcs, or Seals. If you have a nice high priest buddy, reset, get lots of Dexterity, Intelligence, and have him tank you at Anubis while you murder them with yggdrasil leaves. Simple enough, right...?

Anyways, once you've got the levels, goto Prontera and reset.

Now that you've reset, you're probably wondering what stats & skills you need now.

In terms of skills, you're going to need...:
-Flying Side Kick
-Warm Wind (And as such, you'll also need to get Kihop, Peaceful and Enjoyable rests.)
-Feeling
-Warmth of the Stars
-Hatred (Once you get this, use it on a Kasa. No questions asked; and don't set it on any other monster)
-Anger of the Stars
-Blessing of the Stars

-Optional; Knowledge will give you some extra weight capacity for regen items and fly wings.
-DO NOT get Demon. The limited vision will get you killed very quickly in Thor, and you don't really need ASPD.
-Creative room! Try out different skills; and put the rest of your points into whatever you fancy.

In terms of stats...:
No exact numbers for you, but I'll give the general outline. No exact numbers, people there will always be controversy about them, but everyone agrees on the general basic stat outlines...
-Great Strength. Your damage depends on it, you know?
-Lots of Vitality. You're going to need it if you want to survive for more than 5 seconds.
-Medium Intelligence. You lose SP every time a mob is hit with Warmth, and you're going to need it for stamina.
-Plenty of Dexterity. It'll increase your damage with hatred.
-Plenty of Luck. For the same reason as dexterity; you need it in order to do damage.

Personally, I like to keep all of them fairly even. That way, you won't run out of HP before you use all of your SP; and vice versa. Your damage won't be too slow, and everything just... works.

Going to Thor's Volcano
Yay, the moment we've all been waiting for.

Setting up Skills
The first time you go into Thor's Volcano, be sure to set Feeling. Cast Hatred on the first Kasa you see; it'll increase your damage by 1% for every 3 Luk or Dex. Also be sure to use L3 Warm Wind to get the Water Element. Pretty simple, but it deserves it's own section because if you don't get it right, you can kiss your sweet *** goodbye. >.>'

Thor Tactics
Flywing around until you see a Kasa. If you're a lower level SG, you might want to look for a wounded Kasa (like, severely wounded. 80%-). Flying Side Kick into it, and then let warmth do it's magic. It's fairly easy to be hitting around 3k - 4k at speeds of over 190 (Probably around 191-192) because there isn't any KB, and woosh, you've killed the Kasa. Hopefully, if you've done your stats right you'll be able to kill anywhere between 4 - 8 Kasa in a matter of minutes. If there is any other mob, fly wing super fast or else you'll be dead as a doornail.

Equipment

Weapons
You probably want to get either a [3] or a [4] book. The [3] Book is nice, as it gives a little bit of extra power, and the [4] book is nice as it gives an extra slot. Choose whichever one you want.

A - Peco Peco Egg card (+20% Damage vs. Formless Mobs)
B - Vadon card (+20% Damage vs. Fire Mobs)
C = Minorous card (+15% Damage vs. Large Mobs; +5 Attack)

If you're using a [4] Book...: I'd say have 3x Vadon cards, and 1x Peco Peco Egg cards. [3B1A]
If you're using a [3] Book...: Go ahead and do the same thing, except with 2 Vadons. [2B1A]

Do not try to make a 1A1B1C/2A1B1C weapon. It won't work nearly as well. In fact, don't even use a Minorous card at all if you can help it. I only listed it because it's probably cheaper, and more common than all of the other ones.

Note: Some people say that it's better not to have a weapon because you can't use sprint with one; however; I say otherwise. It isn't sensible to be trying to take on one of the most difficult dungeons in the game without a weapon. Maybe if you're mobbing in an easy place, it's okay, but here just doesn't make any sense at all.

Armors
I'd say to try for a Pasana card to become immune to the magic of the Kasa, which is usually what'll end up killing you. The armor itself really doesn't matter that much, but you know, it's always better to have more defense there.

In your garment, you should either get a Raydic card, or a Vali's Manateau. If you're feeling lucky, you could go for the garment that gives +15 Lucky dodge. You can also pop a Jakk card in to give an additional 30% to Fire, because Pasana won't make you 100% immune to the magic.

For your shoes, if you're a lucky bumface and have a +9/+10 pair lying around, get an Ancient Firelock for some extra strength, as well as HP -AND- SP. Very good card. A great alternitive to keep things balanced is a verit card, which gives +8% HP and SP. Sohee and Martyr cards are not very good here, because you'll run out of HP/SP unevenly.

In your headgears, you can do whatever you want. I guess you can do whatever gives some extra dexterity, vitality/HP, intelligence/SP, strength, or luck. It's really your call here.

For your accessories... If you've done the impossible and gotten 2 megingjards, use those, but for normal people, get a two necklaces [1]'s, and 2 zerom cards.

For your shield, a Penomena card (Thanks!) is good as it'll lower the damage from formless mobs by 30%, which keeps you alive and fighting for a longer period of time.

Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Equipment
-2.1 Headgears
--2.1 Upper
--2.2 Middle
--2.3 Lower
-2.2 Armor
-2.3 Weapon
-2.4 Shield
-2.5 Garment
-2.6 Foot Gear
-2.7 Accessories
3.0 Cards
-3.1 Headgears
-3.2 Armor
-3.3 Weapon
-3.4 Shield
-3.5 Garment
-3.6 Foot Gear
-3.7 Accessories
4.0 Skills
-4.1 Taekwon Skills
-4.2 Soul Linker Skills
--4.2a Ka Skills
--4.2b Es Skills
5.0 Stats
6.0 Strategies

1.0 Introduction:
Personally, I think Soul Linkers are extremely fun to play in PvM, and have the best PvM offensive/defensive skills (we'll get to skills later).
Because of this, they make pretty good MvPers. Not saying they are comparative of Champions, but it is a different approach. Also, some MvPs require a party, or at the least, a High Priest.

2.0 Equipment:
Gears may vary depending on personal preference (DMG vs. Survivability)

2.1 Headgears:
2.1aUpper:

Crown [1]: +1 INT

Mage Hat: +2 INT, +150 SP

There are just some examples, but mainly what you are looking for is INT adding headgears.

2.1bMiddle:

Sunglasses[1]
2.1cLower:

Gangster Mask: Add a 15% resistance to the Silence status.

2.2 Armor:

Robe of Cast [0] or [1]:Reduce Casting Time by 3%. MDEF + 4

Mage Coat [0] or [1]: MDEF + 5, INT + 1

Silk Robe [1]: +10 MDEF

2.3 Weapon:

Survivor's Rod [1] (INT Type): INT + 3, MATK + 15%, Maximum HP + 400

Survivor's Rod [1] (DEX Type): DEX + 3, MATK + 15%, Maximum HP + 400

NOTE:
The Refinment on the Survivor's Rods will be important when used in combination with a Survivor's Manteau.

2.4 Shield:

Memory Book [0] or [1]: INT + 1, MDEF + 2

Stone Buckler [1]: Receive 5% less damage from Large size monster.

Valkyrja's Shield [1]: Add a 20% resistance against Water, Fire, Shadow and Undead Property. MDEF + 5

Guard [1]

2.5 Garment:

Survivor's Manteau: VIT + 10. With slotted Survivor's Rod, Maximum HP + 300. MATK - 5%, MATK increase by Survivor's Rod refine rate. Increase resistance from Neutral Property attacks by refine rate * 3.

Heavenly Maiden Robe [1]

Muffler [1]

Vali's Manteau: Reduce 15% of Neutral Property damage.

2.6 Foot Gear:

High Quality Sandals [1]: MDEF + 10

Shoes [1]

Vidar's Boots: Maximum HP and SP + 9%

2.7 Accessories:

Earring [0]: +2 INT. Earring [1]: +1 INT

Glove [1]: +1 DEX

3.0 Cards:
Cards may vary depending on personal preference (DMG vs. Survivability)

3.1 Headgear:
Vesper Card: Every time you do a Magical attack, it ignores 30% of Boss-type monster's MDEF, and does damage accordingly. DEX + 2
Elder Willow Card: +2 INT
Carat Card: INT + 2. If +9 or higher, maximum SP + 150
Incubus Card: INT - 3. Maximum SP + 150. SP Recovery - 20%. (Only use with Succubus Card)
Isilla Card:

You should already know what a gunslinger is if you are looking at this guide.

So..what build is this then?

This build is what I call the PvP/WoE build. It is somewhat similar to a shotgun/handgun build but there are subtle differences.

Hey, why not the Agi slinger?
Well, you do not get the additional bonuses from a 2nd job change, your flee and ASPD might not be as great as the agi/dex hunter, your int and vit is not gonna be as great since you must focus more on dex and agi.
So, in my conclusion, the agi build is more suited to monster combat.
Pros:
+Better flee
+able to handle monster vs player well
+More suited to breaking emps
+able to attack without the use of much sp

Cons:
-Flee almost means nothing in PvP unless you have the good equips
-Your vit will barely make you last in any PvP room or for the monsters that occasionally hit
-your low int makes skill spamming very costly
-most slinger skills have a fixed cooldown rate, which renders ASPD useless to these skills.
-Adjustment lasts only 30s. That additional flee and damage reduction just prolongs eminent defeat imo.
-coin flip still has a chance to fail at max lvl. Not very good in tight situations

So...why make a guide here?
Old posts were old, but after sifting through the forums and finding old posts of how gunslingers were "weak" and a "useless class" and "cost too much sp" I decided to make this guide to disprove some assumptions of the gunslinger.

What are the Pros and Cons of this build?

Pros:
+High output of damage
+Different positions in WoE defense
+Great for mobbing
+great for crowd control on MVPs

Cons:
-Lowest flee....ever..
-Those that do not need weapons for strong attacks (I.e. WS, Creators, Shield Pallys) are gonna be your tougher opponents.
-WoE offense is not exactly your forte'
-Not very MVP oriented, dont expect much MVP awards from this build

Stats

Str- Its nice to carry extra bullets and pots...not to mention guns as well. *duh* I would suggest 10-20 base while leveling and then pump the rest of the points here in your upper 90s

Agi-This stat is not needed for this build. Most Attack skills that you will use have a fixed cooldown rate and are therefore not affected by ASPD. This includes the key skills as shown later. The only exception to this are a few skills. Leave it low, as in like...1 low.

Int- It depends. Blue pots are readily available in this server. If you cant afford them i would suggest 42 base or above as long as its base is in a multiple of 6 for a nice sp bonus. For this build, I would suggest 60 int, and with a +2 from the job bonus, it's 62. "But wait..it's not a multiple of 6.." Get blessed and you get +10 int, which makes it 72. Pretty darn handy in parties and WoE eh? With this kind of int, you should have enough sp to spam skills. Yes, the skills go "omnomnom" on your sp, but with a bless, it will regenerate pretty well.

Vit- There are three types of vit builds you can have which all work with this build. You can choose between low (49+1) mid (59+1) or high (69+1)
I prefer the mid, so that attacks like acid demo wont rip your face off and still high enough to survive mobs.

Dex- Your main stat. Obviously you would want to 99 this one. BUT it is preferable to have the numbers between 90 or 91 (ZOMG NO 99?? TAHT'S N00B!!!!) The job bonus you get is +9 so, either way, you should be able to hit anything except those ridiculously high flee people.

Luk- Leave it at 9. most status effects are reduced by luk/3

If you wish to mess around with the stats, then keep in mind of these guidlines
-you can 99 only 2 stats
-you can 99 one stat have a high 2nd stat and a low 3rd
-you can have a high 90 stat followed by a high 2nd, somewhat close to high 3rd and a 4rth if you know what you want. *this build is focused on this strategy*
- having 5 stats might end up screwing the build unless you are well experienced.

Skills
These skills are your key skills in PvP and WoE
Desperado, Full Buster, Rapid Shower, *and if you feel like it* Disarm

Desperado- Your main killing skill. Max it ASAP. It's also great for mobbing. Add something to your arsenal to make the damage output SEXY!!! It requires a revolver class weapon. Uses 10 bullets. Desperado is also counted as a melee attack, therefore, pneuma can not block the damage. Rumor has it that the number of hits is affected by your hit rate and the enemy's flee rate. Most situations will require to use Desperado unless otherwise. Remember to be as close as you can to your enemy to maximize your hit(s), which are up to 10.

Full Buster- Your main shotgun skill. 1300% damage. 'nuff said. Great in precasts and PvP fun. Just remember that theres a huge (3s :O!) cooldown and a chance to be blinded. During those 3s, you CAN NOT use any items or skills. requires a shotgun class weapon and uses 10 bullets max.

Rapid shower- Good for picking off weaker foes and spammable. Requires a revolver class weapon and uses 5 bullets.

Disarm- Disarms foes or reduces a monster's attack. the higher the skill lvl, the better the chance of disarming. Rumor has it that the higher an enemy's dex is, the higher the chance Disarm will work. Great for stopping emp breaking, frenzied LKs or SinXs in WoE. Great to mess with people in PvP. Works well with a statusing branch or revolver.

Other Skills
Coin Flip- i left it at one, but it doesn't mean it's useless. 1 coin gives a +3 never miss damage, and combine that with disarm and it works.
Hmm? No Coin skills? If a guild busts through the precast, you would want to take them out than going through a random chance of coins for self buffs, right?

Spread Attack- The other shotgun skill. Not as powerful as your top 2, but its radius makes it good in breaking precasts. Get this if you don't want disarm.

Dust- its nifty for pushing away advancing foes, but its suggested to leave it at 3 as a pre-requisite for Full Buster.

Gatling fever- Look up "Emp Breaking" guides. Other than that, NOT for this build. Increases ASPD and atk damage for your gatling.

Ground Drift- A grenade launcher skill, good for setting up traps. If you do not have the Gatling fever, you won't have this one as well.

Projected skill path assuming you are at job lvl 70.

1 Flip Coin
3 Dust
3 Chain Action
5 Disarm
7 Tracking
10 Snake Eyes
10 Single Action
10 Rapid Shower
10 Desperado
10 Full Buster

Now to move on to your equips
*These are suggested PvP/WoE equips.*

Weapons:
+10 double bloody garrison/western outlaw for your revolver skills

+10 bloody black rose for your shotgun skills

+10 statusing branch
+10 triple drowsy branch
+10 triple cursing branch

Armor:
This is up to you. Preferably an armor with a peco peco card or pupa card since your hp is lower than most classes. You can also have an Evil Druid card if you wish for WoE. PvP-wise, along with your hp armor, you might want some statusing armor with cards like sasquatch or demon pungus

Shield:
Must have a thara frog card. Prefereably with a valk shield. Practice switching your guns with your shield when the times call for it.

Robe:
preferably a raydric muffler or a noxious muffler. It will reduce the damage that you will take. Experiment with a frilldora card also. It's pretty handy in some situations.

Shoes:
It should have an sp or hp increaser i.e. verit card or sohee card, since the gunslinger gets no additional hp/sp bonus from a 2nd job change.
*they can't change class, but you probably figured that out*

Headgears:
upper- Anything that reduces Demi-Human Damage. (berets, poo hat)
mid- masquerade or blinker for more damage or to shield you from blind.
low- anything you want to look cool in.

Acc:
If you want the zerom gloves, go for it. I find these two spots good for a hiding clip or something else...

I noticed the gunslinger equips set out there. I have experienced it used against me by a fellow slinger and it seems to hold promise. If only the friggin manteau would be cheaper >:

lvling spots:
This server is somewhat different so these methods might not be as effective.

As a novice, just train at the novice area till you hit job level 10.

Once you are a gunslinger, get a branch (the rifle, mind you) and go forth and hunt metalings. Just use the kite method (shooting and running) . Snake's eyes should be at 5 (this should cover almost your screen range) as well as single action. Try to get desperado maxed first before getting other skills if you want. Keep the screws if you wish to get some quest weapons. Don't forget to add dex as you level to hit the metalings more efficiently.

By around the 40's area, you should be getting Desperado maxed or are working on it. Please do not go to geographers. Your ASPD is slow and you have no fire elemental ammo, instead this will be the time where you will start mobbing in orc dungeon 1. 2 if you have silver bullets. Stay there till you are lvl 70 or unless you feel ready to take on Isis in the pyramids. You should be getting your key skills maxed by now.

From then on, train on Isis or party with a priest and take on Anubis with silver bullets. Another place would be the Eddga Map. Those nine tail and dragon tail give good exp when mobbed...not to mention cards and old blue boxes. Abbey is also a prime choice if you have a party.

If you happen to have a strong Full Buster, you can train on the Wild Rose map or Sleeper map *with a fire endow on your shotgun*.

PvP tactics:
These are some tips I picked up from experience as well as from other guides and gunslingers.

Knight/Lord Knight- Render them useless with disarm, or wait till your statusing armor goes into effect. Or spam Desperado. Hopefully you can take them out in 2-3 Desperados. Your Statusing branches can be used if you wish.

Crusader/Paladin- If they are the ones that drain HP to do their key skills (i.e. Martyr's Reckoning/ Grand Cross) Use hp pots and Desperado them when they start healing. Those that use shields, just use your ranged skills and hope they are affected by your statusing armor if you have one.
Your Drowsy Branch also comes into play here. Their auto-guard also reduces the hits of your desperado.

Wizard/High Wizard- they have low vit, and we can safely assume they have low hp as well. take them out with your ranged skills or desperado if you are close.

Sage/Professor-For a sage, look at the above ^. As for a Prof, look for lots of blue pots. If you have no blue pots, there is a very very high chance you will lose if they love to use soul burn.

Hunter/Sniper- Its guaranteed they will not be close for a desperado. Use your ranged skills here.

Blacksmith/Whitesmith- Blacksmiths should be treated as knights. Whitesmiths should be treated with a lot of caution. Even with a disarmed weapon, Cart Termination still hurts. Spam range skills and if he is close, use desperado. This encounter is somewhat easier with a smokie card. Hide and shoot Razz

. Another Strategy is to use the cursing branch. Once cursed, You can easily be out of range of their CT.

Alchemists/Creator- If they have a Homonuculous, aim for the owner. If it's a Creator with acid demolition, we might have a slight problem. Even with mid-vit, acid demolition still hurts. No definitive strategy for Creator + Homunc who has acid bomb.

Assassin/SinX- they can be uncloaked with Desperado. A sight clip works well also. If they are the fully buffed (link and all) Sber, let's hope you have disarm. With your vit, and assuming they have no buffs, you should be able to survive a few Sbs or Soul Destroyers to pot through.

Rogue/Stalker- Just try to catch them in Desperado before they hide. Also make sure you are not divested. You can also desperado them out of chase walk.

Monk/Champion- Your average monk(combo+asura) is as good as dead. A smart monk will take some thinking.

Priest/High Priest- Spam Desperado as much as you can. You should be able to outdamage their heals, even if they have assumptio. If it's kyrie..it might take a while.

Bard/Clown/Dancer/Gypsy- If you have hide, just hide in their plain sight. They will be forced to use Attention Concentrate to reveal. Since they have to be close to un-hide you, you can prepare for a desperado attack.

Taekwon Class- Treat them as knights. Ranked Taekwons may pose a little difficulty.

Ninja- Some say just push them to a wall and hopefully beat them there. Some say that bulls-eye, magic bullet, and piercing shot bypassthe cicada skin. I have yet to confirm this though.

Gunslinger- Let's see who has the better equipment and build XP.

*NOTE*

These tactics are assumed that you are unbuffed and your opponent is unbuffed as well. Circumstances are different if they are buffed or with a party, or if you are buffed and with a party.

*Side notes on your status weapons*
Your Cursing branch is for those with less vit than that of the swordsman classes. Your Drowsy branch is for those with less Int than the mage class.

WoE tactics:
A little run-through on this build's duty in WoE.

Defense- You are to guard the emp and to desperado attackers. Disarm them if you can. You can also camp at the entrance and Desperado anyone who comes in. If they have Evil Druid on them, use silver bullets.
You can also join the precast, and if they have Magic Strings(Bragi) your Full Buster gets a nice cooldown time.

Attack- Stay with a priest or a group. take out defenders with your ranged attacks, or if they are close, use Desperado. Bloody Shells are somewhat suggested in Attacks. Do not dive into precasts. Gunslingers do not change jobs and, therefore, do not get the hp bonus, as well as the lack of the hp and def of a knight. Try to go in after your party goes in. Do not attempt to break the emp since you have a slow aspd. Instead, take out the rest of the wizards and priests and cause a much chaos as possible.

MVP Tactics
ALWAYS be in a party when MVPing. I have yet to meet a slinger who can solo an MVP(if you are a slinger who has soloed an MVP, please leave your tactics here). You act mainly as a supportive offense, using Desperado or Rapid Shower to take out the slaves and somewhat hurt the Boss or you can stick with the Bard/Clown and use Full Buster. If you wish to contribute to this section, leave your tactics here and I will post them up. *Serious tactics please*

Conclusion
This build may sound high and mighty, but it can still be beaten by any class and should not be used in comparison to other classes. . Because most servers have stat/skill resetters, feel free to mess around and experiment. Enjoy and keep on slingin!

Ninpou Ninja Guide

Table of Contense
1. What is a Ninpou Ninja
2. PvM Variants
• Int-Dex Variant
• Dex-Int-Vit Variant
• Int-Vit-Dex Variant
• Int-Agi-Dex Variant
• PvM Equipments
3. WoE Variants
• Int-Vit-Dex Variants
• Int-Dex-Vit Variant
• Vit-Dex-Int Variant
• WoE Equipment
4. Special FeelRO Equipment
5. PvP/WoE Tips
6. Places to Level
7. Credits

What is a „Ninpou Ninja“?
Ninpou is a basic technique of the magical skill tree of the ninjas. It is required for all spells and provides a nice bonus SP-recovery. A Ninpou Ninja (NN) uses spells as his primary weapon. Ninjas, along with Gunslingers, gain more experience per monster than other classes, which mean they level faster.

PvM Variants
Int-Dex:
STR 1
AGI 9
VIT 1
INT 99
DEX 99
LUK 1

Skills:
Reverse Tatami 1
Shadow Jump 5
Cast-off Ciceda Shell 5
Ninpou Training 10
Soul 10
Crimson Fire Blossom 5
Crimson Fire Formation 10
Dragon Fire Formation 5
Lightning Spear of Ice 5
Water Espace Technique 3
Wind Blade 5
Lightning Crash 5
North Wind 5

This Build has low Vit, so be sure you use Cast-off Ciceda(COC), but high damage output and really good casting times. You do enough damage with level 5 Element-spells, and you have lower casting times. Also use Soul as often as possible, it gives you a +5 Int boost!

Dex-Int-Vit:
STR 1
AGI 9
VIT ~40
INT ~80
DEX 99
LUK 1

Skills:
Same as above

Slightly lower damage, more HP and better status immunity. But even with some Int, use COC! It's and awsome skill!

Int-Vit-Dex
STR 1
AGI 9
VIT 69
INT 99
DEX 64
LUK 1

Skills:
Same as above

Max damage, good defence, nice HP, but slower casting.

Int-Agi-Dex
STR 1
AGI 72
VIT 1
INT 99
DEX 63
LUK 1

Ninpou Training 10
Crimson Fire Blossom 10
Crimson Fire Formation 7
Lightning Spear of Ice 10
Water Escape Technique 7
Falling Ice Pillar 5
Wind Blade 10
Lightning Crash 5
North Wind 5

Agi instead of COC isn't really good, it's more of a fun-build. Low Vit means less HP and low Dex is slower casting. You can use it when you're bored, but not to really hunt things.

Equip:
The Equipment differs with the monsters you hunt, so this is just a basic line of some usefull things.
Damage-reducing cards, for example cards that give you're armor an element which is strong against the element of the monster hunted.
HP-cards like Alarm Card, Andre Egg Card, Angeling Card, Fabre Card, Freeezer Card etc.
Int/Dex Cards like Ridewood Card or Rocker Card
Clip+Vivata Card(for short use only!)
Clip+Creamy Card
Clip+Smokie Card

WoE Variants
In WoE, the Ninja can take out enemie Emp breakers which made it through the pre-cast.

Int-Vit-Dex:
STR 1
AGI 1
VIT 69
INT 99
DEX 64
LUK 9

Skills:
There are three different skill-builds
1.
Reverse Tatami 1
Shadow Jump 5
Cast-off Ciceda Shell 5
Ninpou Training 10
Crimson Fire Blossom 5
Crimson Fire Formation 10
Dragon Fire Formation 5
Lightning Spear of Ice 5
Water Escape Technique 3
Wind Blade 5
Lightning Crash 5
North Wind 5
Soul 5

2.
Reverse Tatami 1
Shadow Jump 5
Cast-off Ciceda Shell 5
Ninpou Training 10
Crimson Fire Blossom 5
Crimson Fire Formation 10
Dragon Fire Formation 5
Lightning Spear of Ice 5
Water Escape Technique 10
Falling Ice Pillar 5
Wind Blade 3
Soul 5
3.
Reverse Tatami 1
Mist Slash 5
Shadow Jump 5
Shadow Slash 3
Cast-off Ciceda Shell 5
Illusionary Shadow 10
Ninpou Training 10
Crimson Fire Blossom 5
Crimson Fire Formation 10
Dragon Fire Formation 5
Lightning Spear of Ice 5
Soul 5

While version one tries to use all elements to kill quickly, the second mostly uses the Watery Escape Technique to slow the enemies down, giving him enough time to kill them, even with the weaker elemental spells. The third one is completely different, using COC and Illusionary Shadow for evasion to stay alive.

Int-Dex-Vit:
STR 1
AGI 1
VIT 44
INT 99
DEX 84
LUK 9

Skills:
Like one of those above, it's your dessicion which one

This build sacrifices some Vit for more Dex, meaning that it can cast faster, yet you will need more potions or die more often.

Dex-Int-Vit:
STR 1
AGI 1
VIT 42
INT 85
DEX 99
LUK 10

Skills:
Like one of those above, it's your dessicion which one

Lower damage for faster casting time. But a ninja need max Int for WoE, so this build can be played, but is not one of the top builds.

Vit-Dex-Int:
STR 1
AGI 1
VIT 99
INT 1
DEX 99
LUK 9

Skills
Reverse Tatami 1
Mist Slash 5
Shadow Jump 5
Shadow Slash 3
Cast-off Ciceda Shell 5
Illusionary Shadow 10
Ninpou Training 10
Crimson Fire Blossom 5
Crimson Fire Formation 10
Dragon Fire Formation 5
Lightning Spear of Ice 5
Soul 5

This build trys to rush in and spam area spells. Always use COC and Illusionary Shadow when rushing. This build is completely theoretical, I didn't test it. Also you need to reset at level 99 because it's nearly impossible to level with just 1 Int.

WoE Equipment:
Weapons:
-Bazerald
-Cutter [4] with 4 Drops cards
or
Knife [4] with 4 Drops cards
or
Main Gauche [4] with 4 Drops cards.
-Cutter [4] with 4 Fabre cards
or
Knife [4] with 4 Fabre cards
or
Main Gauche [4] with 4 Fabre cards.

Upper Headgear:
-Apple of Archer
-Mistress Crown

Middle Headgear:
-Sunglasses[1] with Elder Willow Card

Lower Headgear:
-Gangster Mask
Armor:
-Glittering Jacket with Marc Card

Left Hand:
-Armguard

Shoes:
-Crystal Pumps
-Shoes[1] with Verit Card

Garment:
-Muffler[1] with Radric Card

Accessory:
-Glove[1] with Zerom Card
-Earing[1] with Zerom Card
-Rosary[1] with Zerom Card

WoE/PvP Tips
Against:
1st Classses > A few LSoI or an Dragon Fire Formation will kill them easily unless they happen to be a perma first class that's like lvl 90+ or something.

Knight > Simple enough, just COS and hit with whatever magic you want, although if they have a hide clip you'll need to just stick with LSoI.

Wizard > They have good MDef, you have good MDef. But while they have very strong AoE skills, Ninjas have really strong single targeting spells. But Jupitel Thunder still hurts with the push-back. Anyway, if you have a hiding clip, try to get them when they are fighting others. Then they are an easy kill.

Hunter > If you see one, chances are you'll be dead soon since their birds ignore COC. Best thing you can do is just spam LSoI and hope they don't have much max hp.

Blacksmith > Watch out for Hammerfall. Lay down a WET and try to get them at range. Be sure to have COC in case they reach you, they hit you hard.

Assassin > These guys can be really easy, and a real pain at the same time. If you have a fast enough cast, they won't be able to cloak away from LSoI and they take a ton of damage from magic. If you have Maya Purple card and see an invisible one running straight towards you, lay down Crimson Fire Formation to protect yourself. Once they are hitted, spam LSoI.

Priest > You don't do much damage, they can heal theirselves, buff theirselves. Let the damage do some melee classes. If you have to fight, try to kill them as fast as possible, because the longer the fight takes, the better their chances to win are.

Crusader > If they have heal, it's really hard. Also be careful, they are usually mounted, so they are fast! Try to bring them down before they come to you. And watch out for their shields, they can kill you at range if they have to!

Sage > Spell Breaker and Magic Rod, that's all I have to say about these guys. Chances are you'll not win this fight.

Bard > LSoI should normally do.

Dancer > Not sure about that, will be added when I am.

Alchemist > If they DO NOT have a homunculus, you MIGHT be able to kill them. If they have a vani, you can just forget it. You'll be dead before you can get off 2 LSoI.

Rouge > Fairly easy as well, try to take them down from range. If they use bow, you should be faster. If not, you die. Very simple

Monk > Also a pretty easy class to take out since nothing they have can hit you. In almost every case you can do more damage than their heal can keep up with.

Trans-Classes > They are all hard to kill, High Priests are nearly impossible(at least I never managed), just try to kill them all at range, lay down a WET against melee classes. Classes with low MDef AND melee attack are killable(Dagger Stalker etc.), if they get invisible(Chase Walk or something like that), Crimson Fire Formation is your best friend.

A strategie I didn't test yet (so this IS theoretically, if it's a bad strategy, tell me and I will remove it!), get a Pest carded armor so you can spam Dragon Fire Formation at them Twisted Evil

Places to Level

1-~15
Kill Porings at Eden(the Cowrings, Ghostrings etc. are exactly like porings)
~15-~20
Spam Lightning Spear of Ice at Poporings
Again, spam LSoI, this time at Mandragoras
Spam LSoI at Floras
~20-~40
Again, spam LSoI 1 at Metallings
Same for Greatest General
~40-~70
Crimson Fire Petal will do for Geographers
~70-99
Use COC so you don't get hit! And kill them with Wind Blades. Ice Titans give VERY good experience

Credits
www.ro-card.de
http://www.rocheck.de
http://rns.gamona.de/

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Gears

stats and skills

how to use those skills in woe or something

Bragi

Assassin Cross of Sunset

Dissonance

Apple of Idun

Loki's Veil

Longing for Freedom

Tarot Card

Frost Joke

Musical Strike

Pang Voice

Bard/Dancer Spirit

Slow Grace/DFM

Service for You

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