Equipment Guide for ME Priests

July 4, 2009

In line with this, I now present you the Equipment Guide for Magnus Exorcismus (ME) Priests.

Okay, a short introduction follows.

Magnus Exorcismus Priests strive to max their MATK — this is because Magnus Exorcismus damage is MATK-based — and decrease their cast time as much as possible. Ideally, they invest their stat points on pure DEX and INT with DEX a higher priority; this is because DEX reduces the incredibly long cast time (15 seconds) that Magnus Exorcismus has. Mathematically, every 10 DEX reduces 1 second of ME casting. Some even achieve to have as much as 150 DEX, which equals instant casting — you could watch the video clip on The Priest Guide that demonstrates exactly how cool insta-casting is. And this equipment guide will help you to do that and, with the help of your Lex Aeterna, maximize your ME damage.

The equipments are somewhat similar to the Wizards’ however armour and cards would focus more on DEX and Demon- and Undead-damage-taken redution.

And again, upgrade your armour to at least +4.

99 DEX, 98 INT, 7 VIT

Headgear (UP): Balloon Hat [1] {of Caster} (3 DEF, 2 MDEF, +2% MATK, +1% MATK per Upgrade)

* This headgear is unique to pRO. 

* This is a headgear that would benefit from a +10 upgrade. So invest in one. Anything higher than +4 would be way more expensive though.

        Kathryne Keyron Card: -1% Cast Time per Headgear Upgrade, if Headgear Upgrade ≥ 9, then +2% MATK

Headgear (MID): Black Frame Glasses (1 DEF, 2 MDEF, +1 INT)

* This headgear is unique to pRO.

                                         -OR-

                           Robo Eye (2 DEF, +2% ATK, +2% MATK, +1 DEX)

* Use this if you have the money. It’s way too expensive for me in both Zeny and ROK. And I don’t really like the fact that the +2% ATK goes to waste but, again, if you have the money, go for it.

Headgear (BOTTOM): Ninja Scroll (+1% MATK)

Robe: {Angelic} Heavenly Maiden Robe [1] (3 DEF)

* Heavenly Maiden Robes could only be worn by Lvl 80+ characters; although it has 1 more DEF than the common Muffler, it would be more practical to card it on a Muffler since Mufflers have no level requirements and +1 DEF doesn’t really make much significance.

        Orc Zombie Card:  5 FLEE, -30% damage from Undead-element monsters

        * Orc Zombie Card reduces 30% damage from all kinds of attacks from Undead-element monsters.

Armour: {Hard} Holy Robe [1] (7 DEF, 5 MDEF, -15% damage from Demon monsters, -10% damage from Shadow monsters)

* The slotted Holy Robe is quite hard to get since no monster drops it, and it can only be obtained from socket enchantment. Expect it to be extremely rare and expensive (≈25,000,000).

        Pupa Card: +700 HP

[Set: Holy Stick [1] + Exorcism Bible]

+20% Magnus Exorcismus damage, 5% chance to cast Turn Undead Lvl1 when receiving damage

Weapon: {Dexterous} {Vital} Holy Stick [1] {of Ignoring} (50 ATK, +15% MATK)

        Drops Card: 3 HIT, +1 DEX

                            -OR-

        Fabre Card: +100 HP, +1 VIT

                            -OR-

      Necromancer Card: If weapon is rod type, then +1 INT, -2% enemy MDEF

Shield: Exorcism Bible (5 DEF, +1 INT, +3% HP & SP Recovery)

Shoes: {Soul-Enchanted} High Fashion Sandals [1] {of Witch} (2 DEF, 10 MDEF)

        Sohee Card: +15% SP, 8% SP Recovery

                            -OR-

        Eggyra Card: +15% SP Recovery

Accessory:

[Set: Spiritual Ring + Rosary [1]]

+9% SP Recovery, +30% Magnus Exorcismus damage, +50% Heal and Sanctuary damage to the Undead

        Spiritual Ring (+2 INT, +1 DEX)

* Spiritual Rings would cost 3,000,000z to 8,000,000z. Yeah, it’s expensive but compared to last years’ prices, this is actually cheaper — last year, Spiritual Rings cost around 12,000,000z.

        {Nimble} Rosary [1] (3 MDEF, +1 LUK)

                 Zerom Card: +3 DEX

The Queen of Buffs

July 2, 2009

1. Blessing (10)
2. Agility Up (10)
3. Kyrie Eleison (10)
4. Gloria (5)
5. Magnificat (5)
6. Impositio Manus (5)
7. Angelus (2)

iRO EP:13.1 Renewal is now on kRO Main Servers!

June 28, 2009

Yes! That’s true! It’s no longer only in kRO Sakray, it’s now also on kRO main servers — this is the episode with the Third Jobs included.

This could only mean one thing — pRO Sakray is next. <evil laugh>

I wish they’d included an AoE Lex Aeterna as a new Archbishop skill. I know! That would be so cool! Yeah, but that would disbalance the game — I thought of it at the same time that I thought of the Wizard skill Sight as a skill whose name wasn’t really thought of. Think of it, Sight; could they think of any duller name for that skill? Why not “Pentecost” <half-joking> (Tongues of Fire)?

 

Equipment Guide for Esma Linkers & Wizards

I personally prefer Soul Linkers over Wizards though — I’ll explain why is that on a future post.

Both Esma Linkers and Wizards invest with INT and we all know that; that is because their attacks are all skill- and MATK-based — INT increases MATK duh. In this case, I’ll be putting both equipment guides in one post since they share ideal equipments and, honestly, it’s easier for me.

Unlike what I’ve said in the FS Priest Equipment Guide, where I’ve said that its useless upgrading staves/rods since the upgrades don’t increase anything besides ATK, the case here for Esma Linkers & Wizards would be different; I’ll explain this later.

And also, like what I’ve said on that post, it would be best to upgrade your armours to at least +4, so as to compensate for the extraordinarily low HP of a Soul Linker, especially, that of a Wizard.

This equipment guide assumes that the Soul Linker is an INT > VIT > DEX build, and that the Wizard is a pure INT > DEX build — those are the builds that focus on increased MATK and less cast time.

Esma Linker (99 INT,  79 VIT, 52 DEX) & Wizard (99 INT, 98 DEX, 7 VIT)

Esma has a very short cast time (2 seconds); that is why one would not really need that much DEX.

Headgear (UP): Balloon Hat [1] {of Caster} (3 DEF, 2 MDEF, +2% MATK, +1% MATK per Upgrade)

* This headgear is unique to pRO. 

* This is a headgear that would benefit from a +10 upgrade. So invest in one. Anything higher than +4 would be way more expensive though.

        Kathryne Keyron Card: -1% Cast Time per Headgear Upgrade, if Headgear Upgrade ≥ 9, then +2% MATK

Headgear (MID): Black Frame Glasses (1 DEF, 2 MDEF, +1 INT)

* This headgear is unique to pRO.

                                         -OR-

                           Robo Eye (2 DEF, +2% ATK, +2% MATK, +1 DEX)

* Use this if you have the money. It’s way too expensive for me in both Zeny and ROK. And I don’t really like the fact that the +2% ATK goes to waste but, again, if you have the money, go for it.

Headgear (BOTTOM): Ninja Scroll (+1% MATK)

Robe: {Immune} Heavenly Maiden Robe [1] (3 DEF)

* Heavenly Maiden Robes could only be worn by Lvl 80+ characters; although it has 1 more DEF than the common Muffler, it would be more practical to card it on a Muffler since Mufflers have no level requirements and +1 DEF doesn’t really make much significance.

        Raydric Card: 20% less damage from Neutral attacks

        * Raydric card reduces 20% damage from almost all Physical attacks from ALL Races and Elements of Monsters.

Armour: {Hard} Silk Robe [1] (3 DEF, 10 MDEF)

        Pupa Card: +700 HP

Weapon: Wizardry Staff (120 ATK, +15% MATK, +6 INT, +2 DEX)

* The Wizardry Staff requires a character to be at least Level 90. This is very high. I suggest using the Soul Staff (25 ATK, +15% MATK, +2 AGI, +5 INT) instead whenone is still not Level 90 — Soul Staff only requires Level 73.

* Both Wizardry Staves and Soul Staves — also known as Staves of Soul — are two-handed staves. You can’t equip shields with these.

* Yes! Even if your RO server says that only Wizards can equip these two, they are equipable by Soul Linkers.

Shoes: {Seeker’s} {Soul-Enchanted} High Fashion Sandals [1] {of Witch} (2 DEF, 10 MDEF)

        Alarm Card: +300 HP, 1 VIT (20% chance to autocast Sight while being attacked)

        * This is more usable as a Wizard though. As a Wizard, you could instantly cast Sightrasher when being attacked.

                            -OR-

        Sohee Card: +15% SP, 8% SP Recovery

                            -OR-

        Eggyra Card: +15% SP Recovery

Accessory:

[Set: Spiritual Ring + Wizardry Staff/Soul Staff]

+6% MATK, -1% Cast Time per Headgear Upgrade

        Spiritual Ring (+2 INT, +1 DEX)

* Spiritual Rings would cost 3,000,000z to 8,000,000z. Yeah, it’s expensive but compared to last years’ prices, this is actually cheaper — last year, Spiritual Rings cost around 12,000,000z.

        Wizard

                Medal of Honor (Mage Class) (1 DEF, +5% ATK, +5% MATK, +600 HP, +6 MDEF | Cast Stone Curse by chance when hit)

        * This is quite hard to obtain as it can’t be bought from the Item Mall or the Prontera Merchants. It can’t be stored in the Kafra so that practically means that your character has to gain it itself. How? Through participation in the Maroll Battlegrounds.

        Soul Linker

                Earring [0] (+2 INT)

        * Sadly, Soul Linkers can’t equip Medals of Honor so they would have to settle with the lesser Earring.

No FnR?

June 27, 2009

I had just been wondering why is there no FnR yesterday? <sigh>