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WoE Guide for Warlock

Disclaimer: The opinions stated in this guide are of my own. Feel free to post additions/comments to this! Formulas for warlock skills are taken from Balance Patch Notes - https://docs.google....bZrdM7IcbfcVR9U

 

Last Updated: December 2013

Table of Contents

1.1 Introduction
1.2 High Wizard and Wizard Skills
1.3 Warlock Skills
1.4 Stats
1.5 Gears
1.6 Items
1.7 Playstyle

 

1.1 - Introduction

Spoiler

I prefer playing as a WoE supporter rather than a killer. Here's my take on the support warlock.

 

1.2 - High Wizard and Wizard Skills

Spoiler

Fire Wall (Level 1 ~ 10) – Fire Wall is a spell that I normally use to get rid of Thorn Wall. You can put to what level you'd like it to be, I personally use level 10 for a faster cast.

http://irowiki.org/wiki/Fire_Wall

Safety Wall – It's my safety catch. Blocks any melee attack at least for one hit. Put one up to block Guillotine Fist, Crushing Strike, etc.
http://irowiki.org/wiki/Safety_Wall

 

Sight – Detect any hidden people. Use this skill also to cancel Shadow Formation. However, take note, the SF will only cancel if the sight actually is around the caster of the SF.
http://irowiki.org/wiki/Sight

 

Mystical Amplification – Makes your skill do (0.05 x Mystical Amplification Level)% more damage. Very useful obviously for damage output, since it increases the damage of your magic. Note that this skill doesn’t work with release, but using a Mystical Amplification Scroll after using release will give this damage effect on the released spell. Since my main goal isn't a DPS, I tend to not use this skill, but I do get it anyways.
http://irowiki.org/w...l_Amplification

Soul Drain – Useless. Just gives more SP, it's completely optional.
http://irowiki.org/wiki/Soul_Drain

Frost Nova – Should be maxed, allows people around to be frozen if they are not wearing an Unfrozen or Evil Druid Armor or have a total of 100 MDEF. Note the cast times for Frost Nova on the wiki are wrong.
http://irowiki.org/wiki/Frost_Nova

Quagmire – Lowers your enemies’ AGI and DEX as well as ASPD and movement speed. Also cancels various ASPD buffs such as Spear Quicken, Increase AGI, Twohand Quicken, Wind Walk, Adrenaline Rush
http://irowiki.org/wiki/Quagmire

Storm Gust – Useful in conjunction with Reading Spellbook + Release. Or just manually casted as level 1 SG. This spell is primarily to either freeze or drain SP with a Mental Destroyer.
http://irowiki.org/wiki/Storm_Gust

 

Ganbantein – Think of it as a mini ME; clears away ground hazards. Extreme Vacuum, Pneuma, Safety Wall, Blinding Mist, Fiber Lock, Quagmire, Killing Cloud are some of the things it clears.
http://irowiki.org/wiki/Ganbantein

 

Stave Crasher – I hotkey it to interrupt casts; napalm beat also works.
http://irowiki.org/wiki/Stave_Crasher

 

Heaven's Drive – I hotkey it to interrupt casts as well, but most of the time I use this to reveal anyone that is hidden. Use level 1 for the faster cast time.

http://irowiki.org/w.../Heaven's_Drive

 

Sight Blaster – Disabled in WoE, use it outside a WoE map before entering - it deals damage to anyone who gets close and disappears. Quest Skill, so there's no real deteriment to using it.
http://irowiki.org/wiki/Sight_Blaster

 

Water Ball – Personally, I've never used this skill due to needing water to cast this. Pick it up if wanted, and use with Mental Destroyer.
http://irowiki.org/wiki/Water_Ball

Increase SP Recovery – Self-explanatory, get it if lacking in SP supplies, as this increases the amount of SP restored by them too.
http://irowiki.org/w...ase_SP_Recovery

 

So your high wizard skill build can look like this: http://irowiki.org/~...BeBbx1fNan95db1

It only has the required skills, fill in the rest to your liking.

 

1.3 - Warlock Skills

Spoiler

 

Reading Spellbook – You can go buy spellbooks from the NPC inside the mage guild in Geffen – with this, you can read spellbooks and release them with Release 1, meaning that you can instant cast spells that you have read. Remember, you can only store a limited amount of spells and that they will be released in the order read. As well, you cannot store any spell you haven’t learned. When you read a spell, you will use the SP needed to cast the spell normally. I usually store Storm Gust.

 

Release – Allows you to release any stored spell, one at a time. Needed with Reading Spellbook.

 

Crimson Rock – Useless. As support, you have better things to be doing.

Frost Misty – Max this. Upping the chance to inflict the Freezing Status is nice, especially as support you should be focusing on debuffing.

 

Jack Frost – Keep the Max/Min levels of this skill. Since it has a 100% frozen chance on people who are not immune to Frozen, it's quite useful. Maximum level has longer range, longer cast time. Minimum level has shorter range, shorter cast time.

 

White Imprison – Maxed. Both a self preservation skill and a debuffing skill - use the minimum level on yourself, as it has a 100% success rate. Use the maximum level of the skill on opponents that are threats - keep them contained. The success rate is dependent on how much STR the opponent has.

 

Recognized Spell – For the rare instances that you are on offense, this comes in handy.

 

Chain Lightning – Use in Magic Strings for a lot of damage output. As a support warlock though, this skill will rarely be used. The only time I use this is on barricades with Magic Strings.

 

Comet – Not very useful.

 

Earth Strain – I don't use it personally, but some people do, for the chance to divest. It's made useless if the opponent has Full Chemical Protection (FCP), which is why I don't get it.

 

Soul Expansion – Not very useful. I keep it as a cast interrupter skill.

 

Radius – Maxed. It's best to have the longest range possible with warlock skills, and if missing sacrament, this can be a gimped substitute.

 

Freezing Spell – This passive skill gives more slots to use with Reading Spellbook. I don't use it, due to not using Earth Strain. But if wanted, get it for the extra spell storage.

 

Hell Inferno – Useless.

 

Tetra Vortex – Not for support.

 

Marsh of Abyss – One of the primary skills to use as a warlock. Use at every opportunity. It slows down the target's movement speed for a while, and overrides Increase AGI, Speed Potions, Cart Boost, Mounts. The only way to gain back normal movement speed is by Clearance, or a RK rune or Dispel.

 

Stasis – Maxed. If you know how to use it, it can be potentially change the tides of battle. Disables skill usage in a huge AoE for a while. However, it affects both allies and opponents, so only use it if the situation calls for it.

 

Drain Life – Useless.

 

Sienna Execrete – Maxed. Another one of the crucial skills, targets in an area can be put under the Stone Curse status if not immune.

 

Skill build: http://irowiki.org/~...nbsrAaOrfeB1db1

 

 

1.4 - Stats

Spoiler

Stats are to a player's preferences. Here are some things to consider though:

STR = Increases Weight Limit, Resist White Imprison, Decrease Duration of Extreme Vacuum, Increase Masquerade Resistance (depends on Weight)

AGI = Increase ASPD, Increase Masquerade Resistance. Total of 100 AGI means sleep immunity.

VIT = Increase Max HP. Total of 100 VIT means stun immunity.

INT = Increase Max SP, SP Recovery, MATK. Total of 100 INT means silence immunity.

DEX = Decrease Variable Casting Time.

LUK = Increase Critical Resistance, Increase MATK, Reduce chance of Howling success. Total of 100 LUK means curse immunity.

 

1.5 - Gears

Spoiler

Listing of possible and recommended gears. Not including MvP cards. This is an option if the goal is not to get 100 MDEF. If 100 MDEF is wanted, just get the right cards for it and the gears.

 

Headgear

Abysmal Knight Helm/Beret - 10% Demi-Human Resistance.

Feather Beret - 10% Demi-Human Resistance, +1 MDEF.

Recommended: +12 Red Pom Band [1] - ?% Demi-Human Resistance, +5 MDEF, % is based on upgrade level (2% per upgrade level beyond +5, up to +12). Card choice is usually KK, for the cast reduction and MATK. Another option is Gemini-S58 Card in combination with another one of these in mid headgear, if 100 total MDEF/stone curse immunity is not possible. As a support warlock, the primary aim should be to disable as many as possible while staying alive.

 

Mid-Headgear

3D Glasses - 4% magic damage on Formless, reduce neutral damage by 5%. Useful for breaking barricades, reduce incoming neutral damage.

Black Devil Mask - +2 all stats.

Black Frame Glasses [1] - +2 MDEF, +1 INT, card slot is used for whatever.

Glasses [1]/Mini Glasses [1]/Sunglasses [1] - Use the card slot for whatever wanted, as above. Maya Purple, Isilla are some examples.

 

Lower Headgear

Ninja Scroll - 1% MATK

Umbala Spirit - 1% Max HP

Well-Chewed Pencil - +2 DEX, +3 HIT

Recommended: Handkerchief In Mouth - 3% Demi-Human Resistance. Description says all.

 

Armor/Garment/Shoes

Recommended: +9 WoE Robe, WoE Shoes, WoE Muffler - +50 MDEF, +5 INT, 19% Demi-Human Resistance, 15% Ranged Attack Resistance, +1000 HP, +100 SP. One of the best sets to wear in WoE as a support warlock, due to the amount of resistance it gives. Also, another option for reduced cast time is to have a +9 Fallen Angel Wing (Spell 12 minimum) to switch to.

Recommended Cards:

Armor

-Marc Card: Unfrozen, to resist getting frozen.

-Ifrit Card: Fire Armor, to take less damage from Dragon Breath.

-Evil Druid Card: Undead Armor, to not get Stone Cursed.

-Pest Card (Optional): Stone Curses anyone by chance who attacks with a melee attack.

-Ghostring (If affordable): Ghost Armor, to take less damage from neutral attacks.

-Pecopeco: +10% Max HP.

 

Garment

-Raydric/Noxious - Take a pick, one gives 20% neutral resistance, the other gives 10% neutral resistance and 10% ranged damage resistance.

-Deviling (If affordable) - Reduce neutral damage by 50%, take more damage from everything not neutral by 50%. Only use as a quick switch garment to something neutral that does a lot of damage.

 

Shoes

-Matyr/Green Ferus - +10% Max HP, gives either +1 AGI or VIT depending on the card.

-Firelock Soldier - If WoE Shoes are at +9 or higher, +10% Max HP and SP, +2 STR.

 

Marc/Evil Druid can be ignored if 100 total hard MDEF is reached.

 

Accessories

Rosary [1] - Gives +3 MDEF, Cheap accessory that has a slot.

Medal Of Honor - Adds a 1% chance of inflicting Stone Curse on the attacker when physically attacked, +6 MDEF, +600 HP.

Glorious Ring - Reduces damage received from Fire, Earth, Wind and Water element attacks by 10%, Reduces variable cast time by 3%.

Orleans's Gloves - +2 DEX, +3% magic damage, primarily used with Orlean's Server, which gives 10% reduced variable cast time.

Recommended: Black Rosary [1] - Gives +15 MDEF, has a slot.

Recommended: RWC Pendant [1] - Gives +1% MATK, other things depending on the enchants, has a slot.

Recommended Cards: 

-Smokie - Hide from attacks if seen coming.

-Alligator (if nothing else can be afforded) - 5% ranged damage resistance.

-Kafra Blossom - Reduces damage received from Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Holy, Shadow elements by 10%.

-Zerom - +3 DEX

-Errande Ebecee (not recommended) - 5% chance to cast Pneuma, can be useful or not, but I don't like leaving things to chance so I don't personally use it.

 

Weapon

Recommended: Combat Knife (Spell 3, Spell 3), +9 Vellum Arc Wand, +6 Mental Destroyer - Switch between these three weapons when needed. The Combat Knife gives faster cast time with the enchants, the Vellum Arc Wand is for even faster casting, the Mental Destroyer is to drain SP with spells.

 

Shield

Should be carded with Thara Frog Card.

Bradium Shield [1] - Gives +500 HP, -1 AGI

Orleans's Server [1] - 5% to reflect magic, +2 MDEF

Recommended: Valkyrja's Shield [1] - +5 MDEF, Reduces damage received from Fire, Water, Shadow and Undead elements by 20%. OR

Recommended: +12 Immune Shield [1] - Gives % neutral damage reduction per upgrade past +5, up to +12.

 

In the end, here is an example set that could be worn in WoE.

Headgear - +12 Red Pom Band of Caster, 3D Glasses, Handkerchief In Mouth

Armor - +9 WoE Robe of Ifrit, +9 Superior WoE Shoes, Anti-Sniping WoE Muffler/+9 Fallen Angel Wing (Spell 12 minimum)

Weapon - +12 Vellum Arc Wand, +12 Mental Destroyer, Combat Knife (Spell 4 Spell 4)

Shield - +12 Cranial Immune Shield

Accessories - Carefree Black Rosary, Hiding Black Rosary

 

1.6 - Items

Spoiler

These are items that are recommended to use.

+10 Foods - if affordable

+20 Foods - again, if affordable

HP Increase Potion - Increase Max HP.

SP Increase Potion - Increase Max SP.

Berserk Potion - Increase ASPD.

Enriched Celermine Juice - Increase ASPD.

Guarana Candy - Gives Increase AGI.

Authoritative Badge - Increase Movement Speed.

Condensed White Potion - The average potion to use, should be ranked.

WoE Blue Potion - For SP.

WoE Violet Potion - For SP.

WoE White Potion - For HP.

Green Potion - Get rid of Confusion/Blind/Poison/Silence.

Holy Water - Get rid of Curse.

Box of Sunlight - Reveal hidden people.

Speed Potion - Go away from people that pose a threat, or to get somewhere very quickly.

Kafra Card - Allows you to use Kafra Storage, allowing you to maintain the < 50% weight for the masq resistance.

 

1.7 - Playstyle

Spoiler

 

Skill Abbreviations

MoA = Marsh of Abyss

Quag = Quagmire

WI = White Imprison

SE = Sienna Execrete

SW = Safety Wall

FM = Frosty Misty

SG = Storm Gust

Ganb = Ganbantein

 

Basic Guidelines

Always have Energy Coat up. Your SP should be hovering around 80% most of the time to make the best use of EC's reduction effect.

You should always be doing something. Frost Misty as much as you can when it's not on cooldown, Heaven's Drive on places you think enemies are hidden, Frost Nova, SG with Mental Destroyer, Fire Wall, SE, SW, MoA as much when they are not on cooldown timers. Keep as many spells as you can stored.

 

Matchups

 

Rune Knight

Builds usually seen: Pure Dragon Breath, ASPD, Hybrid, Dragon Breath + Hundred Spears/Ignition Break

Things to watch out for: Crushing Strike, Dragon Breath.

 

First thing to note - are they using 2H Quicken? If yes, they are ASPD. Proceed to use MoA and quag them. Change to Pest Armor, use Frost Nova or Safety Wall if getting clicked. The vellum katzbalger will be no problem, since warlocks don't have much of a HP pool anyways, very easily potted.

 

Do you see them using DB? Switch to fire armor and debuff them. If constantly getting DBed, WI them or yourself, remember to use WI 1 on yourself and maxed WI on them. Another option is using released SG with Mental Destroyer.

 

Hundred Spears/Ignition Break? Laugh at their faces, these skills will do a pitiful amount of damage. Switch to Pest Armor.

 

Crushing Strike? SW or WI yourself.

 

Don't forget that your debuffs are rendered gone on them with the Refresh Rune. Gladly, it has a cooldown. Just redebuff them after they cast it.

Also, RKs can reach 100 MDEF (Stone Curse/Frozen Immunity), so it's usually not worth a bother if they are not ASPD to use SE/SG.

 

Difficulty: 5/10.

 

Royal Guard

Builds usually seen: Support (Sacrifice + Battle Chant), Hybrid, Offense.

Things to watch out for: Nothing.

 

You should always have FCP. If a RG is attacking you, their only goal is to break your stuff. And sadly, they will be completely useless if you have FCP on. Their main damage skill, Vanishing Point, is a ranged attack and is dependent on ASPD. It's great, because quag will get rid of Spear Quicken, which is their main ASPD booster, and MoA will lower their AGI by a small bit. Hence, as they are best at being support, the easiest thing to do is MoA, then quag (if spear quicken is on), and proceed to use WI/SE. If in a crowd, just use FM.

 

Overbrand is a melee skill, just use safety wall or white imprison yourself if having trouble outpotting damage from it or Vanishing Point.

 

Don't even try to kill a RG, they are a pain to kill. Slow them down, and walk away. If you see that the RG is using Inspiration, switch to your Mental Destroyer and release a SG on them. Inspiration is gone when they have 0 SP.

 

Difficulty: 1/10.

 

Warlock

Builds usually seen: Support, Offense.

Things to watch out for: Your own skills, Comet, Tetra Vortex.

 

Warlock vs Warlock. If it's an offense warlock, your life becomes easier. If not, it's relatively the same. In the end, what matters is:

Who can WI first?

This will decide the outcome. Basically, if you can WI them before they WI you, you are guaranteed a free debuff. Just use MoA, quag and walk away.

 

If they are Tetra Vortex, just hide the hits. Wait for all the hits, and WI them afterwards. It shouldn't do that much anyways since you have stacked a lot of MDEF.

If they are Comet, again, hide and WI ASAP. Some comets, if properly stacked like any skill, can kill you. However, on most cases, you want to avoid Comet because of its annoying burn effect.

 

Difficulty: Can you click faster than them? 1/10. You can't? 10/10.

 

Sorcerer

Builds usually seen: Support, Offense.

Things to watch out for: Diamond Dust, Dispel, Blinding Mist, Fiber Lock, Arrullo, Extreme Vacuum, Earth Grave, Killing Cloud

 

It's practically your worst matchup. A good sorcerer will utterly destroy you, the only chances you have is either getting off a successful WI or SE. Since they have access to the same equips that you have, they could easily have 100 MDEF to gain Stone Curse/Frozen Immunity. The best thing to do is WI from a distance.

 

Against a support sorcerer, WI yourself will not be the course of action, since they can dispel you. Dispelling you will leave you energy coat less, and probably dead. Diamond Dust can inflict crystalization, which will leave you unable to pot, move, or use skills for a while. Extreme Vacuum/Fiber Lock, you can get rid of with Ganb. Earth Grave can reveal you from hidden, and Killing Cloud will constantly hitlock you, unable to get off any non instant casting spells. Arrullo leaves you asleep, Blinding Mist on themselves will make it harder for you to WI them.

 

In the end, just use MoA/WI from a distance and run.

 

Difficulty: 10/10.

 

Ranger

Builds usually seen: Trapper, Arrow Storm, ASPD.

Things to watch out for: Do they have MvP cards?

 

Relatively easy, all you have to do is MoA and quag as usual. Just use your Pest Armor, since they will probably be not immune to Stone Curse. Frost Nova is also an useful skill to use if they are near you. WI them if needed, or yourself, and hide their AS. I haven't seen trappers in WoE, so I don't personally know how to play against them. Arrow Storm - this will kill you in a single hit if they are using one of the specific MvP cards in their weapon slots - Memory of Thanatos/Samurai Specter. Otherwise, it's a pretty easy matchup.

 

Difficulty: 1/10 without MvP Cards, 10/10 with MvP cards since you'll be dead in one hit.

 

Maestro

Builds usually seen: Support.

Things to watch out for: The people that they are supporting, Song of Despair, Harmonize, Siren's Voice, Tarot Card of Fate, Unbarring Octave.

 

These are not as often seen in WoE, but when played well, they can be deadly. They will usually be using a hiding accessory, and be accompanied with others, usually those that can make use of Magic Strings and Song of Lutie. Just keep them in WI or SE before anything else. Harmonize reduces your stats to a fixed value, Siren's Voice may stop you from targetting them, Tarot Card of Fate causes many unwanted effects, Song of Despair keeps you immobilized, Unbarring Octave can get you in the Frozen status. Wear an unfrozen when tackling them. Their support capabilities cause them to become a target.

 

Difficulty: 5/10.

 

Wanderer

Builds usually seen: Support

Things to watch out for: Everything of a Maestro minus Harmonize, Unbarring Octave, and adding in Slow Grace.

 

Never really seen in WoE, most commonly an alt used for duets of a Maestro. If played, just really, they can almost be ignored. They are really that weak, in fact, without Harmonize/Unbarring Octave, they are an annoyance than anything. Since they serve the same functions as a Maestro with a link, disable them too.

 

Difficulty: 3/10.

 

Mechanic

Builds usually seen: I go boom! (Mado), ASPD

Things to watch out for: Ice Launcher, Suicidal Destruction

 

The Suicidal Destruction really, is what makes a Mechanic dangerous. If they have their Mado Suit on, watch out for the occasional Ice Launcher which gives the Freezing status. Keep them Stone Cursed or White Imprisoned; their Slide skills make MoA and movement debuffs quite useless. Safety Wall will save you and your allies from Suicidal Destruction - take note of that.

 

An ASPD Mechanic is easily dealt with - the usual MoA and quag will handle it.

 

Just a note, they are apparently difficult to WI.

 

Difficulty: 6/10.

 

Geneticist

Builds usually seen: Support, Offense.

Things to watch out for: Item Sling, Blood Sucker, Thorn Wall, Hell Plant, Mandragora Howling

 

If they get off a successful Howl on you, you are almost rendered useless - target geneticists as one of the primary targets. MoA before anything else; their Cart Boost is what gives them the movement speed that allows them to evade the primary killers and with MoA, that becomes null. Blood Sucker is a somewhat dangerous skill, as it can affect you in WI, and annoying prevent your casts if you cannot cast fast enough. Thorn Wall hinders movement; Fire Wall's chance to shine comes in play here. Cast it to get rid of the overgrown bush. Item Sling has a variety of effects, the most hindering being the sit effect - you are forced to sit for a while.

 

The offensive geneticist is best left avoided; their usual lineup is a Thorn Wall followed by Hell Plant spam which can potentially kill you if they have instant cast. MoA and hide are your friends - Hell Plant spam will do nothing to you since you are hidden, and their only revealing skill (Crazy Vines) gets rid of any Thorn Walls or Hell Plants they put around you.

 

Difficulty: 10/10 if they can get off Howling. Otherwise, 4/10.

 

Arch Bishop

Builds usually seen: Support.

Things to watch out for: Clearance, Decrease AGI, Oratio, Ruwach

 

A classic supporter, these should be one of your primary targets. Their ability to clear off status effects (such as White Imprison, Stone Curse, Frozen, Freezing, MoA) makes them annoying. Usually, the best solution is to keep them under WI, or SE them if you believe they do not have Stone Curse Immunity. Oratio will mark you with a symbol, which is troublesome if you hide often, Clearance will get rid of all buffs and debuffs you have, and Decrease AGI reduces your movement speed, in which case, you have to gain Increase AGI by an item or by an Acolyte class. Ruwach will reveal you if you are hidden.

 

Difficulty: 1/10.

 

Sura

Builds usually seen: Knuckle Arrow, Tiger Cannon, ez mode with GoH and Fist

Things to watch out for: Snap, Guillotine Fist, Gates of Hell, Knuckle Arrow, Tiger Cannon, Cursed Circle, Windmill

 

The definition of power - in WoE, these people can really wreck you up if you are not prepared for it. With all your buffs and equips completed, it's quite hard to die to Gates of Hell in one shot unless they have low amounts of HP. Hide is your friend - without Ruwach, their attacks will simply miss. Self-preservation should come first if you fail to WI/SE them - use SW/WI on yourself until they go away, and make sure you do not get caught in the middle of WI/SE by Cursed Circle, which guarantees that you'll get hit. If they come to use Guillotine Fist, don't forget about your ability to lower their SP and their damage by SG if you cannot avoid their attacks. Also, they always use 30% of their SP with GoH, so if you lower their SP enough, it could be possible that you can prevent their usage of GoH (provided they don't use SP items in the heat of the moment).

 

Knuckle Arrow is simply a death sentence if you are not aware of it - under Magic Strings with Megs on, they will wreck since they can cast KA 5 times a second (theoretically, based on ASPD) which is too much to outpot. Quag, hide, WI are your friends.

 

Tiger Cannon with a Tao Gunka Card could mean death to you and the people surrounding you - keep up a SW to save yourself.

 

Difficulty: 8/10.

 

Guillotine Cross

Builds usually seen: Cowardly Support, Offense, ASPD

Things to watch out for: Leech End, Cross Impact, Cross Ripper Slasher, Rolling Cutter, Poisonous Smoke, Hallucination Walk

 

The assassin; without seeing them, they will be very deadly. From my own experiences, GX (Guillotine Cross) do not have Stone Curse Immunity - use this to your advantage by wearing a Pest Carded Armor, and keeping Frost Nova on hand. If they come to attack you, use Frost Nova a couple of times, and as expected, they will switch to an unfrozen armor. This leaves them vulnerable to Stone Curse, which you can inflict by SE. Also, SW is your friend. Cross Ripper Slasher is a burst amount of damage that can kill if you are not prepared. Leech End is the worst of the poisons, as it can keep on interrupting your cast if you cannot cast fast enough. Poisonous Smoke is one way of inflicting the poison (clearable with Ganb), other methods involve getting close to you and manually inflicting it. Rolling Cutter can be dealt with the same way as ASPD. Hallucination Walk causes them to dodge magic on chance, which is troublesome. 

 

As a general guideline, cast MoA before anything else, as their movement speed in Cloaking Exceed is what allows them to sneak up on people and gank them. WI on yourself, SE on them, hide, the general stuff and SW always on hand will make fights with GX quite easy. 

 

Difficulty: 6/10.

 

Shadow Chaser

Builds usually seen: I'm going to screw you up !

Things to watch out for: Masquerade Ignorance, Masquerade Weakness, Shadow Formation, Chaos Panic, Bloody Lust, Manhole, Any skill that is not transcendent or deals no damage

 

This is the bane of your existence. They will make you into a piece of useless novice stuff in the matter of seconds. Their common skills that they copy are Flying Kick, Frost Nova, Diamond Dust, Frost Misty, and others. Point is, their Masquerades leave you useless, and vulnerable. If they do not have Stone Curse Immunity, use SE. Otherwise, spam WI on them. Take note of Shadow Formation, which leaves the target to take the damage they would have taken. Skills that do a small amount of damage like SG is useful for getting rid of this, if you cannot use Sight near them. Masquerade Ignorance - no skills. Masquerade Weakness reduces your HP, gets rid of your Weapon and Shield at the same time. Great.

 

Chaos Panic will leave you confused, unable to move straight - fix is Green Potion. Bloody Lust leaves you with no SP - pot back to full SP. Manhole leaves you useless underground for a while, so avoid that. All the ground spells can be destroyed with Ganb.

 

Nero89 suggested that to deal with SC, make use of Hide and WI; try not to get masqed/flying kicked while you try to contain the SC in WI.

 

Difficulty: 10/10.

 

 

Add any suggestions/comments if I missed anything.

Edited by raining, 01 December 2013 - 09:26 PM.

[Kieri]

Gravitational Field has limited uses in renewal due to its fixed however if timed correctly can interrupt a GTB'd recall or sac'd recall still as it bypasses GTB+Sacrifice, but even then it's not super useful. Just another Support skill I guess that if timed correctly can be useful.

Edited by Kieri, 20 August 2013 - 01:40 AM.

[kasshin]

Nice, definitely should be pinned!

[Kieri]

Indeed =)

[Sigma1]

As far as I know. Marsh of Abyss also reduced target's HardDef and HardMdef depend on caster's Job level and int.

Possible formula : HardDef and HardMdef reduction = (10 + <Job level/2> + <int/50>)% ,

So. If you have 150 int and 50 Job level. You can reduce target's HardDef and HardMdef by 50%

It still work on my server since renewal. not sure about IRO.

Edited by Sigma1, 21 August 2013 - 09:17 AM.

[raining]

MoA doesn't reduce Hard DEF and Hard MDEF on iRO as far as I'm aware.

[Nero89]

AFAIK, Sura and Mech are the hardest class to WI (from my experience). 

 

Dealing with SC, I used to juggle a bit with Hiding skill and spamming WI on him if I was stuck inside groups/expected the F. Kick (and subsequently, Masq..) on my face.

 

Also, as support WL, Kafra card is your best friend. Maintaining <50% weight is kinda important, WL just susceptible to SC like allergy.

 

And, it seems that an +9 Immune FAW Spell 12 above is as good as having WOE Muffler, if you need extra cast speed.

Edited by Nero89, 21 November 2013 - 06:15 AM.

[raining]

Have been a while since I have WoEd; just browsing the forums, I read something about WI success rate no longer being reduced by STR. Is that true? Also, added your suggestions, does anyone else have anything else to add?

[EiyuuDensetsu]

Really nice guide. Thanks to OP for both the woe and pvm guide.

 

Looks like the build is so different that it requires two characters to play warlock in both pvm and woe.

[Ringotes]

Very nice guide, i'm thinking in start to get WOE equipes to play and see how it is.. never saw renewal woe. Thanks for both guides, pvm and woe  like Eiyuu said.