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Update Log

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4/13/15- Posted Basics of Teamwork section.

4/9/15 Added darkabe's submission to the gypsy/sniper sections and credits. Only 5 more classes to go!

4/6/15- Added darkabe's submission to the minstrel section and credits. Made a link in OP to credit section. Started work on "How to build a roster".

3/31/15- Added two sections: IV. WoE 101 for beginners: How to survive? (completed for now), V. Key concepts to consider (incomplete, requires a LOT of work). Added some gears to HW, Bio, Paladin as requested by darkabe via PM.

3/30/15- Posted main thread and covered basics I. What to expect from this guide, II. About the author, III. Important information, A. Lord Knight, B. Paladin, C. High Wizard, D. Scholar, I. Biochemist and K. Stalker.

 

Welcome! My name is Undying and I will be walking us through a journey of how to build a character for WoE. I will cover all the major classes and all the major class roles during GvGs, precasting, and breaking precasts. This is a basic guide and is made to show you end game goals. However, nothing is set in stone. A smart player is much more valuable and impactful then a character with perfect gears or perfect stats.

 

Important Disclaimer: This will not be "the best build possible" type of guide. This is to welcome players WoE and provide some basic information on what to do during WoE. If you disagree with builds or role advice, PM me and do not spam the thread. Thread is here to answer questions and provide basic knowledge, not listen to opinions. If you feel passionate and want to provide your knowledge on a Class, PM me and we will work something out Or if you are good at proof reading/grammar let me know because I need a lot of help!

 

Table of Content

 

I. What to expect from this guide

II. About the author

III. Important information (status effects, stats, ect)

IV. WoE 101 for beginners: How to survive?

V. Key concepts to consider

VI. Class builds

  A. Lord Knight

  B. Paladin

  C. High Wizard

  D. Scholar

  E. Sniper

  F. Minstrel

  G. Gypsy

  H. Mastersmith

  I. Biochemist

  J. Assassin Cross

  K. Stalker

  L. High Priest

  M. Champion

  N. Soul Linker

VII. How to build a roster

VIII. Basics of teamwork

Credits!!!!!

 

I. What to expect from this guide

 

This is what you can expect

-A basic understand of each class during WoE

-A basic understanding of goals for stat points

-A basic understanding of gears needed

-Enough wiggle room left to be creative with your character well still being highly effiecent

 

This is what you can expect NOT to find here

-Builds that are dependent on Gods or MVPS (if you have those items, you should know how to build a character)

-The "only" way to build your character

-PVM/MVP related content

 

II. About the author

 

Spoiler

My name is Undying or Gn1ydnu. I have been playing RO since Loki first came out, the original Loki that is. I spent many years barely participating in WoE and spent all of my time in PvP. It was there that I realized that playing your character in a smart manor and knowing your characters limits is the most important aspect of the game. I didn't have a "meta" build for PvP, in fact it was extremely unique. I would still win the vast majority of my 1v1 fights and was very productive with team fighting. Knowledge is more important then gears or stats. I quit RO all together once Renewal hit and RG shield reflect leveling was nerfed....

 

I came to Classic when it first opened with no intention of participating in WoE. I simply wanted to PvP and duel players constantly. PvP wasn't nearly as active as it was in the past and the only way I could fight other players was in WoE. I was heavily involved in a guild called Sentinel, which was allied to Insurrection and Valkyrie. We held the longest econ on the server and dominated the server in all aspects (pvp, woe, mvp). People quit and things changed. I oversaw the merge of Sentinel, Mind Tricks, and Classic so that we could still participate in WoE. I lead a guild called Serious Business and Elite. I was also pretty involved with Classic and was also a member of SNL. I played a lot with a guild called Hatebreed and whoever else would fight against WC. I prefer to always be on the side struggling because I enjoy a challenge! With some guilds, some more then others, I was heavily involved with building and organizing the guild rosters. We also had to learned and practice how to "GvG". It was quite an interesting and extremely fun experience. The fact that precasting, in my experience, wasn't as effecent or fun as setting up to defend via GvG.

 

I hope you enjoy this guide! Please take what you want and leave the rest. It is not perfect, but its pretty fcuking good.

 

III. Important Information (status effects, stats, ect)

 

If you are unsure of what stats do, please read the following. It is well written and better then what I could do: http://irowiki.org/classic/Stats

 

If you are unsure of what status effects do, please read the following. It is well written and better then what I could do: http://irowiki.org/c.../Status_Effects

 

If you are unsure of what elements do, please read the following. It is well written and better then what I could do: http://irowiki.org/classic/Element

 

If you are unsure of how to card gears properly, please read the following. It is well written and better then what I could do: http://irowiki.org/classic/Card_System

 

IV. WoE 101 for beginners: How to survive?

 

Key survival stats to consider (short version)

-Max HP

-Racial and elemental reduction

-Healing items

-Positioning

-New player specifically tips

 

In WoE there will be other guilds that will try to drop your character's HP to zero. There are a few ways to try and prevent this from happening.

 

-Having a high max HP. This doesn't necessarily mean to have 20,000 or more max hp. What this means is, your true "max hp" is whatever your current HP is. So if you normally have 10k hp and take damage for 5k, your new hp will be at 5k. In order to make the most of your max hp, you will need to heal up as soon as possible. There will be a variety of sources dealing damage through out WoE, so never be afraid of using too many hp recovery items. If you do not heal up back to your absolute max hp, then you are playing at a disadvantage. If you need help potting, try "pulling" for parties in dragons or similar type of things. Side note: Song of Lutie is a very important skill that can boost everyone's max hp for 20 seconds. This is an amazing skill, however it is important to heal up to that new max hp asap to take advantage of it!

 

-Racial and elemental reductions will save your butt! Some of the very pure damage dealing classes (anything with stun immunity via gears) will not be able to take advantage of stacking as many reductions. However, other classes (anything with stun immunity via stats) can take a big advantage of this. Depending on the situation you will want as much as possible, but if your newer please try to stack up reductions until you feel more comfortable. A cranial valk shield is a very good defensive choice for a shield since it reduces demihuman damage by 30% but also reduces some elements by 20%. Feather berets are also great since you will get a small amount of mdef and 10% less from demihuman. Combat knife is usable by some classes and long mace for others, for some additional reduction. Raydric carded garments are great for general purpose gear in WoE as it will reduce the main damage dealing skills like acid bomb and guillotine fist.

 

-Healing items are a key to survival. Using them fast enough, with good recovery rates, will allow your character to take consistent damage and not die. Healing items will literally save your life, but you must use them. I am very biased since I main a paladin (FS) for many years. In order for me to survive and keep the 3 other players I am sac'ing alive I must spam a lot of healing items. I have no remorse for "over using" healing items as it is key to survival for myself and guild mates. Do not be afraid to use your healing items, they are there for a reason. Using the right healing items is important as well. Ranked white slims should be the target goal for WoE, everything else doesn't compare. Healing items, when used, will protect you from consistent damage that is less then your max hp. However, some skills or combination of skills are designed to one shot (100%-0%) your hp...

 

-Having proper positioning with your guild is important to your survival and theirs as well. There are some skills and combinations of skills that are designed to one shot your hp. The most obvious example is gfist and sonic blow. Most of the very high damage skills require melee range. If you are off by your self then it is easy for a champ to pick you off and gfist you. If your tightly packed in with your guild (strength in numbers) then it is much harder for the champ to get you and having more people to attack the champ might mean he dies before he can fist. Standing on top of a ME with your guild in a proper spot, which is dependent on your roll, can turn your guild into an unstoppable force. Think of it as a "Spartan" unit, it is just indestructible when your tightly packed and everyone is in the proper position. When everybody is running around going crazy it is very easy for enemies to pick you off one by one.

 

-For new players looking at enjoying WoE. I would highly recommended having the following gear (provided your not a hw or bio), a cranial valk shield, feather beret, unfrozen armor, and a raydric carded garment. Most classes can benefit from BG sets, so those might be (free) obtainable goals to help you out. When your actively participating in WoE, be very mindful of where you are standing and how much hp you currently have. Make sure you put your potions on an easy to use hotkey so that you can use them as much as they are needed. Try to stay with your guild and stand behind somebody else. Follow directions and do your best!!!! It should be a lot of fun

 

V. Key concepts to consider (in need of work)

 

-149 dex > 150 (in need of work)

-Why ASPD is important to all characters (in need of work)

 

VI. Class Builds

 

This will be the basic format for class builds....

 

Class:

Role:

 

Stats (things to shoot for)

Str-

Dex-

Agi-

Vit-

Int-

 

Stats (example build)

Str-

Dex-

Agi-

Vit-

Int-

 

Gear

Top Headgear-

Mid Headgear-

Lower Headgear-

Weapon-

Armor-

Shield-

Garment-

Shoes-

Accessories-

 

Gameplay

Spoiler

Notes:

Specialty buffs to look for-

ASPD Goal-

Reduction Goal-

Point of the build:

GvG Notes:

Precast Notes:

Rushing Precast Notes:

Links to other guides:

Video example:

 

All builds will be 99/70 and including +10 foods (in appropriate stats), aspd potions, mega resist potions, mental potions, blessing, agi up, ect ect. Gods, MVPs, and mini boss cards will not be included. None of this is set in stone, this is simply to stimulate the mind or give some goals to shoot for.

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 13 April 2015 - 08:58 AM.

[Gn1ydnu]

A. Lord Knight

 

Class: Lord Knight

Role: DPS, Distraction, Emp Breaker

 

Stats (things to shoot for)

Str- 100-130

Dex- 60-100

Agi- 1-60

Vit- 100+

Int- 1

 

Stats (example build)

Str- 82+38

Dex- 60+29

Agi- 4+32

Vit- 97+18

Int- 1

 

Gear

Top Headgear- Feather Beret (defensive), Giant Bapho (damage)

Mid Headgear- Insomniac mids

Lower Headgear- Pirate Dagger (damage), Gentlemans Pipe (defensive)

Weapon- Valorous Blade (vs single target), Red Twinblade with 2 Sword Guardian and 1 Hydra cards (vs multiple targets), Scalpel with 2 20% and 1 15% +5 atk for emps

Armor- BG Set with Marc/Evil Druid/Peco Peco

Shield- Cranial Thorny Buckler (offensive), Cranial Valk Shield (defensive)

Garment- BG Set with Raydric

Shoes- BG Set with Green Ferus

Accessories- Medal of Honor, Mantis Bison Horn (with thorny)

 

Gameplay

Spoiler

Notes- To stay as efficient as possible with DPS, make sure that spear quicken is always up. Refreshing that and aspd potions will help to keep your damage and spam rate as high as possible. Timing and proper targeting is key to being successful at dealing damage on a Lord Knight.

 

Specialty buffs to look for- Soul linker buff for One Hand Quicken

 

ASPD Goal- 184 is obtainable with 1 agi, One Hand Quicken, Thorny set, and buffs/food. Gear such as the thorny can make getting high ASPD possible without sacrificing points into agi, although some agi is never a bad thing.

 

Reduction Goal- 56% demihuman, 20% neutral when being defensive. Always have a minimum of 34%.

 

Point of the build: This type of Lord Knight is meant to deal consistent AoE (physical, elemental) damage to enemy guilds. Lord Knights have one of the best HP mods in game so the can survive in situations when others can't. They want to be as much of an annoyance as possible.

 

GvG Notes: Lord Knights should never be the first characters to initiate a fight. They should be held as "reserves" until both guilds are attacking one another. Once the lead determins to send the Lord Knights in, speed pot and get inside of the enemy guild. Bowling Bash well aiming at Paladins or characters consistently sac'd by Paladins. If a Paladin has shield reflect up it will cancel the second half of the Bowling Bash animation (the part effected by ASPD) and you will be able to spam Bowling bash drastically faster. This will drastically increase your overall DPS.

 

Precast Notes: Lord Knights will be useful at times during a precast situation. They can wait at the edge of the last CP team and proceed to Bowling Bash, Provoking, or status Spear Boomeranging the DLP Scholar. This will hopefully help to make casting a ME hard and scholars are very important classes to kill. Lord Knights can also be used to "push out" of an emp room. If your guild knows that the enemy guild is not in a good fighting formation, Lord Knights can lead the charge upon the surprised victims. In this situation, focus on players with chats up or the Minstrel playing songs.

 

Rushing Precast Notes: If there is a Paladin in party, try to get Battle Chant buffs. Specifically double hp and/or double attack. Before rushing the Minstrel should play all songs including Lutie. Use a speed pot before entering the portal. Once inside it is your goal to make it into the enemy stack and deal as much damage as possible. If you make it inside of them then you will have a chance to deal a lot of damage or kill a lot of squishy characters so that your guild can secure control over the emp. You can also help the SinX and Sniper by attacking the emp. If there is an enemy guild around and serious threats, do NOT use frenzy. If there is little threat then use frenzy.

Links to other guides: Jaffer's Knight/Lord Knight Guide. It is very in depth and a great resource!

Video example:

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 30 March 2015 - 10:22 AM.

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B. Paladin

 

Class: Paladin

Role: Support

 

Stats (things to shoot for)

Str- 1

Dex- 149-150

Agi- 50+

Vit- 115+

Int- 1

 

Stats (example build)

Str- 1

Dex- 99+46

Agi- 25+20

Vit- 99+24

Int- 1

 

Gear

Top Headgear- Ramen Hat, Feather Beret

Mid Headgear- Insomniac Mids

Lower Headgear- Well Chewed Pencil

Weapon- Quad Drops Knife, Combat Knife

Armor- BG Set with marc/ed/peco peco (stat enchant +dex or vit)

Shield- Cranial Thorny Buckler (with set), Cranial Valk Shield, Cranial Sacred Mission

Garment- BG Set with Raydric

Shoes- BG Set with Green Ferus

Accessories- Nimble Gloves, Nimble Bison Horn (with set)

 

Gameplay

Spoiler

Notes- The BG set is the best gear to use on a Paladin when your receiving damage only through your sac targets. The extra HP is huge along with the 10% better potting, which stacks with all other skills/stats. Paladins are one of the few classes that try for insta cast. Thorny set will provide more ASPD for faster spam rate, however when taking direct damage it is best to use a cranial valk shield. The three most important stats for a Paladin is max HP, dex and aspd.

 

Specialty buffs to look for- Box of Gloom is a very good consumable to use when the Paladin is out of dispel range. This class makes the best use of Regen Potions from the kafra shop. Between 123+ vit, 50% extra healing effecency from HP Recovery skill, 20% from Regen Potion, and 10% from BG set you can get massive amounts of heal back per slim potion used.

 

ASPD Goal- 180+

 

Reduction Goal- 0% well sac'ing from a "safe place", which would be in a stack (use all +hp gears in shield/garment ect). Realistically 30% demihuman and 20% neutral. When taking direct damage or rushing shoot for 54%+ demihuman and 20% neutral.

 

Point of the build: To keep your party mates alive as long as possible by taking damage for them.

 

GvG Notes: Proper positioning is key as always. You will want to be out of dispel range so that you can keep BoG and buffs up as long as possible. Try to use the large sprite to stack on top of the minstrel to keep them alive. Should never have more then 3 sac targets. You will always sac a key "backline" target, such as strings or DLP. You will also spam sac on one frontline target. It is possible to successfully sac up to two front line targets, but one of them needs to be immune to regular dispel (stalker w/ link or gtb) in order to be effective.

 

Precast Notes: You can switch to +HP gear in shield/garment until the precast is broken. Keep sac up at all times. If you see a recaller casting recall, cast GD level 1 on them. Keep your targets alive

 

Rushing Precast Notes: To get past the initial burst of damage make sure you are wearing full defensive (% reduction) gear. You wont be able to cast sac in CP's anyways, so you will have to run out of them. Once you get out of the CP begin to start spamming sac on your targets and once you feel relatively safe start swapping gears to decrease your cast time.

Links to other guides:

Video example:

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 31 March 2015 - 06:45 AM.

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C. High Wizard

 

Class: High Wizard

Role: AoE Damage Dealer

 

Stats (things to shoot for)

Str- 1

Dex- 149

Agi- 50+

Vit- 1

Int- 140+

 

Stats (example build)

Str- 1

Dex- 99+42

Agi- 25+31

Vit- 1

Int- 99+43

 

Gear

Top Headgear- +7 Skull Cap with Stalastic Golem, Ulle's Cap with Stalastic Golem

Mid Headgear- Stalastic Golem Mids

Lower Headgear- Well Chewed Pencil

Weapon- BG Staff

Armor- BG Set with Marc card

Shield- Valk shield with Flame Skull card

Garment- BG Set with Raydric/Noxious/salamander cards

Shoes- BG Set with Matyr Card, BG set with Zombie Slaughter card (precast only)

Accessories- Nimble Gloves, Nimble Orleans Gloves

 

Gameplay

Spoiler

Notes: High Wizards are a main source of AoE damage through magic damage. They provide consistent DPS for your guild. They can be one of the squishiest and easiest targets to kill, so it is important to provide them proper support. They are also one of the most "song" dependent classes. Also, HW can use beserk aspd potions. STORM GUST DOES NOT STACK. Always amp SG's, however spamming Meteor Storm is more effective then amp'ing them.

 

Specialty buffs to look for- Very important to always have soul linker buff and crystal frags on you so that you wont die to SL reflect. Box of Gloom is very useful. Must have sacrifice from a Paladin to not instantly die at any point in time.

 

ASPD Goal- 180+

 

Reduction Goal- 30% from energy coat and raydric/noxious

 

Point of the build: To deal as much AoE damage as possible with the ability to do good single target damage via JT.

 

GvG Notes: It is important to keep as much AoE DPS as possible between the two ME's. A single Storm Gust followed by a Meteor Storm or two is very effective for keeping some distance. Quag is also great, as long as it only effects the enemy guild. You can also poke holes in the enemy's ME and drop a quag there to slow down their spam rate. If ME's are touching or if a target is being called to "focus" then feel free to JT spam them.

 

Precast Notes: There should be a single HW that runs with max int gear that should be responsible for precasting amp'd SG's. The other HW's should be spamming Meteor Storms with salamander garments on. Quags and firepillars are also very important. One of the HW's should also include LoV in there Meteor Storm rotation for further damage and hitlock. If the enemy guild gets on the emp with an ME, feel free to gam it and SW the emp.

 

Rushing Precast Notes: Due to how squishy a HW is, it is important not to rush immediatly. If you have good communication with your Paladin then wait until they make it inside and out of the CP. That way you can walk in and stand still so they can sac you before you move. Once out of the CP and safely with your guild proceed to apply your DPS.

Link to other guides:

Video example:

 

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 31 March 2015 - 06:46 AM.

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D. Scholar

 

Class: Scholar

Role: Support, Debuffer

 

Stats (things to shoot for)

Str- 1

Dex- 149

Agi- 50+

Vit- 100 or 110+

Int- 1

 

Stats (example build)

Str- 1

Dex- 99+41

Agi- 25+32

Vit- 99+14

Int- 1+36

 

Gear

Top Headgear- Feather Beret (frontline scholar), Ramen Hat (DLP)

Mid Headgear- Insomniac Mids

Lower Headgear- Well Chewed Pencil

Weapon- Combat Knife (frontline scholar), quad drops knife (DLP)

Armor- BG Set with Marc or BG Set with ED (DLP)

Shield- Cranial Valk Shield, Cranial Thorny Buckler (DLP)

Garment- BG Set with Raydric

Shoes- BG Set with Matyr or Green Ferus

Accessories- Nimble Gloves, Nimble Orleans, Nimble Bison Horn (thorny set)

 

Gameplay

Spoiler

Notes: It is important to note that there are two main types of Scholars. You have a designated "DLP" Scholar who is responsible for keeping a ME down at all times. This individual will work with the guild's shot caller and minstrel, between the three of them they will be responsible for the guild's movement. The second type of Scholar is a frontline Scholar. These Scholars will try to stack up on top of the Biochemists to protect them. They will also be responsible for "debuffing" the enemies by dispelling everything within their range. A Scholar inside of SW+Blinding Mist is one of the hardest things to kill in Ragnarok.

 

Specialty buffs to look for- All Scholars, regardless of their role, must be sac'd. The ability for them to stay alive and successfully get casts off is vital for your guild's survival. Kaupe is a great soul linker skill that can and should be spammed on the frontline scholars.

 

ASPD Goal- 180+

 

Reduction Goal- Frontline should have 54% demihuman and 20% neutral, along with EC. DLP should have 34% demihuman and 20% neutral, along with EC.

 

Point of the build: The disable the enemies and to ensure proper movement of your guild/protection from AoE magic.

 

GvG Notes: Frontline Scholars are literally your guilds front most line. Although they are the furthest in the front, they have to stay stacked on top of biochemists to protect the biochemists from dispels. As a frontline Scholar, it is important to dispel as many targets as you can from the enemy guild, focus should be on enemy scholars, DPS characters, and vital support. The DLP needs to stay safe within the stack and spam ME as much as possible well being very conscientious of movement.

 

Precast Notes: Well precasting a scholar can drop a Volcano under the HW line. That is a very offensive move and MUST switch to a ME if any enemy HW make it through the CP alive. Dispel everything as it enters the precast and fiber lock spam as much as possible as well. If the enemy guild does make it to the emp, do whatever it takes to remove ME from the emp and keep SW+quag up on it. Targets to disable should be breakers, such as sinxs. If you see a recall happening, use spell break.

 

Rushing Precast Notes: Upon rushing a precast is is important to make it out of the CP. All you need to be is 1 cell out of the CP and get a ME down, that will allow your guild to fight at the door. By fighting at the door you will suffer a lot less casualties then having all of your squishy targets run through a precast. Try to dispel bios, scholars, and HW as soon as possible. Keep your eyes peeled for defensive recalls and spell break them. Once you get to the emp, do whatever it takes to keep an ME on the emp so your breakers can break it. Stone curse when your in tight quarters with the enemy guild.

Link to other guides:

Video example:

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 30 March 2015 - 10:27 AM.

[Gn1ydnu]

E. Sniper (submitted by darkabe)

 

Class: Sniper

Role: DPS, Disabler, Hinderer, Emp Breaker

 

Stats (things to shoot for)

Str- 1

Dex- 150-160

Agi- 120-130

Vit- 70-100

Int- 1

 

Stats (example build)

Str- 1

Dex- 91+59

Agi- 80+41

Vit- 71+8

Int- 1

 

Gear

Top Headgear- Feather Beret (defensive), Giant Bapho (damage)

Mid Headgear- Insomniac mids, Black Devil Mask

Lower Headgear- Pirate Dagger (damage), Gentlemans Pipe or Evolved Pipe (defensive)

Weapon- Valorous Battle CrossBow, Earthen Bow, Bow[Status cards : Magnolia, Requiem, Metaller, Plankton...]

Armor- BG Set with Marc

Shield- Cranial Valk Shield

Garment- BG Set with Raydric/Noxious

Shoes- BG Set with Martyr

Accessories- Medal of Honor x2

 

Gameplay

Spoiler

The damage dealt by Snipers is comparable to LKs'. While it's not gonna be able to kill anything by itself, when stacked with other sources of damage, it can help your side to get the upper hand in the fight.

 

Due to the relatively complex shape of Focused Arrow Strike, Sniper players tend to prefer focusing on disabling the ennemy stack with status bows and Arrow Shower.

To make your damage relevant with FAS the most important thing is to position correctly. With '/noshift' on, it is important to target an ally in a straight line/diagonal between you and the ennemy stack.

In blue is the Sniper's position while red are the possible positions for your ally target that'll help you guess easily which area you're covering with your FAS.

Keep in mind that you have 13 cells range, so you can easily stay out of the Dispel/Bombs range while still hitting the enemy front line.

Holy elemental arrows is the best choice for damage.

Abrasive is very important to increase damage output.

While hitting the Emp, using an Orc Archer bow with Steel arrows and cursed water is good enough. While not being the fastest Emp breaking class, snipers can keep on damaging it if it's beeing protected by safety wall.

 

Disabling:

Sniper is the best class to inflict a variety of status in an AoE from a safe spot. Everything depends on the weapon cards and arrows used. Curse and Silence are good to annoy vitless front liners while Confusion and Sleep can disturb the organisation of the ennemy stack. Stone curse is effective againt sacced targets.

Positioning isn't as important as with FAS, Arrow Shower has a 14 cells range so it's easy to stay out of danger.

 

Hindering:

In a precast, the Sniper's role is to restrict the attacking side's movement with traps(specifically Ankle Snare). This role usually requires alot of patience to deal with hot-blooded guildmates that want to rush outside without notice to remove traps, players that missclick and run into a couple of your traps or even people who can't see/don't notice them. It is important to know that Ankle Snare's sprite can disapear while still being active, to deal with that problem you may want to change the RCX color for the trap to something flashy.

How to trap:

If you only use Ankle Snare, the first players rushing your defense are gonna destroy too many traps at the same time if they walk as far as they can. To avoid that, it is important, to put a Land Mine in between each Ankle Snare, it'll make the player walking into it flinch and not take a whole line of traps with him.

While refreshing traps, it's better to be very pananoid: use Detect and Arrow Shower on every area you're about to refresh. If you notice a trap disapearing for no reason it may be an ally you haven't notice who stepped on it but it's better to Arrow Shower/Detect around.

Important: If an enemy guild is rushing you must absolutely survive or all of your traps will disapear with you. Hide behind your precast stack and try to use status on the rushing enemies.

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 09 April 2015 - 12:20 PM.

[Gn1ydnu]

F. Minstrel (submitted by darkabe)

 

Class: Minstrel

Role: Support, Offensive Disabler

 

Stats (things to shoot for)

Str- 1

Dex- 90-100

Agi- 1-30

Vit- 97-100

Int- 100-150

 

Stats (example build)

Str- 1

Dex- 53+47

Agi- 4+26

Vit- 93+7

Int- 91+19

 

Gear

Top Headgear- Yellow Ribbon, Purple Cowboy Hat[Isilla/Elder Willow], St. Patrick Hat[Isilla/Elder Willow]

Mid Headgear- Takius Blindfold

Lower Headgear- Gentleman's Pipe or Evolved Pipe

Weapon- Knife[4x Drops / 3x Drops + 1 Golem], Harp [Fabre + Golem] and Berserk Guitar

Armor- BG Set with Marc

Shield- Cranial Valk Shield, Horn Valk Shield

Garment- BG Set with Noxious

Shoes- BG Set with Matyr or Green Ferus

Accessories- Earrings, 2x Earring[Alligator], 2x Necklace[Alligator]

 

Gameplay

 

Spoiler

Minstrel is one of the few classes that can reach 75% ranged reduction with BG set, Noxious Garment, 2x Alligator, Horn and Yellow Ribbon. With that, Bombs and Magic become easily tankable/outpotable. Although, I'd suggest to switch to a cranial shield if you're roaming(on your way to your party).

 

Bard and Dancer Link is a necessity. Not having it results in loosing good mobility and debuff efficiency (details later)

 

Support songs:

The song buff will last for 20 sec on a player and can only be refreshed if the player is still in the song area at the end of those 20sec. If a player stays in the song for 19sec then walks out of it, he'll only have it for 1 more second.

Always ask for link to keep up with your guild's mobility.

Switching songs needs to be done right before a fight to make sure your team benefits of most of the 20sec buff duration.

Here's an example of how to switch :

Song of Lutie > switch to dagger > switch to instrument > Impressive Riff > switch to dagger > switch to instrument > Magic String

While getting attacked, always keep an eye on the enemy's Ganbantein. If it created holes in your song just :

switch to dagger > switch to instrument > Magic String.

Note for Magic String stats : int is your main concern, with 100 int you reduce 90% delay which is enough for a High Wizard with D. Robe to reach 0% delay. As for the rest of the classes 10% gets eaten by animation delay for anything relevant.

 

Disabling:

Unbarring Octave: Best way to disable GR/Bryn users. Since it has no cast, using Berserk Guitar is the best choice for spamming(max aspd). If you're the only Minstrel of your guild you absolutely need Link buffs to help you reduce the huge skill delay with your own Strings.

Tarot card: Best weapon against enemy front liners and players stacking defensive gears. To be cast with Strings and using the dex(Drops) dagger.

Pang Voice: can surprise enemy front liners. To be used with the dex dagger and Strings.

 

With only one Minstrel in the guild, it's usually better to focus on support most of the time. Unbarring Octave is good to spam for a few seconds but you want to keep your guild on Strings effect all the time.

 

Gn1ydnu's note: The primary movement of a guild depends upon three people. That would include the "shot caller", the DLP Scholar, and the Minstrel. Guild members should be packed together inside of the Minstrel's songs AoE. Since it is harmful to move without a ME, communication with the scholar is important. There should be good coordination between the scholar, leader, and minstrel to show the guild where to move to and how fast to move to. It is much easier for other guild members to see where they need to be if they simply follow the minstrel and stay within range of them. It helps to reduce a lot of communication issues with movement and regrouping. 

 

Link to other guides: ClickClickClick's guide on Bards. This is a great read and very informative!

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 06 April 2015 - 06:18 AM.

[Gn1ydnu]

G. Gypsy (submitted by darkabe)

 

Class: Gypsy

Role: Debuff/Disabler

 

Stats (things to shoot for)

Str- 1

Dex- 80- 149

Agi- 140+

Vit- 97+100

Int- 1

 

Stats (example build)

Str- 1

Dex- 40+50

Agi- 99+46

Vit- 93+4

Int- 1

 

Gear

Top Headgear- Yellow Ribbon, Feather Beret

Mid Headgear- Nightmare Mid

Lower Headgear- Gentleman's Pipe, Evolved Pipe

Weapon- Rope[3x Fabre + 1x Golem], Knife[3x drops + 1x Golem], Combat Knife

Armor- BG Set with Marc card

Shield- Valk shield/Thorny Buckler[Horn/Thara]

Garment- BG Set with Noxious

Shoes- BG Set with Matyr Card

Accessories- 2x Bison Horn[Alligator], 2x Brooch[Alligator], 2x Necklace[Alligator]

 

Spoiler

You role is to be hated. If you're always being targeted that means you're doing your job properly.

 

Using the full ranged reduction gears (75% with BG set, Noxious, 2x Alligator, Horn and Yellow Ribbon) will help you stay alive as long as you keep your distance from an enemy group. You should always have Full Chemical Protection on to avoid breaking your armor.

 

Disabling:

The Gypsy's main role is to punish every build on screen that doesn't provide stun immunity with Dazzler. Non-stun immune builds with high vit (80~90) won't have too much trouble unless there is a significant amount of Gypsies spamming around.

Since Dazzler doesn't have a cast, the high agi and a knife should be enough to reach the best attack speed and optimize the skill usage but you'll need to be in Strings to reach 100% delay reduction(thanks to the BG set when the Minstrel has 25+ int).

The goal is to have as many opponents on screen when you spam Dazzler. It is fine to get near the front line with the stacked range reduction you can get but be careful of 'fishing' Champions.

Tarot Card, when spammed, can bring down tough targets/front liners no matter what gears they use. Since it can even dispel Mega Resist Potion buff you can also make your vitless targets vulnerable to stun.

Debuff:

Slow Grace can be an effective debuff when used in the right situation. When facing an enemy stack, it's preferable to focus on disabling from a distance than 'suicide' Slow Grace into the ennemy stack with Link and speed potion unless there are multiple Gypsies to take over the disabling role. If the opposing stack is running away, rushing into them with Slow Grace is a good way to leave no escape route and your chance to survive will be higher while they're focusing on defense.

 

Support:

Gypsy's Kiss is a good skill to use(as long as there is no ennemy in sight) on a precast and right before a fight. With their high int, linked Minstrel can provide your Champions with a better SP buff.

 

note: while roaming, it's good to have demi-human resistance gears on.

 

Link to other guides: ClickClickClick's guide to Dancers. This is very well written and I learned a lot

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 08 April 2015 - 07:48 PM.

[Gn1ydnu]

H. Mastersmith

 

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[Gn1ydnu]

I. Biochemist

 

Class: Biochemist

Role: Damage Dealer

 

Stats (things to shoot for)

Str- 1

Dex- 149

Agi- 50+

Vit- 1

Int- 120+

 

Stats (example build)

Str- 1

Dex- 99+42

Agi- 25+32

Vit- 1

Int- 99+28

 

Gear

Top Headgear- Ulle's Cap with Stalastic Golem

Mid Headgear- Stalastic Golem Mids

Lower Headgear- Well Chewed Pencil

Weapon- None or triple rapid elemental sword

Armor- Valk Armor with ed/marc

Shield- Cranial Valk Shield or Cranial Thorny Buckler (as a set)

Garment- Nyd Garb with Noxious/Raydric

Shoes- Variants, Diablos Boots with Maytr

Accessories- Medal of Honor x2 or Medal of Honor + Nimble Bison Horn (as set)

 

Gameplay

Spoiler

Notes: Mega Resist Potions will be necessary to maintain stun immunity. Do not get more then 1 base vit on a class that is going stun immunity via gears. It is best to not use a weapon unless you have a proper elemental sword so that you can throw more bombs per second. As a frontline character or a 1 vit character it will be important to bring a lot of ASPD potions and green potions to remove silence or keep your ASPD high enough for your spam rate. It is crucial for your survival to have a Paladin spam sacrifice on the Biochemist.

 

Specialty buffs to look for- Kaupe from Soul Linkers. Will need a constant spam of at least Blessing lv 10 to keep your dps as high as possible.

 

ASPD Goal- 186+

 

Reduction Goal- 30% demihuman and 20% neutral. If rushing a precast, a CK is acceptable.

 

Point of the build: To apply consistent, long range, single target damage. Acid Bomb is one of the main way to kill players, it is important to throw as many bombs as you can and at the right targets.

 

GvG Notes: Your positioning will be at the front of your guild, exactly one cell behind your frontline scholars. Will need to stay on top of your on status effects and using the right consumables just to survive (green pots for silence, pancakes for chaos, zerk after dispel, ect ect). Once the two guilds are close enough begin bombing like no tomorrow. Be careful not to click too far ahead and have yourself run in front of your scholars. Listen and bomb the targets that the vent lead calls out. Scholars who are dispelled should be fairly killable. If you EVER get a chance to target the enemy's main Minstrel or DLP, do it. Those targets are hard to get, but can ensure vicotry for your guild. Otherwise, avoid bombing 1 vit targets such as DD HW's or DD Biochemists and bomb targets that would have high vit. If you see a Gypsy or something else running into your stack, bomb it. Once an enemy makes it into your stack, do not bomb it and keep focusing forwards and following your leader's targeting orders. When your not in the middle of a fight, FCP everybody in your guild. Also make sure your always within range of your main Minstrel's songs.

 

Precast Notes: You will want to stand with your HW's in that line. Once targets enter the emp room, bomb them until they are dead. Apply FCP's as needed. Make sure your in the Minstrel's song effects range.

 

Rushing Precast Notes: You will want to maintain your stun immunity and then switch the rest of the gear to more survival type of gear. You will not be one of the first people rushing in. If your Paladin makes it even one cell past their CP then enter the portal and wait to be sac'd before moving, rapidly, towards the rest of your guild. Once your established in the emp room, proceed to bomb everything.

Links to other guides:

Video example:

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 31 March 2015 - 06:46 AM.

[Gn1ydnu]

J. Assassin Cross

 

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[Gn1ydnu]

K. Stalker

 

Class: Stalker

Role: Damage Dealer, "Target" Absorber

 

Stats (things to shoot for)

Str- 1

Dex- 149

Agi- 50+

Vit- 1

Int- 120+

 

Stats (example build)

Str- 1

Dex- 99+45

Agi- 25+35

Vit- 1

Int- 99+24

 

Gear

Top Headgear- Ulle's Cap with Stalastic Golem

Mid Headgear- Stalastic Golem Mid

Lower Headgear- Well Chewed Pencil

Weapon- None or Triple Rapid Elemental Sword

Armor- Valk Armor with Marc

Shield- Cranial Valk Shield, Cranial Thorny Buckler (as set)

Garment- Nyd Garb with Raydric or Noxious

Shoes- Variants

Accessories- Nimble Gloves or Nimble Glove + Nimble Bison Horn

 

Gameplay

Spoiler

Notes: This type of Stalker depends on Mega Resist Potions to achieve stun immunity. Stalker's soul links allow them to not be dispelled by a Scholar's dispel, which means these characters will play forwards and aggressive with your frontline Scholars. They are an offensive character that depends upon one of two skills. The first is First Wind from Ninja's. This will allow AoE magic damage that will ignore ME. This is great for dealing small amounts of consistent damage. This is also a great "counter" to a guild running with many Soul Linkers who are spamming kaupe. The other option is JT, which would allow the Stalkers to deal moderate single target damage. This is great for killing other 1 vit targets once they are dispelled. Stalkers are also very defensive characters. Since they wont be dispelled by a Scholar and wont take much damage from Acid Bombs, they can be used to stack on top of your Biochemists and Scholars making those characters harder to target or be killed. If you want to do any real damage, mind break is mandatory.

 

Specialty buffs to look for- Stalker soul linker buff. This buff makes the class viable and since you wont be dispelled by Scholars you an run as many consumable buffs as you want.

 

ASPD Goal- 186+

 

Reduction Goal- 30% demihuman and 20% neutral. When rushing precasts, which you can portal hide, you can use a CK for 40% demihuman reduction.

 

Point of the build: To deal AoE magic damage regardless of ME. To deal moderate single target ranged magic damage. To make targeting your frontline harder for the enemy.

 

GvG Notes: Stalkers should be positioned one cell in front of your Biochemists. This is the same spot as your scholars, however you want to try and be on top of your Scholars instead of next to them. You will spam First Wind, if that is the magic you have, non stop well being careful about chaos and silence status effects. If you have JT, spam that on the enemy's fronline and listen to the targets called out. Focus forwards, always as a Stalker. If you ever lose link due to TC or anything else, leave the frontline until you get re soul linked.

 

Precast Notes: You could learn Meteor Storm for precasting. Otherwise spam your magic skills on the enemies as they enter the emp room. If you see a recaller or breaker or another high value target (recaller's sac pally) simply close confined them so they are singled out. If the enemy guild recalls you can try to full divest them.

 

Rushing Precast Notes: Walking into the portal you can hide to avoid taking damage well under the CP, unless they have sight up/detect/ect.Make it to your guild and apply pressure wherever you can. Make sure you have soul link and sac. If the enemy guild recalls, you can try to full divest players.

 

Before you actually rush the emp room a Stalker can help "camp the flag in". When people return to the castle close confined them. There is also a good chance they haven't received FCP, so feel free to full divest them. Most people would kill the player since it is full divested, personally I would let them go to the emp room with no gears so they will be useless when the fight starts (except Paladins).

Links to other guides:

Video example:

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 30 March 2015 - 11:36 AM.

[Gn1ydnu]

L. High Priest

 

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[Gn1ydnu]

M. Champion

 

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Link to other guides: Jaffer's Monk/Champion Guide! This is very well written and very in depth, great material.

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 30 March 2015 - 10:18 AM.

[Gn1ydnu]

N. Soul Linker

 

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[Gn1ydnu]

VII. How to build a roster

 

Roster basics, the bare minimum.

 

Regardless of a guild's size it is important to cover the bare minimum to be as effective as possible. Every guild needs the following:

 

-Scholar (DLP)

-Minstrel

-Paladin

-Recaller

 

Once those positions are filled it is time to decide what to add to the roster. You can add additional support characters to strengthen your guilds defense and buffs. You can add damage dealing characters to increase your killing ability. You can also add debuffers/disablers to limit the enemies damage output.

 

Examples of damage dealing classes with minimum class support requirements.

 

-DD Biochemist. Strong and consistent single target ranged damage. Requires a minstrel and paladin in order to be of basic efficiency.

-High Wizard. Strong, elemental, and AoE magic damage. Requires a minstrel, paladin, and soul linker in order to be of basic efficiency.

-Champion. Strong single target damage.

-Lord Knight. Moderate, elemental, and AoE damage. Requires multiple Lord Knights and an offensive guild to back them up in order to be of basic efficiency. AKA best if you have a surplus of players.

-DD Stalker. Moderate, elemental, and AoE/single magic damage. Requires a minstrel, paladin, soul linker, and MBK scholar in order to be of basic efficiency.

-FAS Sniper. Moderate, elemental, and AoE ranged physical damage. Requires a minstrel in order to be of basic efficiency.

-TC Gypsy. Random effects and damage that ignores sac and GTB. Requires a minstrel in order to be of basic efficiency.

 

Examples of support characters with benefits of having them.

 

-Paladin. Allows your damage dealing classes and main support classes to stay alive longer then they normally would.

-Minstrel. Allows your guild to cast skills more rapidly.

-Scholar. Allows your guild to survive AoE magic damage.

-High Priest. Allows your guild to receive buffs and status recovery.

-Soul Linker. Allows your guild to have required buffs and can protect the frontline.

-SPP Bio. Allows your guild to have AoE hp recovery.

 

Examples of debuffers/disablers with benefits of having them

 

-Scholar. The definition of debuffer and disabler.

-SG Gypsy. Can drastically slow down the spam rate of the enemy guild.

-Sniper. Status effects of mute or chaos can reduce DPS and movement of enemy guilds.

-FJ Minstrel. Spamming frost joke will hinder GR/Bryn users useless and easy to kill.

 

So when creating your own roster, big or little, it is important to have a balance between having enough support and enough damage. I would recommend taking care of the support that is needed before taking care of the damage part of the roster. It is also very important to have multiple types of damage. If you only run with forced neutral damage dealers (bios and champs), then you will be at a loss if the enemy has good gear and can out pot your damage. It is good to have a blend of forced neutral ranged (bios), with some heavy forced neutral melee (champs), some AoE elemental magic (HW), and possibly elemental physical damage (LK). By offering as many different types of damage it is hard to "counter" it by just gears alone.

 

VIII. Basics of teamwork

 

How do 5 to 50+ players come together and become a solid force to be reckoned with? Teamwork. Teamwork is what makes Classic, also pre-renewal mechanics, what it is. Every success or failure in WoE has been directly effected by teamwork. Every class has a "counter" and every class requires other classes support to be used efficiently. How do we bring teamwork together?

 

Key points for Teamwork!

 

Have a way to communicate

 

-In game chat is only reliable to a certain degree. Ragnarok can be very fast paced at times and the emp could break before you type out "sinx on emp". It isn't required to WoE but voice communication software is very efficient. There are many obvious ways as to how this is a great thing. It allows communication without stopping in game and typing it out. It's also very fun to talk and socialize.

 

Have designated roles/communication between roles

 

-As far as "key" roles I think there are three. You have a leader, a recaller, and movement (DLP scholar + main Minstrel). It is possible to have a single person do two roles.

 

The leader role is generally the guild leader or one of the guild leaders. This role can also be described as a "shot caller". They will make a decision on where to go, what to do, who to attack and much more. This person will generally be in charge of knowing the end game goals that the guild is shooting for and will provide instruction to achieve them. For WoE, this will be the most vocal person who will be describing where they want the guild and what to do.

 

The recaller role is for the player on the recaller. Recall is a very powerful guild skill that is game changing. It is vital that this player can follow the instructions of the leader perfectly and also must be able to communicate. The recaller has one main job at the end of the day... to recall. If that player needs sacrifice, safety wall, or a specific position for support then they must be able to communicate that to the guild so they can receive the support that is needed.

 

Movement roles could also be described as the shepard role of trying to herd the sheep. The DLP Scholar and main Minstrel should be pretty well on point with the leader. I include both of these because both are vital and both put out big easy to follow AoE ground spells to see. As a member of a guild/team it is much easier to follow a giant 11x11 thing on the ground then listen to "regroup on the stairs". These characters are necessary for almost any guild and they are easy to spot and regroup with. When engaging in a fight it makes for easy following, simply stay in strings and on ME. The actual players of the DLP Scholar and main Minstrel have to be amazing at following directions from the leader. They should also be able to communicate with the leader and guild.

 

A "carry" or DPS oriented class is only as good as the support that they are given. The support classes are often less glamorous, however they are the reason why your guild wins. Always always thank your support players. There wouldn't be any carry or dps classes without supports.

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 13 April 2015 - 08:57 AM.

[Gn1ydnu]

Credits!

 

Thank you darkabe for making a pretty kick but section about Minstrels, Snipers and Gypsies for us! darkabe = MVP!!!

Edited by Gn1ydnu, 09 April 2015 - 12:21 PM.

[kurapikan]

Update pleaseeeeeeee

[darkabe]

Update pleaseeeeeeee

Are you waiting for a class guide in particular?

[kurapikan]

Are you waiting for a class guide in particular?

 

ummmm, minstrel and how to pick classes for small guild (5~7 players)

 

thanks in advance

[Gn1ydnu]

ummmm, minstrel and how to pick classes for small guild (5~7 players)

thanks in advance

I'll do that today. Monday and Tuesday's I have a lot of spare time at my internship to work on this and other projects

[darkabe]

ummmm, minstrel and how to pick classes for small guild (5~7 players)

 

thanks in advance

Minstrel build was updated if you haven't noticed yet. As for your small guild composition I'll suggest a USRC-like team with a Linker or a Biochem in stead of a Stalker so...

Minstrel(support), Scholar(support), Paladin(support), High Priest(support), High Wizard(DD), Champion(DD), Bomber(DD)/Linker(Support).

Linker:

pros: increased mobility, saves the High Wizard from Kaite reflect

cons: needs another Linker to be effective with Ka buffs

 

Bomber:

pros: increase your dps

cons: you'll be missing linker buffs

[Gn1ydnu]

To add to what darkabe said, team composition also depend on your objective. If you wish to break castles, then you will require a breaker character. Sinx/tkm is top tier followed by things like LK/Mastersmiths ect. Also, I wouldn't underestimate the power of a well positioned sniper to break it. If the objective is just to have fun, then I would just be sure to include the very bare minimum and have people play what they want. If the objective is just to fight and have action then the USRC setup like darkabe described would be great (i would 100% run bio and dual log linker). If action is the goal you can open up and experience different "unusual" comps as well. We ran 4 LKs, 1 champ (recaller), and tkm before and it was a very fun WoE. That goes against everything said in this thread, but it worked for the objective that we had. There is something to be said for experienced players on "comfort" picks even if it doesn't make the best "on paper roster"....

 

Easier to help you build a solid roster for a small group if we know the goal/objective. The only problem with small group play is there will always be something lacking in the comp or some weakness to expose if people pick up on it.

[kurapikan]

Sorry double posted

Edited by kurapikan, 08 April 2015 - 11:20 PM.

[kurapikan]

Thanks a lot for the help

Anyway, can you please add some tips to be build recaller

Edited by kurapikan, 08 April 2015 - 11:19 PM.