Hello to all the new Lineage 2 Essence players. I'm from Red server and my nick is Ar3naOfH3LL. Choosing your class: Mage's Guide If you are a returning player in lineage 2 after being gone for a long time and feel lost in the world of Elmoreden and you're also ready to explore the world of Lineage 2 essence but you dont know what class to play then this guide will provide you some usefull information. Introduction. Choosing your class in Lineage 2 Essence can be one of the most important and time consuming decisions a player ever makes. The purpose of this guide is to help you level up and grind easier, in finding the class in Lineage 2 Essence that you will enjoy playing. When you are in the process of creating a new character, you can choose between 5 different races. Elf, Dark elf, Human, Orc, Dwarf Mage Class: Mystic Muse, Storm Screamer, Archmage, Soultaker Archmage: Fire mages are a type of Ranged DPS specialization that utilizes powerful fire magic to sear their foes. As a fire mage, you are equipped with an arsenal of spells and abilities. Pros: - High mobility/movement due to a large amount of instant cast spells - Very Strong single target burst - Excellent cleave and execute potential - Fire Vortex and Crusher is a deadly combo - Sorcerers are mainly focused on elemental spells Cons: - AoE and cleave damage is only strong if targets are very close to each other and you need to change fast targets. Mystic Muse: Elf mages are a type of Ranged DPS specialization that utilizes frost magic to freeze their enemies. Elf mages are also unique from the three mage specs because they can harness the power of water. As a elf mage, you are equipped with frost spells such as Hydro Blast, Water Explosion, Frostbolt, Blizzard and Ice Dagger to assail, slow and burst your enemies down. Pros: - Strong single target damage - Decent mobility/movement - Ice Vortex and Ice Vortex Crusher is a deadly combination - Blizzard + Elemental Symphony + Aura Symphony can burst your targets down very fast - Sleep + Water Explosion can make an extra attack to triggered - Quick reuse time on skills, a lot of damage, good casting speed Cons: - They have lower M.Attack than humans and spellhowlers. Soultaker: Necromancers have a lot of curses and are specialized into dark magic. It's a unique class because of many debuffs. For example with curse fear you can make yours enemies flee, also against other spellcasters, they have the special spell Silence. As nukers, they get the spells Vampiric Claw, which does much damage and heals the caster from it, but has a high mana cost, and Death Spike, which costs very little mana, but consumes a cursed bone and they are very expensive, and later Curse Death Link, which has a good amount of damage and mp consumption but most importantly gets stronger the lower the hp of the caster drops. They can also use Transfer Pain to move damage made on them into their cursed summon. Pros: -Being one of the strongest classes when it comes to PVP and very tanky. -Good combination of lot's of debuffs. -Curse gloom can lower the M.def of opponents. Cons: -Very expensive class on farm and difficult to lvl up, because the cursed bones will cost you daily a lot of money. -If you want to make propet farm, you will have to risk it and be all the time with Low HP and try to farm with cursed death link. StormScreamer: Very offensive spellcaster of the Dark Elves. Has hurricane skill with lots of damage and fast reuse. Vampiric claw is a powerful dark attack which steals HP from the target. Silence debuff that blocks target's ability to cast spells. Pros: -Deadly Combos: Wind Vortex + Wind Vortex Crusher + Elemental Skills. -Easy to farm and lvl up. -Can combine wind and dark magic with very high Magic Damage. -Shadow Flare is good to use when enemy is weak. Overhit Skill -Dark magic is very strong, but some mobs are very resistant, and wind attacks tend to be cheaper -Remaining the highest Damage Dealer of all Mages. Cons: -Not so tanky as Necromancer and Sorserer. Tips And Hints for leveling up mage's. Follow the chain quest's starting from lvl 1 to lvl 56. Areas where you can start leveling up very fast -LvL 40 to 55 : Enchanted Valley -LvL 55 to 68 : Plains Of Glory -LvL 68 to 74 : Devil's Isle-Patriots Necropolis -LvL 74 to 78 : Necropolis Of Devotion-Silent Valley Special Hunting Zones -Do daily transedence instance zone -Daily 120min in primeval island -Primeval Garden is also a very good place where you can do a big amount of exp in 1h. When you have reached a level where you have body to mind skill and your main skill to do damage. Then you can go on a skillbar and set for example from F1 to F7 prominence skill and then on F8=Body to Mind, F9=Battle heal. With this way your charachter will do more hits on the mob and will not spam all the time the skill body to mind. L-Coin Store: Open daily, go to the ''Adena items tab'' and you can buy a lot of useful good's there daily. Basic Gear Requirements : Dragon Belt +3, +4, +5 (Inscrease in all STATS) Talisman of Aden +5 (STATS bonuses + XP Bonus) Talisman of Eva +3,+4 (Increase in MP Recovery rate+M.def) Venir Talisman +4 (+1 WIT) Talisman Bracelet lvl 4 ( You can equip all of the above) Brooch lvl 3 ( you can equip your'self with jewels like Onyx,moonstone,opal,coral,zircon) Agathion Bracelet lvl 3 Dyes for +12 WIT -MEN When you reach a high lvl you need to have +50 wit on your stat points. Armor Requirements: Dark Crystal Robe Helmet Majestic Boots Robe Majestic Gloves robe NightMare or Majestic Robe
