What to know about DMs

What to know about DMs
by Pluberus and Adeodatis
I found it, copied it, and spammed my own comments, read ahead.

// What is a Dark Magician?
The first job Asura race Magician class.

// Why should I go Dark Magician?
...I don't know.

// What is the Dark Magician good at?
Buffing people?
And they are good damage dealers! Not sure if its mentioned later but CMs gets higher buffs that Warlocks
// What are the important skills for DM?
Fire Arrow Lv 1, Lightning Bolt Lv 1, Life Leech, Wind Weapon, Dark Might, Magical Training, Windy Shackle, Nightmare, Corpse HP/MP Drain.

// What are the Dark Magician's second jobs?
Chaos Mage [CM or Nuker] and Warlock [Debuffer].
CMs has powerful and flashy skills, while the Lock sets traps and debuffs as said.

// Should I use a 1h or 2h staff for casting magic?
2h staff. You need all of the Matk you can get.
You could use a 1h staff and shield for PvP but this will decrease your Matk.

// What pet should I have as a DM who uses magic?
Red Pixie is a good spell caster. Use it to fight with you.

// What about a Blue Pixie?
Blue Pixie can heal... You can kill faster w/Red Pixie or kill slower but have healing w/Blue Pixie. Keep in mind that you will get stronger and less squishy at higher level so Blue Pixie's wears its welcome.

// What pet should I put on my belt?
Poultry is +5% Matk, Tortus is +5% Vit.
In E5 this changed so, NO CHICKENS ON YOUR BELT. Tortus is still good, but at higher lvls, you will prefer a BP or a RP on your belt.

// What Soul Stones should I use?
For magic, Int/Wis/Vit are all important. If you use dagger, Str/Wis/Vit.
Daggers was one of the ways you could go, but in E5 part 2 Magic became more powerful, so NO STRENGTH STONES.

// What rings should I use?
Vit. The rings give you a good HP boost.
You can also use Wis rings for PvP or two Int rings, or one Vit and one Int ring.

Since I do not have a DM, I probably wont comment on any of the skills
// What does Corruption do? The description is weird.
Corruption is a DoT spell that does 34 * SLv every 2 seconds for 12 sec. It does no first hit of damage like Fireball and Flame Burn do, just DoT.

// Zomg I'm gunna use Lv 10 Fire Arrow and Lightning Bolt!
Please don't. Spamming Fire Arrow and Lightning Bolt level 1 is the most effective and most MP efficient way to level. The damage that FA/LB gain per level is hardly noticeable. It's +5 damage per level, and the spell uses something like 80% of your Matk to begin with. However, they have a short cast time and cool down time, so you can use them to spam.

As of the 10-23 patch, the damage is more like +20 per level making the spells somewhat less shitty.

// What do Lightning Bolt and Fire Arrow cards do? They don't say anything on them.
FA/LB use around 80% of your Matk. The cards make them use +1% per Matk per card (ie: +2 card = +2% Matk, +5 card = +5% Matk).

// Why is my MP going down so fast!!!
Because you're using high level skills when you don't need to be using them. Or you're not using MP food. Or... I don't know.

// Does Wis raise MP regeneration?
No. The confusion about this was apparently caused by Pet passive skills having a skill caused "Awakening of Wisdom" which improved their MP Recovery stat. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PASSIVE RAISES WIS AND THUS RAISES MP RECOVERY. YOU'D BE ABLE TO TELL THIS BY SIMPLY LOOKING AT YOUR PET'S STATUS SCREEN AFTER GETTING A LEVEL OF AWAKENING OF WISDOM. NOTICE HOW IT DOESN'T RAISE THE PET'S WISDOM AT ALL, JUST THE MP RECOVERY?

// Why shouldn't I use stuff like Lightning, Flame Burn, and Fireball?
Because they're worthless and have a long cast speed. 2sec cast time for each of them and they do about the same damage. You will do more damage alternate-spamming between FA/LB Lv 1 than you will do with these three crappy spells. If you really want to use a spell to pull things with, use Lightning Field Lv 1 so they will walk slower towards you giving you more time to spam FA/LB before they reach you.

// Does Lightning ever actually stun?
Yes. Like 5% of the time. On purple mobs. But yes, it does.

// What is the difference between Fireball and Flame Burn besides their weak DoT damage?
Well, Fireball does 6 * SLv every 2 seconds for 8 sec, and Flame Burn does 5 * SLv every 3 seconds for 12 seconds. ...so, uh, not a whole lot different. Their damage is quite similar too.
Oh wait, their MP costs are different!

// What's up with people using daggers?! They're dumb! DM is a magic class! You should use magic!
Magic sucks because there are more ways to buff up your Patk than there is ways to buff up your Matk. In DP's especially you should really use a dagger since there's usually a Cleric and Kahuna (both with ways to buff up your Patk). Even your buffs, Wind Weapon and Dark Might, are aimed towards physical melee. The game simply is focused more on melee than magic. Even the Warlock's MDef debuff only lasts 10 sec compared to Weakness Skin's 5 mins. For DM's in Epic 4, recognizing that the game is against you early on is a good idea.
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// So what is the point of having all of these magic spells if I'm better off using a dagger?!
You tell me. For the most part, the magic spell buffs and debuffs are good. Stuff like Corpse HP/MP Drain is also good. Everything else however...

// Should I use a dagger outside of a dp too?
Depends on how fast you kill or your pet or whatever.

// What is the Chaos Mage better at?
Spike damage, AoE damage, AoE effects [the AoE of CM spells is easier to control than the AoE of Warlock spells], buffing people [which could all fall under partying!].

Because of their spike damage and instant cast buff, it's typical to say that a CM is better at PVP than a Warlock.

// What is the Warlock better at?
Spike damage [sort of], debuffing, partying ["crowd control"], soloing ["supporting yourself"], damage over time spells, ?? boss hunting [Mana Burn and ASPD debuffs].

Prepare to face prejudice by those who think that DM's are worthless in DP's except for their buffs leading to people specifically requesting for CM's in DP's because CM's have higher level buffs.

As of the 10-23 patch, Warlock's are capable of doing game best damage to dungeon monsters. However, the damage relies on something besides Matk.

// Skills that you need to cover all of the Chaos Mage pre-requisites:
- Lv 10 Magical Training
- Lv 10 Fire Arrow
- Lv 10 Lightning Bolt
- Lv 5 Life Leech
- Lv 5 Darkness Arrow
- Lv 10 Lightning
- Lv 10 Fireball
- Lv 5 Fire Field
- Lv 5 Lightning Field
- Lv 5 Firestorm
- Lv 5 Splash Thunder
- Lv 5 Dark Might
- Lv 3 Wind Weapon
- Lv 3 Spirit of Fire

// Skills that you need to cover all of the Warlock pre-requisites:
- Lv 10 Magical Training
- Lv 10 Fire Arrow
- Lv 10 Lightning Bolt
- Lv 5 Life Leech
- Lv 10 Flame Burn
- Lv 3 Windy Shackle
- Lv 5 Nightmare
- Lv 5 Life Transfer
- Lv 5 Corpse HP Drain
- Lv 5 Corpse MP Drain
- Lv 5 Corruption

// Please tell me how to play my character.
Spam Lv 1 FA/LB when you solo. Use Int/Wis stones and Vit rings. In DP's, buff everyone and yourself with Wind Weapon and Dark Might and use a dagger. Carry restoratives with you. When it comes time to change to 2nd job, be a Warlock because I said so and you want me to tell you how to play.

I already read this while I was downloading this game though. But I got it more and more now. Anyway, gr me guys, Firebreeder up my r2 staff to +3 and I got 4 cube-strikes, I just did 4 times and guess what, I got a +7
I actually will up it more if I still have more cubes but I think gods try to tell me that's enough Kenellyn...

Good thing you read it! But then, why do you keep on asking, about what skills to lvl, and whats the diffrence of CM and Lock?
And GZ on the +7 staff... Now you'll have more aggro than ever
My advice (not that you asked for it ) dont lvl it more up, start saving for your R3 gear.

..and if you think the R3 gear is expensive, just wait for the R4 and R5---and the R6!!!!


...cha-ching!!!!


save save save! lak is your friend!

I know, I couldn't get a mill rupee somehow...But azero tole me to party and do something in the Ursa something, they make good ruppe ...Anyway, Munin told me she is 4 years old, its just I HATE YOU Gab, Munin, Archild, watever you got too much characters and all are better than me . hehe I will post about myself soon.

Thats good to know..