The Complete Elemental Master Guide by Goldie: Difference between revisions

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Okay, now that everything has been explained on how to make your Spirits survive longer, we'll now talk more about gears. I'll be giving out budget options and high-end options in this section. The high-end gears are optional, but if you have the zeny for it then I say go for it then. The gears I'll be listing down were the set of gears that has worked for me so far and made my Spirits survive and as I'm sure there are plenty of options out there.

Okay so now you already got the zeny to be high-end and buy expensive tanking gears to make your Spirits survive longer? Well here are the BiS gears for that purpose!

Same as with your high-end tank gears, the shadow gears for additional tanking values takes less priority and you have the option to skip them for now. You may revisit them once you're done with your core DPS gears. For more information regarding the listed '''Shadow Gears''', check this [[Shadow_Gear|page]]. To know more about '''Shadow Gear enchanting''', visit this [[Shadow_Enchanting|page]] or [[Choi%27s_Guide_To_Magic#Shadow_Gear|Choi's Guide to Magic]].

Generally, magical classes follow the same path of progression, and they only differ with their choice of weapon, and upper headgear. Choi has made a [[Choi%27s_Guide_To_Magic#Magic_Gear_Progression|thorough guide]] for all things about a magical user's progression towards end game and it is honestly commendable. In this guide, we'll be focusing more on the Elemental Master's side of progression with core gears that an EM would need for leveling during the early stages of the game to its mid game and then finally end game. '''This section will also be told for the perspective of people new to the game''' and if this happens to be your 2nd or 3rd time to play a magic-based character then you can freely switch some of the gear recommendations per stages or skip that stage entirely.

In the '''mid game''' section, these are the gears that you should have gotten as you gradually do the remaining episodic quests and farm for resources such as {{#item:25731}}, {{#item:25729}}and {{#item:1000322}}that you will need to build up your core gears for the end game stage. Mid game gears will also serve as the base gears that will let you farm certain areas where those aforementioned resources are dropped such as  [[Mjolnir Underground Cave]] and [[Varmundt%27s_Biosphere|Varmundt's Biosphere]].  

Once you have accumulated enough resources to improve on your gears, this is now the stage where you're nearing or approaching '''end game'''. This is now the part where you can finally start farming end game dungeons and instances such as [[Varmundt's Biosphere Depth]], [[Varmundt's Biosphere Depth 2]], [[Constellation Tower]], or [[Immortal|The Immortal]] either on your own accord or with a party. This is also the part where all the best in slot ('''BiS''') gears for EM will be listed and be provided.  Gears in this section are those that have been tested by me and are the gears that give out the strongest damage output for the class. I know most of you are only after this part and it's understandable, but I still do hope you reached this part of the guide after reading the vital pieces of information on what makes Elemental Master, as I cannot stress enough how overwhelming and complicated the class can be for the majority of the player base. That all aside, let's start on the different gear progressions.

*You can start working on these two (2) books as early as now. They will be your end game weapons, and they are fairly easy to upgrade. You can use {{#item:102668}} to upgrade the books.

*You will need to [[Equipment_Crafting#Pirate_Captain's_Coat,_Moan_of_Corruption,_Crown_of_Beelzebub,_Fish_Head_Hat|craft]] this. As early as now, you can slowly upgrade Moan of Corruption (MoC) as this will be your end game boots.

{{#item:400111}} is another piece of equipment you will need to craft. I don't recommend committing too much on this headgear as this will not be your end game headgear but it is for other classes such as our cousins the Arch Mages. While this headgear only acts as a placeholder, it still imparts a strong increase in damage. Having on Grade D is okay to have but better if you can get Grade C. You can always resell it later don't worry.

*<big>*</big>When you did the shortcut and you've acquired the '''Time Dimensions Rune Crown''' in advance, you could fully refine and grade it as this will be your end game headgear and so that you could finally autocast your '''{{#skill:5380}}'''.

*After finishing Episode 20, you'll gain access to [[20_The_Immortal#Glacier_Shield|Glacier equips]]. You can fully refine and grade this shield as it'll be one of your end game gears.

===End Game===

End game now finally and this is the last stage of your gear progression but certainly not the last (<s>costumes?</s>). Here, most of the things you will do is going to be min-maxing and striving to get the best possible enchant and upgrade on your gears. Some players settle for the bare minimum and that's fine too if you don't fancy suffering more with RNG, but you're still in end game. Moreover, this will be the stage where you'll most likely want to buy your own MVP cards either by farming them yourselves from instances or buying them from sellers. The useful MVP cards for EM are listed in the table. I suggest you get them when you have the time and budget for it; EM is an already strong class and these MVP cards scale well with EM's skills.

For some end game dungeons such as [[Forgotten Time]], [[Varmundt's Biosphere]], and [[Varmundt's Biosphere Depth]], it is finally possible to farm these two areas with Psychic Wave with much better efficiency since the arrival of the {{#icon:480351}}{{#linkitem:480351|Circulation of Life Autumn}} and {{#icon:490485}}{{#linkitem:490485|Signet of Circulation Autumn}}— (2) two new additions to the Hall of Life series equipment. For comparison, every time I would farm [[Varmundt%27s_Biosphere#Biosphere_Temple|Varmundt's Biosphere (Temple)]] I get significantly higher yields of '''750'''~'''820''' {{#icon:25731}}{{#linkitem:25731|Zeluniums}} and '''955'''~'''1060''' {{#icon:25729}}{{#linkitem:25729|Shadowdecons}} than when I am using the usual autocast Elemental Buster build which I would only get '''650'''~'''700''' Zeluniums and '''850'''~'''900''' Shadowdecons; this upscaled performance is reasonably attributed to the fact that PW is a lingering DoT skill, has a wider AoE, and is easily more spammable which give you plenty of opportunities to cover more grounds and kill more mob. However for [[Varmundt's Biosphere Depth 2]], PW build falls flat and you're better off using your 4th job skills here. You don't really need to follow this build if it is not your cup of tea but if you're among those people who played the class as a Sorcerer in the past and played PW build like me; well, this is genuinely my love letter to them. As of today this is still my favorite build to play despite being here now in the 4th jobs era. I hope you'll consider this build and have fun with it just as I do.

** Added [[Divine_Beast%27s_Cloak:_Autumn#Circulation_of_Life:_Autumn|Circulation of Life Autumn]] and [[Circulation of Life Accessories|Signet of Circulation: Autumn]] under [[The_Complete_Elemental_Master_Guide_by_Goldie#End_Game|End Game Equipment]] and [[The_Complete_Elemental_Master_Guide_by_Goldie#High_End_Tank_Gears|High End Tank Gears]] sections.

** Improved and added [[The_Complete_Elemental_Master_Guide_by_Goldie#Psychic_Wave|Psychic Wave]] as a viable and alternative build to farm some end game dungeons.