Lily's Biolo Research Report

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About Biolo

Genetic	Biolo

There is a widespread misconception in the community that playing a Merchant Class requires a lot of capital investment, and that this is an expensive process that is not suitable for beginners.
I will say right away, all this is not true. This class is great for new players and for people who like to earn and save zeny.

Advantages	Disadvantages
A lot of utility abilities Built-in economics skills and the ability to vend stores A lot of different playable builds to choose from Great DPS potential A natural predisposition for a solo gameplay Has its own tasks and useful abilities when playing a party gameplay Fastest movement speed Great at farming things Useful companion (Homunculus) A lot of crafting skills	No magic builds (at all) Not best survivability (negotiable) Could be complicated at first sight

Choosing build

First of all, I will give a summary table that shows the current builds for each Job.
However, please note that builds of the third Job listed here are intended not only for leveling as Genetic.
Please keep in mind that playing with the skills of the third Job at fourth Job is possible, but it has its own features:

• Most likely, the upper damage threshold that you can develop will be lower than the one that you could develop using the skills of the fourth profession
• Most likely, the cost of a full-fledged development of such a build will be at least no less, and most likely comparable to the cost of developing a build of the fourth Job
• At the moment, it is unknown whether these builds will be developed and supported in the future or not
• Playing build of the third Job has features for which they are worth choosing. Usually these are narrowly defined builds for certain purposes
• Use and choose this build only if you are absolutely sure that you need it and you will benefit from it. Well, or choose them just for fun and new adventures.

Job \ Role	Physical Ranged	Special Physical Ranged	Physical Melee
3rd Job Genetic	Spore Explosion	Cart Cannon Ignores Flee, Def & Res	Cart Tornado
4th Job Biolo	Acidified Zone Water Acidified Zone Ground Acidified Zone Wind Acidified Zone Fire	Mayhemic Thorns Can do critical damage	Explosive Powder

Details about builds

The builds listed here are listed in decreasing order of their relevance. This means that the higher the build in the list, the more useful and popular it is, and the lower, the more questionable its choice is (although it may be justified). Build Damage Type Comments Acidified Zone Water Acidified Zone Ground Acidified Zone Wind Acidified Zone Fire Physical Ranged Known for it's spamability, this build has the highest potential damage per second, but is tied to four main elements. This can be both an advantage and a disadvantage in various situations. We will consider this a feature of the build. This build grows perfectly from POW , and the fact that there are as many as four skills, and their cooldowns are separate, allows you to use them in a chain, which eventually gives a mind-blowing final rate of fire. However, keep in mind that you will need to craft a lot of bottles to attack. Also note that build has rather modest 7x7 AoE and shortest range of using, which is only 8 cells away from caster. Mayhemic Thorns Critical Physical Ranged This build is a typical representative of long-range critical builds, without being distinguished by anything special. You get decent damage, a normal rate of fire (0.7 seconds cooldown, neglible global cooldown), a typical firing range (9 cells), a good AoE (9x9, gold standard), the ability to deal critical damage that never misses. However, there may be problems with accumulating a critical rating (Cri ), because some MvPs and higher level enemies may have rather high critical shield, which lowers your chance of doing critical hits. Cart Cannon Special Physical Ranged This build is primarily known for its convenience. When builded correctly, it has the highest rate of fire, decent damage, and a very high range of use (11 cells, which is great with wing-DD tactics), okay-ish AoE (7x7), wide selection of Cannon balls with any required element, which could be switched quite fast, also please note in-built ability of ignoring enemy Flee (you never miss) and Def & Res (you do not need quite expensive shadow gear pieces to do most damage from that part of calculations). Using turbo casting feature, you can just move the mouse around the screen and watch while everything under the cursor dies and you feel yourself like a god, who can kill with his sight. If you have never tried this, I highly recommend it, because it's truly unique experience. Just please note building that could be quite complicated and really expensive if maxing out DPS (probably you will need 2x [MVP] Kiel Card (4403) for that). If not maxing out, it could be effectively used for farming a lot of locations and instances (and it could be cheap, but still complicated: you need to balance a lot of timings stats like VCT, ACD, ASPD). Also note you need almost perfect ping to max out spamability of that build. If your ping is high, you will lose a lot of your fire rate and DPS as well. Explosive Powder Physical Melee This build is a very modest representative of melee builds. It has mediocre cooldown (0.7 sec), mediocre damage, mediocre AoE (7x7 around yourself). However, if you have equipment for melee characters or you want to assemble it, this build will be able to do a decent job and even show some decent results, but do not expect any miracles. Current meta hates melee, you should consider that. Spore Explosion Physical Ranged This is a very highly specialized build that will not cause much damage, but it has a huge attack range (11 cells) and the largest available attack area (11x11 AoE). You can literally destroy half of the screen with one click, and it also looks extremely impressive (like carpet bombing, you defenitely should see that). It can be used for fun or for convenient farming of not very difficult locations, because the max achievable damage per use of this build is comparable to a Cart Cannon, but at the same time Spore Explosion is used much less often (under all the kind of stuff - 2 times per second as best). Also keep in mind that you will not be able to use the strongest body armor in the game (like Depth or Nebula Stuff), because you will be tied to one specific armor (Snow Flower one). But if you want to blow up everything you see in CTB, then this may be a worthy and funny choice. Cart Tornado Physical Melee You should not seriously consider choosing this build. It's so miserable that it should be performing in a circus of freaks. Here it is given rather as a museum exhibit, however, the developers for some reason laid the opportunity to raise the damage output of this build. But please don't. Only option is if you're going to do it for the sake of memes...

Mayhemic Thorns

• That build's role is ranged DPS
• It could be useful both in solo and party gameplay scenarios
• Great for farming because of range and AoE
• Suitable for hunting MvPs
• Critical hits can not miss
• Easy to start, which is great for beginners
• It's great for crafting because of stats distribution
• Doesn't consume anything to attack, which allows you to stay on locations for a long time and save zeny, weight and your time (time is zeny too)
• Critical ranged builds are almost always in meta, so you can be sure developers would not forget about your build
• Gear can be re-used for similar builds on other Jobs (example: Triple Laser)
• Gear can be easily sold

Stat Build Example

Stats Traits STR 90 ~ 120 POW 100 AGI 1 ~ 100 STA 0 / 17 / 0 VIT 92+ WIS 0 / 18 / 35 INT 90 ~ 120 SPL 0 DEX 110 ~ 130 CON 35 / 0 / 0 LUK 1 ~ 125 CRT 100 Stats Comment STR STR is important, because it scales weapon ATK and affects your damage output. AGI AGI is mainly used to get ASPD (you do not need much, like 2 hits per second, which is 175 ASPD). However, faster ASPD is, faster casting animation is, it helps to spam faster, so more is better. Second usage of AGI is for some statuses resistance. VIT VIT is for HP. It should be 92 at least to have stun immunity. The more HP you have, the better, but do not sacrifice too much here. INT INT is important offensive stat. It scales your SP pool (you will need it to spam a lot of skills), also it boosts your variable casting time. DEX DEX is used for accelerating variable cast time and for some card combos. Also it helps with ASPD a bit. LUK LUK scales your Critical Rate (chance of dealing critical damage). You will probably have a lot of Cri from equipment, so LUK stat is not first priority. You should note that some equipment and cards are scaled by LUK, so, if you have them, you should get more LUK. LUK helps to resist some statuses too. Traits Comment POW POW is your main source of damage output, so it should be maxed out no matter what. CRT CRT boosts C.Rate (that stat boosts your final critical damage modifier). For now CRT is main source of C.Rate, because C.Rate equipment modifiers are kinda rare and quite modest. CON CON should be used to max out damage output, because it gives P.Atk. But since P.Atk is not hard to get, while C.Rate is hard to get, you should not dump too much trait points here. There is also option to use those points for defensive traits instead of CON. WIS WIS gives MRes (final reduction of incoming magic damage). Since enemies' magic hits really hard, that trait becomes truly important. You can invest here instead of CON, if you need more survivability. STA STA gives Res (final reduction of incoming physical damage). You can invest here to boost your resistance to physical damage, if you need it. But STA trait is not very important, so it should be balanced with WIS or ignored.

Skill Build Example

This is an example of a skill build template. You can safely modify it at your discretion. I will also note that only the most important skills are listed in the builds and there are free points that you can distribute as you see fit. Merchant Skill Build Example I keep my Item Appraisal to use it in fields and instances, tho you can use that point at Vending. Creator Skill Build Example Genetic Skill Build Example Sword Training skill could be useful in early game, when you do not have a lot of Cri and you need more Hit. Of course it only works with swords. Full Throttle skill could be used as emergency panic button to fully restore all your pools. Personally I don't like it because it has side effects. Biolo Skill Build Example The Whole Protection skill can be ignored if you do not participate in any party gameplay activities. You can distribute those 4 points to: Acidified Zone Fire and/or Acidified Zone Water to get lv 4 and use them to restore your AP fast Bionic Mastery because why not Creeper if you use it a lot to spend less resources 1st, 2nd, 3rd Job skills if you need points there

Core Skills
Mayhemic Thorns As you can guess it's main offensive skill. Notable features: Does Physical Ranged damage Can do Critical damage, Critical chance IS NOT halved 9x9 Area of Effect, 9 cells from caster to target range 0.5 sec Fixed Cast Time, 1 sec Variable Cast Time 0.7 sec Cooldown, 0.15 sec Global Cooldown (aka After Cast Delay) Damage scales with POW trait Does more damage per hit and does more hits under Research Report buff Click here to view more info Mayhemic Thorns Max Level: 10 Requirement: Bionic Mastery 5 Explosive Powder 3 Skill Form: Active Type: Physical Ranged Target: 1 Character Cast Time: 0.50s Fixed / 1.00s Variable After Cast Delay: 0.15s Cool Down: 0.70s Recover: 2 AP AP Cost: AP Recovery: 2 Description: Summons a giant thorn plant to the target and strikes the target, inflicting long-range physical damage 3 times to the target and its surroundings. While under Research Report effect, inflicts stronger ranged physical damage 4 times. Damage is additionally increased according to the caster's base level and POW, and critical damage is applied according to the caster's critical probability. In case of critical damage, half of the total critical damage increase options are applied. [Lv 1]: Per Hit: ATK 500%/650%(Research Report) AoE: 7x7 cells [Lv 2]: Per Hit: ATK 800%/950%(Research Report) AoE: 7x7 cells [Lv 3]: Per Hit: ATK 1100%/1250%(Research Report) AoE: 7x7 cells [Lv 4]: Per Hit: ATK 1400%/1550%(Research Report) AoE: 7x7 cells [Lv 5]: Per Hit: ATK 1700%/1850%(Research Report) AoE: 7x7 cells [Lv 6]: Per Hit: ATK 2000%/2150%(Research Report) AoE: 9x9 cells [Lv 7]: Per Hit: ATK 2300%/2450%(Research Report) AoE: 9x9 cells [Lv 8]: Per Hit: ATK 2600%/2750%(Research Report) AoE: 9x9 cells [Lv 9]: Per Hit: ATK 2900%/3050%(Research Report) AoE: 9x9 cells [Lv10]: Per Hit: ATK 3200%/3350%(Research Report) AoE: 9x9 cells
Cart Boost Most important buff that greatly increases your movement speed. You can use it to cancel Decrease Agility debuff. Click here to view more info Cart Boost Max Level: 5 Requirement: Cart Remodeling 3 Skill Form: Active Type: Supportive Target: Caster Cast Time: 1.50s Variable After Cast Delay: 0.50s Cool Down: 0s Recover: AP AP Cost: Description: Increases Movement Speed and Mastery ATK for 90 seconds. Requires Cart. [Lv 1]: Movement Speed +50%, Mastery ATK +10 [Lv 2]: Movement Speed +50%, Mastery ATK +20 [Lv 3]: Movement Speed +75%, Mastery ATK +30 [Lv 4]: Movement Speed +75%, Mastery ATK +40 [Lv 5]: Movement Speed +100%, Mastery ATK +50
Research Report That ultimate buff increases your basic Mayhemic Thorns damage modifier from 9600% up to 13400%, which is almost 40% damage increase. That buff costs AP to cast, you can get AP from using Mayhemic Thorns (it recovers 2 AP per cast). Normally that buff has enough duration for you to recover all your AP back, so it could be always active. If you died and you need to recover AP faster, you can spam Acidified Zone Fire and Acidified Zone Water to get AP back really fast. Click here to view more info Research Report Max Level: 1 Requirement: Acidified Zone Fire 3, Acidified Zone Water 3 Skill Form: Active(AP) Type: Supportive Target: Caster Cast Time: 0.50s Fixed / 2.00s Variable After Cast Delay: 0.50s Cool Down: 60.00s Recover: AP AP Cost: 100 Dispellable: No Description: Prepares and presents a report of the caster's research. Increases acid-type skills damage and increases damage against Formless and Plant race monsters. The damage of acid-type skills further increases based on the caster's Base Level and POW. [Lv 1]: Acid-type skill damage +50%, Material Consumption -1 Duration: 150s
Blood Sucker That skill effect is invaluable, as it gives really huge chance to restore your HP when dealing physical damage. You should use it always when you are grinding locations where you recieve a lot of damage. Also you can use it according to the situation to restore your HP. Summon duration of Homunculus is 30 minutes. Please note that skill consumes Blood Sucker Plant Seed (6211) items, so you need them in your inventory to successfully cast that skill. Click here to view more info Blood Sucker Max Level: 5 Requirement: Special Pharmacy 3 Skill Form: Active Type: Supportive Target: 1 Character Cast Time: 1.50s Variable After Cast Delay: 0.50s Cool Down: 0s Recover: AP AP Cost: Description: Attaches Blood Sucker Plant Seed onto 1 party member and grants the effect to absorb a certain amount of damage as HP at a certain chance when physically attacking. The absorbotion and activation chance increases with the skill level. Consumes 5 Blood Sucker Plant Seed. [Lv 1]: Activation Chance: 1%, Absorption: 1%, Duration: 40 seconds [Lv 2]: Activation Chance: 3%, Absorption: 2%, Duration: 100 seconds [Lv 3]: Activation Chance: 5%, Absorption: 3%, Duration: 160 seconds [Lv 4]: Activation Chance: 7%, Absorption: 4%, Duration: 220 seconds [Lv 5]: Activation Chance: 9%, Absorption: 5%, Duration: 280 seconds
Call Homunculus That skill calls your Homunculus, which has useful buffs and skills. Having Homunculus summoned is great idea, because even without AI manipulations it takes aggro immediately after teleporting. That means you save both your skin and your time, because enemies starts to group for your attack skills immediately. Please note that skill consumes Seed of Life (7140) items, so you need them in your inventory to successfully cast that skill. Click here to view more info Call Homunculus Max Level: 1 Requirement: Rest 1 Skill Form: Active Type: Supportive Target: Homunculus Cast Time: 0s Fixed After Cast Delay: 0s Cool Down: 0s Recover: AP AP Cost: Description: Summons an existing Homunculus that was stored by using the Rest skill consuming 1 Seed of Life or create an Homunculus by consuming 1 Embryo.

Situational Skills
Hell Tree That skill summons Hell's Plant Tree, which casts special Hell Dust skill on your character. Under Hell Dust effect you deal more damage. Please note that skill consumes Greater Plant Bottle (1000281) items, so you need them in your inventory to successfully cast that skill. Since Greater Plant Bottle (1000281) are not very cheap to make, you should use that skill when you lack of damage. Click here to view more info Hell Tree Max Level: 5 Requirement: Wooden Fairy 3, Wooden Warrior 3 Skill Form: Active(AP) Type: Summon Target: Caster Cast Time: 1.00s Fixed / 1.00s Variable After Cast Delay: 0.50s Cool Down: 60.00s Recover: AP AP Cost: 100/90/80/70/60 Description: Summons the Hell Tree, which can attack with an aoe skill and buffs their master. Only 1 Hell Tree can be summoned at once. Consumes 3 Greater Plant Bottle. [Lv 1]: Duration: 60 seconds [Lv 2]: Duration: 90 seconds [Lv 3]: Duration: 120 seconds [Lv 4]: Duration: 150 seconds [Lv 5]: Duration: 180 seconds
Spore Explosion That offensive skill applies AoE debuff, which increases physical ranged damage dealt to enemies under that effect. You should use it when you lack damage, while MvPing, also to help your partymates. That debuff has 5 sec duration, while Spore Explosion has 5 sec cooldown as well, so you should recast it everytime it cooldown ends. Please note that skill consumes Bomb Mushroom Spore (6212) items, so you need them in your inventory to successfully cast that skill. Click here to view more info Spore Explosion Max Level: 10 Requirement: Special Pharmacy 4 Skill Form: Active Type: Physical Ranged Target: 1 Character Cast Time: 1.50s Variable After Cast Delay: 0.50s Cool Down: 5.00s Recover: AP AP Cost: Description: Attaches Bomb Mushroom Spore onto 1 target. The Bomb Mushroom Spore explodes by itself and inflicts damage to to the target and surrounding enemies. Targets will also receive increased ranged physical damage for 5 seconds. (Normal enemies: 10%, Boss enemies: 5%) Damage additionally increases according to the caster's Base Level and INT. Consumes 1 Bomb Mushroom Spore. [Lv 1]: ATK 600%, AoE: 3x3 cells [Lv 2]: ATK 800%, AoE: 3x3 cells [Lv 3]: ATK 1000%, AoE: 5x5 cells [Lv 4]: ATK 1200%, AoE: 5x5 cells [Lv 5]: ATK 1400%, AoE: 7x7 cells [Lv 6]: ATK 1600%, AoE: 7x7 cells [Lv 7]: ATK 1800%, AoE: 9x9 cells [Lv 8]: ATK 2000%, AoE: 9x9 cells [Lv 9]: ATK 2200%, AoE: 11x11 cells [Lv 10]: ATK 2400%, AoE: 11x11 cells
Crazy Uproar That buff slightly increases your's and your's party STR and ATK. You can use it to cancel Cart Boost animation lock. Click here to view more info Crazy Uproar Requirement: Finish Quest Skill Form: Active Type: Supportive Target: Caster and Party Members Cast Time: 0.30s Fixed / 1.00s Variable After Cast Delay: 0s Cool Down: 30.00s Recover: AP AP Cost: Description: Screams with battle vigor to add +4 STR and +30 ATK for yourself and party members on the screen for 5 minutes.
Full Chemical Protection That buff protects your gear from being broken and stripped. You should use it at locations where enemies use those skills and while MvPing. Please note that skill consumes Glistening Coat (7139) items, so you need them in your inventory to successfully cast that skill. Click here to view more info Full Chemical Protection Max Level: 5 Requirement: Chemical Protection (Helm, Shield, Armor, and Weapon) 5 Skill Form: Active Type: Supportive Target: 1 Character Cast Time: 1.00s Fixed After Cast Delay: 0.50s Cool Down: 0s Recover: AP AP Cost: Description: Protects the targeted character with all four kinds of chemical protection. Consumes 1 Glistening Coat. [Lv 1]: Lasts 120 seconds [Lv 2]: Lasts 240 seconds [Lv 3]: Lasts 360 seconds [Lv 4]: Lasts 480 seconds [Lv 5]: Lasts 600 seconds
Full Shadow Protection That buff protects your and your one ally shadow gear from being stripped. You should use it at locations where enemies use those skills and while MvPing. Please note that skill consumes Advanced Coating Potion (1000280) items, so you need them in your inventory to successfully cast that skill. Click here to view more info Full Shadow Protection Max Level: 4 Requirement: Bionic Pharmacy 5 Skill Form: Active Type: Supportive Target: Caster and Party Members Cast Time: 1.00s Fixed / 1.00s Variable After Cast Delay: 0.50s Cool Down: 0s Recover: 2/2/3/3 AP AP Cost: Dispellable: Yes AP Recovery: 2 (1~2 Lv), 3 (3~4 Lv) Description: Protects shadow equipment of the target from being stripped or destroyed. Consumes 1 Advanced Coating Potion. [Lv 1]: Duration: 90 seconds [Lv 2]: Duration: 120 seconds [Lv 3]: Duration: 150 seconds [Lv 4]: Duration: 180 seconds
The Whole Protection That buff protects your and your partymates gear from being broken and stripped. You should use it at locations where enemies use those skills and while MvPing. Please note that skill has huge AoE, but all party should be at one screen. Please note that skill consumes Advanced Coating Potion (1000280) items, so you need them in your inventory to successfully cast that skill. Click here to view more info The Whole Protection Max Level: 5 Requirement: Bionic Pharmacy 5 Skill Form: Active Type: Supportive Target: Caster and Party Members Cast Time: 0.50s Fixed / 1.00s Variable After Cast Delay: 0.50s Cool Down: 10.00s Recover: 20 AP AP Cost: AP Recovery: 20 Description: Protects weapons and equipment of the caster and nearby party members from being stripped or destroyed. Consumes 3 Advanced Coating Potion. [Lv 1]: Duration: 60 seconds, AoE: 15x15 cells [Lv 2]: Duration: 90 seconds, AoE: 15x15 cells [Lv 3]: Duration: 120 seconds, AoE: 15x15 cells [Lv 4]: Duration: 150 seconds, AoE: 31x31 cells [Lv 5]: Duration: 180 seconds, AoE: 31x31 cells
Creeper That skill summons Creeper, which can ressurect you instantly by sacrificing himself. So it works like automated Token Of Siegfried (7621) . Please note that skill consumes Greater Plant Bottle (1000281) items, so you need them in your inventory to successfully cast that skill. Click here to view more info Creeper Max Level: 5 Requirement: Bionic Mastery 5 Skill Form: Active Type: Summon Target: Caster Cast Time: 1.00s Fixed / 1.00s Variable After Cast Delay: 0.50s Cool Down: 30.00s Recover: 10 AP AP Cost: AP Recovery: 10 Description: Summons a tough vine monster. Only 1 Vine Monster can be summoned at once. Consumes 1 Greater Plant Bottle. [Lv 1]: Duration: 120 seconds [Lv 2]: Duration: 180 seconds [Lv 3]: Duration: 240 seconds [Lv 4]: Duration: 300 seconds [Lv 5]: Duration: 360 seconds
Potion Pitcher That skill allow you to use White Potion (504) (using skill Lv 4) and Blue Potion (505) (using skill Lv 5) on ally targets. That way you can fullfill support role, helping your allies to restore HP and SP. Please note that skill could be used on your Homunculus as well, and it's effect will be increased. Please note that skill consumes corresponding items, so you need them in your inventory to successfully cast that skill. Click here to view more info Potion Pitcher Max Level: 5 Requirement: Pharmacy 3 Skill Form: Active Type: Recovery Target: 1 Character Cast Time: 0s Fixed After Cast Delay: 0.50s Cool Down: 0s Recover: AP AP Cost: Description: Throws a Potion to an ally that will immediately take effect. Skill level determines the type of Potion thrown and the increased Recovery Amount of the Potion. When used on a Homunculus, the Recovery Amount will be greately increased. [Lv 1]: Red Potion [Lv 2]: Orange Potion [Lv 3]: Yellow Potion [Lv 4]: White Potion [Lv 5]: Blue Potion

Early Game Equipment

Item How to obtain Enchants Notes Weapons Paradise Genetic Mace (590028) Eden - It just works. +11 Illusion Doom Slayer [2] (620010) Illusion 2x Polluted Wander Man Card (27361) It's two-handed Axe, so be aware you can't equip shield with that and your size modifiers won't be best. It has combo with Illusion Chain Mail [1] (450146) . +9 [-] Glacier Mace (590038) Ep19 Glacier Flower Spell (Mayhemic Thorns) (311448) Probably best budget weapon you can get. Glacier Flower Spell (Physical-Race) (311348) Glacier Flower Spell (Physical-Element) (311352) Glacier Flower Spell (CRI) (311344) Headgears +9 ~ +11 Ignis Cap [1] (400022) Ep17.1 Abysmal King Dramoh Card (300150) Cheap damage. +10 Temporal Circlet (Genetic) [1] (19477) OGHC Abysmal King Dramoh Card (300150) It may be tricky to get it, tho that one Circlet could be your endgame piece of gear as well. Sealed Chain [1] (410094) Nif2 King Dramoh Card (4524) Easy to obtain at market or #trade. Bondage Necklace (420076) Nif2 Easy to obtain at market or #trade. Body Armors +9 Grace Cart Cannon Suit [1] (450100) Ep17.1 Observation Card (4392) Use in combo with other Grace stuff. +11 Illusion Chain Mail [1] (450146) Illusion Observation Card (4392) OR Anger Nine Tail Card (27082) Use in combo with Illusion Doom Slayer [2] (620010) Use Observation Card (4392) in combo with Empathize Card (300270) for more ranged damage. Use Anger Nine Tail Card (27082) if you want more Cri. Use Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) for more damage. Use Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) if you want faster casting. 2x Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) OR 2x Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) +11 Illusion Sprint Mail [1] (450182) Illusion Observation Card (4392) OR Anger Nine Tail Card (27082) Use in combo with Illusion Sprint Shoes [1] (470066) Use Observation Card (4392) in combo with Empathize Card (300270) for more ranged damage. Use Anger Nine Tail Card (27082) if you want more Cri. Use Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) for more damage. Use Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) if you want faster casting. 2x Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) OR 2x Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) Other Armors +9 Grace Attack Manteau [1] (480018) Ep17.1 Empathize Card (300270) OR Galensis Card (300261) Use Empathize Card (300270) in combo with Observation Card (4392) for more ranged damage. Use Galensis Card (300261) if you want more Cri. Note: it is most effective with 125 LUK +9 Grace Attack Boots [1] (470020) Ep17.1 Abysmal Merman Card (300144) Use in combo with Grace Cart Cannon Suit [1] (450100) +11 Illusion Sprint Shoes [1] (470066) Illusion Abysmal Merman Card (300144) Use in combo with Illusion Sprint Mail [1] (450182) . Use Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) for more damage. Use Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) if you want faster casting. 2x Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) OR 2x Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) +11 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) Illusion Khalitzburg Knight Card (4609) Use Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) for more damage. Use Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) if you want faster casting. It can also be your Middlegame equipment. 2x Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) OR 2x Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) Accessories Grace Attack Ring [1] (490019) (Right) Ep17.1 Timbers Card (300449) OR Lowest Rgan Card (300366) Use in combo with Grace Cart Cannon Suit [1] (450100) Sinful Ruby Ring [1] (490044) (Right) Thanatos Timbers Card (300449) OR Lowest Rgan Card (300366) Use in combo with Sinful Ruby Necklace [1] (490045) Anger Lv5 (310201) Sinful Ruby Necklace [1] (490045) (Left) Thanatos Aferde Card (300447) OR Midrange Rgan Card (300368) Use Timbers Card (300449) & Aferde Card (300447) combo for more ranged damage. Use Lowest Rgan Card (300366) & Midrange Rgan Card (300368) combo, if you want more Cri. Anger Lv5 (310201) Shadow Gear Genetic Advanced Paradise Shadow Weapon (24701) Eden - Advanced Paradise Shadow Shield (24693) Eden - Advanced Paradise Shadow Armor (24694) Eden - Advanced Paradise Shadow Shoes (24695) Eden - Advanced Paradise Shadow Earring (24696) Eden - Advanced Paradise Shadow Pendant (24697) Eden -

Middlegame Equipment

Item How to obtain Enchants Notes Weapon +12 [A] Dim Glacier Mace [1] (590047) Ep19 White Knight Card (4608) It's probably BiS weapon at the moment. Easy and cheap to make, it will greatly increase your damage. Choose Dim Glacier Sword [1] (500054) , if you want more ASPD and you are going to use +10 Infinity Shadow Weapon (24386) or +10 Infinity Shadow Shield (24733) to negate size penalty. It can be your endgame equipment. Glacier Flower Spell (Physical Grade) Lv5 (311453) 2x Glacier Flower Spell (Mayhemic Thorns) (311448) +12 [A] Dim Glacier Sword [1] (500054) Pet Incubus Egg (9052) Pet None It's one of the most important pieces of gear what you should to obtain. You need loyal Incubus to leech SP as you do damage, it's importantly important importance and must have. Shield +11 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) Illusion Khalitzburg Knight Card (4609) Use Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) for more damage. Use Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) if you want faster casting. 2x Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) OR 2x Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) Headgears +12 Temporal Circlet (Genetic) [1] (19477) OGCH Abysmal King Dramoh Card (300150) It's great both for boosting damage and getting high Cri. It can be your endgame equipment. Acute Lv6 (29086) Temporal Jewel (LUK) Lv 3 (29689) LUK+3 (4752) OR INT+4 (4713) +11 [C] Boitata Hat [1] (400109) MvP Gear Abysmal King Dramoh Card (300150) Great headgear for any critical builds overall. It can be your endgame equipment. Sealed Chain [1] (410094) Nif2 King Dramoh Card (4524) Easy to obtain at market or #trade. Bondage Necklace (420076) Nif2 Easy to obtain at market or #trade. Armors +11 Snow Flower Armor [1] (450206) Ep19 Observation Card (4392) OR Anger Nine Tail Card (27082) That armor serves good in both offensive and defensive ways. It has nice combo with Snow Flower Manteau [1] (480159) . Use Observation Card (4392) in combo with Empathize Card (300270) for more ranged damage. Use Anger Nine Tail Card (27082) if you want more Cri. Use Ice Flower Spell (Magic Defense) (311099) for more MDef and MRes (should be priority). Use Ice Flower Spell (Defense) (311098) for more Def and Res. Ice Flower Spell (Milliduple) (311164) OR Ice Flower Spell (Angle Shot) (311155) Ice Flower Spell (Sniper) (311100) Ice Flower Spell (Magic Defense) (311099) OR Ice Flower Spell (Defense) (311098) +11 [C] Nebula Suit of Creative [1] (450172) CT Observation Card (4392) That armor is second best-in-slot. You can buy it rather cheap and slowly refine when you get resources. Use Observation Card (4392) in combo with Empathize Card (300270) for more ranged damage. It can be your endgame equipment. Star Cluster of Creative Lv.3 (310685) Nebula of Expert Archer Lv.3 (310732) DEX+4 (4723) Garments +11 ~ +12 Automatic Engine Wing Type A [1] (480020) +11 ~ +12 Automatic Engine Wing Type B [1] (480021) Ep17.2 Empathize Card (300270) OR Galensis Card (300261) OR Crux Findel Card (300426) It's great for boosting damage and Cri. Use Empathize Card (300270) in combo with Observation Card (4392) for more ranged damage. Use Galensis Card (300261) if you want more Cri. Note: it is most effective with 125 LUK. Use Crux Findel Card (300426) when refined to +12 and in combo with Helmut Lugenburg Card (300310) and +12 Armor. Automatic Modification Orb (Powerful) (310119) 2x Automatic Modification Orb (Critical) (310104) +11 Snow Flower Manteau [1] (480159) Ep19 Empathize Card (300270) OR Galensis Card (300261) That garment serves good in both offensive and defensive ways. It has nice combo with Snow Flower Armor [1] (450206) . Choose Ice Flower Spell (Above All) (311110) for more defense. Choose Ice Flower Spell (Powerful) (311111) for more damage. Use Empathize Card (300270) in combo with Observation Card (4392) for more ranged damage. Use Galensis Card (300261) if you want more Cri. Note: it is most effective with 125 LUK. Use Ice Flower Spell (Magic Defense) (311099) for more MDef and MRes (should be priority). Use Ice Flower Spell (Defense) (311098) for more Def and Res. Ice Flower Spell (Above All) (311110) OR Ice Flower Spell (Powerful) (311111) Ice Flower Spell (Critical) (311108) Ice Flower Spell (Magic Defense) (311099) OR Ice Flower Spell (Defense) (311098) +11 [C] Pirate Captain's Coat [1] (480174) MvP Gear Empathize Card (300270) OR Galensis Card (300261) Great garment for any critical builds overall. It can be your endgame equipment. Footgears +11 [C] Varmundt Ice Rune Boots [1] (470111) Biosphere Abysmal Merman Card (300144) Those boots are currently second best-in-slot. It can be your endgame equipment. Power of Varmundt Lv1 (310920) DEX+2 (4721) Accessories Varmundt Soul Rune Ring [1] (490299) Those rings could be both Left and Right. Biosphere Timbers Card (300449) OR Aferde Card (300447) You should aim for Tenacity of Varmundt Lv1 (311949) , as it gives more damage. However, choosing Focus of Varmundt Lv1 (311959) is not a mistake. Damage-wise they are pretty similar, but Tenacity of Varmundt Lv1 (311949) is stronger like 2-5% (that depends on stats balance). Tenacity of Varmundt Lv1 (311949) OR Focus of Varmundt Lv1 (311959) Fragment of Varmundt (POW) Lv1 (311974) Gray Wolf Pendant [1] (490106) (Right) Ep18 Timbers Card (300449) Wolf accessories are most powerful source of Cri. You should aim for them first, if you want to stack a lot of Cri. Choose Wolf Orb (LUK) Lv.3 (310495) if you want a lil bit more Cri. Choose Wolf Orb (DEX) Lv.3 (310491) if you want slightly faster casting time. You also can opt for a totally random stat, because 4th slot enchant do not affects overall efficiency that much. 2x Wolf Orb (Critical) Lv.4 (310632) Wolf Orb (LUK) Lv.3 (310495) OR Wolf Orb (DEX) Lv.3 (310491) OR Any Stat Enchant Gray Wolf Ring [1] (490107) (Left) Ep18 Aferde Card (300447) 2x Wolf Orb (Critical) Lv.4 (310632) Wolf Orb (LUK) Lv.3 (310495) OR Wolf Orb (DEX) Lv.3 (310491) OR Any Stat Enchant Shadow gears First Option +9 Full Penetration Shadow Armor (24663) SG Paired with Full Penetration Shadow Shoes (24664) . It should be your priority to get that set, because Def penetration is really important! +9 Full Penetration Shadow Shoes (24664) Paired with Full Penetration Shadow Armor (24663) . It should be your priority to get that set, because Def penetration is really important! +9 Critical Hit Shadow Weapon (24738) That gear has nice Cri boost. +9 Mega Blitz Shadow Shield (24767) That gear has nice C.Rate boost. +10 Infinity Shadow Weapon (24386) OR +10 Infinity Shadow Shield (24733) You will need one of those pieces to nullify weapon size penalty, if you are going to choose swords as your Endgame weapon. +9 Maximum Mammoth Shadow Earring (24681) Paired with Maximum Mammoth Shadow Pendant (24682) . Those will help to boost your damage. +9 Maximum Mammoth Shadow Pendant (24682) Paired with Maximum Mammoth Shadow Earring (24681) . Those will help to boost your damage. Second Option +9 Master Shadow Weapon (24792) SG Please note, you should choose one of those two options and follow it for best results. Making shadow gear could be really expensive, so choose wisely. If you are gonna use swords as your endgame weapon and if want to max out your damage output no matter what, I believe you should choose first option, as it gives more opportunity to raise damage. Second option is really strong and quite comfortable, also it could be easily (but expensively) re-enchanted for almost any build or class. +9 Master Shadow Shield (24793) +9 Master Shadow Armor (24800) +9 Master Shadow Shoes (24801) +9 Master Shadow Earring (24802) +9 Master Shadow Pendant (24803) Costume Enchants Critical Stone (Top) (25304) FP That stone applies Fatal (Top) (29359) enchant to your Top costume. Critical Stone (Mid) (25060) That stone applies Fatal (29047) enchant to your Mid costume. Critical Stone (Low) (25305) That stone applies Fatal (Low) (29360) enchant to your Low costume. Critical Stone (Garment) (25303) That stone applies Fatal (Garment) (29361) enchant to your Garment costume. Critical Stone (Dual) (1000855) That stone applies Critical Stone (Dual) (311354) enchant to your Garment costume.

Endgame Equipment

Item How to obtain Enchants Notes Weapon +12 [A] Dim Glacier Mace [1] (590047) Ep19 Polluted Wander Man Card (27361) OR [MVP] Drake Card (4137) It's probably BiS weapon at the moment. Easy and cheap to make, it will greatly increase your damage. Having a lot of ASPD and VCTR bonuses, those weapons shines when farming fast, saving seconds, minutes, hours of our lives... Choose Dim Glacier Sword [1] (500054) , if you want more ASPD and you are going to use +10 Infinity Shadow Weapon (24386) or +10 Infinity Shadow Shield (24733) to negate size penalty. Please note, that [MVP] Drake Card (4137) is MvP card! Not everyone would find it. Though it nullifies your size penalty and you no longer require Infinity Shadow Weapon (24386) effect, so you can use Master Shadow gear for partial RES ignore! Also it would be best to use Dim Glacier Sword [1] (500054) in that case. Glacier Flower Spell (Physical Grade) Lv5 (311453) 2x Glacier Flower Spell (Mayhemic Thorns) (311448) +12 [A] Dim Glacier Sword [1] (500054) +12 [A] Blood Rapier [2] (500065) Thanatos Tower Revamp - MuhRO Polluted Wander Man Card (27361) OR [MVP] Drake Card (4137) That weapon is only useful when used in combo with Crown of Good and Evil (Biolo) [1] (400381) . Please note, that [MVP] Drake Card (4137) is MvP card! Not everyone would find it. Though it nullifies your size penalty and you no longer require Infinity Shadow Weapon (24386) effect, so you can use Master Shadow gear for partial RES ignore! Polluted Wander Man Card (27361) Expert Archer Lv5 (4836) Sharp Lv5 (4844) Pet Incubus Egg (9052) Pet None If you do not want any blonde hairy man to follow you, use @hidepets. Shield +12 [A] Mad Bunny-LT [1] (460020) Renovated Upper Rgan (300379) BiS shield, which is really good both in offense and in defense. Choose Ranged Lv.3 (310869) for best damage output. Choose Defense Lv.3 (310863) for better survivability. May be we all look like that. May be we are mad too. Everyone will be mad after that instance anyway... Ranged Lv.3 (310869) OR Defense Lv.3 (310863) Headgears +12 ~ +15 Temporal Circlet (Genetic) [1] (19477) OGCH Limacina Card (300363) OR [MVP] Ultra Limacina Card (300377) That headgear could show best damage you could achieve. Of course you should aim for Acute Lv10 (29090) for best results, though it's unlikely someone will ever achieve it. Please note that [MVP] Ultra Limacina Card (300377) is MvP Card! Not everyone would find it. Acute Lv8 (29088) Temporal Jewel (LUK) Lv 3 (29689) INT+4 (4713) +12 [A] Boitata Hat [1] (400109) MvP Gear Limacina Card (300363) OR [MVP] Ultra Limacina Card (300377) Great headgear for any critical builds overall. It deals comparable to +12 Acute Lv7 Circlet damage. Please note that [MVP] Ultra Limacina Card (300377) is MvP Card! Not everyone would find it. +12 [A] Crown of Good and Evil (Biolo) [1] (400381) Thanatos Tower Revamp - MuhRO Limacina Card (300363) OR [MVP] Ultra Limacina Card (300377) That headgear is only useful when used in combo with Blood Rapier [2] (500065) . It shows great balance of defensive and offensive stats. Please note that [MVP] Ultra Limacina Card (300377) is MvP Card! Not everyone would find it. Evil Spell (312021) Acute Lv3 (29083) Sealed Chain [1] (410094) Nif2 Limacina Card (300363) Easy to obtain at market or #trade. Bondage Necklace (420076) Nif2 I love that bondage of yours... Armors +12 [A] Nebula Suit of Creative [1] (450172) CT Hearthunter AT Card (300381) OR Helmut Lugenburg Card (300310) That armor shows really good results when dealing critical damage. Star Cluster of Creative Lv.3 (310685) Nebula of Expert Archer Lv.3 (310732) DEX+4 (4723) +12 [A] Ice Storm Rune Suit [1] (450279) Depth Hearthunter AT Card (300381) OR Helmut Lugenburg Card (300310) Ice Storm Rune Suits show best damage, but they has Cri penalty, which should be considered. Also note they can be re-used for any ranged build. Ice Storm Rune Lv10 (312354) +12 [A] Engraved Ice Storm Rune Suit [1] (450283) Storm Rune Lv5 (312344) Ice Rune Lv5 (312339) +12 [A] Corruption Poison Rune Cloth [1] (450281) Depth Hearthunter AT Card (300381) OR Helmut Lugenburg Card (300310) Corruption Poison Rune Clothes shows similar to Ice Storm Rune Suits damage, but it's 2-7% lower. However, they do boost Cri and are suitable for melee characters as well. Corruption Poison Rune Lv10 (312394) +12 [A] Engraved Corruption Poison Rune Cloth [1] (450285) Poison Rune Lv5 (312384) Corruption Rune Lv5 (312379) Garments +12 [A] Pirate Captain's Coat [1] (480174) MvP Gear Crux Findel Card (300426) Best garment to hunt down MvP. +12 [A] Ice Rune Manteau [1] (480232) Biosphere Crux Findel Card (300426) Ice Rune garment shows best DPS in usual PvE circumstances. Also note that garment can be re-used for any ranged build. You can use any enchant instead of Varmundt's Crystal (Death) Lv5 (311881) . It's just my opinion that ghost enemies are real pain in... head, so they should be KoS. Varmundt's Crystal (Death) Lv5 (311881) Power of Varmundt Lv3 (310922) DEX+4 (4723) Footgears +12 [A] Ice Rune Boots [1] (470175) Biosphere Piloted Midrange Rgan Card (300380) Those boots are currently best-in-slot. Also note they can be re-used for any ranged build. You can use any enchant instead of Varmundt's Crystal (Death) Lv5 (311881) . It's just my opinion that ghost enemies are worse. Varmundt's Crystal (Death) Lv5 (311881) Power of Varmundt Lv3 (310922) DEX+4 (4723) Accessories Soul Rune Ring [1] (490302) (Right) Biosphere Timbers Card (300449) (Right) Aferde Card (300447) (Left) You should aim for Tenacity of Varmundt Lv5 (311953) , as it gives more damage. However, choosing Focus of Varmundt Lv5 (311963) is not a mistake. Damage-wise they are pretty similar, but Tenacity of Varmundt Lv5 (311953) is stronger like 0.5-5% (that depends on stats balance). Of course getting Brilliant Biosphere Gem (Boss Type) (311943) is highly unlikely, though it would make those rings just shiny treasures. Brilliant Biosphere Gem (Boss Type) (311943) Tenacity of Varmundt Lv5 (311953) OR Focus of Varmundt Lv5 (311963) Soul Magic Ring [1] (490305) (Left) Fragment of Varmundt (POW) Lv5 (311978) Shadow gears First Option +10 Full Penetration Shadow Armor (24663) SG Shadow Gear can be enchanted: Priority should have C.Rate else could be CRIT or Long Range. Written by Spike. Source: Spike's Leveling & Cart Cannon Guide - MuhRO Paired with Full Penetration Shadow Shoes (24664) . It should be your priority to get that set, because Def penetration is really important! +10 Full Penetration Shadow Shoes (24664) Paired with Full Penetration Shadow Armor (24663) . It should be your priority to get that set, because Def penetration is really important! +10 Critical Hit Shadow Weapon (24738) That gear has nice Cri boost. +10 Mega Blitz Shadow Shield (24767) That gear has nice C.Rate boost. +10 Infinity Shadow Weapon (24386) OR +10 Infinity Shadow Shield (24733) You will need one of those pieces to nullify weapon size penalty, if you are going to choose swords as your Endgame weapon. +10 Maximum Mammoth Shadow Earring (24681) Paired with Maximum Mammoth Shadow Pendant (24682) . Those will help to boost your damage. +10 Maximum Mammoth Shadow Pendant (24682) Paired with Maximum Mammoth Shadow Earring (24681) . Those will help to boost your damage. Second Option +10 Master Shadow Weapon (24792) SG POW+3 (312189) Choose DEX+5 (4724) , if you want slightly faster cast and ASPD. Choose LUK+5 (4754) , if you want more Cri. DEX+5 (4724) OR LUK+5 (4754) +10 Master Shadow Shield (24793) POW+3 (312189) DEX+5 (4724) OR LUK+5 (4754) +10 Master Shadow Armor (24800) Biolo Soul (Mayhemic Thorns) (312228) OR Critical Soul (312197) Choose Biolo Soul (Mayhemic Thorns) (312228) for damage purposes. Choose Critical Soul (312197) , if you want more Cri. Please note, you should choose one of those two options and follow it for best results. Making shadow gear could be really expensive, so choose wisely. If you are gonna use swords as your endgame weapon and if want to max out your damage output no matter what, I believe you should choose first option, as it gives more opportunity to raise damage. Second option is really strong and quite comfortable, also it could be easily (but expensively) re-enchanted for almost any build or class. POW+3 (312189) +10 Master Shadow Shoes (24801) Biolo Soul (Mayhemic Thorns) (312228) OR Critical Soul (312197) POW+3 (312189) +10 Master Shadow Earring (24802) Biolo Soul (Mayhemic Thorns) (312228) OR Critical Soul (312197) POW+3 (312189) +10 Master Shadow Pendant (24803) Biolo Soul (Mayhemic Thorns) (312228) OR Critical Soul (312197) POW+3 (312189) Costume Enchants Critical Combo Assassin Cross Stone II (Top) (1000222) FP That's famous strong physical critical combo of stones. That stone applies Assassin Cross Stone II (Top) (310191) enchant to your Top costume. Guillotine Cross Stone II (Garment) (1000221) That stone applies Guillotine Cross Stone II (Garment) (310188) enchant to your Garment costume. Guillotine Cross Stone (Low) (1000976) That stone applies Guillotine Cross Stone (Low) (311435) enchant to your Low costume. Mid Options Genetic Stone (Mid) (1000670) FP Use if you want faster variable cast time. That stone applies Genetic Stone (Mid) (311009) enchant to your Mid costume. Ranged Stone (Mid) (25061) Use if you want more ranged damage. That stone applies Expert Archer (29048) enchant to your Mid costume. Garment (Dual) Options Power Stone (Dual) (1001055) FP It just gives you POW, which is always useful. That stone applies Power Stone (Dual) (311471) enchant to your Mid costume. Ranged Stone (Dual) (1000523) Best in combo with Ranged Stone (Mid) (25061) . That stone applies Ranged Stone (Dual) (310660) enchant to your Mid costume. Critical Stone (Dual) (1000855) Use if you want more Cri and Critical Damage. That stone applies Critical Stone (Dual) (311354) enchant to your Garment costume. SP Absorbtion Stone (Dual) (1000525) Use if you want to absorp SP more often. That stone applies SP Absorbtion (Dual) (310663) enchant to your Garment costume.

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Useful links

https://wiki.muhro.eu/Spike%27s_Leveling_%26_Cart_Cannon_Guide Great guide for biolos. You should study it. https://wiki.muhro.eu/Yvonne%27s_Guide Very useful guide about everything overall https://wiki.muhro.eu/Glacier_And_Dim_Glacier_Weapons_For_Dummies When episode 19 gear time come, you will need it. https://wiki.muhro.eu/Creations_from_special_jobclasses Contains a lot of useful recipes https://www.divine-pride.net/tools/skilltree/4259 Skill calculator.

Special thanks

With great respect, I express my gratitude to the administrators of this wonderful project: Muh, Icecold and all of their team and stuff, the community of merchants, as well as Espresso, whos support is incomparable, Schier, whos wisdom is great, Spike, who made my first introduction to a job, Маюша Вреднюша, who inspired me to make my first biolo, and a guy who keeps buying all the acid bottles from paradise market a moment when they appears (I hope you sleep well at nights).

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