Choi's Magic and Support Cardinal Guide

Introduction

The main purpose of this guide is to provide information on the gear progression for Magic Damage and Full Support Cardinal Builds. For Magic builds, this guide should be read in tandem with Choi's Guide To Magic which provides more general information about magic classes. However, as the gear and concepts are similar across different builds, this guide should also be helpful for other magic builds. Please feel free to reach out to me (IGN: Choi or Tokki) for any questions or feedback!

Also, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has helped me, as I learned and continue to learn Cardi!

Notes

Cardinal is one of the most popular Support Builds with very useful supportive abilities and powerful heals. However, it also has strong magic builds and can be used for solo play and farming. It also has a physical build, but I won't be covering that.

This build will have two full sections for Support and Magic. Expand the sections below for more information!

Full Support

Full Support Notes Cardinal is one of the most popular support builds in the game, as it provides a plethora of supportive buffs and has strong heals. Additionally, due to Mediale Votum scaling off the target's HP, Cardinal can work very effectively as a tank. However, as solo farming is the main activity people do and party play is limited, you will have difficulty gearing or leveling, so I don't recommend this as your first class unless you are playing with a group of friends or a guild. Due to it being full support, Cardinal focuses more heavily on stats and bonuses that other classes might not focus as much on. Cardinal is also a pretty flexible build, so you can adjust your build according to what works best for you! Whether you want to be the tankiest cardinal on the server, buff your friends 10 times per second, or have the strongest heal you can have, it's totally up to you. However, here is how I, personally, prioritize my stats: Cast Time Reduction: Generally, your goal will be to reach instant cast or near instant cast in the end game, so you will want to make sure you have enough FCT Reduction and VCT Reduction. Due to the +17 int and dex provided by Clementia and the stats you can afford not indexing into damage, I opt for VCT reduction through Stats rather than gear. This means you will want reduction by getting your ((Dex x 2) + INT) = 530. Tankiness: Overall, HP and resists, are super effective on Cardinal. Since Mediale Votum scales off the target's HP, your healing will scale off your own HP if you cast it on yourself. Additionally, since you won't be sacrificing stats for damage, you can afford to invest in tank stats. After Cast Delay Reduction: Many of a Cardinal's main supportive abilities have zero to low cooldowns but high after cast delay. For example, Resurrection has 0 cooldown but 3s After Cast Delay. As such, After Cast Delay Reduction is a stat that I index very highly into. Attack Speed: Attack Speed decreases the animation delay of your skills. Once you hit enough After Cast Delay Reduction, your skills will start being gated by your attack speed. As such, Attack Speed is a very useful stat for Cardinals Healing Effectiveness and H.Plus: Boosts the strength of your heals. If you think you are already tanky enough and have enough ACD and ASPD, then healing effectiveness will help boost your support abilities. Relevant Skills Mediale Votum: One of the most powerful new abilities as a Cardinal. The ability heals in a 9x9 area based on a percentage of the target's max HP. If you go a tankier build, you'll be able to heal your team solely based on your HP. Dilectio Heal: Mediale requires your team members to be next to you. Dilectio Heal provides a powerful targeted heal in a 7x7 area around the target. Highness Heal: An incredibly strong single target heal. By default, it has a long 3s cooldown. However, with Light of Cure (2864) and Cure Lv1 (4803) the skill cooldown will go to 0. Resurrection: The reason that Priest classes have been coveted in party play since second classes were introduced. The skill will resurrect your party member. Lex Aeterna: A Targeted debuff that makes the target take double the damage. Vituperatum: Gives Lex Aeterna effect in an AOE. However, the cooldown is significantly longer. Clementia: Provides Blessing effect to your whole party. At Max skill level, Clementia provides a bigger buff than blessing, granting 17 STR, INT, and DEX. Cantocandidus: Provides Increase Agi effect to your whole party. At Max skill level, Cantocandidus provides 19 AGI. Coluceo Heal: Provides Kyrie Eleison effect to your whole party. At Max skill level, Praefatio blocks 16 hits. Religio: Gives SPL/WIS/STA to a target. Benedictum: Gives POW/CRT/CON to a target. Competentia: Restores HP and SP in an AOE and provides a huge 50 P.ATK and S.ATK buff. Argutus Vita: Provides a buff to the target that allows them to ignore 25% MRES. Argutus Telum: Provides a buff to the target that allows them to ignore 25% RES. Presens Acies: Provides a buff to the target that gives 10 C.Rate. Offertorium: Self Buff that increases your Healing Power. Lauda Agnus: Recovers Freezing, Stone Curse, Dark Curse, Frozen, Crystallization, and Burning status effects of all party members and gives a Max HP buff. However, it should be noted that status effects are much rarer in fourth classes. Lauda Ramus: Recovers Silence, Sleep, Stun Curse, Howling, and Deep Sleep status effects of all party members and gives a critical damage buff. However, it should be noted that status effects are much rarer in fourth classes. There are other useful abilities, but these are the ones that I use the most often. In general, playing Cardinal may feel like playing the piano with all the keys you will press! Stats and Traits Generally, Stats should be based on what best suits you. As such, I won't provide my exact Stat distribution, as you should update yours accordingly. Instead, I'll provide my priority and the benefits of each Stat: Dex: Provides the highest reduction in Variable Cast Time from stats. It also provides the third-highest bonus in StatusMATK. You will want enough Dex to reach full VCT reduction. Int: Provides the the second-highest reduction in Variable Cast Time. It also provides the highest bonus in StatusMATK. You will want enough Int to reach full VCT reduction. Vit: Provides a lot of tankiness through HP, SoftDEF, and SoftMDEF. Agi: Provides some additional tankiness by providing FLEE, and the ATKSPD improves cast speed by reducing Cast animation. Str: Provides additional weight capacity which will help for farming. Luk: Provides the second-highest bonus in StatusMATK. Traits are additional stats that provide bonuses for fourth classes. Traits are bit more straightforward: WIS (72-110): Provides Magical Resistance which I prioritize over Physical Resistance, as you will have a lot of Flee for physical damage. STA (72-110): Provides Physical Resistance. CRT (72-110): Provides H.Plus. Generally, I prioritize STA and WIS over CRT, but if you want very strong heals, feel free to max this. Gear Progression Madame Celery's Guide to MuhRO has a very useful section for Gear Progression and Useful Cards, so please check that out! The information I will provide for Gear Progression will be more specific to Full Support Cardinal. It may be tempting starting out to want to rush your end-game gear. However, I do not recommend doing this and instead recommend improving your gear gradually, so you can farm more effectively. Phase Eden At Level 100, you can talk with Labraham and Louis at @go Eden to get your Advanced Paradise Gear. These gears will require Old Pick (7318) , Blue Hair (1034) , and Elastic Band (7200) . Additionally, you can talk with Lucy in the same room to receive your Advanced Paradise Shadow Gear by renting it for 20 Eden Coins for 3 days or buying the set permanently for 230 in total. Phase One Moving forward, your main priority is to see where you can reduce your fixed cast time, and your second priority will be increasing your tankiness. Abilities will have a specific Fixed Cast Time and Variable Cast Time. For Cardinal, 1.5s Fixed Cast Reduction should be enough for the majority of your skills. However, some of your abilities will have 2s Fixed Cast, but you can aim for 1s or 1.5s for now. In general, some cast time is less punishing for Cardinals. Fixed Cast Time can be reduced by equipment (Most often through Shoes, Costume Enchant Stones, Accessories, and Higher Level Headgear). Variable Cast Time can be reduced by gear (all types of gear) and stats. The formula to calculate your Variable Cast Time Reduction is 1 -((1-((Int + (Dex*2))/530)) * (1 - Bonus VCT from gear)). For now, just assume that your VCT will come in time and go full int and dex for your stats. At Level 150, you can start using Grace Magic Boots [1] (470021) , which can be obtained after completing the 17.1 Questline from the Sentinel NPC. The boots are the easiest way to obtain some Fixed Cast Reduction, providing .5s at Refine Level 7. At Level 160, you will have access to Illusion of Luanda's Goibne Gear and Illusion of Twins' Sprint Gear. Both sets are very useful and the full combos can provide a mix of tankiness, ACD reduction, and .7s FCT reduction. For FCT reduction, you can also use Arch Bishop Stone (Top) (1000857) for .5s FCT reduction and Minor Casting Stone (Garment) (25170) or Cast Stone (Garment) (25067) for .3s or .5s FCT reduction respectively. Of the two Illusion sets, I recommend the Illusion Sprint Set as the transition to Phase Two will be the smoothest. However, both are powerful, and you will also be using pieces of both sets. For all of the Illusion Gear, if you plan on using them for a while, you can enchant them with double Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) and upgrade them to +11 for a big boost in HP. Phase 1 Gear Type Item Notes Upper +9 to +10 Illusion Goibne's Helm [1] (19366) Middle Cor Core Booster (410091) or Cor Core Booster [1] (410092) Depending on if you have a card or not. Lower There's no good lower headgear worth getting at this point. Armor +9 to +11 Illusion Sprint Mail [1] (450182) +9 to +10 Illusion Goibne's Armor [1] (15348) Weapon Illusion Long Mace [2] (16063) or Paradise Archbishop Mace (590029) Shield +10 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) If you plan to use the ISG for a while, you can enchant it with 2x Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) Garment +9 to +10 Illusion Goibne's Spaulders [1] (20923) Advanced Paradise Muffler (480106) Only use the Goibne's Spaulders if you're using the full Goibne's Combo Shoe +9 to +11 Illusion Sprint Shoes [1] (470066) +7 to +10 Illusion Goibne's Greaves [1] (22192) +7 Grace Magic Boots [1] (470021) Early on you can use Grace Shoes, but you will want to get the Gray Wolf or Glacier Shoes quickly. Accessory (Right) Illusion Sprint Ring [1] (490120) Accessory (Left) Illusion Sprint Glove [1] (490121) Phase Two Phase Two is a very serviceable and budget-friendly build, and this is the build that I would recommend for players who are just making an alt cardi. With Phase Two, you should be very comfortable with joining public parties to support. The Illusion Goibne and Illusion Sprint Combo from the previous Phase are quite strong and provide a lot of After Cast Delay Reduction, HP, and Fixed Cast Reduction that you will need, so I would pivot off of these slowly. Instead, the first upgrade you should focus on is the Rubber Hammer [2] (16099) which will give you a big bonus in After Cast Delay. Afterwards, if you were using the Goibne's Set, then you should focus on getting your shoes of choice, as you will need the FCT reduction before switching out other gear. If you were using Sprint Set then you can go for the Vicious Mind Aura (19439) and Fallen Warrior Manteau [1] (20749) combo and Old Mitra [1] (18972) before working on your shoes. After finishing your shoes and obtaining the FCT requirement, you can start replacing other pieces of your gear. Light of Cure (2864) is an interesting item, as with the Cure Lv1 (4803) enchant, the cooldown on Highness Heal will be reduced to 0. If you are finding yourself healing others often, I would recommend this item. If you are mainly supporting through buffs, then the Safety Combo will be best. Also big shout out to Soothing and Fuka's_Serious_Guide_for_FS_Cardinal both of whom I used as a reference for this phase. Phase 2 Gear Type Item Notes Upper +10 to +12 Old Mitra [1] (18972) Obtained in Nightmare Biolabs Middle Victory Wing Ears [1] (400002) Cor Core Booster (410091) Victory Wing Ears can be enchanted Cor Core Booster is a fine option if you don't have a card. Lower Vicious Mind Aura (19439) Obtained from Bioresearch Laboratory Armor +10 to +12 VIT Soutane [1] (15399) +11 Illusion Sprint Mail [1] (450182) Obtained from Odin's Past. VIT Blessing (310078) , MaxHP+5% (4900) or VIT+8 (4747) , MaxHP+5% (4900) or VIT+8 (4747) ISM: 2x Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) Weapon +11 Rubber Hammer [2] (16099) To Obtain the Rubber Hammer. The Rubber Hammer can be enchanted as well. Shield +11 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) +10 [D] Glacier Guard [1] (460040) ISG: 2x Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) Glacier: Your choice for Slot 2 and 3. Glacier Flower Meow Power(Guardian) (312094) for Slot 3. Garment +10 Fallen Warrior Manteau [1] (20749) Obtained in Nightmare Biolabs Shoe +11 Hero Boots-LT [1] (470094) +11 Automatic Leg Type B [1] (470023) +10 Snow Flower Boots [1] (470115) Hero: Obtained in Bioresearch Labs Vigor of Warlord (310912) , Spell Lv4 (4812) , VIT+5 (4744) or INT+5 (4714) Automatic: Obtained through Episode 17.2. Automatic Module (Unlimited Vital) (1000144) , Automatic Modification Module (Fixed Casting) (1000134) , Automatic Modification Module (Vital) (1000119) or Automatic Modification Module (Heal) (1000121) SF: Obtained through Episode 19. Ice Flower Magic Stone(Fixed Casting) (1000736) for Slot 3. Your choice of enchant for Slot 4, and Slot 2 can be ignored. Accessory (Right) Light of Cure (2864) Safety Pendant R [1] (32248) / Safety Pendant B [1] (32249) Illusion Sprint Ring [1] (490120) LoC: Obtained in Mora Cure Lv1 (4803) , DEX+2 (4721) Safety: Obtained in Einbech Dungeons. Sprint: The Sprint Accessory combo can be continued to use if you are using Illusion Sprint Mail [1] (450182) Accessory (Left) Hero's Badge [1] (490163) Safety Epaulet B [1] (32251) Illusion Sprint Glove [1] (490121) Hero: Obtained from Biolabs 3 or 4 MVPs. To be paired with Hero Boots-LT [1] (470094) . Vitality (310918) , Spell Lv4 (4812) , VIT+5 (4744) or INT+5 (4714) Safety: Obtained in Einbech Dungeons. Paired with Safety Pendant Phase Three You should feel overall pretty good with your build after Phase Two. However, there are a lot of ways you can improve your gear greatly. After Phase Three you should feel comfortable tanking the hardest MvPs and dungeons. The biggest bonus will be from the Nebula and Stellar Seal combo or the Glade Rune Gear. The Nebula combo will provide more HP than the Glade Rune Combo, but the Glade Rune Armor will provide more ACD Reduction. Stamina Nebula: 133% bonus HP and 40% healing effectiveness as well as some resistances while the Glade Rune Armor + Combo will provide 95% bonus HP and 15% ACD Reduction as well as some STA. Both are great options. During Phase Two, I highly recommend joining public Constellation Tower and Alice runs or running them with your friends to start getting the materials for CT and Alice gear. I personally prefer the Glade Rune Boots over the Hero Boots-LT, as the Glade Rune Boots provides more bonus HP. However, the Vigor of Warlord (310912) provides a chance of +100 vit when receiving attacks, albeit at a low proc chance. Additionally, switching to the Glade Rune Boots allows a slot for the Light of Cure. Phase 3 Gear Type Item Notes Upper +11 [C] Time Dimensions Rune Crown(Cardinal) [1] (400537) +10 to +12 Temporal Circlet (Archbishop) [1] (19480) TD: Obtained in Depth 2. Adamantine Jewel 1Lv (312779) , Time Dimension Jewel (Vitality) 3Lv (312706) or Time Dimension Jewel (Agility) 3Lv (312700) , INT+5 (4714) or VIT+5 (4744) Temporal: Obtained through Old Glast Heim Challenge Mode. Adamantine Lv1 (29101) , Temporal Jewel (VIT) Lv 3 (29680) , VIT+4 (4743) or INT+4 (4713) Middle Gambler's Seal [1] (410233) HP or ACD reduction enchants should be the main focus. Lower Ace of Clovers in Mouth (Defense) (420269) Resistances (DEF, MDEF, RES, MRES), attack speed, or healing effectiveness enchants should be the main focus. I recommend using Loki's Advice(Defense) (102677) or Loki's Advice(Magical) (100488) Armor +12 [A] Nebula Armor of Stamina [1] (450170) +12 [A] Nebula Robe of Wisdom [1] (450174) +12 [A] Glade Rune Armor [1] (450243) Nebula: Both are obtained through Constellation Tower. I highly recommend Stamina over Wisdom. Wisdom will provide better heals. Star Cluster of Stamina Lv.3 (310679) or Star Cluster of Wisdom Lv.3 (310691) , Nebula of Health Lv.3 (310744) or Nebula of Healing Lv.3 (310741) , DEX+4 (4723) or VIT+5 (4744) Glade: The full Glade combo will provide less HP than the nebula combo, but the Armor should provide more ACD Reduction. Weapon +11 Rubber Hammer [2] (16099) +10 to +12 [A] Wicked Cross [2] (590036) Rubber: To Obtain the Rubber Hammer. The Rubber Hammer can be enchanted as well. Wicked: Obtained through Clock Tower Unknown Basement Clockwork (After Cast Delay) (311020) , Arbitrium Tuning Device (311050) . Wicked Cross isn't really worth the effort unless you want to do some type of hybrid damage support build. Shield +10 to +12 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) +10 to +12 [D] Glacier Guard [1] (460040) +7 to +12 [A] Mad Bunny-LT [1] (460020) ISG: 2x Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) Glacier: Your choice for Slot 2 and 3. Glacier Flower Meow Power(Guardian) (312094) for Slot 3. Obtained through Alice Twisted Madness. After Cast Delay Lv.3 (310853) or HP Lv.3 (310875) Garment +9 to +12 [A] Glade Rune Manteau [1] (480231) Obtained in Biosphere. Stamina of Varmundt Lv3 (310938) or Wisdom of Varmundt Lv3 (310935) , DEX+4 (4723) or VIT+5 (4744) Shoe +11 to +13 [A] Hero Boots-LT [1] (470094) +11 [A] Glade Rune Boots [1] (470174) Hero: Obtained in Bioresearch Labs Vigor of Warlord (310912) , Spell Lv4 (4812) , VIT+5 (4744) or INT+5 (4714) Glade: Obtained in Biosphere. Stamina of Varmundt Lv3 (310938) or Wisdom of Varmundt Lv3 (310935) , DEX+4 (4723) or VIT+5 (4744) Accessory (Right) Stellar Stamina Seal [1] (490133) Stellar Wisdom Seal [1] (490137) Both are obtained through Constellation Tower. Star of Vital Lv.5 (310721) or Star of Spirit Lv.5 (310726) Accessory (Left) Hero's Badge [1] (490163) Light of Cure (2864) Hero: Obtained from Biolabs 3 or 4 MVPs. To be paired with Hero Boots-LT [1] (470094) . Vitality (310918) , Spell Lv4 (4812) , VIT+5 (4744) or INT+5 (4714) LoC: Obtained in Mora Cure Lv1 (4803) , DEX+2 (4721) Misc Shadow Gear Some great options for mixed Blue Shadow Gear are: Armor: Lord Bearer's Shadow Armor (24764) Weapon: Mega Blitz Shadow Weapon (24768) Shield: Separate Reload Shadow Shield (24746) Shoes: Lord Bearer's Shadow Shoes (24763) Earring: Almighty Shadow Earring (24339) Pendant: Almighty Shadow Pendant (24340) Costume Stones and Pets Costume Stones: Arch Bishop Combo: Arch Bishop Stone (Top) (1000857) , Arch Bishop Stone (1000858) , Arch Bishop Stone (Low) (1000859) , and Arch Bishop Stone (Low) (1000859) Cute Pets: Blue Moon Loli Ruri Egg (9140) , Aliza Egg (9120) , and Bacsojin Egg (9115) are good choices. Cards You can find a great list of cards to use in Celery's Guide. Cards Type Item Notes Upper Melted Poring Card (300174) , Bungisngis Card (4582) , or Icewind Egg Card (300456) Middle Melted Poring Card (300174) , Rigid Sky Deleter Card (27351) , or Isaac Wigner Card (27396) Armor Two Eyes Dollocaris Card (300376) or Ominous Solider Card (27114) Two Eyes Dollocaris Card (300376) should be used on a +12 armor Weapon Heart Hunter Sanare Card (27308) or Dancing Marionette Card (31021) Shield Modified Senior Rgan Card (300379) or Elite Rgan Guardian Card (300465) Modified Senior Rgan Card (300379) should be used on a +12 shield Garment Ancient Stalactic Golem Card (27292) Shoe Papila Cae Card (300095) / Papila Card (300091) or Midnight Rechenier Card (300188) Accessory (Right) Broken Omega Cleaner Card (300077) Accessory (Left) Broken Omega Cleaner Card (300077) or Acolyte of Chaos Card (27343)

Magic DPS

Magic DPS Notes Relevant Skills Arbitrium: One of your two main damaging abilities. Provides strong damage to a target in a 9x9 AOE. It does more damage per cast than Framen, but this skill has a 1s cooldown. Framen: One of your two main damaging abilities. Provides strong damage to a target in a 7x7 AOE. It does less damage per cast than Arbitrium, but this skill only has a .3s cooldown. As it has a .5s After Cast Delay, you will want to have 40% After Cast Delay reduction for this skill. Pneumaticus Procella: A very powerful ground targeted ability with a 11x11 AOE. It does neutral damage which will be helpful against holy mobs. However, this skill has a 5s cooldown, so it should not be your main skill. Oratio: Decreases Holy resistances of all enemies on screen with a 90% chance. Religio: Gives SPL/WIS/STA to a target. Argutus Vita: Provides a buff to the target that allows them to ignore 25% MRES. Competentia: Restores HP and SP in an AOE and provides a huge 50 P.ATK and S.ATK buff. Adoramus: For early leveling, Adoramus will be your main skill before you get to your Fourth Class. Stats and Traits Generally, Stats should be based on what best suits you. As such, I won't provide my exact Stat distribution, as you should update yours accordingly. Instead, I'll provide my priority and the benefits of each Stat: Int: Provides the highest bonus in StatusMATK. It also provides the second-highest reduction in Variable Cast Time. Dex: Provides the third-highest bonus in StatusMATK. It also provides the highest reduction in Variable Cast Time from stats. Early on, you will want a lot of Dex, as your gear may not provide the VCT reduction you need. Later on, it will be a lower priority. However, I tend to keep a lot of dex in my full build, as I don't always use my full build in lieu of item drop rate gear. Vit: Provides a lot of tankiness through HP, SoftDEF, and SoftMDEF. Agi: Provides some additional tankiness by providing FLEE, and the ATKSPD improves DPS by reducing Cast animation. Str: Provides additional weight capacity which will help for farming. Luk: Provides the second-highest bonus in StatusMATK. However, I use more Dex than Luk because of the cast time reduction. Traits are additional stats that provide bonuses for fourth classes. Traits are bit more straightforward: SPL (110): Provides the highest bonus in S.MATK and your abilities will additionally scale off SPL. CON (100-110): Provides the second-highest bonus in S.MATK. WIS (50-82): Provides Magical Resistance which I prioritize over Physical Resistance, as you will have a lot of Flee for physical damage. STA (0-32): Provides Physical Resistance. Gear Progression Madame Celery's Guide to MuhRO has a very useful section for Gear Progression and Useful Cards, so please check that out! The information I will provide for Gear Progression will be more specific to Magic Damage Classes, particularly for DPS Cardinal. As you read through, you can look at the Magic Gear Progression Table on my Guide to Magic. This table will have links that will guide you to the relevant pages. It may be tempting starting out to want to rush your end-game gear. However, I do not recommend doing this and instead recommend improving your gear gradually, so you can farm more effectively. Phase Eden At Level 100, you can talk with Labraham and Louis at @go Eden to get your Advanced Paradise Gear. These gears will require Old Pick (7318) , Blue Hair (1034) , and Elastic Band (7200) . Additionally, you can talk with Lucy in the same room to receive your Advanced Paradise Shadow Gear by renting it for 20 Eden Coins for 3 days or buying the set permanently for 230 in total. Phase One Moving forward, your main priority is to see where you can reduce your fixed cast time, and your second priority will be increasing your damage output (for now). Abilities will have a specific Fixed Cast Time and Variable Cast Time. For Arbitrium your fixed cast time is 1s and your Variable Cast time is 4s. For Framen your fixed cast time is 1s and your Variable Cast time is 5s Fixed Cast Time can be reduced by equipment (Most often through Shoes, Costume Enchant Stones, Accessories, and Higher Level Headgear). Variable Cast Time can be reduced by gear (all types of gear) and stats. The formula to calculate your Variable Cast Time Reduction is 1 -((1-((Int + (Dex*2))/530)) * (1 - Bonus VCT from gear)). For now, just assume that your VCT will come in time and go full int and dex for your stats. At Level 150, you can start using Grace Magic Boots [1] (470021) , which can be obtained after completing the 17.1 Questline from the Sentinel NPC. The boots are the easiest way to obtain some Fixed Cast Reduction, providing .5s at Refine Level 7. As both of your damaging abilities only have a 1s Fixed Cast Time, the Grace Boots should be enough for now. At Level 170, you will have access to the Illusion of Labyrinth and its related equipment. The Illusion Morpheus Set will provide a good boost in damage, and a +9 Illusion Morpheus's Hood [1] (19428) will give you Skill Cast Interruption Protection. Lastly, the Advanced Paradise Equipment does not provide a Middle or Lower Headgear, so getting middle and lower headgears will provide an easy upgrade. Additionally, while you are leveling as an Arch Bishop, you may want to invest in Archbishop Shadow Shield (24305) and Archbishop Shadow Weapon (24292) as well as Archbishop Stone (Garment) (25709) and High Priest Stone (25707) , as both combos will reduce Adoramus Cooldown by 1s each. If you don't want to break the Advanced Paradise Shadow Combo, then you can just get the Archbishop Stone (Garment) (25709) and High Priest Stone (25707) combo. Phase 1 Gear Type Item Notes Upper +9 to +11 Illusion Morpheus's Hood [1] (19428) You can use Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) depending on how long you plan on staying on Illusion Morpheus Hood. Make it +11 if you decide to enchant it. Middle Cor Core Booster (410091) or Cor Core Booster [1] (410092) Depending on if you have a card or not. Lower CD in Mouth (420003) Armor +7 to +11 Illusion Saint Robe [1] (450144) or +7 to +9 Grace Adora Robe [1] (450094) Weapon +7 to +11 Illusion Dea Staff [2] (550031) , +7 to +9 Illusion Survivor's Staff [2] (2051) or +7 to +11 Illusion Thorny Staff of Darkness [2] (550030) Shield Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) Garment +9 to +11 Illusion Morpheus's Shawl [1] (20948) or +7 or +9 Grace Magic Manteau [1] (480019) You can use Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) depending on how long you plan on staying on Illusion Morpheus Shawl. Make it +11 if you decide to enchant it. Shoe +7 to +9 Grace Magic Boots [1] (470021) Accessory (Right) Illusion Morpheus's Ring [1] (32238) or Grace Magic Ring [1] (490020) Use the Grace Ring if you're using the Grace Set. Accessory (Left) Illusion Morpheus's Bracelet [1] (32239) Zeny Tip: Illusion of Underwater 2 and Illusion of Labyrinth are great places to farm zeny starting out, and you'll be able to get Underwater Refinement Box (100425) and Labyrinth Refinement Box (100423) to upgrade your gear or to make Safe to Refine tickets! Phase Two 1s Fixed Cast Reduction is what you need. However, 1.5s is better since some of your supportive skills have 1.5s Fixed Cast. It's up to you to decide whether you want to upgrade to 1.5s by getting the Gray Wolf Shoes [1] (470088) with the Wolf Orb (Fixed Casting) Lv.3 (310602) or whether you want to sit on the Grace Magic Boots [1] (470021) until Phase Three. The Brilliant/ Sinful Sapphire Accessory Pairs give a good amount of damage and provide .2s and .3s FCT reduction respectively. With the Minor Casting Stone (Garment) (25170) that gives .3s FCT reduction, you'll have a total of 1s or 1.1s FCT reduction. Additionally, you can get a Arch Bishop Stone (Low) (1000859) for .5s FCT reduction. I do not recommend getting a Cast Stone (Garment) (25067) if it's too expensive, as you'll already have enough FCT! Moving forward, we're just working on damage; let's up those numbers!! Between the Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) and the Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) , both options are great. Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) provides more damage and Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) provides more tankiness. Generally, Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) will be cheaper, as you can buy the necessary enchantment stones from other players. However, this requires other players to have and be willing to sell those stones, which may not always be the case. Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) , however, requires farming of Amethyst Fragment (1000405) which may be grindier but more reliable. My recommendation if you plan on going the snow flower route is to make sure that the stones you need for the Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) are available. The Vesper Headgear is time-gated, requiring mysterious ores from a 24hr cooldown instance. You can try to farm these if you would like or buy these from a vendor. Phase 2 Gear Type Item Notes Upper +9 to +11 Survival Circlet-LT [1] (400154) or +9 Vesper Headgear [1] (400111) To Craft and To Reform the Survival Circlet. To Craft the Vesper Helmet Middle Battle Processor [1] (410017) or Cor Core Booster [1] (410092) Unslotted versions are fine if you don't have a card to use. Lower Orbs of Survival-LT (420066) Young Leaf of World Tree (Intelligence) (420022) CD in Mouth (420003) OoS: To Craft and To Reform. Use OoS if you're using Survival Circlet. YL: SPL Lv2 (311081) or S.MATK Lv.2 (310985) , Spell Lv2 (4814) or MATK Lv.2 (310989) , INT+3 (4712) . Use Young Leaf if you are using Vesper Helm. Any Young Leaf is fine; it's the enchants that matter. Alternatively, you can continue to use CD in mouth combo for a while. Armor +9 to +11 Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) +9 to +11 Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) +9 to +11 Glacier Robe [1] (450265) GW: Wolf Orb (Shadow Spell) (310532) Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.3 (310510) Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.2 (310507) . Gray Wolf Gear can be obtained after completing Episode 18 SF: Ice Flower Magic Stone(Physical Defense) (1000717) or Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magical Defense) (1000718) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magician) (1000721) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Shadow Spell) (1000773) . Snow Flower gear can be obtained after completing Episode 19 . Only get Snow Flower if the related Ice Flower Magic Stones are easily obtainable (available in vend). Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Grand Mage) (312066) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Mage) (312063) or Glacier Flower Meow Power(Power Force) (312067) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(SPL&WIS) (312059) . Glacier gear can be obtained after completing Episode 20 . Weapon +9 Glacier Staff (640033) Glacier Flower Spell (Magical - Element) (311353) Glacier Flower Spell (Magical - Size) (311351) Glacier Flower Spell (Magical - Race) (311349) Glacier Flower Spell (MATK) (311343) Just buy this from a seller! Shield N/A Garment +9 or +11 Illusion Morpheus's Shawl [1] (20948) You can use Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) depending on how long you plan on staying on Illusion Morpheus Shawl. Make it +11 if you decide to enchant it. Shoe +7 to +9 Grace Magic Boots [1] (470021) +7 Gray Wolf Shoes [1] (470088) +7 Glacier Shoes [1] (450268) GW: Wolf Orb (Fixed Casting) Lv.3 (310602) . The other enchants don't matter. Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Fixed Casting) (312076) Accessory (Right) Brilliant Light Sapphire Ring [1] (490064) Sinful Sapphire Ring [1] (490052) For Brilliant Enchants: Any Happiness, Any Destructive Evil. For Sinful Enchants: Any Horror, Any Dragon Scale. I recommend at least level 3 for both. Accessory (Left) Brilliant Light Sapphire Necklace [1] (490065) Sinful Sapphire Necklace [1] (490053) For Brilliant Enchants: Any Happiness, Any Destructive Evil. For Sinful Enchants: Any Horror, Any Dragon Scale. I recommend at least level 3 for both. In terms of Priority: Shoes and Weapon Accessories and Minor Cast Stone Armor and Headgears Garment and Shoes. Zeny Tip: Thanatos 11 and 12 are great places to farm at this point and in general, and you'll be able to farm the materials for your accessories. Guyak Pudding (12710) will help tremendously to prevent the Decrease Agility debuff effect. Phase Three You can sit pretty comfortably on the Phase Two gears for a while. The best spots to upgrade are probably the Garment and Shoes if you're still on Grace. Now would be a good time to start farming your Shadow gear as well! Dim Glacier Weapons are a great place to start dipping your toes into the painful world of item grading! Luckily, the Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) helps ease you in. Dim Glacier and Snow equipment can be obtained after completing Episode 19. Phase 3 Gear Type Item Notes Upper +9 to +11 Survival Circlet-LT [1] (400154) or +9 Vesper Headgear [1] (400111) To Craft and To Reform the Survival Circlet. To Craft the Vesper Helmet Middle Battle Processor [1] (410017) or Deep Blue Sunglasses [1] (410080) Lower Orbs of Survival-LT (420066) Young Leaf of World Tree (Intelligence) (420022) OoS: To Craft and To Reform. Use OoS if you're using Survival Circlet. YL: SPL Lv2 (311081) or S.MATK Lv.2 (310985) , Spell Lv2 (4814) or MATK Lv.2 (310989) , INT+3 (4712) . Use Young Leaf if you are using Vesper Helm. Any Young Leaf is fine; it's the enchants that matter. Armor +11 Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) +9 to +11 Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) +9 to +11 Glacier Robe [1] (450265) GW: Wolf Orb (Shadow Spell) (310532) Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.3 (310510) Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.2 (310507) SF: Ice Flower Magic Stone(Physical Defense) (1000717) or Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magical Defense) (1000718) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magician) (1000721) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Shadow Spell) (1000773) Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Grand Mage) (312066) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Mage) (312063) or Glacier Flower Meow Power(Power Force) (312067) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(SPL&WIS) (312059) Weapon +12 [A] Dim Glacier Wand [1] (550089) Arbitrium: Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Arbitrium) (311301) Glacier Flower Spell (Arbitrium) (311301) Framen: Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Framen) (311300) Glacier Flower Spell (Framen) (311300) Shield +11 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) +10 Glacier Guard [1] (460040) ISG: Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Glacier: Your choice on the enchants for the Glacier Guard. Garment +11 Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) +9 or +10 Glacier Muffler [1] (450267) CMW: Please see below notes for more information on the convertible Wing Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Caster) (312070) for Slot 2 Shoe +7 to +9 [C] Moan of Corruption [1] (470204) to craft it Accessory (Right) Brilliant Light Sapphire Ring [1] (490064) Sinful Sapphire Ring [1] (490052) For Brilliant Enchants: Any Happiness, Any Destructive Evil. For Sinful Enchants: Any Horror, Any Dragon Scale. I recommend at least level 3 for both. Accessory (Left) Brilliant Light Sapphire Necklace [1] (490065) Sinful Sapphire Necklace [1] (490053) For Brilliant Enchants: Any Happiness, Any Destructive Evil. For Sinful Enchants: Any Horror, Any Dragon Scale. I recommend at least level 3 for both. To craft the Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) , you'll need a +7 Supplement Part VIT [1] (20732) , a +7 Upgrade Part - Engine [1] (20733) , a +7 Pile Bunker S [1] (16030) , 5 Opal (727) , and 3 Repair Robot Turbo Card (27015) . The Supplement Part VIT [1] (20732) and Upgrade Part - Engine [1] (20733) can be bought from the Mass Charleston npc with Charleston Component (6752) which are farmed in the Charleston Crisis instance or exchanged for instance coins. They are also a random drop from the MVP in the Charleston Crisis The Pile Bunker S [1] (16030) require 300 Dented Iron Plate (6751) , 1 Pile Bunker (1549) , and 15 Broken Engine (6750) , and will be exchanged with the Mass Charleston npc. The Pile Bunker (1549) requires 200 Steel (999) , 30 Flexible Tube (7325) , and a Brocca (1415) . The Pile Bunker (1549) can be exchanged with the Gomer npc in Yuno with a mechanic class. You need Episode 15 done (you can use a clear ticket) You can use Safe to Refine Tickets on Supplement Part VIT [1] (20732) , Upgrade Part - Engine [1] (20733) , Pile Bunker S [1] (16030) , and Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) Zeny Tip: You should be able to farm comfortably at Clock Tower Basement and Niflheim 2 now, and they'll provide a lot of great end-game material as well. As mentioned, now would be a great time to work on your shadow gear, as both those maps provide Shadowdecon (25729) . Phase Four We're almost at End Game. Time to make some of the tougher gears. You can skip to Phase Five if you think you can comfortably get the Equipment from Constellation Tower (Hard), Alice Twisted Madness (Hard) and Depth 1 and 2. For Talisman Builds, the Time Dimension Combo will be the biggest upgrade for the build, and you will be dropping Vesper Helm for the TD Crown. However, Depth 2 is a very difficult map, so you won't be able to farm there until Phase 5. That being said, feel free to Grade and upgrade your Vesper Helm or keep it at +9 or +12 or continue to use the Survival Circlet-LT until you can get to the TD Combo. For EXO Builds, you will continue to use the Vesper Helm, so you will want to Grade and Enhance it. Phase 4 Gear Type Item Notes Upper Arbitrium: +9 to +11 Survival Circlet-LT [1] (400154) +9 to +12 Vesper Headgear [1] (400111) +11 [A] Framen: Furious Crown (Cardinal) [1] (400609) Furious: SPL Enforcement (313134) , Magic Essence Lv1 (29071) Middle Battle Processor [1] (410017) or Deep Blue Sunglasses [1] (410080) Lower Orbs of Survival-LT (420066) Young Leaf of World Tree (Intelligence) (420022) OoS: To Craft and To Reform. Use Orbs of Survival-LT (420066) if you are using the Survival Circlet-LT YL: SPL Lv2 (311081) or S.MATK Lv.2 (310985) , Spell Lv2 (4814) or MATK Lv.2 (310989) , INT+3 (4712) . Do not change to Young Leaf until you switch to the Vesper Headgear. Any Young Leaf is fine; it's the enchants that matter. Armor +11 Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) +9 to +11 Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) +9 to +11 Glacier Robe [1] (450265) GW: Wolf Orb (Shadow Spell) (310532) Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.3 (310510) Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.2 (310507) SF: Ice Flower Magic Stone(Physical Defense) (1000717) or Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magical Defense) (1000718) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magician) (1000721) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Shadow Spell) (1000773) Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Grand Mage) (312066) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Mage) (312063) or Glacier Flower Meow Power(Power Force) (312067) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(SPL&WIS) (312059) Weapon Arbitrium: +12 [A] Dim Glacier Wand [1] (550089) Framen: +11 [A] Furious Saint Wand [2] (550141) Dim: Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Arbitrium) (311301) Glacier Flower Spell (Arbitrium) (311301) Furious: Your Choice on Enchants Shield +11 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) or +10 or +11 [C] Glacier Guard [1] (460040) ISG: Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Glacier: Your choice on the enchants for the Glacier Guard. Garment +11 Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) +9 or +10 Glacier Muffler [1] (450267) Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Caster) (312070) for Slot 2 Shoe Arbitrium: +12 [A] Moan of Corruption [1] (470204) Framen: +12 [A] Furious Boots [1] (470265) Furious: Your Choice on enchants Accessory (Right) Temple Rune Ring [1] (490304) Intelligence of Varmundt Lv5 (311958) Fragment of Varmundt (SPL) Lv5 (311998) Second Slot Enchant is your choice. Best is Brilliant Biosphere Gem (Boss Type) (311943) but its a .05% chance. Accessory (Left) Temple Magic Ring [1] (490307) Intelligence of Varmundt Lv5 (311958) Fragment of Varmundt (SPL) Lv5 (311998) Second Slot Enchant is your choice. Best is Brilliant Biosphere Gem (Boss Type) (311943) but it's a .05% chance. Phase Five AKA the final phase. Phase Five revolves around the gear you get from Constellation Tower, Alice Twisted Madness, and Biosphere Depths and Depths 2. The Enchants on the Stellar Spell Seal provide a large boost in VCT reduction that you'll need after losing the Convertible Magical Wing and Wolf Robe. I don't recommend switching out of the Convertible Magical Wing until you get the Stellar Spell Seal fully enchanted and upgraded. The Engraved Soul Purification Rune Robe [1] (450284) is the better armor, particularly against bosses. However, you will still likely need Nebula Robe of Spell [1] (450173) before being able to farm Biosphere Depths effectively. The Items from Alice Twisted Madness can provide S.Matk and Magic Damage with Element or provide a lot of VCT Reduction. You should get enchants according to the amount of VCT reduction you need for your build. Phase 5 Gear Type Item Notes Upper +11 to +12 [A] Vesper Headgear [1] (400111) Arbitrium: +12 [A] Time Dimensions Rune Crown(Cardinal) [1] (400537) TD: INT+5 (4714) , Time Dimension Jewel (Wisdom) 3Lv (312718) or Time Dimension Jewel (Agility) 3Lv (312700) or Time Dimension Jewel (Intelligence) 3Lv (312709) , Magic Essence Jewel 1Lv (312759) Middle Gambler's Seal [1] (410233) Lower Ace of Spades in Mouth (Magical) (420213) Armor +12 [A] Nebula Robe of Spell [1] (450173) +11 to +12 [A] Engraved Soul Purification Rune Robe [1] (450284) Nebula: Star Cluster of Spell Lv.3 (310688) , Nebula of Spell Lv.3 (310738) or Nebula of Health Lv.3 (310744) , INT+5 (4714) Depth: Soul Purification Rune 10Lv (312374) , Purification Rune 5Lv (312364) , Soul Rune 5Lv (312359) Weapon EXO: +12 [A] Dim Glacier Wand [1] (550089) EXO: +11 [A] Flush Welding Wand [2] (550092) Arbitrium: +12 [A] Dimensions Saint Rod [2] (550130) Dim: Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Exorcism of Malicious Soul) (311320) Glacier Flower Spell (Exorcism of Malicious Soul) (311320) Flush: Expert Magician Lv5 (311393) Caster Lv5 (311404) Time Dim: For the Dimensions Weapon, use the enchant you prefer. Shield +9 to +12 [A] Mad Bunny-LT [1] (460020) +10 to +12 [C] Glacier Guard [1] (460040) MB: Variable Casting (Magical) Lv.3 (310860) or Magical Lv.3 (310872) . Glacier: Your choice on the enchants for the Glacier Guard. Garment +11 [A] Death Rune Manteau [1] (480233) +11 [A] Dim Glacier Muffler [1] (480284) DRM: Spell of Varmundt Lv3 (310925) INT+5 (4714) Second Slot Enchant is your choice. Dim: Grace of the Snake God (312157) , Malice of the Snake God(MATK) Lv10 (312156) , Malice of the Snake God(DEF) Lv10 (312136) Shoe +12 [A] Moan of Corruption [1] (470204) Accessory (Right) Stellar Spell Seal [1] (490136) Temple Rune Ring [1] (490304) SSS: Star of Spell Lv.5 (310711) Star of Spell Lv.5 (310711) TRR: Intelligence of Varmundt Lv5 (311958) Fragment of Varmundt (SPL) Lv5 (311998) If you don't need the VCT Reduction from Stellar Spell Seal you can use a Temple Rune Ring instead. Accessory (Left) Temple Magic Ring [1] (490307) TMR: Intelligence of Varmundt Lv5 (311958) Fragment of Varmundt (SPL) Lv5 (311998) Second Slot Enchant is your choice. Best is Brilliant Biosphere Gem (Boss Type) (311943) For pure damage, Temple Rune Ring [1] (490304) is better than Stellar Spell Seal [1] (490136) due to the power of the Second Slot Enchant. However, the Second Slot Enchant is limited to two races (unless you get the normal/boss enchant). Additionally, the Stellar Seal gives 30% variable cast reduction from a single accessory which is very powerful. Sinful Sapphire Ring [1] (490052) and Sinful Sapphire Necklace [1] (490053) will still be useful to have due to its race modifiers against dragon which will be very strong against Betelgeuse and Jabberwocky. Misc Shadow Gear For more information on Magic Shadow Gear, please check out the Shadow Gear section on the Guide to Magic. Some great options for mixed Blue Shadow Gear are: Armor: Full Spell Shadow Armor (24883) Weapon: Magical Spell Shadow Weapon (24753) Shield: Magical Spell Shadow Shield (24754) Shoes: Full Spell Shadow Shoes (24884) Earring: Full Tempest Shadow Earring (24665) Pendant: Full Tempest Shadow Pendant (24668) Costume Stones and Pets Costume Stones: Arch Bishop Combo: Arch Bishop Stone (Top) (1000857) , Arch Bishop Stone (Low) (1000859) , Cardinal Stone (Garment) (1001325) ) The Arch Bishop Combo is better for EXO builds Cute Pets: White Knight Egg (9134) and Icewind Egg (9147) are good choices. Cards You can find a list of cards to use in my Guide to Magic. Cards Type Item Notes Upper Mutant Heart Hunter Sanare Card (27309) or Katrinn Card (4366) Depends on how much VCT you need Middle Deadre Card (300252) or Dark Illusion Card (4169) Depends on how much VCT you need Armor Two Eyes Dollocaris Card (300376) , Meyer Lugenburg Card (300308) , or Agav Card (4409) Weapon Mutating White Knight Card (27384) , Copo Card (300455) , or Solace Card (4394) Copo Card (300455) Pairs with Icewind Card (300458) Shield Mutating Khalitzburg Card (27385) or Modified Senior Rgan Card (300379) Modified Senior Rgan Card (300379) should be used on a +12 shield Garment One Eye Dollocaris Card (300375) , Friedrich S. Heine Card (300424) , or Pray Card (300272) Pray Card (300272) pairs with Solace Card (4394) Shoe Nightmare Verit Card (4658) , Icewind Card (300458) , or Midnight Rechenier Card (300188) Copo Card (300455) Pairs with Icewind Card (300458) Accessory (Right) Elite Rgan Warlock Card (300464) Accessory (Left) Dispol Card (300448)