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* Now you're finally a Sorcerer, you now have more AoE skills but all of them are gated behind 5 seconds cooldown each. You have three (3) options: | * Now you're finally a Sorcerer, you now have more AoE skills but all of them are gated behind 5 seconds cooldown each. You have three (3) options: | ||
** If you're new to the class and you have barely to zero resources and you don't have any friends, take the hard route of leveling up with all your skills. It may be slow but at least you'll be able to practice how to properly rotate your skills. As a Sorcerer, you are always harder to die. Why? Well because you have your own lil' <span style="color:green;">Ventus</span> to accompany you. Make sure you have {{#item:992}} before attempting to summon our baby <span style="color:green;">Ventus</span>. You can purchase some Wind of Verdures from '''NPC''' '''Dus the Smith''' {{#navi:paramk|53|101}} at [[Eden Market#Refine Mats and more|Eden Market]] ('''@go 40''') for 10,000 zeny per piece. For suggested farming areas for elemental ores such as the Wind of Verdures, refer to this [[The_Complete_Elemental_Master_Guide_by_Goldie#Elemental_Catalysts,_Ores,_&_Stones|section]]. Summon the Child form of <span style="color:green;">Ventus</span> by using the skill '''Lvl. 1''' '''{{#skill:2459}}''', and place her on '''Defensive Mode''' by using the skill '''Lvl.''' '''2''' '''{{#skill:2456}}''', and voila! You now have your own source of free {{#item:12710}} + '''50% FLEE Rate'''. You will survive even the most treacherous dungeons for leveling up. Just make sure to replenish <span style="color:green;">Ventus</span>' SP using the skill '''{{#skill:2464}}''' every now and then since she will exit '''Defensive Mode''' if she rans out of Mana and you will lose your benefits. Putting some skill points to '''{{#skill:2463}}''' would also help with your Ventus' sustain. One spell you could incorporate is the CC skill '''{{#skill:2453}}'''. Root mobs with Extreme Vacuum then cast your AoE skills to them. You have at least five forms of defense in this manner—<span style="color:green;">Ventus</span>' Wind Step, Extreme Vacuum's root CC effect, '''{{#skill:2449}}''''s hit-locking effect, '''{{#skill:2447}}''''s crystallization, and '''{{#skill:2454}}''''s stuns; if you'll always have '''{{#skill:157}}''' activated and you finally start using {{#icon:23204}}{{#linkitem:23204|Brilliant Protection Scrolls}}and {{#icon:14534}}{{#linkitem:14534|Small Life Potions}}then I guess you can count that as eight forms of defense then. Keep leveling up 'til you reach Elemental Master. | ** If you're new to the class and you have barely to zero resources and you don't have any friends, take the hard route of leveling up with all your skills. It may be slow but at least you'll be able to practice how to properly rotate your skills. As a Sorcerer, you are always harder to die. Why? Well because you have your own lil' <span style="color:green;">Ventus</span> to accompany you. Make sure you have {{#item:992}} before attempting to summon our baby <span style="color:green;">Ventus</span>. You can purchase some Wind of Verdures from '''NPC''' '''Dus the Smith''' {{#navi:paramk|53|101}} at [[Eden Market#Refine Mats and more|Eden Market]] ('''@go 40''') for 10,000 zeny per piece. For suggested farming areas for elemental ores such as the Wind of Verdures, refer to this [[The_Complete_Elemental_Master_Guide_by_Goldie#Elemental_Catalysts,_Ores,_&_Stones|section]]. Summon the Child form of <span style="color:green;">Ventus</span> by using the skill '''Lvl. 1''' '''{{#skill:2459}}''', and place her on '''Defensive Mode''' by using the skill '''Lvl.''' '''2''' '''{{#skill:2456}}''', and voila! You now have your own source of free {{#item:12710}} + '''50% FLEE Rate'''. You will survive even the most treacherous dungeons for leveling up. Just make sure to replenish <span style="color:green;">Ventus</span>' SP using the skill '''{{#skill:2464}}''' every now and then since she will exit '''Defensive Mode''' if she rans out of Mana and you will lose your benefits. Putting some skill points to '''{{#skill:2463}}''' would also help with your Ventus' sustain. One spell you could incorporate is the CC skill '''{{#skill:2453}}'''. Root mobs with Extreme Vacuum then cast your AoE skills to them. You have at least five forms of defense in this manner—<span style="color:green;">Ventus</span>' Wind Step, Extreme Vacuum's root CC effect, '''{{#skill:2449}}''''s hit-locking effect, '''{{#skill:2447}}''''s crystallization, and '''{{#skill:2454}}''''s stuns; if you'll always have '''{{#skill:157}}''' activated and you finally start using {{#icon:23204}} {{#linkitem:23204|Brilliant Protection Scrolls}}and {{#icon:14534}}{{#linkitem:14534|Small Life Potions}}then I guess you can count that as eight forms of defense then. Keep leveling up 'til you reach Elemental Master. | ||
*** Worry about the proper skill points allocation for later and maximize your AoE skills first so you could farm. Priority of skills as you level up: | *** Worry about the proper skill points allocation for later and maximize your AoE skills first so you could farm. Priority of skills as you level up: | ||
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* Now secondly if this isn't your first character and you have some zeny to spare and you want to ease the suffering part of leveling as a Sorcerer, you could purchase leveling up gears such as the {{#item:26118}} or its enhanced version {{#item:550012}}. Buy whichever is available in the market, both will reduce '''{{#skill:2449}}''''s CD by 1 second at +11. To further reduce its CD, you can purchase the costume enchant stones {{#item:25419}} + {{#item:25420}} that reduce its cooldown by another 2 seconds. In total, you'll have 3 seconds CD reduction for PW and it'll be left with 2 seconds CD. It still has a bit of CD but PW is going to be your main skill leveling up and the frequent you get to use it the better. I still suggest following the priority of skills that I had recommended and the skills in your rotation will be reduced as you will primarily cast PW whenever it's off-CD. | * Now secondly if this isn't your first character and you have some zeny to spare and you want to ease the suffering part of leveling as a Sorcerer, you could purchase leveling up gears such as the {{#item:26118}} or its enhanced version {{#item:550012}}. Buy whichever is available in the market, both will reduce '''{{#skill:2449}}''''s CD by 1 second at +11. To further reduce its CD, you can purchase the costume enchant stones {{#item:25419}} + {{#item:25420}} that reduce its cooldown by another 2 seconds. In total, you'll have 3 seconds CD reduction for PW and it'll be left with 2 seconds CD. It still has a bit of CD but PW is going to be your main skill leveling up and the frequent you get to use it the better. I still suggest following the priority of skills that I had recommended and the skills in your rotation will be reduced as you will primarily cast PW whenever it's off-CD. | ||
** Two items you could use to pair with the Shadow Staves to condense your skill rotation down to two (2) skills instead of the usual four (4) is the '''Shadow Gear Weapon''' {{#item:24297}} and '''Shadow Gear Shield''' {{#item:24310}}. When Sorcerer Shadow Weapon and Sorcerer Shadow Shield are <u>refined to +10</u>, your '''{{#skill:2447}}''' and''' {{#skill:2446}}''' skill cooldowns will be reduced by 4 seconds—respectively—leaving behind only 1 second CD for each skill. You could purchase these two Shadow Gear equipment by exchanging 80 {{#item:50033}}, 5 {{#item:7451}}, and 15 {{#item:25729}} to '''NPC Clark''' {{#navi:main_office|87|163}} in the '''Main Office Basement''' ('''@go main'''). To refine them instantly to +9, you may use the item {{#item:23926}}, retrieved from '''NPC Rayja''' {{#navi:main_office|87|178}} by exchanging 150 pcs. {{#icon:50033}}{{#linkitem:50033|Shadows}}and {{#icon:25729}}{{#linkitem:25729|Shadowdecons}}. The choice whether to pick one of them or both is up to you, but in my opinion choosing Diamond Dust and reducing its CD to cycle together with '''{{#skill:2449}}''' is more optimal farming-wise. DD possesses a hard CC with <span style="color:#49AFFC;">crystallization</span> and you can just alternate PW and DD; cast PW whenever it's off-CD then spam DD while PW is on CD. As we've talked about in the [[The Complete Elemental Master Guide by Goldie#Skill Analysis 4|Sorcerer section of Skill Analysis]], you could condense your rotation to something similar like this: | ** Two items you could use to pair with the Shadow Staves to condense your skill rotation down to two (2) skills instead of the usual four (4) is the '''Shadow Gear Weapon''' {{#item:24297}} and '''Shadow Gear Shield''' {{#item:24310}}. When Sorcerer Shadow Weapon and Sorcerer Shadow Shield are <u>refined to +10</u>, your '''{{#skill:2447}}''' and''' {{#skill:2446}}''' skill cooldowns will be reduced by 4 seconds—respectively—leaving behind only 1 second CD for each skill. You could purchase these two Shadow Gear equipment by exchanging 80 {{#item:50033}}, 5 {{#item:7451}}, and 15 {{#item:25729}} to '''NPC Clark''' {{#navi:main_office|87|163}} in the '''Main Office Basement''' ('''@go main'''). To refine them instantly to +9, you may use the item {{#item:23926}}, retrieved from '''NPC Rayja''' {{#navi:main_office|87|178}} by exchanging 150 pcs. {{#icon:50033}} {{#linkitem:50033|Shadows}}and {{#icon:25729}} {{#linkitem:25729|Shadowdecons}}. The choice whether to pick one of them or both is up to you, but in my opinion choosing Diamond Dust and reducing its CD to cycle together with '''{{#skill:2449}}''' is more optimal farming-wise. DD possesses a hard CC with <span style="color:#49AFFC;">crystallization</span> and you can just alternate PW and DD; cast PW whenever it's off-CD then spam DD while PW is on CD. As we've talked about in the [[The Complete Elemental Master Guide by Goldie#Skill Analysis 4|Sorcerer section of Skill Analysis]], you could condense your rotation to something similar like this: | ||