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* EMs excel in space manipulation and crowd control skills.  
* EMs excel in space manipulation and crowd control skills.  
** 4 of their skills, if you'll count Psychic Wave, are lingering and counts as '''DoT''' (Damage over Time) skills. This will prove to be useful and efficient when you're farming for zeny or loots, as it is as simple as placing any of your DoT skills on the ground and then teleport away. Yes even when you're offscreen you'll still be killing the monsters, and yes you'll still get their drops (thanks to the '''<u>@autoloot</u>''' feature). The only scenario I could think of where this won't be applicable is when you're finishing a Kill Count quest which in that case you'll need to be onscreen to get the count.  
** 4 of their skills, if you'll count Psychic Wave, are lingering and counts as '''DoT''' (Damage over Time) skills. This will prove to be useful and efficient when you're farming, as it is as simple as placing any of your DoT skills on the ground before teleporting away. Yes, even when you're offscreen you'll still hit the monsters, and yes, you'll still get their drops (thanks to the '''<u>@autoloot</u>''' feature). The only scenario I could think of where this won't be applicable, is when you're finishing a Kill Count quest. In that case you'll need to be onscreen to get the count.
** Their ultimate skill''' {{#skill:5380}}''' not only acts as their 4th job equivalent of Psychic Wave in that it can be endowed to either <span style="color:red;>Fire</span>, <span style="color:blue;>Water</span>, <span style="color:green;>Wind</span>, <span style="color:brown;>Earth</span>, or <span style="color:purple;>Poison</span>—basically assuming the elemental property of their currently summoned '''High Elemental Spirits'''; but unbeknownst to many it also acts as CC skill! Both normal and boss monsters with the exception of MVPs hit by this skill are rendered immobile and stunned during the entire duration of the skill animation. We'll go more in-depth about Elemental Buster and its secret shenanigans once we go into the Elemental Master section, so pls. bear with us! <s>*''cough''* '''Autocast Elemental Buster''' ''*cough*''</s>
** Their ultimate skill''' {{#skill:5380}}''' not only acts as their 4th job equivalent of Psychic Wave, it can also be endowed to either <span style="color:red;>Fire</span>, <span style="color:blue;>Water</span>, <span style="color:green;>Wind</span>, <span style="color:brown;>Earth</span>, or <span style="color:purple;>Poison</span>—basically assuming the elemental property of their currently summoned '''High Elemental Spirits'''; but unbeknownst to many it also acts as CC skill! Both normal and boss monsters with the exception of MVPs hit by this skill are rendered immobile and stunned during the entire duration of the skill animation. We'll go more in-depth about Elemental Buster and its secret shenanigans once we go into the Elemental Master section, so pls. bear with us! <s>*''cough''* '''Autocast Elemental Buster''' ''*cough*''</s>


* They have at least 2 forms of mobility with the skills '''Lvl. 1'''  '''{{#skill:2459}}''' on '''Lvl. 2 {{#skill:2456}}''' (''Defensive Mode'') and '''{{#skill:6517}}'''.  
* They have at least 2 forms of mobility with the skills '''Lvl. 1'''  '''{{#skill:2459}}''' on '''Lvl. 2 {{#skill:2456}}''' (''Defensive Mode'') and '''{{#skill:6517}}'''.  
** You may argue that {{#item:12710}} is basically free and only costs 10 {{#item:50000}}, but having a free guyak right beside you whenever you need it anytime and anywhere is a big add-on especially for those tight on budget and besides not only does it boost movement speed but it also gives you '''+50% FLEE Rate''' which greatly improves an EM's survivability.
** You may argue that {{#item:12710}} is basically free and only costs 10 {{#item:50000}}, but having free guyak whenever you need it is a big add-on, especially for those tight on budget. And besides, not only does it boost movement speed but it also gives you '''+50% FLEE Rate,''' which greatly improves an EM's survivability.
** EM is already a class gifted with lots of ground magical skills, above average range and AoE, and yet they were still given another mobility skill with Psychic Stream. This skill with a 9-cells range lets you blink/dash towards a monster or a mob of monsters making farming faster and efficient. As an example, you use Psychic Stream on a mob then proceed that with your auto-cast Elemental Buster from the Dimension Set to kill the horde of mobs around you while aiming Diamond Storm to another pack of mobs to maximize your range and the space around you.
** EM is already a class gifted with lots of ground magical skills, above average range and AoE, and yet they were still given another mobility skill with Psychic Stream. This skill with a 9-cells range lets you blink/dash towards a monster or a mob of monsters making farming faster and efficient. As an example, you use Psychic Stream on a mob then proceed to auto-cast your Elemental Buster from the Dimension Set to kill the horde of mobs around you, while aiming Diamond Storm to another pack of mobs to maximize your range and space around you.


* EMs have access to '''Elementals''' & '''High Elementals''' that would help them in various ways. We'll talk more about them in their [[The_Complete_Elemental_Master_Guide_by_Goldie#Elementals_&_High_Elementals|own sections]].
* EMs have access to '''Elementals''' & '''High Elementals''' that would help them in various ways. We'll talk more about them in their [[The_Complete_Elemental_Master_Guide_by_Goldie#Elementals_&_High_Elementals|own sections]].
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* A rotation-based class that cycles through different skills.
* A rotation-based class that cycles through different skills.
** No matter how strong the class is if it's not for you then you won't have a wonderful and fun time playing the class. I say that because the class is not a 1-button skill class when you're playing it. You'll need to cycle skills in between to farm.
** No matter how strong the class is, if it's not for you then you won't have a good time playing the class. I say that because the class is not a 1-button skill class when you're playing it. You'll need to cycle skills in between to farm.
** Needs attentiveness and awareness as to when will the next skill will be off-cooldown (CD), so for people who prefer to just press 1 button or skill you may want to play other classes instead like Soul Ascetic (SA).
** Needs attentiveness and awareness as to when will the next skill will be off-cooldown (CD), so for people who prefer to just press 1 button or skill you may want to play other classes instead like Soul Ascetic (SA).


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* Needs a lot of catalysts to summon their Elementals & High Elementals,  and apply their ground defensive skills which makes weight management more important than ever.
* Needs a lot of catalysts to summon their Elementals & High Elementals,  and apply their ground defensive skills which makes weight management more important than ever.


At the end of the day, we believe that every cons you'll encounter with the class will get outweighed by their pros. Now, it's up to you whether you'll commit to the class despite knowing these things and if you still wanna push-through then it'll be a pleasure to have you join us in a wonderful journey of mastering the ways of the true Elemental Master.  
At the end of the day, we believe that every cons you'll encounter with the class will get outweighed by their pros. Now, it's up to you whether you'll commit to the class despite knowing all these things. Should you decide to continue, it'll be a pleasure to have you join us in the wonderful journey of mastering the ways of the true Elemental Master.  


==Mage==
==Mage==