Second Classes (2-1 & 2-2)¶
At Job Level 40 (or recommended Job Level 50 for maximum skill points), First Classes can advance into one of two specialized Second Classes.
🛡️ Swordsman Branch¶
- Focus: Two-Handed Sword master, Bowling Bash AoE, High Mobility on Peco Peco.
- Key Skills:
- Bowling Bash: Dual-hit devastating AoE line attack.
- Two-Hand Quicken: Drastically multiplies ASPD with two-handed swords.
- Pierce / Spear Boomerang: High single-target spear damage against large monsters.
- Focus: Grand Cross Holy Nuke, Devotion protector, Shield Boomerang tank.
- Key Skills:
- Grand Cross: Holy property area nuke scaling with both ATK and MATK.
- Devotion (Sacrifice): Absorbs all incoming damage directed at party members.
- Holy Cross & Shield Chain: High-threat physical holy damage.
🔮 Mage Branch¶
- Focus: Cataclysmic elemental storms, Meteor Storm, Storm Gust, Lord of Vermilion.
- Key Skills:
- Storm Gust: Water-element blizzard dealing heavy multi-hits and freezing enemies.
- Meteor Storm: Fire-element meteor barrage inflicting Stun.
- Safety Wall & Quagmire: Decelerates enemies and prevents melee attacks.
- Focus: Spell interruption, Land Protector, Free Cast, Elemental Endows.
- Key Skills:
- Land Protector (Deluge / Volcano): Nullifies ground spells (e.g., Storm Gust, Grand Cross).
- Dispel: Removes all positive buffs from target enemies.
- Endow Weapon (Flame / Frost / Quake / Lightning): Imbues weapon with elemental damage.
🏹 Archer Branch¶
- Focus: Blitz Beat Falcon strikes, Ankle Snare & Claymore tactical traps.
- Key Skills:
- Blitz Beat & Steel Crow: Auto-triggering true defense-piercing falcon strikes.
- Ankle Snare: Imprisons targets on the spot for long durations.
- Freezing Trap & Land Mine: Elemental trapping master.
- Focus: Guild performance songs, Magic Strings, Service for You, Ensemble duets.
- Key Skills:
- A Poem of Bragi (Magic Strings): Massively reduces cast time and skill after-cast delay.
- Service for You: Expands Max SP and cuts SP costs by half.
- Tarot Card of Fate: Casts randomized mystical arcana debuffs on targets.
✝️ Acolyte Branch¶
- Focus: Holy support, Resurrection, Sanctuary, Magnificat, Lex Aeterna.
- Key Skills:
- Lex Aeterna: Next attack on target deals 200% double damage.
- Sanctuary & Magnificat: Continuous party healing and 2x SP recovery rate.
- Magnus Exorcismus: Holy ground spell destroying undead and demon monsters.
- Focus: Guillotine Fist (Asura Strike) boss killer, Combo striker, Mental Strength tank.
- Key Skills:
- Guillotine Fist (Asura Strike): Consumes all SP to deal massive defense-ignoring physical damage.
- Mental Strength (Steel Body): Sets DEF/MDEF to 90 for indestructible tanking.
- Triple Attack / Chain Combo / Combo Finish: High DPS combo chains.
💰 Merchant Branch¶
- Focus: Weapon forging, Adrenaline Rush party buff, Hammer Fall stun, Cart Revolution.
- Key Skills:
- Adrenaline Rush: +30% ASPD for axes and blunts across entire party.
- Weapon Perfection & Power-Thrust: 100% size damage bonus and +25% total ATK.
- Hammer Fall: AoE 70% stun rate in 5x5 area.
- Focus: Homunculus companion, Potion Research, Acid Terror, Bombardment, Chemical Weapon Protect.
- Key Skills:
- Homunculus System: Raise and battle alongside Lif, Amistr, Filir, or Vanilmirth.
- Potion Research & Pharmacy: Brew high-ranked White and Blue potions.
- Chemical Protection: Shields party gear against being stripped or broken in combat.
🗡️ Thief Branch¶
- Focus: Katar criticals, Sonic Blow burst, Grimtooth stealth AoE, Enchant Poison.
- Key Skills:
- Sonic Blow: 8-hit rapid burst with high stun chance.
- Grimtooth: Long-range AoE spike attack performed while hidden.
- Katar Mastery & Sonic Acceleration: High critical multiplier.
- Focus: Strip Weapon/Armor/Shield/Helm, Plagiarism (Skill copy), Bow / Dagger flexibility.
- Key Skills:
- Full Divestment (Strip Gear): Strips opponent equipment rendering them helpless in PvP/WoE.
- Plagiarism: Copies skills used on the Rogue (e.g. Bowling Bash, Storm Gust, Heal).
- Tunnel Drive & Backstab: High damage backstab executed from concealment.