I
have been playing Dragon Nest SEA since the closed beta of the game. By
then, the academic class is not yet available. After a while in the
open beta, i quit due to boredom. The game only has Level 24 as the max
level and it doesn't really have a lot of things going on. As an online
gamer since 2003, activities like quest or a raid while online always
keeps people interested and continue playing the game. If you run out of
things to do, then, that is where boredom starts.
I went back
playing when the maximum level was 40 and chose to play the academic
class instead of the sorceress class that i played during closed and
open beta.
I found the academic class interesting with its summon
and the ability to choose between magic and physical attack. You can
change to the first job at level 15 from the academic class. You can
either be an engineer or an alchemist. Since I am a magic user at heart,
my 1st job was to become an alchemist.
After the release of the
level 50. The alchemist can either go Adept or Physician. The Adept is a
class that has skills focusing on attack while the physician skills are
more on support. I chose the adept class as my 2nd job because I feel
that it would suit my playing style rather than the Physician.
The
skills also had a tremendous overhaul as the requirement for each skill
changed and new players must be careful in order not to sway from their
ideal build.
For me, my ideal build can be found below. It also
contains explanation why i did or did not add skill points to a certain
skill.
Academic Skill Tree
Stun Grenade Lvl 9 - Higher Chance of Stunning and Higher Damage
Wax Lvl 5 - Higher Chance to Slip. Very useful if you are against warrior types and Archer types.
Dodge Lvl 5 - Faster Cooldown
Aerial Evasion Lvl 4 - Faster Cooldown
Health Bolster Lvl 4 - Increases Max HP by 12%
Mental fortitude - Increases Max MP by 12%
Attuned Mind Lvl 3 - Increases your MP Recovery by 4.5 every 2.5 minutes
Dispenser Lvl 1 - For random pots like HP, MP, Movement, Stun, Critical and Damage
Bubble Bubble Lvl 3 - To complete the 45 Skill Points requirement
Leave all other skill to Lvl 1.
You might be wondering why i did not add more skill to Bubble Bubble.
For me i find it to cause delay when i am instead doing high damage
skill. It is a very useful skill, however i prefer investing on damage
based skills.
Alchemist Skill Tree
Magma Punch Lvl 12 - For a stronger Magma Punch Ex
Magma Wall Lvl 9 - For damage
Magma Wave Lvl 7 - For damage
Mixed Infection Lvl 5 - For damage. Combo with Poison Break.
Poison Break Lvl 7 - For damage. Cast Mixed infection first then follow up with Poison Break. This must be done immediately
after casting Mixed Infection to ensure maximum damage. If this skill
does a critical damage, then you can be sure that you have dealt at
least 30% to 50% of damage to a tank character.
Cocktail Lvl 4 - Increases Power, Agi(Crit), Int(Damage) by 18% and Skill cooldown by 12%
Eureka Lvl 1 - Increase 1% INT per Alchemic Bubble. Reduces 1.5% of
Physcial Attack and Magical Attack Alchemic Per Bubble. Maximum of 10
Alchemic Bubbles.
Hypnosis Lvl 1 - Very Helpful in escaping Attacks. It will repel you
backward once you are attacked and you have press the normal attack key.
I was saved from certain death several times with this skill.
Elemental Bubble Charging Lvl 1 - earn an extra alchemic bubble once a
fire skill is used. Help you get the maximum of 10 Alchemic Bubbles
faster.
Chemical Bubble Charging Lvl 1 - earn an extra alchemic bubble once a
dark skill(poison) is used. Once again to help earn the maximum
alchemic bubble at the fastest possible time.
Icicle Expression Lvl 1 - Ultimate Skill. High damage. I only got
this one even though you can also get Poison Pool. However, if one
ultimate skill is used, the other will share its cool down. For me I
feel the Icicle Expression is the right choice as it does not allow and
enemy to escape once it hits.
Leave all other skills to Level 1
Adept Skill Tree
C2H5OH Lvl 2 - For more damage
Magma Punch Ex Lvl 1 - Available at Level 47
Ice Beam Lvl 1 - Available at Level 50
Overall I find my skill build ideal for PvE and PvP as it packs a lot
of damage skills and a balance of support / assist skills. In Pvp I
spam Magma Punch a lot as it has faster cooldown than any other spell
and has a good damage in Lvl 12.
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