Professor (Scholar) Guide

Advantages:

Deals high damage (with imp or seroma card) and double casting skill.
Can cast while walking (except emergency call, of course)
Can fuck up enemies’ SP.
Can give SP to allies.
Can use stone curse (w/o medusa or evil druid card, you’re fucked up)
Can use dispel and spell breaker (slow cast champs, sorry :D)
Fast cast with memorize.
Land Protector and Wall of Fog (dammit)
Spider Web and Safety wall.
Abracadabra (i love to have a zipperbear as pet XD)
Has Elemental change (quest skill.. i recommend earth ;])
you’re very much effective against wizards because of your mdef.

Disadvantages:

Not recommended for PvM
Don’t have much offensive AoE skills.
Hard to level alone. (Almost impossible w/o quest dammit)
Has low defense if you are a pure bolter.
Somewhat equipment dependent (your slow cast might kill you)

Table of Contents:

I. Bolter Professor

I.1 Bolter Stats

I.2 Bolter Gears

II. Support Professor

II.1 Support Stats

II.2 Support Gears

III. The Guide

III.1 Woe

III.2 PvM

III.3 PvP
III.3.1 Against Lord Knight
III.3.2 Against Palladin
III.3.3 Against Champion
III.3.4 Against Snipers
III.3.5 Whitesmith
III.3.6 Creator
III.3.7 Wizard
III.3.8 Professor
III.3.9 Assassin Cross
III.3.10 Stalker
III.3.11 Against Ninja

IV. Leveling

V. Skill

VI. Hints and Tips

***** (special part)

VII. Notes

I. Bolter Professor

- these type deals high damage using double casted bolts and weakens enemies with his disabling capabilities.

I.1 Bolter Stats

-bolter professors need dex for casting and int for matk so these two are the most important stats. focus on them, you may also want to add some vit or, str for pots and gemstones.

I.2 Bolter Gears

PvM/MvP Equipments:
upper head: Apple of Archer
mid head: sunnies (marduk or isilla card)
lower head: ???
armor: mage coat or valkyrie armor
right hand: ancient sorcery or book of the dead (drops, andre larva or abysmal knight cards)
left hand: orlean’s server (hodremlin or alice card)
garment: wool (raydric)
footgear: tidals ( verit, matyr or sohee cards)
accessory 1: orlean’s glove ( imp or zerom cards)
accessory 2: orlean’s glove (imp, zerom or seroma cards)

PvP/WoE Equipments:
upper head: Feather Beret
mid head: sunnies (marduk)
lower head: ???
armor: silk robe or valkyrie armor (marc, pest, or evil druid cards)
right hand: survivor’s rod or book of the dead (drops or fabre cards)
left hand: orlean’s server (tharafrog card)
garment: survivor’s manteau or wool scarf (raydric card)
footgear: variant shoes, valkyrie shoes (sohee or matyr card) or tidal shoes (verit or matyr card)
accessory 1: orlean’s glove (imp or zerom card)
accessory 2: orlean’s glove (imp or zerom card)

II. Support Professor

- these type focuses on giving sp to allies, giving them protection with land protector, allows water ball (deluge) and so on.

Support Build: (sp slave or land protector)
*this build is can be used as a tank XD put int instead of dex for SP Slaves*

II.2 Support Stats

base:
for sp slave, you need to focus on int to raise your sp (for soul change) and vit to withstand enemy attacks and for health conversion . sp slaves don’t need dex. if you’re a full support prof (with land pro) you need to balance your int, vit and dex.

II.2 Support Gears

SP slave Equipments:
upper head: morpheus’ hood
mid head: sunnies + incubus
lower head: ???
armor: valkyrie armor or divine clothes (succubus card)
right hand: +9 lich’s bone wand (fabre or andre larva card)
left hand: valkyrie shield (hodremlin card or anything that would raise sp)
garment: morpheus’ shawl *if your are not using morph set, you can put aliot card in garment[1])
footgear: variant shoes or valkyrie shoes (verit or sohee card)
accessory 1: morpheus’ bracelet
accessory 2: morpheus’ ring

Pure Def Land Protector (Tank) Equipments:
upper head: magni’s cap
mid head: sunnies (grand peco card)
lower head: ???
armor: odin’s blessing (peco peco card)
right hand: survivor’s rod (fabre card)
left hand: stone buckler (tharafrog or hodremlin card)
garment: survivor’s manteau
footgear: variant shoes or valkyrie shoes (verit or matyr card)
accessory 1: ???
accessory 2: ???

IV. The Guide:

IV. 1 WoE

land protector is a MUST during woe. make sure you did memorize and double casting before going in. recast sight and if you just want to kill, frilldora or hiding accessory can help. demi-human damage reduction cards and items are important here (feather beret, tharafrog card, etc.)

remember this: your Land protector is your party/guild’s key to enter a well defended castle. let the tanks enter first. while the tanks are keeping your enemies busy, cast land pro in the emp room entrance. that would make their defense wizards useless. you can also use wall of fog. it may help. just keep bolting and using stone curse. spider web if necessary. don’t forget to switch armors or accessories. during defense, just cast wall of fog to your party or in the emp (if necessary) and keep your safety wall up. Land pro to the wizards and just keep killing.

IV.2 PvM

nothing special here. with bragi, spam fire bolt/cold bolt to your enemies
if you’re A sp slave, make sure there’s a healer next to you but don’t depend on them
bring your own hp pots :)
stay in a safe place till you’re needed. make sure you have gemstones with you
there’s a gemstone converter in payon (2 blue gemstone = 1 red, 2 red = 1 yellow)
spam safety wall and wall of fog on your party members, Land Pro if your enemy uses AoE skills
make sure you bring ygg leaf ;) you’re appearance in the front line is not necessary.

IV.3 PvP

basically, support professors are not effective killers in pvp and SP slaves CAN’T. this is for bolters.
make sure your safety wall is up, you have pest card equipped, and keep the wall of fog
switch to unfro if you’re up against a wiz. use Land Pro if needed.
use stone curse on enemies but i recommend using spider web first.
kill their SP, dispel, then stone curse then Fire Bolt!! i recommend you recast spider web :P
if you have finished elemental change skill, use it. if you got elemental change (earth) use fire bolt
remember: you can only have one element in this quest skill so be careful in choosing.
in pvp, you don’t need much int. you need to have dex! bring Grape Juice or Blue pots :D
don’t forget to memorize and to recast double casting skill.
for support professors, nothing special. let your party members do the killing. support them just like in PvM.

IV.3.1 Against Lord Knight

vit type lord knights uses spears, have high def and hp, and doesn’t rely on buffs.
they also have long range attack (spear boomerang) and a charge attack. spiral pierce can be used two cells away.
first you need to stop them with spider web or kill their sp, and stone curse then bolt.
agi type lord knights depends on buffs and their berserk skill. before they can attack, use dispel.

this will not just remove their buffs, but also their berserk. after that, you may just stone curse + fire bolt combo.

IV.3.2 Against Paladin

this class has very high def and hp. grand cross type also has high mdef because of their int. first you need to spider web.
they have long ranged attacks using shield so be careful. dispel him first to remove reflect, kill the sp if you can then
cast stone curse/elemental change + bolt combo. if you got hit by sacrifice, you’re in a big trouble. it deals great damage
and also, their pressure can kill your sp. kill them before they kill you.

IV.3.3 Against Champion

this class depend on their sp to deal damage. first, kill their sp. if you use spider web, they can still use finger offensive on you.
you can also use dispel(remove their spirits) or spell breaker to cancel casted asura.

IV.3.4 Against Snipers

agi snipers will use their aspd to cancel your cast so wall of fog is very effective against them. they depend on buffs so while in the fog,
use dispel to remove their buffs, disable them with stone curse (or with your pest card) then a single firebolt may kill them. same goes to strafer build.
FA (falcon assault) type snipers are hard to deal with. with their int, they have decent mdef and hp because of vit. this class doesn’t depend on buffs so
first thing to do is kill it’s sp. they don’t need dex so they’re slow casters. if you catch them casting wind walk, that would be the best opportunity.
without their sp, they can do nothing so kill its sp then use stone curse/elemental change + bolt combo to kill them.

IV.3.5 Whitesmith

these guys are very annoying. with decent aspd and link, they can spam cart termination (damn) that may cause stun. also, their meltdown might destroy your equipments.
if ever you see one, don’t give him any opportunities. cast spider web and dispel him. they rely too much on buffs and has no long range attack except his hammer fall :) if you got him dispelled,
this guy is almost useless. they use sp for buffs and cart termination so you might want to soul burn it. normal attack types can be dealt with safety wall or wall of fog (or your pest card).

IV.3.6 Creator

AD bombers? umm if you’re a bolter and don’t have much vit/def, you have no problem. the filir may be annoying to cancel your cast so safety wall and pest card works here. if filir gets stoned,
kill the master. try to dispel and soul burn them. you won’t have much problems with vanil because of your mdef so fight it bolt vs bolt. if you kill it the owner will be pretty much useless.
those with lif are hard to kill because of emergency avoid. you may want to use spider web to stop them from running. if you have high def, you’re in big trouble. wall of fog may be of use against
acid demonstration. kill the sp then try killing it. some only depend on their humunc and just uses hide skill (wtf). there are so many build for creators and theses guys are very unpredictable.
if possible, try to avoid crossing swords with them.

IV.3.7 Wizard

okay. its magic to magic. they have high mdef and rely on buffs and dex foods for their fast cast so first, you may want to dispel them. magic rod is god against their magic skills but it doesn’t work
on aoe spells so spell breaker should be the best skill to disable them. kill the sp with soul burn, then a single bolt should be enough to kill them.

IV.3.8 Professor

okay. this is a battle of player skill and talent. experience counts in this one. fighting a professor is hard. magic rod is best to counter them. first one to kill the other’s sp wins so you should not forget
to bring sp pots. once you got this guy’s sp, take the opportunity to dispel him with stone curse. basically, a melee type professor is better against a long range professor. while doing melee attack, he might
cancel your cast then use auto cast to bolt at you randomly so when fighting them, use safety wall to prevent being canceled, disable it with stone curse then dang! oh, i forgot. your pest card might do the job XD

IV.3.9 Assassin Cross

these guys are hard to deal with because of their hiding and cloaking skills. they can also dodge slow casting spells. what to do?
versus crit/agi type: they need to get close to you before attacking so basically, cast safety wall, find them with sight or heaven’s drive,
cast spider web then dispel. the guy is done for.
sonic blow: this guys have high vit/hp. strategy is the same for agi/crit type sinX but you need to be extra careful
with these guys because they might kill you with one hit.

IV.3.10 Stalker

stripped suck. without your eqps, you’re doomed so try not to enter without FCP (full chemical protection). others are int types and copies sg (or other aoe spells). they’re like wizards with hide.
bow types are those who strip. use the same strategy versus snipers against them. agi types are damn fast attackers not because of their aspd but because of double attack and sometimes, triple attack.
he’ll try to backstab you then kill you with continuous melee attack so try to keep your safety wall and wall of fog on. with pest card, you should not have a hard time with them.

IV.3.11 Against Ninja

okay. these guys have reverse tatami skill which will make them invulnerable to ranged attacks, and magic! damn. try to disable the guy and be careful with the final strike. with high vit, you can survive and dang! kill the poor guy :D

V. Leveling

this is a tough job for professors. okay. destroy eggs in ant hell until you turn into a mage. when you turn into a mage, kill another egg for job lvl. put firebolt, try to kill an ant or go to payon cave lvl 1.

if you’re lvl 30+, go to rachel field 01. bring fly wings and make sure you dont go near a drosera. this is also applicable to swordsman and merchant class if you have fireblend.

when you’re lvl 70+ already, you may kill stings in glast heim culverts.

you can have someone boost you in anubis and make sure you put all stat points in luk. use ygg leafs in anubis and that’s it.

i’ve got a tip. do you know the quest “Curse of Gaebolg”? i recommend you use this for quests and this for quest table.

back to curse of gaebolg. if you do this quest during lvl 70, you’ll automatically jump to lvl 93 (in arcanaRO, rates:70/70). if you do it later, it will give you little level jump. why? because when you’re low on lvl, little exp is needed to level up. you got the idea? and also, quests with job experience points (such as rachel sanctuary) are recommended to be done if you’re trans already BUT.. don’t do a job change unless you’re job lvl 50. every job level gives you a fixed bonus on stat.

V. Skill:

*i generated this skill tree from rms. this is mainly for PvP/WoE professors.

*this is focused in fire bolt. For me it should have the highest priority during high magician. You’ve got 3 points left to spend with this build.

*double casting and memorize has the highest priority. Next is spider web, soul burn and dispel then heaven’s drive. Since this is a bolter build, Land pro and wall of fog is optional BUT having them is a MUST for professors.

VI. Hints and Tips

*battlemode or /bm

-i highly suggest that you read this tutorial about battlemode before trying to play professor.

*the /q1 command
-it enables you to use the skill in the 9th position (f9) on the first skill bar using right click.

-for example, you have hide skill in this position.
when you press right-click, you will hide automatically, which is good in dodging asura.
i recommend you put “Magic Rod” in that position. it is very effective against Professors.
when they try to bolt at you, press right-click at the time before the casting ends.
the timing is very hard and fatal but once you mastered this, it will be a very good asset. you can just spam your right click but.. i pity your mouse XDD
if you’re having a hard time with magic rod, try using hide instead.

-be careful with set equipments (survivor set, mage coat set, etc..)

-i did not include the sage/professor set cards. (yellow novus, bloody butterfly, harpy, miyabi doll, evil nymph cards)

-100 vit gives 100% immunity to status ailments (except stone and freeze)

-my suggestion.. don’t depend on donate equipments but its good to have one :P

***** (special part)

as the title says, there’s nothing special here. this is just a guide to agi professor.

Agi Professor (Melee)

- these professors are cool. instead of dex, you need ASPD to attack because of your autocast spell.
but be warned. these types need to be Soul Linked before they can use lvl10 bolts in autocast skill.
before becoming an agi type prof, make sure you have a soul linker first. instead of dex, put aspd or damage reduction equips. this class is very good in PvP (one on one)

Stats
for me, the minimum aspd should be 178 or 180 (with awakening potion and agi up). i will post my stats and equipments here and explanation later.

this stat is from my professor which is lvl 98, and 64 job. this is with agi up, blessing and awakening potion. again, dex is not important because auto spell doesn’t require you to hit the enemy. even if you miss, you will still autocast. with this stat, i have 10081 hp and 2161 sp (also because of the equipments)

for the weapon, i’m planning of changing it to .. sage’s diary (maybe.. idk >_<). currently it has cecil damon and female thiefbug card which raises my agi and aspd. i also want to change the female thiefbug card to another cecil damon card.

in my armor, it has pest card on it but i’ll change them with a valkyrie armor with evil druid card. i don’t need marduk card because even when silenced, we can still fight with auto spell so i compounded nightmare card on it.

the Thorny shield and horn of buffalo combo allowed me to have 180 aspd without maxing out my agi. without the combo, i would be wasting a lot of status points to max out agi, instead of putting them to vit.

i use firebolt in auto spell that’s why i’m using two imp cards. the brooch, i want to change it but i don’t know why. +1 agi also.. sucks LOL. matyr card raises hp by 10% and a +1 agi so it chose it over verit card.

i’m planning of changing the wool and tidal set to black leather boots[1] and crest of rider[1] set for more agi

Horn of Buffalo is very important. with it, you don’t have to waste stat points on agi and agi equipments instead, use them to have a decent hp and vit.

*here is my skill tree as an autobolter:

*this build is a little hybrid because of land protector. i managed to get it but only on lvl2.

VII. Notes

-i based this build in a mid rate server (ArcanaRO rocks \m/)
-mail me @ xile015@yahoo.com for suggestions and corrections.
this is just a guide and my opinion so don’t bother flaming :)

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