admin Posted September 9 Posted September 9 Dark Wizard — MU Online Season 21 Guide The Dark Wizard is one of the three classes MU Online shipped with, and the one that has been extended the most. Every season since has handed him another spell, and by Season 21 his base list runs from Energy Ball at level 2 to Soul Seeker at level 160. He is built entirely around Energy. Energy is his damage, his mana pool and the gate on almost every spell he wants to cast — and unlike every other class in the game, Vitality gives him only 1 HP per point. That single number explains the whole class: enormous reach and area damage, and nothing at all to absorb a hit with except Soul Barrier. Everything below is read straight out of the Season 21 server files (SkillList.xml, SkillTreeData_3rd.xml, ItemList.xml, CalcCharacter.ini and the DefaultClassType table), and every item picture is rendered from the Season 21 client models. Basic Information Property Dark Wizard Weapon Staffs — 31 of them, the only Dark Wizard weapons that carry Magic Power Off-hand Shields — 7 models, no Magic Power on any of them Back slot Wings: Heaven → Soul → Eternal → Angel Wings → Integrity Starting town Lorencia Stat points per level 5 Maximum attack speed 284 Base skill list 26 castable spells, 5 of them Dark Wizard exclusives Master skill tree 71 nodes (Grand Master) — the third largest in the game Steepest requirement 1,217 Energy for the Dark Devil Armor; 1,160 Energy for Meteor Storm Starting Stats A fresh Dark Wizard begins with the highest Energy of the three original classes and the lowest Vitality-to-Life multiplier in the game. Strength Agility Vitality Energy HP Mana 18 18 15 30 60 60 How the Dark Wizard Grows These four multipliers come from the DefaultClassType table and decide how a Dark Wizard scales. The Vitality column is the one worth staring at. Class HP / level Mana / level HP per Vitality Mana per Energy Dark Wizard 1 2 1 2 Dark Knight 2 0.5 3 1 Fairy Elf 1 1.5 2 1.5 Magic Gladiator 1 1 2 2 Dark Lord 1.5 1 2 1.5 Summoner 1 1.5 2 1.5 Rune Wizard 1.2 1.8 2 1.5 White Wizard 2 2 2 2 Lemuria Mage 1 1.5 2 2 Crusader 2 2 2 2 Every other class in MU Online converts a Vitality point into 2 or 3 HP. The Dark Wizard gets 1. Pouring points into Vitality on a Dark Wizard buys you half of what it buys anyone else — which is why the standard build ignores it and leans on range, Soul Barrier and a party instead. Class Progression (Job Changes) Tier Name What it opens 1st Dark Wizard Energy Ball through Plasma Storm; Pad, Bone, Sphinx, Eclipse, Legendary, Grand Soul and Dark Soul sets 2nd (level 150) Soul Master Wings of Heaven and Wings of Soul; Teleport Ally, Ice Storm, Decay, Nova and Expansion of Wizardry 3rd (level 400) Grand Master The 71-node master skill tree, Wings of Eternal, the Dark Devil set and the Bloodangel → Holyangel mastery line 4th (level 800) Soul Wizard Angel Wings, the 4th master skill tree, and the Awakening Soul → Lightning Wizard sets 5th (level 1,200) — Wings of Integrity, then the Temple Guard and Imperial Wizard sets Dark Wizard Skills The 26 spells below are the Dark Wizard's castable list — everything he can put on a hotkey without entering the master tree. Energy is the stat requirement, Mana and AG the cost per cast, and Range is measured in squares. Skill Level Energy Mana AG Range Damage Energy Ball DW only 2 0 1 0 6 3 Fire Ball 5 40 3 0 6 8 Power Wave 9 56 5 0 6 14 Lightning 13 72 15 0 6 17 Teleport 17 88 30 0 6 — Meteorite 21 104 12 0 6 21 Ice 25 120 38 0 6 10 Poison 30 140 42 0 6 12 Flame 35 160 50 0 6 25 Twister 40 180 60 0 6 35 Evil Spirit 50 220 90 0 6 45 Blessing of Experience 50 0 5 0 8 — Hellfire 60 260 160 0 3 120 Aqua Beam 74 345 140 0 6 80 Soul Barrier DW only 77 408 70 22 6 — Cometfall 80 500 150 0 6 70 Teleport Ally 83 644 90 25 6 — Inferno 88 724 200 0 4 100 Ice Storm 93 849 100 5 6 80 Decay 96 953 110 7 6 95 Nova 100 1052 180 45 6 — Plasma Storm 110 0 50 20 6 60 Meteor Strike DW only 160 1073 92 17 7 100 Meteor Storm DW only 160 1160 105 20 6 105 Soul Seeker DW only 160 1115 90 16 7 125 Expansion of Wizardry 220 1058 200 50 6 — The five Dark Wizard exclusives Of the 26, only five belong to the Dark Wizard alone. Everything else is shared with the Magic Gladiator, Lemuria Mage, Rune Wizard, Alchemist or Summoner. Skill Level Energy Range What it does Energy Ball 2 0 6 The starting attack — free to cast, 1 mana Soul Barrier 77 408 6 Spends mana to absorb incoming damage. The only damage mitigation the class has, and the reason 60 master points exist Meteor Strike 160 1,073 7 4th class single target at the longest range in the class Meteor Storm 160 1,160 6 4th class area attack, 500 ms cast delay Soul Seeker 160 1,115 7 Highest base damage in the list at 125, and the standard 4th class main attack Two more spells that live in the master tree Skill Mana AG Range Cast delay Notes Earth Prison 180 15 3 5,000 ms Roots the target. Shared with five other classes Illusion 1,000 300 6 120,000 ms 60 second duration on a two minute cooldown Master Skill Tree — Grand Master, 71 Nodes At level 400 the Dark Wizard becomes a Grand Master and starts earning one master point per level. The tree has 71 nodes across three boxes and every node caps at 20 points (a handful cap at 10), so no character will ever fill it. Box 1 — Passive and stat nodes (23 nodes) Node Max points Needs a parent node Durability Reduction (1) 20 no PvP Defense Rate Increase 20 no Maximum SD increase 20 no Auto Mana Recovery Increase 20 no Durability Reduction (2) 20 yes SD Recovery Speed Increase 20 yes Automatic HP Recovery Increase 20 yes Defense Increase 20 no Elemental DEF Increase 10 no Automatic AG Recovery Increase 20 yes Durability Reduction (3) 20 yes Defense Success Rate Increase 20 yes Armor Set Bonus Increase 20 no Vengeance 20 yes Energy Increase 20 no Stamina Increase 20 no Agility Increase 20 no Strength Increase 20 no Eternal Wings Defense PowUp 20 no Protection Shield 20 no Eternal Wings Attack PowUp 20 yes Steel Armor 20 no Shield Block 20 yes Box 2 — Skill enhancement (22 nodes) Node Max points Needs a parent node Attack Success Rate Increase 20 no Flame Strengthener 20 no Lightning Strengthener 20 no Expansion of Wizardry Power Up 20 no Inferno Strengthener 20 yes Blast Strengthener 20 yes Expansion of Wizardry Mastery 20 yes Evil Spirit Strengthener 20 no Magic Mastery 20 yes Maximum Life Increase 20 no Decay Strengthener 20 no Hellfire Strengthener 20 no Maximum Mana Increase 20 yes Ice Strengthener 20 no Meteor Strengthener 20 no Maximum AG Increase 20 yes Ice Storm Strengthener 20 yes Nova Strengthener 20 yes Max HP Boost 20 no Earth Prison 10 no Illusion 10 no Earth Prison Strengthener 20 yes Box 3 — Defense and attack strengthen (26 nodes) Node Max points Needs a parent node Attack Rate 20 no One-handed Staff Strengthener 20 no Two-handed Staff Strengthener 20 no Shield Strengthener 20 no One-handed Staff Mastery 10 yes Two-handed Staff Mastery 20 yes Shield Mastery 20 yes Soul Barrier Strengthener 20 no Mana Reduction 20 no Monster Attack SD Increment 20 no Monster Attack Life Increment 20 no Soul Barrier Proficiency 20 yes Minimum Wizardry Increase 20 no Monster Attack Mana Increment 20 yes Soul Barrier Mastery 20 yes Maximum Wizardry Increase 20 yes Increases critical damage rate 20 no Restores all Mana 20 no Restores all HP 20 no Absorb Life 20 no Increases excellent damage rate 20 yes Grand Magic PowUp 20 no Restores all SD 20 yes Increases double damage rate 20 no SD Absorption 20 yes Increases chance of ignore Def 20 yes How big is that, really? Node counts computed from SkillTreeData_3rd.xml for all sixteen 3rd classes: 3rd class Nodes Duel Masters 77 High Elf 75 Grand Master 71 Blade Master 70 Mirage Lancer 69 Mystic Mage 69 Lord Emperor 67 Dimension Master 66 Grand Rune Master 66 Alchemic Master 66 Shine Master 63 Fist Master 61 Master Paladin 60 Master Slayer 58 Illusion Master 58 Master Gun Breaker 56 Soul Barrier gets three nodes and 60 points No other single spell in the Dark Wizard tree is reinforced three times. Between Strengthener, Proficiency and Mastery you can spend 60 master points on one defensive buff — a fair chunk of a character's lifetime budget, and the backbone of the PvP build. Node Max points Mana AG Soul Barrier Strengthener 20 77 24 Soul Barrier Proficiency 20 84 26 Soul Barrier Mastery 20 92 28 The 4th master skill tree At level 800 the Soul Wizard unlocks a second tree with 129 nodes, again one point per level. It reinforces Meteor Strike, Meteor Storm and Evil Spirit, and carries the shared Magic Circle branch (Poison Storm, Frozen Slayer, Bloodying Hit) that every class gets. Dark Wizard Staffs — Every Tier Rendered A staff is the only Dark Wizard weapon that carries Magic Power, which is what actually scales his spells. Physical damage on a staff is close to irrelevant. From the Bloodangel Staff onwards every mastery staff sits at attack speed 30. Staff Level Magic Power Damage Speed Strength Skull Staff — 6 3–4 20 38 Angelic Staff — 20 10–12 25 60 Serpent Staff — 34 17–18 25 78 Thunder Staff — 46 23–25 25 81 Gorgon Staff — 58 29–32 25 111 Legendary Staff — 59 29–31 25 122 Staff of Resurrection — 70 35–39 25 162 Dragon Soul Staff — 92 46–48 30 190 Chaos Lighting Staff — 94 47–48 30 171 Staff of Destruction — 101 50–54 30 198 Staff of Kundun — 110 55–61 30 221 Platina Staff — 120 51–53 30 198 Chrome Staff — 124 55–57 30 318 Divine Staff of Archangel — 156 153–165 30 180 Blessed Divine Arch Staff — 189 153–165 30 240 Inberial Staff 380 124 57–61 30 256 Grand Viper Staff 380 130 66–74 30 202 Miracle Staff 400 130 67–69 30 262 Spite Staff 400 136 69–71 25 273 Bloodangel Staff 400 155 90–96 30 288 Darkangel Staff 600 173 120–126 30 302 Holyangel Staff 800 196 135–148 30 309 Soul Staff 900 219 157–170 30 312 Blue Eye Staff 1000 240 179–193 30 315 Silver Heart Staff 1100 264 199–212 30 321 Manticore Staff 1200 288 219–231 30 321 Brilliant Staff 1300 312 239–250 30 321 Apocalypse Staff 1400 336 259–269 30 321 Lightning Staff 1500 361 279–288 30 321 Temple Guard Wizard Staff 1500 474 299–307 30 316 Imperial Wizard Staff 1600 571 347–355 30 316 Dark Wizard Shields The Dark Wizard is one of the few casters with real shields — the White Wizard, Summoner, Slayer, Rage Fighter, Gun Crusher and Illusion Knight have none at all. None of them carry Magic Power, so a shield is a pure PvP trade: defense and the Shield Block master node instead of a two-handed grip. Shield Level Defense Strength Agility Small Shield — 1 26 0 Buckler — 2 56 0 Skull Shield — 5 99 0 Legendary Shield — 7 173 62 Grand Soul Shield — 12 194 77 Guardian Shield 380 12 235 91 Dark Devil Shield 400 25 252 87 Dark Wizard Armor Sets — Every Tier Worn Each render below is the full five piece set on the character model, straight from the Season 21 client. Defense is the sum of the five pieces at +0 with no options. Before level 380 Nothing here is a real decision — you wear whatever drops. Grand Soul and Dark Soul are the two that matter, because both carry a full set bonus a Dark Wizard actually wants. Set Level Total defense Pad — 21 Bone — 43 Eclipse — 106 Sphinx 1 80 Grand Soul 1 136 Legendary 150 105 Dark Soul — 179 Level 380 and up This is the real ladder. Note the step from 400 to 400: the Dark Devil set is not a mastery set, but at 245 defense it beats the first mastery set, Bloodangel Wizard, at 229 — if you can reach the 1,217 Energy it demands. That requirement is the single steepest stat gate on any Dark Wizard item. Set Level Total defense Venom Mist 380 251 Hades 380 200 Dark Devil 400 245 Bloodangel Wizard ◆ mastery 400 229 Darkangel Wizard ◆ mastery 600 354 Holyangel Wizard ◆ mastery 800 604 Awakening Soul Wizard ◆ mastery 900 828 Blue Eye Wizard ◆ mastery 1000 1053 Silver Heart Wizard ◆ mastery 1100 1278 Manticore Wizard ◆ mastery 1200 1503 Brilliant Wizard ◆ mastery 1300 1728 Apocalypse Wizard ◆ mastery 1400 1953 Lightning Wizard ◆ mastery 1500 2178 Temple Guard Wizard 1500 2520 Imperial Wizard 1600 2636 Dark Wizard Wings Wings are the Dark Wizard's back slot from level 150 onward. The tier number in the item data is the class evolution the wing belongs to, not its defense rank — which is why Wings of Power, at 700 defense, is still a 3rd class item. Wings Level Defense Class tier Small Wings of Heaven 1 10 1st class Wings of Heaven 150 10 1st class Wings of Soul 215 30 2nd class Wings of Magic 290 37 2nd class Wings of Angel and Devil 350 100 2nd class Wings of Eternal 400 45 3rd class Wings of Power 750 700 3rd class Angel Wings 800 155 4th class Wings of Integrity 1200 175 5th class How to Play a Dark Wizard Energy first, always. Agility buys a little attack speed and defense, Strength buys nothing except the right to wear your armour, and Vitality is worth half what it is worth to anyone else. The only reason to add anything but Energy is to clear an item requirement. 1. Soul Seeker caster — the default Everything into Energy above the armour requirement. The numbers to aim at, in order: 1,052 for Nova, 1,058 for Expansion of Wizardry, 1,115 for Soul Seeker, 1,160 for Meteor Storm and 1,217 if you intend to wear the Dark Devil set. Master points go into One- or Two-handed Staff Strengthener and Mastery, Minimum and Maximum Wizardry Increase and Grand Magic PowUp first, then the Evil Spirit, Decay, Ice Storm and Inferno strengtheners. Soul Seeker is your main attack from 160 onward; Meteor Strike covers the same 7 square range when you need a second button. 2. Soul Barrier PvP build Same stat priority, different tree. Sixty points across Soul Barrier Strengthener, Proficiency and Mastery, plus Steel Armor, Protection Shield and Shield Block — and you carry a shield, which most casters cannot. This is the Castle Siege and open world build, and it is the only way a Dark Wizard survives being focused. 3. Nova bomber Built on Nova, Meteor Storm and Inferno with Nova Strengthener and Nova Cast Strengthener. It is the biggest burst the class has and the worst sustain in the game — Nova alone is 180 mana and 45 AG per cast. Party content only; it does not hold up solo. Frequently Asked Questions What stats does a Dark Wizard need? Energy, and then more Energy. Add Strength and Agility only to meet the requirement on the armour you want to wear, and skip Vitality — a Dark Wizard gets 1 HP per Vitality point where every other class gets 2 or 3. What is the best Dark Wizard skill? Soul Seeker at level 160. It has the highest base damage in the list at 125, reaches 7 squares, and costs only 90 mana and 16 AG — cheaper per cast than Meteor Storm and further than almost anything else in MU. Can a Dark Wizard use a shield? Yes — seven shield models, ending with the Dark Devil Shield at 25 defense. None of them carry Magic Power, so a shield is purely a defensive choice. The White Wizard, Summoner, Slayer, Rage Fighter, Gun Crusher and Illusion Knight have no shields at all. Why does Soul Barrier get three master nodes? Because it is the only defensive tool the class has. Strengthener, Proficiency and Mastery take 20 points each — 60 in total on one buff, which no other Dark Wizard spell comes close to. Should I rush the first mastery set? Not necessarily. Dark Devil, a non-mastery level 400 set, totals 245 defense against the Bloodangel Wizard set's 229. If you can afford the 1,217 Energy, Dark Devil is the better wear until Darkangel at 600. What is the best Dark Wizard staff? Imperial Wizard Staff at level 1,600 — 571 Magic Power and 347–355 damage. Before that, the Temple Guard Wizard Staff at 1,500 with 474 Magic Power is a big jump over the Lightning Staff's 361. Which wings does the Dark Wizard use? Wings of Heaven at 150, Wings of Soul at 215, Wings of Eternal at 400, Angel Wings at 800 and Wings of Integrity at 1,200. Wings of Magic, Wings of Angel and Devil and Wings of Power sit outside the main ladder. How big is the Dark Wizard master tree? 71 nodes as the Grand Master, which is the third largest of the sixteen 3rd classes behind the Duel Masters (77) and High Elf (75). The 4th tree adds another 129 nodes at level 800. How many skills does a Dark Wizard have? 26 castable spells in the base list, five of which no other class can learn — Energy Ball, Soul Barrier, Meteor Strike, Meteor Storm and Soul Seeker. Earth Prison and Illusion are learned in the master tree. All values read from the Season 21 server files. Item and character images rendered from the Season 21 client models by MuOnline.eu — MU Online game assets © Webzen Inc.
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