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DM$ID:,N~DD88ND 7~NO .DNN...O8DDDNN$N .ID. .7++~:DN8DDO8DND?I =============================================================================== Update History| --------------+ 0.1 Started the Champion Guide. It is for the most part based off of what I have experienced in the Japanese server of Ghost Online (JGO), but it should prove to be relevant for when the class is finally available in the USA/Global version. 0.2 Fixed the some details on Dragon Strike, changed some names, added more info to some skills, and fixed some grammatical stuff. 0.3 Made a bunch of edits, added the Improving Equipment section. 0.4 Added a segment on rusty equipment and fixed some typos I missed before. Also updated ALL skill and monster names to their Americanized ones. 0.5 Noticed a big flaw in the PvP Circle Build (you don't get Adrenaline Boost until LV38). Fixed that, and changed the name of "repair medicines" to "solutions" (the name they use in Netgame's version). Also added some input regarding Novice skills. -----------------+ Table of Contents| -----------------+ 1: Copyright Info 2: Introduction to Champions 3: Becoming a Champion 4: Axes and Circle Blades 5: Skill Overview--1st Job 6: Stat and Skill Builds 7: Chaos and Order 8: Training Strategies and Locations 9: Champion Equipment Drop List 10: Improving Equipment 11: Credits and Contact Info =============================================================================== 1: Copyright Info| -----------------+ This guide is copyright by me, Edward Tuttle (A.K.A, Shadorr), 2008. Nobody is allowed to copy, steal, or plagiarize this guide in any way without credit to the author (me!) for making it. If any site other than: www.gamefaqs.com www.supercheats.com is hosting this guide without my knowledge or credit to me, please notify me at www.gemini_rage@hotmail.com =============================================================================== 2: Introduction to Champions| ----------------------------+ Welcome to my Ghost Online guide on Champions, the first GO guide in a long while that has been submitted to GameFAQs. This one covers champions, the newest class division added to Ghost Online. Although they are not out yet in the USA/Global version, I was able to sign up for a JGO (Japanese Ghost Online) account and try out the class myself. A lot of speculation has arisn over what this class would be like and how it would fit in with the three existing class divisions. This guide should hopefully answer most, if not all questions, regarding the champion class. EDIT: Seems like NetGame is finally updating the "newbie guides" on their GO site, and they have included a skill listing for champions as well. There's a good chance that champions might be available in the Open Beta, but I'm still skeptical because the promotion guide seems to refer to a mage, and the screenshots show a warrior. Onto champions. Like I said above, they are a new class division that was recently introduced in the East-Asian versions of GO. If I had to describe a champion in one word, it would be "Tank". Their natural HP and armor defense are the highest compared to any other class in the game, even more so than warriors. They are also capable of landing some pretty heavy damage with their axes and circles. Even champions have their shortcomings, however. Their SP is the lowest in the game--you won't even have 400 SP until your level is in the mid-50s. Their 1st job is plagued by a lack of mobbing attacks, so they end up leveling slowly, though still faster than a blade warrior. Only when they learn Dragon Strike will champions be able to hit more than two things at a time. Still, champions are a solid class that comes with a few perks exclusive to them alone, which will be covered later in this guide. =============================================================================== 3: Becoming a Champion| ----------------------+ Becoming a champion isn't much different from the other three classes. Like usual, you will need to reach Level 10 first. The champion master is located near the entrance of Blue River 3, on the upper lane, can't miss him. Tell him that you will use your strength to rid this world of evil and blah blah... and he'll give you some tasks. These are the same ones that you have to do for the other class advancements, but I'll tell you what you have to do anyways. First, you need 20 sealstone ropes and 10 scorpion tails. Don't ask me what drops these, it's very obvious what drops them, and you've probably seen the monsters that drop them. Give these things to the champion master and he'll tell you to talk to Miss K, in East Blue Town, who will tell you to collect Hell Grabber bones. Hell Grabbers are the red hands sticking out of the ground in South Plains. Collect 10 of their bones and give them to Miss K. Return to the champion master and he will finally turn you into a Champion and reset your stat points. =============================================================================== 4: Axes and Circle Blades| -------------------------+ First off, it would probably be best to explain the two weapons that champions have access to; the axe and the circle blade. Like the weapons that came before them, axes and circle blades are two very different weapons with their own skills and characteristics that set them apart from the other. ---- Axes ---- I'm pretty sure everyone knows what an axe looks like. I shouldn't need to describe it. I'm not talking about guitars, I'm talking about the kind used to cleave stuff. Axes are the most powerful of weapons in terms of their attack stats, but they have a lot of delay between normal hits, with only gloves having more. Their skills are purely melee-based, and affect a small number of targets for a lot a damage. If you've played a blade warrior before, you may find that axes are very similar. Apart from having more defense and a knockback AoE instead of a stun, there isn't much difference between axe champions and blade warriors. ------------- Circle Blades ------------- If anyone here has played Kingdom Hearts 2, think Axel. Circle blades are kinda like the weapons he used, except you'll only use one instead of two. Circle blades are the faster, but weaker option for champions. At first glance, they are just like swords in terms of power and speed, but if you take a look at the circle skills, you'll notice they're nothing like swords. While sword warriors will generally spam Double Slash for invincibility frames as they attack, a circle champion uses two different moves that can affect up to two targets. Their normal attacks and LV13 skill are melee attacks, but their LV18 skill is actually a ranged projectile. This makes circle champions into a sort of melee/ranged hybrid, and this trend continues into the 2nd job with Dragon Strike and Chaos/Order skills. If you prefer speed and versatility over raw power, circle blades are probably your weapon of choice. =============================================================================== 5: Skill Overview--1st Job| --------------------------+ If there's one thing that truly defines the classes in GO, it's the skills. Champions have access to a number of offensive and defensive abilities to help them survive and crush their opponents. The following is an overview of the 1st job skills. I won't list novice skills, since they're universal and pretty much everyone knows about them. I will however, remind you that you should have 10 Wind Jump and 5 Sprint. The other 5 points, do whatever you want with them. Wind Blast is pretty weak, but I usually have it at LV5 for a decent ranged attack early on when I get into a tight situation. Most players seem to prefer having a LV6 Meditation instead, but considering that champions get a superior Regeneration later on, it's totally worthless beyond MP recovery (which you should be using you SP pots for). Both skills end up being garbage in the long run. "Pick your poison", as they say, because those 5 points have to be spent before the 1st job. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Axe Mastery Passive Skill Requires LV10 Increases your damage when you are carrying an axe. If you're going to use axes, you should max this out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Circle Mastery Passive Skill Requires LV10 Increases your damage when you are carrying a circle blade. If you're going to use circle blades, you should max this out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chi Tomahawk Active Skill (Axe Attack) Requires LV13 Target Limit: 1 Basically a melee attack that does more damage. As far as LV13 skills go, this one is actually quite good due to two reasons. One, it can be used between your attack delays for an extra quick attack, and two, it has a good vertical coverage that can hit enemies that are above your head or below your feet. This skill does get outdamaged by Power Blow in the long run, but it's worth maxing out for the two aforementioned reasons and lower SP consumption in one-on-ones. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chi Slash Active Skill (Wheel Attack) Requires LV13 Target Limit: 2 A melee attack that can hit up to two enemies. While it lacks the vertical reach of Chi Tomahawk, the circle's LV13 skill is still a pretty good one. Hitting two targets at once gives you a decent skill to use against crowds early on, and when used in tandem with Cyclone Slash, you can make quick work of enemy duos. It's possible to train to Level 50 and get Dragon Strike without using this skill, but when you consider that there isn't much worth sacrificing Chi Slash over (unless you PvP), you might as well add to this skill. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Power Blow Active Skill (Axe Attack) Requires LV18 Target Limit: 2 This is quite a strange attack. It's a double-sided AoE, but it only hits up to two enemies. On top of that, it can also knock them back a distance of almost half a screen. That aside, you'll probably use this skill a lot anyways since it not only does more damage than Chi Tomahawk and hits an additional target, it can also break up mobs if they get tough. Something I should point out; enemies will get knocked back in the direction you're facing, regardless of where they are positioned. Enemies that get knocked through you from behind by this skill will not cause touch damage either. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Circle Bullet Active Skill (Wheel Attack) Requires LV18 Target Limit: 2 Another strange attack, because while the circle blade itself is a melee weapon, this skill is actually a projectile attack, and a very useful one at that. Being able to attack from a range, as you probably know, means you can avoid getting hit by enemy melee attacks. Combine Circle Bullet with Dragon Strike later on, and you will rarely find yourself going into melee range. Obviously a must-have skill. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Pain to Soul Active Skill (Buff) Requires LV23 *The Netgame site calls it Pain to Ghost, but it interperets SP as GP, so I'm guessing it's meant to be "Pain to Soul" A buff that sometimes lets you regain SP whenever you take damage. I just didn't like this skill at all. The amount of SP you recover is based on the skill's level and the damage you take. The higher the two are, the more you will recover. Now, I can see possible applications of Pain to Soul for PvP; after all, champions have such lousy SP that they run out of it pretty quickly. Since you're bound to take a lot of damage in PvP, you'd regain enough SP to throw in a few more attacks. As far as PvE is concerned, Pain to Soul is garbage. Early on, most enemies aren't doing enough damage to give you decent SP recovery from this skill. Later on, by Level 50 or so, buying SP potions shouldn't even be putting a big enough dent in your income to warrant the use of Pain to Soul. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gravity Hold Active Skill (Buff) Requires LV28 Every class seems to have one skill that is just plain worthless, and this one is it for champions. It's a buff that increases your defense by a lot, but you cannot move or use skills while it is active. At first, I thought Gravity Hold would have some uses, but none of them proved effective. Sure, it can reduce most enemies' attacks down to 1 damage for training purposes, but being unable to use attack skills slows you down too much. Later, I thought it'd be decent to use against bosses, but unfortunately, most of them will just simply stand a safe distance away from your melee attack and assault you with their long- ranged melee and projectile attacks. I can't even see how it's useful for PvP; anyone who knows what the buff looks like will just stay away from you until it wears off, while ranged classes will just laugh at you and fire away while you're immobilized. Put simply, the cons of Gravity Hold outweigh the pros. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regeneration of Crescent Active Skill (Buff) Requires LV33 A buff that heals 5% of your total HP every 3 seconds. You don't even need to be sitting still like with Meditation; you could be fighting monsters, POISONED even, and you'll still regen HP. As you could guess, this skill is just plain awesome for training; you can simply live off of the HP potions that your monsters drop, and keep this buff active whenever you need recovery. The fact that the healing is based off of your max HP means that it only keeps getting better as your level and stats increase. While maxing this skill isn't necessary, it does lengthen the buff by 3 more seconds for every level, allowing for up to 66 seconds of regeneration (at Level 1, it lasts for 12 seconds). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrenaline Boost Active Skill (Buff) Requires LV38 This buff increases your attack power, but after half of the buff's duration has passed, you will sparkle red and your attack power drops back to normal. The attack power boost is quite significant, boosting your damage by up to 25% when the skill is maxed out, which makes the warrior's Blood Fury look like a joke by comparison. The catch is, the buff's cooldown is just as long as the full duration of the buff, so you'd only be powered up for half of the time. Adrenaline Boost is still a very good skill worth maxing out, and the power boost has definitely helped my champion kill monsters faster. Besides, what else are you going to do with those 20 points? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soul Demon Passive Skill Requires LV40 One of the skills that is available to all classes, Soul Demon lets you morph into a demon whenever you activate your rage. This demon transformation is different from your normal rage, in that your normal attack becomes a stronger ranged slash. It sounds cool on paper, but there are downsides. You cannot use skills in Soul Demon mode, and your skills are much stronger than your demon attacks. Worse, once you learn Soul Demon, it permanently replaces your old Rage. I'd personally avoid learning this skill entirely unless you have some kind of Super Saiyan fetish. *Seems like you can always inflict a fixed damage number with Soul Demon, in this case, 1,000. It's useful in PvP early on when that is considered to be a lot of damage, but many players consider it to be cheating and only allow it in guild and castle wars (Thanks go to Coupdegrace). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dragon Strike Active Skill (Attack) Requires LV50 Target Limit: 3 Another skill that's available to all classes. Dragon Strike is basically a beefed-up Wind Strike that does much more damage and hits up to three targets. For axe champions, it means they finally have a decent mobbing attack, and a ranged one at that. For circle champions, they get another ranged skill to use along with Circle Bullet so that they can keep their distance from a mob. There are only two flaws in this skill. At maxed, it eats up 100 SP, while doing almost as much damage as Power Blow/Circle Bullet, making it a huge waste of SP to use on single targets. The other is that you need to stand still and charge up for a second before firing a dragon, and if you're hit, your SP goes to waste. This makes it tricky for axe champions to mix in with their up-close fighting style. Flaws aside, this skill is definitely worth maxing out. --------------- Learning Skills --------------- Something many guides fail to mention is how to get skills. While the class trainers do tell you what you're supposed to do before you can learn your skills, I feel it is more helpful to mention ahead of time what you have to do. That, and for those of you like me who are playing GO in a different language, this section is very useful. Axe Mastery: Take some beads to the Blue River Ferryman Circle Mastery: Pick up a blue orb from the Blue Town Armorer Chi Tomahawk: Collect 10 Broken Umbrellas (Umbrellan drop) Chi Slash: Collect 10 Broken Umbrellas Power Blow: Collect 10 Evil Fruit (Evil Venus drop) Circle Bullet: Collect 10 Evil Fruit Pain to Soul: Kill 20 Ghost Wheels Gravity Hold: Kill 20 Fire Moles Regeneration of Crescent: Kill 20 Hell Spades Adrenaline Boost: Kill 2 Twelve's Dogs Soul Demon: ??? Dragon Strike: Collect 50 Bandit Teeth and Kuazu Tongues for the Night City Physician, and 100 Night City Scrolls and Jerkys for the wounded man outside Dragon Valley. Take the two scrolls they give you to your force's master. =============================================================================== 6: Stat And Skill Buids| -----------------------+ There are a number of different ways you can allocate your points based on the weapon you use, your playstyle, and what you want to do in the long run. ----- Stats ----- We're gonna start with stat points. It'd probably be a good idea to describe what a point in each stat does. STR (Strength): Increases damage and increases HP by 2-3. DEX (Dexterity): Increases damage (less min and more max than STR) and improves critical rate. VIT (Vitality): Increases defense by 3 and increases HP by 12. INT (Intelligence): Increases magic damage and increases SP by 4 *VIT is sometimes known as PHY, or physique. It's the same thing, just a different name that is being used in the USA/Global version. Now, my opinions on each stat. STR is a must for boosting your damage, your HP, and the effectiveness of Regeneration. VIT is also necessary if you're an axe champion, since they don't have any skills to avoid damage or control crowds. Circle champions don't need VIT so much since they learn ranged attacks, but it wouldn't hurt to have some. DEX is a rather "meh" stat for champions. Yes, it does allow you to inflict "potentially" higher damage than STR would, but the loss of HP and regeneration effectiveness can hurt later on. INT is for mages, not champions. Adding INT to increase your SP causes more problems than it solves. Finally, the part you've been looking for, the stat builds! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Axe Champion Builds "3:1 STR:VIT" ------------- This seems to be the most common approach for the axe champion. You'll have lots of HP and good defense to withstand many hits, along with nice reliable damage for killing stuff. "VIT=LV, rest into STR" ----------------------- This is the build I used in JGO, and the difference between this and the 3:1 STR:VIT build is very minor. You gain a bit more power while sacrificing a bit of defense and HP. "Half STR/Half VIT" ------------------- Tank builds have become sort of a gimmick these days, but champions seem like a better class to utilize them compared to warriors in the past. Most enemies will probably be doing only one damage to you for a long time, especially if you upgrade your armor. Your lower damage output, however, will slow down your already-sluggish training speed even more, and cause you to burn more SP pots. Not saying that it's a terrible build, but it's definitely not very good. "Pure STR" ---------- Not recommended for newbies, this build sacrifices defense and some HP for high, stable damage. The downside, of course, is that axe champions have no skills to avoid damage or conrol crowds, so it's much more difficult to pull off a pure STR build. If you're looking for challenge, this is it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Circle Champion Builds "VIT=LV, rest into STR" ----------------------- Since circle champions get ranged attacks, the concept of adding VIT to increase your defense is less practical. It's still quite a viable build if you like to get up close to your enemies often. "Pure STR" ---------- Works a lot better with circle blades than it does with axes. Once again, ranged attacks means you're not getting touched by enemies so much, so the loss of defense is acceptable for gaining more power. "Half STR/Half DEX" ------------------- Some people think mixing STR and DEX is a bad idea, I think it's okay for a circle champion. The STR serves to stabilize your minimum damage and improve the effect of Regeneration, while the DEX increases your maximum damage. "Pure DEX" ---------- The all-or-nothing build, as I prefer to call it. You can potentially inflict some very high damage, but you will have no defense or HP bonuses, which makes training a lot more dangerous until you have Dragon Strike. You're obviousy relying purely on your ranged attacks for survival (I know, I sound like a broken record with all this "circle ranged attack" stuff, but that's just how it is). If you enjoy seeing wild (and sometimes insane) damage, pure DEX is the way to go. ------ Skills ------ Skills, the other important thing people are likely to ask about when building up their champion. These builds mainly cover the first job up until LV60; as of this writing, I only recently become a Demonic Prime, the Chaos champion's 2nd job. I haven't even touched the order side of champions (which is called Royal Prime at 2nd job), so don't expect anything on 2nd job for a while. Some things to remember when reading these builds. The parentheses indicate the level of the skill after adding points. Skills already start off at level 1 when you learn them, so don't assume the math is off. Holding points is mainly a way to minimize SP costs,since skills cost more SP after every 5th level (6, 11, and 16), while the effect increase is only minimal. Axe Champion: PvE Build ----------------------- 11: Add 2 points to Axe Mastery (3) 12: Add 2 points to Axe Mastery (5) 13: Add 2 points to Axe Mastery (7) 14: Add 2 points to Axe Mastery (9) 15: Add 2 points to Axe Mastery (11) 16: Add 2 points to Axe Mastery (13) 17: Add 2 points to Axe Mastery (15) 18: Add 2 points to Axe Mastery (17) 19: Add 2 points to Axe Mastery (19) 20: Add 1 point to Axe Mastery (20), add 1 point to Power Blow (2) 21: Add 2 points to Power Blow (4) 22: Add 1 point to Power Blow (5), add 1 point to Chi Tomahawk (2) 23: Add 2 points to Chi Tomahawk (4) 24: Add 1 point to Chi Tomahawk (5), save remaining point 25: Save up points 26: Add 5 points to Power Blow (10) 27: Save up points 28: Save up points 29: Add 5 points to Chi Tomahawk (10), save remaining point 30: Save up points 31: Add 5 points to Power Blow (15) 32: Save up points 33: Save up points 34: Add 5 points to Chi Tomahawk (15), save remaining point 35: Save up points 36: Add 5 points to Power Blow (20) 37: Save up points 38: Save up points 39: Add 5 points to Chi Tomahawk (20), add 1 point to Regeneration (2) 40: Add 2 points to Regeneration of Crescent (4) 41: Add 1 point to Regeneration of Crescent (5), save remaining point 42: Save up points 43: Save up points 44: Save up points 45: Save up points 46: Save up points 47: Save up points 48: Save up points 49: Save up points 50: Add 19 points to Dragon Strike (20) 51: Add 2 points to Adrenaline Boost (3) 52: Add 2 points to Adrenaline Boost (5) 53: Save up points 54: Save up points 55: Add 5 points to Adrenaline Boost (10), save remaining point 56: Save up points 57: Add 5 points to Adrenaline Boost (15) 58: Save up points 59: Save up points 60: Add 5 points to Adrenaline Boost (20), save remaining point This build is probably the best way to go for training speed. Mastery first is a no-brainer, who wouldn't a damage boost? Next, since champions have such abyssmal SP, it's best to raise Chi Tomahawk and Power Blow at the same time rather than max one out first. Having 5 Regeneration is good enough to keep yourself healing while you're in combat. After that, save up points to max out Dragon Strike; it will be a useful attack until you have 2nd job skills. Finally, Adrenaline Boost should be maxed out by level 60 to give you a damage boost for the upcoming levels. Your last remaining point should probably be saved for a 2nd job skill. I sorta goofed when I did this build. Instead of saving up points to max out Dragon Strike by level 50, I instead had Adrenaline Boost maxed out. I still managed to train up to level 60, but having a weaker Dragon Strike slowed down my training somwhat, and having a maxed Adrenaline Boost didn't make up for this. Don't make the same mistake I did, max out Adrenaline Boost last. Circle Champion: PvE Build -------------------------- 11: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (3) 12: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (5) 13: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (7) 14: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (9) 15: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (11) 16: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (13) 17: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (15) 18: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (17) 19: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (19) 20: Add 1 point to Circle Mastery (20), add 1 point to Circle Bullet (2) 21: Add 2 points to Circle Bullet (4) 22: Add 1 point to Circle Bullet (5), add 1 point to Chi Slash (2) 23: Add 2 points to Chi Slash (4) 24: Add 1 point to Chi Slash (5), save remaining point 25: Save up points 26: Add 5 points to Circle Bullet (10) 27: Save up points 28: Save up points 29: Add 5 points to Chi Slash (10), save remaining point 30: Save up points 31: Add 5 points to Circle Bullet (15) 32: Save up points 33: Save up points 34: Add 5 points to Chi Slash (15), save remaining point 35: Save up points 36: Add 5 points to Circle Bullet (20) 37: Save up points 38: Save up points 39: Add 5 points to Chi Slash (20), add 1 point to Regeneration (2) 40: Add 2 points to Regeneration of Crescent (4) 41: Add 1 point to Regeneration of Crescent (5), save remaining point 42: Save up points 43: Save up points 44: Save up points 45: Save up points 46: Save up points 47: Save up points 48: Save up points 49: Save up points 50: Add 19 points to Dragon Strike (20) 51: Add 2 points to Adrenaline Boost (3) 52: Add 2 points to Adrenaline Boost (5) 53: Save up points 54: Save up points 55: Add 5 points to Adrenaline Boost (10), save remaining point 56: Save up points 57: Add 5 points to Adrenaline Boost (15) 58: Save up points 59: Save up points 60: Add 5 points to Adrenaline Boost (20), save remaining point Really, it's the same as the axe build, except you replace the axe skills with circle skills. The same logic of champions having low SP applies for raising both Chi Slash and Circle Bullet at the same time. The rest of the build is pretty much the same, with one leftover point that should be used for a second job skill. Axe Champion: PvP Build ----------------------- Coming Soon Circle Champion: PvP Build -------------------------- 11: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (3) 12: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (5) 13: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (7) 14: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (9) 15: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (11) 16: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (13) 17: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (15) 18: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (17) 19: Add 2 points to Circle Mastery (19) 20: Add 1 point to Circle Mastery (20), add 1 point to Circle Bullet (2) 21: Add 2 points to Circle Bullet (4) 22: Add 1 point to Circle Bullet (5), save remaining point 23: Save up points 24: Add 5 points to Circle Bullet (10) 25: Save up points 26: Save up points 27: Add 5 points to Circle Bullet (15) save remaining point 28: Save up points 29: Add 5 points to Circle Bullet (20) 30: Save up points 31: Save up points 32: Save up points 33: Add 4 points to Regeneration of Crescent(5), save remaining points 34: Save up points 35: Save up points 36: Save up points 37: Save up points 38: Add 14 points to Adrenaline Boost (20) 39: Save up points 40: Save up points 41: Add 5 points to Adrenaline Boost (20), save remaining point 42: Save up points 43: Save up points 44: Save up points 45: Save up points 46: Save up points 47: Save up points 48: Save up points 49: Save up points 50: Add 19 points to Dragon Strike (20) 51: Add 2 points to Pain to Soul (3) 52: Add 2 points to Pain to Soul (5) 53: Save up points 54: Save up points 55: Add 5 points to Pain to Soul (10), save remaining point 56: Save up points 57: Add 5 points to Pain to Soul (15) 58: Save up points 59: Save up points 60: Add 5 points to Pain to Soul (20), save remaining point Okay, let me just get this off my back; Chi Slash is a bad skill for PvP. Compared to Circle Bullet and Dragon Strike, it has neither good range nor damage, which are both vital for PvP. In its place, you'll be using Pain to Soul, which can make up for your low SP in PvP. You'll also be adding to Adrenaline Boost earlier to help your damage when leveling, since Pain to Soul is a garbage skill for training. As for leveling with this build, it'll be somewhat slower for a while without an intermediate skill to use between Circle Bullet cooldowns. Once you have Dragon Strike, it gets much easier. =============================================================================== 7: Order and Chaos| ------------------+ Coming Soon! =============================================================================== 8: Training Strategies and Locations| ------------------------------------+ Here are some useful things to keep in mind while training. "Triple Slashing" ----------------- Axes are strong, but they have a delay between hits that can make it tricky to keep flinching your opponent, especially against the more resilient ones like Ghost Wheels and Bandits. Chi Tomahawk is unaffected by this delay, and can be thrown in between hits to rack up more damage and keep your opponent from touching you. The attack pattern is hit, CT, hit, hit, CT, hit. Power Blow can also be used between delays, but the knockback and higher SP cost make it less practical for one-on-ones. "From 1-on-2 to 1-on-1 and back again." --------------------------------------- Power Blow is usually better than Chi Tomahawk because of its damage and the additional target it can hit. Often, you may find yourself knocking back only one enemy, and the fight ends up becoming a one-on-one for a bit. Always be prepared for these occurrences; switch to using normal hits and Chi Tomahawk until your other foe catches up, then use Power Blow once they're close enough together that you catch two in the attack. "Backslash" ----------- Power Blow is actually a double-sided AoE, so it can be used to cover both your front and back if you're caught in a pincer. For the most part, however, it's better to just use Power Blow to keep enemies to one side of you rathern than deal with two sides. It's still useful to keep in mind that you can smack enemies as they are walking towards you from behind if you're stuck in an attack delay. "Mob Sliding" ------------- Once you have Dragon Strike, you'll be using it a lot for the mobbing. The only tricky part about Dragon Strike is that it requires you to charge up for a bit without getting interrupted, which is not easy to do in your combos as an axe champion. This is where the knockback aspect of Power Blow finally shines. Use Power Blow, and if both enemies get pushed away, follow up with a Dragon Strike. Another trick is if your enemies are cornered and you don't want to run back to fire a Dragon Strike, you can just turn around and use Power Blow to slide the enemies out of the corner into an open area. They should be far enough that they won't interrupt your Dragon Strike. "Needling" ---------- Some people will probably think that Chi Slash is useless because it isn't as strong or ranged like Circle Bullet. This is not true; it can actually help your wheel champion level faster earlier on. Chi Slash is best used as an opening attack when your enemies aren't trying to hit you yet. After you've slashed a couple of them, get out of their melee range and throw a Circle Bullet. Wait for them to whiff (miss) a melee attack, run back towards them, and repeat the cycle. It's a much faster way to train than waiting for your Circle Bullet to cool down or trying to use normal hits during that time. To sum it up, the attack pattern is CS, run back, CB, run forward, CS... "The Circle and the Dragon" --------------------------- This is a fairly obvious strategy, but once a circle champion has Dragon Strike, he or she can just alternate between using the two skills and never have to go into melee range again. There are some things to keep in mind, though. Dragon Strike has a wider projectile, and reaches further compared to Circle Bullet. It also hits an additional target, so keep these factors in mind when using the two skills. Think about what your Circle can hit, not your Dragon. "A Healthy Green Glow" ---------------------- Simpsons reference aside, you should always keep your regeneration active while training. It reduces your HP potion consumption big time. and even at level 5, it regenerates an amount equal to 40% of your HP in 24 seconds. I rarely found myself drinking any HP potions with a LV5 regeneration until I was in the 60s. I only chugged down a lot of potions when I fought one of the twelve animal lords. ------------------ Training Locations ------------------ To be honest, all I did early on was hunt monsters for their puzzle pieces. I gained levels in the process, but it definitely wasn't the fastest way to go about leveling. Here are some spots I'd recommend if you're not into puzzle hunting or questing. WARNING: These locations are based off of my experience in JGO. In the USA/ Global version of GO, monsters after level 10 start giving more experience than usual, so it may be more practical to train on stronger enemies than the ones listed here if you're playing that version. Some maps are also altered between the two versions, and I will point out these alterations. Level 1-7: Firabis and Nikos appear all around Blue Town, but I find Blue River 1 and 3 to be the best places to hunt them. You can also try the Facefish in maps 2 and 4 as you start doing more damage. Level 8-10: Start hunting Seal Stones and Scorpion Kings for their drops, since you'll need them for the job advancement. They're found in many areas after Firabis and Nekos. Just be careful around the scorpions, they have a melee attack that can also poison you. Once you're level 10, go to South Plains 1 and hunt Hell Grabbers for their bones, as they are also needed for your job advancement. Level 11-13: Keep training on the scorpions and grabbers in South Plains 1. Level 13-15: You should now move on to the next map, South Plains 2, which has Mantresses. There's a also hidden map with the same monsters there, but it can get mobby at times, which isn't a good thing at your current level. Level 16-20: Ghost Eggs are good experience, and can be found in a lot of the South and North Plains maps, though the North Plains are considerably better due to flat landscapes. The eggs never appear by themselves; Mantresses, Umbrellans, and Jumping Eyes usually accompany them, so train in the maps that you can handle. Level 21-24: If you're playing in any version other than JGO, go to Hidden North Plains 2. The map only has Jumping Deads and The Eyes, both of which have no special attacks. If you are playing JGO, you could also train at North Plains 5, which has the same monsters and a few Jumping Eyes. The reason why I don't recommend that map in other versions is because the Jumping Eyes are replaced with Oldies, which are quite a pain to fight. If you're feeling adventurous or just want to do your skill quests, you can start going into the Stream Tunnel a little early, but I wouldn't recommend going into the Ghost Wheel maps yet. Level 25-30: From this level onward, you're going to be training in the Stream Tunnel for a while. With the exception of the first map, all of the maps have a fast respawn rate, and can get mobby often. That's okay, you should have skills to help you deal with small crowds by now. Ghost Wheels in the Stream Tunnel are the last enemies you'll fight that don't have an attack. They do move kinda fast and tend to appear in large mobs with the Blue Eyes, so be prepared for that. As you get closer to level 30, you can move into the maps that have Jumping Red Deads. They may look like Jumping Deads, but they're much faster and use a melee attack that can knock you back half a screen. Just so you know... Level 30-33: Going deeper into the tunnel, you'll start running into Fire Moles When they move, they burrow underground, leaving only a moving bulge in the floor. They can still be damaged while they are tunneling, but their hitbox is lower, making them difficult to hit on downward slopes. Further down, you'll run into Coffined Workers, which are a rather unique enemy in that they have both a ranged and a melee attack. Both of these enemies are good to train on for these levels. There is one thing to look out for here, and that's the Blue Firabos. They are technically a boss monster, and while they are nowhere near as difficult as Twelve's Pigs, they are still rather annoying. They have a lot of HP, a ranged fireball attack, and a vanishing move that can potentially make you whiff an attack and waste precious SP. Personally, I'd just avoid fighting them unless you need their oils for that one quest. Level 33-36: We're getting near the end of the Stream Tunnel now. Hell Spades are the strongest monsters here if you don't count the Blue Firabos in the previous maps. Like just about everything else here, they are melee attackers, though their reach is quite long compared to most enemies. Level 37-41: Finally, you can leave those dank mines and train somewhere else! The Snakers and Kebis in Bamboo Forest 3 are nothing you haven't dealt with before, and with your attack skills maxed out, they shouldn't be hard. Just don't go up into the bamboo trees, there are a bunch of Black Faced Dragos flying around up there, which are much stronger than the other enemies in this map. If you're playing in JGO, bad news. Flying monsters don't stay in any particular region of a map. Instead, they will fly just about anywhere, meaning those dragos will fly around below the trees in Bamboo Forest 3. As an alternative, you should go to Snake Cave 9 or 10. There's still Snakers and Kebis, but no dragos in the cave. Level 41-45: You've probably faced them before for your Order/Chaos quest, but now you are probably ready to really grind on One-Legged Ghosts. If you're playing USA/Global, go to Hidden Bamboo Forest 1, which is between some rocks in Bamboo Forest 6. The entire map consists of only the ghosts, with dragos flying over the trees. JGO players, it's gonna be much tougher to train on the zombies due to those dragos flying everywhere, but it's possible. Level 46-51: Yay, Night Plain! One of my favorite areas in the game! It's all dark and stormy and... oh right, the leveling guide. The map you're looking for is Hidden Night Field 1, which is at a broken house on the top-left of the 3rd map. Only Bandits and Horned Kebis inhabit this map, neither of which do anything special other than the usual melee attacks. Level 52-56: The first few maps of Dragon Mountain feature a few enemies you saw back in Night Plain, namely Bandits and Kuazus. You will run into new enemies in these maps as well, the Keg Weasel and the Drunken Raccoon. The weasels are fast and do use a melee attack, despite what their appearance would suggest, while the raccoons have a deceptively long reach with their bottles and can blind you sometimes. Near the end of the dark part of the forest, you'll encounter Black Bears. They're a lot bigger than you, and are near impossible to jump over with just an ordinary jump. They aren't any harder than the previous two monsters, just keep your distance once they start trying to maul you, since they are resilient. I'd start with the 2nd map, then move onto the 4th once you can handle the bears. *An alternative training area for these levels would be Yellow Cavern 1. The map contains only Green Snails, which are very slow and easy to mob. They are resilient and can poison you though, so I would only recommend it for circle champions. I tried Green Snails and got banged up pretty badly trying to axe them. Level 56-60: These are the hell levels if you're playing JGO or any other version with similar experience rates. Almost all of the monsters within this level range can stun, poison, or use ranged attacks which are all quite annoying. I just stuck the raccoons and Black Bears, though you might be able to train on the Red Wolves and King Firabos in daylight area of Dragon Mountain. After Level 60, I REALLY hope you have some good armor if you're an axe champion. Enemies from this point onward will easily do over 300 touch damage, so you'll need some good armor to last you until you've learned some 2nd job attacks. More to come.... =============================================================================== 9: Champion Equipment Drop List| -------------------------------+ It's a well-known fact that hunting for your gear beats buying it. Here's a list of what drops champion equipment in JGO. Although they are not out in the USA/Global version yet, I can only assume these drops will be the same when they do come out, since most of the existing drops match what I've found in both versions of GO. The monsters listed here use the names they were given in the USA/Global version, and for those that aren't available there, rough translations. This is not a complete list, this is only what I've seen drop. If you found something I didn't, feel free to let me know. Novice Axe Seal Stone Novice Armor (F) Niko Novice Armor (M) Hell Grabber LV10 Axe Ghost Egg LV10 Circle Blade Jumping Eye LV10 Armor(M) Umbrellan LV10 Armor(F) Mantress LV20 Axe Jumping Blue Eye LV20 Circle Blade Jumping Red Dead LV20 Armor(M) Face Bird LV20 Armor(F) Oldy LV30 Axe (Nothing) LV30 Circle Blade Smiling Worm LV30 Armor(M) Ghost Dog LV30 Armor(F) Kabu LV40 Axe Kapu Horned Kebi LV40 Circle Blade One-Legged Ghost Horned Kebi LV40 Armor(M) Horned Kebi Bandit Blue Snail LV40 Armor(F) Bandit Lori Killer LV50 Axe King Niko Drunken Raccoon LV50 Circle Blade Keg Weasel Red Wolf LV50 Armor (M) Keg Weasel LV50 Armor (F) Keg Weasel Black Bear =============================================================================== 10: Improving Equipment| -----------------------+ You probably know all about advanced equipment and using sealed items to collect the souls of the monsters you kill, but a question that often comes up is "When and how should I upgrade my gear?". ---------- Enchanting ---------- First off, enchanting has changed somewhat since the Malaysian version. Take a look at the sealed item chart below. -----+-----------------------------------------+ LEVEL|SEALED ITEM|+ATTACK|+DEFENSE|SUCCESS RATE| -----+-----------+-------+--------+------------+ LV10|Box |+1 ATT | +2 DEF | 99% | LV9 |Ring |+2 ATT | +4 DEF | 90% | LV8 |Necklace |+3 ATT | +6 DEF | 80% | LV7 |Mirror |+4 ATT | +8 DEF | 70% | LV6 |Beads |+5 ATT |+10 DEF | 60% | LV5 |Tablet |+7 ATT |+14 DEF | 50% | LV4 |Calabash |+9 ATT |+18 DEF | 40% | LV3 |Orb |+12 ATT|+24 DEF | 30% | LV2 |Soulstone |+15 ATT|+30 DEF | 20% | LV1 |Soulbook |+20 ATT|+40 DEF | 10% | -----+-----------+-------+--------+------------+ Yes, boxes CAN fail at a 1% success rate. As you can see, the effect of sealed items past beads grows higher instead of 1 each level down. This also results in a change in "10-of-a-kind" enchanting. For those of you who don't know, it is when you use ten of the same sealed item on one item, and based on the %age chance of success, you divide it by 10. You then multiply quotient by the attack or defense bonus of the sealed item, and that is the enchant result you could expect from using 10 of the same item. In the past, enchanting with ten beads or tablets would get you +30 attack or
+60 defense on average, whie everything else would give you lower bonuses on
average

Using  this math, I got the following results.  Keep in mind, they are
averages; it is possible that ten sealed tablets could fail and you'd have
wasted a lot of ime and/or money on nothing.

Box: +10 ATT/+20 DEF on average (I'm not counting the unlikely 1% failure)
Ring: +18 ATT/+36 DEF on average
Necklace: +24 ATT/+48 DEF on average
Mirror: +28 ATT/+56 DEF on average
Beads: +30 ATT/+60 DEF on average
Tablet: +35 ATT/+70 DEF on average
Calabash: +36 ATT/+72 DEF on average
Orb: +36 ATT/+72 DEF on average
Soulstone: +30 ATT/+60 DEF on average
Soulbook: +20 ATT/+40 DEF on average

Based on these numbers, you'd get the best attack/defense boost on average from
enchanting with ten calabashes or orbs now.  I prefer using calabeshes since
they're cheaper and quicker to fill up, and far more common compared to orbs.

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When and How to Enchant
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No matter which version you are playing, don't bother enchanting your weapons
or armor until Level 40, possibly 50 on the USA/Global version if the
experience rates from the closed beta continue into the release version.

As for your sealed items, fill up every box, ring and necklace you come across
while training to 100%.  You won't be using these; rather you'll transfer the
souls you collect with them into any lower-level sealed items you find,
preferably mirrors and tablets at this point.  Later on, you should fill up
calabashes, since you'll be using those most often for enchanting.  If you luck
out and find LV1-3 items, you might want to just fill them up and sell them to
other players if you need money.

Once you're level 40, you probably have a good number of sealed items filled up
to 100% now.  Go to a bookstore an buy some enchant scrolls, and wish for luck.
I prefer using my tablets and calabeshes on my weapons at this time, while I
use mirrors and beads on my armor.  Later on, at Level 60, you should stop
using mirrors and maybe throw some tablets on your armor as well.

One more thing.  If you happen to fail the first two slots on your equipment,
you should probably stop enchanting it and try to find a new one, or buy
another if you're rich for your level.

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Mining and Advanced Equipment
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After realizing that advanced versions of level 40+ gear don't drop, I decided
to add this section as well.  The process of upgrading your normal equipment
into an advanced one is called refinement.  It's something you might want to
consider once you're Level 50ish.

Refining equipment is... how should I say... pricy.  To refine equipment, you
need to have a forging manual and a refined mineral.  The manual can be bought
from a bookstore at a price ranging from 3,000 gen (LV10 manual) to 1,600,000
gen (LV1 manual), but it's the mineral that's gonna cost you.  You need to mine
100 of a particular ore to get a refined mineral, and to mine the ore, you need
a pickaxe.  The most efficient pickaxe (which has 150 hits) costs 265,000 gen,
which is a large chunk of money if you're level 40 or lower.  Throw in the fact
that the ores you dig up are random, there are twenty different kinds of ores,
and you only get ONE 70% of the time, it's a time-consuming, money-draining
process if you try it early on. This is why I don't recommend it until you're
level 50ish and the equipment drops easily cover the pickaxe costs.

Or... you can just buy the refined mineral from other players.  From what I've
seen in the JGO market, it's cheaper than buying enough pickaxes to mine 100
of the same ore.

One more thing.  You can't just use any old mineral to upgrade your equipment,
you need a specific kind, depending on the level of your gear.  Below is the
list of what refined minerals you need for certain equipment levels.  These are
the names that were used in the MY version; there's a good chance they will go
by different ones when mining is actually implemented in the USA/Global
version.

LV10: Grey Coal Bar
LV20: Black Steel Bar
LV30: Red Jade
LV40: Blue Crystal
LV50: Steel Bar
LV60: Ice Orb
LV70: Blue Orb
LV80: White Iron Bar
LV90: Silver Bar
LV100: Century Orb

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Repairing
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Sometimes, while mining or fishing, you might find equipment and accessories.
Most of the time, you find equipment that looks like dirty, damaged versions
of normal ones.  At first, these seem to be trash; you can't wear them and they
sell for even less than normal equipment to the NPCs.  In truth, these hunks of
junk are actually very useful... if you fix'em up, that is.

To repair broken equipment, you need a few things in addition to your broken
equipment.  You will need a refined mineral and a repair solution. I already
explained mining above, but different minerals are used for repairing equipment.
Again, these are the MY names.

LV10: Black Coal Bar
LV20: Dark Steel Bar
LV30: White Jade
LV40: Purple Crystal
LV50: Black Bar
LV60: Fire Orb
LV70: Green Orb
LV80: Red Iron Bar
LV90: Gold Ingot
LV100: Millennia Orb

As for the solution, you can buy it from a bookstore.  Different level
soutions are sold in different towns, and like using sealed items, you need an
appropriate solution depending on the mineral and equipment you're going to
use.

So what happens when you finally manage to repair equipment?  Not only does it
become usable, it also comes with a +20 attack or +40 defense bonus, and one
used up enchant slot.  It's like a risk-free method of getting a soulbook to
work on your equipment, and I highly recommend this method when trying to obtain
new equipment.  It's usually cheaper than buying normal equipment from an NPC
based on what I've seen in JGO.

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11: Credits and Contact Info|
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Thanks go to:

+NNG Games for creating this awesome game and MGame/NetGame for providing it.
+Duo of the onrpg.com forums for helping with some translations.
+The official Japanese GO site (onidama.mgame.jp) for the updated information
 on sealed items and the repairing information.
+NetGame GO site (ghost.netgame.com) for finally releasing translated names
 for skills, monsters, etc.
+Coupdegrace for the extra bit on Soul Demon.
+And of course, myself, for taking the time to type up this guide.

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                                                   Copyright 2008 Edward Tuttle