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Marista - Lost City wrote: »

III. Skills

I will not waste your time and mine by including the in-game skill descriptions or statistics in this section. Those may be found via the easy to use database found here. Instead, this section is intended to give an accurate description of what the skill does, as well as its utility and my opinion on how important learning or leveling it is. The skills are split by trees. Successive skills in a tree require at least Lv 1 of the previous skill to be learned.

Damage Tree

Nature's Vengeance
This is your primary spam damage skill. It deals damage as well as slowing the target and inflicting "Nature's Vengeance" status. Its cooldown is equal to its cast time, so that it can be spammed infinitely, and for pure dding this is your primary skill due to its lack of chi cost. Sage version gives a chance for more chi, which is always nice for sparking or bringing out Cragglord/Thicket, while demon version adds extra damage. Max this asap. Lv 11 books are available via Mysterious Pages.

Swirling Mist
This is a strange Damage over Time skill (dot) which only takes effect when the target is below 60% health. Like most other dots, it is of limited usefulness, but worth casting once in a while. Demon version makes it useful by adding a wood damage debuff, while sage adds extra damage. Level at your leisure. Lv 11 books are available through Mysterious Pages.

Absorb Soul
Primarily a pvp skill, this skill does physical damage and double damage to a target with "Nature's Vengeance" status, but cannot crit and has a ridiculous 5 second channel time that make it poor for dps. However, it does not gain agro, and can pass through many defensive buffs that do not directly increase pdef, making it a valuable tool. Skills it bypasses include plume shell, wings of protection, bramble hood, and your own Salvation shields, so take care for other mystics using it against you in pvp. Sage version gives extra chi, demon adds a potentially useful 80% chance to interrupt target channeling. Level at your leisure. Lv 11 books are available via Mysterious and Old Book Pages.

Gale Force
Your main aoe, this skill has an undisclosed (but high, from personal observation) chance to seal and/or immobilize. It is a self-centered aoe rather than a target-centered one. Take care not to make the melees rage too much by making their targets run away, but useful for self defense for the same reason. Minor chi usage so not suitable for boss dding. Sage version slows targets by 70%, which could stop them from running away as fast. Demon increases immobilize chance, which is quite useful. Max this asap. Lv 11 books are available via Old Book Pages and Pages of Fate.

Bramble Tornado
Very important PvP skill; single target knockback, and currently the only knockback which works in pvp as well as pve. On the whole it's also perhaps your hardest hitting non-ulti except absorb soul but costs 30 chi, so is not suitable for bosses. Sage version gives 25% chance to cast without using chi. Demon version adds an extra knockback meter. Both are relatively useful. Max this asap. Lv 11 books are available via Advanced Mystical Pages and Pages of Fate.

Thicket
Perhaps your most useful skill on the whole. Summons multiple plants (I believe four) which each deal aoe damage and have a chance to seal or immobilize. In my experience, the main target usually has both enacted, and the effects last at least as long as the eight seconds of parasitic nova, with half the cast time. This makes it an extremely useful pvp skill, giving you time to kill a target, and a strong aoe spell, though again careful of melee qqing about those mobs which get sealed but not frozen. Costs two sparks but does significant damage to Lv [?] bosses because Thickets do not take damage reduction. However, in my experience sparking or other ways of increasing magic attack do not boost the damage of this skill. Sage version adds extra damage, which is nice. Demon version has a chance to curse (the same debuff as bm's Heaven's Flame/dragons) the target for an undisclosed amount, making it even better in pvp. Max this asap. Lv 11 books are available via Pages of Fate.

Healing Tree

Break in the Clouds
This is your main healing skill. Casts fast and cools down fast, but it's only a heal and does not stack. Great for quickly replenishing hp, but not ideal for keeping it up. Slightly stronger and faster than the cleric skill wellspring surge. Sage version has a 25% chance to purify, which is decent but should not be counted on. Demon version gains extra chi, which is always good. Max this asap. Lv 11 books are available via Mysterious Pages.

Falling Petals
Closest thing to a heal over time you have, this recovers target's hp up to a certain amount after it takes damage. Great for avoiding spamming heals on self while soloing, for pvp, and for throwing on someone about to lure or pull, but not a significant source of healing since it cannot stack. Sage version gives a chance to recover roughly half the mp used in casting. Demon version extends the max duration if the heal is not used up. Max this asap. Lv 11 books are available via Advanced Mystical Pages and Pages of Fate.

Resurrect
Buffs the target to allow resurrection upon death. Exp loss is roughly the same as if ressed by a cleric with a res 1 level lower (not exactly; cleric increases from 0% to 100% by 10% increments; mystic increases from 8% to 88% in 8% increments). Very useful for helping keep the cleric alive and preventing their exp loss, or avoiding your own in solo endeavors. Also quite useful in pvp situations since you recover with 50% hp at level ten, meaning no instant charm tick. Sage version decreases exp loss to 5%. Demon version recovers target with full health, which is excellent in pvp situations or when under an aoe to avoid target dying again as soon as they resurrect. Max this asap. Lv 11 books are available via Advance Mystical Pages and Pages of Fate.

Comforting Mist:
AoE heal centered on yourself. Not hugely useful; healing herb is better in most situations, but decent for an occasional aoe when you'd rather have a debuff plant up. Sage version reduces mp cost by 15%, which is good. Demon version has a 35% chance to purify, which is nice but of limited usefulness. Level at your leisure. Lv 11 books are available via Old Book Pages.

Summon-Related Tree

Heal Summon
This heals your summon. Useful to any mystic, but not necessarily important to level depending on how much damage your summons tend to take. Note that targeting another mystic;s summon or a veno's pet will cause that summon/pet to be healed instead of your own, even if it is hostile and you have pvp protections on. Level as needed.

Transference
This gives some of your mana to the currently active summon. Vital for allowing summons to cast skills, but the value of leveling it depends on the mp use of your summon of choice. Salvation users will find they use less mana that those of the attack summons. Level as needed.

Energy Leech
This skill sacrifices your currently active summon to give you a buff based on the summon and what lv it is, as well as a short antistun. This makes mystics, aside from demon venos, the only magic class with an antistun skill and makes energy leech vital in pvp. However it is of little use in most pve situations as it costs a spark and removes your summon as well. Max once you reach 8x or 9x. Sage version adds an extra 3 second antistun, which is epic. Demon has a chance to give a 60% speed boost, which is... /care. Lv 11 books are available via Advance Mystical Pages and Pages of Fate.

Tree-less Skills

Verdant Shell
This is a pdef (and two elemental resists also) selfbuff. Very useful, since it stacks with both BM and cleric pdef buffs and allows a mystic to focus on hp without sacrificing pdef. Sage version gives an extra 10% pdef whilst demon gives a temporary chance to avoid negative statuses. Max asap. Lv 11 books are available via Old Book Pages.

Wood Mastery
Standard magic mastery, this increases your damage from wood spells. Very important for your damage in general. Sage version adds 5% more damage while demon gives 2% crit rate. Max asap. Lv 11 books are available via Old Book Pages.
Lysing
Explodes your non-healing plants to deal negligible damage and debuff all targets within 10 meters of the plant. Not hugely useful, and leveling it only increases range and the already brief cooldown, but not a bad skill. Max at leisure.

Rapid Growth
Increases your magic attack and gives -20% channeling for 8 seconds. Not bad for 30 chi, but more of a pvp skill than pve. Note that, since it has a unique buff icon, this stacks with sparks, including the channeling bonus from demon spark. Sage version has a chance to clear cooldown. Demon version adds another -10% channeling, making it quite useful with absorb soul. Max at leisure. Lv 11 books are available via Advance Mystical Pages and Pages of Fate.

Nature's Barrier
Cuts damage in half for 8 seconds and immobilizes you. For only costing 30 chi, it's pretty useful, and the 90 second cooldown is far less crippling than those on many other classes' 79 skills. Get this one asap.

Clear Thoughts
Recovers you mp based on current mp +2k. Mystics can always use more mana, but 5min cooldown makes its utility rather limited. No rush to get this one.

Lucky Break
Next hit will be a crit. Very useful pvp skill, but pvewise one crit isn't worth the 50 chi when dding a boss. Still quite the awesome skill. and cooldown is reasonable. Probably first 100 skill to get for pvpers.

Swinging Cloud Dance
A strong heal which also increases the target's max hp by 8%. Also semi-spammable, but not hugely useful since it's still just another heal. It does heal significantly more in one go than Break in the Clouds, but longer channel time; think of it as a weaker Stream of Rejuvenation, lacking the heal over time component. I dunno if this one is worth the 20 chrono pages, honestly.

Weeping Breeze Dance
Does a significant amount of damage and reduces target's max hp by 8%. The 10 second cooldown makes this relatively spammable, especially for a 100 skill, and the fact that it's 250% weapon damage makes it likely your strongest non-ulti if you can get your 3rd fairy and afford it. A fine choice for both pvp and pve. First 100 skill for pve-based mystics, second for pvp.

Summons and plants, although technically skills, will be addressed in the next section due to the need for more in-depth analysis.