Arch Mage (Fire/Poison)
INT focus · Mage · Explorer
Spreads Poison Mist and detonates Mist Eruption for delayed explosions and top-tier farming.
Legion effect
Increases %Max MP2/3/4/5/6%
Link skill
Empirical Knowledge
When attacking, has a 31% chance to identify the weakness of the enemy with the highest Max HP among those struck, granting you the following bonuses against them:
Damage per Stack: +5%, Enemy DEF Ignored per Stack: +5%
Effect Duration: 10 sec, Stacks up to 3 times
Class overview
Arch Mage (Fire, Poison) is an INT mage class part of the Explorers. Arch Mage (Fire, Poison) utilize both Staves and Wands as their primary weapons. For their secondary weapon, Arch Mage (Fire, Poison) can equip Magic Books and Shields
Attack stats
Base multipliers and passive boosts unlocked while leveling.
| Weapon Multiplier | 1.2x | |
|---|---|---|
| Attack Speed | Stage 7 | Stage 4  +1  +2 |
| Weapon Mastery | 95% | Base +25%  +70% |
| INT | +60(90) & +15%(415%) to assigned AP | +20  +40  +30  +15% to assigned AP extra +400% |
| Magic Attack | +4% +70 |  +4%  +30  +10  +30 |
| Crit Rate | +40%(45%) | Base +5% +5%  +30% +5% if Wand is equipped |
| Crit Damage | +13% | +13% |
| Damage | +90%(129%) |  +50%  +8% per successful attack(Max. +40%) +3% per stack(Max. +9%)  +10% +20% |
| Boss Damage | +0% | |
| Final Damage | +75%(451.01%) |  +40% ×  +5% per active DoT(Max. +25%) when used, up to 50% instead ×  up to +115% ×  +13% to enemies with:DoT, stun, freeze, darkness, paralysis ×  +8% while toggled |
| Ignore DEF | +20%(27.2%) | +20% × +3% per stack(Max. +9%) |
| Ignore Elemental Resistance | +10% | +10% |
| Buff Duration | +50% | +50% |
All actives
Quick reference for buffs, summons, and defensive utility to keep track of.
| Active buffs | [240s] |
|---|---|
| Toggles |      [30s cd] |
| Summons & placables |  [60s] [260s]  [3-6s based on Fervent Drain stacks](60s cd) |
| Buffs with cooldowns |  [10 Critical Abnormal Statuses](240s cd) [40s](180s cd) [60s](120s cd) [60s](120s cd) [2400s](300s cd) |
| Binds | [10s](360s cd) |
| iFrames |  [3s](60s cd) [360s cd] |
Inner ability
Suggested line rolls.
- Attack Speed +1
- Buff Duration +38%
- Boss Damage +10% / Damage to Abnormal Status +8%
Hyper skills
Node picks once Lv.140+.
Flame Sweep - Reinforce and Extra Strike
Mist Eruption - Reinforce, Guardbreaker, and Cooldown Cutter
V Matrix nodes
Boost node pairings & notes.
Primary Trio
Secondary Trio
Tertiary Trio
Any combination of these skills are good but preferred from same category as you want to max primary first
6 Boost Nodes total are needed to reach Master Level 60 for these skills (with Matrix Points used)
- Nodes with the same Main Skill (skill at the top) cannot be equipped at the same time
Other notable combinations
DoT Debuffs
Stacking DoT debuffs will increase the %Final Damage of Mist Eruption against an enemy. Below is a list of skills that apply DoT effects:
Mist Eruption against an enemy. Below is a list of skills that apply DoT effects:- Poison Breath (2nd Job)
- Poison Mist (3rd Job)
- Creeping Toxin (3rd Job)
- Teleport Mastery (3rd Job)
- Flame Sweep (4th Job)
- Flame Haze (4th Job)
- Ifrit (4th Job)
- Inferno Aura (Hyper Skill)
- Megiddo Flame (Hyper Skill)
DoT Punisher (5th Job)
Poison Nova (5th Job)
References & thanks
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