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Name: teh Nuke
Other names: Armageddon (falling meteors and lightning bolts)

The basis of a nuker is to do as much damage as possible in the shortest amount of time. Heaviest hitting class in the game, but also the most fragile.
Fastest leveler in the game

Random Factoids:
- a nuker in armor holding sword+shield can tank a str blader in garment.. that is until lvl 68 :X curse that double stab
- nukes do not crit.
- nukers are a luck based 1 v 1 build. They excel in group combat though because of the sheer amount of AOE at higher levels.
- you will die alot on group war. (because every will gank you first), just get a nice tanker to go in before you.
- a wolf is useless for nukers, if i could i would just keep mine for show as apuppy and not have it grow ^^

Stat points: keep magical balance at 90%+ to be a NUKER nuker. Anything below that, use nukes as an opener when far away, then use melee attacks.

I have a strong feeling that Full INTs will not have enough HP later in the game. Screenshots show them having around 7-8000 HP (depending on if you get the HP Passive) at lvl 90. The Hp Passive stops at lvl 60, meaning the spears lose their advantage of extra padding at that level. I have noticed in kSRO that nukers after lvl 60 have realized that 90% magic balance is enough to still wreak havoc BUT have some HP to back it up and survive a hit or 2.

Difference between a Sword\Spear:
Sword+shield:
- block factor can safe your life (has saved me many times)
- extra defense (shield is like an extra piece of armor)
- investing into the bicheon skill tree gives the knockdown skill, which can be life saving as well.
- if you decide to go with the sword tree, KD + Stab is your best friend

Spear:
- higher damage than the sword
- investing into the heuksal tree gives a nice hp bonus.
- nice skill that can stun opponents, allowing either to run away or the execution of another nuke
[basically i use spear for pve and sword+shield for pvp]


Armor or Garm?
- whatever you want until hotan, or get pass the dead ravine, then armor from then on.
- another thing i like is STR statted armor, and with new alchemy system, HP statted armor. alot of nukers like + int stuff, but my take on this is that you already do so much dmg... should be around 95%+ for a pure int, why not get more hp? when in armor in str statted gear, you can take a lot more hits, and wont die from a crit.


Skills Required (for Armageddon build AKA Chain Nuker)

Which Imbue?
Fire or Light imbue are the best to choose because they do the most damage.

Buffs?
Lightning Tree:
Must Piercing force: (magical damage +)
Concentration series: (parry ratio +)

choose either:

Fire:
Fire Protection Series (magic defense +)
OR
Ice:
Frost Guard Series (physical defense +)
Frost Nova Series (AOE Freeze)

Which Nuke?
Thunderbolt Series is a should have, because you're already investing into the lightning tree.

then depending on which buffs you choose, you either get

Flame Wave Series (high damage, small AOE attack at later levels)
or
Snow Storm Series (lower damage, but large AOE attack at later levels)

also get the passive skills for whichever tree you decide to go with



OPTIONAL SKILLS:
Hawk Training Series from Pacheon tree: (attack rating +)
this skill will allow nukes to hit more at the top of their range, useful because nukes have such a great variance in the damage they do

personally i think one of the strongest nuker's masteries will look like
Bicheon: 60
Heuksal: 60
Fire: 90
Lightning: 90
or
Heuksal: 60
Ice: 65
Fire: 90
Light: 85


oh BTW, as long as you have fire and light, you can really put whatever you want for the remaining masteries. spear for more hp, sword for more block ratio,. ice for defense. mix and match, have fun.. nukers are all about support and heavy hitting

ShizKnight wrote:Fire Glavie levels slower because they are melee, and can not do as much damage. NOT because it can't attract as many.

XuChu wrote:good job o' great master..

possitive: very juicy information
negative:
fire imbue why? use thunder imbue . if your gonna tell me it will attract too many mobs.
1: i use thunder imbue and have never died of it.
2: your nukes are multiple targets anyways makes no difference.
3: why do you think fire glaive lvls slower?because they cant get alot of monster multiple attacking it at the same time.

also if you didnt know.

fire imbue does hit more but less stable,while thunder imbue is more stable and if reduce parry it will hit more than fire imbue counting the fact that mobs do not carry universals

XuChu wrote:good job o' great master..

possitive: very juicy information
negative:
fire imbue why? use thunder imbue . if your gonna tell me it will attract too many mobs.
1: i use thunder imbue and have never died of it.
2: your nukes are multiple targets anyways makes no difference.
3: why do you think fire glaive lvls slower?because they cant get alot of monster multiple attacking it at the same time.

also if you didnt know.

fire imbue does hit more but less stable,while thunder imbue is more stable and if reduce parry it will hit more than fire imbue counting the fact that mobs do not carry universals

RaiKiRii wrote:

XuChu wrote:good job o' great master..

possitive: very juicy information
negative:
fire imbue why? use thunder imbue . if your gonna tell me it will attract too many mobs.
1: i use thunder imbue and have never died of it.
2: your nukes are multiple targets anyways makes no difference.
3: why do you think fire glaive lvls slower?because they cant get alot of monster multiple attacking it at the same time.

also if you didnt know.

fire imbue does hit more but less stable,while thunder imbue is more stable and if reduce parry it will hit more than fire imbue counting the fact that mobs do not carry universals

lol you havn't been grinding in the cave sir.

would you rather aggro 2-3 things with the thunder nuke, or would you rather aggro 9 things? with the lightning imbue.

reduce parry does NOT matter on a mob. if you're a nuker they should die within 1 nuke , if not then 1 nuke + lionshout. it might be worth it for a giant, however i avoid giants like the plague unless i have zerk because they're a waste of time without it.

XuChu wrote:

ShizKnight wrote:Fire Glavie levels slower because they are melee, and can not do as much damage. NOT because it can't attract as many.

true but also cuz they cant attract as many.theres a difference between killing 3 mobs and 1 mob at a time

woutR wrote:

XuChu wrote:

ShizKnight wrote:Fire Glavie levels slower because they are melee, and can not do as much damage. NOT because it can't attract as many.

true but also cuz they cant attract as many.theres a difference between killing 3 mobs and 1 mob at a time

just because you are brainless and don't know how to lure more mobs doesn't mean that the majority doesn't know how to lure much mobs.

XuChu wrote:

woutR wrote:

XuChu wrote:

ShizKnight wrote:Fire Glavie levels slower because they are melee, and can not do as much damage. NOT because it can't attract as many.

true but also cuz they cant attract as many.theres a difference between killing 3 mobs and 1 mob at a time

just because you are brainless and don't know how to lure more mobs doesn't mean that the majority doesn't know how to lure much mobs.

ahmmmm very friendly indeed......btw walking around for mobs isnt luring just incase you didnt know

IguanaRampage wrote:awesome guide thanks! Really helped. But if I wanted to go all 3 forces and do that 60 spear-65 cold-85light-90fire build, should i just use spear or will i have the flexibility to use sword, assuming that my magical balance is at 90%. Will sword be as effective if I dont have ANY sword skills to back it up, including passive? Thanks. Really nice guide

antiy4ho0 wrote:Guildie of mine is kinda in the same situation. She has a real hard time just nuking without using skills, but if shes using a spear then she can kill me in two hits, using a nuke then ghost spear mars. The problem is, with the spear I can kill her in two hits too (and I'm a couple levels below her as a STR glaive). With the sword/shield it takes like 4-6 nukes to kill without having sword skills. Now if she had k/d+Stab I think she could kill me pretty quick. Not to mention the passive would be really helpful keeping her alive.