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Hello,
I have just registered to this forum as it's one of the best SRO forums i have visited last week(s). The reason why i registered to this forum is because i need some advice for a build i made myself with help of different builds/guides and posts on several forums like these. Browsing through these forums i also found out there is no such thing as a strongest build, all are unique and equal in their own way. You should go for what you think what suits you more, what do YOU want (and offcourse some SRO knowledge would help). Everytime i read a new build/guide it made me doubt if this one would be more affective then the other one i had in mind and it made me doubt alot.... At this moment i still dont know 100% if the current build i set together is a decent one, thats why i am here to ask some more experienced players then me if my compilation and thoughts are good for a good character.

Questions i asked myself during the process of making my build:

What do i want, pure INT or pure STR (i choose these two eventually because most guides/builds include that according to the koreans these two ways are the 'best')? I went for pure INT as i want to rank fast and love doing great damage.

Which weapon do i want and which weapon suits a pure INT char?
The weapon i preferred was a blade/shield at first but it seems a sword does more INT damage so i chose the sword. (I mainly choose the blade,sword because of the shield, it increases your defense due to blocking)

What clothing should i wear?
As i have a little experience in this part i chose the armor... You'd probably say wtf is he thinking? wearing armor? Well, the logical explanation for me wearing armor is because my HP/STR is real low and i'll run out of HP fast! Armor reduces the physical damage monsters and other players do, and the fact that the most monsters below lvl 30 only do physical damage i choose armor for starters.... This would also mean that i am stronger against a pure STR character in PvP, only a pure INT wearing garment would be able to kill me. (+ I can always switch from armor to garment anytime i want!)

What skills are the most usefull/best for a pure INT char?
In almost every guide i read it says that lightning is essential, so i choose lightning (this was a very easy choice as i love speed myself and played a bit with it on my previous character). Also almost every guide/build included that you might want to get every skill of this force.

What secondary skill should i pick for a pure INT char?
Secondary isnt actually the right word to use, the only thing i was sure of on this stage was that i chose lightning as one of the two skills i want to level.. Every guide/build i read says a pure INT char should be focusing on forces instead of weapon masteries because of the nukes. I chose cold alongside lightning, why? I'm still not 100% sure why because some guides/builds say having fire and lightning is better because of the great damage fire does, but the reason why i chose cold is because of its defense skills/passive + it also freezes the enemie which means i do not die that fast (as a pure INT char puts all his points in INT i thought it would be wise to get something defensive).

Now i have chosen my masteries i want to lvl in there is a whole different part i stumbled on:
-How far should i lvl my bicheon mastery?
-What skills should i get from bicheon, cold, lightning?

As i never reached a lvl higher then 30 yet, didnt have any experience with bicheon skills and never had a pure INT char i read several guides/builds to figure out what to get and what to leave behind, in the end i came up with the following masteries and skills:

Skills, Masteries:
Bicheon (MAX)
- Chain Sword Attack Series (Illusion Chain MAX) (degrade after LvL 31)
- Shield Technique Series (Castle Shield MAX, Mountain Shield MAX (degrade after LvL 54, Iron Wall Shield MAX)
- Hidden Blade Series (MAX)
- Killing Heaven Blade Series (MAX)
- Shield Protection Series (Passive) (MAX)

Lightning (MAX)
- Thunder Force Series (Imbue) (MAX)
- Piercing Force Series (MAX)
- Wind Walk Series (MAX)
- Lion Shout Series (Nuke) (MAX)
- Concentration Series (MAX)
- Thunderbolt Force Series (Nuke) (MAX)
- Heavens Force Series (Passive) (MAX)

Cold (MAX)
- Frost Guard Series (MAX)
- Frost Nova Series (Frost nova-wind LvL 1, Frost nova-woods LvL MAX)
- Snow Storm Series (Nuke) (MAX)
- Cold Armor Series (Passive) (MAX)

After making this build i went questioning myself about several skills and most importantly if i would get enough SP to accomplish all this (another thing where i do not know anything about because of my lack in experience), if not what would style of SP farming would you suggest?

To me, this build looks decent and i THINK it will work out good for me when i try it out on SRO, yet still because i almost got no experience in playing i wonder if its a well constructed build and most importantly if my thoughts behind the build are realistic and possible in practice. If you want to give me any hints or tips or advices please dont hesitate to give me them, but please put a theory behind it so i can see if it will actually work in my favor. The best build according to me is the build YOU want and the build which suits you!

This build is for a future character of mine on any server (dunno which one yet but probably the newest server at that moment or a server i already got an acc on). It has been made of theories/guides/builds of different websites, mainly of this one. The guides,advices,builds who interested and where the most usefull to me came from SuicideGrl, Fly and Shaha9 (last one probably from another website) but also the comments on their guides/builds. As i said before please dont hesitate to correct me in any way as i'm in need of advice.

Regards,
Jdealer

JDealer:

Ok, lots of good stuff here. just look for the text in bold in your quoted post below.


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