I have no been playing this server for 2-3 months as a normal luk mage. Before I started, I had obliviously no idea that it would be a better idea to start off as a lukless mage so I made a normal luk mage. After playing it for sometime I kinda liked it because I could wear all the equips and I didn't really want to wear the same things for ages. Now that I'm finally lv105 I have gotten all the equips to be a good luk mage with my lv103 elemental staff which gives me extra magic attack power to Ice and Lighting attacks. This guide only works for mages, not for bishops because they don't have elemental staffs that give elemental bonusses. Pro's and Cons Pro - Low cost Pro - You can wear all armours Pro - Elemental Bonus Con - You hit lower than other mages <103 Con - High cost at lv130 when you have to buy AP resets. Con - Reselling your items is hard The Items you should wear at lv103: Helmet - Try and get a zakum helmet because it gives +-15 luk and 15 int, if you want the best helmet for your class, get a 17-18int 13luk helmet. This is because you don't need the luk anymore after lv130. If you don't have a zakum helm yet, or you just don't have the money for it, just use a normal helmet. At lv35 I suggest the Matty or the lv40 hat, they give magic attack and sometimes int. For higher lvl's the Galaxy hat is ideal, Mine was 7int 7luk clean and I scrolled it with int scrolls. Earring - Earrings are a must as a magician, this is because earrings give magic attack and int. So it gives the most magic ( 1 int = 1 magic and 1mattk = 1 magic ) So never scroll your earrings with luk because a 30% int scroll gives 5mattk+3int= 8magic and the 60% scrolls give 3 magic. Try and aim for a 13mattk 6int earring, these aprrox. cost 200m+ The best earrings you can get are: Fallen Leaf Earrings They give 1-2magic attack clean (sometimes much more but you have to be lucky. They cost 1m and 5m Crystal Leaf Earrings They give 3int clean but are way more expensive (around 150m+) Also they have 6 slots instead of 5. Overall Aim for a lv38 armour with 8int and 5luk clean. Scroll it with 1x30% and 9x 60%, if you do not plan to resell it, I would suggest a lv88 armour. Never scroll it with luk, it probably will never resell. Cape Try and get a purple gaia cape with 7mattk clean, if you don't have alot of money I suggest to just keep it clean, but if you have money I say you should scroll it with 60% or 30% scrolls. NEVER SCROLL LUK ON A CAPE. Shield An esther shield would be good clean with 2int or more. This is a good shield if you don't have alot of money because shield mattk 60% scrolls are 50m+. And you should scroll your shield with int scrolls because of the same reason I explained with the earrings above. If you have more money I suggest using a maple shield scrolled with int, those have 10slots. Gloves For gloves you should just get a high lvl one that gives alot of int and luk. Mine was 8int 7luk clean and lv90, I scrolled it with 30% and then some 60% scrolls. If you want gloves with a better resale value, you should get glitter gloves as they are popular for lukless mages. Shoes Shoes are important for a luk mage, high lvl shoes give magic attack, int AND luk. This gives a very good bonus to your overall magic and your luk. You can't scroll them with int scrolls, just get the best one you can possibly can. Lvl 70 sandals or lv90 green neil shoes. Pendant Deputy star or spiegelmann Eye accesory High int raccoon mask Face accesory Maple Leaf with both luk and int After you've gotten all these items you can go calculating, you need 105 luk to wear an elemental staff lv103 that gives you the elemental bonus. Keep your base luk as low as possible and maybe buy some ap resets. If you have your weapon, scroll it with 30% and then just 60%, now you are a pro luk mage and will equal a lukless mage at this lvl. When you reach lv130 you need to buy alot of AP resets to reset your luk to 0 or you can just keep it untill lv163 if you level fast hehe. These are the best wands/staffs you should use Poison Mushroom http://bbb.hidden-street.net/search_finder/Poison Mushroom Maple Lama Staff http://bbb.hidden-street.net/eq/staff/maple-lama-staff Mystic Cane http://bbb.hidden-street.net/eq/staff/mystic-cane Evil Wings http://bbb.hidden-street.net/eq/staff/evil-wings Kage http://bbb.hidden-street.net/search_finder/Kage Pyogo Mushroom http://bbb.hidden-street.net/eq/staff/pyogo-mushroom Elemental Wand lv70 http://bbb.hidden-street.net/search_finder/Elemental Wand Elemental Staffs lv103 http://bbb.hidden-street.net/search_finder/Elemental Staff Calculations You hit less yes. I have 69base luk and if we say a lv103 lukless mage has a clean 86mattk ele wand, and I have a 124mattk clean ele staff. I have 38 more magic. Lv103 lukless mage 0luk so 69 more magic Lv103 luk mage 69luk but 38 more magic so 69-38= 31 magic So weaponwise he has 31 more magic then me but because my items have more int when they are clean and I don't sacrifice any of my int or magic attack for luk because I have items that have both of them, I still have some more magic attack. As an example, he has a bathrobe scrolled with int. It has 19int because he 1x30% and 7x60% worked. I have a starlight robe with 27int and 5luk because it had 8int clean. This makes me have 8more magic then him. Also I have shoes that have 4magic attk 5int and 7luk, he has YSS, those have 3int clean so I have 9-3= 6 more magic then him. This goes the same for the gloves that have 5 more int clean than his glitter gloves. All together this would be 19 more magic so 31-19= 12magic, this means he still has 12 more magic then me, this is in most cases the same way if you have good equips. Summary I don't deny lukless mages are better but this gives an example that a luk mage can be just as powerfull as lukless mages. I wanted to give you another look at the story and I want to convince more people to make one so that we can have a market for luk mage equips. I hope I stimulated you! Thanks for Reading, Greetings, GreenTea lv105 Ice Lighting Mage
Low Luk Mages are slightly better if Horntail Necklaces were much easier to obtain and high tier Mage equipments were godly and commonly sold in FM. Since both of these aren't the case, most people should stick to Lukless if you're planning on a serious account. Also, Lukless Mages can easily wear Level 23 Mage equipments with a Deputy Star and Zakum Helmet. I've seen 8 INT clean Level 23 Overalls and 6 INT clean 23 Shoes. As for Gloves, it's usually either a Yellow Work Glove or Red Marker that both Low Luk and Lukless use. Another slight advantage to Low Luk Mages is clean Esther Shields. I've seen them range from 8-9 INT clean which is amazing, but you'll be restricting use to just Mages whereas if you were to scroll a Maple Shield, people can use that shield to HP wash or something making a cost more and easily resell-able. Of course the weapons come into play, but 64-130 isn't too bad especially with leeching that it really didn't bother me much. In fact, I liked the option to only have 3 weapons for my entire 1st-4th job. Once Low Luk Mages hit 163, I can see the gap closing.
you said you will do less damage than lukless and then go on to say you'll be just as powerful as lukless ?
