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Hello SRFers, this forum has been lacking a few updated int spear guides, so I've decided to make one. Many people have commented on my previous guide that I've made and given me suggestions on how to improve my guides, so here's my 2nd try =] (Yes, I have pics this time =])

This Guide will include:
-What a Pure Int Spear is
-Advantages/Disadvantages over Hybrid Ints
-Skills
-Gears/Weapons
-PvE/PvP Tips and Suggestions

Sources:
http://www.legionsofthedamned.de/skill
http://bobtheveg.dyndns.org/sroprofile/
http://www.nivlam.com

What IS a Pure Int Spear Nuker?
A pure int spear nuker, in general, is the strongest Chinese build at this cap [90]. No other Chinese build compares to the damage that a pure int spear will put out. Although, however it is at a great disadvantage when it comes to surviving and tanking. There has been many discussions on pure ints, many choose to go hybrid instead of pure simply for the extra HP and physical damage (crits).

A pure int build requires you to put ALL your stats into int, whereas a hybrid uses their stats to go into both str and int. A pure int has many advantages over a hybrid;
-stronger nukes
-stronger magical based attacks
-faster to lvl up (PvE)
-more MP

But it also has a few disadvantages compared to a hybrid build;
-less HP
-less tanking ability, which results in you dying =[
-weaker physical attacks (crits mainly)
-hybrid will probably do better in PvP

Why should I choose to go Pure Int instead of Hybrid Int?
First of all, you will lvl up a lot faster and have greater overall damage, but if you really care about PvP then go hybrid as Pure Int's die a lot faster in PvP than hybrid builds. But if you just LOVE dealing massive damage then Pure Int's the way to go. If you don't mind sacrificing a bit of HP for damage, then Pure Int is for you!

What skills will I need for Pure Int Spear Nuker?
For the limited 300 mastery points you get I'd suggest either:
90 Fire
90 Heuksal (Spear skills)
90 Ice
30 Lightning

OR

90 Lightning
90 Heuksal (Spear skills)
90 Ice
30 Fire

OR

90 Fire
90 Heuksal (Spear skills)
60 Lightning
60 Ice

90Fire/ 90Heuksal/ 90Ice/ 30 Lightning
This build has the MOST defense out of all builds however might be slightly weaker than other builds because Lightning is kept at 30 which results in you NOT being able to get a higher lvl magical attack increase buff (I will explain later) Although this build doesn't have a high lvl Piercing Force the damage is still considerably high. At later lvls Fire Nukes gain 330% which makes up for the Piercing Force.

This build will be godly at PvP


Fire Force Series - MAX IT! This is your main imbue! Also the strongest imbue in the game
Fire Shield Series - MAX IT! This skill gives you immunity, you need a shield to activate it however you can unequip your shield after you've activated this skill and it will still stay
Flame Body Series - MAX IT! This skill temporarily increases your physical damage, 9% increase at this cap
Fire Protection Series - MAX IT! This skill temporarily increases your magical defense, it helps A LOT when you PvP against other nukers
Fire Wall Series - You can skip this. However if you're rich sp-wise, why not get this too
Flame Wave Series - These will be your primary attacks in PvE, they deal sick damage and have range. DEFINITELY MAX IT!
Fire Combustion Series - Like Fire Wall, if you have extra sp get this skill. It's good in guild/job/fortress wars against those annoying rogues/wizards
Flame Devil Force Series - MAX IT! This skill permanently increases your physical damage, 9% at lvl 90


Annihilating Blade Series - Skip this. If you have the sp, get this too
Fanning Spear Series - MAX IT! This skill boosts your Magical Defense for 15 seconds
Heuksal Spear Series - MAX IT! The first 3 books of this series are pretty useless but the 4th deals Dull which slows your opponent down for a period of time
Soul Departs Soul Series - MAX!!!! This series contains your most used skill - Soul Spear Emperor. SSE (Soul Spear Emeperor and SSS (Soul Spear Soul) are probably the STRONGEST Heuksal skills
Ghost Spear Attack Series - MAX IT! Great skill to finish off mobs/people in PvE/PvP. This skill deals almost instantaneously however there is a slight delay after using it. It also deals Knock-Back (KB) which can be a life-saver
Chain Spear Attack Series - Optional. These are your smexy combos, they're absolutely AMAZING in PvE but aren't that great in PvP
Flying Dragon Spear Series - Since this build has Lightning at lvl 30 thus resulting in you not having a high lvl Lion Shout skill, I'd suggest that you use this skill to lure mobs
Cheolsam Force Series - MAX IT! Permanently increase your HP


Cold Force Series - Skip this. You already have a Fire Imbue
Frost Guard Series - MAX IT! Temporarily increases your Physical Defense
Cold Wave Attack Series - Skip. 'Nuff said.
Frost Wall Series - If you have the sp - Get it
Frost Nova Series - This skill freezes enemies around you. Get it to piss people off in PvP
Snow Storm Series - Optional. You already have many Fire Nukes which greatly overpower Ice Nukes. However if you want it and have the sp, get it
Snow Shield Series - MAX IT! This is the reason you chose Ice. It absorbs damage and the damage gets dealt to your MP instead of HP
Cold Armor Series - MAX IT! Permanently increases your Physical Defense


Thunder Force Series - Skip.
Piercing Force Series - MAX IT! Temporarily increases your Magical Damage (8% increase at lvl 30)
Wind Walk Series - MAX IT! Temporarily increase your movement speed
Lion Shout Series - Skip.
Concentration Series - MAX IT! It err...Just get it -.- Increases your Parry Ratio
Thunderbolt Force Series - Skip.
Heaven's Force Series - MAX IT! Also increases Parry Ratio

SP Required for this build (considering you didn't take the 'Optional' skills):795,594

90Ice/ 90Heuksal/ 90 Lightning/ 30Fire

This build is probably the weakest but gives you the most % Increase in Magical Attack, the most Movement Speed and also the most Parry Ratio .

This build has many advantages in PvE, such as high a higher lvl Snow Shield and higher lvl Movement Speed + Piercing Force Series

Cold Force Series - Optional. It's not as strong as the Lightning Imbue but gives the best statuses; Freeze & Frostbite
Frost Guard Series - MAX IT! Temporarily increases your Physical Defense
Cold Wave Attack Series - Skip. 'Nuff said.
Frost Wall Series - If you have the sp - Get it
Frost Nova Series - This skill freezes enemies around you. Get it to piss people off in PvP
Snow Storm Series - Optional. You already have many Fire Nukes which greatly overpower Ice Nukes. However if you want it and have the sp, get it
Snow Shield Series - MAX IT! This is the reason you chose Ice. It absorbs damage and the damage gets dealt to your MP instead of HP
Cold Armor Series - MAX IT! Permanently increases your Physical Defense


Annihilating Blade Series - Skip this. If you have the sp, get this too
Fanning Spear Series - MAX IT! This skill boosts your Magical Defense for 15 seconds
Heuksal Spear Series - MAX IT! The first 3 books of this series are pretty useless but the 4th deals Dull which slows your opponent down for a period of time
Soul Departs Soul Series - MAX!!!! This series contains your most used skill - Soul Spear Emperor. SSE (Soul Spear Emeperor and SSS (Soul Spear Soul) are probably the STRONGEST Heuksal skills
Ghost Spear Attack Series - MAX IT! Great skill to finish off mobs/people in PvE/PvP. This skill deals almost instantaneously however there is a slight delay after using it. It also deals Knock-Back (KB) which can be a life-saver
Chain Spear Attack Series - Optional. These are your smexy combos, they're absolutely AMAZING in PvE but aren't that great in PvP
Flying Dragon Spear Series - This skill is optional. It's great for luring
Cheolsam Force Series - MAX IT! Permanently increase your HP


Thunder Force Series - MAX IT! This build doesn't have Fire at lvl 90, so this will be your MAIN IMBUE
Piercing Force Series - MAX IT! Temporarily increases your Magical Damage (18% increase at lvl 90)
Wind Walk Series - MAX IT! Temporarily increase your movement speed
Lion Shout Series - Optional.
Concentration Series - MAX IT! It err...Just get it -.- Increases your Parry Ratio
Thunderbolt Force Series - MAX IT! These are now your Primary Nukes
Heaven's Force Series - MAX IT! Also increases Parry Ratio


Fire Force Series - Skip
Fire Shield Series - MAX IT! This skill gives you immunity, you need a shield to activate it however you can unequip your shield after you've activated this skill and it will still stay
Flame Body Series - MAX IT! This skill temporarily increases your physical damage, 3% increase at lvl 30
Fire Protection Series - MAX IT! This skill temporarily increases your magical defense. Not much at lvl 30, but better than nothing
Fire Wall Series - Skp
Flame Wave Series - Skip
Fire Combustion Series - Skip
Flame Devil Force Series - MAX IT! This skill permanently increases your physical damage, 3% at lvl 30

SR Required for this build (considering you didn't take the 'Optional' skills): 739,063

90Fire/ 90Heuksal/ 60Ice/ 60 Lightning
This build is the most Balance out of all. Having Fire and Heuksal a lvl 90 will give you great damage output and with Lightning and Ice at lvl 60 you 15% Magical Attack Increase, 84 Physical Defence , 59% Movement Speed and 54 Parry Ratio . This build is probably the weakest out of all defense-wise. Great for PvE though.

This build will do great in PvE but not so good in PvP. Lvl 60 Ice/Lightning will give you enough Snow Shield/ Piercing Force/ Movement Speed to do well in PvE. However in PvP you'll be lacking Physical Defense


Fire Force Series - MAX IT! This is your main imbue! Also the strongest imbue in the game
Fire Shield Series - MAX IT! This skill gives you immunity, you need a shield to activate it however you can unequip your shield after you've activated this skill and it will still stay
Flame Body Series - MAX IT! This skill temporarily increases your physical damage, 9% increase at this cap
Fire Protection Series - MAX IT! This skill temporarily increases your magical defense, it helps A LOT when you PvP against other nukers
Fire Wall Series - You can skip this. However if you're rich sp-wise, why not get this too
Flame Wave Series - These will be your primary attacks in PvE, they deal sick damage and have range. DEFINITELY MAX IT!
Fire Combustion Series - Like Fire Wall, if you have extra sp get this skill. It's good in guild/job/fortress wars against those annoying rogues/wizards
Flame Devil Force Series - MAX IT! This skill permanently increases your physical damage, 9% at lvl 90



Annihilating Blade Series - Skip this. If you have the sp, get this too
Fanning Spear Series - MAX IT! This skill boosts your Magical Defense for 15 seconds
Heuksal Spear Series - MAX IT! The first 3 books of this series are pretty useless but the 4th deals Dull which slows your opponent down for a period of time
Soul Departs Soul Series - MAX!!!! This series contains your most used skill - Soul Spear Emperor. SSE (Soul Spear Emeperor and SSS (Soul Spear Soul) are probably the STRONGEST Heuksal skills
Ghost Spear Attack Series - MAX IT! Great skill to finish off mobs/people in PvE/PvP. This skill deals almost instantaneously however there is a slight delay after using it. It also deals Knock-Back (KB) which can be a life-saver
Chain Spear Attack Series - Optional. These are your smexy combos, they're absolutely AMAZING in PvE but aren't that great in PvP
Flying Dragon Spear Series - Since this build has Lightning at lvl 30 thus resulting in you not having a high lvl Lion Shout skill, I'd suggest that you use this skill to lure mobs
Cheolsam Force Series - MAX IT! Permanently increase your HP


Cold Force Series - Skip this. You already have a Fire Imbue
Frost Guard Series - MAX IT! Temporarily increases your Physical Defense
Cold Wave Attack Series - Skip. 'Nuff said.
Frost Wall Series - Skip.
Frost Nova Series - This skill freezes enemies around you. Get it to piss people off in PvP
Snow Storm Series - Skip.
Snow Shield Series - MAX IT! This is the reason you chose Ice. It absorbs damage and the damage gets dealt to your MP instead of HP
Cold Armor Series - MAX IT! Permanently increases your Physical Defense


Thunder Force Series - Skip.
Piercing Force Series - MAX IT! Temporarily increases your Magical Damage (15% increase at lvl 60)
Wind Walk Series - MAX IT! Temporarily increase your movement speed
Lion Shout Series - Skip.
Concentration Series - MAX IT! It err...Just get it -.- Increases your Parry Ratio
Thunderbolt Force Series - Skip.
Heaven's Force Series - MAX IT! Also increases Parry Ratio

SR Required for this build (considering you didn't take the 'Optional' skills): 687,718

What Gears/Accessories do I need?
I'd suggest that you go with either Protector or Garment. At lower lvls try to get at least a +3 set with decent Blues. At cap you NEED at least +4 with at least +5 int/str on everything. As for accessories try to get +3/4/5 with +5 int/str or more. You need resistance on your accessories so you're Immune to statuses such as Zombie/Burn/Freeze/Frostbite/Poison etc.


Weapons
At lower lvls all you need is +3/4 or higher. Try to get your hands on some SoX items if possible. At cap if you don't have a +7 you're pretty much Farked, as +7 is the new +5. Try to get your Magical % to at least 41%/42%, same with your Magical Reinforce. Your Physical %/Reinforce doesn't matter too much as you're a Pure Int.However if you have the money, try to get a spear with good Physical %/Reinforce too. Crit isn't too important as your crits won't be significant. Attack Rating is important, so you'll be needing 40% AR increase too. And of course +5 Int/Str.

PvE/PvP Tips and Suggestions

PvE
Mainly use nukes during PvE and Soul Depart Spear skills. Or use Flying Dragon Spear Series to lure then finish the mob off with Soul Spear Emperor/Soul or Ghost Spear Storm Cloud. Note that a combo will probably finish a mob. Use Snow Shield against Giants and Party Monsters, otherwise try to refrain from using it as it's relatively MP-consuming. At lower levels mainly use Soul Spear Move/Truth and Ghost Spear Petal/Prince. Nukes come in handy from time to time, but nukes are kinda weak until lvl 50. (43 for Fire)

PvP
ALWAYS use Snow Shield during PvP. It is the one skill that helps you survive. Don't nuke too often, mainly use Heuksal skills. Prioritize Heuksal Spear Series and Soul Depart Spear skills. I can't really give much advice here as I've never had a capped int spear

That's all. I hope this Guide has helped people ^^
If you have any suggestions on how I could improve, please, don't hesitate.

PvP/E Videos of Nukers in Action: (Will Update In Future)


Edited 11/1/09 - SP Requirements Added
Edited " " - PvP Videos Added (Spoiler Added)
Edited 11/1/09 Detailed build description added

Nice guide! Tho, I've one suggestion change the color of lightning it's very very hard to read.

Ok, I'll change it ^^

Hehe nice guide!

Nice guide, but seriously consider putting all the videos in one spoiler.

I think you could mention that the build with 90fire/30light will not deal noticeably less damage than the one with 90lightning. Fire imbue, nukes, and phy % attack increase make up for the loss from not taking high Piercing Force Series.

Also, the build "90Fire/ 90Heuksal/ 60Ice/ 60 Lightning" will have a EXTREMELY low defense. I don't think it's a good idea to go with this using a pure int spear. You'd have to be hybrid to use those masteries. This build would be kinda good at PvE but it would definitely die extremely easily in PvP because of low snow shield and low phy def. In addition, it'd get fcked up at 100 cap or higher, you'd have to delevel an entire mastery. Furthermore, I think that this build is the most unbalanced among these. Highest damage but way lower defense and survivability. You should reconsider it imo.

Thanks for the advice ^^
I'll work on it

Edit: I meant balanced as in mastery-wise. 90 fire/heuksal 60 light/ice is mainly a PvE build though. Coz you get good enough lightning buffs from 60 light and good enough snow/phy def from 60 ice..

I see, but I disagree that 60 ice gives you enough phy def, even for PvE.

90 cold phy def =~ 314% (60 cold phy def)
It's more than 3 times higher. For pure ints, 90 cold is a must in my opinion. =p

IMO if you got a nice prot set you'll be fine

Hey,
Could u make a little guide for the early levels? like 1~30.
I would appreciate it.

Uhh, it takes alot of effort to make a guide, especially one with so many words :S

Maybe if I have time on my hands, I'll make one in the near future.

oh sorry,
i meant for this guide ^^ just where to go who to kill what skills is usefull at early levels not a whole new guide Thx for replying ^^

Nice guide dude I'm probably gonna use it if I can't fine a better guide( which will be hard )

If i ever start SRO again; i'm going to make a pure int spear character, but i'm going to have 90 - ice 90 - lightning 90- fire 30- hueskal

i started to make one... sp farming is so boring =(

nice guide if i were to choose, I would choose the last option 60/60 cold light

Good luck with a pure int with that build. Have you read my replies? I don't think that those masteries are good for a pure int. They are more suited for a hybrid.

i agree with raphaell666, those masteries are for hybrids. IMO, 90 light and 90 ice is the way to go for full int.

awesome guide, my spear is currently full int (cold/light/ice,30fire), but numerous people have said 7:1 is the best option, but 7:1 cant giv alot mre HP can it?

p.s this guide is ace

If you want to do better at 1vs1 pvping, then certainly going with 7:1 will improve your performance a lot when comparing it to a pure int, because the small boost it will give to your hp will help more than the increased damage of a pure int, as far as I know.

I'd have to agree with you there, raphaell, seeing as you're the Characters & Skills expert

I also stated in my guide that if you want to do better at PvP, you should hybridize yourself.

Not really a mistake but fire's strongest nuke is 330% (at 90cap) so u might wanna put tht up there.

imho, if you're pure int, don't get the chains, since you'll be nuking + lion shoutting (depending if you get light 90 or even 60)

Dude, chains are teh leetness.

ik they 1337 but if you have nukes, shouldn't those be your main weapons?

At PvE and group pvping, yes. At 1vs1 pvp, not really. Weapon skills somewhat help more than nukes at 1vs1 pvping. Also, high lvl chains can debuff your enemy, and that helps a lot.

Skip Lionshout!?!?! whhaaaaaaaaaattttttt XD

(imo 100 spear/light/ice ftw)

I only said to skip it for 60 Light. For 90 I put Optional xD



IMO Chains do really well in PvE. At lvl 69 with the 6 hit combo you will be able to 1 hit anything up to lvl 72. Whereas a nuke would hit the mobs for around 70-80% HP

but with lionshout, you don't get hit at all right? = no hp pot usage = less money spent on pots.

Nuke -> Lionshout is hot sex. :]

For 90 cap i think the one of following builds are best for PVP: 8:1 hybrid int:72 ice/90fire/heusakal/48light! or 86ice/90fire/heuskal/34light!They own if you know how to play!

I you are a hybrid ,think like one,don`t be hybrid only whit the stats!


And one question becouse i didn`t ever play ecsro etc etc..At 100 cap more mastery will me added over 300?

And on topic--Best buid for big damage nukes is 90/90/90 fire light ice!But to do well olso in PVP try this build 90 fire -more nukes ,more reliable,more fun...heuskal-90-no comments--86 ice-enough snow shield and psyhic defence and 34 light for that 10% magic atack power increse ...BE PURE INT ,PLAY WISE and OWN!But with cap 100 i have no idee...i think 100/100/100ice.heuskal/light if no more mastery will me added!

Sorry if my english is bad!