Veiled Arcanist

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Build summary	Stealth based Mage, meant for invasion pvp/pve with equalilzation against jumpers and nuicance builds.
Recommended starting class(es)	Knight
Recommended Soul Level	125
	Recommended stats (Leave at default (**) if not raised)
Vitality	33
Will/Intelligence	30
Endurance	32
Strength	18
Dexterity	14
Magic	35
Faith	36
Luck	7
Recommended equipment	Weapons Left hand1: Talisman of the beast. Left hand2: Dark Silver Shield + 5 (loses stealth). Right hand1: Moon Flamberge +5. (lightly armored op.) Right hand2: Moon Mace/War pick + 5. (heavily Armored op.) Really a +5 version of any moon weapon will do, these are just my preferences as I like range and variety in my play-styles and the moon specialty path is second only to quality in the number of weapons that can be used, I believe. Armor Head: Silver Coronet. Body: Thief's set Rouges set Ancient kings Binded Set Rings Body Form Thief's Ring Ring of Magical Nature Soul Form Cling Ring. Friend/Foes Ring. Items Dark Moon Grass New Moon Grass Old Spice Blue/Black/Red Stone Ed's Grindstone
Recommended spells/miracles	Invading mode Firestorm Acid Cloud Cloak Resurrection Second Chance Non-Invading Fireball Homing Soul Arrow Acid Cloud Gods Wrath Second Chance
Gameplay tips and progression	Preface The first thing about this build is that it is not meant to be played by people who like to rush into things headfirst without analyzing a situation. This is meant to be played strategically, with observation and skill rather then blindly rushing into a waiting trap. Players on the my servers seem to have no concept of fair-play at times, 3 vs 1 on a Red SS, attacking during a bow, attacking while fighting enemies/ sub-bosses have all happened to me and it got old. Using stealth is not cheating to me, using acid cloud on jumpers or Scraping Spear users is not cheating to me, using running Firestorm Glitch when between a DW Uchi wielder and Vanguard, is FAIR. Don't even try to tell me it isn't. So if you hate rate it just because it uses acid cloud, stealth, or firestorm please keep in mind that these tactics can easily be replaced and there is no reason not to go with poison cloud, Magic Damage Up and whatever you want, this is just my preference as it came out after having been successful for me many times as both a PVP and PVE build. Gameplay 1. Start out beating 1-1 as usual, learn flame toss and then proceed to 3-1 save Freke and beat the Boss, (shes the one who's HP bar doesn't show when you click on her) to grab the Doll soul and use it for Soul Ray. I usually get the Flameberge, free yurt and proceed to clear out the level until the end for the ring of avarice and gold mask then go back to the nexus.You can go to part 3 right now if your worried about invaders but remember to kill Yurt after the next boss you defeat if you let him live, as that's when he will start murdering people. 2. Go back and kill Miralda or Old King Doran with Soul ray for their armor or melee if you want it, then kill the tower knight for warding. Next take out all of Stonefang for access to the Dragon Demon Soul. How you spend this is up to you at this point but I prefer Firestorm if invading and Fireball if not. Now clear out all of World 4 if not going with firestorm or 1-3 using warding until you get Yuria then go do World 4 getting second chance. 3. Take out World 5, using fire attacks. On 5-2 you could just go with light armor and a thief's ring, hang to the right and walk to fog without fighting then go walk in a 45 degree angle until you see a light in between second fog gate and the Giant's Isle for Dull Gold Set then head to the fog gate without a single battle. Next get the Eroded Demon Soul for Acid Cloud and this build is done. P vs P: There seems to be 4 ways people do PVP here so this is how I approach them. 1 vs 1 Honor-Able: Fight honorably using your homing soul arrows and Fire Balls after you attack with weapons as it gives your opponent less time to pressure you into exhausting your stamina. If we're equal and it goes on for 10+ min then I usually just give it to them or help them with their level clearing. 1 vs 1 Honor-Less: This is against Scraping Spears, push-lockers, and glitched CW users, Acid Cloud as a wall and a means to make sneak attacks/cloud their vision so they have to lock on to find you or so you can use either SC or GW. Homing Soul Arrow and Hit and run tactics. 1 vs 3 Honor-Able: Your opponents attack one at a time usually going blue, blue, host. Treat as 1 vs 1 Honor-Able with second chance active. 1 vs 3 Honor-Less: Do what it takes to win, No matter what you have what it takes to fight back, escape, and crush them if you use your head and stay calm. All you have to do is take out the host to Win and they will usually stand there watching if they cant see you. Please Do Not Use This Build To Be An Annoyance But To Have Fun With People Who Play The Game.

Comments

m0ose 06 Apr 2011 18:46

I'm not sure what you've intended by your spells 1st, 2nd and 3rd that needs clarification unless you're just suggesting replacing fireball with 2nd, 3rd in which case you've got an extra spell /w acid cloud… but I doubt that is the case so you should clarify.

just some things you might want to adjust:

1. if you're invading as your 1st setup FS/FB (that's all 5 slots taken) and since you'll be invading (cling/foe's) there's no stealth available.
2. if you're in body form wouldn't it be logical to use graverobber's instead of thief's ring?
3. in part 3 of gameplay you meant 5-2 not 4-2
4. if your pvp battles are taking 10+ minutes there's so much going wrong… "Why!? Oh why!? Have you turned this match into a grass munching match, the seconds grass muncher says to the first."

I would suggest using a lower level version to invade people grinding in 4-2, 1-3 or similar zones as stealth is much more significant in these types of situations. I could be wrong but I'm under the impression that stealth although not a glitch (even tho glitches like pushlock/escaping, push/stunlock, crack ToB CW are commonly accepted even embraced) it is more or less of a faux pas in SL120 duels. Feel free to use it against me if you ever see me, but with low magic damage without monk's collar/kris blade or rings I doubt you'll be able to crack my SC without a painstakingly long & boring battle of mainly hiding and grass munching.

Fixed Errors Thanks

slayingdaimon 07 Apr 2011 05:57

I changed the spell setups into invading and non invading modes for simplicities sake and changed the world 5 error. The Thief's ring is superior to graverobber's because it works against BP's and the natural enemies on the level, whereas the graverobber's ring only helps against BP's. The reasons my matches take so long are mainly because I like to play cat and mouse games, use sub-par weaponry, and rely on evasion over slugging it out headlong. And I rarely ever use grass because with so low vitality and endurance getting hit at all means I should escape or take them out asap. My main problem is Faith builds but its not that hard to deal enough damage to kill them with 2 firestorms and a few back stabs. Stealth is more my play-style then the head on approach and as mentioned above it fares better against jumpers than other tactics for me. Yes I know there are people whom can take out 2 hammer spammers and 1 mage at the same time, I am just not one of them. When I use guerrilla tactics however I can come out on top most of the time and I think most people have played hide and go seek as children, this is just a funner variation. Strategies, tactics, and skill determine who wins in demon souls. All things being considered equal the low tank-ability and damage-output enforces creativity and teaches the importance of evasion in duels whereas most other builds go straight for the hit hard and fast approach are built assuming certain tactics, spells and weapons wont be used against them and this balances it out nicely.

m0ose 07 Apr 2011 07:13

My comments are directed mostly at PvP aspect… I could care less about PvE monsters… especially since you're stealthed you can chose to fight your foe apart from the creepsI'm under the impression the miracle Resurrection can only be used by the Host (Players in body form)…. However if i'm wrong then i'll definitely have to take it for a spin @ 1-4.

Also expect A LOT of hate mail if you plan on Pvping at ~120 while using Acid cloud and FS as your invading spells. If you do chose to invade you might not want to lvl past 120.