Editing Scholar

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{{Infobox Job
|jobBase=Sage
|jobType=2-2 Transcendent
|changesAt=[[Juno]]
|skills=8
|skillPoints=24
|questSkills=0
|str=6
|agi=9
|vit=4
|int=13
|dex=11
|luk=2}}

== Overview ==

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Quenching their lifelong thirst for learning, Scholars have accumulated a greater body of knowledge than ever before! They have new, creative uses for their mystical skills to support allies and frustrate enemies. Although Scholars do not boast the sheer power of their counterpart, the [[High Wizard]], their inventive applications of magic are their keys to victory.

Scholars are the transcendent version of [[Sage|Sages]]. Through rebirth, Scholars gain class-defining SP manipulative skills such as [[Soul Exhale]], [[Indulge]], and [[Soul Siphon]]. The two former skills enable Scholars to act as endless sources of SP, which makes them a favorable class for [[party]] play. The third SP-manipulating skill, [[Soul Siphon]], allows Scholars to offensively eliminate all of their opponent's SP, making Scholars a formidable class for [[PvP]] and [[WoE]].

Their offensive power also gets a boost in the form of [[Double Bolt]], [[Foresight]] and [[Fiber Lock]], making one-hit kills for [[INT]]-based builds a possibility.

== Jobchange Guide ==

{{Transcendent Job Change}}

== Builds ==
=== Hindsight ===
* STR: 1
* AGI: 99+
* VIT: 20-30
* INT: 99+
* DEX: 1-20
* LUK: 1

This is similar to the [[Sage#Hindsight|Hindsight Sage]] build. However, a Scholar is able to further enhance the efficiency of [[Hindsight]] by using the skill [[Double Bolt]], which vastly improves damage compared to a Sage. Note that this build requires a constant [[Sage Spirit]] link from a [[Soul Linker]] to function effectively. This build is less vulnerable to silence due to the automatic-casting nature of [[Hindsight]], and can deal high amounts of damage. Some builds will take [[VIT]] as well to increase [[HP]], or [[DEX]] for casting speed. Largely a PvM build, [[Hindsight]] types are rare in [[WoE]] and [[MVP]] scenarios.

=== INT/DEX Bolter ===

* STR: 1
* AGI: 1
* VIT: 1-60
* INT: 120+
* DEX: 110-130
* LUK: 1

Considered a PvP build, the '''Bolter''' utilizes high [[INT]], [[Foresight]], [[Fiber Lock]] and [[Double Bolt]] to inflict massive damage on their foes. They can also render their opponents semi-useless with [[Soul Siphon]]. This build allows Scholars to perform the same supportive roles as support-type Scholars due to their high [[DEX]], high maximum [[SP]], and similarity between skill builds, in addition to having offensive options. However, having minimal [[VIT]] leaves this build more vulnerable to [[stun]] and [[silence]] status effects than support builds in PvP and [[WoE]] scenarios. Refer to the [[Scholar#Bolter|Bolter]] section for information on PvP tactics.

=== VIT/DEX Support ===

* STR: 1
* AGI: 1-25
* VIT: 99 base or 100 total
* INT: 1-40 (only 3x INT is needed to have enough MATK for Frost Diver and Heaven's Drive to seldom miss foes)
* DEX: 140-150
* LUK: 1

The '''Support''' type is the most common build among Scholars. Although they come in a large variety of stats, their common point is the maxed [[DEX]] and their very low [[INT]] (can be hybridized), which makes solo leveling for them via bolts neigh impossible. They are however much preferred for party play with classes that heavily rely on SP.

This is the staple WoE build for a Scholar, maxing [[DEX]] a getting either 100 total [[VIT]], or 99 base [[VIT]].  A few points into [[INT]] to make [[Heaven's Drive]] knock players out of [[Hiding]] or similar skills.  The rest of the points go into [[AGI]] for [[ASPD]].

Gears tend to focus on damage mitigation:
{{Item List|id=5170|item=Feather Beret}} for damage reduction.
{{Item List|id=2202|item=Sunglasses [1]}} with a {{item|id=4127 Nightmare Card}} for Sleep immunity.
{{Item List|id=5574|item=Well-Chewed Pencil}} for Dexterity.
{{Item List|id=2379|item=Warlock's Battle Robe}} with a DEX enchantment, carded with either a {{item|id=4105 Marc Card}} or {{item|id=4141 Evil Druid Card}}, depending on if the user is wearing the entire Battlegrounds set or not.
{{Item List|id=2115|item=Valkryja's Shield}} carded with a {{item|id=4058 Thara Frog Card}}.
{{Item List|id=2539|item=Commander's Manteau}} carded with a {{item|id=4133 Raydric Card}}.
{{Item List|id=2436|item=Combat Boots}} carded with a {{item|id=4381 Green Ferus Card}}.
 {{Item List|id=2423|item=Variant Shoes}} are the preferred foot gear due to the 20% increase to HP and SP.
{{Item List|id=2624|item=Glove[1]}} for [[DEX]].
{{Item List|id=2701|item=Orlean's Glove}} for [[DEX]].
{{Item List|id=4064|item=Zerom Card}} for [[DEX]].
{{Item List|id=4044|item=Smokie Card}} for [[Hiding]], which allows the player to dodge many forms of incoming damage, namely [[Guillotine Fist]].  It also makes it harder to focus fire the player with skills like [[Acid Bomb]] and [[Jupitel Thunder]].

=== INT/AGI/STR Melee ===

* STR: 1-80
* AGI: 70-110
* VIT: 1-50
* INT: 91-110
* DEX: 1-75
* LUK: 1-30

This build does not differ much, stat-wise, from their Sage counterpart. However [[Double Bolt]] greatly enhances their offensive capability, while [[Foresight]] offsets their generally low [[DEX]] when bolting manually. Coupled with the [[Sage Spirit]] buff of [[Soul Linker|Soul Linkers]], they can deal high amounts of damage. They can also render their opponents semi-useless with [[Soul Siphon]] or support their allies with [[Soul Exhale]]. These builds vary largely, some even using pure melee damage for attacking. Hybrids can deal with many situations, but are usually not optimal in a certain field. They are fairly rare in [[WoE]]/[[PVP]] activities. Unusually, they can use automatic-casting equipment to further supplement Hindsight.

=== Tactics ===

==== PvM ====

Although [[INT]] based or Battle builds can opt to solo, Scholars are much preferred for party play thanks to [[Indulge]] and [[Soul Exhale]]. It allows them to team up with classes that require lots of SP to do the killing, mostly [[Sniper|Snipers]], [[Monk|Monks]]/[[Champion|Champions]], and [[Lord Knight|Lord Knights]].

==== MVP ====

In addition to everything [[Sage|Sages]] can do, Scholars can refill the SP of needy classes and use [[Fiber Lock]] to immobilize monsters.

==== WoE ====

Besides the [[Sage]] skills already available to them, they get further use in supporting SP needy classes with [[Soul Exhale]]. They can also make use of [[Soul Siphon]] and [[Soul Exhale]] to strip other classes of their SP, or [[Fiber Lock]], to stop anyone in their tracks.

==== PvP ====

===== Bolter =====

*Fire Bolt Combo: Anything that does not massively stack [[MDEF]] or wear [[Fire]] elemental armor can be decimated by [[Stone Curse]] + double [[Fiber Lock]] + [[Double Bolt]] [[Fire Bolt]] combos. Damage can be further amplified by standing on [[Volcano]] and using {{item|id=4433 Imp Cards}}.

*Distraction: Utilizing [[Soul Siphon]] can render any foe semi-useless, but do note that this type of disablement is temporary. SP recovery items like Blue Potions and Strawberries may be used to quickly replenish a character's siphoned SP. However, those few, crucial seconds of attention spent on recovering SP may be enough for a Scholar to achieve victory in a PvP or WoE situation. Soul Siphon should be regarded as a supplementary distraction to set up for other tactics. It should not be relied upon as a complete, single disabling skill.

*Bolt-switching: Although Scholars can achieve high amounts of damage with [[Fire Bolt|Fire Bolts]] in conjunction with [[Fiber Lock]], [[Volcano]], and/or [[Stone Curse]], they should not be limited to just one type of bolt. Constantly using [[Fire Bolt]] may make the Scholar predictable in PvP, and opponents may choose to counter with a [[Fire]] elemental armor. The Scholar can meta-counter this tactic by using a variety of different bolts during combat. If the opponent switches elemental armors in an attempt to counter all of the Scholar's bolts, the Scholar may choose to use mind-game strategies. One strategy to counter armor-switching is to begin casting a maxed level bolt, [[Cast Cancel|cast-canceling]] the skill, then following up with a different bolt (preferably a low-level bolt for quick casting speed). Using {{item|id=4416 Siroma Cards}} with [[Cold Bolt]] can effectively counter an opponent who switches to a [[Fire]] elemental armor.

*Detection: When facing an opponent using the [[Hiding]] or [[Cloaking]] skill, it may be advantageous for the Scholar to use level 1 [[Heaven's Drive]] instead of [[Sight]]. Using [[Heaven's Drive]] allows the Scholar to reveal the opponent from a distance. The Scholar may follow up with an offensive attack immediately upon revealing the opponent. If the opponent continues to hide, the Scholar may repeatedly use [[Heaven's Drive]] to damage the opponent and discourage them from hiding.

*Defense: Standing inside both [[Safety Wall]] and [[Blinding Mist]] offers the Scholar a considerable amount of protection. [[Safety Wall]] completely protects the Scholar from many deadly short-range attacks, such as [[Guillotine Fist]], [[Sonic Blow]] (amplified with [[Sonic Acceleration]], [[Enchant Deadly Poison]], and the [[Assassin Spirit]]), [[High Speed Cart Ram]], and many others. Additionally, [[Blinding Mist]] offers a 75% chance for all target skills to miss completely, and all normal long-range attacks receive a 75% damage reduction and -50 HIT reduction when the Scholar stands inside [[Blinding Mist]]. Standing inside [[Safety Wall]] + [[Blinding Mist]] is often considered one of the best defensive postures in PvP and [[WoE]] scenarios.

== Equipment ==

Since Scholars retain all of the roles of a [[Sage]], their equipment is also similar to [[Sage#Equipment|Sage equipment]].


====Weapons====

{{Item List |id=1624 |item=Lich's Bone Wand}}
{{Item List |id=1626 |item=Piercing Staff}}

These weapons are very effective if refined up to +9 ~ +10



====Shields====

{{Item List |id=2124 |item=Thorny Buckler}}
{{Item List |id=2123 |item=Orleans's Server}}


====Accessories====

{{Item List |id=2701 |item=Orleans's Glove}}
{{Item List |id=2702 |item=Bison Horn}}
 



Obs: Orlean's combo for cast, {{Item  |id=4433 Imp}} and {{Item  |id=4416 Siroma}} cards recommended; Thorny Buckler + Bison Horn for agi/[[Hindsight]] builds, {{Item  |id=4418 Gazeti}} and {{Item  |id=4027 Kukre}} cards recommended for more DPS.

== Class Data ==
=== Skills ===

''For more information about Sage skills, click [[Sage#Skills|here]].''

{| class="wikitablec sortable"
|-
! Skill !! Description !! Levels !! Type
|- 
| {{Skill List|skill=Blinding Mist}}
|| Create a 5x3 area with protection against various attacks and inflict the [[blind]] status on all characters and monsters inside it. || 1
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Double Bolt}}
|| Gives the caster a buff that has a {{gr|40%|80%}} chance of a bolt spell triggering twice with a single cast. || 5
|style="background:#ccffff"| Supportive
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Fiber Lock}}
|| Shoot a spider web to immobilize a target for 8 seconds (4 against players). || 1
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Foresight}}
|| Reduces the casting time of the next 5 casts by half. || 1
|style="background:#ccffff"| Supportive
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Indulge}}
|| Consumes 10% of the user's [[Max HP]] to restore {{gr|10%|50%}} of that amount as SP. || 5
|style="background:#ccffff"| Supportive
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Mind Breaker}}
|| Increases the target's [[MATK]] by {{gr|20%|100%}} while decreasing its Soft [[MDEF]] by {{gr|12|60}}. || 5
|style="background:#ffcccc"| Offensive
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Soul Exhale}}
|| Exchange caster's remaining [[SP]] amount with the SP amount of a target.  || 1
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Soul Siphon}}
|| Grants a {{gr|40%|70%}} chance to fully drain the SP amount of a target. || 5
|style="background:#ffcccc"| Offensive
|}

=== Job Bonuses ===

The job levels in which a [[Scholar]] receives a certain bonus:

{|class="wikitable"
!Stat\Amount||+1||+2||+3||+4||+5||+6||+7||+8||+9||+10||+11||+12||+13
|-
! STR
| 5 || 18 || 27 || 36 || 45 || 57 || || || || || || ||
|-
! AGI
| 3 || 12 || 23 || 32 || 43 || 50 || 54 || 60 || 69 || || || ||
|-
! VIT
| 7 || 24 || 43 || 63 || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! INT
| 1 || 2 || 11 || 14 || 22 || 30 || 38 || 41 || 49 || 57 || 64 || 68 || 70
|-
! DEX
| 8 || 16 || 20 || 26 || 30 || 34 || 37 || 46 || 52 || 55 || 62 || ||
|-
! LUK
| 21 || 66 || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
|}

=== ASPD ===

Scholars can use Concentration and Awakening Potions.

== See Also ==

== External Links ==

* [http://web.hc.keio.ac.jp/~fk061999/himeyasha/skill3/pro.html Scholar Skill Tree] at Skill Simulator

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