Soul Linker

Soul Linker
Job Base:			TaeKwon Kid
Job Type:			Extended
Changes At:			Morroc
Number of Skills:			27
Total Skill Points:			143
Total Quest Skills:			0
Job Bonuses
STR	AGI	VIT	INT	DEX	LUK
+0	+0	+6	+12	+12	+0

Overview

Soul Linkers give up the ways of TaeKwon Do in order to develop and refine their spiritual powers. Calling upon the power of their ancestors, they can use various Spirit Link skills to enhance the abilities of other players as well as use fancy looking offensive and defensive magic.

Soul Linkers, despite their base being a melee class, are magic casters. Compared to Wizards and Sages, their spells are severely limited on what they can be used on, however, thanks to Mild Wind they can use powerful Holy, Ghost, and Shadow magic attacks, something that Wizards & Sages don't have. Depending on their skill build they must sacrifice something in one aspect or the other of the game, limiting them to only two choices out of PvM or PvP & WoE options. Although casters, Linkers, like Sages, can go melee.

They have relatively low HP, but better SP than average. Despite the high SP pool, their spells cost a lot of SP, so INT is often a high priority. On the other hand, many skills do not have extensive cast times (usually at higher levels), resulting in a lower need for DEX compared to other magic-using classes. With some VIT and their defensive magic, coupled with TaeKwon Kid's Tumbling, they can be quite good tankers.

A unique thing about Soul Linkers is that they are naturally immune to Dispell.

Jobchange Guide

Soul Linker Requirements Base Level: None Job Level: 40 Class: TaeKwon Kid Item(s) (Consumed): 1 3carat Diamond, 1 Immortal Heart, 1 Witherless Rose Rewards Quest Reward(s): Jobchange to Soul Linker Find the tavern at 10 o'clock in Morroc (morocc 55,259). Speak with the "Kid" inside the tavern. She will ask you to bring her some items: 1 3carat Diamond - available for 55,000z at NPC outside Coal Mine (mjolnir_02) 85, 364. Note: this is non-discountable. Don't bother asking merchant friends or logging in as your merchant alt to buy it. 1 Immortal Heart - Dropped by Verits 1 Witherless Rose - sold by Trader at orocc 267, 193 (discountable) After you give her the items, she tell you the end of her story. Then, speak with her again, and she will guide the player into their own mind. Speak with each of the NPCs (Monk Spirit, Alchemist Spirit, and Sage Spirit). Then, speak with the Kid again. The player will be promoted to Soul Linker after embracing the requests of the spirits. Builds PvM Battle STR: 70-99 AGI: 70-99 VIT: 1-44 INT: 18-48 DEX: 18-48 LUK: 1 This build is unique in that it uses a Linker's ability to equip and fight with daggers. Usually they equip a carded Gladius[3], or a Dagger of Counter, while using Mild Wind to maximize their damage. The stat distribution shown above can be adjusted as you wish. You can go less STR but more AGI (hence having higher Aspd but lower damage) or more STR but less AGI (hence lower Aspd but having higher damage). The INT and DEX stats are slightly dependent on your budget. Usually those who can't afford a Dagger of Counter (which may be expensive in some servers) need more DEX as they tend to use a carded Gladius[3] instead, and thus require more DEX to gain more HIT so they can hit monsters. This comes at the cost of having less INT (which means you depend on Kaina for SP even more). If you can afford to buy a Dagger of Counter, you can go less DEX as Crits ignore your Hit and the opponent's Flee, and you can go with higher INT (which means more SP to use buffs and for Kaahi). You also can get more VIT by sacrificing DEX, but only if you use Dagger of Counter. Otherwise, if you need VIT, you better sacrifice another stat. The odd amount of INT & DEX are because Linkers get +12 DEX and INT Job Bonus, thus having Base INT & DEX that ends with 8 will round it up, and the above stats takes only Job Bonus into account. Same applies to the odd VIT ending in 4, this is because Soul Linker gets +6 VIT Job Bonus. As for Skills, you can mix Spirit skills with Ka- skills, and maybe a few points on some non-damaging Es- skills like Eske or Eswoo. Or you can go full Spirit skills or full Ka- skills. Maxed Kaina is good for boosting your SP, since a Battle Linker tends to have lower SP pool, and therefore would have problems with constant usage of Kaahi and Mild Wind. Also, there might be times when you have to go support your friend instead of dealing damage - the SP boost from Kaina helps in this case. MvP / PvM Esma Dex Bolter STR: 1 AGI: 9 VIT: 1 INT: 120+ DEX: 99+ LUK: 1 This build is obviously used to maximize Esma damage combined with Mild Wind within the shortest time. As shown, this setting allows the linker to be the primary damage dealer within the party. Agi and Vit aren't needed as this is damage-only. Just stand behind the tanker quickly casting Esma over and over to help get things going. The 9 Str is just for a higher weight limit to carry whatever items are needed. This build decreases Esma cast time and delivers maximum damage, but also drains sp faster. To overcome this shortage it is best to have the skill Kaina to increase maximum sp and cut Es-type skill cost as well as having a priest cast Magnificat on the party, or using sp related equipments (Ex. Morpheus's Shawl), cards (Ex. Sohee Card) and potions (Ex. Blue Potion) to last longer. PvM Esma Vit Bolter STR: 1 AGI: 1-9 VIT: 50-99 INT: 90-99 DEX: 1-50 LUK: 1-9 Mainly the same as the Dex Bolter type, but allows for tanking big monsters with heavy skills and completely heal with normal hits after. They don't need high Dex, because Esma Base-cast time is pretty low anyways. PvM Esma Hybrid Bolter STR: 1 AGI: 1-9 VIT: 40-70 INT: 90-99 DEX: 60-80 LUK: 1-9 This is a mix of Dex Bolter and Vit Bolter combining fast casting and middle-level tanking skills. PvM Esma Agi Bolter STR: 1 AGI: 70-99 VIT: 1-20 INT: 90-99 DEX: 1-40 LUK: 1-9 This build is an extraordinary one. They level - like the other bolters - with Esma only, but instead of getting hit and automatically get healed by Kaahi, they dodge 95% of normal attacks and don't "waste" SP. They have a disadvantage compared to Vit- and Dex Bolter (slow cast, low HP), but - depending on where you level - have less problemstrouble with SP regeneration. Agi Bolters usually get Kaupe the other 5% hit (non-dodge) too. WoE Support STR: 1 AGI: 1 VIT: 20-50 INT: 90-99 DEX: 70-90 LUK: 9 This build focuses on WoE with Ka and Spirit Link Skills. They get only a few to none Es skills, as those are usable in PvM only. Their most important spells are Kaite, Kaupe for support, and Bard, Dancer, and Soul Linker Spirits for buffs. The rest are chosen from the remaining Ka spells. Assassin, Rogue, and Wizard Spirits are often preferable. Their leveling methods are either leeching or supporting parties with Kaupe, Eska/Eske and the Spirit Skills. WoE Support (Vit Type) (Stats including Bonus) STR: 1 AGI: 1 VIT: 80-90 INT: 90-100 DEX: 60-70 LUK: 9 This build is just like the normal WoE Support Soul Linker, but this one doesn't have to fear the battlefield. During field battle, this SL fights with Swordbreaker/Mailbreaker and Blast/Envenom Clip. Ka-melee-type STR: 90+ AGI: 30+ VIT: 40+ INT: 60+ DEX: 30+ LUK: 1-3 This build uses its Ka skills to maximize melee prowess. Since only 38 skill points must be used to max out all the Ka skills, the rest can go towards Es skills or spirits. The stat layout given is deliberately basic, leaving a lot of space for personal preference and experimentation. Spirit-melee-type STR: 90+ AGI: 30+ VIT: 40+ INT: 60+ DEX: 30+ LUK: 1-3 This build is different from it's Ka counterpart in that it uses spirit skills to buff it's friends while fighting alongside them. A few skillpoints must be invested in Ka skills (Particularly, a few levels in Kaahi) to compensate for the soul linker's weak defense. Exact spirit skills taken depend on your own party preference. Again, you'll have plenty of statpoints left over after you hit these minimum stats to distribute any way you like and experiment. Equipment Headgear Soul Linkers are limited to Mage headgear and any that are usable by all classes except novice. However, some headgear have extra bonuses for Taekwon classes (which includes Soul Linkers): https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/5173.png Magistrate Hat 1 +1 Agi, +3% HP regen. https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/5177.png Mythical Lion Mask 1 +2 Dex, 10% chance to inflict stun with a melee attack, +2 ATK per upgrade. https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/5169.png Bride Mask 1 +5 crit, +2 Luk. https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/5176.png Hahoe Mask +2 Perfect dodge, +1 Luk. https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/5174.png Ayam 1 +1 Int, +3% SP regen. But if you cannot afford the above headgears, there's always Apple of Archer, and the much cheaper Wizard Hat. https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/2285.png Apple of Archer +3 Dex. Usually not as cheap and easy to get as "Wizard Hat", but the price is normally still reachable. https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/2252.png Wizard Hat +100 MaxSP. Cheaper, easy-to-get headgear that is suitable for those who cannot afford expensive fancy headgears. Footgear Soul Linkers can wear Sandals (and Sandals[1]), Shoes (and Shoes[1]), High Fashion Sandals[1], and all footgear usable by "all classes except novice". Armor Soul Linkers are limited to Mage-class armor and armor usable by "all classes except novice". Garment Soul Linkers can wear Hood (and Hood[1]), Muffler (and Muffler[1]), as well as Mage-class garments and those usable by "all classes except novice". Shield https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/2101.png Guard 0 https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/2102.png Guard 1 DEF+3. https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/2109.png Memory Book 0 https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/2121.png Memory Book 1 DEF+3, MDEF+2, INT+1. https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/2115.png Valkyrja's Shield 1 DEF+3, MDEF+5, -20% damage from Fire, Water, Shadow, Undead elements. https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/2114.png Stone Buckler 1 DEF+3, -5% damage from Large size. Accessory Soul Linkers can equip various accessories, such as Clip, Nile Rose, as well as the stat-boosting generic accessories such as Glove, Ring, Earring, Necklace, and of course, their "Level 90+" slotted version. The easiest option, though, is a Clip. Aside from that, there are other accessories that Soul Linkers can equip, but those mentioned above are what people usually use. If you have the money, and you are level 80 or higher, you can use Librarian Glove or Eye Stone Ring instead, which, to Linkers, are essentially a Clip with a better SP bonus. Weapon Soul Linkers can fight unarmed, keeping the bonuses from the Sprint skill, or use Daggers and Rods. Usually, rods are to be used for Esma or supportive play styles. Most daggers are only better than fists when they're carded, especially against large enemies. https://db.irowiki.org/image/item/1242.png Dagger of Counter ATK+140, Crit+90. Provides better damage output compared to fighting unarmed, especially if the opponent has high defense. Class Data Skills Skill Description Levels Type Eska Force a monster into a status similar to Monk's Mental Strength, in which Movement and Attack Speed is reduced, but Defense and Magic Defense will be temporarily enhanced. 3 Offensive Eske Increase targeted monster's ATK 4x, but reduce its DEF by half. Following the casting of this skill Esma can be used for the next 3 secs. 3 Offensive Esma This is a very strong bolt type spell that can change element of its attack depending on Mild Wind. This skill can only be used within 3 seconds of casting any of the Spirit Link Spells, or after having cast Estin, Estun or Eske. 10 Offensive Estin Push back a targeted monster 2 cells away. Only Small sized monsters are damaged by this skill, which takes the elemental property of the Mild Wind skill if it is cast. At skill level 7, after casting Estin there will be a 3 second interval that will allow the casting of the skill Esma. 7 Offensive Estun Stun a monster by chance for 2 seconds. Only Medium sized monsters are damaged by this skill, which takes the elemental property of the Mild Wind skill if it is cast. At skill level 7, after casting Estun there will be a 3 second interval that will allow the casting of the skill Esma. 7 Offensive Eswoo Temporarily shrink a monster to reduce its Movement Speed. Boss monsters will only be shrunk for 1/5th of the normal skill duration. If this skill is cast on a monster that is already shrunken, the caster will be inflicted by the Stun status and the targeted monster will recover from Shrunken status more quickly. 7 Offensive Kaahi Consume a certain amount of SP to restore HP each time an enemy uses a normal attack. Kaahi heals regardless of whether or not the attack hits. 7 Active Kaina Increase Max SP and enhance the efficiency of the Happy Break skill. At Base Level 70, this skill reduces the SP consumption of the Estin, Estun and Esma skills by 3% in proportion to the skill level of Kaina. At Base Level 80, this SP consumption is reduced by 5% and at Level 90, it is reduced by 7% (for a total of 49% reduction). 7 Passive Kaite Reflect most magic spells back at the original caster. Reflected Healing spells will not heal the original caster. The magic spells of monsters above level 80 or boss monsters cannot be reflected, although this skill has a 100% chance of reflecting spells from other players regardless of level. Does not stack with High Priest's Assumptio or Crusader's Sacrifice, but works with Kyrie Eleison and Kaupe. 7 Active Kaizel Instantly revive a fallen character that will be in Kyrie Eleison status for 3 Seconds upon revival. This revival status lasts for 30 minutes and is canceled after the target gets resurrected. This skill is disabled during WoE (Guild War). Cast Time is not affected by DEX. 7 Active Kaupe Kaupe status enables the chance of dodging any physical attack or magical attack from an enemy and lasts until the 10 minute duration elapses or until character successfully dodges an attack. 3 Active 1st Transcendent Spirit Imbues High First Classes with the Spirit of the 1st Transcendent, giving them special powerfull buffs that last until the Spirit buff runs out. 5 Active Alchemist Spirit Imbues Alchemists with Spirit State: Increase effectiveness of Aid Potion by blvl%. Enables use of Aid Berserk Potion. Enables use of Spiritual Potion Creation. 5 Active Assassin Spirit Imbues Assassins with Spirit State: Doubles Sonic Blow damage outside WoE. Multiples Sonic Blow damage by 1.25x in WoE. 5 Active Bard and Dancer Spirits Imbues any Bard or Dancer with Spirit State: Performance skills affect the user. Allows use of opposite class's linked performance skill if level 10 of own's skill is learned. Reduces movement speed penalty when using performance skills (no penalty at level 10). 5 Active Blacksmith Spirit Imbues Blacksmiths with Spirit State: Enables use of Advanced Adrenaline Rush. 5 Active Crusader Spirit Imbues Crusaders with Spirit State: Doubles Shield Boomerang damage, never misses, and halves aftercast delay. 5 Active Hunter Spirit Imbues Hunters with Spirit State: STR increases effectiveness of Beast Bane. Enables use of Beast Charge. 5 Active Knight Spirit Imbues Knights with Spirit State: Enables use of One-Hand Quicken. 5 Active Monk Spirit Imbues any Monk with Spirit State: Raging Thrust becomes 5x5 cell splash attack. Decrease SP cost of combo skills. Enable SP Regeneration during Fury or within 5 minutes after usage of Guillotine Fist. 5 Active Priest Spirit Imbues Priests with Spirit State: Holy Light damage and SP cost multiplied by 5. 5 Active Rogue Spirit Imbues Rogues<ref>This is the only Spirit Link Skill that gives some buffs specific to the Transcendent class</ref> and Stalkers with Spirit State: Immune to Dispell. Greatly increases healing of ranked White Potions. Flying Kick from enemies will not remove Soul Linker buffs if Preserve is learned. Greatly increase movement speed while using Stealth. 5 Active Sage Spirit Imbues Sages and Scholars with Spirit State: Hindsight drops the highest level bolt the player has learned in the respective bolt skill. 5 Active Soul Linker Spirit Imbues Soul Linkers with Spirit State: Allows K-skills to be used on other players. Cannot self-target. 5 Active Super Novice Spirit 1% chance to erase death record of target Super Novice to enable +10 to all stats if job level is 70 or higher. Imbues Super Novices with Spirit State: Allows equipping of all headgears if base level is 90 or higher. Allows equipping of all level 4 Daggers, 1-handed Swords, Axes, Maces, and Staves if base level is 96 is higher. 5 Active Fist Master Spirit Imbues TaeKwon Masters with Spirit State: Enables one use of Solar, Lunar and Stellar Union. 5 Active Wizard Spirit Imbues the Wizards with Spirit State: Eliminate or reduce gemstone consumption of skills. Prevent reflected damage from Kaite by consuming a Crystal Fragment each time. 5 Active Notes TK Skills Once a TaeKwon Kid changes into a Soul Linker, only the following TK skills may be used: Tumbling, Sprint, Peaceful Break, Happy Break, Kihop, Leap, Mild Wind. Es Skills Es spells are offensive magic. This type can be cast only on monsters. Casting them on players causes the skill to fail and the caster to be stunned (even in PvP/WoE conditions). Ka Skills Ka spells are defensive magic. By default the caster can use this only on themself, their spouse or their child, or other Soul Linkers. Unless the user is linked with the Soul Linker Spirit, using these skills on anyone else causes them to fail and the caster to be stunned. Spirit Link Skills These skills imbue other characters with special abilities for a time depending on skill level. Each class has their own Spirit Link that can only be cast upon them. Transcendent second classes can utilize the Spirit Link of their original second class. Soul Linkers cannot use the Soul Linker Spirit on themselves; they must have another Soul Linker cast it on them. Job Bonuses Stat\Amount +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +11 +12 STR AGI VIT 20 21 22 23 24 25 INT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DEX 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 LUK ASPD Soul Linkers can use Concentration, Awakening and Berserk Potions (Even though the in-game description doesn't mention it). Weapon Base ASPD Unarmed 150 Dagger 142.5 Rod 137.5 HP Level HP 1 40 2 47 3 54 4 62 5 71 6 81 7 91 8 102 9 114 10 127 11 140 12 154 13 169 14 185 15 201 16 218 17 236 18 255 19 274 20 294 Level HP 21 315 22 337 23 359 24 382 25 406 26 431 27 456 28 482 29 509 30 537 31 565 32 594 33 624 34 655 35 686 36 718 37 751 38 785 39 819 40 854 Level HP 41 890 42 927 43 964 44 1,002 45 1,041 46 1,081 47 1,121 48 1,162 49 1,204 50 1,247 51 1,290 52 1,334 53 1,379 54 1,425 55 1,471 56 1,518 57 1,566 58 1,615 59 1,664 60 1,714 Level HP 61 1,765 62 1,817 63 1,869 64 1,922 65 1,976 66 2,031 67 2,086 68 2,142 69 2,199 70 2,257 71 2,275 72 2,294 73 2,314 74 2,335 75 2,356 76 2,378 77 2,401 78 2,425 79 2,449 80 2,874 Level HP 81 2,890 82 2,907 83 2,924 84 2,942 85 2,971 86 2,991 87 3,011 88 3,032 89 3,054 90 3,567 91 3,590 92 3,614 93 3,649 94 3,675 95 3,701 96 3,728 97 3,756 98 3,800 99 4,250 Level Up Angel Taekwon Kids, Taekwon Masters and Soul Linkers share a unique level up angel that provides the following bonuses when a new base level is reached: Blessing Level 10 (10 minutes) Increase AGI Level 10 (10 minutes) External Links Skill Simulator Soul Linker Skills Spirit Link Skills 1st Transcendent Spirit • Alchemist Spirit • Assassin Spirit • Bard and Dancer Spirits • Blacksmith Spirit • Crusader Spirit • Fist Master Spirit • Hunter Spirit • Knight Spirit • Monk Spirit • Priest Spirit • Rogue Spirit • Sage Spirit • Soul Linker Spirit • Super Novice Spirit • Wizard Spirit Ka Skills Kaahi • Kaina • Kaite • Kaizel • Kaupe Es Skills Eska • Eske • Esma • Estin • Estun • Eswoo Quests Soul Linker Job Change Guide Weapons Dagger • Rod Classes of Ragnarok Online Novice Class Novice • High Novice • Super Novice First Class Acolyte • Archer • High First Class • Magician • Merchant • Swordman • Thief Second Class Priest • Monk • Hunter • Bard • Dancer • Wizard • Sage • Blacksmith • Alchemist • Knight • Crusader • Assassin • Rogue Transcendent Second Class High Priest • Champion • Sniper • Minstrel • Gypsy • High Wizard • Scholar • Mastersmith • Biochemist • Lord Knight • Paladin • Assassin Cross • Stalker Expanded Class Gunslinger • Ninja • TaeKwon Kid • TaeKwon Master • Soul Linker