Noxctis's Flame Alchemist Guide!

• Spaghedeity wrote on 2012-07-05 04:49
  try and test it? xD Get a smithed volc and a regular one, or a fomor and a regular one, and see if your fireburst suddenly gains 8 more damage.
• Noxctis wrote on 2012-07-05 05:01

  Quote from Spaghedeity;901209:

  try and test it? xD Get a smithed volc and a regular one, or a fomor and a regular one, and see if your fireburst suddenly gains 8 more damage.

  
  
  Lol. I shall! xD
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  Im broke.. so yeah can't do it. :x
• arklian wrote on 2012-07-05 05:11
  Heat buster only adds hp for explosive... So it's only needed for magma.
  r3 e.e 294 ap to waste to activate that 4-6 fire alch damage.
• Noxctis wrote on 2012-07-05 05:22

  Quote from arklian;901246:

  Heat buster only adds hp for explosive... So it's only needed for magma.
  r3 e.e 294 ap to waste to activate that 4-6 fire alch damage.

  
  
  Yeah. This is a "Fire/Flame" alchemist after all. Heat Buster is useful. Quick load 0.6 and such. HP is good since alchemist is squishy and the 4-5 for magma is pretty good. That's why it's not a priority on my list. It's something to rank up later. I can do 14k Crit on my Heat Buster at rank 1. 4 - 6k for normal damage. A bit less on ADV/HM but it usually kills monsters in one hit. Not to mention it mobs and such.
• Koromaru wrote on 2012-07-05 08:57
  Wow great guide. I need to rank Heat Buster but atm focusing on some alchemy production skills and frozen blast.
• Noxctis wrote on 2012-07-05 11:15

  Quote from Koromaru;901333:

  Wow great guide. I need to rank Heat Buster but atm focusing on some alchemy production skills and frozen blast.

  
  
  Thanks! I'm ranking Heat Buster right now actually. xD It's annoying..
  
  Anyways updated guide. Pro's and Con's, some information and correction added. Altered some stuff. Added Frozen Blast. xD Thanks for the reminder!
  
  I also made it more organized. :]
• Balenciaga wrote on 2012-07-06 17:21

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  Blunt : Can only be put on helmets. So choose wisely! I suggest not doing so cause doing so means you won't be able to put the Flame enchant on it but if you're not planning to get it. It's okay.
  
  Flame : Flame is the best enchant but it's hard to get. Maybe wait for an event or try to get in later on when you can.
  
  

  
  Great guide. I just want to point out small error. Flame can actually go on any headgear and since alchemy doesn't rely on any stats, dexterity penalty on Blunt can be ignored and serve as alternative/place holder for Vine or Round with exception for elves.
• Yoshi18 wrote on 2012-07-11 04:35
  Isn't the flame enchant under the wrong subtitle? Should be a suffix not a Prefix. Also, Burning enchant = 6% crit (5% crit if Wc is ranked pass 9 due to -10 will) while Flame enchant = a possible 6-9% crit (when firebolt and fire shield are ranked the the appropriate levels. Flame enchant would also work well with the Elementalist enchant if you rank Firebolt one more rank to r9.
  
  Just thought I'd point that out since one would probably use Flame over Burning in end game. However, as a beginners guide, burning works out fine since it's easier to get.
  
  Also, thanks for pointing out the round enchant. I had always thought I was stuck with my vine burning goggle cap for the rest of my days.
• Noxctis wrote on 2012-07-11 08:58

  Quote from Yoshi18;906010:

  Isn't the flame enchant under the wrong subtitle? Should be a suffix not a Prefix. Also, Burning enchant = 6% crit (5% crit if Wc is ranked pass 9 due to -10 will) while Flame enchant = a possible 6-9% crit (when firebolt and fire shield are ranked the the appropriate levels. Flame enchant would also work well with the Elementalist enchant if you rank Firebolt one more rank to r9.
  
  Just thought I'd point that out since one would probably use Flame over Burning in end game. However, as a beginners guide, burning works out fine since it's easier to get.
  
  Also, thanks for pointing out the round enchant. I had always thought I was stuck with my vine burning goggle cap for the rest of my days.

  
  
  Ah I always get confused with that. I'll update it soon.
• tyu161 wrote on 2012-07-13 09:51
  thx for the guide i resently deranked fighter skills to be a fire alch with melle on side since i already have a bunch of rk 5s n up im doing as guild said n rking flameburst chain n flame mastery first but the real reason i swiced was pvp c fighter ops melle but it wont do well against anyother class if they try to do pure fighter how ever irealy did this to fight rangers who have always been n still are opar spam or if elf just run n shoot now with this genisis update they can load counter while we carge then go back to ar spam so my question is can i use flame alchemy 2 effeciently shut down rangers? or should i switch to wc before rks get to high?
• Owen wrote on 2012-07-13 10:22

  Quote from tyu161;908276:

  thx for the guide i resently deranked fighter skills to be a fire alch with melle on side since i already have a bunch of rk 5s n up im doing as guild said n rking flameburst chain n flame mastery first but the real reason i swiced was pvp c fighter ops melle but it wont do well against anyother class if they try to do pure fighter how ever irealy did this to fight rangers who have always been n still are opar spam or if elf just run n shoot now with this genisis update they can load counter while we carge then go back to ar spam so my question is can i use flame alchemy 2 effeciently shut down rangers? or should i switch to wc before rks get to high?

  
  
  Most Alchemist starts out with rank 1 Water Cannon then to Fire or whatever they plan on to do. But if you think Water Cannon is useless, then rank Flame Burst straight away.
  Also, in higher leveled dungeons or SMs or whatever, you want to have rank 1 Chain Cylinder first.
  
  So I suggest you to rank up Water cannon along with Alchemy Mastery and Chain Cylinder
• Noxctis wrote on 2012-07-13 13:56

  Quote from tyu161;908276:

  thx for the guide i resently deranked fighter skills to be a fire alch with melle on side since i already have a bunch of rk 5s n up im doing as guild said n rking flameburst chain n flame mastery first but the real reason i swiced was pvp c fighter ops melle but it wont do well against anyother class if they try to do pure fighter how ever irealy did this to fight rangers who have always been n still are opar spam or if elf just run n shoot now with this genisis update they can load counter while we carge then go back to ar spam so my question is can i use flame alchemy 2 effeciently shut down rangers? or should i switch to wc before rks get to high?

  
  
  Uhm have a hard time reading what you say honestly.. Anyways Water Cannon is 1.2 second prep time, plus the range isn't as long as bows so it wouldn't help. Since it pushes the player back further, yeah. Wouldn't help. Anyways I don't do PVP and when I do, I go all out. Wings of Eclipse, Wings of Rage, Flame Burst. Fighter, and such. Unfair but hey, I'm going to win. :x
  
  

  Quote from Owen;908286:

  Most Alchemist starts out with rank 1 Water Cannon then to Fire or whatever they plan on to do. But if you think Water Cannon is useless, then rank Flame Burst straight away.
  Also, in higher leveled dungeons or SMs or whatever, you want to have rank 1 Chain Cylinder first.
  
  So I suggest you to rank up Water cannon along with Alchemy Mastery and Chain Cylinder

  
  
  I never ranked Water Cannon. xD
  I did fine with just Flame Bursts.
• Tropacat wrote on 2012-07-13 22:01
  Nice guide, I really need to work on mine.. Its outdated.
• Wasbewwi wrote on 2012-07-14 20:45
  Would any magic bolts be useful for an alchemist? Say .. for an alchemist atm, but hybriding with melee. I have 4 reset capsules left and I have rank 1 lightning bolt, rank 5 magic mastery and rank 6 thunder. Thunder and magic mastery for rafting and for alchemy mastery.
• Noxctis wrote on 2012-07-14 22:22

  Quote from Wasbewwi;909470:

  Would any magic bolts be useful for an alchemist? Say .. for an alchemist atm, but hybriding with melee. I have 4 reset capsules left and I have rank 1 lightning bolt, rank 5 magic mastery and rank 6 thunder. Thunder and magic mastery for rafting and for alchemy mastery.

  
  
  I use lightning bolt occasionally for stun purposes. Its useful. I also got thunder rank novice or .. F, don't remember. For Alchemy Mastery myself. Though you don't need Rank 1 Lightning Bolt. Just need it for the first rank which has faster load time for lightning bolt. Unless you plan to hybrid with magic. It doesn't need to be higher. Also helpful for melee too. You can keep your magic mastery at that rank or higher. I'm getting it to simply have more MP.
  
  

  Quote from Tropacat;908768:

  Nice guide, I really need to work on mine.. Its outdated.

  
  
  Thanks! xD And yeah. If you want to.