High Wizard Apocalypse build: MVP, raid and PvP

Angel Set II

Best

Best for MVP and raid

• Set: INT +5, DEX +5, magic damage +2.5%
• Each piece: magic damage +2.2%, plus +0.4% per refine level
• All 3 at +10 (orange): magic damage +21.1% in total
• Best for the most damage when your cast time is already fine

Sprint Set IV

Option

Best for PvP

• Set: SP cap +5%, magic damage +2%
• Each piece: variable cast time -3%, M.ATK +26, plus +0.38% magic damage per refine level
• All 3 at +10 (orange): magic damage +13.4%, cast time -9%, M.ATK +78
• Best for PvP, slow casting, or running out of SP

Odin Set III

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• Set: STR +6, INT +6, ATK +2%, M.ATK +2%
• Each piece: +0.24% magic damage per refine level, so +7.2% for all 3 at +10
• Made for hybrid STR/INT classes; half its stats are wasted on a mage

Goibne Set III / Elemental Set IV

Option

Only if you keep dying

• Goibne set: Wind, Earth, Water and Fire skill damage taken -5%, VIT +6, Max HP +800, P.DEF +20
• Elemental set: Wind, Earth, Water and Fire skill damage taken -5%, Max HP +3%
• No magic damage at all. A Taiwan player: "I don't wear Goibne and I don't die."

Values are orange (gold) quality. Royal pieces have the same bonuses plus more HP. In a Taiwan test with the Lv.80 versions, Angel beat Sprint by 3-5% total damage and beat Odin by 9-10%.

Stats

Apocalypse weapon trait

Gear

Royal Crimson Staff VLv.90 · M.ATK +350Fire DMG multiplier +14%
Refine +5, Fire DMG multiplier +7%Royal Crimson Staff V: M.ATK +350, Fire damage +14%, rising to +21% at refine +15. Two-handed, so no off-hand.Royal Elite Wand IIILv.90 · M.ATK +350Fire DMG multiplier +7%, M.DMG multiplier +7%
Refine +5, M.DMG multiplier +7%Alternative: Royal Elite Wand III if you can refine it to +10 or more. It gives Fire and magic damage +7% each, and at +10 it ignores 21% of the target's magic defense with Fire damage.Angel's Dress IILv.91 · HP +8329M.DMG Bonus +2.2%
For every Refine Lv. +1, M.DMG Bonus +0.4%Angel Set II on armor, cape and shoes: the damage set (see the armor section).Orleans's Glove IIILv.90 · HP +1784 · M.ATK +50 · INT +8M.DMG Bonus +2.8%
For every Refine Lv. +1, M.DMG Bonus +0.4%Orleans's Glove III: INT +8, M.ATK +50, magic damage +2.8%, plus +0.4% per refine level.Orleans's Necklace IIILv.90 · HP +1784 · M.ATK +50Ignore M.DEF +21
Refine +5, Ignore M.DEF +1.4%Orleans's Necklace III: ignore M.DEF +21, up to +7% more at refine +15. With the glove, the set adds INT +6, M.ATK +2% and magic damage +2%.

Special skills

Elemental MasteryWeaponWhen dealing counter damage to monsters, Elemental Counter +39~69%.Elemental Mastery: element advantage damage against monsters +69% (red). Works with Infernal Flames, which gives you the advantage.

Deep BurnAccessoryAbnormal status Burn from Fire Mastery can stack up to 3~6 times. Each Burn stack increases Fire DMG taken from the source by 0.2~3.5%.Deep Burn: Burn from Fire Mastery stacks up to 6 times. Each stack makes the target take +3.5% Fire damage from you.

Overflowing ManaAccessoryDuring Mystical Amplification, damage dealt +1~28%. Dealing any damage extends Mystical Amplification duration by 0.5~1.5s.Overflowing Mana: +28% damage during Mystical Amplification, and each hit makes it last 1.5s longer.

Elite GuardArmorDMG taken from MVP, Mini, and Boss -0.5~27.5%.Elite Guard on armor and cape: damage taken from MVP, Mini and Boss monsters -27.5% (red).

Ritual CastingAlternativeAfter standing still for 3s, gains 10~15% Variable Cast Time Reduction and MDMG dealt +0.6~28.6%.Ritual Casting instead of Overflowing Mana if you stand still a lot: after 3s standing still, cast time -15% and magic damage +28.6%.

Meteor AccelerationAlternativeMeteor Storm cooldown -0.4~1s, Fire DMG multiplier +0.6~21%.Meteor Acceleration for faster Meteor Storm: cooldown -1s, Fire damage +21%.

Cards

Weapon ×2

Minorous Card · Strouf Card · Hydra Card · Santa Poring Card

Minorous (damage vs Large +10.8 to 18%, fits 16 of the 24 MVPs) plus one race card for the MVP: Strouf vs Demon (7 MVPs), Hydra vs Demi-Human (5) or Santa Poring vs Shadow element (8). Race cards say DMG, so they work on spells.

Headwear

Mistress Card

MDMG Bonus% +15%

Mistress: magic damage +15%, skill SP cost -20%. The best caster card.

Mouthwear

Elder Willow Card

INT +3~5

Elder Willow: INT +3 to 5.

Armor

Pharaoh Card

PDMG Reduction% +15%

Pharaoh: physical and magic damage taken -15%.

Cape

Nine Tail Card

INT +4~6

Nine Tail: INT +4 to 6.

Shoes

Amon Ra Card · Sohee Card

Amon Ra: a shield of 30% max HP once INT is 99+. Sohee (INT +6 to 10) if you have no Amon Ra.

Backwear

Mirage: Angeling Card

DMG vs Large% +3.60%~6%

Mirage: Angeling: damage vs Large +3.6 to 6%.

Accessory ×4

Rybio Card · Rybio Card · Phen Card · Horong Card

2 Rybio (ranged magic damage +3.6 to 6% each; Mimic gives +3 to 5% if you can't find Rybio), Phen (casting can't be interrupted) and Horong (Fire damage +1.8 to 3%).

Starcore traits, in priority order

Rune Engine

AoE AmplificationIncreases AoE skill DMG multiplier by 2~12%AoE Amplification: AoE skill damage +8%. Meteor Storm, Fire Pillar and your other main spells are AoE, so this is your best rune even on one boss.

Abnormal Damage BoostIncreases DMG multiplier by 2~12% to targets with abnormal statusAbnormal Damage Boost: +8% damage to targets with a status effect. Burn from Fire Mastery counts.

Balanced DefenseWhen HP is above 50%, DMG multiplier increases by 12%. When below 50%, DMG taken is reduced by 12%Balanced Defense: +8% damage while your HP is above 50%, -8% damage taken below it.

Desperate StrikeIncreases P.ATK and M.ATK by 2~12%. Reduces P.DEF and M.DEF by 2~12%Desperate Strike: M.ATK +8%, but DEF and M.DEF -8%. Swap to Mighty Guard (-16% on any hit above 10% of your max HP) if the MVP hits hard.

Layered BladeStacks when dealing DMG. Each stack increases DMG by 0.8%, up to 20 stacks, lasting 10s. After acquiring , gain 5 stacks each time DMG is dealt.Layered Blade: +0.4% damage per hit, up to 20 stacks (+8%). Many-hit spells fill it fast.

Reroll affixes last, toward M.ATK%, M.ATK and Max HP%.

How to play

• Cast Mystical Amplification first, then Meteor Storm and Fire Pillar inside its window.
• Swap the race card before each MVP. For Demi-Human MVPs (Goblin Leader, Orc Lord, Orc Hero, Amon Ra, Pharaoh) use Hydra, and the accessory trait DMG vs Human% helps too.
• Fire-element MVPs (Golden Thief Bug, Eddga, Moonlight Flower, Chimera) resist Fire. Test whether Infernal Flames converts them before you commit; Poporing on the flex accessory slot is the Water option.
• Outside the raid, Aggressive and Defensive are worth almost nothing, so fill all 4 starcore traits with real stats and ignore color matching. Max HP% rolls only on armor, so take M.DEF% on the cape and DEF% on the shoes.

Stats

Apocalypse weapon trait

Gear

Royal Crimson Staff VLv.90 · M.ATK +350Fire DMG multiplier +14%
Refine +5, Fire DMG multiplier +7%Royal Crimson Staff V: Fire damage +14%, rising to +21% at +15. On Taiwan's server a Lv.90 Royal two-handed weapon gave about 125 Break by itself.Angel's Dress IILv.91 · HP +8329M.DMG Bonus +2.2%
For every Refine Lv. +1, M.DMG Bonus +0.4%Angel Set II on armor, cape and shoes. Activate Apocalypse on these three first, for Guard.Orleans's Glove IIILv.90 · HP +1784 · M.ATK +50 · INT +8M.DMG Bonus +2.8%
For every Refine Lv. +1, M.DMG Bonus +0.4%Orleans's Glove III: INT +8, M.ATK +50, magic damage +2.8%.Orleans's Necklace IIILv.90 · HP +1784 · M.ATK +50Ignore M.DEF +21
Refine +5, Ignore M.DEF +1.4%Orleans's Necklace III: ignore M.DEF +21. Set with the glove: INT +6, M.ATK +2%, magic damage +2%.

Special skills

Elemental MasteryWeaponWhen dealing counter damage to monsters, Elemental Counter +39~69%.Elemental Mastery: element advantage damage against monsters +69% (red).

Deep BurnAccessoryAbnormal status Burn from Fire Mastery can stack up to 3~6 times. Each Burn stack increases Fire DMG taken from the source by 0.2~3.5%.Deep Burn: Burn stacks up to 6 times, each +3.5% Fire damage taken from you.

Overflowing ManaAccessoryDuring Mystical Amplification, damage dealt +1~28%. Dealing any damage extends Mystical Amplification duration by 0.5~1.5s.Overflowing Mana: +28% damage during Mystical Amplification, which lasts longer with each hit.

Elite GuardArmorDMG taken from MVP, Mini, and Boss -0.5~27.5%.Elite Guard on armor and cape: damage taken from MVP, Mini and Boss monsters -27.5% (red).

Meteor AccelerationAlternativeMeteor Storm cooldown -0.4~1s, Fire DMG multiplier +0.6~21%.Meteor Acceleration instead of Overflowing Mana if your party keeps you moving: Meteor Storm cooldown -1s, Fire damage +21%.

Cards

Weapon ×2

Minorous Card · Hydra Card · Pecopeco Egg Card · Strouf Card

Minorous every fight: all five bosses are Large. Second card: Hydra for Amon Ra, Pharaoh and Anubis (Demi-Human), Pecopeco Egg for Bloody Knight (Formless), Strouf for Dark Lord (Demon).

Headwear

Mistress Card

MDMG Bonus% +15%

Mistress: magic damage +15%, skill SP cost -20%.

Mouthwear

Elder Willow Card

INT +3~5

Elder Willow: INT +3 to 5.

Armor

Pharaoh Card

PDMG Reduction% +15%

Pharaoh: keep it, physical and magic damage taken -15%.

Cape

Raydric Card · Nine Tail Card

Raydric (Shadow damage taken -6 to 10%) for Pharaoh and Bloody Knight. Nine Tail (INT +4 to 6) for the other bosses.

Shoes

Amon Ra Card · Sohee Card

Amon Ra: a shield of 30% max HP once INT is 99+. Sohee if you have no Amon Ra.

Backwear

Mirage: Angeling Card

DMG vs Large% +3.60%~6%

Mirage: Angeling: damage vs Large +3.6 to 6%, useful in all five fights.

Accessory ×4

Rybio Card · Rybio Card · Phen Card · Horong Card

2 Rybio, Phen and Horong, as in the MVP build. Phen matters more here: boss mechanics hit often.

Starcore traits, in priority order

Rune Engine

AoE AmplificationIncreases AoE skill DMG multiplier by 2~12%AoE Amplification: AoE skill damage +8%. Your main spells are all AoE.

Abnormal Damage BoostIncreases DMG multiplier by 2~12% to targets with abnormal statusAbnormal Damage Boost: +8% damage to targets with a status effect, such as Burn.

Balanced DefenseWhen HP is above 50%, DMG multiplier increases by 12%. When below 50%, DMG taken is reduced by 12%Balanced Defense: +8% damage above 50% HP, -8% damage taken below it.

Agile DefenseIncreases DMG by 1~6% when stationary. Reduces DMG taken by 1~6% when movingAgile Defense: +4% damage while standing to cast, -4% damage taken while moving.

Mighty GuardWhen taking single DMG exceeding 10% of max HP, reduces DMG by 4~24%. 15s cooldownMighty Guard: -16% on any single hit above 10% of your max HP. Never run Desperate Strike here: its -8% defense is deadly against hits that take 90% of your HP.

Reroll affixes last, toward M.ATK%, M.ATK and Max HP%.

How to play

• Guard before Break: activate Apocalypse on armor, cape and shoes first, and raise Guard to 80, then 160, then 240.
• Normal targets (Break / Guard): Amon Ra none, Pharaoh 80 / 80, Bloody Knight 160 / 80, Dark Lord 160 / 160, Anubis 240 / 160. Hard needs about 320 Break and 240-320 Guard; Nightmare about 560. Below the target your damage halves (Break) or you take up to +90% damage (Guard).
• Stellar Power: when all 4 traits on a slot are the same quality, that slot's season stats get +30% (blue) up to +100% (red). Mixed colors count as the lowest one.
• Season stats are 10 times stronger inside the Calamity Zone and almost nothing outside it. Start with Amon Ra and Dark Lord while your numbers grow.
• Bring a priest. Sanctuary is the party's main way to survive. On Anubis, don't burst too fast: too much damage too fast stacks mechanics and wipes the party.

Stats

Apocalypse weapon trait

Gear

Royal Golden Rod Staff ⅤLv.90 · M.ATK +350Wind DMG multiplier +14%
Refine +5, Wind DMG multiplier +7%Royal Golden Rod Staff V: M.ATK +350, Wind damage +14%, rising to +21% at +15. Two-handed, so no off-hand.Royal Staff of Destruction IIILv.90 · M.ATK +350With Electrocution, Wind DMG multiplier +7%, M.DMG multiplier +7%
Refine +5, Chain Lightning DMG multiplier with Electrocution +28%Or Royal Staff of Destruction III: with Electrocution, Wind and magic damage +7% each; at +5, Chain Lightning +28% with Electrocution.Sprint Mail IVLv.91 · HP +8329Variable Cast Time -3%, M.ATK +26
For every Refine Lv. +1, M.DMG Bonus +0.38%Sprint Set IV on armor, cape and shoes: cast time -9% across the set, M.ATK +78, SP cap +5%.Orleans's Glove IIILv.90 · HP +1784 · M.ATK +50 · INT +8M.DMG Bonus +2.8%
For every Refine Lv. +1, M.DMG Bonus +0.4%Orleans's Glove III and Necklace III, as in PvE: INT +6, M.ATK +2% and magic damage +2% for the pair.

Special skills

Charging StormWeaponWith Electrocution, Wind DMG multiplier +0.8~28%.Charging Storm: Wind damage +28% while Electrocution is up (red).

Polar BlizzardAccessoryStorm Gust damage interval is shortened to 0.2s, and damage +0.4~14%.Polar Blizzard: Storm Gust hits every 0.2s, damage +14%.

Lightning ConductionAccessoryWhen Lord of Vermilion hits an enemy, applies Lightning Rod for 4~6s. Targets with Lightning Rod take 0.6~33% more Wind DMG from the source and are struck by lightning every 1s, taking 135~540% Wind MDMG.Lightning Conduction: Lord of Vermilion marks targets for 6s. They take +33% Wind damage from you and a 540% lightning strike every second.

Surging CurrentAccessoryEach time a Storm skill is cast, gains 1~3 additional stacks of Electrocution. Max stacks +5; Chain Lightning has a 2~70% chance to increase hit count +2.Surging Current: +3 Electrocution stacks per Storm skill, max stacks +5, and a 70% chance of 2 more Chain Lightning hits.

Duelist GuardArmorDMG taken from players -0.5~27.5%.Duelist Guard on armor and cape: damage taken from players -27.5% (red).

Cards

Weapon ×2

Hydra Card · Mummy Card

Hydra (damage vs Demi-Human +12 to 20%) and Mummy (magic damage +3.6 to 6%).

Headwear

Mistress Card · Marduk Card

Mistress (magic damage +15%). Marduk instead against teams that silence: it makes you immune to Silence.

Facewear

Mirage: Dracula Card · Stalactic Golem Card

Mirage: Dracula (damage vs Demi-Human +3.6 to 6%). Stalactic Golem (Stun resistance +60 to 100) if stuns kill you.

Mouthwear

Elder Willow Card

INT +3~5

Elder Willow: INT +3 to 5.

Armor

Pharaoh Card

PDMG Reduction% +15%

Pharaoh: physical and magic damage taken -15%.

Cape

Nine Tail Card

INT +4~6

Nine Tail: INT +4 to 6.

Shoes

Eddga Card

Royal Might Damage Reduction+% +5%

Eddga: blocks one hard control effect and gives all control resistance +70% for 5s, every 20s.

Backwear

Mirage: Mistress Card

DMG Reduction vs Demi-Human% +3.60%~6%

Mirage: Mistress: damage taken from Demi-Human -3.6 to 6%.

Accessory ×4

Phen Card · Osiris Card · Rybio Card · Rybio Card

Phen (casting can't be interrupted), Osiris (survive a killing blow with 1 HP, 180s cooldown) and 2 Rybio (ranged magic damage +3.6 to 6% each).

Starcore traits, in priority order

Rune Engine

AoE AmplificationIncreases AoE skill DMG multiplier by 2~12%AoE Amplification: AoE skill damage +8%. Storm Gust and Lord of Vermilion are AoE.

Abnormal Damage BoostIncreases DMG multiplier by 2~12% to targets with abnormal statusAbnormal Damage Boost: +8% damage to targets with a status effect. Storm Gust freezes them.

Balanced DefenseWhen HP is above 50%, DMG multiplier increases by 12%. When below 50%, DMG taken is reduced by 12%Balanced Defense: +8% damage above 50% HP, -8% damage taken below it.

FeatherlightRandomly removes 2 negative status effects. 14s cooldownFeatherlight: removes 1 negative status every 18s.

Mighty GuardWhen taking single DMG exceeding 10% of max HP, reduces DMG by 4~24%. 15s cooldownMighty Guard: -16% on any single hit above 10% of your max HP. Burst classes hit that hard.

Reroll affixes last, toward M.ATK%, M.ATK, Max HP% and damage reduction vs Demi-Human.

How to play

• Storm Gust to freeze, then Lord of Vermilion and Jupitel Thunder. Timing your control spells matters more than raw damage.
• Guard barely helps in PvP: 150 Guard cut damage by only about 6% in a Taiwan test. Put starcore slots into real stats such as less damage from Demi-Human and less ranged damage.
• Ranged reduction is for Snipers and Night Watch, the players who kill mages fastest. Build armor, cape and shoes before the second accessory: if you die before Storm Gust lands, nothing on the weapon helps.
• Pyro 7 is the PvP color: +6% damage to players, and the target takes +4.5% damage. Swap Gale 4 for Geo 4 (-3% damage from players and a 10% max HP shield every 15s) if you die before your Storm Gust lands.

• Exact Lv.90 stat numbers. No source gives them. Our rule: INT 99, DEX for cast time, the rest in VIT.
• Whether players count as Demi-Human in this game. The PvP picks (Hydra, Mirage: Dracula, DMG vs Human%) assume they do, as in classic Ragnarok.
• How damage bonuses stack. The card advice assumes different bonus types multiply, as in classic Ragnarok.
• Whether Infernal Flames converts Fire-element MVPs often enough to make Fire work against them.
• Whether every boss can get Burn. Some may resist status effects, which would turn off Abnormal Damage Boost and Lumina; test on your first fights.
• Best pet: Piamette or Baphomet Jr. Both give -10% cast time.
• When SEA opens Calamity Zone Season 1, and whether SEA keeps Taiwan's Break and Guard targets.
• Whether the Ghost build with Soul Warp works after Lv.90. Nobody we found runs it yet.