You're probably wondering why you should play Elemental Master at all. In this section, I'll be pointing out key points of both its pros and cons to help you get ready for the class, get yourself accustomed to it, and decide as early as now if you still want to pursue playing the class after knowing its strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, the main scope and focus of this guide will be about the class as a whole encompassing different builds, skill mechanics, skill behaviors, rotation, and playstyle and it will not just serve as a plain and ordinary gear guide which only dictates the best in slot (BiS) gears for the class. But first, let me share some of my wild and wistful unfiltered diaristic expression marked with brutal honesty about the class in the past in relation to now.

Gone are the 3rd job days where every magic classes, with the exception of Performers (and to some degree Soul Reaper), have the problem of being elementally-locked behind with whatever skills they have available. Sorcerers had it worst because while they have skills with different elemental properties, these are all hindered by their long cooldowns (CD). Their main skill Psychic Wave and its companion skills like Diamond Dust, Earth Grave, and Varetyr Spear all suffered the same fate, and are locked behind an agonizing 5 seconds CD each. While their cooldowns can be reduced with Shadow Gears, and some equipment like Patent Shadow Staff , it still wasn't enough to have Sorcerer enter the meta as a main DPS class. Also it's important to point out that even though Psychic Wave can be endowed to the four (4) basic elements (Fire, Water, Wind, & Earth), the old elemental table wasn't exactly in favor of them. For instance, any monsters that was either Holy 4 or Shadow 4 would resist your magical attacks and so most of the time you'll either stick to Neutral Psychic Wave or “overgear” your Sorcerer just so you can deal an okay amount of damage to those monsters.

Indeed, you may have experienced getting criticized and hated on by other players for joining their party as a DPS Sorcerer. You've probably been told or asked; “Can you tank for us?” or “Be a support and buff slave and let me handle everything and carry you”. Or worse, “No! Don't play DPS Sorcerer! DPS Sorcerer sucks! Sorcerer sucks at PVM! The class is trash! It's the worst class DPS-wise”. Well, to whoever stuck around with the class despite all the hate and prejudice, I am very happy to say that the naysayers are now eating their words in shame, because now with the arrival of 4th jobs and the updated elemental table, Sorcerers have broken free of the bounds that kept them from performing to their fullest once they finally transitioned to Elemental Master!

• Skills from previous jobs and skill trees still have use and importance, particularly the utility and defensive ones.
• Elemental Master is only one of the few classes that can use and specialize Poison magic.

• One of their main skills called Venom Swamp has great coverage against the four (4) basic elements. Monsters with either Fire, Water, Wind, or Earth property that can't be hit, evade, or receive decreased damage from Conflagration, Lightning Land, Diamond Storm, and Terra Drive will be taken care of by Venom Swamp; thus, learning this skill will remove elemental weakness from the class.

• EMs excel in space manipulation, zoning, and crowd control (CC) skills.

• Four (4) of their skills, if you'll include Psychic Wave, are lingering and count as damage over time (DoT) skills. This is useful and efficient when you're farming, as it is as simple as placing any of your DoT skills on the ground before teleporting away. You can still kill the monsters and you can still get their drops (thanks to the @autoloot feature). The only scenario I could think of where this won't be applicable is when you're finishing a Kill Count quest. In that case you'll need to be onscreen to get the count.
• Their skills have strong maneuverability and it doesn't take too much effort to accurately aim them to hit monsters. Most of their spells are ground targeted and would not require a unit present before they can hit or cast. You can control the distance of how close or far apart your skills are from you; all that will be required of you then is to predict which direction the mobs will likely move towards to and then cast your skills there.
• They have a generous amount of crowd control skills like Extreme Vacuum which roots and immobilizes monsters in one place, while their DoT skills possess a “hit-locking” CC effect that flinches monsters and displaces them away from you.
• Their ultimate skill Elemental Buster acts as their 4th job equivalent of Psychic Wave as it can be endowed to either Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, or Poison—basically assuming the elemental property of their currently summoned High Elemental Spirits; but unbeknownst to many it also acts as a CC skill! Both normal and boss monsters with the exception of MVPs hit by this skill are rendered immobile and stunned during the entire duration of the skill animation. We'll go more in-depth about Elemental Buster and its secret shenanigans once we go into the Elemental Master section, so please bear with me! *cough* Autocast Elemental Buster *cough*
• The class does not shy away when effortlessly one-hit knocking out (OHKO) monsters due to its immanent high burst damage.

• This gives the class the liberty to leave behind some damage gears in favor of drop rate gears such as Happy Balloon , Poring Sunglasses+ , and Lian Shoes to name a few in order to get better yields when farming. There will come a point in the game wherein you will have too much damage that sacrificing some of it won't hurt so you can be ahead of everybody else in terms of farming rates.
• Just as seen in this showcase video, EMs can farm the most endgame dungeon Varmundt's Biosphere Depth 2 with 24% drop gears and still OHKO the mobs inside. Not all classes can do this and EM is the greatest magical class to ever do it alongside Inquisitors (in the physical department) so make the most out of this advantage.

• They have at least two (2) forms of mobility with the skills Level 1 Summon Ventus on Level 2 Elemental Control (Defensive Mode) and Psychic Stream.

• You may argue that Guyak Pudding is basically free and only costs 10 GemCoin , but having free guyak whenever you need it is a big add-on, especially for those tight on budget. And besides, not only does it boost movement speed but it also gives you +50% FLEE Rate, which greatly improves an EM's survivability.
• EM is already a class gifted with lots of ground magical skills, above average range and AoE, and yet they were still given another mobility skill with Psychic Stream. This skill with a nine (9) cells range lets you blink/dash towards a monster or a mob of monsters making farming faster and efficient. As an example, you use Psychic Stream on a mob then proceed to autocast your Elemental Buster from the Dimension Set to kill the horde of mobs around you, while aiming Diamond Storm to another pack of mobs to maximize your range and space around you.
• Endgame dungeons such as Biosphere Depth 2, Ruined Valkyrie Realm, and Encroached Geffenia do not allow the usage of the teleportation item Fly Wing and thus restricts skills such as the Soul Ascetic (SA) skill Leap—but not Psychic Stream. This gives the class a sharper edge than SA in terms of mobility in these dungeons, because even with their 11×11 to 15×15 AoEs SAs will still need to walk to get closer to each pack of mobs to be in range of their self-centered AoE skills Talisman of White Tiger + Talisman of Black Tortoise, while EMs have farther reach, can pliantly maneuver their ground skills to any directions, have crowd control effects, and can swiftly zoom in/out with Psychic Stream.
• Unlimited supply of Activity Point (AP) and mana.

• Activity Point will be necessary to cast majority of 4th job skills. EMs will never ran out of AP since most of their skills, with the exception of a manually casted Elemental Buster and Psychic Stream, replenish their AP by 5 points; in the event you die which brings down your AP to 0 in a dungeon or inside an instance, you will never find the need to go back to town to talk to the NPC Healer just to fully recover your AP.
• In case you play in a group and one of your comrades died or in dire need of AP, EMs can generously share their AP via their skill Increasing Activity.
• Much like Activity Point, mana is also not a problem for the class. With their skill Indulge, this gives EMs the ability to convert their HP to SP by a certain percentage anytime they need to.

• EMs have access to Elementals and High Elementals that would help them in various ways. We'll talk more about them in their own sections.
• Versatility and an all-rounder. Can be played as DPS, tank, or support.

• A rotation-based class that cycles through different skills.

• No matter how strong the class is, if it's not for you then you won't have a good time playing the class. I say that because the class is not a one-button skill class when you're playing it. You'll need to cycle skills in between to farm.
• Needs attentiveness and awareness as to when will the next skill will be off-cooldown, so for people who prefer to just press one (1) button or skill you may want to play other classes instead like Soul Ascetic (SA).

• High learning curve.

• The class looks easy to play on paper and on first sight, but Elemental Master actually has a lot of things you need to understand first in order to effectively play the class to its best capacity.
• However if you plan on using the class as a starting farmer character, do not worry because it's still a viable pick for that purpose. It is as straightforward as casting your skills to kill monsters to get their loots and move on. Difficulty spikes when you start incorporating defensive and utility skills while aiming to optimize damage per second (DPS) with Elemental Master since a lot of variables will need to be considered, and a complete and thorough understanding of the class is necessary.

• Needs a lot of catalysts to summon their Elementals and High Elementals, and apply their ground defensive skills which makes weight management more important than ever.
• As a magic class and part of the meta (most effective tactics available), EM is an expensive class to make and build. Gears for the class will become more and more expensive as you gradually progress through the game.

At the end of the day, I believe that every cons you'll encounter with the class will get outweighed by their pros. Now, it's up to you whether you'll commit to the class despite knowing all its strengths and weaknesses. Should you decide to continue, it'll be a pleasure to have you join me in the wonderful journey of mastering the ways of the true Elemental Master.

Magicians (colloquially called as Mages) are known to rely on magical skills to deal damage against monsters, and use specific elements based on the monsters' elemental property to exploit their weakness. In this lineup, Mages are bestowed with offensive Area of Effect (AoE) skills that will help them level-up in the early stages of the game. While supportive, defensive, and passive skills will come in handy in endgame as Elemental Master.

Among the notable skills that Mages use in their arsenal are Cold Bolt, Fire Bolt, Lightning Bolt, and Fire Ball just to name a few. Mages predominantly use Fire Ball for leveling because of its wider AoE, splash damage effect, and low cooldown. Mages can also use the three (3) other bolt skills for leveling, but it won't be as effective and fast as using Fire Ball to level up, though they are still good skills to use especially when paired with Fire Wall, as this will create a protective barrier between you and the monster you are trying to kill. These bolt skills will also prove to be relevant for the other build of the Elemental Master class which is Spell Fist build. Mages also have access to both Energy Coat and Safety Wall which give a couple of layers of Defense for the class.

Sage (also known as Battle Mage or Anti-Mage) is the 2nd alternate job for the Magician class. Sages have spent years studying the intrinsic and constituent character of magic and how it interacts with its environment. Instead of using the destructive capabilities of magic, they have utilized everything they have studied about its true nature by disrupting its belligerent side and bringing out its calmer psyche into the fold. Thus, Sages have gained the reputation on being known with the role of Anti-Mages or as Anti-Casters.

Most of their skills are used to disrupt spells of the opposing enemies, create a defensive layer on the ground that will prevent any kinds of AoE ground magical skills to deal damage unto you and your party members, and remove buffs on the enemies and debuffs on your allies that would otherwise negatively impact the run of the party if left untouched; but with a Sage on a party you can turn the tables and switch the tide of battle to you and your party's favor. While Sages shine brighter in their defensive capabilities and almost all of their skills can only realistically be used in a Player vs. Player (PvP) scenario, they are lacking in the offensive department which makes them solely rely on their Mage offensive skills to farm and level-up effectively.

Among the notable skills in a Sage's arsenal include the Dispell, Magic Rod, and Spell Breaker skills to disable monsters and MVPs rendering them crippled and weaker. And of course the bread and butter of all Sages—the Land Protector skill that is always sought after in every party, and in every instances. This skill in my opinion is what defines the class and makes it whole and unique among the other classes. Afraid of dying in combat? Required to play with a tank to be your meat shield to eat up all of those hard hitting AoE ground magical skills? Or forced to take out some DPS gears and build tank gears in order to survive a difficult fight? Well fret not because all you'll need is Land Protector to solve all those problems!

Atypical and bravely unique from the generic playstyle of the common Mage, Sages are ordinarily seen in the frontlines either to support the party or to deal their own way of dishing out damage. With their skill Auto Spell, this gives Sages the ability to autocast their own Magician skills including the elemental bolt skills with each movement they perform with their melee physical attacks. Due to this distinct individuality that sets them apart, Sages have acclaimed and popularized the approach to being a Battle Mage.

Besides their defensive skills, they also have supportive spells to amplify the damage output of their own elemental spells or their party members' in the form of Volcano, Deluge, and Violent Gale. This is further enhanced by their endow skills Flame Launcher, Frost Weapon, Lightning Loader, and Seismic Weapon which makes them essential members in a party for physical classes particularly as they can flexibly change the elements of their weapons anytime and as needed.

Additionally, Sages have the ability to craft Elemental Converters ( Fire Elemental Converter , Water Elemental Converter , Wind Elemental Converter , and Earth Elemental Converter ) with their skill Create Elemental Converter so long as you have the right materials with you. Your physical player friends would probably be interested to request you to craft some of these for them or you could craft them to sell to players cheaper than NPC price of course.

Their skill kit will always prove useful in the later stages of the game so take your time to learn and understand the skills of the Sage branch as I try my best to explain each and one of them elaboratively and precisely. You won't regret it!

In this section, we'll be talking a lot more about the Sage skill Land Protector (LP) in-depth on how it should be properly placed, what level of LP should you use in different scenarios, and what's the extent of the “hittable zone” and “danger zone” of LP. From here on out, I'll be referring to Land Protector as LP only for simplicity's sake. Okay then, let's get going! As what can be seen from the image above, LP is divided into three (3) AoEs. Levels 1-2 LP produce the 7×7, Levels 3-4 LP produce the 9×9, while only Level 5 produces 11×11. In most situation, you'd likely use 11×11 LP most of the time whenever you'd need to put an LP underneath you to protect you or your party from strong ground magical skills from MVPs. However not all the time would you need to use 11×11.

If you're in a small party of let's say 4 or 5 then a 9×9 LP will suffice to protect you and your small party. This gets significantly reduced when you solo on your own plus your Elementals and High Elementals. When this happens, you'd only want to use 7×7 and there'll be enough space for the both of you. Now you must be wondering why this is necessary. Simply because your skills won't hit the MVP. There will be times where you'll need to land your ground AoE skills to hit the enemy and you will have a lot of those especially when you transition to Elemental Master, and when an MVP enters your LP, you'll be left disadvantaged alongside your fellow party members that spams ground AoE spells like the Arch Mages. Furthermore when you're in a party and there are ground effects you want to clear such as Spider Web (Fiber Lock) or Demonstration (Bomb), you'll only need to use 7×7 so that you and your party's ground AoE skills won't get blocked.

But then you're probably going to argue, LP actually has a “hittable zone” and yes you are correct but what happens now if the MVP is placed further inside your LP then no matter where you cast your skills to the “hittable zone” of LP your skills will never reach the MVP. That's why you would need to use lower levels of LP in those kinds of situations.

Okay now I would like you to focus your attention to the GIF above. LP doesn't provide total protection from ground AoE skills when those skills are casted right outside the furthest edge of LP. If I cast for example Conflagration on the cell right outside of LP, it will still penetrate LP and damage anyone in Conflagration's 9×9 AoE even if you're inside LP. This is the reason why most people think that LP has a “danger zone” because oftentimes they get hit by ground AoE magical skills of the MVP even when inside LP's protective cells. You are getting hit by the MVP's skills because it's most likely that they also casted their skills right outside of LP on its “hittable zone”. Now it doesn't necessarily have to be one (1) cell, it could be two (2) cells or three (3) cells but depending how huge the AoE of the skills it could still reach and penetrate LP and damage you in return. Even if I casted Conflagration two (2) more cells below from the cell that I casted it from the GIF, it will still hit the dummy. A video showcasing its official behavior is documented here.

In contrast, if I cast my Conflagration on LP's protective cell itself, it won't deal any damage at all to the dummy because it didn't penetrate LP as shown in the GIF above. I would need to cast it right outside LP if I would want my skills to reach and hit the dummy. That's why in situations where surviving is more important than doing DPS, you will be required to use higher levels of LP with larger AoE. Forget about the set-ups and the insignias, just put LP underneath you so you can survive, just make sure to give a slight space for where you could cast your ground AoE skills to kill the MVP.

When placing your LP, it's important to know what's the maximum range you can go for to readjust its positioning. This is important because when you're faced with an MVP and the MVP is in close melee range, you wouldn't want to move and lure it further to your LP since you'll need space between you and him so you can set-up your insignias while he's outside of LP. Now, LP has a three (3) cells range from the position you're standing from. Going above three (3) cells will make you move and lose your position. Be consciously aware of this as this will help you, especially once insignias are taken into consideration and when you do the walking LP tactic wherein you will need to keep repositioning LP as you walk together with your party inside Tower of Trials. More info will be discussed regarding LP's behavior in correlation with insignias in this section.

In this section of the guide, I'll only be listing the buffs and debuffs commonly seen from bosses and players. Obviously, this list won't be complete or near perfection, but if you know any more buffs and debuffs that you think should be included in the list, please feel free to add it or let me know.

I would also like to add that this list will be updated over time as I work more on the guide.

Dispellable				Undispellable
Auto Guard	Defender	Reflect Shield	Lex Aeterna	Venom Impress	Climax	+ Climax Crys. Impact	+ Climax Dest. Hurricane
Blessing	Increase Agility	Assumptio	Steel Body	Competentia	Full Chemical Protection	Mystic Symphony	Dragonic Aura
+ Climax Bloom	+ Climax Earth	Magic Intoxication	Dark Claw	Calamity Gale	Talisman of Protection	Abyss Slayer	Research Report
Rush Quake	Sonic Brand	Cloud Poison	Crystallization	Breaking Limit	Rule Break	Temporary Communion	Blessing of Mystical Creatures
Deadly Curse	Raid (Sightless Mind)	Stone Curse	NPC MAX PAIN	Sonata of Kvasir	March of Prontera	Musical Interlude	Serenade of Jawaii
NPC AGI UP	Curse	Hallucination	Frozen	Enchanting Sky	Soul of Heaven and Earth	NPC RELIEVE ON	NPC RECOVERY SWITCH

Professor (alternatively known as Scholar) is the transcendent job of the Sage branch. The Professor job lineup is the direct improvement of what the Sage class is so known for. Thru rebirth and after studying the essence of magic and its inherent yet delicate nature, Professors have spent their time mastering an even greater body of knowledge which led them to learn new mystical skills that support their allies or act as a poke skill to annoy enemies.

Most of their newly learned skills revolve around mana or SP. They can now give endless supply of SP to their party members with Soul Change, and even regenerate their own SP thru the HP%-SP% based skill Indulge. Another SP-manipulating skill they have learned is the skill Soul Burn, which allows Professors to effectively eliminate all of their opponent's SP which makes them an annoying foe to deal with in PvP and War of Emperium (WoE) on top of already having an annoying skill like Dispell from their previous job as Sages. Defensively, they've also learned new skills such as Wall of Fog (Blinding Mist), and Spider Web (Fiber Lock) that complements well with Safety Wall and Deluge and with Fire Bolter builds, respectively.

Offensively, Professors have also learned to boost their own magical power, improving on their own bolt-based magical build in the form of Double Casting which lets them cast their bolt skills twice in succession by bending and defying the probabilities of time and space. This is one of the core skills you need to have when you're planning on playing Spell Fist.

Sorcerer (often shortened to Sorc) is the 3rd class of the Sage and Professor lineup. After traversing an arduous journey of learning the mystic secrets of magic and both of its treacherous and appeasing natures, Professors have undergone an even more daunting exploration to fully unveil the true constitution of magic itself. In their expedition, they've come across the spirits, known amongst the commoners as Elementals, that embody and represent the 4 Elements of Nature: the Fire Spirit Agni, the Water Spirit Aqua, the Wind Spirit Ventus, and the Earth Spirit Tera. Guided by the blessings granted to them by the great spirits of old, Professors have mastered the arts that make one deserving of the title Sorcerer.

Sorcerers have the ability to call forth the spirits of nature with their skills Summon Agni, Summon Aqua, Summon Ventus, and Summon Tera. Each Elementals bestows the summoner both offensive and defensive passive effects that enabled the Sorcerer class to apply the sacred knowledge of magic they've learned as a Sage and Professor into the battlefield; thus finally enabling them to use damaging area of effect (AoE) skills in the form of Psychic Wave, Diamond Dust, Earth Grave, and Varetyr Spear.

Depending on which Elementals are summoned, each of their AoE skills are boosted in damage in correspondence to their respective elements. A summoned Lvl. 2 Summon Aqua in Lvl. 1 Elemental Control (Passive Mode) would endow its summoner's Psychic Wave skill with the Water property, as well as boosting the damage output of Diamond Dust and its crystallization chance which is fitting as the conjurers of Elemental spirit magic. This allowed Sorcerers to share an emotional connection with their Elementals in unimaginable ways and because of this they have developed skills to further enhance their dearest companion's capabilities with the skill Elemental Sympathy that enhanced the Elemental's survivability in battle. Sorcerers have since then developed new skills too in their kit—one that is shared between them and their Elementals. This introduced the complex Insignia System ( Fire Insignia, Water Insignia, Wind Insignia, & Earth Insignia) that grants varying effects to anybody standing within its AoE.

Sorcerers desiring for more knowledge and realizing there's really no way to quench their unending thirst for magic have then further divulged into the uncharted realms of Poison magic. This started the beginning stages of the so-called Poison magic and turned into a practice for the class to satiate their hunger. Albeit limited, this allowed Sorcerers to use Poison skills such as Poison Buster and Killing Cloud. As the pioneers and trailblazers of the Battle Mage order, Sorcerers have innovated ingenious ways to contribute to this discipline. With their prowess to manipulate magic, they mastered the ability to converge the magical powers of their elemental bolt skills into their armaments with the skill Spell Fist and this empowered them to deal melee magical damage with each strike they make.

The class to this day has never forgotten its roots coming from the Sage and Professor lineup and have honored this as they developed skills to annoy and poke enemies. Extreme Vacuum is a crowd control or root skill that immobilizes any unit that steps within its AoE. Arrullo is another skill that may come off as infuriating to many and acts as a debuff when used in the PvP and WoE scenes. Intrinsically, Sorcerer's AoE skills have CC effects themselves. Psychic Wave is a DoT skill that hit-locks units that enter its range; Diamond Dust crystallizes enemies rendering them immobile and silenced; Varetyr Spear stuns enemies within its vicinity, and while Earth Grave doesn't apply any CC effects, it gives bleeding status effect and unveils monsters that are in hiding or cloaking state.

Elemental Master (EM) is the 4th class of the Sage, Professor, and Sorcerer lineup. While seeking recluse in the vast flora and fauna of GemstoneRO where the mystical Spirits of nature reside, Sorcerers have awakened to a much stronger and greater power. As they ascertain the reason behind this sudden awakening and the closer they seek out the truth, they start to realize that the intimate bond they shared with their companion spirits, the Elementals, have also grown alongside with them leading them to uncover more power thru the elements of nature.

This allowed their companion spirits to evolve and become powerful beings of their own rights. Agni evolved to the High Elemental Ardor, Aqua evolved to the High Elemental Diluvio, Ventus evolved to the High Elemental Procella, and Tera evolved to the High Elemental Terremotus. The Sorcerer's previous experimentation on the Poison element led them to awaken the vicegerent and embodiment of Poison magic of which it governs—the High Elemental Serpens. With their newly formed bonds and an unlikely ally with the malignant Serpens, Sorcerers themselves have evolved to the legendary Elemental Master.

Notable skills in an EM's skill kit are the skills Conflagration, Diamond Storm, Lightning Land, Terra Drive, and Venom Swamp each of which represents the evolved High Elemental Spirits that accompany them in their adventure in the form of Summon Elemental Ardor, Summon Elemental Diluvio, Summon Elemental Procella, Summon Elemental Terremotus, and Summon Elemental Serpens.

Depending which of the High Elementals are summoned to aid the Elemental Master, the corresponding element of the AoE skill that represents the High Elemental will boost its damage output. A summoned Ardor will bestow an EM with the gift of Fire and will receive increased Fire magical damage as well as amplifying Conflagration's power. With the combined strength of both the Elemental Master and High Elemental Spirit, this gives them the ability to cast their ultimate skill Elemental Buster as a symbol of their infinite bond. Elemental Buster will assume and flexibly switch element depending on the summoned High Elemental Spirit, making it possible to cast a Poison-endowed Elemental Buster when Serpens is present.

Elemental Masters have also developed the power to hide their spirits which makes them unnoticeable by the monsters around them with the skill Elemental Veil. Through time and space, this manipulation of magic to conceal their close companions also led them to master blending in with the flow of magic, enabling them to cunningly use the psionic skill Psychic Stream, a pronounced antecedent of its predecessor skill Psychic Wave and the latest addition to the evolution of Battle Mage.

For uniformity and to avoid confusion, we'll be grouping the spirit summons of the Sorcerer and Elemental Master to two (2) categories.

When referring to Elementals, this pertains to the Sorcerer's spirit summons (Agni, Aqua, Ventus, and Tera). On the other hand, High Elementals refer to the Elemental Master's spirit summons (Ardor, Diluvio, Procella, Terremotus, and Serpens). Collectively, both Elementals and High Elementals will be referred to as Spirits from here on out.

Sorcerer's Elementals could also appear in three (3) different forms and will have its own subcategory. All Lvl. 1 Summon Agni, Summon Aqua, Summon Ventus, and Summon Tera will be known as their Child Forms; Lvl. 2 will be grouped into their Adolescent Forms, while Lvl. 3 will be called their Adult Forms.

For more detailed pieces of information about their modes (Passive, Defensive, & Offensive), check down below:

The Elementals and High Elementals are part of an Elemental Master's vast skill kit. They give offensive, defensive, and passive buffs to the summoner depending on which mode they are activated. Upon a successful summoning of your companion spirits, you have the option to place them in either Passive Mode, Defensive Mode, or Offensive Mode. Each of these modes have uses that are essential in what makes Elemental Master a versatile class.

Elemental Control
Level 1 Passive Mode	Level 2 Defensive Mode	Level 3 Offensive Mode	Level 4 Dismisses Elemental and High Elemental
Waiting Mode

Passive Mode for the most part is used to buff an EM's offensive capabilities outside of its own summons. Meaning this is usually a direct buff to the summoner and not to the spirits themselves. Also starting from Sorcerer to Elemental Master, all of your spirits' Passive mode caters mostly to Psychic Wave and Spell Fist builds and thus finds very little use when focusing on 4th job skills of EM. The only instance I could think of that it still complements 4th job skills is Serpens on Passive mode. Serpens will increase your 3rd job skill Killing Cloud by 1500% which if you're focusing on a Poison-centric build will be beneficial for you. Or when you're still incorporating Psychic Wave into your skill rotation cycle since its elemental property can be endowed according to the element of your currently summoned Elemental or High Elemental. To not be confused, Passive Mode is not the same as the High Elemental's passive effects; unlike Passive Mode which requires a separate activation mechanic via Lvl. 1 Elemental Control, the passive effects of your High Elementals are like active buffs that they bestow upon you for as long as they are alive and present.

On the other hand, Defensive Mode unlike Passive Mode is used to buff an EM's defensive capabilities. Spirits would endow an EM's armor property to their corresponding element. If for example you have Ardor summoned and you placed him in Defensive mode, he will change your armor property to Fire and you'll get decreased damaged against Fire property attacks but reduced resistance for the opposing element which is Water. Another good example is Lvl. 1 Summon Ventus in its Child form placed in Defensive Mode; in this mode, Ventus doesn't endow your armor to Wind but she does however give you free Guyak Pudding effect and +50% FLEE Rate for as long as she is active.

Meanwhile, Offensive Mode is the state where your spirits will go on an aggro or attack state. They'll randomly attack, select and cast skills they know in their skill pool at a certain chance. For most people this mode looks and sounds useless which to a degree is true since why would you want your spirits to gain aggro and get attacked when they're already too frail to begin with. But you should know that there are ways to make them tankier than even your own, and spirits gaining aggro from mobs lets you farm efficiently or stay alive as long as possible. Think of them as your own version of the Biolo's Homunculus.

The next mode that maybe most of you aren't still aware of is the Waiting Mode. Now, Waiting mode isn't under any specific Level of Elemental Control, but it's a state where your spirits can freely enter anytime. The moment you summon your spirits, they are by default in Waiting mode, and once you've placed them into any of the three (3) modes, they exit this state. To place them back into this state once again, you'll need to recast the same level of Elemental Control according to the same mode your spirits are in. If Ardor is in Passive Mode, recast Lvl. 1 Elemental Control one more time and he'll be in Waiting mode again. During this state, your spirits don't give anything or do anything for you but they regain 2% HP/SP every 3 seconds which serves as their own healing consumable in a way acting like their own source of Small Life Potion . This helps them stay longer in battles, so put them in Waiting mode as you deem fit and necessary. When either you or your Spirits ran out of SP, you are given a few seconds before your Spirits disappear permanently so make it a habit to replenish your SP and maintain a healthy mana pool at all times.

Lastly, we have Lvl. 4 Elemental Control, which isn't even a mode or give anything good to either you or your spirits like reeaallyy. Don't ever use this skill as you'll only regret it. What it does is it kills your active spirits. I mean why? Just why would you want that? It's always easier to just cast another summoning skill if you want to switch Elementals or High Elementals, but purposedly killing them is really such a questionable move by Gravity. Remove this in your hotkey or better yet don't ever bother getting it, it's a waste of skill point and a waste of space.

Some spirits excel and perform better than the others in certain maps or areas. Here, I'll layout which High Elementals and Elementals work best for different contents and explain as to why they're ideal to use on those. This is based on my experience and my recommendations, and if you prefer to use other spirits you may still do so.

Also from here on out, starting with the High Elementals, I will be grouping and separating sections according to the weapon and headgear you will be using. For example, the Time Dimensions combo consisting of Time Dimensions Rune Crown (Elemental Master) + Dimensions Elemental Magic Book or Dimensions Elemental Spell Book will have a section of their own that is separate from when your main weapon is already the Another Dimensions Elemental Spirits which you will likely transition to eventually.