Sorcerer High Five guide — Sorcerer and Archmage

Sorcerer class guide for Lineage 2 High Five: how to get the class, which skills to take, what to wear and where to level.

Contents 1 Class overview 2 Getting the classes 3 How to play 4 Skills by level 4.1 Wizard (20–40) 4.2 Sorcerer (40–76) 4.3 Archmage (76–85) 5 What changed in High Five 6 Equipment 7 Where to level 8 Tattoos 9 Subclass 10 Olympiad 11 FAQ 11.1 What armor and weapons does Sorcerer use in High Five? 11.2 What are the key skills of Sorcerer? 11.3 Where to level Sorcerer in High Five? 11.4 When does Sorcerer become Archmage? 12 See also

Class overview

Sorcerer (Sorcerer) is the second class of the human mage, from level 40 to 76. From level 76, the third class is Archmage. The whole path: Wizard (20–40) → Sorcerer (40–76) → Archmage (76+).

This is a fire mage. The main damage comes from Prominence (1230) and other fire spells, while Surrender To Fire (1083) lowers the target's fire defense by 20 — cast it before attacking. For groups of enemies there are Blazing Circle (1171) and Rain of Fire (1296); for control, Sleep (1069), Sleeping Cloud (1072) and Curse Fear (1169). Archmage gets fire vortexes from level 77, and Volcano (1419) from level 80.

Getting the classes

• Wizard (Lv. 20) — from Human Mystic, quest Path of the Human Wizard. More: First class transfer quests.
• Sorcerer (Lv. 40) — from Wizard, quests Trial of the Scholar, Testimony of Trust and Test of Magus or the alternative quest Good Work's Reward. More: Second class transfer quests.
• Archmage (Lv. 76) — a special third class quest, see Third class transfer quests.

How to play

Below are combinations that follow directly from the skill descriptions in the game.

Skills by level

The skills are taken from the same High Five game database the site uses to build class pages; all levels of each skill are on the pages Wizard (High Five), Sorcerer (High Five) and Archmage (High Five). Here each skill shows the level at which it first appears and the description of its first level.

Wizard (20–40)

Servitor summoning and support skills (shared with the Warlock branch) are not shown here.

Sorcerer (40–76)

Archmage (76–85)

What changed in High Five

According to the official update notes:

• New skills at levels 81–83 (High Five Part 1) — Aura Blast (1554) and Aura Cannon (1555): deal additional non-elemental damage and restore MP; Arcane Shield (1556): reduces damage taken at the cost of mana. Archmage, Mystic Muse, Storm Screamer and Soulhound. received them
• Meteor (1467) (High Five Part 3) — the effect triggers instantly, damage over time was added, and the reuse time was reduced.
• Flame Armor (1492) (High Five Part 3) — casting time reduced; the skill's attribute power when enchanted increased.
• Arcane Shield (1556) (High Five Part 3) — defense reduced from 90% to 70%.
• General changes: in High Five Part 1 the amount of SP needed to learn third class skills was reduced, and debuff success was limited to the range of 10% to 90%; in High Five Part 3 the duration and reuse of immobilizing skills were shortened; in High Five Part 4 the cost of skill enchanting in adena and SP. was cut by 30%

Equipment

The mage wears a robe (Robe Mastery (234)). From level 76, the Archmage gets Sigil Mastery (925): when using a Sigil, M. Atk. grows by 4% and MP recovery by 17%. So from S grade it makes sense to take a sigil in the off hand. The sigil takes the shield's place, so it can only be worn with a one-handed weapon.

Look for magic weapons among blunts (staves belong to them) and magic swords — the linked pages list the stats of each item. About set enchant bonuses — Enchanting Armor Sets.

Where to level

Zone levels are approximate.

Mass damage (Blazing Circle (1171), Rain of Fire (1296), later Volcano (1419) and Meteor (1467)) shines where monsters stand in groups; Sleeping Cloud (1072) helps split up dangerous packs.

Tattoos

For a mage, the priority is the stats that M. Atk., casting speed and the MP. pool depend on. What tattoos there are and what they give — Dyes and Symbols.

Subclass

The main class gets skills for subclass certification at levels 65, 70, 75 and 80. The list for High Five is in Subclass skills in High Five; the general subclass rules are in Subclass.

Olympiad

To take part you need Noblesse; rules and rewards — Olympiad. Against melee fighters use Sleep (1069), Curse Fear (1169) and slows (Slow (1160), Fire Vortex (1339)); Cancellation (1056) removes the opponent's buffs, Arcane Shield (1556) protects you at a critical moment.

FAQ

What armor and weapons does Sorcerer use in High Five?

A robe and a magic weapon — blunts (staves count as blunts) or magic swords; links by grade are in the "Equipment" section. From level 76, Archmage has Sigil Mastery (925), so from S grade they take a sigil in the off hand together with a one-handed weapon.

What are the key skills of Sorcerer?

Damage — Prominence (1230) after Surrender To Fire (1083); group — Rain of Fire (1296), from level 80 Volcano (1419); control — Sleep (1069), Sleeping Cloud (1072), Curse Fear (1169).

Where to level Sorcerer in High Five?

Approximately: 40–52 — Cruma Tower, 61–76 — Forge of the Gods, Hot Springs, Pagan Temple, Ketra Orc Outpost, from level 80 — Beast Farm, Plains of the Lizardmen, Sel Mahum Training Grounds, Den of Evil, Dragon Valley and other zones from the "Where to level" section.

When does Sorcerer become Archmage?

At level 76, after the third class quest — see Third class transfer quests. New Archmage skills appear up to level 83.

See also

• Sorcerer (Freya) guide — the same class in the Freya chronicle
• Sorcerer changes in High Five — a short summary of what changed for the class
• Sorcerer (High Five) and Archmage (High Five) — all skill levels
• Enchanting Skills — skill enchanting

Sources: the High Five game skill database and the official update notes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.