The pros and cons of all classes.

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Pros:

- Proficient in harvesting Battle Points in PvP due to it's large arsenal of AoE attacks, status effects and ability to employ "hit and run" tactics effectively.
- High maneuverability thanks to Teleport.
- Chain Lightning has the largest potential directional range in the game for a staple attack thanks to its arcing between enemies, despite only hitting 5 at most.
- A comparable attacker when compared to other adventurer attack classes in terms of %/s in PvE.

Cons:

- Glacial Chain's cooldown is not 5 seconds as advertised, but more like 8-10 seconds due to server latency.
- Infinity has limited use at bosses that dispel frequently due to its 3 minute cooldown and 40 second (1 minute with Buff Mastery) duration.
- Infinity's stance effect is 50% which in practice is not particularly functional, past this easily removed skill adventurer mages have no stance at all.
- Very low HP, very reliant on dispellable Magic Guard for survival at end-game.
- Seal does not work on bosses.
- Vulnerable to 1/1 + seduce.

All the others I could think of are based in some way on the person playing. The low cost of %INT equips isn't really a decision-breaking pro to those who could afford most of their end-game equip set without any trouble, but it could be to those who aren't so rich. The idea of having a "spammy" 4th job also may or may not be a pro or con depending on what someone wants out of a class. The idea that employing Teleport Mastery with each (or every other) CL during bosses is "difficult" (and by extension a "con") is also entirely subjective based on the motivation of the player to do so and the scenario. Dealing with absolutes seems to be the only objective way forward.