The pros and cons of all classes.

[Death]

I would like it if people could post the pros and cons of their highest characters so I can be sure you know enough about it. Not saying its not possible to know a lot about a certain class but it just helps.

I'd like to see people post pros and cons down here that are acceptable and true. So we want facts here not oppinions. If people agree on others posts then let me know so I can add it to the actual chart.

If anyone thinks I should change anything about the lay-out or anything else, let me know aswell.
I've filled in the first three warrior jobs for now. I'll add more myself later on but i'm in college atm.
Either way, if mine so far are not true or should be different. Then again, let me know.

Adventurers

Warriors:

Hero

Pros:
-Excellent Damage
-Great Defense
-Great health
-Balanced in regards of attacking speed / power.
-Great mobber
-Best offensive skills among the three main adventurer classes.
-Achilles for good survival. (Mainly for 1/1 at any boss).

Cons:
-Slow mobility
-Close range
-A couple of useless skills
-No screen-ranged attack (like IE Dragon roar, Sanctuary)
-No toggling enrage

DarkKnight

Pros:
-Decent mobility due +20 speed at 4th job maxed berzerk.
-Good amount of HP.
-Extremely good survivability due a lot of drain skills (Beholdens healing, Beholdens revenge, Dragon Wisdom.)
-Decent defensive skills.
-Populair party skill (HB) but less now due decent HB.
-Massive range.
-Good mobbing. (Best out of all 3 main adventurer classes.
-Their only party buff is replaced easely with potions.

Cons:
-No mobility unless using mount and/or maxed berzerk.
-Very weak until 3th job.
-Their only party buff is replaced easely with Hyper Body pants.

Paladin

Pros:
-Massive defensive skills. (Highest out of ALL classes not just adventurers.
-Elemental advantiges.
-Extremely usefull party buff (Combat Orders)
-Most paladins are/were respected.
-Decent offensive abilities. (But not very high compared to the other 2 warrior adventurer classes)

Cons:
-No decent mobility until a mount.
-Practicly forced to use a 1 handed weapon due shield mastery.
-Their only party buff is replaced easely with Decent Combat Orders.

Bowmen:

Bowmaster

Pros:
-One of the best 1 vs 1 attacking skills. (Hurricane)
-Good third job mobbing skills (Especially usefully at jesters etc)
-Good amount of speed, thus good mobility. Good mobility skills in general, since they have Double Jump and somewhat
high avoidability by 4th job. They also have the highest speedcap at the moment and obtain the highest speed in 4th
Job pre-Union patch.
-No need for arrows due to soul arrow. (More space for potions/other use items).
-Good mobbing skills, starting from 2nd Job. Their second job mob skill (Arrow Bomb) curves and stuns, while the
Crossbowman counterpart (Iron Arrow) does not.
-Arrow Bomb in 2nd Job has the ability to stun.
-They can use potions while attacking (Hurricane only).
-Hurricane triggers Final Attack with every shot (obv at the % chance).
-Hurricane is not affected by neither Booster nor Speed Infusion, meaning you do not have to waste money on Useful SI.
-Really good avoid/suvivability from illusion step in 4th job and good damage from afa and spirit link (which is also really good for hp).
-Elite puppet is very good for holding aggro away from you and for absorbing damage.


Cons:
- Low HP. Applies to all archers (someone correct me on this).
- Must stand still in order to attack (Hurricane). Can not jumpshoot (technically they can but it's not an applied
mechanic in their skills like jump-attacking on warriors/assassins).
- Female Bowmasters can not obtain Decent Hyper Body.* Applies to Marksmen as well.
- Shares one of the most expensive Mastery books (Advanced Final Attack) with two (soon to be three @ Wild Hunters)
other classes.
- Bowmasters arrows are bulky and cannot be potentialed, when compared to the ones mercedes get.

Marksmen

Pros:
- Good amount of damage with pierce and snipe.
- Mastery books are cheap.
- Higher base damage due to needing less STR.
- Good mobility skills for the same reason as Bowmasters.
- No need for arrows due to soul arrow. (More space for potions/other use items) This applies to Bowmasters as well.
- Rush skill (Dragon Breath)
- They have the ability to freeze enemies in 3rd Job.
- Good mobbing skills, starting from 2nd Job. Their second job mob skill does not curve and stun like Arrow Bomb for Hunters, however.
- Going STRless is a lot easier to do compared to other classes due no STR requirement on armors.Applies to Bowmasters
as well, should change this to "Going low-STR is easier compared to Bowmasters due to needing less STR to equip their weapons" as crossbows require 5 less STR than bows.
-Both snipe and pierce are easily capped thus putting more funding into a mm only boosts strafe after a certain point

Cons:
-Pierce charges slowly and is not affected by Crossbow booster or Speed infusion.
-Iron Arrow/Dragon Breath/Piercing Arrow have limited range compared to other skills. Elaborate?
-Iron Arrow does not curve and stun.
-Ultimate Strafe does not trigger Final Attack; Single Target DPS leaves much to be desired, especially compared to Bow masters.
-Female Marksmen can not obtain Decent Hyper Body.* Applies to Bowmasters as well.
-Maxing Strafe if a pre-requisite for Ultimate Strafe, so they must sacrifice some points out of another skill to do
so
-Marksmen arrows are bulky and cannot be potentialed, when compared to the ones mercedes get.

Thieves:

Shadower

Pros:
-High mobility.
-Has very high mob damage potential with meso explosion.
-Best survivablilty among the thief classes due to Meso Guard and Shield Mastery on top of Avoid abilities.
-Varying skills for different mob situations makes it more engaging compared to most classes.
-At the time of this writing, is set to improve DRASTICALLY along with Justice patch.

Cons:
-The varying range on your different skills demand attention to your position when attacking. Though the avoid skills
compensate for that a little. If you're not following your proper attack cycles you can lose damage potential.
Ultimately the fun of skill comboing is a double edged sword since it requires more memorization/attention than most
1 button classes.
-As with all thieves, the high dex requirements can be annoying to manage.
-Some of the most effective single target skills have very short range.
-lacks a Rush or Pull type skill, common among melee classes. (Will be changed along with Justice patch.)

NightLord

Pros:
-Somewhat decent damage with the proper equipments, as it has a better weapon attack multiplier, even
with lower attack base.
-Good movility. Can improve other people's with haste.
-Has top and bottom over lv 70.
-Can attack in the air easily.
-Can heal itself by reducing his DPS using drain. Also better potion efficiency from potions.
-High critical rate.

Cons:
-Severe lack in skill variety.
-Can't push monsters.
-Main self buff skill requires a summon rock to use. And can be dispeled. Long cast time unless on a rope.
-Flash jump requires a key to be used.
-No party buffs to improve damage. Only buff to improve speed/jump is on a stat that has a hard cap, negating
all speed/jump stats from the target's equipment.
-Most skills useless against bosses.
-Not crippling, but low hp.
-Can't equip anything on the shield slot, -1 potential line.
-Shadow shifter doesn't protect against status effects.
-Has to recharge star.
-Only one mob attack, 3rd job, and can only hit in one direction, limited height.

Mages:

Bishop

Pros:
-Wanted by almost all parties.
-Has by far the best party skills. (HS/Adv Bless etc)
-Good survivability. (Thanks to magic guard, besides that they are not good at all.)
-Huge amount of MP.

Cons:
-Only a few attacking skills (Big bang/Shining ray/Angel. ray)
-Low DPS.

Arch Mage F/P

Pros:
-Utilizes a variety of skills in order to stack a multitude of DoT attacks.
-The best DoT in the game by far.
-Pro to ridiculously-funded players: DoT has no damage cap (or 2147xxxxxx may be the cap).
-Mist Eruption does insanely high damage every ~12 seconds (with lag), even for low-funded players.
-Great mobbers.
-Decent bossers.
-Decent survivability (Magic Guard Buff, HP/MP recover from Infinity, Elemental Resistance from Ifrit).
-No Skill Book needed from Boss Zakum.
-Elemental attributes and the ability to switch them off.
-Summon Ifrit deals extra damage and support.
-High MP to cast attacks.
-Doesn't rely on weapon speed.
-DoT ignores various monsters buffs.

Cons:
-Less popular than the rest of the mages.
-Lack anything resembling a useful party skill (until Union when meditate gets 30 magic instead of 20 - but that's still sub-par).
-When highly-funded, they are hindered by the damage cap comparing to other attacking mages that are also highly-funded.
-Though they have great potential for bossing, post-Union they are severely overshadowed by Evans and ILs in that
regard at multi-part bosses.
-Most skills look bad. (Depends on the persons oppinion.)
-At popular bosses, they easily succumb to seduce+1/1 or Damage Reflect without the help of other classes. Thus it's
quite hard, even for super-funded FPs, to solo/duo bosses like Pink Bean.
-Summon might attacks enemies that one wishes to avoid.
-No party skills.
-Relies on dispelable Magic Guard Buff against high damage dealing monsters/bosses.

Arch Mage I/L

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.

Pirates:

Corsair

Pros:
-Not played by many people making them unique.
-Unique playstyle due to the ship. (Could be a con depends how you look at it.)

Cons:
-Low amount of HP.
-Low amount of defense.
-Low mobility due the ship.
-Cant climb ladders due the ship.
-Cant use decent skills on the ship.
-Cant use a few of its own job skills on the ship. (Like lucky dice)
-Not that strong anymore compared to other classes. (Outdated)

Buccaneer

Pros:
-Great HP/MP mildly okay HP, but godly godly MP. I don't bother wasting my inventory with mp potions.
-Amazing mobbing ability
-One of the best funding effective classes very very true
-Great horizontal movement when given mobs
-(Assuming somersault kick iframes are true) Tactical play style slightly preserved I managed to solo dojo. SSK is a life saver.
-Unique party support
-Can use russellon's potions to bolster damage in no 1/1 bossing situations
-Mid to high tier DPS due to great PDR ignore and critical rage i'd say high tier.
-Free mount
-Great approach options with double spiral and SSK
-Willow defense allows much greater passive survivability awesome on 1/1's
-Movement speed is on par with ranged classes with energy/dash

Cons:
-Peak growth is still relatively high compared to others, but lower than what it used to be
-Still very movable at bosses without energy, but the availability of energy is much better in any situation
-Slow movement without energy or dash we are literally the only job left without a mobility skill. even warriors have it. Although they do have a few rushing skills wich are fast.
-Poor mob and boss management without auto-KB except in certain circumstances of mobs with a quick KB limit, like the yet-to-be-fixed Papa Pixie in dojo, that big blue guy in neo city, and Frankenroid
-Low avoidability
-No self sustainability well MP is entirely self-sustaining. fist doesn't consume enough MP to outweigh Endurance, and you doesn't even USE mp with energy blast

Sub-Adventurers.

DualBlader

Pros:
-Fast and mobile.
-One of the best rushers in the game.
-Linking skills makes it a little more interesting than the average spam a button or two standard.
-Two weapons, which gives an advantage in weapon attack and potential.
-Mirrored Target, while being useless as an active, grants 25% dodge chance and 60% Def and M DEF at max. If funded that is pretty significant.
-Thief revamp holds very little for a DB compared to NL and Shadower, but the changes gives us maxed Venom before 4th
job, a better HP% skill, Physical Training, a 30 att buff called Karma, and the old former DB exclusive ultimate Sudden
Raid.
-A heavily funded DB with unique/legendary potential'd gear will generaly faceroll bosses faster and harder than NLs. This of course is not taking into account illegitimate bullpomegranate equips such as enhance hacked weapons or high att VSS.

Cons:
-Low HP for a melee class.
-The small range of Blade Fury will force you to stand on top of the mobs, if you have crappy avoid DEF and HP this will be annoying.
-Weaker than the average thief unless heavily funded.
-Expensive to fund because of theif popularity, and because they have 2 weapons to buy/cube.
-Mirror Image/Shadow Partner nerf hit DBs the hardest because of how Final Cut works. A heavy blow,
but no where near
making the class low tier as some believes.
-Most Kataras look like absolute trash. I am looking at you Blood Blossom. (Agreed (Zer))

Cannoneer

Pros:

Cons:

Resistance

BattleMage

Pros:
-Auras are useful in almost any situation
-Highest HP of all mage classes, and when fully buffed at level 150 have around 20k hp.
-Great when training on more than one mob at a time
-Has 3 skills that grant invincibility for fairly long durations
-1 of the invincibility skills grants party invincibility
-Great at PVP due to its invincibility and two stunning moves that pull
-Has a non-dispellable hp drain buff (5% of base hp)

Cons:
-Summon is almost useless after 3rd job
-Lacks a single target skill
-Advanced Blue Aura and Blue Aura still autokill you if you are 1/1'd
-Low DPS
-Final weapon is very expensive (Dragon Tail Mage staff or Elemental staff 5-8)
-Advanced Yellow Aura Passive doesn't grant the passive dodge chance it should give.
-Melee range

WildHunter

Pros:
-Great mobility.
-Can move while attacking because they technically do not move themselves, their jaguar does.
-Hurricane-like skill in 4th Job.
-They get a full-screen attacking skill (ultimate) in 4th Job (like all others, has a cooldown).
-They obtain a stance skill in 3rd Job (55% stance).
-Great for 1vs1 ranged and can do melee attacking as well (jaguar attacks).
-Soul Arrow in 2nd Job, so no need for arrows.
-As crossbow users, they need less STR than bow users.

Cons:

-As of right now, using the jaguar mount can cause massive amounts of lags. To yourself or other players.
-Depends on their mount for both survivability and movement.
-Very low HP.

DemonSlayer

Pros:
-Extremely high Mobility, by far the best of all classes.
-Hard-Hitting moves, even when unfunded. (For now)
-Able to get two weapons with % Boss Damage potential.
-Immune to 80% of status effects and elemental damage. (For now)
-Second highest defensive prowess in the game (just shy of a Paladin)
-Does not use MP.
-Has a high critical rate, rivaling that of Archers.
-Some skills have a 100% critical chance.
-Passive DEF ignore.
-Passive % Boss Damage.
-Everyone loves Leech Aura. (before it gets nerfed)
-Has skills to rush and pull mobs toward them.
-Can safely go DEXless without sacrificing weapons or armor.
-Can debuff monsters, lowering their ATT and DEF while increasing their EXP and drop rate.

Cons:
-Some skills cost HP.
-Its mastery books are very expensive. (Will decrease later on)
-Demon Slayers are going to be nerfed soon. (And hard)

Mechanic

Pros:

Cons:

Legends

Aran

Pros:
-Excellent mobber.
-Great damage.
-Variety in skills.
-Exclusive storyline quest.
-HP Drain skill.
-Dinamic attack warrios.
-Has a great party Skill. (Aegis Shield/Combo Barrier)
-Really fast attackers.
-Decent Defense.
-A great mobile skill.
-Even at 2nd job can deal great damage.
-Gets mounts sooner then adventurers. (Lv 50/100/150/200) thus more mobility.

Cons:
-Needs a lot of fund if you want to be fast
-Low HP for a warrior.
-Terrible in PvP for numerous reasons.

Mercedes

Pros:
-Two equips, arrow and weapon, that can get boss damage.
-Very high DPS, don't need that many funds to be able to solo bosses such as HT and Czak.
-Good avoid.
-Extremely good mobility with many mobility skills. Can get to 165% speed, has acrobatic jump, can climb ropes and ladders fast. You get all these on 1st job.
-Ignore defense for a monster hit by legendary spear or unicorn spike; therefore, improving the damage dealt by whoever attacks the monster.
-Good defensive skills for a non-warrior job, water shield absorbs damage and gives you status resistance. The recovery hp/mp skill that you get at the beginning is also useful.
-Ring of ishtar hits twice so can do max damage x2.
-Has a summon.
-Starts with level 30 charm.
-Good attack skills for both single and multiple targets. They also have a rush skill.
-Easy to level because they get 10% more exp, plus they auto-job advance at level 70 and 120.
-The 10% increase exp can be linked to any other character every 24 hours.

Cons:
-Very low HP.
-Too many buffs and they all matter. Your buffs increase your range A LOT. A total of 6 buffs without counting decent
skills. Getting dispelled sucks.
-Since it's not an adventurer, decent skills can be dispelled.
-Mercedes need more funding due to having a magic arrow and the dualbow.
-A bowman class so getting Decent HyperBody is difficult, (Android/MK pants only)

Evan

Pros:
-Elemental damage
-Unbelievable fast attacks.
-High base damage.
-Decent across map movement. (Dragon Blinking)
-Excellent defense.
-Can revive up to 6 people (7 with Combat Orders).
-Decent Party skills.
-Extra 15% damage for party at mob/boss.
-Stance.
-Max all of our skills.
-Decent survivability (Magic Guard Buff and HP/Def from Party Shield Buff).
-High MP to cast attacks.
-Doesn't rely on weapon speed.
-Easy to fund.
-Unique Growth system.
-Motivation to reach higher levels for the final growth.
-Post-Union-> Mobility and attack speed increases.
-Defensive buffs in later patches, 6 party member resurrection skill as well.

Cons:
-Needs to be 170+ to barely touch their true potential.
-Relies on dispelable Magic Guard Buff against high damage dealing monsters/bosses.
-Needs to switch skills when a boss summons. Having a mobbing and a bossing attack can be annoying.
-Some party members might lag due to our flashy skills.
-GMS version requires Cash Shop mastery books for our vital skills.
-Needs 4 Skill Books from Boss Zakum.
-Constant nerf/upgrade from Nexon.
-DMG Cap Issues
-8 vital buffs to be kept on if dispelled is a loss of DPS due to longer recasting time.

Phantom

Pros:

Cons:

Cygnus Knights

NightWalker

Pros:

Cons:
-Cant level past lv 120.

DawnWarrior

Pros:

Cons:
-Cant level past lv 120.

ThunderBreaker

Pros:

Cons:
-Cant level past lv 120.

WindArcher

Pros:
- Good mobility skills for the same reason as the others, BUT they also have Wind Walk, which allows them
to move around like a thief that has Dark Sight.
- They obtain Hurricane at an earlier level due to being a Cygnus Knight.
- They obtain a transformation skill in 3rd Job, which raises their power and gives them more mobility.
- Soul Arrow in 2nd Job, no need for arrows.
- As mentioned above, they have a Dark Sight ability, which also increases their power after use.

Cons:
- Can not level past 120 (applies to all Cygnus Knights).
- Wind Walk must be used before every attack in order to abuse its full potential.
- No freeze/stun skill.
- Does not obtain Sharp Eyes.
- Does not obtain a summon that allows them to increase their survivability (the adventurer archers have this).
- Their second job mob skill does not stun like Hunters' does.

FlameWizard

Pros:

Cons:
-Cant level past lv 120.

Beginners
(Not sure if this should be in the chart. its just here for the gigs atm.)

Noblesse

Pros:
-No exp loss.

Cons:

Citizen

Pros:
-No exp loss.

Cons:

Legend

Pros:
-No exp loss.

Cons:

Beginner

Pros:
-No exp loss.

Cons:

PermBeginner

Pros:
-No exp loss.

Cons:

[HellenzSin]

I wouldn't say that DrKs have better defensive skills than a Hero. DrKs have no powerguard or achilles, 1/1 kills them easyly and the behold hp recovery isn't good enough to save them. Hero lost their achilles, but they still got PG and can survive 1/1s. Or is there some kind of defensive skill I'm missing from DrKs that save them from 1/1s?
A Con for paladin can be their own elementals lol..(example: PB).

Mercedes
Pros:
-2 equips, arrow and weapon, that can get boss damage.
-Very high DPS, don't need that many funds to be able to solo bosses such as HT and Czak.
-Good avoid.
-Extremely good mobility with many mobility skills. Can get to 165% speed, has acrobatic jump, can climb ropes and ladders fast. You get all these on 1st job.
-Ignore defense for a monster hit by legendary spear or unicorn spike; therefore, improving the damage dealt by whoever attacks the monster.
-Good defensive skills for a non-warrior job, water shield absorbs damage and gives you status resistance. The recovery hp/mp skill that you get at the beginning is also useful.
-Ring of ishtar hits twice so can do max damage x2.
-Has a summon.
-Starts with level 30 charm.
-Good attack skills for both single and multiple targets. They also have a rush skill.
-Easy to level coz they get 10% more exp, plus they auto-job advance at level 70 and 120.

Cons:
-Low HP.
-Too many buffs and they all matter. Your buffs increase your range A LOT. A total of 6 buffs without counting decent skills. Getting dispelled sucks.
-Since it's not an adventurer, decent skills can be dispelled.

[Death]

I wouldn't say that DrKs have better defensive skills than a Hero. DrKs have no powerguard or achilles, 1/1 kills them easyly and the behold hp recovery isn't good enough to save them. Hero lost their achilles, but they still got PG and can survive 1/1s. Or is there some kind of defensive skill I'm missing from DrKs that save them from 1/1s?
A Con for paladin can be their own elementals lol..(example: PB).

Hmmm thats true, I meant it more as the total defense a class has with the defensive skills. I just said it wrong. I'll add this stuff in there seeing its a fact.
Thanks for your contribution.

[CarrionCrow]

Blade Master

Spoiler

Pros:
Fast and mobile.
One of the best rushers in the game.
Linking skills makes it a little more interesting than the average spam a button or two standard.
Two weapons, which gives an advantage in weapon attack and potential.
Mirrored Target, while being useless as an active, grants 25% dodge chance and 60% Def and M DEF at max. If funded that is pretty significant.
Thief revamp holds very little for a DB compared to NL and Shadower, but the changes gives us maxed Venom before 4th job, a better HP% skill, Physical Training, a 30 att buff called Karma, and the old former DB exclusive ultimate Sudden Raid. Now if they just replaced Chains of Lol with something useful...
A heavily funded DB with unique/legendary potential'd gear will generaly faceroll bosses faster and harder than NLs. This of course is not taking into account illegitimate bullpomegranate equips such as enhance hacked weapons or high att VSS.

Cons
Low HP for a melee class.
Trains slightly faster than the other thieves early game, but the way MS works after BB, that aint exactly something you should pick your class based on.
The small range of Blade Fury will force you to stand on top of the mobs, if you have crappy avoid DEF and HP this will be annoying.
Weaker than the average thief unless heavily funded.
Expensive to fund because of theif popularity, and because they have 2 weapons to buy/cube.
Mirror Image/Shadow Partner nerf hit DBs the hardest beacue of how Final Cut works. A heavy blow, but no where near making the class low tier as some believes.
Most Kataras look like absolute trash. I am looking at you Blood Blossom.

[Eliseo]

WHY?! Why would anyone put Cannoneer and Dual Blader with the Legends? It just doesn't make any sense.

@Below: I think for them being with their adventurer counterparts would be the right thing to do, since the latest revamps they have A LOT in common.

I ask such thing to be fixed at once.

Anyway...

Spoiler

Evan

Pros:
-Elemental damage
-Unbelievable fast attacks.
-High base damage.
-Decent across map movement.
-Excellent defense.
-Can revive up to 6 people (7 with C/O, lol).
-Decent Party skills.
-Extra 15% damage for party at mob/boss.
-Stance.
-Max all of our skills.
-Decent survivability (Magic Guard Buff and HP/Def from Party Shield Buff).
-High MP to cast attacks.
-Doesn't rely on weapon speed.

Cons:
-Needs to be 170+ to barely touch their true potential.
-Relies on dispelable Magic Guard Buff against high damage dealing monsters/bosses.
-Needs to switch skills when a boss summons. Having a mobbing and a bossing attack can be annoying.
-Some party members might lag due to our flashy skills.
-GMS version requires Cash Shop mastery books for our vital skills.
-Needs 4 Skill Books from Boss Zakum.
-Constant nerf/upgrade from Nexon.

And

Spoiler

Fire/Poison Archmage.

Pros:
-Decent survivability (Magic Guard Buff, HP/MP recover from Infinity, Elemental Resistance from Ifrit).
-High Base Damage. Extreme funding isn't require to do crazy numbers.
-No Skill Book needed from Boss Zakum.
-Elemental attributes and the ability to switch them off.
-Summon Ifrit deals extra damage and support.
-High MP to cast attacks.
-Doesn't rely on weapon speed.
-DoT ignores various monsters buffs.

Cons:
-Relies on dispelable Magic Guard Buff against high damage dealing monsters/bosses.
-No party skills.
-DoT is essential to their damage if unfunded.
-Summon might attacks enemies that one wishes to avoid.

That's all I can think of. I'll edit in case I forgot something.

[CarrionCrow]

WHY?! Why would anyone put Cannoneer and Dual Blader with the Legends? It just doesn't make any sense.

Put the Dual Blade and Cannoneer in its own category or group them with adventurers. If they have their own I think the term Gaiden is used by KMS people.

[Nion]

Bishop:
Con- Not much attack skills other than Shining Ray and Angel Ray

I/L Arch Mage:
Pro: Chain Lightning is fast, hits x5 I think?
Con: Bad against element-resist (solved by the element reset ski

[McAwesomesauce]

Marksman:
Pros:

• They can call upon the legendary Articuno.
• They hit high numbers with Pierce and Snipe.
• Their mastery books are dirt cheap.
• Whereas Corsairs and Night Lords don't have a choice in carrying stars and bullets, having arrows on hand as a Marksman is entirely optional, which frees up slots for more important potions.
• They have a Rush skill (i.e. Dragon Breath).
• A STRless Archer is easier to make than say, a LUKless Mage or a DEXless Thief due to armors not needing STR.
• Sharp Eyes is pretty cool.
• Low HP, but good survivability.

Cons:

• Pierce charges slowly and is not affected by Crossbow Booster or Speed Infusion.
• Ultimate Strafe does not trigger Final Attack; Single Target DPS leaves much to be desired, especially compared to Bowmasters.
• Iron Arrow, Dragon Breath and Piercing Arrow have limited range compared to moves like Arrow Blow, Blizzard/Inferno and Arrow Bomb.

[Lozmaster]

You have two bowman sections, one of them should be "Thief"

[FederalXTC]

Demon Slayer

Pros:
High Mobility
Hard-Hitting moves, even when unfunded
Able to get two weapons with % Boss Damage potential
Immune to 80% of status effects and elemental damage
Second highest defensive prowess in the game (just shy of a Paladin)
Does not use MP
Has a high critical rate, rivaling that of Archers
Some skills have a 100% critical chance
Passive DEF ignore
Passive % Boss Damage
Everyone loves Leech Aura (before it gets nerfed)
Has skills to rush and pull mobs toward them
Can safely go DEXless without sacrificing weapons or armor
Can debuff monsters, lowering their ATT and DEF while increasing their EXP and drop rate
Has a really cool Maple Warrior animation

Cons:
It is the newest class, so almost everyone has one
Some skills cost HP
Its mastery books are very expensive
Dark Metamorphosis is currently broken, crippling the damage output of fourth-job Demon Slayers
Demon Slayers are going to be nerfed soon

[Jerry-Boyle]

Evan

Spoiler

Pros

• Easy to fund
• Unique Growth system
• Motivation to reach higher levels for the final growth
• Dragon Fury
• Post-Union-> Mobility and attk speed increases
• Aesthetic reasons
• Defensive buffs in later patches, 6 party member resurrection skill as well.
• Blink

Cons

• NX Mastery Books
• Lower level quests- SP related ones specifically
• Pre-Union-> Mobility/attk speed
• DMG Cap Issues
• Not liked by some
• Glitchy skills currently in GMS-> Results in GM Autodcing you and possibly banning some characters.
• Aesthetic reasons(Dislike of Mir following you, etc.)
• 8 vital buffs to be kept on if dispelled=loss of DPS due to longer recasting time.

Pretty much all I could think of currently and what I seen from other people's opinions. Higher level Evans seem to be more respected by some players. This could be due to personality reasons or other factors so couldn't really fit that as a pro. I'm sure other Evans could add to this as well:D

Looks like one did already aha

@HellenzSin 6 buffs isn't much, Evans have 8 which are vital and should be recasted as frequently as possible. Guess it could be a con for both:)

[byakugan]

Heroes

Spoiler

Pros:
-Excellent Damage
-Great Defense
-Great health
-Balanced in regards of attacking speed / power.
-Great mobber

Cons:
-Slow mobility
-Close range
-A couple of useless skills
-No screen-ranged attack (like IE Dragon roar, Sanctuary)
-No toggling enrage
-Stance requires 30 SP for only 90% probability of not being knocked back

Aran

Spoiler

Pros:
-Excellent mobber
-Great damage
-Great animations
-Variety in skills
-Exclusive storyline quest
-HP Drain skill.

Cons:

-Low HP for a warrior
-Slow mobility
-Relatively close range
-Combo system which makes it more complicated than other legends / jobs, and could be simpler at the least.
-Terrible in PvP for numerous reasons.
-Freeze standing requires 30 SP for only 90% chance of not being knocked back

Crusaders nor fighters are 'pretty weak'. Fighters got rage which gives 20 att and soon 30 att. Crusaders got Combo atack, which is still one of te strongest attack buffs and they also can spam coma and use panic every 30 seconds which causes darkness to work with chance attack

[Seanny]

I'm gonna try to keep it as open and generalized as possible for easy understanding!

Shadowers:

Pros:

-Highest mobility among physical melee classes due to haste and Flash Jump.
-Has very high mob damage potential with meso explosion.
-Best survivablilty among the thief classes due to Meso Guard and Shield Mastery on top of Avoid abilities.
-Varying skills for different mob situations makes it more engaging compared to most classes.
-At the time of this writing, is set to improve DRASTICALLY along with Justice patch.

Cons:
-The varying range on your different skills demand attention to your position when attacking. Though the avoid skills compensate for that a little. If you're not following your proper attack cycles you can lose damage potential. Ultimately the fun of skill comboing is a double edged sword since it requires more memorization/attention than most 1 button classes.
-As with all thieves, the high dex requirements can be annoying to manage.
-Some of the most effective single target skills have very short range.
-lacks a Rush or Pull type skill, common among melee classes.

[RahlsSoldier]

Battle Mage:
Auras are useful in almost any situation
Highest HP of all mage classes, and when fully buffed at level 150 have around 20k hp.
Great when training on more than one mob at a time
Has 3 skills that grant invincibility for fairly long durations
1 of the invincibility skills grants party invincibility
Great at PVP due to its invincibility and two stunning moves that pull
Has a non-dispellable hp drain buff (5% of base hp)

Cons:
Summon is almost useless after 3rd job
Lacks a single target skill
Advanced Blue Aura and Blue Aura still autokill you if you are 1/1'd
Low DPS
Final weapon is very expensive (Dragon Tail Mage staff or Elemental staff 5-8)
Advanced Yellow Aura Passive doesn't grant the passive dodge chance it should
Melee range

[MariettaRC]

*cracks knuckles* Archer whore, at your service!

Bowman:

Pros:

- One of the best 1 vs 1 attacking skills. (Hurricane)
- Good third job mobbing skills (Especially usefully at jesters etc)
- Good amount of speed, thus good mobility. Good mobility skills in general, since they have Double Jump and somewhat high avoidability by 4th job. They also have the highest speedcap at the moment and obtain the highest speed in 4th Job pre-Union patch.
- No need for arrows due to soul arrow. (More space for potions/other use items). Copied from Marksmen because they too have this.
- Good mobbing skills, starting from 2nd Job. Their second job mob skill (Arrow Bomb) curves and stuns, while the Crossbowman counterpart (Iron Arrow) does not.
- Arrow Bomb in 2nd Job has the ability to stun.
- They can use potions while attacking (Hurricane only).
- Hurricane triggers Final Attack with every shot (obv at the % chance).
- Hurricane is not affected by neither Booster nor Speed Infusion, meaning you do not have to waste money on Useful SI. Possibly a con but Hurricane really can't go any faster.

Cons:

- Low HP. Applies to all archers (someone correct me on this).
- Must stand still in order to attack (Hurricane). Can not jumpshoot (technically they can but it's not an applied mechanic in their skills like jump-attacking on warriors/assassins).
- Female Bowmasters can not obtain Decent Hyper Body.* Applies to Marksmen as well.
- Shares one of the most expensive Mastery books (Advanced Final Attack) with two (soon to be three @ Wild Hunters) other classes.
- OPTIONAL/OPNINION: They have so many buffs, it not only wastes time while buffing, it may leave them vulnerable while doing so when doing a boss run where dispelling is common (Reasons: Soul Arrow being dispellable means inability to attack unless you actually brought arrows, and auto-pot does not work while buffing).

Pros:

- Good amount of damage with pierce and snipe.
- Mastery books are cheap.
- Higher base damage due to needing less STR.
- Good mobility skills for the same reason as Bowmasters.
- No need for arrows due to soul arrow. (More space for potions/other use items) This applies to Bowmasters as well.
- Rush skill (Dragon Breath)
- They have the ability to freeze enemies in 3rd Job.
- Good mobbing skills, starting from 2nd Job. Their second job mob skill does not curve and stun like Arrow Bomb for Hunters, however.
- Going STRless is a lot easier to do compared to other classes due no STR requirement on armors.Applies to Bowmasters as well, should change this to "Going low-STR is easier compared to Bowmasters due to needing less STR to equip their weapons" as crossbows require 5 less STR than bows.

Cons:

- Pierce charges slowly and is not affected by Crossbow booster or Speed infusion.
- Iron Arrow/Dragon Breath/Piercing Arrow have limited range compared to other skills. Elaborate?
- Iron Arrow does not curve and stun.
- Ultimate strafe does not trigger Final attack.
- Ultimate Strafe does not trigger Final Attack; Single Target DPS leaves much to be desired, especially compared to Bowmasters. Why is this repeated? xD
- Female Marksmen can not obtain Decent Hyper Body.* Applies to Bowmasters as well.
- Maxing Strafe if a pre-requisite for Ultimate Strafe, so they must sacrifice some points out of another skill to do so.

Wind Archer

Pros:

- Good mobility skills for the same reason as the others, BUT they also have Wind Walk, which allows them to move around like a thief that has Dark Sight.
- They obtain Hurricane at an earlier level due to being a Cygnus Knight.
- They obtain a transformation skill in 3rd Job, which raises their power and gives them more mobility.
- Soul Arrow in 2nd Job, no need for arrows.
- As mentioned above, they have a Dark Sight ability, which also increases their power after use.

Cons:

- Can not level past 120 (applies to all Cygnus Knights).
- Wind Walk must be used before every attack in order to abuse its full potential.
- No freeze/stun skill.
- Does not obtain Sharp Eyes.
- Does not obtain a summon that allows them to increase their survivability (the adventurer archers have this).
- Their second job mob skill does not stun like Hunters' does.

Wild Hunter

Pros:

- Great mobility.
- Can move while attacking because they technically do not move themselves, their jaguar does.
- Hurricane-like skill in 4th Job.
- They get a full-screen attacking skill (ultimate) in 4th Job (like all others, has a cooldown).
- They obtain a stance skill in 3rd Job (55% stance).
- Great for 1vs1 ranged and can do melee attacking as well (jaguar attacks).
- Soul Arrow in 2nd Job, so no need for arrows.
- As crossbow users, they need less STR than bow users.

Cons:

- Depends on their mount for both survivability and movement.

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My answers/opinions in bold for adventurers, and contributed to Wind Archers and Wild Hunters (someone already did Mercedes :p), feel free to add whatever I missed as I have not played a Wild Hunter past 120. Also, I wouldn't mention mobbing skills being useful at a place like Jesters as that place is, in my humble opinion, terrible for a newbie to go at. I wouldn't recommend it unless you tolerate being KSed out of your channel. Mobbing skills are useful everywhere anyway.

*Only way for a female archer/pirate/magician to obtain Decent HB, as far as I know, is to acquire Android Legs for cubing. However, they are untradeable upon equipping and are an extreme rarity and are (I think) no longer obtainable. Would like a confirmation on this as I no longer see Iruvata Boosters in Gachapon announcements.

Grammar tip: Plural for Thief is Thieves. :3

[Alloy]

So... Is this before the last KMS tweaks, or after?

If it's before...

Night Lord:

Pros:
-Somewhat decent damage with the proper equipments, as it has a better weapon attack multiplier, even with lower attack base.
-Good movility. Can improve other people's with haste.
-Has top and bottom over lv 70.
-Can attack in the air easily.
-Can heal itself by reducing his DPS using drain. Also better potion efficiency from potions.
-High critical rate.

Cons:
-Severe lack in skill variety.
-Can't push monsters.
-Main self buff skill requires a summon rock to use. And can be dispeled. Long cast time unless on a rope.
-Flash jump requires a key to be used.
-No party buffs to improve damage. Only buff to improve speed/jump is on a stat that has a hard cap, negating all speed/jump stats from the target's equipment.
-Most skills useless against bosses.
-Not crippling, but low hp.
-Can't equip anything on the shield slot, -1 potential line.
-Shadow shifter doesn't protect against status effects.
-Has to recharge star.
-Only one mob attack, 3rd job, and can only hit in one direction, limited height.

[Dark Zero]

Aran

Spoiler

Pros:
- Dinamic attack warrios
- Has a great party Skill (Aegis Shield/Combo Barrier)
- They are really fast at attack
- Decent Defense
- A great mobile skill
- Even at 2nd job can deal great damage

Cons:
- Low HP
- Bad at bossing unless has a combo generator and can resist bad stats
- Needs a lot of fund if you want to be fast

Buccaner

Spoiler

Pros:
- Good attack class
- Has a great party Skill (Time Leap)
- Decent Defense
- With Transform can deal great damage

Cons:
- Low defense
- They are only relying on Transform skill
- Bad range skills

[Sorien]

I guess I'll just go ahead and rep-post the pros and cons of the few classes I've gotten past 130.

Paladins

Pros:
1. Massive amounts of Defense
2. Versatility against various elementally weak enemies because of elemental charges.
3. High chance of blocking incoming attacks.
4. 32% resistance to all elements and status effects.
5. 99% Stance after revamp.
6. The take next to nothing from most hits, not even 1/1 attacks can do much damage.
7. They have 94% weapon mastery as long as they have an elemental charge active.

Cons:
1. Some may find it boring to have absolutely no risk of dying during most fights.
2. No enemies (worth fighting) are weak to any elements after level 122 or so.
3. Rush, Divine Shield, and Guardian all come MUCH later than all of the newer classes get their own, [sometimes] more effective versions for less SP and without need for Mastery Books.
4. Against several (or all) of the end-game bosses, the elemental charges only serve to lower the overall damage of their attacks; however, without the charges on, their mastery decreases by 24%.

Cannoneers

Pros:
1. Very heavy hitting attacks, sometimes even overkill.
2. Lots of passive and active AP increasing skills, making funding much easier on one's wallet.
3. Very long reach on some of the late game attacks.
4. {OPINION} Cannons aesthetically appealing and don't get in the way of a character's clothes when the character is standing outside of battle.

Cons:
1. Most of their attacks are very slow, and can cause some to feel bored.
2. Many endgame attacks are very similar, if not completely identical, to those used by pre-revamp Corsairs.
3. Some may feel that their overkill attacks take away from the fun because of always one-shotting most enemies.
4. As a Pirate, they have no tops or bottoms throughout their entire career, which makes the Potential System favor other jobs over them.

Wild Hunters

Pros:
1. They get a mount very early on, and have the ability to use their skills while riding.
2. Many of their early skills are still useful in later job advancements (Ricochet, Oshi, Rawr, etc.).
3. They have very high HP when compared to other archers, especially early on and even more so after Feline Berserk is moved to third job and boosted to +80% HP.
4. They gain a 55% stance in third job, a luxury no other Archer has. This Stance effect may also be increased to 100% when combined with the passive 50% Stance of the White Jaira mount.
5. {OPINION} They have the ability to capture and summon monsters, making for great fun by messing with noobs at low level training grounds.

Cons:
1. Their fourth job skill tree is nearly identical to that of Bowmasters after the next revamp. This may cause some to feel bored if they already have another ranged character.
2. Sonic Roar, a fourth job mob attack, is slower and less powerful than the third job skill, Swipe.
3. As an Archer, they have no Tier 3 tops or bottoms, which makes the Potential System favor other jobs over them.
4. {GMS EXCLUSIVE} Their mounts can cause TREMENDOUS amounts of lag when mounting, dismounting, and when jumping onto another platform or rope.

[Takebacker]

Pre-revamp buccaneer

Pros:
-A LOT to contribute to a boss run in the right hands due to auto-KB from barrage and aggro negation from barrel
-Good HP/MP
-Best mob/boss management in the game
-Completely self-sustainable (able to heal HP and MP)
-iframes provide an almost tactical play style during major bosses and a conservative one at lesser bosses
-Variety of attacks to make the most out of any number of mob count situations
-Great horizontal movement when given mobs
-Cheapest weapons/equipments, hands down.
-One of if not the best mob control classes with 3 completely different and useful mob movement skills
-Unique party support
-Few actual buffs, less time wasted when dispelled
-Longest range among all melee type adventurers (really advantageous during PB statues)
-Great approach options (one of the easiest classes to approach empress)
-Not completely screwed when in near death situations with pot cooldown
-Relatively good funding effectiveness due to many hits with little damage multipliers
-Difficult to purposefully trip damage reflect
-Great solo ability for bosses
-Books relatively cheap due to unpopularity
-Can use russellon's potions to bolster damage in no 1/1 bossing situations

Cons:
-VERY easy to kill once you're caught without iframes (seduce) and no healing options
-Slow attacks, slow DPS
-Slightly more difficult to train compared to other revamped classes
-Literally no movement options available without mobs
-Boss encounters that involve lots of death cripple us due to ST cooldown
-Average peak growth for skills occurs around mid 18x, very high compared to most other classes
-Energy touch gets in the way when moving mobs
-Very movable without energy at bosses
-Extremely high overkill when training with demolition
-Energy is available less than 20% of the time during bosses
-Difficult to compete with other buccs at bosses due to lack of benefit to having two of them
-"Need" a mount to get anywhere reasonably
-No passive defensive capability
-Poor "normal state" options during bosses

Post-revamp buccs

Pros:
-Great HP/MP
-Amazing mobbing ability
-One of the best funding effective classes
-Great horizontal movement when given mobs
-(Assuming somersault kick iframes are true) Tactical play style slightly preserved
-Unique party support
-Can use russellon's potions to bolster damage in no 1/1 bossing situations
-Mid to high tier DPS due to great PDR ignore and critical rage
-Free mount
-Great approach options with double spiral and SSK
-Willow defense allows much greater passive survivability
-Movement speed is on par with ranged classes with energy/dash

Cons:
-Peak growth is still relatively high compared to others, but lower than what it used to be
-Still very movable at bosses without energy, but the availability of energy is much better in any situation
-Slow movement without energy or dash
-Poor mob and boss management without auto-KB
-Not much benefit from more crit rate
-Low avoidability
-No self sustainability

Cannoneer

Pros:
-Best mobility, hands down. Demon slayers i consider as worse due to the use of key commands which have a higher risk of failure, and gliding extremely long distances is rarely needed besides travel, which isn't ever urgent
-Best summons, hands down. Post-revamp corsairs are the only class that compares because they give great bonuses to the character itself, but they are weak and unreliable.
-Anchor doubles as pretty much the best mob management skill in the game
-Amazing survivability
-Very difficult to move in any situation due to 80% stance and 35% counter which does not activate DR and does activate invincibility frames
-Great range
-Great support
-High damage range due to overload and passive attack bonuses
-Vastly underestimated bossing potential
-Amazing in dense mobs of any number
-Very fast with speed modifiers like SI
-Versatile
-Lower peak of growth (15x-160ish)

Cons:
-Low funding effectiveness due to slow attacks with low number of hits
-Mid to low tier DPS after revamp
-Slow without speed modifiers like SI
-Slightly inefficient due to overkill, offset by range and movement ability

[danielcatu]

Wind Archer

PROS:
-flexibe movement: more than any bowmen class but mercedes(wind walk and double jump eagle eye and archer mastery)
-good quantity of att skills: eagle eye and concentrate gives you att buff (20 total) dont forget bow expert's permanent 20 att and empress or echo of hero buff
-Empress Buff: It helps you att higher lvl monsters and gives 4% att... it also don't dissapear when you die it is also glitched... so it will never expire until you log off
-Easy class to harvest:maybe not many people still do that but wind walk helps you if you want to find minerals... like I said in the point 1
-High ATT 3rd job skills: yup yup... wind piercing deals a big damage... wind shoot too but hurricane is is better because the speed
-irena is the instructor: she looks cool I mean check how she looks in the anniversary screen sadly she lost alot of spotlight in the lastest animated video because phantoms cape

CONS:
-lack of kb skills
-speed of mob attacks and movement while attack since jump... storm break was kinda better than storm spike because you could use it while you was walking
-*24 hour cooldown
-low hp? 6k hp is fine for me...