First F/P ArchMage Zakum Solo GMS - FrozNlite

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I received a few requests to post this information, so without further ado, here goes:

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I'm currently Lv. 170, with max Paralyze, Meteor Shower, Fire Demon, Elquines, and Maple Warrior. I also have 13 in Big Bang, 11 in Booster, and max/normal stats everything else. In terms of magic, my base magic without buffs is 1189, so when plugged into the famous MATK Score formula I have a 321 score. For this run I used only my Lv. 130 Poison Elemental Wand.

My 4th job build was very...experimental, if you will, considering I was already Lv. 130 when they were released, and at the time (and for a few months before), the debate raging on the forums was whether or not to max ultimates to train with early on, or to max the Demon/Summon/Single Target combo for training. From January to April of last year I went from 130-134, and followed the latter of the arguments for training. At this point Skelegons were extremely new maps, so during the night hours when I normally trained I could easily get two Dragon's Nest Left Behind maps for dual channel misting with 4th job skills. By the time I was 134, I was training at a 6m exp/hr rate without 2x using mist and 4th jobs skills (the time when I filmed this video), and had 1 Paralyze, 1 Meteor Shower, 20 Elquines, and 23 Fire Demon.

I then took a hiatus for school and came back at the end of May to rebuild my equips and essentially my entire character, as the game as a whole had changed immensely by the time I came back. By this time, it was well known that ultimates should be maxed first, so I instantly started training again and pumping every single point into Meteor Shower, which I maxed at Lv. 144. I was training extremely fast at Newts (100% 2hkoing), and realized this was definitely the way to go. To finish off, I then maxed Paralyze (max at Lv. 154), then added 10 to Maple Warrior (10 by Lv. 157). At this point it was near the end of July, and Maple Warrior 20 books were extremely rare HT-only drops, so as I kept attending HT runs and waiting for my turn to loot, I maxed Elquines (max at Lv. 160), then Fire Demon (max Lv. 163). I then took another hiatus, this time just from training, and spent a few months upgrading and buying books. By the time New Years rolled around, I had already maxed Maple Warrior at Lv. 166 and was adding points into Big Bang.

That's my story. For F/Ps just beginning their 4th job career's, I would strongly recommend NOT following my build, as my experiments showed I could have trained a lot faster a lot earlier had I tried the other path. I personally like my build when I came back from hiatus and started maxing Meteor Shower, as it allowed me to get the essential training skill immediately in order to get the essential bossing skills more quickly. My only regret is that I couldn't max Maple Warrior sooner, but it was hardly a setback.

For my final 30 levels, I'll max Big Bang (now that the 30 books drop in CWKPQ), then Mana Reflection, then save 10 points for MW30, then raise Infinity to Lv. 24 before maxing Booster (the last two may switch spots depending on what I need).

I hope that helps! Feel free to PM questions!