Alchemy Recipes

The most you could ADD thanks to maker is 5 from a Wisdom Crystal, 5 from a Luk Crystal, and 5 from a Black Crystal. You can then pile on above average-ness and 12 slots after being Vicious Hammer'd, so you can end up getting a 70+ stat overall if you're going for perfection.

Oh, and on my post a bit ago, I forgot to add the Dark Calas, which gives 5 stats. So it would probably be worth it to go for a bit more luk equips to wear up to level 50 mage stuff.

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You can only add one one crystal to items lvl 70 and below. Meaning, 5 from a wisdom crystal.

Judging from clean items, a lukless mage would get an extra 9 int from a dark calas, 8 from a glove, and 8 int from a shoe, meaning 25 extra int.

I have 103 base luk, meaning a lukless mage has 99 more MA than me. With maker, I can get 10 int from a glove, 13 int from an overall, 9 int from a shield, and 9 int +1 ma from shoes, totaling 42 extra int, plus another say 6 int from level ups, totaling 48 int, which makes the gap between a lukless and me 84 MA.

Since I can also put luk on my gear, i can get it up to 33 luk plus some from level ups. A zhelm and HT pendant make this 70 luk, more than enough to wear a lvl 163 ele staff. That extra 33 MA over the 130 wand closes the gap to only 51 MA, which any mage will tell you makes a difference but at high levels not that huge of one.

Edit: Oh yeah, the whole luk vs. lukless thing was kind of off topic, but i'm just using it to show my previous point that it helps balance.