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Ghostmancer

Wizard · 10 Kugan skills · 4 active, 6 passive

Among the shadowed academies of Rune Midgard, Ghostmancers are spoken of with a mixture of fascination and unease.

They are not simple necromancers, nor priests of death. Their art does not bind corpses or command the grave. Instead, Ghostmancers listen to the echoes left behind when a soul, a spell, or a violent memory refuses to vanish completely.

To them, the battlefield is never empty. Every fallen enemy leaves a shape in the air. Every curse has a voice. Every spell that strikes the unseen world can be called back, sharpened, and given form.

Ghostmancers fight by saturating the field with spectral pressure. They weaken resistance through haunting magic, slow enemies inside cursed ground, and punish those who linger too close to the border between life and memory. Their summons are not loyal beasts, but fragments of restless intent, briefly gathered into a Ghost Spectrum before dispersing once more.

Their power rewards patience and setup. A Ghostmancer who controls the terrain can turn curse, fear, and ghost-element mastery into a relentless magical assault. Yet their strength is fragile when forced into direct confrontation, for their best tools bloom through preparation, positioning, and the careful exploitation of haunted targets.

To face a Ghostmancer is not merely to fight a wizard.

It is to fight every trace the dead have left behind.

Tank	★★☆☆☆	Has some defensive tempo through attack avoidance, curse resistance and a summon, but lacks true front-line mitigation.
Tactical	★★★★☆	Ghost Haunting, curse pressure, resistance debuffs and summoned phantoms give strong control over terrain and target priority.
Healer	☆☆☆☆☆	No direct healing tools are present in the specialization kit.
Buffer	★★☆☆☆	Provides self-oriented MATK, Ghost Mastery and avoidance benefits, but offers little direct party-wide support.
Debuffer	★★★★☆	Reduces status resistance, applies curse pressure, slows enemies in a zone and amplifies ghost damage taken.
DPS Melee Physical	☆☆☆☆☆	The specialization has no melee-oriented physical damage identity.
DPS Ranged Physical	☆☆☆☆☆	No ranged physical tools are present.
DPS Magical	★★★★☆	Soul Strike, Napalm Beat, Napalm Vulcan, Ghost Attack and ghost-element conversion create a strong magical damage package.
Special	★★★★★	Temporary monster-skill phantoms, ghost-element conversion, curse reflection and Ghost Spectrum define a highly specialized playstyle.
Resources	★★☆☆☆	The kit has normal HP/SP scaling but no major sustain or resource recovery engine.
Mobility	★★☆☆☆	Ghost Haunting slows enemies and Soul Strike can grant avoidance, but the specialization has no true movement skill.

Ghostmancer Specialization

Passive Max Lv 5

ID: 4900
Type: Passive
Max level: 5
Cost to learn: 1

Each level grants +2 to one attribute and +1% HP/SP.

Level	Attribute
1	INT
2	LUK
3	DEX
4	LUK
5	INT

Ghost Strike

Passive Max Lv 5

ID: 4901
Type: Passive
Max level: 5
Cost to learn: 1

Stacking: MATK buff Avoid (shared)

Enables the use of Soul Strike.

Level	Skill
1	Soul Strike Level 2
2	Soul Strike Level 4
3	Soul Strike Level 6
4	Soul Strike Level 8
5	Soul Strike Level 10

Already in Skill Tree

When Soul Strike is used the user receives two positives effects.

The first effect is a 7/9/11/13/15% MATK bonus for a short period of time.

The second effect is a 7/9/11/13/15% chance to avoid next attack for that same amount of time.

The duration of those effects depends on the devotion to the element.

Level	Duration
1	2 seconds
2	4 seconds
3	6 seconds
4	8 seconds
5	10 seconds

Devotion to the Ghost element increases the duration and the bonuses, up to +50% at maximum devotion.

Ghost Beat

Passive Max Lv 5

ID: 4902
Type: Passive
Max level: 5
Cost to learn: 1

Stacking: Resistance debuff (shared)

Enables the use of Napalm Beat.

Level	Skill
1	Napalm Beat Level 2
2	Napalm Beat Level 4
3	Napalm Beat Level 6
4	Napalm Beat Level 8
5	Napalm Beat Level 10

Already in Skill Tree

When used, the main target suffers from a resistance debuff of 5/10/15/20/25% (it receives 5/10/15/20/25% more damage) for 10 seconds.

Ghost Vulcan

Passive Max Lv 5

ID: 4903
Type: Passive
Max level: 5
Cost to learn: 1

Enables the use of Napalm Vulcan.

Level	Skill
1	Napalm Vulcan Level 1
2	Napalm Vulcan Level 2
3	Napalm Vulcan Level 3
4	Napalm Vulcan Level 4
5	Napalm Vulcan Level 5

Already in Skill Tree

Napalm Vulcan area of effect is increased depending of Ghost Vulcan level learned. When used, Napalm Vulcan have a chance to autospell Napalm Beat at half its learned level (minimum level 1) for every targets hits, for a maximum of 3 autospells over the same second, every autospells cost/require the SP of Napalm Beat.

Level	Skill	Area
1	20% chance per targets hit	3 x 3
2	40% chance per targets hit	3 x 3
3	40% chance per targets hit	5 x 5
4	60% chance per targets hit	5 x 5
5	60% chance per targets hit	7 x 7

Autospell chances are lowered right after another autospell and on far targets.

Ghost Attack

Passive Max Lv 5

ID: 4904
Type: Passive
Max level: 5
Cost to learn: 1

Stacking: MATK buff Avoid (shared)

Enable the use of Ghost Attack (minored version: SP cost -50%, usable with all weapons).

Ghost Attack is a NPC skill which deal at weapon range some Ghost attribute physical damage.

When Ghost Attack is used, it has a chance equal to twice your devotion to the Ghost element to autospell Soul Strike (level 2 per Ghost Attack level, limited by the Soul Strike level learned and the Ghost Attack level used, halved under Double Casting). This autospell also grants the Ghost Strike bonuses.

Each level of this Kugan also increases the damage of Ghost Attack by 3% (15% at level 5), whatever the level of Ghost Attack used: you can learn this Kugan at level 5 and spam a lower level of the skill while keeping the full bonus.

Level	Skill	SP	Cast	Cooldown	Damage	ASD	Damage bonus
1	Ghost Attack Level 2	3	0	0	200% of ATK	0	+3%
2	Ghost Attack Level 4	6	0	0	400% of ATK	0	+6%
3	Ghost Attack Level 6	9	0.2s	2s	600% of ATK	0.5s	+9%
4	Ghost Attack Level 8	12	0.6s	6s	800% of ATK	0.6s	+12%
5	Ghost Attack Level 10	15	1s	10s	1000% of ATK	0.7s	+15%

Already Soul Strike in Skill Tree

Increases Ghost Attack damage by 25% of INT (doubled if INT is higher than both STR and DEX) and reduces its cooldown by 5/10/15/20/25%.

SP values include the -50% of the minored version.

Ghost Buster

Passive Max Lv 5

ID: 4905
Type: Passive
Max level: 5
Cost to learn: 1

When a target is killed, summon a ghost for 6/7/8/9/10 seconds. Level and Stats are kept but the entity is Ghost element property and formless race. This ghost has the skills set of the monster killed.

Ghost's HP/ATK are increased by 7.5% for every level above level 1 of this kugan, max +30% at level 5.

If spectrum is summoned, ghost's ATK/HP are increased by 4% per level of Ghost spectrum learned, for a max of +20%.

Level	Duration	HP/ATK
1	6 seconds	100%
2	7 seconds	107.5%
3	8 seconds	115%
4	9 seconds	122.5%
5	10 seconds	130%

Devotion to the Ghost element increases the duration of the ghost of a monster, up to +50% at maximum devotion.
When the killed target is a player, a clone of this player follows you for 6/7/8/9/10 seconds instead (Ghost element, formless race).

Ghost Telekinesis

Active Max Lv 5

ID: 4906
Type: Active
Max level: 5
Cost to learn: 1
LP Cost: 10
Cast: 1 second (interruptible)
Cooldown: 5 seconds
Duration: 30 seconds

Storm Gust / Lord of Vermilion / Meteor Storm & Earthquake will autospell Soul Strike Level 2 with 20/40/60/80/100% chance. You can use the Kugans window (Alt+K) to change those skills' elements into ghost element but it will reduce their damage by 40/30/20/10/0%.

Passively increases Ghost mastery by 4/8/12/16/20%.

Level	Autospell chance	Damage in Ghost mode	Ghost Mastery
1	20%	-40%	+4%
2	40%	-30%	+8%
3	60%	-20%	+12%
4	80%	-10%	+16%
5	100%	-0%	+20%

The autospell and the Ghost element change only work while Ghost Telekinesis is active (30 seconds).

Ghost Haunting

Active Max Lv 5

ID: 4907
Type: Active
Max level: 5
Cost to learn: 1
LP Cost: 15
Cast: 0.5 seconds
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Duration: 30 seconds
Range: 9
Area: 11 x 11

Stacking: Move speed debuff (shared)

Create a 11 x 11 zone where enemies receives a 5/10/15/20/25% more ghost damage when stepping on it. Also reduce walking speed by 5/10/15/20/25%.

Level	Ghost damage	Walking speed
1	+5%	-5%
2	+10%	-10%
3	+15%	-15%
4	+20%	-20%
5	+25%	-25%

The effects are applied every 3 seconds to enemies in the zone and last 3 seconds.
The LP cost is reduced like the other Kugans (Virgo, Limit Management). If the cast fails for lack of LP, no cooldown starts.

Ghost Fear

Active Max Lv 5

ID: 4908
Type: Active
Max level: 5
Cost to learn: 1
LP Cost: 20
Duration: 60 seconds

Create a ghost aura which increase the user's Curse resistance by 10/20/30/40/50%. Affected player will have a 10/20/30/40/50% chance to reflect Curse status back to the attacker (the user can still be cursed too). Inflict Curse status while being attacked with 4/8/12/16/20% chance, when attacking with 1/2/3/4/5% chance, and increase damage dealt by the user by 3/6/9/12/15% on cursed targets.

Soul Strike, Napalm Beat, Napalm Vulcan and Ghost Attack can now proc Curse with an additional 2/4/6/8/10% chance.

Level	Curse resistance	Curse reflection	Curse when attacked	Curse when attacking	Damage on cursed targets	Skill Curse chance
1	10%	10%	4%	1%	+3%	+2%
2	20%	20%	8%	2%	+6%	+4%
3	30%	30%	12%	3%	+9%	+6%
4	40%	40%	16%	4%	+12%	+8%
5	50%	50%	20%	5%	+15%	+10%

Ghost Spectrum

Active Max Lv 5

ID: 4909
Type: Active
Max level: 5
Cost to learn: 2
LP Cost: 20
Casting Time: 5 seconds (interruptible)
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Duration: 180 seconds
Target: Ground (range 9)

Summons an elemental to fight alongside the player.

The Ghost Elemental is turned towards damage and status.

The ghosts from Ghost Buster have ATK/HP improved by 4% for every level of this kugan learned.

Summon's power depends on user's Base Level and INT, and is increased by the devotion to the Ghost element (up to x2 at maximum devotion).

The summon's power can be increased with Essence (Spectral Essence, set in the Kugans window, Alt+K).

Level	Summon Power
1	19% of (80% Base Level + 40% total INT)
2	23% of (80% Base Level + 40% total INT)
3	27% of (80% Base Level + 40% total INT)
4	31% of (80% Base Level + 40% total INT)
5	35% of (80% Base Level + 40% total INT)

Ghost Elemental

Strong Attributes > Weakness	Race	Element	Size	DEF/MDEF	Range	Attack Speed	Walking Speed	Hit Recovery	Skills
AGI > LUK > DEX > STR > INT > VIT	Formless	Ghost 1	Medium	Very Low / Very High	5	Medium	Medium	Very Fast	Ghost Attack, Ghost Strike, Beyond Slash, Critical Slash lvl 1

Using this skill removes your other summons. The ghost appears within 3 cells of the targeted cell.
Requires at least 10 INT.

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