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'''Professor''' is the [[Transcendent Classes|transcendent class]] of the [[Sage]], gained after rebirth. Professors keep the Sage's entire toolkit and gain powerful support and disruption skills: [[Soul Burn]] to destroy an enemy's SP, [[Mind Breaker]] to amplify the magic damage a target takes, [[Memorize]] to slash cast time, and the [[Wall of Fog]] and [[Spider Web]] battlefield-control fields. They remain the Mage line's premier utility and anti-caster class.
[[Category:Transcendent Classes]]
= Professor =
 
The '''Professor''' is the transcendent form of the [[Sage]], gained after rebirth. It keeps the Sage's entire toolkit and sharpens both of its playstyles: '''Battle Sage''' gains the tools that let a caster chain spells at speed, while '''Arcane Scholar''' grows into the Mage line's premier anti-caster and battlefield-control specialist.
 
* '''Battle Sage''': the offensive caster line, now able to prime a burst of rapid spellcasting.
* '''Arcane Scholar''': support, disruption and control, with SP destruction, magic-defence stripping and lingering field effects.
 
As with the Sage, the lines are a matter of priority: points can be spent freely and hybrid builds remain playable.
 
== Specialization branches ==
 
=== Battle Sage ===
 
The transcendent Battle Sage is about casting more, and casting faster. Memorize sets up the burst windows the branch's spell rotation is built around, Double Cast doubles the payoff of a lucky bolt proc, and Gravitational Field gives the branch a nuke worth spending that burst on.
 
==== Memorize ====
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Memorize</caption>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Job</th><td>Professor</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Type</th><td>Supportive</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Target</th><td>Self</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Max level</th><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">SP cost</th><td>1</td></tr>
</table>
A self-buff with a lengthy channel that primes the Professor for a flurry of rapid spellcasting, sharply cutting the variable cast time of the next several learned-skill casts. Spells granted by items are unaffected, and the buff lasts until all its charges are spent.
→ '''[[Memorize]]'''
<br style="clear:both"/>
 
==== Double Cast ====
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Double Cast</caption>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Job</th><td>Professor</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Type</th><td>Supportive</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Target</th><td>Self</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Max level</th><td>5</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">SP cost</th><td>40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Cast time</th><td>2 s (not reduced by DEX)</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Duration</th><td>120 s</td></tr>
</table>
A self-buff that gives the Professor's bolt spells a chance to fire a second time for free, sharply boosting bolt output for its duration.
→ '''[[Double Cast]]'''
<br style="clear:both"/>


== Skills ==
==== Gravitational Field ====
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Gravitational Field</caption>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Job</th><td>Professor</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Type</th><td>Offensive (Magic)</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Target</th><td>Ground</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Element</th><td>Neutral</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Max level</th><td>5</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">SP cost</th><td>30 → 70</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Cast time</th><td>3 → 5 sec</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Duration</th><td>3.95 sec</td></tr>
</table>
A reworked ground field that repeatedly crushes enemies caught inside it with Neutral magic. The caster is not locked in place, making it a reliable source of area pressure.
→ '''[[Gravitational Field]]'''
<br style="clear:both"/>


=== Soul Burn ===
=== Arcane Scholar ===
 
The transcendent Arcane Scholar turns study into control of the battlefield. It strips an enemy's resources and defences, and lays down fields that pin, blind and break up an advance.
 
==== Soul Burn ====
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Soul Burn</caption>
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Soul Burn</caption>
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A premier anti-caster strike that attempts to wipe out an enemy's entire SP pool in an instant. The gamble cuts both ways: a failed cast backfires and burns the Professor's own SP instead. At its highest mastery the spell also blasts the target with magic damage tied to the SP destroyed.
A premier anti-caster strike that attempts to wipe out an enemy's entire SP pool in an instant. The gamble cuts both ways: a failed cast backfires and burns the Professor's own SP instead. At its highest mastery the spell also blasts the target with magic damage tied to the SP destroyed.
→ '''[[Soul Burn]]'''
→ '''[[Soul Burn]]'''
<br style="clear:both"/>


=== Mind Breaker ===
==== Mind Breaker ====
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Mind Breaker</caption>
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Mind Breaker</caption>
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A double-edged debuff that whips a single enemy into a heightened magical state, sharply raising the magic damage it deals but leaving its magic defenses badly exposed. Casting it also interrupts the target's current spell and yanks monster aggression onto the Professor. A staple setup tool for partnering with allied nukers.
A double-edged debuff that whips a single enemy into a heightened magical state, sharply raising the magic damage it deals but leaving its magic defenses badly exposed. Casting it also interrupts the target's current spell and yanks monster aggression onto the Professor. A staple setup tool for partnering with allied nukers.
→ '''[[Mind Breaker]]'''
→ '''[[Mind Breaker]]'''
<br style="clear:both"/>


=== Memorize ===
==== Wall of Fog ====
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Memorize</caption>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Job</th><td>Professor</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Type</th><td>Supportive</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Target</th><td>Self</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Max level</th><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">SP cost</th><td>1</td></tr>
</table>
A self-buff with a lengthy channel that primes the Professor for a flurry of rapid spellcasting, sharply cutting the variable cast time of the next several learned-skill casts. Spells granted by items are unaffected, and the buff lasts until all its charges are spent.
→ '''[[Memorize]]'''
 
=== Wall of Fog ===
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Wall of Fog</caption>
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Wall of Fog</caption>
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Conjures an Earth-element fog cloud on the ground that reliably Blinds anyone standing inside it, crippling their accuracy. The blind refreshes while a unit lingers in the fog and clings to them for a while after they leave; standing on a Deluge tile grants immunity.
Conjures an Earth-element fog cloud on the ground that reliably Blinds anyone standing inside it, crippling their accuracy. The blind refreshes while a unit lingers in the fog and clings to them for a while after they leave; standing on a Deluge tile grants immunity.
→ '''[[Wall of Fog]]'''
→ '''[[Wall of Fog]]'''
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=== Spider Web ===
==== Spider Web ====
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Spider Web</caption>
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Spider Web</caption>
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<tr><th style="text-align:left">Catalyst</th><td>1 Spider Web</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Catalyst</th><td>1 Spider Web</td></tr>
</table>
</table>
Ensnares an enemy in sticky webbing, rooting it in place and gutting its evasion. While caught, the target is doubly vulnerable to Fire — the first Fire hit lands amplified and tears the web apart. A potent combo setup that consumes a Spider Web item.
Ensnares an enemy in sticky webbing, rooting it in place and gutting its evasion. While caught, the target is doubly vulnerable to Fire, and the first Fire hit lands amplified and tears the web apart. A potent combo setup that consumes a Spider Web item.
→ '''[[Spider Web]]'''
→ '''[[Spider Web]]'''
<br style="clear:both"/>
==== Polymorph ====
<table class="wikitable" style="float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;width:23em;font-size:90%">
<caption style="font-size:115%;background:#2b2b3a;color:#fff;padding:4px">Polymorph</caption>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Job</th><td>Professor</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Type</th><td>Active (Debuff)</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Target</th><td>Enemy</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Max level</th><td>5</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">SP cost</th><td>20 → 40</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Cast time</th><td>1 sec</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Cooldown</th><td>10 sec</td></tr>
<tr><th style="text-align:left">Catalyst</th><td>1 Red Gemstone</td></tr>
</table>
Transforms an enemy into a harmless Poring that cannot attack or cast, wanders aimlessly, and rapidly heals itself, though any damage shatters the spell. It holds far longer on monsters than on players, and bosses and instance foes resist it outright. Costs a Red Gemstone.
→ '''[[Polymorph]]'''
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== See also ==
== See also ==
[[Sage]] · [[Mage]] · [[Transcendent Classes]] · [[Classes]]
[[Sage]] &middot; [[Mage]] &middot; [[Transcendent Classes]] &middot; [[Classes]]


[[Category:Transcendent Classes]]
[[Category:Classes]]
[[Category:Classes]]

Revision as of 10:40, 10 August 2026

Professor

The Professor is the transcendent form of the Sage, gained after rebirth. It keeps the Sage's entire toolkit and sharpens both of its playstyles: Battle Sage gains the tools that let a caster chain spells at speed, while Arcane Scholar grows into the Mage line's premier anti-caster and battlefield-control specialist.

  • Battle Sage: the offensive caster line, now able to prime a burst of rapid spellcasting.
  • Arcane Scholar: support, disruption and control, with SP destruction, magic-defence stripping and lingering field effects.

As with the Sage, the lines are a matter of priority: points can be spent freely and hybrid builds remain playable.

Specialization branches

Battle Sage

The transcendent Battle Sage is about casting more, and casting faster. Memorize sets up the burst windows the branch's spell rotation is built around, Double Cast doubles the payoff of a lucky bolt proc, and Gravitational Field gives the branch a nuke worth spending that burst on.

Memorize

Memorize
JobProfessor
TypeSupportive
TargetSelf
Max level1
SP cost1

A self-buff with a lengthy channel that primes the Professor for a flurry of rapid spellcasting, sharply cutting the variable cast time of the next several learned-skill casts. Spells granted by items are unaffected, and the buff lasts until all its charges are spent. → Memorize

Double Cast

Double Cast
JobProfessor
TypeSupportive
TargetSelf
Max level5
SP cost40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cast time2 s (not reduced by DEX)
Duration120 s

A self-buff that gives the Professor's bolt spells a chance to fire a second time for free, sharply boosting bolt output for its duration. → Double Cast

Gravitational Field

Gravitational Field
JobProfessor
TypeOffensive (Magic)
TargetGround
ElementNeutral
Max level5
SP cost30 → 70
Cast time3 → 5 sec
Duration3.95 sec

A reworked ground field that repeatedly crushes enemies caught inside it with Neutral magic. The caster is not locked in place, making it a reliable source of area pressure. → Gravitational Field

Arcane Scholar

The transcendent Arcane Scholar turns study into control of the battlefield. It strips an enemy's resources and defences, and lays down fields that pin, blind and break up an advance.

Soul Burn

Soul Burn
JobProfessor
TypeActive
TargetEnemy
Max level5
SP cost80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Range9 cells
Cooldown10s (Lv 1–4), 15s (Lv 5)

A premier anti-caster strike that attempts to wipe out an enemy's entire SP pool in an instant. The gamble cuts both ways: a failed cast backfires and burns the Professor's own SP instead. At its highest mastery the spell also blasts the target with magic damage tied to the SP destroyed. → Soul Burn

Mind Breaker

Mind Breaker
JobProfessor
TypeActive
TargetEnemy
Max level5
SP cost12 / 15 / 18 / 21 / 24
Range9 cells
Duration30 seconds

A double-edged debuff that whips a single enemy into a heightened magical state, sharply raising the magic damage it deals but leaving its magic defenses badly exposed. Casting it also interrupts the target's current spell and yanks monster aggression onto the Professor. A staple setup tool for partnering with allied nukers. → Mind Breaker

Wall of Fog

Wall of Fog
JobProfessor
TypeActive
TargetGround
Max level1
SP cost25
Range9 cells
ElementEarth
Duration20 seconds

Conjures an Earth-element fog cloud on the ground that reliably Blinds anyone standing inside it, crippling their accuracy. The blind refreshes while a unit lingers in the fog and clings to them for a while after they leave; standing on a Deluge tile grants immunity. → Wall of Fog

Spider Web

Spider Web
JobProfessor
TypeActive
TargetEnemy
Max level1
SP cost50
Range9 cells
Duration16 seconds
Catalyst1 Spider Web

Ensnares an enemy in sticky webbing, rooting it in place and gutting its evasion. While caught, the target is doubly vulnerable to Fire, and the first Fire hit lands amplified and tears the web apart. A potent combo setup that consumes a Spider Web item. → Spider Web

Polymorph

Polymorph
JobProfessor
TypeActive (Debuff)
TargetEnemy
Max level5
SP cost20 → 40
Cast time1 sec
Cooldown10 sec
Catalyst1 Red Gemstone

Transforms an enemy into a harmless Poring that cannot attack or cast, wanders aimlessly, and rapidly heals itself, though any damage shatters the spell. It holds far longer on monsters than on players, and bosses and instance foes resist it outright. Costs a Red Gemstone. → Polymorph

See also

Sage · Mage · Transcendent Classes · Classes