THIS GUIDE IS FOR DEDICATED FIRE TAO (also means had read and known some basics of fire tao already), although VERY strong pvper, because fire tao is really hard to lvl (include spells), need lots of very good stuffs, can't usually 1 hit others, need hellish perseverance....(there are actually about less than 10 pct or even 5 (depends on servers etc.) pct of ppl get to lvl 111 rb fire)

___not as much guides as others maybe because it doesn't require very much to say, just level ur ass off, takes so damn long to lvl( the absolutely longest to lvl out of 5 class)

Fire Tao Advantage:

->>PK and pvp, gw fighting, effective range attacker, works great especially around guild gate, awesome magic def to take on guard (rb high lvl can take guard from city few hits to kill them too XD). One of the Best pvp class (can't do much damage to pole, gate, but a main point and adv of this game is good pvp system, gw was awesome, but need to be strong), depends on against what other class (good against trojan, some what good against war/archer, not really good against melee water, warrior>warrior)

Fire Tao Disadvantage:

___archer beats fire very badly in plvling and hunting, ks hell out of AS and Basilisk...

->may use fire circle or foh to hunt (although can hunt at higher lvl monsters than archer, but means nothing), but better use an archer to hunt, archers are easy to lvl and awesome for hunting (elfapes etc. need to hunt where 1 scatter kill).

->>Not as good for most of the quest like moonbox (may works in dis city quest, but monsters are like lvl 120+)...another way of saying SUX for making money :/

Things to Think about:

->> BE A REBORN(rb) IS ESSENTIAL TO BECOME GOOD PVPER, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT OF FIRE TAO IS TO BECOME A GOOD PVPER (don't regret later), better get water (other class like warrior is good too, xp shield rox, but not as common, takes more time, but less than the time to rb a fire) first, get many friends (archer or tao ppl who can help plvl u would be awesome), get good relationship and get plvled till rb, rb into fire, fire-fire is very nice too (especially against archer, but archer isn't very good pvper anyway), but they take a lonnnnnnnng time to rb..

->>The usually best rb choices (This is before second rb, now the combo is messed up mainly because of reflect/pure classes etc.) are: anything(higher better)>trojan, water>fire, fire>fire, warrior>warrior, archer>archer(not as powerful now), warrior>fire(not as common, the xp shield *3 physical def, helps when get to high lvl), trojan>fire and warrior>water or other>water (trojan>water and warrior>water are better than water>water) but bit weaker, helps alot in team/gw, trojan>archer for KO board (if u really care that much about it)...

Leveling:

___if picked water first, get plvl till rb, the fastest and also one of the best choices, other characters need more work especially fire...

->after rb to fire, plvled till 65 (have fire circle {fc}), then half plvl, half lvl urself, (depends on circumstances/choice, use guard would be awesome too, all rb do that, use (40+++)copper guard at BI, use (70++) silver guard at mc bloody bat, gold guard(105+) at red devil...

->Also, Fire Of Hell (foh) after lvl 2 (lvl 106) is better than fixed fc in all cases (i meant rate+damage vs rate+dmg of fc), but eats up mana fast. U can use it in tg to hit 3 Stake (put another person in front of the middle stack, click that person, note this require that person to be right next to the stake at all time, THIS is is way for fire tao to tg during high levels)

->>Always go to the advance zone area (when not green name and have fair mdef) when not fully taken by strong archer{water factory, farming}(if ur not on team), when lvling fire tao go to SSM, AS or Basilisk to fire circle or foh (again, takes hell mana, not hitting all monsters and a lot of clickings), low lvl or median archer helps fire tao a lot but too strong archer just kills fire tao in lvling...

___after lvl 100, may go to lab or place to fc or foh (foh works better when fixed, lvl 113), but gotta use bat(after rb, fix at 100, it takes dmg for u), those monsters hit hard against tao...

___after lvl 110, If all AS/Basilisk FULLY taken, or became green name, may go to wine zone (entrance at Mystic Castle, cost health wine each entry) to lvl, works great with reborn because can use wand + guard, not very much mob but can still gather 3-5 with ease, only 2 kinds of magic attack monsters, lvl 120 or lvl 122 devil king, should be nothing to fire tao by the time...

-> after lvl 110, lvling fire tao becomes very hard, may consider use tg well (use if u can obviously, foh), u may also surprised at the team exp if u r in good team with good archers, can gain LOTS of exp as well depend on archer/rainbow. For rb, u can choose to relot points to melee lvl use wand especially if u r not very rich or doesn't have soc bracelet etc. (wand is recommended as best lvling 2h, glaive/poleaxe/long hammer works too), lvling places differ depends of crowdness,ur preference, and ur items.

___fire tao really takes a LONG time to lvl (except if u have a full soc lvl 130 archer, full soc rain etc.). PERSEVERANCE!

For Equipments:

->>FIRE TAO's MAGIC ATTACK is solely depended on ur spells and items! As a high lvl fire tao, one should at least have nado fixed, fire meteor fixed if u r very very good.--> This implies high lvl fire tao difference lies only on their equips (yes, include lvl of equip too, which means lvl still matters a bit).

___As for gears.... obviously more soc the more joy (matters a lot)...need (non-rb, would be 1 from Basi if rb) elite/super +3 robe, +2 bag and +3 cap to take 3 damage from AS(alien Serpent) ( it takes 39 or something from Basilisk) at lvl 87, and +4 the robe will probably do for stacking... ppl usually use phoenix in bs for fire, rainbow for water, although rainbow for fire is pretty nice too, but fire (especially after rb) are used very common in pk, looks cool too XD

___Needless to say that blessed (or maybe even tortuise gem) items help alot in pvp.

FOR spells:

___spells like heal, heal rain (rb), adv heal, dh are helpful and can tg them, personally I tg fire met occasionally because its very hard...

___btw, did i mention that lvling nado/fire met is just another version of hell? takes so long but necessary for a good fire tao (especially nado), fc and foh are VERY easy to lvl (especially foh), other attack spells like bomb, fire ring are not recommended.

->>REMEMBER to lvl ur nado/fire met (u get about double dmg/exp) on white name when ur lvl ends in 0,5 (like 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, u will go to Bandits, tombats, bloodybats, bull monsters, and red devils respectively). Fire met is A LOT worse than nado due to need lots of exp, 7 lvls, less hit rate (or slow, though more damage), misses (a lot at first), shorter range, and doesn't lock on target

FOR pk/pvp:

->nado for pvp first, then if can get fire met to fix, then u can use both, but fire tao also requires pretty good stuffs to lvl efficiently or hit hard as well..

->Do Not get hit by too powerful tro/war ( obviously, but especially for fire tao who has least phy def) to prevent getting 1 hitted (depends on luck too, especially with tro's large range of att)...

->>hp bs fire tao recovers health while attacking, bring both pots, very effective and higher chance of survival, mana bs saves lots of pots, biggest advantage is adv heal, but adv heal does cost a lil time/chance to get hit when most ppl rather continue hitting (use pot etc.) and also stun target etc.

->>YES, REAL TAO USE POTIONS. As many very experience players knew as well, adv heal/heal when near combat or without seeing any enemy in the screen, and use pots when combating. Another evidence is seeing loads of pots (both kinds) flying in gw, even a few pots last quite a while...

->>KNOW when/where to jump, Be unpredictable when jumping, AND experience fire tao player knows how to use nado/fire met efficiently, there's a time elapse for nados/fire mets and use it wisely INCLUDE interrupted by jumping, meaning good fire tao knows that a short distance before landing or a short distand after jumped that they can still cast ONE more nado/fire met. click enemy in air etc.

->>Sometimes, fire taos have to jump constantly to avoid hit, do so if necessary and hit occasionally or once per jump, aim in air or as fast as can, will hit when u need landing or soon after u leave ground

->ALSO, use of fire met (hard to fix) is REALLY high lvl/skill/equip players' battle, it hurts a lot (3250 based dmg vs 1166 of nado) (not to mention getting 1 hitted is even possible), but needs more mana, longer elapse, has hit rate 75% (some exp player says its more than 75), can combo with nado...

___Need skill to play a fire tao as well, jump well to avoid getting hit, and hit others with nado/fire met (foh in proper places), pot/medi/heal depends on circumstances..

THE Hp or Mana Backsword choice:

___Highly recommended to get one, helps great deal, received when reborn into water(mana) or fire(hp) unique no socket. Becareful when trading, ask for performance in tg etc.

___They activate (recover 300 hp or 310 mana to urself) on targeted spell such as tornado, fire met, foh, etc. (not fc/inferno)

->healing/mana bs activate average 2.7 to 4 times of hit, I think its more likely 2.7 than 4...

->>OK, Which one is better depends on EACH PERSONAL PREFERENCE

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