Venomancer Survival Tactics

Introduction

This guide is about tactics for, and understanding of the venomancer's survival. Since many venomancers choose to be pure magic build, they don't survive long when being ganged or hit for too long.

This has two reasons.

1. Low hp and def like other magic types, like wizard and cleric.
2. Compared to wizards, venomancers have low damage, and therefore can't kill the mobs before they get too close.

Death reasons

1. Pet death. If your pet dies you will be the next target of the mob which fought your pet.
2. Ganging. Ganging can happen in two ways:
   1. You take aggro from an unnoticed mob, so watch your back and don't let it happen!
   2. Your pet takes aggro from more mobs, and loses life faster. Here comes an important fact: If you heal your pet when it's being ganged, all the mobs that aren't being attacked by your pet, but who is part of the gang, will go after you.

Lifeline

Now its time to talk about the venomancers lifeline, and how to tackle gang. Gang sounds like the worst situation, but in fact Pet death is the worst. If pet death happens, you either try to kill the mob before it kills you, or you run!

Lv. 1-28

Lifeline

Your pet is your lifeline. If your pet dies your own hp will go down fast. Don't let the pet die!

In case your pet dies, jump in a the water or up on something. If the mob does ranged attacks you need to get up higher in a tree or something, or deeper into the water.

Skills

Heal Pet.

At Lv. 3 make sure to get Pet Heal (human/fox mode), so you can keep your pet from dieing.

Revive.

At Lv. 3 also make sure to get Revive Pet (human/fox mode), so you can revive your pet.

HP Heal.

At Lv. 26 make sure you get the Metabolic Boost (human mode), which will heal some of your hp, but it can't save you yet!

Lv. 29-35

Lifeline

Congratulations you have just got a much longer lifeline. Your pet is still your main lifeline, so keep it alive. If the mobs should break your Pet lifeline, you now have your Swap lifeline.

Swap

"fictional situation"

You get ganged by two mobs. First rule is to keep your head cool. Second rule is heal your pet as late as possible, so the extra mob comes after you as late as possible. Now the extra mob attacks you. Do all you can to help your pet killing the mob attacking your pet. If you are about to die use Swap. Once you have killed the mob attacking your pet, you make your pet attack the mob attacking you. Your pet will take the aggro and you just saved your life.

Skills

Swap.

At Lv. 29 make sure to get the skill Soul Transfusion (human/fox mode). Simply said, the skill swaps your hp and mp. So if you have 25%hp and 75%mp, a swap will give you 75%hp and 25%mp

Lv. 36-38

Lifeline

Okay same idea as Lv. 29-35, but now you use Hp heal and Mp heal, to make your lifeline a bit longer. Mp heal should be used before Swap, to have as much mp as possible, and Hp heal after Swap, to fill up the Hp you might be missing.

Skills

Mp Heal.

At Lv. 36 get the skill Nature's Grace (human mode) this skill heals some of your mp, which is a great combination with Swap.

Lv. 39+

Lifeline

From now on your tactic for survival doesn't change much. With a little luck though, you can give yourself a few more seconds by stealing hp from a mob.

Skills

Hp Steal.

At lvl 39 get the skill called Leech. This skill has a chance to steal hp from the mob it's used on. At skill Lv. 1 it has an 80% chance, so it's good but not 100%. Good for refilling hp, if you keep the situation under control.

Mp Steal.

At lvl 49. get the skill Consume Spirit. This skill takes some of your hp and 3sec later you get some mp. Don't use this skill as survival, but only to refill mp.