[Tips] Fire Tao Guide Pt 2

Part 2 of Fire Tao Guide)

**Bomb- You can pick this up at Bird Island, I've had Birdmen and Hawking drop this skill book, when you find it right click to learn if you are above 80. This skill is OK, but I don't like it as much as Fire Ring/Ball, or a fixed Fire Meteor. The success rate is a constant 80% accuracy, and easy leveling like Fire Ring/Ball, but the only difference is that this skill does splash damage on impact to monsters surrounding (may not be true any more), and it's fixed damage does not compare to a fixed Fire Ring/Ball or fixed Fire Meteor (probably because of the whole splash damage thing). About the only use I see of this skill is if you see a bunch of people you don't like or enemy guild sitting close to each other, turn on PK, right click on the Person closest to the center for instant fun. Hell just does it to a bunch of people sitting close anyway, and maybe you might kill a noob or something passing by.

**Fire of Hell- Ooo, sounds cool and all. It makes you think that every will bow down or die at your feet, in a fire and brimston-ie doom. It's actually a better version of Bomb. You can jump around while casting, the range is short, and the damage is less than Fire Circle/Arista/Blaze/Inferno, but you can almost spam it. There is a slight delay after casting, but it not bad at all. You'll be right clicking away, and then all of a sudden your MP will run out because this skill is an MP HOG. This skill levels easy, but bring lots of Mana potions.

**Tornado- Super fast, lightning bolts of smiting. Awesome skill, even at level 0. For such an awesome skill, this is the one reason Tao's are the worst. It's not so much as they suck, but it's the amount of experience needed to level this skill. Sure, moon gems make it faster, but when you are done, you will be a zombie. Before you are level 90, you need to make money to get a 2 socket backsword, Unique, or elite. (No Supers you should know this by now). You also need to raise money for 2 Refined Moon Gems. (You can raise money to buy a unique socket gown and another gem to make it go faster if possible.) Insert your gems into the backsword. As soon as you are level 90, fight only white named monsters (birdmen at level 90), or go to the training ground using ONLY TORNADO. If you do this, then your tornado should be Level 1 by the time that you are about to turn Level 92, or if you turn 92 before it levels, you should be close (roughly 75-85% range), go to Wonderland/Dragon Pool and fight Bandit98 until it levels.  From 92-99, I suggest leveling up Fire Meteor, or other skills that are behind in levels, such as Fire Ring, or maybe Fire Circle. You need to repeat this same procedure at level 100 using nothing but Tornado until 102, and then 102-109 catch up on other skills that may be behind just like last time. Now here comes the long part. From level 110-112 try your hardest to get Tornado to get fixed, no later than 113. If you cannot do this, wait until 115-117 to finish it off. if you're 120 without it fixed, forget about it. If you do get this fixed 112-113, then use 112-121 to fix the rest of your skills. Start with Fire Meteor first, Fire Ball, Bomb, and Fire of Hell last.

PK Tips while leveling

Your worst enemy can be an Archer with Earrings, melee water, or a Trojan.

Most of the time, Archers do not figure out they should be wearing earrings until the higher levels, which means they are probably wearing a helmet. If they are wearing a helmet, then you should be able to blast them out of the air fairly easy. If they are wearing earrings, and you are not strong enough, then escape.

You may not run into these that often, but you may run into one occasionally. Physically attacking Taos can be bad news if you don't have enough MATK to blast through their MDEF. Try to avoid them if you run into an aggressive one.

Ah sneaky Trojans. Almost every Trojan will sneak up and either stays slightly away from you, or slightly off screen, and shift screen to check your gears. Don't trust Trojans while leveling, they are not your friends (unless you have a real friend that's a Trojan.) If a Trojan is jumping by, stops and turns around, then you need to immediately turn on the warning signals in your head. There's a good chance they will observe your gears, then try to kill you, or they may just go for broke and kill you without preparations. I know it gets boring sometimes sitting there watching your Tao blasting away at something, but just keep half a mind open for PKing Trojans.

Warriors are like a triangle, and has 3 sides. The first side you can see is a warrior with a 2 hander. even with earrings, they shouldn't be a problem unless they're speed hacking. Then there are the normal warriors who usually have a club shield and helm. Not too bad, you just have to watch for them like you do Trojans. Then you have warriors with a shield and earrings, which could be bad news for magic casters. Warriors are built for defense, and have reasonable attack power, so don't under estimate them.

I don't know about you, but Ninjas seem slow...but in any event, they have crazy attack power and the deadly toxic fog. Use the same strategy as you would for a Trojan.

Reborn

These are just some of my favorites, not stating which one is the best. You can go look at the website and choose for yourself.

Fire>Fire>Fire
Water>Fire>Fire
Ninja>Warrior>Fire
Ninja>Water>Fire
Trojan>Warrior>Fire
XXX>warrior>Fire
Water>Warrior>Fire

Thanks for reading my guide. If you want to review my previous guides, I have decided to do the leg work for you, and get you the links. Here they are in order:

Warrior Guide
http://co.99.com/content/2008-02-19/20080219221846826.shtml
http://co.99.com/content/2008-02-19/20080219222128344.shtml
http://co.99.com/content/2008-02-19/20080219222334047.shtml
http://co.99.com/content/2008-02-19/20080219222549689.shtml

Weapon FAQ
http://co.99.com/content/2008-03-31/20080331184213971.shtml
http://co.99.com/content/2008-03-31/20080331184628394.shtml
http://co.99.com/content/2008-03-31/20080331184935185.shtml
http://co.99.com/content/2008-03-31/20080331185049383.shtml

Common Sense
http://co.99.com/content/2008-04-17/20080417182846129.shtml
http://co.99.com/content/2008-04-17/20080417182915525.shtml

Quick Money
http://co.99.com/content/2008-05-08/20080508235100112.shtml

Moon Box Guide
http://co.99.com/content/2008-08-03/20080803192505413.shtml
http://co.99.com/content/2008-08-07/20080807214204955.shtml

House Making Guide
http://co.99.com/content/2008-09-11/20080911231750733.shtml

House Upgrade
http://co.99.com/content/2008-10-10/20081010181626360.shtml

If you have any questions, would like any of my guides in a text document like my Trojan guide, or request I write a guide you can email me at imposterian@gmail.com.

My name is Setsuko, and I play on Eagle Server, the best server.

Guides in Progress:

Archer Guide (the millionth one XD)