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With the new release of Phantasy Star online 2 I have noticed a lot of people asking about Mags, particularly how to raise the stats them. So I’ve put together this brief mag levelling guide.

Now there is plenty of guides out there from the JP version, though a lot of them are really outdated and quite a bit has changed since then.

So, let us get down to it.

Overall you want 200 in your attack stat, there are Melee Attack (M-Attk), Ranged Attack (R-Attk), Tech Attack (T-Attk) or Dex, which stat you want will depend on your Main class, and your subclass to a degree.

If your subclass will be Braver, Bouncer or the Phantom class once/if it comes out, see the part of the guide for them.

Melee Classes – Hunter and Fighter (Hu or Fi)

So, these 2 are simple, M-Attk to 200 is what you want. To get this you want to feed your mag Melee weapons, the higher the star the better up to 9★, until Dex is about to be levelled up at this point feed them either Monomates or 4★ Furniture. In general, Furniture is faster as it lowers Dex more than mates will.

Ranged Classes – Ranger and Gunner (Ra or Gu)

These guys want R-Attk to 200. To get this you want to feed your mag Ranged weapons, the higher the star the better up to 9★, until Dex is about to be levelled up at this point feed them either Dimates or 5★ Furniture.

Tech Classes – Force and Techer (Fo or Te)

If you are going Te/Hu melee Wand, build for M-Attk

You may have noticed a theme by now, as for our Tech users we want T-Attk to 200. To get this you want to feed your mag Tech weapons, the higher the star the better up to 9★, until Dex is about to be levelled up at this point feed them either Trimates or 6★ Furniture.

Hybrid Classes – Braver and Bouncer (Br or Bo)

These guys have a special skill called <Class> Mag, this convers every level of Dex into a point of either M-Attk and R-Attk for the Braver, or M-Attk and T-Attk for the Bouncer, this works if it either you main or subclass, and they stack if you are a Bo/Br or Br/Bo! So, while you can build based on your main weapon, I would highly recommend Dex if you plan to have either of these classes as a Main or Subclass.

Levelling Dex is incredibly easy, just feed that mag Discs, Photon art or Techniques, it doesn’t matter which.

The hero classes – Hero, Phantom, Etoile and Luster

Hero, Etoile and Luster have a skill called that converts the total of all your Attack stats and makes them all the same. So, if you have 200 M-Attk it would give 200 R-Attk and 200 T-Attk too, if you had 100 in T-Attk and 100 in M-Attk, all 3 would become 200. Hero cannot be or have a Subclass. The Etoile cannot have a subclass, though it can be a subclass, as your subclass it will have the same effect as your main class.

The Phantom, much like the Br and Bo has a skill that turns each point of Dex into a point of M-Attk, R-Attk and T-Attk. Now unlike the Hero, while it cannot have a subclass, it can be a subclass, and the mag skill stacks with Br/Bo. With the Phantom having access to Techs, it makes it an exceptionally good all-round subclass, especially with it giving a bonus increase to damage based of your Max PP. This has made Dex mags extremely popular in the JP servers too.

Finally, Summoner.

These guys are a little odd in that the Mag stat affects your pet so it will depend on your intended play style. I would personally recommend T-Attk unless you have your subclass as either Bouncer or Phantom, in which case you want Dex.

Aready levelled your mag up and have some of the wrong stat.

Not to worry, you can trade 5 Ex-Cubes for an item that reduces a mag level by one, you choose the stat to reduce too. These are from the Ex-Cube vendor found on the upper floor of the shopping district.

I hope that you’ve found this mag levelling guide useful, if you have any questions or suggestions please let me know in the comments section. If I get enough suggestions I may incorporate them into a future mag levelling guide.

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This new Luster class centres around high speed combat using the often under-utilised Gunblades. The Luster also comes with three unique fighting styles and Luster-exclusive skills.

Before players can jump into the shoes of the new Scion class Luther, they’ll need to reach level 75 or higher with any two other classes.

To help players who may not have reached this lofty goal, Phantasy Star Online 2 is also running a 400% bonus experience gain on a variety of missions throughout the day – including the bonus key missions!

Fighting Styles

Zandi Style – Equipping a wind or lightning embued weapon will activate this high speed style, concentrating on agility and crowd control attacks.

Fomel Style – Aggressive close combat style available when using Fire or Dark element weapons.

Baran Style – Using a Light or Ice weapon will grant you this defensive style with long range attacks.

Skills

Along with a new class comes a slew of new class skills, and the Luster is no exception.

Luster Time – The Luster’s ultimate ability. Upon activation you will gain a boost to your defence for 30 seconds. You can then activate the skill a second time before the timer runs out for a powerful area of effect attack. This skill has a 5 minute cool-down, which can be reduced to as little as 2 minutes at High Voltage.

Voltage – Voltage acts as a sort of combo meter, giving the player various buffs when they reach certain milestones. Your first buff will occur when you hit 100 voltage, casting Shifta and Deband on the player to boost their attack and defence.
The next buff comes at 500 voltage where you enter a state of ‘High Voltage’. In this state you will gain a range of buffs including reduced cool down of Luster Time, increased critical hit rate and recovering a portion of the player’s HP and PP.

Slash Rise – After attacking you can press the jump button to transition into a slash rise. This bonus attack can help you to continue to raise your Voltage meter.

Style Purge – Gain access to a rapid fire attack in exchange for loosing the elemental bonus of your weapon. Charging your shot also allows for a powerful elemental shot that inflicts huge area of effect damage.

Stay/Moving Photon Arts – The Luster’s Photon Arts are divided into two categories; Stay and Moving Photon Arts. Depending on whether you activate a Photon Art while inputting a direction will depend on which of the two types of Photon Art you will trigger.

Subclasses

The Luster, like the other successor classes (Hero, Phantom and Etoile) cannot take a subclass. This means selecting the Luster as your main class will lock you into only using the skills and abilities of that class.

However, unlike the Hero class the Luster can be used as a sub-class to another non-successor class. This can be a great boost to any of the 9 original classes. Although not all skills will be available when used as a subclass.

So what are your thoughts on the new Luster class in Phantasy Star Online 2? We’d love to hear them in the comments below.

Phantasy Star Online 2 is available as a free-to-play title on Xbox and Windows 10.

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