MU Online Character Guide: The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Originally launched toward the end of Season 19, the Alchemist is considered a magic class but relies on mixing different materials together. You use a staff as your primary weapon and elixirs as sub-weapons. Both your defense and magic attack power are high, and you can boost a lot of stats in your party. This is an extremely versatile class that is likely to change how MU Online is played. This guide will cover the basics, key abilities, and specializations of the Alchemist to help new and returning players maximize their potential in battles.

Key Attributes of the Alchemist

Class: Alchemist
Location: Noria
Primary Weapon: Staff
Sub-Weapon: Elixirs
Combat Style: Ranged, Supportive Magic
Difficulty: Medium 		Mu Online Alchemist
  • Strength: Secondary for equipping gear; most effective when kept minimal.
  • Agility: Enhances casting speed and evasion, useful for faster potion effects.
  • Vitality: Boosts HP, essential for durability in prolonged battles.
  • Energy: Main attribute, enhancing magic attack power and potency of elixir effects.

Recommended Stat Distribution: Focus on Energy to maximize magic potency, with some points in Vitality for durability and Agility for faster casting.

Core Skills and Abilities

The Alchemist’s unique playstyle involves using both magic spells and alchemical mixtures to support allies and damage foes. Key skills include:

  • Fireball: A fiery spell that deals damage to enemies in a small area.
  • Power Wave: A powerful wave of energy that damages enemies in its path.
  • Lightning: Strikes a single enemy with a bolt of lightning, dealing high damage.
  • Meteorite: Calls down a meteor to deal massive damage in a targeted area.
  • Ice: Freezes enemies in place, reducing their mobility for a short time.
  • Poison: Creates a toxic cloud that poisons enemies, draining their health over time.
  • Flame: Unleashes a continuous stream of fire that burns enemies in its path.
  • Twister: Summons a whirlwind that damages and knocks back enemies in its area.
  • Hellfire: A powerful fire-based attack that creates an explosion, dealing AoE damage.
  • Teleport Ally: Teleports a friendly target to the Alchemist’s location, providing support during combat.
  • Decay: Reduces the health of enemies in a large area, weakening their defense.
  • Cometfall: A meteor strike that damages and stuns enemies in a wide radius.
  • Expansion of Wizardry: Temporarily boosts the effectiveness of all magical abilities, enhancing spell damage and area of effect.
  • Aqua Beam: Fires a beam of water at enemies, dealing damage and reducing their movement speed.
  • Blast: Creates a burst of energy that deals massive damage to a single target.
  • Inferno: Summons a raging inferno that burns enemies in its area for continuous damage.
  • Ice Storm: A chilling storm that freezes enemies and damages them over time.
  • Nova: Releases a powerful explosion of energy, damaging and knocking back enemies in a large area.
  • Earth Prison: Traps enemies in a stone cage, preventing them from moving or attacking for a limited time.
  • Illusion: Creates an illusionary duplicate of the Alchemist to confuse and mislead enemies.

Exclusive Skills

  • Angel Homunculus: Summons a divine creature that heals and shields allies in battle.
  • Ignition Bomber: Throws explosive bombs that deal massive damage in an area.
  • Mystic Flask: A powerful skill that releases a volatile flask, dealing high magic damage to multiple enemies and applying debuffs.
  • Confusion Stone: Casts a stone that confuses enemies, causing them to attack their allies for a short period.
Mu Online Countless Countless Weapon: Summons multiple weapons to attack enemies at once, dealing damage over time.

Specializations: Advancing Your Alchemist

Mu Online Alchemist Alchemist (1st Evolution): The starting form, introducing basic potion-based support skills and offensive spells.
Potion Master (2nd Evolution): Gains enhanced potion skills, improving the effects of elixirs and buffs.
Elixir Mage (3rd Evolution): Excels in using powerful elixirs to boost party stats and add new utility effects.
Element Alchemist (4th Evolution): Specializes in elemental magic, combining support and offense with stronger AoE skills.
Arch Alchemist (5th Evolution): The final form, mastering elixirs and potions to provide powerful support and formidable magical attacks.

Combo Skills

The Alchemist in MU Online has special Combo Skills that let you mix potions and magic spells to do extra damage and help your team. In Season 20, every character can use these skills, making them super important in battles. Learn how to use the Combo Ring to get the most out of your attacks and healing! Check out how to master Combo Skills here!

Tips for Playing as an Alchemist

  • Balance Attacks and Healing: Use Elixir of Power to make your team stronger, then use Corrosive Mist to hurt enemies.
  • Stay at a Safe Distance: Keep away from enemies so you can heal your team and cast spells without getting hit.
  • Use Potions Smartly: Timing your Potion Storm and Mystic Flask just right will give you more damage and healing at the same time.
  • Pick the Right Gear: Wear gear that helps you do stronger magic and gives you better defense.

Recommended Stats and Items

For your Alchemist to be super strong, focus on gear that helps with:

  • Energy Boosts: This makes your magic and potions even more powerful!
  • HP and Defense: These help you stay alive longer in tough battles.
  • Faster Spell Casting: Gear that makes your magic work faster helps you in every fight.
  • Mana and Life Leech: These help you stay in the game by giving you more health and magic during fights.

How to Use the Confusion Stone

To use this skill, the Alchemist needs to be at level 380 and have enough energy (850). Once you summon the monster, it will assist you by fighting your enemies, but remember it will vanish after a short time.

Reminder: This skill can't be used in certain areas of the game, so plan your fights carefully!

Equipment Used by the Alchemist

  • Primary Weapon (Right Hand): Magic Wand
  • Secondary Weapon (Left Hand): Elixir

Items for Alchemist

Alchemists can find all sorts of cool items to use! You can buy low-level equipment and skill books from NPCs in Elveland:

  • Low-level Set: Leah (Elveland 29, 236)
  • Weapons & Skills: Marce (Elveland 36, 219)

Recommended Gear

  • Red Eye Wand: For magic damage, Energy and Strength are required.
  • Benito Ait Wand: A wand with more attack speed and better stats like Agility and Energy.
  • Lolite Wand: Higher wizardry damage, perfect for boosting your magic power.
  • Archangel Absolute Wand: A powerful wand with a lot of Energy and Strength required!

Important Skill Books for Alchemists

  • Angel Homunculus: Requires 70 Energy.
  • Ignition Bomber: Requires 680 Energy.
  • Alchemic Magician: Powerful magic skill.
  • Countless Weapon: Requires Ignition Bomber and 10 points in the skill.
  • Confusion Stone: Unlocks the Confusion Stone skill!

Check out the Helix Jewel upgrade system to make your gear even better. For the best results, use Mystic and Volt sets, or even Supreme items for more power!

Power Bonus

Alchemist (AC) - Power Boost: 35% against DW and DK!

The Alchemist gets a cool power boost in battles against the Dark Wizard (DW) and Dark Knight (DK) classes! This bonus helps the Alchemist deal even more damage and support their team better in PvP fights.

Conclusion

The Alchemist class is ideal for players who enjoy a versatile blend of offensive magic and party support. With evolutions from Potion Master to Arch Alchemist, this class redefines support roles in MU Online, excelling in both solo and team play. Whether boosting allies or dealing magic damage, the Alchemist is a powerful and adaptable choice.