Player formulated, strategies

< Monster Strength

Glass Cannon Mage (proc and MA)
Pros: Very strong burst damage in PvP and good for farming and bosses. Does not require crazy gear to be strong.
 * 240~250 INT
 * 200+ STR
 * 95-ish DEX

Cons: Easily shut down by a level 90 archer. Very squishy to physical damage.

Tank Mage (FP/OE gear)
Pros: Versatile in the fact that it can alternate between damage and tanking as it can simply swap out to proc and MA, (in which case it fulfils similar role to the glass cannon)
 * 220-240 INT
 * 220~240 STR
 * 100-ish DEX

Cons: Not quite as good as glass cannon for PvE/Bosses

PvE Melee
Pros: Good for farming mags and bosses
 * 245~250 STR
 * 155~165 DEX
 * 125+ INT

Cons: Poor for PvP as too low DEX to hit any DEX based builds, but still decent VS Glass Cannon and Tank Mage builds.

Dex Archer
Pros: Great for PvP and decent at farming. All rounder physical build.
 * 225~235 STR
 * 185~190 DEX
 * 125+ INT

Cons: Weak to magic damage. All that extra DEX doesn't really help vs Glass Cannon Mages and Tanks Mages.

Dex Mage
Pros: Great support build in mass PvP. Quite resistant to all damage types through evasion and decent MD.
 * 210~220 INT
 * 180~185 DEX
 * 185-ish STR

Cons: Low damage vs other mage builds, but still does decent damage to physical builds. Poor for farming and bosses as too low INT and STR to kill as effectively as other builds. Requires lots of evasion and DEX accessories to be effective

HSoma Levelling Guide
The crude path to get a good character is as follows:

Get 32 CON on bugs (note, you can do this at anytime before the max level of 130)

STR Guide

 * 1) Giant Spider Whelp 10-18 str (15-16 ideally)
 * 2) Dire Wolf 10-20 str (18 ideally)
 * 3) Leocrot 10-23 str (21 ideally)
 * 4) Red Leocrot 10-26 (24 ideally)
 * 5) Orcish Infantry 10-30 str (28 ideally)
 * 6) Orcish Avenger 10-36 str (34 ideally)
 * 7) Scale Raptor 10-43 str (41 ideally)
 * 8) Raptor 10-53 str (50 ideally)
 * 9) Frost Troll 10-64 str (60-62 ideally)
 * 10) Forest Troll 10-71 str (68-70 ideally)
 * 11) Devil Warrior 10-84 str (80-84 ideally)
 * 12) Warmess 10-84 str (84 ideally)
 * 13) Beast Lord Guardian 84-90 str ideally
 * 14) Hoarde Shanis 90-104 str ideally
 * 15) Beast Lord Guardian 104 - 111 ideally
 * 16) Hoarde Shanis 111-124 ideally
 * 17) Beast Lord Guardian 124-131 ideally
 * 18) Hoarde Shanis 131-144 ideally
 * 19) Beast Lord Guardian 144-171
 * 20) Enraged Boar 171-201
 * 21) Hellish Troll 201-239
 * 22) Vafer Raptor 239-255

INT Guide
Note, you can heal to 100 INT, in which case go straight to step 8. This is not recommended for your first character as it takes a long amount of time.
 * 1) Lich 10-30
 * 2) Druid 10-35
 * 3) Gazer 10-38
 * 4) Prismatic Entity 30-43
 * 5) Elder Gazer 30-52
 * 6) Wraith 40-75
 * 7) Lich lord 60-85 (end of the free stat bonus)
 * 8) Prismatic Shadow 85-106
 * 9) Nightmare 106-176
 * 10) Valk Shaman 176-200
 * 11) Necro Wasp 200-230
 * 12) Prism Spider 230-255