Ok since everybody is putting on a Pure int guide.. and I always find something wrong with them.. I’m gonna give it a try
So this is my pure int guide at the 80cap.
Ok first off some props to IguanaRampage because he let me use some of his pictures…thnx again for that. I’ve placed a link to his guide (which is one of the best I’ve seen) in the helpful topic section.

What is a nuker??

I think the best way to describe a nuker is a magical based character that uses magical attacks called nukes. This guide will not cover the many hybrid variations, but only the 3 pure int builds.

Why make a nuker?

Well it’s the build that does the most dmg, levels the fastest and is the most diverse of all the build. You’ll get to use the most skills and the only thing that stands across it is that you have less hp.. but we’ll have some against that. And another downside is that you’ll need a lot of sp.. so you’ll have to do some farming. Also this is not covered in this guide. Just look at one of the many other guides about that subject. I’ll post a link below in the useful guide section of a great farming guide.

3 different types of pure int nukers
Ok first of ofcourse, you have the spear nuker. Then second you have the s/s nuker and finally you have the dual weapon nuker (my favourite ^^).
I’m gonna describe the ideal build for all of them.
Remember this is a pure int guide! So first of put ALL your points in INT don’t get str not even 1.. but I want more hp.. but what if…. NO! don’t do it!! If you want a hybrid or more hp go read a hybrid int guide.. this is for pure cause imo pures rule and own…. and hybrids well they generally don’t. So str bad int good.. remember that..

The force basics
This is what every pure int imo should get. So get these 2 trees like this.. then you are gonna think what you want with it.

Fire

• Fire Force Series–This imbue does the highest dmg.. so just get it.
• Fire Shield Series— get this.. it’s worth getting and carrying around a shield for it.. this will get you immune to ice if you do the alchemy right.
• Flame Body Series– more phy attack.. and any extra dmg is good.. so get it (if you got the sp, so best is to wait till you are fully farmed)
• Fire Protection Series– increases mag defence so get it.. great against nukers.
• Fire Wall Series– I just got this skill and i heard before that it s.ucks because you can’t move, but it gives you some extra hp and you can’t get kd so i like it a lot. I’ll explain more about this skill below in the ‘how to play a nuker’ section.
• Flame Wave Series— Max book 2 and 3. You can leave the first book at lvl 3 or so.. just to use it till you get second book.
• Flame Devil Force Series– passive.. always max it.. more phys attack.. so good but again.. only if you got the sp. Your main concern is def and mag att. Then finally at the end phys attack.

Lightning

• Thunder Force Series– Fire imbue does more dmg so skip this one.
• Piercing Force Series– more mag attack power.. get it and max it.. no buts.
• Wind Walk Series– Nukers need to be mobile so get this and max it.
• Lion Shout Series– great for that final blow and for killing low lvl mobs and players because it’s real fast.
• Concentration Series– you get less dmg with this buff up, because it increases parry ratio.. so get it.
• Thunderbolt Force Series– lightning nuke.. get it.
• Heaven Force Series– passive again… this one increases parry ratio so max it all the way.

ok now for the different kind of pure int nukers.

Spear nuker
this is what most ppl start off as.. because you won’t have nukes and your spear is what does the most dmg. So this is what a pure int spear nuker would look like.
expand your basic with this tree.

Heuksal

• Annihilating Blade Series– waste of sp.. don’t get it.
• Fanning Spear Series– since they change it so you can move during the skill it’s great. Get it.. it’s good against nukers.
• Heuksal Spear Series– nope
• Souls Depart Spear Series– Max this it’s the stun skill.. this will be one of your strongest skills.
• Ghost Spear Attack Series– Great skill.. max it.
• Chain Spear Attack Series– well I like this one.. especially against nukers with spinning fan series on… so you can get it.. but only if you have the sp for it.
• Flying Dragon Series– this skills s.ucks so bad for nukers… don’t get it. Nukes will be your main ranged attack.
• Cheolsam Force Series– extra hp so get it and max it!!

and optional get cold till lvl 60 too, but only if you are not planning on going with bicheon or dual weapon.
cause personally I don’t like it.. because I think it was something like 400extra def.. well that isn’t much.. I rather have some extra hp…besides you can get that extra def with the +str on your gear.. but you can take it…if you like, it’s fun.. if I had the mastery lvl’s left I would get it.. but I just don’t.

Cold

• Cold Force Series– already got fire imbue so leave it a lvl 0
• Frost Guard Series– get it till lvl 60
• Cold Wave Attack Series– pretty useless skill leave it.
• Frost Wall Series– also here you can’t move.. it blocks phy att… so you get more hp.. so my advice is optional.
• Frost Nova Series– This is a fun skill that can be pretty useful.. I would say get it.. play with it.. then see if you like it.
• Snow Storm Series– fire and light nukes do more dmg.. but book 2 and 3 are pretty nice.. for multiple mob-attacks
• Cold Armor Series– passive again.. so max it.

S/S nuker
This is what you can switch too after like lvl 35-40 (that’s what I did) you’ll have more def and still pretty nice dmg because you are pure int. Again if you plan on getting this build then don’t get ice.

Bicheon

• Smashing Series—Skip useless phy skill
• Chain Series—I heard it was good at higher lvl’s so I’ll say optional but I wouldn’t get it.
• Castle Shield Series– I love this skill saves your life against a crit.. great skill.. get it and max it.
• Blade Force Series—weak ranged attack.. noob int’s get this skill.. so skip it. we are not building a noob char.
• Hidden Blade Series– Max all. this will be another strong point of you.
• Killing Heaven Blade Series—- A must get it max it all the way.
• Sword Dance Series— skip it.
• Shield Protection Series— passive.. so max it out.

then you have 2 options:

1. Cheolsam Force Series
2. or cold tree

my favourite is the heuksal passive(option 1).. cause I don’t really like cold. But it’s really up to you. Cause cold can be pretty fun.

The dual weapon pure int nuker.
Then finally the most fun build in whole of SRO, so scroll back up and get these trees.

• fire
• lightning
• bicheon
• heuksal (not just the passive)

Gear
ok about gear. Well the most common thing you hear is to go armor. Which is nice.. cause you have low hp and phy def so armor will be a good choice. But my favourite is garment. Why?? because you get a speed buf, mp save and I think it looks cooler. And I also think that the phy def increase that you get from armor ain’t all that great. So I rather have the pro’s of garment.

Now about the blues you need, this is a must. The pure int’s where the noobs talk about that get owned in like 4 hits.. those are the ppl with bad blue. So if you wanna own with pure int.. this is what you have to do. Get your gear like 10lvl’s before you are that lvl, cause it’s hard to find. I don’t do alchemy a lot I just buy my gear this way. So what you need to find and buy is gear with +str and +hp.. as much as you can find and afford. This is THE secret of owning with a pure int in pvp, I always get it.. as much as I can find.. I ones didn’t have it at lvl 42 well I got owned so bad.. I just finally understood what those noobs were talking about. So I grinded got my better gear at 52 and came back for all of them ^^. So get those +str and +hp it makes a difference between standing laughing and laying crying.

DON’Ts
Ok here are some common mistake I hear about when ppl are building a pure int….so here are some absolute DON’Ts:

1. don’t get a bow: bow is ranged and does high crit. As a pure int you won’t do high crit and nukes do more dmg on range so a bow is useless after lvl 30.
2. don’t get white hawk. The dmg increase is c.rap and you have to carry around a bow all the time. And on top of that you would lvl a whole tree for a useless skill. Besides as a nuker you rarely hear anybody say ” I need more dmg” what you need is more def but not more dmg.. you do plenty of dmg.
3. don’t get any of the projectile skills.. like blade cut serie or flying dragon series… just don’t do it…. it’s useless.. waste of very much needed sp.
4. don’t go put some str points just because you want more hp. If you wanna go hybrid.. then think about it.. read some guides then think about the amount of int and str you wanna put on your char. And don’t go below 80% mag balance EVER, because you will s.uck, but for more info go read one of the hybrid int guides. There are plenty.

Playing a Nuker - some skills looked at more closely
any more skills that you want explained plz post

Firewall series
ok upon request i’ll explain the firewall series some more. I’ve just got it and i love it. What i do is I kd them, stab them, then phantom away. Put up my firewall, nuke them(while they run to me) ghost spear, and nuke them again. And during that they will prob 1hit the wall down. But still it’s extra hp (I got 3,3k on it now.. and i only got lvl 1 of the second book. And you can’t get KD so it’s great against bladers. And it’s also great for surviving a sos spear nuke, because what I do then is set up my firewall before I start then start it off.. the first nuke takes down the wall but it keeps you allive. And as for glavie, well I dunno if you can’t get stunn either but i’ll be testing it and I’ll edit it again.

Icewall series
Well i ain’t got it, so I can’t be sure.. If there is any flaws in this statement plz correct me. But I’d prob use it the same as the fire wall. Only diffrence is that it won’t save you against a nuke but then again it won’t go down in 1nuke. And pure str takes longer to take it down cause this wall blocks physical attack. But other than that it’s really the same skill.

Playing a Dual Weapon
Ok last but not least.. one last chapter for the dual weapon build. Concerning combo’s and weapon switching.

Well my combo usually looks something like this against high dmg dealers like glaive and bow. Assuming that all incurable status hit first try.
kd, stab, stab, phantom away, switch to spear, nuke, ghost spear, nuke, stun. Most ppl can’t live through a combo like that.
but what usually happens is that you get stun or kd against you during your ghost spear or earlier. So what you do then is switch to s/s and start over.
Against blade or other nukers I found it more useful to just use spear so something like this.
nuke, ghost spear, nuke, stun. 5hit combo. Sometimes even only the 5hit combo does it against nukers but don’t use it against bladers.

Now as for switching weapon.. it’s important that you do this smooth, cause you’ll lose precious time if you take to much on switching weapons.
So what I found useful is macro’s.. you can do it without. but it’s just so much easier this way.
(admin if I need to remove this link just tell me and I’m sorry.. but I pm you and you didn’t respond so I’ve just put it here.)
what I use is Qmacro: http://www.qmacro.com/
I find v5.6 the best so i’ve uploaded it: http://www.fast-files.com/getfile.aspx?file=4364
and these 2 scripts I use: http://www.fast-files.com/getfile.aspx?file=4210 (put this in the script folder by default C:\Program Files\QMacro\script)

this means switching to s/s and back to spear with just 2 buttons. in stead of 7, so you can imagine the time it saves and if you ain’t switching weapons you can deal dmg.

Helpful topics
here are some helpful topics about pure int.

why not to get blade cut and flying dragon spear
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=39088&highlight=

Mountain shield.. any good??
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=30103&highlight=

white hawk for nukers (why not to get it)
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=25648&highlight=

detailed Sp farming guide..(props to the author)
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=29046

FallenAngelz recruiting
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=37001&highlight=

another great int build guide by IguanaRampage
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=25695