Chimera Online - Class Overview

Introduction

At level 30, every character advances into one of four classes available to their nation. Each class offers a unique playstyle, strengths, and weaknesses. This guide provides a general overview of every class.

Millena Classes

Knight

Role: Tank / Frontline Fighter

• Uses a one-handed sword and shield with heavy armor.
• Can switch between two battle stances.
• Provides powerful party buffs.
• Has strong offensive skills despite its defensive nature.
• Gains additional HP from Vitality more efficiently than other classes.
• Less vulnerable to damage-over-time effects.
• Can reduce enemy defenses for the benefit of the group.

Weaknesses

• Lower mobility than most classes.
• Slower attacks due to heavy equipment.

Mercenary

Role: Assassin / Mobile Damage Dealer

• Uses one-handed weapons and light armor.
• Features stealth, stuns, poisons, and rapid attacks.
• Makes the most efficient use of the combo system.
• Has strong movement skills and excellent mobility.
• Attack power scales with both Dexterity and Power.

Weaknesses

• Low defensive stats.
• Limited survivability when caught.

Slayer

Role: Heavy Damage Dealer

• Uses a two-handed greatsword.
• Delivers powerful attacks and self-buffs.
• Has movement-enhancing skills.
• Possesses special utility skills such as damage reflection and hitback effects.
• Receives special scaling from Power.

Sniper

Role: Ranged Support / Damage Dealer

• Uses bows and arrows with light armor.
• Offers strong support abilities.
• Has excellent crowd control, including seal skills.
• Large variety of skills for many situations.
• Very high accuracy.
• Receives bonus attack scaling from Dexterity.

Rain Classes

Prominas

Role: Magical AoE Specialist / Allrounder

• Uses a book and magical armor.
• Excellent variety of offensive and defensive skills.
• Specializes in controlling enemies and locking down groups.
• Strong AoE damage capabilities.
• Effective both solo and in parties.
• Scales well with all attributes.
• Can consume mana and gauges very quickly if not managed carefully.

Weaknesses

• Slow movement speed.
• Difficult to master due to its versatile toolkit.

Holy Avenger

Role: Glass Cannon Damage Dealer

• Uses a staff and priest armor.
• Very fast casting speed.
• Exceptional single-target damage.
• Strong group damage potential.
• Particularly effective at destroying enemy defenses.
• Requires frequent repositioning while casting.
• Mana management is generally manageable.

Weaknesses

• Limited defensive and emergency survival tools.

Priest

Role: Support / Damage-over-Time Specialist

• Uses a staff and priest armor.
• Fast casting speed.
• Provides healing, buffs, debuffs, and support abilities.
• Possesses extremely powerful holy and dark poison effects.
• Can spread and detonate poisons to destroy large groups of enemies.
• Scales especially well with Intelligence.
• Effective at solo leveling.
• Highly desired in parties and mandatory for the strongest boss encounters.

Psyche

Role: Stance-Based Fighter / Tank / Damage Dealer

• Uses a crystal ball and shaman armor.
• Melee-focused class.
• Built around the combo system.
• Can function as either a tank or damage dealer depending on stance selection.
• Has three stances: PvE Defense, PvP Defense, and Damage.
• Two stances can be combined freely.
• Double-defense stance setup is considered the safest option.
• Possesses a powerful movement skill (Shaman Kick) with a long cooldown.
• Can reduce the defense of large groups with a single attack.
• Gains additional HP from Vitality.
• Has a very powerful tanking skill that can be countered through debuffs.