Welcome to the world of Lineage 2 Essence on L2Impious!
First, let's take a look at some distinctive features of this version of the game. Essence originates from the "classic" version of Lineage 2, meaning you will find traditional professions, familiar locations, and well-known mechanics. However, over time, developers have added new races, updated classes, and tweaked gameplay, making it challenging for both new and returning players to choose a profession.
In this guide, we will explore the main races of the game, class archetypes, and distribute them according to their combat style and equipment. In the end, we'll try to answer the classic question: "Which class should I play?"
Races in Lineage 2 Essence
The current version of the game offers players the option to choose from 7 races, each with their own set of characteristics and offering different class archetypes.
- Humans: The most popular race with the largest number of balanced classes.
- Light Elves: Fast and agile creatures, known for their high attack speed and spell-casting speed, though with weaker physical attack.
- Dark Elves: High attack power and strength, but weaker defense.
- Orcs: Known for immense physical strength and health, they are immune to poison, but slow in movement, attack, and magic.
- Dwarves: High in attack, defense, and health. They specialize in crafting and gathering items but have limited class options.
- Kamael: A balanced race that uses a unique mechanic to gather souls from defeated enemies and wields specialized weapons.
- Sylphs: Daughters of the wind, fast and agile, who use firearms as their main method of attack.
- High Elves: They use the energy of the Tree of Life and the power of light in battle. Warrior characters are male, and mystics are female.
Basic Stats by Race
Roles and Classes
As in many RPGs, in Lineage 2 Essence, each class plays a specific role that determines its gameplay style and abilities. Here is a table that shows the roles, recommended weapons, armor type, and available classes.
High Elves Details
Description: High Elves were the first Elves created by Einhasad. They use the energy of the Tree of Life and the power of light in battle.
Special Characteristics:
- Warrior characters can only be male.
- Mystic characters can only be female.
Basic Stats for High Elves
Racial Abilities:
- Luck Lv.1: Increases unique abilities.
- Show Load Lv.1: Activates passive skills.
- Inventory Management Lv.1: Improves inventory management capabilities.
Choosing Your Class
Finally, we come to the main question: Which class should I choose?
There is no single right answer, as it depends on your preferences and game goals. Some factors to consider include:
- Character appearance
- Combat style (melee, ranged, magic)
- Current game meta (the strongest class in the current update)
- Dependency on 4* books to upgrade
- Class performance in the Olympiad
- Ability to farm adena and L-coins
Remember, you can find more detailed information about each class and their abilities on l2central.info.
Good luck on your journey through L2Impious and the vast world of Lineage 2 Essence!
