To start your adventure in Ragnarok Online 2, you gotta know about the basics about the different class jobs and professions jobs. This introductory beginner’s guide will help you pick out the best jobs for your game play. We will go over some of the simple ideas behind each of the classes to help you get started. Please note that this beginner’s information is written simply for beginners.

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Class Jobs and Profession Jobs

There are two types of jobs system in RO2. You have your basic game play classes in which you fight in. And you have the profession jobs that you have to craft the various items in Ragnarok Online 2.

For the class jobs, you have the following:

Swordsman -> Knight / Warrior
Magician –> Wizard / Sorcerer
Archer –> Ranger / Beast Master
Thief –> Assassin / Rogue
Acolyte –> Priest / Monk

For the profession jobs, you have the following professions:
Alchemist
Artisan
Blacksmith
Chef

Class Jobs Introductions

We will now go over each of the available combat class jobs in Ragnarok Online 2. We will go over these combat classes one by one to help you pick out the ones that suit you the most.

Swordsman -> Knight / Warrior

This branch includes the melee class of the game. Both Knights and Warriors can be used in tanking. Their tanking capability is about the same. However, the knight is usually more defense than the warrior because the Warrior also has a couple damage skills. Yet, in terms of utility, Warriors should be built towards tanking instead of DPS.

Knight
Knights are considered as mainly a defensive character. They are considered to be the main tanks in the game. It is easier to build a knight whose main focus is a tank. The Knights have decent skills trees that can add to their defense quite easily. They are easier to be built as tank defenses and require less gears compared to the warrior.

Warrior
The Warriors can be built as a DPS and offtank. However, when they are properly geared they can outshine knights in terms of tanking, yet the level and gear requirement is pretty steep. The warriors have good dodge, parry, and some AoE skills to protect other members of the party and raid. However, because of their difficulty to be built correctly, it is harder to have a great warrior tank than the knight.

Magician –> Wizard / Sorcerer

This branch features the magic user of the game.

Wizards
Moderate PvE damage but not useful in PvP. However, as a DPS class it is less effective than that of Sorcerers.

Sorcerers
The preferred class in Ragnarok Online 2 as a magic class. The Sorcerers have high burst damage as well as support skills. This makes sorcerers one of the most needed class in all raids and parties.

Archer –> Ranger / Beast Master

The ranged damage class of RO2.

Ranger
The Ranger is one of the easiest class to play with awesome damage. You only need minimal end game gears to be an awesome force in DPS. The Rangers have awesome attack speed and burst damage skills. They are great in both PvE and PvP.

Beastmasters
The Beastmasters can be played as an offtank or DPS. However, the Beastmaster’s damage output role is less effective than that of Warriors. The Beast Master’s only strength is its HP pool. However, the BM’s definitely need tons of top tier end game equipment to be effective, this aspect make Beastmaster one of the hardest class to be geared up as a fully functional tank.

Thief –> Assassin / Rogue

This branch of classes in RO2 features melee DPS classes. However, because they need to get up and close with the enemies to deal damage, they are less loved due to their lack of survivability.

Rogue
Rogues have great burst damage with stun skills. With their ability to stun, they are good to use in PvP. And their burst damage makes a decent class to play in normal PvE situations.

Assassin
Assassins are also burst damage class. However, they are more used than rogues due to the item flexibility need during raids.

Acolyte –> Priest / Monk

Priest
The RO2 Priest is the main healing class. They are a must have in raids and parties because of their strong single heal spells.

Monk
Monks can also be a tank in RO2. The monk classes are pretty flexible in both damage and defense. Although the monks can also be built as a damage class, it is less likely because there are other better DPS classes than monks.

Ragnarok Online 2 Guide Index by Gamelytic

Leveling EXP Chart

Reference Table
Alchemist
Blacksmith

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Card System
Basic Class and Jobs