This thread exists to share and discuss all the information regarding the mag evolutions past level 100. Here you can find how to feed your mag to acquire each type of mag, as well as some useful information about each one. If hou think you know something that isn't here, or is wrong, please, share it with us so we can improve this guide!
Important notes
Please read this because it will save you time, money and touble. You've been warned.
- Although Mags have 7 stats, in fact they consider both attack and defense stats as a single one. This means that, for evolution purposes, your mag has four stats:
- Striking → SATK + SDEF
- Ranged → RATK + RDEF
- Tech → TATK + TDEF
- Ability → Goes by itself
So, when we're talking that to achieve a certain mag you gotta raise for example "striking stats", it means the sum of SATK and SDEF. For a level 30 mag with pure striking stats, which would be a Lyra, the game doesn't make any difference between 30 SATK, 30 SDEF, or 15 SATK + 15 SDEF.
- Mags can change types freely as long as you meet the stat requirements. However, they can only do this within their current "branch", meaning that a mag that went into the striking branch at level 100, will never be able to change into a ranged, tech or ability type. Mags can also change between types below level 95, so you can turn a striking mag into a ranged, tech or ability one as long as you meet the requirements.
- Mags attemp to "update" their type every 5 levels, meaning that mags only change shapes when their level is a multiple of 5. For example, if you have a Lyra at level 41 with 21 Striking and 20 Ability and you wanna turn it into an Antlia, you'd level its ability stat. It would surpass the striking stat at level 43, but it wouldn't change forms until level 45.
- Due to the previous two "rules", once a mag reaches level 95, it will be "locked" forever in its current branch. If you happened to raise a Lyra to level 95 with stats like 48 striking, 47 Ability, it will only evolve into a mag of the striking branch once it reaches level 100, even if by that level you raised ability over striking stats. Also, it means that you can have mags with a very wide variety of builds past level 100. For example, you can have a Cygnus, mag of the striking branch, whose ranged stats are higher than the striking ones, as it won't be able to change into a ranged type mag.
- In the following chart you may find two ways of describing the stat formula required for a certain type. If this formula looks like this:
- Striking > Ranged + Tech + Ability
It means that the Striking stat [/B]must be higher than the sum of the other stats[/B]. But if it looks like this one:
- Striking > Ranged &Tech & Ability
It means that the Striking stat must be individually higher than the other three, but it's not neccesary for it to be higher than the sum of the three.
- Mags aquire a trigger action when they evolve. The basic mag starts with HP restore A (支援/HP回復A) and two empty slots, and they gain a new action and an extra slot with each evolution, having three trigger actions and five slots from level 100. You can use mag devices to teach your mag aditional trigger actions and even overwrite already learned ones when you run out of slots. One important thing to take in account about this aspect is that a mag doesn't change trigger actions learned when evolving, even if you make it change again. This means that if you raise your mag into a Lyra and it gets HP restore J (支援/HP回復J), it will keep that trigger action even if you change it later into an Antlia, for example, and it will never learn Status restore A (支援/状態異常A) by itself.
Striking branch
http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...nfile=rira.gif - Lyra (ライラ) → Striking > Ranged &Tech & Ability
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...C%E3%82%B9.png - Delphinus (ドルフィヌス) → Striking > Ranged + Tech + Ability
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...A%E3%82%B9.png - Cygnus (キグナス) → Ranged > Tech | Ranged + Ability > Striking
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...6%E3%83%A9.png - Libra (ライブラ) → Tech > Ranged | Tech + Ability > Striking
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Ranged branch
http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...le=fornaxs.gif - Fornax (フォルナクス) - > Ranged > Striking & Tech & Ability
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...E3%82%B9_0.png - Cepheus (ケフェウス) → Ranged > Striking + Tech + Ability
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...B%E3%83%8A.png - Tucana (ツカナ) → Striking > Tech | Striking + Ability > Ranged
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...B%E3%83%A0.png - Caelum (カエルム) → Tech > Striking | Tech + Ability > Ranged
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Tech branch
http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...file=repus.gif - Lepus (レプス) - > Tech > Striking & Ranged & Ability
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...D%E3%82%B9.png - Monoceros (モノケロス) → Tech > Striking + Ranged + Ability
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...C%E3%83%8A.png - Carina (カリーナ) → Striking > Ranged | Striking + Ability >Tech
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...A%E3%83%B3.png - Orion (オリオン) → Ranged > Striking | Ranged + Ability > Tech
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Ability branch
http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...A%E3%82%A2.PNG - Antlia (アントリア) → Ability > Striking & Ranged &Tech
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...F%E3%82%B9.png - Crux (クルックス) → Ability > Striking & Ranged & Tech
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...C%E3%82%AA.png - Leo (レオ) → Striking > Ranged & Tech & Ability
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...6%E3%82%B9.png - Corvus (コルブス) → Ranged > Striking & Tech & Ability
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http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...7%E3%82%B9.png - Apus (アプス) → Tech > Striking & Ranged & Ability
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Photon Blasts
There are four types of Photon Blasts, one for each branch, and each type has three versions that use the same "Avatar beast" but performs a different actions:
Helix (ヘリクス) - Striking branch Photon Blast. it summons a unicorn-like beast.
Spoiler!
- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...&src=helix.gif - Helix Proi (ヘリクス・プロイ): The creature charges towards its target and pierces it with its horn.
- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...c=helix1_1.gif - Helix Imera (ヘリクス・イメラ): The creature steps towards the target and performs an electric area attack that damages neraby enemies.
- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...c=helix1_2.PNG - Helix Nifta (ヘリクス・ニフタ): The creature strikes the target with its horn, then follows with a trampling attack.
Ajax (アイアス) - Ranged branch Photon Blast. it summons a four-winged bird-like beast.
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- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...=aias_ploy.gif - Ajax Proi (アイアス・プロイ): The creature shoots several explosive energy shells in a wide area in front of it.
- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...1%E3%83%A9.jpg - Ajax Imera (アイアス・イメラ): The creature launches upwards a strike from its head that causes a rain of energy beams causeing damage to neraby enemies.
- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...g_SJX_FJ02.png - Ajax Nifta (アイアス・ニフタ): The creature releases several seeking energy shells that lock on nearby enemies.
Cetus (ケートス) - Tech branch Photon Blast. it summons a fish-like beast.
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- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...cetus_ploy.gif - Cetus Proi (ケートス・プロイ): The creature floats around the player increasing greatly the PP recovery.
- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...%E9%A1%8C2.jpg - Cetus Imera (ケートス・イメラ): The creature launches a wide laser striking all enemies in front of it.
- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...-tos_nifta.png - Cetus Nifta (ケートス・ニフタ): The creature floats around the target causing a thunderstorm that damages nearby enemies.
Julius (ユリウス) - Ability branch Photon Blast. it summons a six-armed asura-like beast.
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- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...src=Julius.gif - Julius Proi (ユリウス・プロイ): The creature warps toward the target and strikes it with a barrage of rapid punches.
- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...1%E3%83%A9.jpg - Julius Imera (ユリウス・イメラ): The creature launches a series of aerial projectiles that fall down onto nearby enemies.
- http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?plugi...rc=Julius2.jpg - Julius Nifta (ユリウス・ニフタ): The creature creates a spherical gravitational field that crushes nearby enemies causing damage.
Notes:
- The information here has been gathered by experimentation in the game, with the help of the japanese wiki and some in-game translations. They''re not neccesary accurate, so take this information carefully.
- This thread doesn't cover much information about what do trigger actions do and more in-deep mechanics for mags and PBs, as there are better guides already posted in this forums concerning those matters. You can discuss about them here if you want, however.
- I've taken more or less free license to translate the names of the mags and their Photon Blasts, as they seem to follow a greek mythology pattern. All mags are named after constellations, and for example, in the case of the Photon Blasts, I've named "Ketosu" as "Cetus", because the word "cetus" (from ancient greek Κῆτος, "kétos") means "large fish" and it kinda martched the summon. Ajax and Julius are also greek names.
There's a theory of mine, that the names of the three varieties of PB follow also a pattern, as "Proi" means "morning" in ancient greek, "Imera" resembles the word "Hemera", the ancient greek goddess of the day, and "nifta" resembles "Nyx", the greek goddess of the night, but I didn't use those words because I didn't want to mindfuck people with my greek mithology nerdness. <_< If you actually like the idea and want me to use those names I'd happily update them.
EDIT: Or almost. thanks to Banjotron that helped me solve this stuff! =D So it seems that Proi, Imera and Nifta are the words in modern greek for "morning", "noon" and "night". Yay for culture, lol.
