Linear Quest Guide - Leveling Builds

Linear Quest Guide - Leveling Builds
(Updated on 23rd April 2017)
The developers for Linear Quest have finally released the final version of their game! They have included PVP, dungeons, and new skills/equipment! For more information on how to unlock skills, do see my previous post:
Linear Quest Guide - Info & Skill Unlockables

For more information on how to get end game equipment, do see my new post!

Linear Quest Guide - End Game Equipment

Starting Character Build:     

Best way to start a character is to add Strength and Dexterity (2 Strength: 1 Dexterity) so that your normal and skill attacks do not miss (You can reset your stats and skills using free Gems later). You can add less Dexterity if you have the Improved Aim skill. This character build will allow you to level very quickly from level 20-80. I usually alternate between 2 maps while spamming my 1-hit-kill-all "Piercing Blow". It is very effective especially for new characters:

My Starting Skill Build (Level 20-100)
Skill Name	Level	Remarks
Page 1 Skills (21)
Meditation	5/5	Increase HP and MP, you do not need to put points into Vitality or Intelligence
Bless	0/10	Adds 10 to Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity. Not needed if you have a pet with Bless buff.
Potion Boost	10/10	Improves HP and MP potion efficiency by 300%! A must-have for higher levels
Experience Boost	5/5	Just for quick levelling! Grant 25% more experience from each monster!
Warcry	1/1	A buff that boost your Damage by 30%
Page 2 Skills (20)
Sword Mastery	10/10	Improves attack speed and damage of swords
Improved Aim	10/10	Adds 30 to Hit, reduce your dependency on Dexterity
Page 3 Skills (6)
Advanced Sword Mastery	5/5	Greatly improves damage of swords
Dual Wield	1/1	Allows you to equip 2 swords!

Leveling Character Builds:  

1. Level 20-90 build – No class (Dual Swords). This build is effective for new characters as Piercing Blow does 550% damage, have low casting time, consume little MP and is able to hit every monster on the map. Unlike other classes, this build do not require players to focus on non-DPS stats in the beginning (for instance, Priest require Dexterity and Trickster requires Agility to work well). Adding Strength early improves Piercing Blow damage, allowing us to kill most monsters with 1-2 hits. It is recommended to switch to late game builds once you hit around level 90+.

Piercing Blow Build (Level 88)
Stats (at level 88)		Strength (200), Dexterity (50), Luck (14)
Stats Priority		Strength > Luck > Dexterity (need at least 50)
Skill Name	Level	Remarks
Page 1 Skills (41)
Meditation	5/5	Increase HP and MP
HP Regen	0/10	Remaining skill points here for a HP Regen buff
Bless	0/10	Adds 10 to Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity. Not needed if you have a pet with Bless buff.
MP Regen	0/10	Remaining skill points here for a MP Regen buff
Potion Boost	10/10	Improves HP and MP potion efficiency by 300%! A must-have for higher levels
Experience Boost (Optional)	5/5	Just for quick levelling! Grant 25% more experience from each monster!
Warcry	1/1	A buff that boost your Damage by 30%
Improved Dodge	10/10	Adds 20% Dodge
Guard Boost	10/10	Damage taken reduced by 20%
Page 2 Skills (30)
Sword Mastery	10/10	Improves attack speed and damage of swords
Improved Aim	10/10	Adds 30 to Hit
Critical Up	10/10	Adds 30% Critical chance
Page 3 Skills (21)
Piercing Blow	5/5	AoE with 550% damage! My kill-every-monster-on-screen skill!
Advanced Sword Mastery	5/5	Greatly improves damage of swords
Dual Wield	1/1	Allows you to equip 2 swords!
Protect	10/10	A buff that adds 10 defense and magic defense

This is my character (Linear Quest Beta) at level 100, I have used my extra skill points to learn additional buffs such as HP Regen and MP Regen to help me during boss fights:

 

2. Level 131 (Fun AFK) build – Auto-attack Trickster (Dual Fist of Fortune). High Agility makes monsters unable to hit you and greatly increases your attack speed. High Luck boost your critical rate and increases drop rate of items. You only need 140 Luck (+Critical Up) for 100% chance of critical hits! As such, Dexterity is not needed since Crits do not miss. This build allows you to AFK as your character runs map-to-map from 1 end to the other, earning experience and money quickly (with Pickpocket and Steal+Autocast combo skill). I tend to use this build to whenever I am watching movies or dramas hehe. A healing pet will combo well with this class! This build is not recommended for high level maps or bossing.

$$ Auto-attack Trickster Build (Level 131)
Stats (at level 131)		Strength (73), Luck (140), Agility (200)
Stats Priority		Agility > Luck > Strength > Vitality
Skill Name	Level	Remarks
Page 1 Skills (46)
Combat Training	5/5	Increase Damage of normal attacks by 20%
Meditation	5/5	Increase HP and MP, you do not need to put points into Vitality or Intelligence
HP Regen	0/10	Remaining skill points here for a HP Regen buff
Bless	0/10	Adds 10 to Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity. Not needed if you have a pet with Bless buff.
Potion Boost	10/10	Improves HP and MP potion efficiency by 300%! A must-have for higher levels
Experience Boost (Optional)	5/5	Just for quick levelling! Grant 25% more experience from each monster!
Warcry	1/1	A buff that boost your Damage by 30%
Improved Dodge	10/10	Adds 20% Dodge
Guard Boost	10/10	Damage taken reduced by 20%
Steal	1/1	Allows you to steal equipment and ores from monsters
Page 2 Skills (41)
Fist Mastery	10/10	Improves attack speed and damage of fists
Improved Aim	10/10	Adds 30 to Hit, reduce your dependency on Dexterity
Improved Evasion	10/10	Adds 30 to Flee
Critical Up	10/10	Adds 30% Critical chance
Cure	1/5	Removes 1 negative status effects
Page 3 Skills (26)
Pickpocket	10/10	Steals lots of gold from your quick attack speed!
Advanced Fist Mastery	5/5	Greatly improves damage of fists
Dual Wield	1/1	Allows you to equip 2 fists!
Autocast	10/10	Autocast a skill every X number of melee attacks. Works great with steal!
Page 4 Skills (10)
Trickster Mastery	10/10	Decreases delay between autocasting skills such as steal!
Funny Trick	10/10	A buff that adds 15 to Agility, Vitality and Luck

3. Level 90-160 build (High AoE DPS) – Hunter (Dual Bows). Hunters are one of the best DPS class in Linear Quest. Her damage is usually around the 10,000+ range due to the high critical chance of Critical Shot. Luck is not necessary with this skill. Hunters also have high maximum HP due to high Strength. The only weakness of Hunters is her low maximum MP. Hence, MP Regen buff and MP Pots is necessary. I did not use Flaming Arrow in this build as it does less damage, consume more MP and have lower critical chance compared to Critical Shot. I will recommend adding Vitality once you have maxed Dex and Str for the added HP. Monsters at Maps 240+ tend to 1-hit-KO if you do not have high max HP. Hunters are also viable for UFC bosses.

Critical Shot Hunter Build (Level 115)
Stats (at level 110)		Dexterity (200), Strength (144)
Stats Priority		Dexterity > Strength > Vitality > Luck
Skill Name	Level	Remarks
Page 1 Skills (56)
Meditation	5/5	Increase HP and MP
HP Regen	0/10	Remaining skill points here for a HP Regen buff
Bless	0/10	Adds 10 to Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity. Not needed if you have a pet with Bless buff.
MP Regen	10/10	MP Regen buff. Necessary for Hunters
Potion Boost	10/10	Improves HP and MP potion efficiency by 300%! A must-have for higher levels
Experience Boost (Optional)	5/5	Just for quick levelling! Grant 25% more experience from each monster!
Warcry	1/1	A buff that boost your Damage by 30%
Magic Barrier	5/5	Blocks 5 magic skills
Improved Dodge	10/10	Adds 20% Dodge
Guard Boost	10/10	Damage taken reduced by 20%
Page 2 Skills (21)
Bow Mastery	10/10	Improves attack speed and damage when using bows
Critical Up	10/10	Adds 30% Critical chance
Cure	1/5	Removes 1 negative status effects
Page 3 Skills (22)
Arrow Crafting	1/1	Crafts up to 210 arrows with Hunter Mastery
Advanced bow Mastery	5/5	Greatly improves damage when using bows
Critical Shot	5/5	Your main AoE DPS skill! It has high critical chance and has 50% chance of causing Bleed
Dual Wield	1/1	Allows you to equip 2 bows!
Protect	10/10	A buff that adds 10 defense and magic defense
Page 4 Skills (20)
Hunter Mastery	10/10	Increases the amount of arrows crafted and damage when using bows
Sharpened Aim	10/10	Increases damage of Sharpshoot and Critical Shot by 100%!

I had a fun time with this class. Clearing dungeons and bosses are very easy with Hunters. You can use an Exp. Boost Book (2 Gems each) to quickly level up too!
 

4. Level 140+ build (High AoE DPS & Survivability) – Priest (Dual Rods/Shields). At low level maps, Holy Ray is able to kill all monsters within 1-3 hits. For higher level maps and bosses, use Undeadify+Heal combo. This combo allows you to do AoE damage and Heals you at the same time! Your HP will always be full, providing good survivability. Banish Evil can be used to kill high HP monsters instantly. For an almost-instant casting speed, you will need to have around 250 Dexterity. This build is not recommended for low levels as you need high Dexterity for instant cast.

The only weakness of Priests is her low maximum HP. For priests to shine, you will need a high level character (Level 180+) with maxed Vitality. Alternatively, you can also equip 2 shields to boost your Def and MDef for survivability. Priest is one of the easiest class to beat Red Zone and clear the 100 floors in Employment Tower (with Undeadify+Heal combo). Note that this combo has been slightly nerfed as the duration of the Undeadify was reduced to 10s in the recent patch. This build is no longer the best for bossing. For UFC bosses, it is recommended to use Poison Mist for DPS and Heal to recover HP.

Holy Ray/Heal Priest Build (Level 140)
Stats (at level 140)		Intelligence (200), Dexterity (200), Vitality (20)
Stats Priority		Intelligence > Dexterity (For instant-cast) > Vitality > Strength
Skill Name	Level	Remarks
Page 1 Skills (51)
Study Magic	5/5	Increase Damage of magic skills by 20%
Meditation	5/5	Increase HP and MP
HP Regen	0/10	Remaining skill points here for a HP Regen buff
Bless	0/10	Adds 10 to Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity. Not needed if you have a pet with Bless buff.
MP Regen	0/10	Remaining skill points here for a MP Regen buff
Potion Boost	10/10	Improves HP and MP potion efficiency by 300%! A must-have for higher levels
Experience Boost (Optional)	5/5	Just for quick levelling! Grant 25% more experience from each monster!
Warcry	1/1	A buff that boost your Damage by 30%
Magic Barrier	5/5	Blocks 5 magic skills
Improved Dodge	10/10	Adds 20% Dodge
Guard Boost	10/10	Damage taken reduced by 20%
Page 2 Skills (36)
Poison Mist	0/10	Remaining skill points can be added here for extra DoT damage. Useful against high HP monsters
Heal	10/10	Recover HP and damages all undead on the map. Be sure to use Undeadify first!
Rod Mastery	10/10	Improves attack speed, damage and intelligence when using rods
Holy Ray	5/5	Your main AoE DPS skill!
Critical Up	10/10	Adds 30% Critical chance
Cure	1/5	Removes 1 negative status effects
Page 3 Skills (27)
Undeadify	10/10	80% chance to turn all enemies into undead
Banish Evil	1/10	Give a chance to exorcise undead (1-hit-KO). More skill points can be added for 450% damage
Advanced Rod Mastery	5/5	Greatly improves damage and intelligence when using rods
Dual Wield	1/1	Allows you to equip 2 rods or 2 shields!
Protect	10/10	A buff that adds 10 defense and magic defense
Page 4 Skills (30)
Priest Mastery	10/10	Increases the heal and damage amount of your Heal spell
Holy Magic Boost	10/10	Increases damage of Holy spells by 100%!
Cast Time Reduction	10/10	A buff that reduces spell cast time by 50%

Note: You can obtain Priest Hat from Employment Tower Floor 100. It gives 10 Def, 10 MDef, 5 Vit, 5 Int and Undeadify effect.

5. Level 124 build (High DPS & Tank) – Fighter (Dual Swords). Fighter is a great tank. You can easily obtain 6k+ HP (HP Boost) with insane damage due to the ignore defense effect of Cross Slash. Even at high level maps, you are able to do 11k damage (or 20k+ damage if crit) per hit. Use Critical Shot to cause Bleed effects before finishing the monsters with Cross Slash. The only weakness of Fighter is that she is unable to clear the map as fast as hunters/priest. Cross Slash can only target 1 close-range enemy at a time.

Cross Slash Fighter Build (Level 124)
Stats (at level 124)		Strength (200), Dexterity (171)
Stats Priority		Strength > Dexterity > Vitality
Skill Name	Level	Remarks
Page 1 Skills (56)
Combat Training	5/5	Increase Damage of normal attacks by 20%
Meditation	5/5	Increase HP and MP
HP Regen	10/10	HP Regen buff. Greatly enhanced by HP Boost passive.
Bless	0/10	Adds 10 to Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity. Not needed if you have a pet with Bless buff.
MP Regen	0/10	Remaining skill points here for a MP Regen buff
Potion Boost	10/10	Improves HP and MP potion efficiency by 300%! A must-have for higher levels
Experience Boost (Optional)	5/5	Just for quick levelling! Grant 25% more experience from each monster!
Warcry	1/1	A buff that boost your Damage by 30%
Improved Dodge	10/10	Adds 20% Dodge
Guard Boost	10/10	Damage taken reduced by 20%
Page 2 Skills (21)
Sword Mastery	10/10	Improves attack speed and damage when using swords
Critical Up	10/10	Adds 30% Critical chance
Cure	1/5	Removes 1 negative status effects
Page 3 Skills (21)
Advanced Sword Mastery	5/5	Greatly improves damage when using swords
Critical Shot	5/5	Provides an AoE skill with Bleed effect. Especially useful against high HP monsters
Dual Wield	1/1	Allows you to equip 2 rods or 2 shields!
Protect	10/10	A buff that adds 10 defense and magic defense
Page 4 Skills (30)
Fighter Mastery	10/10	Increases damage of single target physical skills by 100%
HP Boost	10/10	Increases max HP and HP recovered from HP Regen buff
Cross Slash	10/10	Your main DPS skill that bypasses defense!

Recommended Links:
1. Linear Quest Guide - Info & Skill Unlockables
2. Linear Quest Guide - End Game Equipment
3. Linear Quest Guide - UFC Bosses Builds