History Characters / RagnarokOnline

* ElementalPowers: Mild Wind lets Taekwon Kids, and their upgrade classes, change the element of their attacks. This is a simple but potent skill, as a Taekwon can change their attack's element into almost[[note]]Poison and Undead not included, Poison attacks being Assassin class specialty and Undead attacks being monster exclusive[[/note]] ''any'' element in the game at the touch of a button, and if you're playing ElementalRockPaperScissors this is a game changer.

* SupportPartyMember: Soul Linkers offer fantastic support with their Spirit skills for nearly every class (except Ninja, Gunslinger, and Summoner), either by boosting the power of their skills, or even allowing them to use special skills only available through Soul Linking[[note]]The act of using a Spirit skill on an applicable target[[/note]]. As Soul Reapers, they gain four new Spirit skills that can be endowed to any class, including classes that don't have their own corresponding Spirit skill.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Or rather, named after a famous ''movie''. Rebellion, the Korean and Japan name of this class, is named after {{Film/Equilibrium}}, which is titled as "Rebellion" in the movie's Korean and Japan release.

* DragonRider: Rune Knights get an armoured Ferus as a mount. It looks like a large bipedal lizard akin to a dinosaur.

* MoneySink: Some of Alchemist line jobclass' skills requires different kinds of potions to use, which aren't cheap to make or buy. And then there's all the cost for your Homunculi's food.....

* CriticalHit: The [[CriticalHitClass most popular Physical build]] for them, Soul Linker is the only class in the game that can unleash the full potential of the weapon Dagger of Counter, allowing them to dish out strong elemental Critical damage with a blindingly fast attack speed.
* ElementalPowers: Esma's element depends on what element the Soul Linker enchants their own attack with Mild Wind (Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Ghost, Shadow, and Holy), letting them be a versatile attacker when needed.

* SupportPartyMember: Soul Linkers offer fantastic support with their Spirit skills for nearly every class, either by boosting the power of their skills, or even allowing them to use special skills only available through soul linking.

* AmbiguouslyGay: The most popular interpretation for Howard and Flamel (who are incidentally based off the Merchant class.)

* ImprobableWeaponUser: One of their exclusive weapons is bags. They can throw Acid Bottles and firebombs. And the Geneticist has an entire skill tree focused on modifying their carts into bazookas.

* ChainmailBikini: The female Royal Guard appears to be losing a game of strip poker throughout the class progression. However, it's subverted with Imperial Guard, as she regained a full body armor.

* BetaOutfit: The Rune Knight's initial appearance steered away from the heavily armored look. Eventually, [[https://www.novaragnarok.com/wiki/images/3/3e/DressRK1.png another version]] of the Rune Knight sprite was created, continuing on the trend of the Knight class-line wearing impressive armor.

* ChainmailBikini: Looking at the class progression, it seems the female Knight has joined the female Crusader in losing a game of strip poker. She's gone from being fully covered to maybe about 1/5th of it - shoulders, forearms, calves, half the breasts and hips. [[http://i41.tinypic.com/ftlkdl.png This has not gone unnoticed by the players]], with someone even making reference to [[http://adultimum.net/rw/img/comic/141.jpg Ragnarok Wisdom's comic on magical power being inversely related to covered up surface area]].

* ChainmailBikini: The female Royal Guard appears to be losing a game of strip poker throughout the class progression.

* MagicKnight: Rune Knights are knights wielding powerful BlackMagic, if the skill Enchant Blade is anything to go by. They also craft Runes to use in battle for boosts.

!!Doram Exclusive Class

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Summoners possess the fortitude to tame the sea, the land, and the essences of life itself.

* BadassAdorable: They are Doram, the CatFolk with incredible powers.
* ElementalPowers:
** TheBeastmaster: Life and Sea skills are animal-based skills, with Life being land animals and Sea being, well, aquatic ones.
** GreenThumb: Land skills are plant-based skills.
* CripplingOverspecialization: The huge and demanding skill tree of Summoner, and the tiny amount of skill points available to them, force them to pick only one specific build out of three that are available to them, each with their own pros and cons.
** The '''Life''' build: A physical build. Hits hard, but the attack skills are neutral element, requiring outside help to further increase damage through elemental advantage. Has more attack skills than buff/debuff skills.
** The '''Land''' build: A magic build. Can hit just as hard, and has elemental magic attack, so on its own, this build potentially has higher damage than physical build, but that particular attack skill is forced elemental, meaning trouble against monsters that resist those elements. Has more buff/debuff skills than attack skills.
** The '''Sea''' build: A full support build. Lacking any attack skills, having literally none, but is potentially the best healer in the game with the "heal 90% HP" skill. Has great durability due to the skills, but can't do much besides tanking.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Strangely enough, [[https://ragnarok.fandom.com/wiki/File:Character_Summoner.jpg official artwork]] depict the male one carrying a hammer, but in reality, the only kind of weapon Summoners can equip, is a ''fake/plastic model of foxtail plant''.
* TheRedMage: Their Sea skills are entirely supportive skills, while Land and Life skills feature offensive skills.

!!Expanded Classes

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Bringing the art of taekwon-do to Ragnarok Online is the completely martial Taekwon Kid. A unique class themed around unarmed combat in the form of powerful physical kicks, this class brings in an additional gimmick in the form of the Taekwon Missions - tasks that allow players to climb ranks across the server and gain bonuses in doing so.

At job level 40 they may choose to become the physically oriented Taekwon Master or the spiritually blessed Soul Linker.

* {{Combo}}: Like the Monk classes, Taekwon Kids can use kicks in tandem with "stances", which are statuses that activate at either 15% or 20% chance. Using the kick corresponding to the stance gives an additional damage bonus and other statuses. Unlike the Monk, the trick is to use the right kick within seconds of the stance activating to reap the benefits of the kicks. Taekwon Rankers utilise this to their full advantage.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Always barefooted, with bandages, regardless of what shoes you've equipped them with. Ironically the female Taekwon Kid wears shoes in her official artwork.
* ElementalPowers: Mild Wind lets Taekwon Kids, and their upgrade classes, change the element of their attacks. This is a simple but potent skill, as a Taekwon can change their attack's element into almost[[note]]Poison and Undead not included, Poison attacks being Assassin class specialty and Undead attacks being monster exclusive[[/note]] ''any'' element in the game at the touch of a button, and if you're playing ElementalRockPaperScissors this is a game changer.
* ExtremityExtremist: With their legs and feet, compared to the Monk's fists. All of their animations are kicks.
* MechanicallyUnusualClass: The Taekwon Kid has a mechanic where the majority of their special attacks are only usable at random, when a prompt comes up in battle while they are attacking. This gives the class a very frantic feel compared to the typical classes, but allow them to dish out some large amounts of damage. It is also the only class to have a skill dedicated to giving missions to complete in order to gain ranking on a server.
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Should the aspiring novice seek out the ways of the ninja, Amatsu offers such individuals with the Ninja. A class built to strike at the right time, the Ninja utilises the largest number of throwing skills possible in the game along with magic-based elemental ninjutsu to deal damage.

At job level 40, they can become either a Kagerou (male Ninja) or Oboro (female Ninja).
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Archers are adept at long range combat, and use it almost exclusively. Gifted with high accuracy and excellent damage, archers are arguably one of the fastest first job classes to level up in Ragnarok. Their range gives them several advantages, which includes the ability to change the element of their weapon quickly by changing their arrow type. This makes Archers able to exploit elemental advantages easily, even more than Mages. Their accuracy and damage is increased by the same stat (DEX), allowing all attacks to connect and deal a lot of damage and also simplifying stat growth. Exploiting its attack range also enables archers to defeat stationary or slow-moving opponents that are stronger than they are, without being hit.

* TrickArrow: Various elemental arrows, even immaterial ones. Generally useful only if you're going to be dealing with a mob that is weak to that element. There are also arrows that can inflict statuses, like stun, freezing or blind.

* MoneySink: Coin Flip, although its cost (1z per use) is nothing compared to the Ninja and Whitesmith's MoneySink skills. However, just like Ninja class, the ammunition cost alone is a bigger offender of the trope, and the sole reason why this class is not recommended for new players.

* CriticalHit: The [[CriticalHitClass most popular Physical build]] for them, Soul Linker is the only class in the game that can unleash the full potential of the weapon "Dagger of Counter", allowing them to dish out strong elemental Critical damage with a blindingly fast attack speed.

* KnifeNut: It's entirely possible for a Soul Linker to wield either daggers or staves, but very often they use daggers, especially the Physical build, due to being able to equip "Dagger of Counter", while [=PvP=] Linkers/Reapers bring Combat Knife instead. ([=PvM=] Esma build however, strictly uses staves.)

** The '''Land''' build: A magic build. Can hit just as hard, and has elemental magic attack, so on its own, this build potentially has higher damage than physical build, but the attack skill is forced elemental, meaning trouble against monsters that resist those elements. Has more buff/debuff skills than attack skills.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Strangely enough, official artwork depict the male one carrying a hammer, but in reality, the only kind of weapon Summoners can equip, is a ''fake/plastic model of foxtail plant''.

* ElementalPowers: Mild Wind lets Taekwon Kids, and their upgrade classes, change the element of their attacks. This is a simple but potent skill, as a Taekwon can change their element into almost[[note]]Poison and Undead not included, Poison being Assassin class specialty and Undead being monster exclusive[[/note]] ''any'' element in the game at the touch of a button, and if you're playing ElementalRockPaperScissors this is a game changer.

* ElementalPowers: Esma's element depends on what element the Soul Linker enchants themselves with Warm Wind (Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Ghost, Shadow, and Holy), letting them be a versatile attacker when needed.
* KnifeNut: It's entirely possible for a Soul Linker to wield either daggers or staves, but very often they use daggers, especially the Physical build, due to being able to equip "Dagger of Counter".

* MoneySink: Muchanage/Rapid Throw. In exactly the same way a Merchant chucks zeny using Mammonite.

* KilledOffForReal

** No, Chen isn’t a [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} half-human half-cat youkai]].

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits

* ZettaiRyouiki: The female Archer's tights are midway up the thighs.

''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' has many classes and characters. NeedsWikiMagicLove.

* ElementalPowers: Mild Wind lets Taekwon Kids, and their upgrade classes, change the element of their attacks. This is a simple but potent skill, as a Taekwon can change their element into almost[[note:Poison and Undead not included, Poison being Assassin class specialty and Undead being monster exclusive]] ''any'' element in the game at the touch of a button, and if you're playing ElementalRockPaperScissors this is a game changer.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Strangely enough, official artwork depict the male one carrying a hammer, but in reality, the only kind of weapon Summoners can equip, is a ''fake model of foxtail plant''.

* ElementalPowers: Mild Wind lets Taekwon Kids, and their upgrade classes, change the element of their attacks. This is a simple but potent skill, as a Taekwon can change their element into ''any'' element in the game at the touch of a button, and if you're playing ElementalRockPaperScissors this is a game changer.

* MechanicallyUnusualClass: The Taekwon Kid has a mechanic where the majority of their special attacks are only usable at random, when a prompt comes up in battle while they are attacking. This gives the class a very frantic feel compared to the typical classes and allow them to dish out some large amounts of damage. It is also the only class to have a skill dedicated to giving missions to complete in order to gain ranking on a server.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: The only kind of weapon Summoners can equip, is a fake model of foxtail plant.

!!Doram Exclusively Class

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Always barefooted, with bandages, regardless of what shoes you've equipped them with.

* MechanicallyUnusualClass: The Taekwon Kid has a mechanic where the majority of their special attacks are only usable at random, when a prompt comes up in battle while they are attacking. This gives the class a very frantic feel compared to the typical classes and allow them to dish out some large amounts of damage. It is the also the only class to have a skill dedicated to giving missions to complete in order to gain ranking on a server.

* BladeSpam: Sonic Blow (lands 8 hits) and Cross Impact (lands 7 hits).

* TheBeastmaster: Hunter and Sniper get falcons, Rangers get big wolves called Wargs, and Windhawks can simulataneosly use both in battle.

* WrenchWench: The female Mechanic definitely counts. The only wrench in the game is a mace-type and acolyte-only ''but'' a monkey wrench is listed as the required tool to dismantle the turret.

* HealingPotion[=/=]ManaPotion: In addition to being able to create these, Alchemists can also hurl them at allies to heal them. [[FridgeLogic No one's explained about the glass adding more to the injuries]], but it's most likely accepted that the damage is negligible.

* DualWield: Accidentally done if you use 1-hand Books and a book Shield.

* SoloClass: In the years before third and fourth tier classes existed, there was a particular set of player created builds called ''Battle Priests'' (so named because of their offense focused setup) that took advantage of the Priest's higher than average mace damage (when combined with buff spells) and self sufficient healing to solo almost every part of the old game content except MVP monsters. New content and an evolving {{Metagame}} has made the design obsolete, but some aspects of its concept still endure.

* TheBeastmaster: Hunter and Sniper get falcons, Rangers get big wolves called Wargs, and Windhawks can use both.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: The female Hunter, Sniper and Ranger throughout their class progression.

* TheBeastmaster: Hunter and Sniper get falcons, while Rangers get big wolves called Wargs.

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* CastFromHitPoints: Killing Stroke.

A female Archer can now utilise their great fitness in innocently dancing to music before striking out either with bow or whip. In addition, Bards can provide their music for their performances to enhance and support. The Gypsy is trained to lure her enemies to death with tarot cards that determine their fates. And the Wanderers puts a smile on everyone's faces be they on her side or her enemies, as she steps up her game and forces everyone to compete with her.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Naturally. The [=jRO=] redesign however, gives the Wanderer a more modest outfit.

Super Novices are a special kind of class which exploits nearly every first class skill. As a result, they are the most versatile among all classes, having "true freedom" in build and skills. They also sport highly effective armor and shields which reduce elemental attacks.

The downside to this freedom of skills is their very low HP and SP. Super Novices also lose the luxuries of being a regular Novice, namely, the use of the Play Dead skill and are subject to the [=EXP=] penalty upon death with 1 HP upon revival, just like a regular first class. Super Novices only can equip anything a normal Novice would be able to, including specialized Novice only equipment.

Additionally, Super Novices have their own unique cart, should they choose to get one.

* AnAdventurerIsYou: While of course this is a (MMO)RPG, the Super Novice is unique in RO in that you're not restricted to just one skillset.

Swordsmen change from Novices who have gained 10 Job levels. The tank class of Ragnarok Online, they have the highest base HP of all classes. They are also able to equip most melee weapons, although they have an inclination to use swords and daggers. A Swordsman is capable of leveling solo, but he or she can also work well in groups and parties. Upon reaching at least Job Level 40, the Swordsman can change into either the offense-oriented Knight or the defense-oriented Crusader.

* AnAdventurerIsYou: Usually as a tank, though the damage-dealer role is just as popular.
* TheBerserker: If a Swordsman has done the quest for the Auto Berserk skill and has less than 25% of their health, this skill automatically activates to give them a strength buff and defence debuff. It isn't as terrifyingly effective as a Lord Knight with Berserk/Frenzy, but it still counts.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Should you choose the one-hand sword and shield option, the shield helps with the defence.

* BlackMage: Going by definition. Mages utilise multiple elements - Fire, Water (in the form of ice spells), Wind and Earth - and base spells start out as Bolts (except for Earth, which comes in the form of stone armour).
* FighterMageThief: The Mage of the trinity, obviously. Ranged magic combat with a propensity of having low defence.

* ShockAndAwe: As mentioned above, the Water element is weak to Wind. Hence it is common for Ice-specialised Mages to invest in Wind skills as well.

A Thief just wouldn't be a Thief if they weren't able to steal from their enemies, which makes them in turn quite adept at item gathering and money making. If the player decides to play as a Thief, frantic battles and high degrees of fun are guaranteed. They're also a very good choice as first characters, since in the beginning they don't have to rely as heavily on equipments to be able to fight consistently.

From job level 40 to 50, Thieves are given the choice to take the trial to join the mysterious order of the Assassins or continue plotting ever more daring crimes as a Rogue.

* AnAdventurerIsYou: The DPS, given that they naturally have a higher attack speed while every other class has to actively invest in it.

* VideoGameStealing: Successful use of the Steal skill gives you one random item from the monster's droplist. This item is "extra" and doesn't affect the actual drops. Of course, many droplists contain bodyparts from their monsters...so yeah, you can "steal" the beak of a bird that's attacking you (with that beak), kill it...and get the beak again.

* ArcherArchetype