The SAD Alchemist — STR/DEX with plant summons and Acid Terror spam that works through DEF, brutal against high-DEF and high-HP targets. STR and DEX drive the throughput, AGI adds flee and plant attack speed, and it shines hardest under a Bard's Bragi.
Open this build in the calculator →Opens the calculator with the Alchemist — Acid Demonstration (SAD) build preloaded — then tune stats and gear.
Acid Terror works through DEF, so the monsters that shrug off weapon builds are exactly where it shines. Add plants that attack alongside you and the class turns into steady, DEF-proof throughput rather than big single hits.
| STR | 90 |
| AGI | 60 |
| VIT | 1 |
| INT | 1 |
| DEX | 80 |
| LUK | 1 |
Summon, throw, repeat. Throughput is limited by cast and delay more than by damage, which is why an Alchemist gains more from a Bard's Bragi than almost any other class.
STR and DEX gear with enough AGI to keep plants and yourself moving. Bottles are the real cost of the build, so Pharmacy ranks are effectively damage.
It works through defence rather than being reduced by it in the ordinary way, which is why it is the standard answer to high-DEF, high-HP targets.
Six hundred percent at rank five under the reworked formula of one hundred plus one hundred per rank.
Because the build is limited by how often it can throw rather than by the damage of each throw. Reducing cast time and after-cast delay directly raises throughput.
Every figure this build produces is broken down step by step in the calculator — base damage, skill ratio, the target's DEF, masteries, element and cards, each with its running total. The mechanics behind this build: How damage is calculated on Payon Stories.
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