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Posted by Alessa Silver on May 25th, 2008 in Ragnarok Diary

I know what you are thinking. This is supposed to be a Homunculus-related post, but what are these Assassin’s doing around here? I dunno myself, but they’re cute and Lifs are cute too so I think that’s allowed.

But enough of the mush, this is going to be a short informative post about the first of a four part Homunculus detailing series. I intended to do this to settle the score, which is which and what is the final verdict.

Lifs: In General. During those times that Lighthalzen is still new and everything is still exploring how to make their way through the Somathology Lab, Lifs are already available. But due to their 200% cuteness, they only serve as flower stands on vending Alchemists or Biochemists- serving the sole purpose of decoration. But if not for the brave trainers who are willing to explore each potential, Lifs are found to be one of the best homunculus of all four types.

The Good. Lifs are cute. They can literally make your character agile because of one skill that works like Nitro. Lifs can support you in battle by restoring HP, and ultimately- Lifs can kill. The last one is an eye-opener, but believe me we’ve killed many Transcendent Classes before which are much much stronger than the Homunculus itself.

What’s in the Box. Lifs have four skills, three of them are acquired by default and one will be unlocked after evolving your Lif and attaining Loyal status again.

Healing Hands restores average about of HP and uses one Red Slim Potion upon skill use. This skill proves its worth on the latter part of your Lifs life as INT affects is efficacy.

Urgent Escape is one of the main reasons why Lif owners get 50% more survivability than those who don’t own one. Why? Urgent Escape has the effect of 20 speed potions [or probably more]. Not that it stacks, but the duration is very good compared to your speed potion that lasts only for a second or two.

Brain Surgery is a passive skill that increases Healing Hands restoration rate and max SP of the Lif. Pretty basic for us and a necessity as well.

Mental Charge is the nuke and the main reason why Lifs can kill. It converts magical attack power into physical form, delivering powerful blows each and everytime. Though other skills cannot be used while on Mental Charge mode, you can simply juggle Call and Rest commands and you’re rolling. Mental Charge damage is reduced by Defense. It can inflict as much as 1600 [depending on growth] and about 600~700 in pvp rooms. And yes, it can kill a Vanilmirth or any other Homunculus in less than 10secs.

The Bad. The only thing I hate about Lifs, weak starting point. Lifs have relatively low attack power, but that’s fine if you have enough patience for evolution. Basically this is the only reason why Lif aficionados or fans get annoyed, resulting deletion of Lifs who are potentially fatal in the field.