Ain
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Ain- Normal
- Spiritualism
Full Name
Ainchase "Ain" Ishmael
Class
AinWeapon
Pendulum, Projection Weapons
Extra Abilities
Cycle Magic
Age
Unknown (21 years old Appearance)
Race
Angel
Height
182 cm (6 ft)
Weight
73 kg/0 kg (Spiritualism) (161 lb/0 lb)
Class Tree
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Affiliations
- El Search Party (Unofficial)
- Ishmael (Creator, former boss)
- Elria (As of Together, Once More)
Voice Actors
South Korea
김승준 (Kim Seung-jun)
North America & International
Unknown
Japan
武内 駿輔 (Takeuchi Shunsuke)
Germany
Oliver Wronka
Spain
Masumi Matsada
France
Slimane Yefsah
Italy
Omar Maestroni
Poland
Kamil Pruban
England
Jay Britton
김승준 (Kim Seung-jun)North America & International
UnknownJapan
武内 駿輔 (Takeuchi Shunsuke)Germany
Oliver WronkaSpain
Masumi MatsadaFrance
Slimane YefsahItaly
Omar MaestroniPoland
Kamil PrubanEngland
Jay BrittonRelease Date
South Korea 15 December 2016
North America & International 21 December 2016
Japan 21 December 2016
China
11 January 2017
Thailand
21 December 2016
Taiwan
12 January 2017
Europe
13 June 2017
15 December 2016North America & International
21 December 2016Japan
21 December 2016China
11 January 2017Thailand
21 December 2016Taiwan
12 January 2017Europe
13 June 2017Theme Song
Statistics
Speed
Average
Range
Medium
Difficulty
Normal
Magical
| “ | My will is God's desire, and my existence is God's will.
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Ain
[The Emissary of the Goddess Missioned to Restore the El]
Special Ability
- Main Article: Power System
Uses [Spiritualism] awakening system, where Ain has only one awakening bead and his awakening has 3 stages, changing appearance at each stage and gain additional benefits per stage.
He also has a gauge system which is filled by attacking or getting attacked. Once the gauge is filled he will enter 
Create afterimages and various projection weapon using the power of God. Each attack consumes the power gauge.
Commands and Actives will have additional projection attacks. Special actives has additional homing attacks.Creation Mode or 
Gain a power of El buff while Cycle mode is active. Power gauge is consumed over time.
Decrease cooldown time and MP consumption. Additional stats increase.Cycle Mode. Each mode can be switched by pressing the default key 'V'.
Background
- Main Article: Ruben Forest (Ain)
- In-game Version
- Nexon Version
A mysterious man who appeared before the El Search Party.
He claims he is a priest serving a goddess, and offers to help them find the stolen El Shard.
However, everything about him still remains a mystery.
First Class Advancement
Ain is required to be Lv.15 to begin his first class advancement. You can decide between the following:
Lofty: Executor
A job class specializing in creation mode, using enhanced projection magic to allow quick, efficient, yet flashy fighting style.
A job class specializing in creation mode, using enhanced projection magic to allow quick, efficient, yet flashy fighting style.
Lofty: Anpassen
A job class that specializes in cycle mode and Eid, leading unconventional fighting style based on different tactics.
A job class that specializes in cycle mode and Eid, leading unconventional fighting style based on different tactics.
Lofty: Wanderer
A job class that enables an even more destructive play style utilizing the growth stages of the Seed of Chaos, using awakening enhancements and special skill effects.
A job class that enables an even more destructive play style utilizing the growth stages of the Seed of Chaos, using awakening enhancements and special skill effects.
Lofty: Schreier
A class that utilizes the El energy in a new form, Art, to activate additional effects and battle more efficiently.
A class that utilizes the El energy in a new form, Art, to activate additional effects and battle more efficiently.
Skill Tree
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- Skill Traits unlocked at Level 20.
- Final Enhanced Skill unlocked upon advancing to 1st job class.
Commands
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Attacks 3 times with a projected sword and finishes with a multihit blast. |
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Attacks 2 times with a projected sword before stabbing the enemy, shattering the projected sword to infict more damage. |
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Attacks 3 times with a projected sword and finishes by firing multiple daggers at enemies while in super armor. |
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A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Enhanced El Dain] - Inflict a small Black Hole effect and continuous hits.  |
Use circular magic to fire 2 El Dain bullets which cause a small explosion upon contact and firing a non-elemental bullet. Each bullet will place an El Dain stack on the enemy.
When the enemy has 3 El Dain stacks, the final A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Enhanced El Dain] - Inflict a small Black Hole effect and continuous hits.
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286% Mag. Damage 286% Mag. Damage 377% Mag. Damage A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Enhanced El Dain] - Inflict a small Black Hole effect and continuous hits.
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A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Nature El Dain] - Launch the enemy and apply a [Bleed] effect.  |
Use circular magic to fire 2 El Dain bullets before causing a small explosion, fires an wind-elemental bullet. Each bullet will place an El Dain stack on the enemy.
When the enemy has 3 El Dain stacks, the final A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Nature El Dain] - Launch the enemy and apply a [Bleed] effect. |
286% Mag. Damage 286% Mag. Damage 377% Mag. Damage A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Nature El Dain] - Launch the enemy and apply a [Bleed] effect.
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A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Fire El Dain] - Pull in the enemy and apply a [Burn] effect.  |
Use circular magic to fire 2 El Dain bullets before causing a small explosion, fires an fire-elemental bullet. Each bullet will place an El Dain stack on the enemy.
When the enemy has 3 El Dain stacks, the final A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Fire El Dain] - Pull in the enemy and apply a [Burn] effect. |
286% Mag. Damage 286% Mag. Damage 377% Mag. Damage A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Fire El Dain] - Pull in the enemy and apply a [Burn] effect.
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A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Water El Dain] - Knockdown the enemy and apply a [Freeze] effect.  |
Use circular magic to fire 2 El Dain bullets before causing a small explosion, fires an ice-elemental bullet. Each bullet will place an El Dain stack on the enemy.
When the enemy has 3 El Dain stacks, the final A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Water El Dain] - Knockdown the enemy and apply a [Freeze] effect. |
286% Mag. Damage 286% Mag. Damage 377% Mag. Damage A successful hit on the target inflicted with 3 stacks of [El Dain] will activate a special attack. [Water El Dain] - Knockdown the enemy and apply a [Freeze] effect.
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Dash at an enemy with a projected sword, slash through them, then slam the ground to launch them into the air. You will be in  Super ArmorSuper Armor during  .
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Dash behind enemies and fire a spear at their back, knocking enemies down. |
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Stomp downwards. |
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Use circular magic to fire a charged El Dain bullet at enemies. Each bullet will place an El Dain stack on the enemy. |
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Attack 3 times with a projected sword while in mid-air. First slash launches targets into the air, the next two slashes will hitstun targets. |
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Throw projected spears 3 times while in mid-air. |
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Ain is able to levitate by holding the key. You can move while levitating.
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Launch yourself forward while in Super ArmorSuper Armor with a jump while floating in midair.
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Strikes enemies feet with a projected sword. |
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Updates
| Date | Changes | ||
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| 12/29/2016 | 01/11/2017 |
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| 04/27/2017 | 05/10/2017 |
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| 07/27/2017 | 08/09/2017 |
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| 06/28/2018 | 07/11/2018 |
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| 07/04/2024 | 07/31/2024 |
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Videos
Gallery
- Full Gallery: Ain/Gallery
Artwork
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Ain's Portrait.
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Ain's Spiritualism Portrait.
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Ain's Portrait without effects.
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Ain's Skill Cut-in.
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Ain's Spiritualism Skill Cut-in.
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Full body Cash Shop cut in.
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Pic of Ain in Story mode.
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Pic of Ain's Spiritualism Mode in Story mode.
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Ain's 10th Anniversary Skill Cut-in.
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Ain's Chibi Portrait.
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Ain's Spiritualism Mode Chibi Portrait.
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El Search Party Collection System Chibi Art.
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Ain's Head Portrait.
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Miscellaneous
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Idle pose and Promo avatar.
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Ready animation.
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The 3 Phases of Awakening.
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Animated Item Mall Custom Skill Cut-in.
Tips and Details
- Despite being projectiles,
and its class specific variations cannot be absorbed/reflected since they deal Physical damage. 
can be directionally manipulated for its entire duration, not only being able to move it left or right, but also increasing its speed of descent by holding 
.- Ain by default has a higher and more suspending jump compared to other characters.
- If the Ring of Fury is equipped, Ain will automatically enter Awakening: Phase 3 upon the first awakening. This also applies to Fever.
- If you start a dungeon already Awakened (by awakening previously in a Field, for example) and your awakening buff ends before you are able to re-awaken while it's active, the blinking that will indicate Phase 3 Awakening will disappear. However, this is merely a visual glitch, as you will still enter Phase 3 upon Awakening again.
Trivia
- Ain's job path in Lore/Story would be the Bluhen path.
- Ain's official theme song is Destiny.
- Ain actually joins the main cast at the beginning of their adventure, even before Elsword, Aisha, and Rena officially embark as the El Search Party. However, the other characters are unable to retain their memories of Ain.
- It is shown in the Elysion Clear video that Ain has lost his physical form once again, only to be briefly mentioned by Rena in the story quest The End and the Beginning.
- Ain makes his true permanent formal introduction in the Hall of El story quest Together, Once More. After his permanent introduction, Ain now maintains his existence through the Goddess Elria.with the exception of Herrscher*
- Ain joins the El Search Party under the guise of being an El Priest, and keeps up this ruse even until today, with the exception of two playable characters who know he's more than he lets on:
- Add joined when Ain had lost his physical form and could not exert any powers - as such, when he finally rematerialized during the Magmanta's Cave story quest Rod Ross Runs Away, the memories of Ain that everyone else in the ESP gained back didn't exist for Add, who questions him for his sudden appearance that no one else seemed bothered by. As Ain can tell Add is not from this timeline, they both don't bring it up with the rest to keep their own secret safe.
- Upon joining the El Search Party in Save The Blacksmith!, Lu can sense his creation powers, but simultaneously senses the corruption of Henir which throw her off as it makes him appear similar to a human. Her suspicions are later confirmed when she accidentally absorbed some of his creation powers into a Seed of Life while purifying him of Henir energy during the Debrian Laboratory story quest A Little Step, but she still does not go deeper into the matter.
- Naturally, as far as NPCs are concerned, the El Lady is well aware he is an angel, especially after the events of the Master Road story quest Hernia's Memory.
- Each of Ain's job paths align themselves with one of the known Gods/Goddesses of the game's world:
- Richter is aligned with Ishmael, following his original mission as closely as possible.
- Bluhen is aligned with Elria, after growing more emotions and regaining his body as a result of it as well as choosing his own mission moving forward.
- Herrscher is aligned with Henir, after the corruption he gained after the El Explosion spreading further across his body until he fully accepts it and abandons his mission.
- Opferung is aligned with Ishmael, but is partially corrupted by demonic energy, which in turn caused his Henir corruption to spread. This prevents him from properly fulfilling his mission, which, along with being unable to contact Ishmael, causes him to begin destroying the world to get her attention.
- In his Spiritualism form, there is a dark spot above and in his left eye. This is due to the influence of Henir induced from his time spent in the realm after the El Explosion.
- Although Ain's main weapon is his Pendulum, he never uses it for fighting, either using Projection weapons or Cycle magic instead.
- Ain has to break the Pendulum to start interventions and unlock his full power which is why most if not all of his start poses begins with his Pendulum breaking.
- Fessel Heilig, Autosuggestion, Erst der Letzt, and Ende der Welt are the only instances of the Pendulum being used during combat.
- All of Ain's Spiritualism portraits lack the Pendulum.
- Ain rarely if ever refers to people other than Elsword by their name. He would instead use a nickname based on their race or background, with Aisha being "Ms. Wizard", Rena being "Ms. Elf", Raven being "Mr. Half-Nasod", Eve being "Ms. Queen", Chung being "Mr. Guardian", Ara being "Ms. Fox" and Eun being "Real Ms. Fox", Elesis being "Ms. Knight-Captain", Add being "Mr. Ancient", Lu and Ciel being "Demons", Laby being "Ms. Mirror Friend" and Noah being "Mr. Shadow".
- After being saved from Henir corruption by Lu, he starts calling her "Ms. Demon" in a much more affectionate manner and refers to Ciel as "Mr. Half-Demon".
- Additionally, he also does so with some NPCs such as Banthus being "Mr. Bandit", Winster being "Mr. Dog", Haivan being "Mr. Kid", Nichel being "Ms. Dog", Lilith being "Ms. Mystery Nasod".
- Many of Ain's skill names are in German and the runic alphabet used in his teasers are used to translate his backstory to German.
- In the North American English dub, he is given a German accent to match this theme.
- In the European servers, his backstory and his skill names are in Latin.
- Despite the skill names being German, a majority of them are grammatically incorrect or translated with the wrong synonym.
- When awakened, Ain's voice will sound louder and echoes more.
- Wearing a custom face will not change Spiritualism eyes.
- Ain is the first character to be released in other servers within the same month of his release in KR, being released in all servers except TW, CN, and EU the following week after KR.
- The word 'lofty' in Ain's first job names means extremely proud or high in stature.
- Ain's first jobs do not have a Spiritualism portrait or model. When they awaken, their appearance and top left portrait will remain as his base class.
- Ain is the first character to receive new Quick Voice lines in each path outside of 3rd Jobs. The other characters gained new Quick Voice lines later on.
- Ain's Spiritualism portrait has a script associated with Ishmael surrounding him. The translation of this is "Ainchase Ishmael - Disparate Force - Power of God".
- His appearance in Cycle Magic has a ring in this same script, reading "Ainchase Ishmael", with the larger characters being I, M, and L.
- The magic circle used in many places uses one repeating line, reading a presumably filler nonsense string of random letters. His Creation Magic appearance does the same, with a different string.
- When translated to Arabic, Ain means 'eye'. This could be referencing him being an observer for Ishmael or becoming Henir's eye in the 3rd path.
- Ain's hair color consists of 2 colors, the light blue highlights reflecting his goddess' power and the grey reflecting his humanity. As he progress in his job paths, the colors will change according to the power he uses or changes to his humanity.Check individual class page for more details*
- Among the , Ain is the only one who has such characteristics naturally from birth. This is emphasized in the Richter path, in which he accepts his predetermined destiny absolutely, and faithfully carries his duty as an unwavering protector of El. He act as a judge and subjugator of evil as well as serving as an authoritarian figure.
Phantasmal Geyser onlyGeneric Clear Lines
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Generic Clear Lines
- Ain: (We must get the El back... There's no time.)
- Ain: It seems things are somewhat settled here. Let's move to the next location.
- Ain: (El... and my mission... We must hurry.)
Alternative Names
| Server | Name | Translation |
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 South Korea
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아인 아인체이스 이스마엘 |
Ain Ainchase Ishmael |
 Japan
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アイン アインチェイス・イスマエル |
Ain Ainchase Ishmael |
 Taiwan (Traditional Chinese)
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亞殷 亞殷傑司‧伊斯麥爾 |
Ain Ainchase Ishmael |
 China (Simplified Chinese)
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艾因 艾因蔡斯・以赛玛利 |
Ain Ainchase Ishmael |
Characters
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Physical   Sword Knight |
Magical   Magic Knight |
Physical  Sheath Knight |
Magical  Root Knight |
  Lord Knight |
 Rune Slayer |
 Infinity Sword |
 Sacred Templar |
 Knight Emperor |
 Rune Master |
 Immortal |
 Genesis |
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Magical  High Magician |
Magical  Dark Magician |
Physical  Battle Magician |
Physical  Wiz Magician |
 Elemental Master |
 Void Princess |
 Dimension Witch |
 Mystic Alchemist |
 Aether Sage |
 Oz Sorcerer |
 Metamorphy |
 Lord Azoth |
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Physical  Combat Ranger |
Magical  Sniping Ranger |
Physical  Trapping Ranger |
Magical  Poetic Ranger |
 Wind Sneaker |
 Grand Archer |
 Night Watcher |
 Tale Spinner |
 Anemos |
 Daybreaker |
 Twilight |
 Prophetess |
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Physical  Sword Taker |
Magical  Over Taker |
Magical  Weapon Taker |
Physical  Venom Taker |
 Blade Master |
 Reckless Fist |
 Veteran Commander |
 Mutant Reaper |
 Furious Blade |
 Rage Hearts |
 Nova Imperator |
 Revenant |
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Physical  Fury Guardian |
Magical  Shooting Guardian |
Magical  Shelling Guardian |
Physical  Cor Guardian |
 Iron Paladin |
 Deadly Chaser |
 Tactical Trooper |
 Divine Phanes |
 Comet Crusader |
 Fatal Phantom |
 Centurion |
 Dius Aer |
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Physical  Little Hsien |
Magical  Little Devil |
Physical  Little Specter |
Magical  Little Helper |
 Sakra Devanam |
 Yama Raja |
 Asura |
 Marici |
 Apsara |
 Devi |
 Shakti |
 Surya |
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Physical  Saber Knight |
Magical  Pyro Knight |
Physical  Dark Knight |
Magical  Soar Knight |
 Grand Master |
 Blazing Heart |
 Crimson Avenger |
 Patrona |
 Empire Sword |
 Flame Lord |
 Bloody Queen |
 Adrestia |
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Magical  Psychic Tracer |
Physical  Arc Tracer |
Magical  Time Tracer |
Physical  Affect Tracer |
 Lunatic Psyker |
 Mastermind |
 Diabolic Esper |
 Dissembler |
 Doom Bringer |
 Dominator |
 Mad Paradox |
 Overmind |
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Physical  Chiliarch |
Magical  Royal Guard |
Physical  Diabla |
Magical  Emptiness |
 Dreadlord |
 Noblesse |
 Demonio |
 Turbids |
 Catastrophe |
 Innocent |
 Diangelion |
 Demersio |
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Physical  Heavy Barrel |
Physical  Bloodia |
Magical  Valkyrie |
Magical  Metal Heart |
 Storm Trooper |
 Crimson Rose |
 Freyja |
 Optimus |
 Tempest Burster |
 Black Massacre |
 Minerva |
 Prime Operator |
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Physical  Lofty: Executor |
Magical  Lofty: Anpassen |
Magical  Lofty: Wanderer |
Physical  Lofty: Schreier |
 Arme Thaumaturgy |
 Erbluhen Emotion |
 Apostasia |
 Schatz Reprise |
 Richter |
 Bluhen |
 Herrscher |
 Opferung |
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Physical  Sparky Child |
Magical  Twinkle Child |
Physical  Rusty Child |
Magical  Rough Child |
 Rumble Pumn |
 Shining Romantica |
 Daydreamer |
 Punky Poppet |
 Eternity Winner |
 Radiant Soul |
 Nisha Labyrinth |
 Twins Picaro |
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Physical  Second Revenger |
Magical  Second Selection |
Physical  Second Grief |
Magical  Second Dejection |
 Silent Shadow |
 Stellar Caster |
 Pale Pilgrim |
 Hazy Delusion |
 Liberator |
 Celestia |
 Nyx Pieta |
 Morpheus |
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Physical  Poten Finder |
Physical  Fortune Finder |
Magical  Path Finder |
Magical  Trick Finder |
 Mighty Miner |
 Greedy Wonder |
 Rima Clavis |
 Cynical Sneer |
 Gembliss |
 Avarice |
 Achlys |
 Mischief |
