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Sorcerer is the spellbook caster. Its kit splits along two elements, fire built around single-target damage and the Fire Mark debuff, and water built around slows, freezes, roots and seals, and most builds lean one way rather than mixing evenly.

Sorcerer class key art showing a purple haired spellcaster holding an open spellbook crackling with violet lightning, with the class name in Korean

Field	Detail
Role	Magic damage
Weapon	Spellbook
Signature mechanic	A fire and ice branch split, delayed detonation effects, and a seal that silences and restricts
Party fit	Damage and control in five-player Expedition and ten-player Sanctuary content

NCsoft's own class overview calls the Sorcerer a spellcaster who commands a wide range of magic, casting powerful spells while keeping distance. The class is part of the eight-class roster offered on the global service, which opened to Founder's Pack holders in paid Advance Access on September 30, 2026 ahead of the official launch on October 5, 2026.

How It Plays

Several core spells, including Flame Arrow, Firestorm, Ice Chain and Blaze, can be cast while moving. On the fire side the passive Fire Mark marks targets hit by fire attacks, Blaze can only be used on a marked target, Hellfire is a charge spell with three levels, and Delayed Explosion and Fire Wall deal damage after a delay or over time. On the water side Ice Chain and Winter's Shackles slow, Frost can freeze, Frost Burst follows up on a frozen target, Bittercold Wind can root and Soul Freeze can seal. Curse: Tree turns a target into a tree until it is hit.

Its defensive Stigmas are Steel Barrier (a shield sized by maximum HP), Arctic Armor (damage tolerance plus Magic Displacement, which moves part of the damage taken onto MP while MP is at half or more) and Hibernation, several seconds of immunity that can be ended early to heal and step back.

The class has been reworked more often than most. A late-April 2026 patch added PvP-side buffs, and a mid-May pass retuned a defensive armour cooldown and an offensive frost ability, with the stated aim of sharpening the class's identity at the high end of solo and small-group content without inflating its raid contribution.

Naming Note

An English report of NCsoft's global press presentation rendered this class as Mage. Every other source, including NCsoft's own English global teaser material, calls it Sorcerer, and Sorcerer is the name used here.

Party Synergy

Sorcerer lost its party-wide synergy effects in the April 21, 2026 pass along with the other three pure damage classes, and was included in the six-class numerical pass a week later.

Skills

In the client data every class has 12 active skills, 13 Stigma skills and 10 passives, plus Dodge and chain follow-ups that do not take a slot of their own. Stigma skills are equipped through the Stigma System and keep every specialty they have unlocked. Each skill also unlocks specialties (numbered Spec 1 to Spec 5 in patch notes) as it levels up.

Skill	Type	What it does
Firestorm	Active	Fire damage on one target; usable while moving.
Ice Chain	Active	Water damage on a group around the target that slows it; usable while moving.
Flame Arrow	Active	Basic fire bolt that restores MP; usable while moving.
Bittercold Wind	Active	Summons a cold wind at the target that can root a group.
Blaze	Active	Fire damage on a target with Fire Mark; restores MP.
Flame Scattershot	Active	Fire attack that can only be used on a staggered target.
Frost	Active	Water damage on a group that can freeze the target.
Winter's Shackles	Active	Water damage on a group that slows it.
Frost Burst	Active	Water damage on a group around a frozen target.
Wish of Concentration	Active	Self buff to Attack and Accuracy.
Hellfire	Active	Charge spell with three levels that deals fire damage to a group.
Defiance	Active	Shared escape skill: removes stun, knockdown, airborne, grab, frost and fear, then grants brief status immunity.
Glacial Smite	Stigma	Heavy water damage on a group.
Soul Freeze	Stigma	Water damage that can Seal the target.
Curse: Tree	Stigma	Turns a target into a tree for a short time (broken by damage) and lowers its fire resistance.
Steel Barrier	Stigma	Shield sized by maximum HP plus damage tolerance.
Cold Storm	Stigma	Slows a group and leaves a storm that inflicts Frostbite, water damage over time that grows when targets move.
Arctic Armor	Stigma	Damage tolerance, a chance to freeze attackers, and Magic Displacement, which moves part of the damage taken onto MP.
Lumiel's Space	Stigma	Area spell that can launch targets into the air.
Delayed Explosion	Stigma	Fire damage that lands after a delay; the target takes more damage from the Sorcerer meanwhile.
Divine Burst	Stigma	Fire damage with heavy stagger damage.
Fire Wall	Stigma	Places a wall of fire that inflicts Embers, fire damage over time that grows when targets move.
Element Enhancement	Stigma	Self buff to fire and water damage.
Hibernation	Stigma	Several seconds of immunity; ending it early restores HP and moves the Sorcerer back.
Assault Bombardment	Stigma	Ranged area spell that can freeze and raises Defense by the number of targets hit.
Fire Mark	Passive	Fire attacks can apply Fire Mark, which makes the target take extra fire damage.
Robe of Earth	Passive	More MP and MP regeneration, and Critical Hit while MP is at half or more.
Cold Snap	Passive	Extra damage against slowed targets.
Robe of Flame	Passive	Raises Accuracy, damage and Double Chance.
Absorb Essence	Passive	Raises status chance and restores MP on hit.
Grace of Resistance	Passive	Raises resistance to mental-type and impact-type effects.
Robe of Cold	Passive	Raises Defense and slows enemies that strike the Sorcerer.
Grace of Enhancement	Passive	Raises damage while MP stays above a quarter and adds bonus hits.
Revitalization Contract	Passive	Status resistance, plus an emergency heal at very low HP.
Vitality Evaporation	Passive	Extra damage against targets above 70% HP.

Balance History

Changes made on the Korean and Taiwanese service since the Chapter 1 update. Earlier passes are described above and on Classes.

Date	Change (Korean and Taiwanese service)
July 8, 2026	Element Enhancement's fire and water bonus doubled from 10% to 20%; Blaze gained 15% PvE damage.
July 15, 2026	A Delayed Explosion specialty's extra damage taken rose from 5% to 10%; Hibernation's freeze specialty area now extends with the weapon.
July 29, 2026	Fire Wall and Cold Storm now refresh their damage over time on recast; Absorb Essence's MP recovery went from 20, 30 and 40 to 70, 120 and 170 at skill levels 10, 20 and 30.
August 12, 2026	Overlapping delayed damage from Blaze and Delayed Explosion now stacks instead of refreshing; Firestorm's healing-cut specialty rose from 50% to 60%.
August 26, 2026	Steel Barrier's shield now scales with maximum HP (20, 30 and 40% at skill levels 5, 15 and 25); fixed Delayed Explosion's extra damage taken not applying to Bittercold Wind, Fire Wall and Cold Storm.
September 16, 2026	Fire Mark is now applied by every fire attack instead of 20% of them, and Blaze no longer removes it.
September 23, 2026	Fixed Cold Snap's bonus damage not applying to targets slowed by Robe of Cold.
September 30, 2026	Tooltip corrections for Element Enhancement and Curse: Tree.

Shared Systems

Every class runs the same underlying loop: tab-targeting with active dodge and parry, skill chains that prompt a follow-up key, a Groggy stagger gauge on bosses, and Perfect Parry (plus Perfect Shield Block for Templars and Clerics), a low-chance block result that stops most of a hit's damage. Loadouts hold twelve active skills, a set of Stigma slots and ten passives, allocated with Mastery Points and Stigma Shards.

Naming and Sourcing

Skill names on this page are the English names used in the global client. The skill table is drawn from the global client data as of September 2026 and describes what each skill does rather than its per-level numbers, which change with skill level and with balance patches. The balance history covers the Korean and Taiwanese service, which receives changes on its own schedule; the global build can differ from it at any given time.

Classes for the full roster and the balance history. Combat and Skill Chains for the shared input loop. Gear and Progression for equipment. Daeva System and Daevanion Board for talents. Stigma System for the enhanceable skill layer.

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