Life Vow — Ragnarok M Novice Guardian Skill

Active

Magic

Buff

10 ranks

Life Vow

Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP *0.3% + VIT *6), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].

Skill type: Buff
Target: Team
Range: 5 m
Cast time: 2 s
Cooldown: 35 s
Cast delay: 2.50 s
Duration: 30 s
SP cost: 210

Skill access

Learned by

Novice Guardian

Physical

Requires

No prerequisite skill.

Level comparison

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Levels 1–10

Metric	Max level Level 10	Level 9 Level 9	Level 8 Level 8	Level 7 Level 7	Level 6 Level 6	Level 5 Level 5	Level 4 Level 4	Level 3 Level 3	Level 2 Level 2	Level 1 Level 1
SP cost	300	290	280	270	260	250	240	230	220	210
Cast time	2 s	2 s	2 s	2 s	2 s	2 s	2 s	2 s	2 s	2 s
Cooldown	35 s	35 s	35 s	35 s	35 s	35 s	35 s	35 s	35 s	35 s
Cast delay	2.50 s	2.50 s	2.50 s	2.50 s	2.50 s	2.50 s	2.50 s	2.50 s	2.50 s	2.50 s
Duration	30 s	30 s	30 s	30 s	30 s	30 s	30 s	30 s	30 s	30 s
Range	5 m	5 m	5 m	5 m	5 m	5 m	5 m	5 m	5 m	5 m
Skill points	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Applied effects	Self, Party Calc Once: +1	Self, Party Calc Once: +1	Self, Party Calc Once: +1	Self, Party Calc Once: +1	Self, Party Calc Once: +1	Self, Party Calc Once: +1	Self, Party Calc Once: +1	Self, Party Calc Once: +1	Self, Party Calc Once: +1	Self, Party Calc Once: +1
Description	Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP 3% + VIT 60), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].	Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP 2.7% + VIT 54), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].	Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP 2.4% + VIT 48), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].	Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP 2.1% + VIT 42), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].	Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP 1.8% + VIT 36), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].	Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP 1.5% + VIT 30), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].	Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP 1.2% + VIT 24), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].	Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP 0.9% + VIT 18), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].	Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP 0.6% + VIT 12), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].	Novice Guardian protects the surrounding teammates and you, and increases their Max HP (Max HP 0.3% + VIT 6), lasts 30 sec. Doesn’t work on crusader teammates. Can be stacked with Divine Avenger’ [Life Vow].

Applied effects

Maximum-level buffs, conditions, and stat changes.

Level 10

Life Vow (super novice)

Life Vow: increases Max HP

Self, Party

Applied change

Calc Once: +1

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