Talk:Deep Darkness Dragon Lord/@comment-71.49.193.14-20170227235703/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180704214612

Players can start learning 10th tier spells after level 63 with the right build.

So you could definitely have a player too weak to be a challenge for Shalltear but able to cast 10th tier spells.

It's New World casters who cannot cast above the 8th tier even with large scale rituals (Miko equipped with Crown of Wisdom with many other casters supplying mana and focus). 6th tier would be considered the limit for single casters in the 'outlier' category. 5th tier is heroic level. 3rd tier is the limit 'normal' people might reach through a lifetime of intense training.