Basic strategies for mage

Step 1: Rejuvenate is essential, use it to restore hp.
Step 2: use pots to restore MP and if your hp is low and you can't heal with rejuvenate
Step 3: spam meteor, if boss is still alive go to step 2 else go to step 4
step 4: wait for mp to regen to max or leave the dungeon if that was the final boss you just killed.

yeah...basically spam meteor and most bosses will die in less than 30 seconds, rejuvenate saves on pots, with slower bosses sometimes the MP regenerating spell (srry I'm useless with names) can help.

Nice one, this'll come in handy when I finally get round to playing the mage!

Does it seem like there's only one way to go then - meteor - or could you spec differently and use something else?

Power Druid wrote:

Does it seem like there's only one way to go then - meteor - or could you spec differently and use something else?

For bosses, meteor is insanely strong
in the early lvls the ice beam is pretty good or the earth-grip (like I said previously, I'm totally useless at remembering names) spell is almost as good as meteor but it has a 3 second cooldown, it can potentially hit more than 4 times though while meteor is always limited to exactly 4 hits.

nightmare is amazing for anything from 2 to 200 mobs but vs bosses does little damage (it hits everything on screen for around 100-150 damage per second for 5 seconds, plus causes "fear" which causes around 1/4 of affected enemies to run around randomly without attacking anything.

I guess anything would work if you combined rejuvenate with the mp-restoring spell and 1 attack spell though you need a high natural MP regeneration rate and fairly good defence (such as the best mage armor available to your lvl, or decent warrior armor).

Getting a staff with "fire damage for x amount over 3 seconds" can SERIOUSLY boost the damage your staff does making it a viable alternative to damaging spells VS single enemies.

Artificier (staff damage +3 per skill point spent on skill) is only useful if you don't use atk spells at all and rely entirely on staff strikes for damage.

Another alternative which may or may not work for all bosses is to focus on getting "fairy blood" to lvl 10 which reduces your fairy skill CoolDown to 20 seconds, although this build is more for large mobs combining it with Artificier (staff damage+) you need a decent tank/healer build to pull this off, and prepare for a long-ish fight.



One thing to remember with mages which is especially true in boss fights: they aren't tanks.
Most bosses can kill a mage in 2-3 hits if you're not over-lvled for it (or using a tank build such as str + endurance) making a quick fight preferable to a long drawn-out one.

Thanks man, think I'm gonna go make myself a mage right now, this'll be a great help!

The thing that made me ask about alternatives though is that having played mainly rogue so far, and warrior to lvl 25ish, they seem to me to be geared towards being able to be built two different ways:

Rogue - Archer or Assassin? (dual wield high dps/evade/mobility, low armour)

Warrior - Tank or Bezerker (like freecity's build)

I kind of assumed mage would be Healer/Caster or ice/fire or something like that, with two sides you can choose between or mix as you see fit...

But this could all be in my own head, and I've not even looked at the mage skills yet...

Power Druid wrote:

Thanks man, think I'm gonna go make myself a mage right now, this'll be a great help!

The thing that made me ask about alternatives though is that having played mainly rogue so far, and warrior to lvl 25ish, they seem to me to be geared towards being able to be built two different ways:

Rogue - Archer or Assassin? (dual wield high dps/evade/mobility, low armour)

Warrior - Tank or Bezerker (like freecity's build)

I kind of assumed mage would be Healer/Caster or ice/fire or something like that, with two sides you can choose between or mix as you see fit...

But this could all be in my own head, and I've not even looked at the mage skills yet...

small correction: rogue has 3 main builds, archer (ranged damage), assassin(single-target HUGE damage), and a third which i just couldn't give a name to basically relying on the rogue's status-dealing skills, smoke bomb (aoe damage + confuse) toxic shot(poison damage) etc. none of these skills would come under an assasin or archer build.

Mages kinda have several main builds: healer, dps, status effects (slow, fear, armor reduction) and staff damage. however most of these over-lap for example most mages rely on rejuvenate to at least heal themselves although it's possible to heal with potions you'd run out REALLY fast.
most builds allow for extra skills to be added to the build without making it any weaker, for example a healer with all the support skills (all 2 of them) would have 1 skill slot spare to equip a damaging spell or something...

this is some good mage info should move it to the mage section maybe...

adam270391 wrote:

small correction: rogue has 3 main builds, archer (ranged damage), assassin(single-target HUGE damage), and a third which i just couldn't give a name to basically relying on the rogue's status-dealing skills, smoke bomb (aoe damage + confuse) toxic shot(poison damage) etc. none of these skills would come under an assasin or archer build.

I knew something was wrong with my thinking, and this was it; of course there must be 3 builds for each class, don't know why it took me so long... 21 skills, 7 of which you can master means 3 completely different builds.
Only problem is those "must-have" skills which seem to fit too well in every setup...

Moved to mage section.

I'm a mage in any game I play, so that was the first build I picked when I started this game. I agree with most of what people are saying here and enjoy the advice on things I hadn't considered yet!

Only argument I have is on Rejuvenate. Don't have it, never used it, rarely use more than two or three potions between potion shrines, even during boss fights I tend to still have a few left over. I'd like to rack this up to my long experience in playing squishy characters most of the time, but I didn't think I would be in the minority on this...

I suppose it all depends on what difficulty your on/what stage in the story, for example in legend difficulty normal mobs could probably take off a huge chunk of your health with a normal hit unless your really paying attention and thinking ahead.

Hey guys, i just wanna say that i cant decide which is better...
Warrior...
Rogue...
Or Mage.

Hmmmmmmm...

RedMania wrote:

Hey guys, i just wanna say that i cant decide which is better...
Warrior...
Rogue...
Or Mage.

Hmmmmmmm...

This should probably have gone in the general section in a new topic, rather than the mage section in a topic that's gone over a year without new posts.

"Hey guys, i just wanna say that i cant decide which is better..."

rogue>warrior>mage