Good Build For Wizard

there are 2 builds if you go robe armor:

con build - minimum int/str for equipment, rest of points into con
pure build - minimum str for equipment, rest of points into int (so you have only 5 con)

generally, people who play mage will go con build in the beginning, since it helps leveling tremendously (you won't die in like 3-4 hits). pure build is risky, but it will pay off in the long run, as you'll deal the most amount of damage (in addition to pure archers).

people who switch over to light armor do so after maybe levels 30+ once you've accumulated enough skills, con, and have a better feel for survivability. light armor is mainly used for PvP in my opinion, as it provides more resistance against WR/WB/EA, and esp. if you have the EP's solid shell buff (% up armor defense), light armor is better. PvE monsters mostly use magic attacks once you reach higher levels, so having robe armor actually is better.

i would do +4 int/+1 con and +3 int/+1 con/+1 str in the beginning (keep str at minimum for robe armor, so around half your level generally). You'll accumulate enough con once you hit levels 40-50, then you can either lay off the con and start going for light armor, or keep pumping con or int. monsters 50+ most use magic attacks.

as for skills...max your beginning 3: rock fall, blazing hierogram, spring rush. those are filler skills between longer cast skills. after that, you decide to go certain elemental paths: water, fire, or earth.

fire - generally offensive tree (+AoE, Zhen)
water - support/assist tree (heal, add-on water damage)
earth - tactical tree (stun, slow, paralyze, blind)

The water tree actually has the most powerful spell in the game (Kryonite Dragon) and has the slow status effects.

Earth contains seal/blind/stun

And the fire tree has knockback(not available in pvp)

Con is next to useless for a mage. There isn't enough return to make it worthwhile. You might as well go heavy armor instead and spare the points so you don't have to restat later on in the game.

animefan wrote: »

Not if you consider the "Sacrifice" fire skill(I cant remember the entire name), but it uses up to 60 percent of your life as a multiplier for the spell's damage output. More health means more damage exponentially. And more Con = more health. You would be doing a Con build pretty much to specialize for that spell though.

That skill is useless. Anyone who maxes that is a huge n00b. The first problem with that skill is it takes wayyyyy too long to reach maximum damage. The second problem is the AOE is centered around the mage, so if you use it to AOE mobs and not all of them die, you're pretty much insta-dead.

Probably the most useless of the mage skills imho.

And the skill you are referring to is sacrificial firestorm no?

warning: first time playing a mage is gonna be hard unless u have party!

a pure int MG with pdef stones n earth build anyone?

that was directed to new players...
They'll know when they experience it.

pure int with pdef stones and pdef wasit adorns/necklaces is hands down the most superior mg build. But it's quite expensive

i havent played this game befoe but i am testing it out in the beta i got my beta key and everything else lol. i hav been doing lots of research on the forum aout what class is the best but they all hav good and bads bout them and i think the wizard look the best and also is the best at higher lvls so i though i am going to be doing a wizard i i read up on the buils and i wanted a build where i am quit stong and i got a bit of defence so then i got a reply saying best build if you want it like this is 3int/1con/1str so i am going to be doing this buil then i look at the skills what a wizard does on you tube and they look amazing so i think i am going to be doing this lol and getting my character doing it look like the wizard in wizard of oss lol;)

I've been browsing through the threads maybe 4 hours until beta launch and i'm lost on two things

1) how has everyone already had in game experience when beta isn't out yet. (i assume there's been another beta and this is beta 2?)

2) Why does everyone say 1 str / 9int or 8 int / 2 con but no one ever says:
1 str 1 agi 1 con / 7 int? if agi help with critical hits wouldn't that make for a higher damage mage if you count critical hit % into the total damage value?

so going pure is putting all your stat points into int?

o. ty for clearing that up for me.

Yeah, pure Wizards can't take a lot of hard hits, but most of the time the enemies you're facing should only be able to hit you once or twice before you kill them - or not at all.