Fear of Magic

there are pure casters.. just not many of them.. in the low 50s you get like.. 3 levels in a row of pyrogoliths .. entirely fire damage .. i hated those quests .. also the ones that have the mana drain skill are the shrunchkin warlock or wizard or whatever

Fleez - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Hiya I was wondering about the infamous magic based mobs that i will have to face when i get a higher lvl. I mean i heard nasty stories of how much trouble they give melee classes like barbs and BMs So i wuld like to know the following

1. At what lvl will the mobs start to use more magic at me?
2. Do they do PURELY magic or are they magic/melee?
3. Will they make killing them a total nightmare?(barb+magic=b:surrender)
4. As a tanker-like barb(str:wep req. ,dex:wep.req.,rest:vit) wat is best way to deal with them?
5. Are ppl making these magic mobs sound more scarier than they actually are?

thanks all... b:bye

1. Lvl 50+. Almost every mob after that is a caster.

2. All mobs attack with magic when you are at a distance. When you get up close, they go physical until their magic cools down (usually around 10 sec) and then they start another magic attack. There are very few mobs that use only magic attacks.

3.Well magic hurts. Period. While a mobs physical attack may hurt you only 120, the magical attack can hit you over 500. Boss attacks are even worse.

4.Make your opening move alclarity of the beast. This skill cancels mob casting. That way you avoid the initial magic attack and the mob starts with physical attacks. Problem is that alclarity at lvl1 has a long cooldown (12sec). The mob starts casting again after 8-9sec and you won be able to stop this attack. So yeah, magic mobs will be tough until you can get alclarity to a decent level (at least lvl7, which you cant get until lvl49).
Another way to do it would be to go humanoid and use mighty swing and stun the mob initially. That way you avoid his magical attack, and since you do more dmg in humanoid, you can usually manage to kill the mob before he goes into a second magical attack.

5. I honestly haven't seen a lot of fuss mad about the magicals in this forum. They are hard, but not unkillable.

Hope that helps!! b:victory

Can't Barbs wear robes? In worse case scenario you can get yourself a full robe set and face those magic mobs like any other melee mob.

Mikel_oru - Sanctuary wrote: »

Can't Barbs wear robes? In worse case scenario you can get yourself a full robe set and face those magic mobs like any other melee mob.

yeah but we don't use our stats on magic so no matter what we will still be weak against it...unless someone would actually make a mag resist barb which i have no clue as to why they would do that because it makes the persons job harder all around with dealing with the physical attacking mobs and still having to deal with the magic ones so either way there is no win-win in this situation.

yeah thats why barbs never use robes

Olifen - Sanctuary wrote: »

Just make some friends with other classes. Your weakness = Someones strength. Just have them come in and blow the area into next week then go grind on something you can kill easier

we were talking about solo

Hazardus - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Well even if someone was loopy enough to make a robed barb, he would die a lot. The mobs only do magic atks at range. Barbs have no (one? b:chuckle) ranged attack skill. When you get close to do normal atks the mob goes physical and now the robes get you killed faster.

Better to use magdef jewelry and hvy armors.

ahmen lol robes and barbs don't mix at all

Has anyone ever made a mage based barb? I might try it lmao, no i won't don't have the time.