let's talk about [fire/earth] for a moment

Sherekahn - Lost City
Sherekahn - Lost City Posts: 114 Arc User
edited August 2009 in Wizard
if possible i'd like some feedback from any high level mages out there about which fire+earth spells should be maxed.

also, how does this build play out in pvp against fire/water and water/earth mages?
i figure the physical dmg + stun would be the best pvp combo, so why do i see so many water mages.. do they have some jacked skill later on that i should know about?
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  • senovit
    senovit Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2008
    People generally consider Cryonite Dragon to be the most damaging skill a mage has. But that's not really a sufficient reason, imo. The very first water spell should be maxed no matter what kind of mage you are, since it slows quite a bit. Your heal/water shield can be upgraded at least a bit to make pve a lot easier for you. Frostblade can be useful in certain situations. Not sure about glacial snare, the 300% spike is nice but has a relatively long casting time compared to the earth spike.

    Fire spells you should get:
    Max Pyrogram, put a few levels into Dragon's Breath if you plan to join aoe parties, max will of the phoenix, useful in pve and in some cases pvp when a pet is about to ripping bite you, max blade tempest, it's the only physical attack you get.

    Earth spells:
    Max stone rain, quick spell, high damage. Max earth shield, essential for pvp as your p.def suffers. Max sandstorm, one of your fastest spells for a 300% equipment damage spike. Max force of will, seal is quite useful. Get a few levels in mountain seize, and max it eventually. Even though it's generally useless in 1 on 1, it'll be useful once you start getting into mass pvp for the group stun + high damage. Distance shrink, grab it, it's useful, not sure how much people normally level it though.

    Water spell:
    Essential Sutra. You don't need the water tree for this, but I thought I'd mention it anyway, as it reduces all channeling time to 0.

    I don't actually play a mage, so if anyone would like to correct me on any of these points, go right ahead.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • Retrickster - Lost City
    Retrickster - Lost City Posts: 58 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    All the spells can be useful, just depends on your playstyle...
  • kitsuneroyal
    kitsuneroyal Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    if u plan on pvp, im not talking duels but pking etc here. Dot (damage over time) skills aren't necessary. Sandstorm is an AWESOME skill max it! Uh gush also rocks for slowing down a bms/barbs run towards u. If u mean pve the dot skills are better to start then finish with high hit moves after using gush (useful for everything) to slow them down. Aoe skills like glacial snare are good for fbs, pve, pvp EVERYTHING but be prepared for a mob in pvp and some pve circumstances all the shields (stone barrier etc) are essential for evrything! stone barrier is good to equip in pve incase those melee guys think HEY look an easy target! b:chuckle

    b:bye
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  • woyaa
    woyaa Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    Hmmm

    I would say
    Water/Earth is your best bet.

    Water: Control
    Fire: Versatility
    Earth: Debuff/Damage

    Water comes with slows and heals.
    Fire comes with damage but able to be channeled in all ways (DoT, Raw, Long cast opener, AoE, Zhen, Knockback)
    Earth comes with powerful damage with great status effect add ons (Freeze, Accuracy Loss, Seal, Stun)

    And also GS is same cast time as Sandstorm, but you learn sandstorm quicker b:thanks
    And GS isnt an AoE b:chuckle
    I managed to hit level 104 on a X5 rates server!
    b:cute
    How you level 101's on X1 can stand it, I don't know b:shocked
    Woyaa|Level 104|Venomancer|Heaven|Heavy Fox
    SpringBud|Level 98|Wizard|Heaven|LA Mage <--Goes to DP
    Lowbie Alts:
    FrostSong|Level 90|Cleric|Heaven|Full Vit Cleric
    IcantPWN|Level 77|BladeMaster|Axe/Fists HA/LA
    X0neX|Level 89|Archer|Hell|Exotic EA (1 Mag each level)
    LaZy|Level 91|Cleric|Heaven|Full Int, retired
    T4nker|Level 8x|Barbarian|Full Con, playing on this one
  • _makina_ - Sanctuary
    _makina_ - Sanctuary Posts: 747 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    Thread is 10+ months old.........
  • Mizorie - Lost City
    Mizorie - Lost City Posts: 598 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    LOL how do people find these threads to reply on?
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    Dalamaar: Mizorie you have no soul.
  • Mizuoni - Dreamweaver
    Mizuoni - Dreamweaver Posts: 3,533 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    i know O.o
    Sins are Scissors. Psychics are Rocks.
    Archers, Venos, Barbs, Wizards, BMs, Mystics, Seekers are Paper.
    ...and Clerics are Mushrooms.
    Paper beats Rock. Scissors beats Paper. Scissors also happens to beat Rock...until Rock gets 50k+ soulforce at which point Rock becomes an unstoppable killing machine that beats Paper... and would beat Scissors but it can't find Scissors, because Scissors are invisible.
    So Scissors beat Paper and avoids Rock, and that is called BALANCE. -cheze
  • woyaa
    woyaa Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    <3 Thread necro b:laugh
    I managed to hit level 104 on a X5 rates server!
    b:cute
    How you level 101's on X1 can stand it, I don't know b:shocked
    Woyaa|Level 104|Venomancer|Heaven|Heavy Fox
    SpringBud|Level 98|Wizard|Heaven|LA Mage <--Goes to DP
    Lowbie Alts:
    FrostSong|Level 90|Cleric|Heaven|Full Vit Cleric
    IcantPWN|Level 77|BladeMaster|Axe/Fists HA/LA
    X0neX|Level 89|Archer|Hell|Exotic EA (1 Mag each level)
    LaZy|Level 91|Cleric|Heaven|Full Int, retired
    T4nker|Level 8x|Barbarian|Full Con, playing on this one

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