How to solo PvE with a wizard?

You don't solo pve as wizard. b:chuckle (other than normal grinding)

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At level 31 my Wizard solo his fb19.

He tanked most of his cultivation bosses too.

So, it is possible for Wizard.

Wizards are never really a solo class. I mean you can if you want, but we're so bad at it that it will take too long to be worth the effort.

Btw, use Will of the Phoenix, it's awesome for kiting.
Also use any obstacles in the area. You can jump over rocks/fallen trees, a mob has to go around it.

Also what server are you on?

Ok ignoring all the morons who have no clue how to play a wizard:

Kiting is the way of the wizard. You'll do it most of your game time when you don't have a tank to keep the mobs buisy for you. It does become alot easier as you lvl up though.

2 plusses:
1) First, your dmg will go up exponentially. At higher lvls, you'll be able to kill most mobs before they can even touch you (only exeption will be archers and magic mobs, but magic mobs can't really hurt you)
2) You'll get some skills that make your life VERY easy.
First there's will of the phoenix at lvl 39 (you'll get there, don't worry). This is a knockback. So instead of running away from the mob, you'll simply push him back.
At lvl 29, you can learn Distance Shrink (aka blink). This makes you move 25meters in 1 second. Makes it very easy to kite.
A while later, at lvl 49 you'll get Force of will, which seals the mob (unable to attack), and also makes him run away

If you do want some more survivability though, it's possible to add a little bit of vit. Alot of wizzys add 50 vit for extra HP (so cap your vit at 50, add 1 per lvl or 1 per 2 lvls. So your new stat distribution would than be 7magic, 2vit, 1str per lvl, until you have 50 vit)

This is one reason why wizard are so proud when they reach high level. (if they not plvl)
Don't give up. b:chuckle

To fully answer your question it would be good to know what you expect when you say you want your wiz to "shine" in PvE.

If you expect the ability to solo instances the answer is you will never shine. Because even 100+ your solo abilities in dungeons are limited. I mean of course you will be able to solo FB 19 29 39 51 59 79 but 69 and all higher instances will be a pain because Kiting there is extremely difficult and most of the bosses have effects which would require multiple purify or are physical bosses and you only have 10% chance on elemental shell and your sage/demon spark

If you talk about the situation facing normal mobs in the world OHT Heaven/Hell the answer looks somewhat different. After you have the following skills:
-Distance Shrink
- Will of the Phoenix
- Force of Will
(- Glacial Snare)
(- Sleep)
killing them will be relatively easy. Most of the time kiting wont be necessary because the mob is down after you used your knockback and seal.

There are some things you might to know when you do this 1by1 kiting:

-start out from max range to the mob with a slow spell ( Glacial Snare / Gush) or if you have relatively long channeling you can alternatively start out with a hard hitter with long channeling followed by the slow

-when you use Force of Will make sure that the mob has run away to the maximum distance before you hit with the next spell because Force of Will is a Seal and the first hit interrupts it same goes when you hit a mob with sleep

-will of the phoenix (your knockback) has a relatively short range so dont panic and try to use it when the mob is still out of your range because that will cause your char running towards the mob before the channeling starts and you might take a hit

-after fow or will of phoenix use a slow skill again to buy you time for another spell

-Distance Shrink might be tricky to use because you have to shrink before the mob starts its melee attack otherwise you still will take a hit while shrinking also make sure to check your surroundings because shrinking away from 1 mob into a group of several other mobs might not turn out in the way you want ;->

So far for the 1v1 part but you might want to know about PvE AoE killing as well:

Personally I really love to apply my Ultis ( maybe a reason why I am sage) but here a little info how to use your wiz aoes in PVE:

-will of the phoenix : also here in the list this time not because of the knockback but because of the aoe line effect. It is a very good skill to finish off mobs when they survive one of your other AOES and due to its low cooldown ( even 1 s short with sage) you can use it combined with distance shrink and hailstorm BUT it has to be said that even with maxed WoP killing the mobs only with wop/shrink /wop is unlikely because the dmg of the skill is not high enough and mobs might reset because the period between the hits is relatively long

-Hailstorm: this AoE beside Emberstorm and WoP is the first AoE you get in the game. The Problem is you wont be able to use it properly in the beginning because the narrow aoe area combined with the long cooldown and the limited dmg ( no weapon multiplier) wont allow you to kill mobs with the skill. Later in the game the skill can be used between ultis to regain a bit of chi and to do a bit of extra dmg d

-Emberstorm: basically the same skill like the barbs armageddon for the wiz but as you might have noticed wiz doesnt have same hp pool like a barb and the dmg is based on the HP you spend + 4s charing time when maxed is still relatively long. The main downturn of the skill apart from the HP consumption (either 60 or sage 50% lost) is the short range of 6 meter the main pro is the high aoe area effect of 12m! So in PvE you often just use the skill by double click it that way you wont do the full dmg of the skill like when charged up but the fix dmg and you also wont lose the hp. For instance on FC heads or in Cube where the mobs have 1 hp. You also can use this skill when you are in a BB and you are out of chis and your other non chi aoes like hailstorm is in cooldown and you dont want to use wop to prevent mobs from getting knocked back out of AoE area Dont care about this skill because the use is situational

-The Dragons Breath: The wizards very own disco inferno skill has pros and cons and the use of it for solo play requires a genie skill called "expel" to work out properly. The big advantage of DB is the constant dmg every 3s and the large aoe area of 12m. The problem is that you can not move while using the skill and the short range of the skill for activation. Another drawback is that this skill doesnt work on range mobs because they run out of the DB-Area so it is mainly used on physical melee mobs or magical mobs which dont run away once you hit them. This skill is also called zhen skill because in old pwi times people did aoe grinding with wiz and cleric having set up their aoes permanently but such parties hardly occur today. So when you want to use the skill for solo play get "expel" on your genie which makes yourself immune to physical dmg for ~10s when maxed depending on genie with the drawback that you are not allowed to cast spells during this time. So it is crucial to set up your DB first and then hit expel to prevent you from taking dmg. I also suggest to test DB with 1 mob first before you do a pull to make sure that you are able to take down the mobs with 4-5 DB ticks. Because if you pull huge groups of mobs and they dont die before your immunity from expel is off you might die. Another way to survive would be to use apo items which increase the defense + using pots or using a hp charm + having a very high phys def. But in my opinion for PvE use expel is the best solution. Things get easier in instances like Gamma/Delta or FC when mobs are stunned or aggroed by party members because then you dont have to tank.

The Ultis ( BIDS, BT ,MS):

applying the ultis for PVE aoe killing was one thing I always wanted to do because a)it looks great when the blue dragon smashes a group of mobs or the big rock curshes their heads or the mobs find themself in an inferno from blade tempest but to tell you the truth I had to wait with that till I was ~ 85+ and 90+ was the point when it started to work out good and now 100+ with r8 I finally have the power to really do it in a way that makes sense.
The biggest problem with the ultis is that even if they might do nice dmg they wont do enough dmg to kill the mobs in PVE. I guess doing 1/2 of the mobs hp with one ulti (without spark or undine before) is more or less what you do on mobs of your lvl unless you have a really high refined weapon + you have to have the ulti maxed to that lvl. You will realize that it is pretty pointless to aggro a bunch of mobs with an ulti which you cant kill in the end. Why is that so you might ask well the answer is easy:
chi requirements + skill cooldowns

below 59 you dont have the ultis anyway and you dont have the 2 sparks to use it
once you get 2 spark containers you have 2 sparks and 1 bar full of chi that means you can use 1 ulti + have some chi left for distance shrink. You could also try to use ulti ->elemental shell -->DB if you want because the elemental shell in between or hailstorm gives you the 10 chi to have 1 spark after the ulti again.
once you get your 3rd spark you can do the same thing but now the combo
ulti --> hailstorm --> ulti -->wop becomes available and that is the point when killing mobs with ultis starts out to work even with average weapons.
this situation 100+ has improved for me to ulti -->hailstorm-->wop which means aoeing with only 2 sparks works out and now it is fun to use the ultis because you dont have to use chi pots or chi genie skills or kill many mobs 1by1 before you have chi again to aoe

For PVE I suggest to lvl your ultis in the order Moutain Seize --> Blade Tempest -->BIDS
Blade tempest does due to the 1/2 phys. dmg the highest average dmg on different mob types but the stun of mountain seize allows you to cast hailstorm and another ulti before the mobs start moving again. When you try out using your Ultis below 89 in PVE I also suggest to check the mobs elements because that could sharply improve you dmg. Also try to find mobs which have relatively low hp for the lvl. I had a lot of fun killing Ossour Cavalry (87 Metal ) with Blade Tempest -->wop

greetz harm0wnie

PS: gl with your wiz maybe I will take some example sequences to show the use of the skills

amingwati wrote: »

Umm, maybe something like the ability to kill monsters without kiting, or like having a smooth grinding/questing without using a lot of hp pots..
I mean just doing an ordinary PVE without using too many hp pots or taking too many times because of meditating or kiting..

you stop using HP pots once morning dew has enough levels in it that it can fully heal you in one go. you never stop using MP pots of some kind, just switching types of MP pots over time. (carry a few HP pots for emergency healing in mid-fight, too, but eventually you can stop buying them, just use drops.)

DudeLupus - Raging Tide wrote: »

If you're using a bunch of HP pots then you're doing it wrong. While I was leveling my wiz, I sold most of my HP pots to an npc. You get free pots from the supply stash, and I think I ended up npcing them too just to get them out of my inventory. Look into the skill Morning Dew for healing.

Well you are right when you say morning dew on low lvl is good to heal yourself up AFTER your have finished the mob and if you dont mind waiting for the relative long channeling ( because i assume most of the low lvl wizzies wont have a lot of -chan gear) using a hp pot occasionally wont be a problem and required if a 2nd mob also attacks you while you are fighting the first one. Cleric buffs / life powders are quite good alternative
and they come for free when you pick some herbs along the way like you suggested
basically what Lennie said hp pots for emergency

DudeLupus - Raging Tide wrote: »

As for mana pots, make your own! Seriously, as a wizard leveling your apothecary skill is really helpful. You can make focus powder to increase mana regen or jade powder(i think?) to hold you over until you can use herbs.

maybe you should mention that you are talking about the herb yuanxiao which can be obtained for luck tokens so that he knows which "herb" you mean

DudeLupus - Raging Tide wrote: »

Another tip I've found is to read whatever HarmOwnie writes. She (or he, not trying to make assumptions here) not only has some good info, but a great way of explaining it so it makes sense.

thx dude but when it comes to PvP there are other wizzies with more experience and I also like to learn from them when it comes to this aspect of the wizd

DudeLupus - Raging Tide wrote: »

As a wiz, you're gonna have a lot of different skills to play around with. Once you learn to use your arsenal effectively, you won't feel so vulnerable.

that's what I like most about the class unfortunately the system with elments and so on is not perfect and there is not always a solution how the wiz can tank /solo a mob but it definitely helps to check elements and attack accordingly. For instance many bosses attack with elemental dmg in their range mode and so wizards also work as thanks for them.

amingwati wrote:

Umm, maybe something like the ability to kill monsters without kiting, or like having a smooth grinding/questing without using a lot of hp pots..
I mean just doing an ordinary PVE without using too many hp pots or taking too many times because of meditating or kiting.. but I won't do dungeons & it's bosses by myself..
And I want to do AOE to kill multiple monsters at once..

Once you got sufficient control skills you wont need your stone barrier anymore for grinding but you want to use your water shell to enjoy the mana regeneration.
I did an LA build (because I started the first time I played PWI straight with a pure build and had similar problems like you) and Restated to Pure Int Build around 55 and to be honest I took less hits in the end with pure and had ~2k more mana available because the dmg difference is not huge especially with low lvl weapons but 200-300 dmg more on every spell are the difference between taking a hit or not

greetz harm0wnie

Fulcanelli - Raging Tide wrote: »

Fire spells with metal mobs / Earth spells with water mobs (avoid the water skills) / Water spells with fire mobs (avoid the fire skills) / avoid use earth spells on earth mobs.

There is no same element penalty for mobs.. water mobs have a lower earth resistance.. but have the same fire/metal/wood/water resistances.

Fulcanelli - Raging Tide wrote: »

really? are you sure? I must check it out in game...

you always learn something new b:surrender

I actually need to take that back, I could have sworn I looked this up on pwdatabase and found the opposite to what I see now.. but either I was wrong or they changed it (hasn't been the first time they've changed something without telling anyone). I guess mobs do have a same element penalty.. lmao

Adroit - Lost City wrote: »

I actually need to take that back, I could have sworn I looked this up on pwdatabase and found the opposite to what I see now.. but either I was wrong or they changed it (hasn't been the first time they've changed something without telling anyone). I guess mobs do have a same element penalty.. lmao

Here is example for Water element mob:

Magic Defence

Metal: 1050

Wood: 1050

Water: 1706

Fire: 1050

Earth: 613

Strong against Water, weak against Earth.

Here is example for Fire element mob:

Magic Defence

Metal: 1290

Wood: 1290

Water: 753

Fire: 2096

Earth: 1290

Strong against Fire, weak against Water.

So, Fulcanelli was right.

Just remember China element rules :
Fire > Metal > Wood > Earth > Water > Fire