Mage PvP Spell Combo

**Waverox** · 10-24-2011, 07:35 AM

Hey Just wondering what would be the best Pvp Spell Combo to use?I usually pop on my Blessing of Might and then hit them with Ice Storm+Firestorm to hit the Dam Bonus the Lightning and Drain Life but it does'nt seem to be working.I usually die by the time I hit Lightning.Would appreciate if you could help me out with some different combo ideas as to kill them faster

**Zapoke** · 10-24-2011, 07:48 AM

There's no "best combo." Different combos work on different people. But the problem you're having is because you're using drain to late. It needs to (usually) be the 2nd or 1st thing you use. But if they shield first, drain won't heal you, so you need to shield aswell. So anyway. You should use something like ice-drain-fire-light. (after you buff, of course.)

**ghito** · 11-02-2011, 05:04 PM

At the bottom of what u said what is a merchant?

**Imsebastiaanl** · 10-24-2011, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Waverox

Hey Just wondering what would be the best Pvp Spell Combo to use?I usually pop on my Blessing of Might and then hit them with Ice Storm+Firestorm to hit the Dam Bonus the Lightning and Drain Life but it does'nt seem to be working.I usually die by the time I hit Lightning.Would appreciate if you could help me out with some different combo ideas as to kill them faster

Mine would be against mages/bears: ice, lighting, firestorm, drain life. For lvl 60 full dex/int staff against full dex/int staff: ice, drain, fire. Against birds: drain, firestorm, ice.

**Mageprodigy** · 10-26-2011, 10:45 AM

Ice light fire drain is good combo!

**Parasyte2** · 11-02-2011, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Mageprodigy

Ice light fire drain is good combo!

Normally vs a decent twink, before you use Drain Life to regen your life back your dead : /.

I use vs birds and mages, light drain ice fire
vs bears: ice light drain fire
Heal after fire and then because light will be first to CD, use light ice heal fire. works alot of the time!

**Willwacku** · 12-03-2011, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by Mageprodigy

Ice light fire drain is good combo!

nope drain needs first

**Cytokinesis** · 10-26-2011, 08:03 PM

most ppl arent willing to give away there pvp combos...

**Kaarataka** · 10-27-2011, 01:18 AM

pvp combos change depending upon your opponent

**crestmage** · 10-31-2011, 08:03 PM

Ok so ill share a lil secret with u

U must NEVER EVER include ice in ur combo. especially for those that like to "hot flash" a lot in pve, DoNT. Cuz its simply not worth it. ICE and FROST should only be used as a backup in case ur main combo fails. Many ppl dont know bout this and they think that sacrificing 1 sec for that lil bit of "hot flash" action is good, well, its not. And also another case is that lightning MUST be the opening for a battle. For nuke mages, especially, cuz it has a slight armor debuff. So the skills spammed after lightning should have more dam, making up for the lost of "hot flash" . And alos, Be quick with ur fingers

Good Luck PVPing!

**ThePvpTwink** · 10-31-2011, 08:30 PM

I use the frostbite to freeze opponents while i heal.

**crestmage** · 11-01-2011, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by ThePvpTwink

I use the frostbite to freeze opponents while i heal.

Dont do it. bears and mages can easily get out of it, and birds counter with thorn.

**Kaarataka** · 11-01-2011, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by crestmage

Ok so ill share a lil secret with u

U must NEVER EVER include ice in ur combo. especially for those that like to "hot flash" a lot in pve, DoNT. Cuz its simply not worth it. ICE and FROST should only be used as a backup in case ur main combo fails. Many ppl dont know bout this and they think that sacrificing 1 sec for that lil bit of "hot flash" action is good, well, its not. And also another case is that lightning MUST be the opening for a battle. For nuke mages, especially, cuz it has a slight armor debuff. So the skills spammed after lightning should have more dam, making up for the lost of "hot flash" . And alos, Be quick with ur fingers

Good Luck PVPing!

Possibly the worst advice I've seen in pvp forum. Combo damage is massive. plus you can light or drain between, so no waste of 1 sec

**crestmage** · 11-01-2011, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by Kaarataka

Possibly the worst advice I've seen in pvp forum. Combo damage is massive. plus you can light or drain between, so no waste of 1 sec

Lol Idk anyways. Just my personal opinion. If u have a better combo than share it, then.

Btw just for the record Kaara, Weapon dps makes up for that "massive" combo dam easily.

**Kaarataka** · 11-02-2011, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by crestmage

Lol Idk anyways. Just my personal opinion. If u have a better combo than share it, then.

Btw just for the record Kaara, Weapon dps makes up for that "massive" combo dam easily.

This thread is about combos not DPS. As for DPS, it's highly overrated. Why you ask? well lets look at how DPS is measured vs how actual damage to your hp bar occurs. First DPS is calculated by adding the max and min damage and dividing by two. Then it is multiplied by the attack rate. So basically if you have a weapon that has 90-100 dmg and has an attack rate of 1.0 you have 95 DPS.

(90+100)/2 = 95
95*1.0 = 95

Now lets look at the same numbers but we will look at actual damage done to your opponents hp bar. Lets say you hit for max dmg at 100, you would expect to take off 100 hp right? Wrong, you haven't considered your opponents armor. Lets say your opponent has 65 armor. Your 100 dmg only does 35 dmg to your opponent because his armor deflected the rest.

100-65 = 35

Lot's of people think DPS is the thing that needs to be maxed. I see this allllll the time at lvl 50 with bliz stick. It has the highest DPS of any wand at that level only because its attack rate is 0.5(or something like that I don't have PL open atm). The problem is the max dmg is so low that you barely scratch boss' or opponents with high armor in pvp. In closing, DPS is a useless stat IMHO. It has little to do with actual damage to the opponents you really want to kill(bosses and pvpers).

Good luck

P.S. my combos change depending on the opponent and what gear I'm wearing. If you want to learn more about combos you should make a locked game with a good friend and practice one vs one. This is the way to really test combos and refine your pvping

**mejslll** · 11-26-2011, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by crestmage

Lol Idk anyways. Just my personal opinion. If u have a better combo than share it, then.

Btw just for the record Kaara, Weapon dps makes up for that "massive" combo dam easily.

weaps dont make up for a combo... im still learning mage but when a guy like kaa offers advise ... i listen

**XghostzX** · 11-02-2011, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by Kaarataka

Possibly the worst advice I've seen in pvp forum. Combo damage is massive. plus you can light or drain between, so no waste of 1 sec

haha yes of course your going to use ice/freeze in your combo

**Lucilulu** · 12-01-2011, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by crestmage

Ok so ill share a lil secret with u

U must NEVER EVER include ice in ur combo. especially for those that like to "hot flash" a lot in pve, DoNT. Cuz its simply not worth it. ICE and FROST should only be used as a backup in case ur main combo fails. Many ppl dont know bout this and they think that sacrificing 1 sec for that lil bit of "hot flash" action is good, well, its not. And also another case is that lightning MUST be the opening for a battle. For nuke mages, especially, cuz it has a slight armor debuff. So the skills spammed after lightning should have more dam, making up for the lost of "hot flash" . And alos, Be quick with ur fingers

Good Luck PVPing!

NO! Enough Said?

**plmafiaboss** · 10-31-2011, 10:11 PM

Crest is wrong. Lol. Do drain ice fire and if they survive past that heal urself and use lightning and shield up.

**Whirlzap** · 11-02-2011, 05:39 PM

Rofl, what is this crestmage talkig about?
Of course you need ice.
It's one substantial skill, mostly against birds and bears.
I always use it last against birds, so I can freeze and back off to heal and then attack again.
With bears, firestorm is ESSENTIAL to avoid Beckon at its full power.
One beckon+stomp against a fully geared bear pretty much kills your mana if you shielded, or your HP if you don't shield.

I can say that Mages have very slow skills compared to other classes.
Last of all, don't use two single target skills in a row. It's a bad idea.