35 intmage skill build

[Otukura]

Deciding on one.. I know I want 6 BOM, 6 BOV, 1 mana shield, 6 heal, which leaves 15 left...

I was thinking 6 light, 6 firestorm, 1 ice storm, 1 ice ball(w/e it's called), 1 lifesteal? I dunno.. can't decide, mages have too many good skills.

Suggestions? thanks in adv.

[Inching]

decrease BOM and BOV and max out mana shield.... never max debuffs before u max self protection which also included life steal, shiled, heal.... doesnt make sence to me. also remove frost bolt (ice ball) unless u are focusing on PvP instead of leveling.

[Beanmachine]

decrease BOM and BOV and max out mana shield.... never max debuffs before u max self protection which also included life steal, shiled, heal.... doesnt make sence to me. also remove frost bolt (ice ball) unless u are focusing on PvP instead of leveling.

Well this is the pvp section;)

[Otukura]

This is for PvP... that's why it's in the PvP section :D (bean got there first :p)

You say decrease BOM, and then focus on self protection? BOM maxed is +40 armor... and BOV has such great crit and damage buffs it's a must for me. I'm basically trying to find the last 15 skill points now...

Mana shield has the worst skill gain ever, aside from rev. +2 armor for a whole skill point? Not really for me.

Would rev. be an okay thing to do in PvP? I've seen some instances where it's really nice, (3 mages, never dying b/c of epic rev, ended in epic kill farm for us).

And are you saying BOM and BOV are debuffs? they're buffs to you...

[Beanmachine]

If you're really serious with lv35 twinking(i.e 1v1 competitions) then no need rev. Thats all i know-.-

[Zerious]

If you're really serious with lv35 twinking(i.e 1v1 competitions) then no need rev. Thats all i know-.-

rev has an undocumented regen buff. At level 35, it's worth it if you're a pally. But in this case I'm assuming it's a pure int.

I recommend Drain Life since it actually has some insane damage at level 6. It also has a really good range, which is ideal when fighting warbirds.

[joeychandler]

rev has an undocumented regen buff. At level 35, it's worth it if you're a pally

Heh who told you this? ;)

[Conradin]

I'll send you the Best one.

[Zerious]

Heh who told you this? ;)

imperialelf :D can't argue there. Lol i know you did but imp was the one who originally told me

[noobmigo]

rev has an undocumented regen buff. At level 35, it's worth it if you're a pally. But in this case I'm assuming it's a pure int.


That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my LIFE. Test it?

[Zerious]

That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my LIFE. Test it?

noobmigo, mi amigo, I do not give information unless I HAVE tested it :)

[KingFu]

Deciding on one.. I know I want 6 BOM, 6 BOV, 1 mana shield, 6 heal, which leaves 15 left...

I was thinking 6 light, 6 firestorm, 1 ice storm, 1 ice ball(w/e it's called), 1 lifesteal? I dunno.. can't decide, mages have too many good skills.

Suggestions? thanks in adv.

6 BOM 6 BOV 1 Mana shield 6 Heal 6 Firestorm, 6 Drain life, 2 lightning, 1 "freeze ball":p

[noobmigo]

noobmigo, mi amigo, I do not give information unless I HAVE tested it :)

So what is it? The regen buff? Pwease.....

[noobmigo]

, 1 "freeze ball":p

If I was a perv...(;))

[Zerious]

6 BOM 6 BOV 1 Mana shield 6 Heal 6 Firestorm, 6 Drain life, 2 lightning, 1 "freeze ball":p

where's Icestorm? :P 2 lightning over 1 Icestorm?? Madness!

[KingFu]

where's Icestorm? :P 2 lightning over 1 Icestorm?? Madness!

I personally don't like ice storm, I'm not used to it with twink builds so I stick with frostbite, you could incorporate ice storm, but I don't prefer it.

[Ladylove]

Lol I disagree with all of you!!! I award you: zero charm points!!! David was sort of close though. You only need ONE ice in pvp. Since you're not dealing with mobs, ice storm is unneccessary. Don't waste your points there. Frostbite is good to stop the runners in their tracks, do damage on its own, and to make a combo. Keep a couple points there for effectiveness. As for mana shield, NEVER use more than one point there unless you are at end-game and you just really like mana shield. At 35, your points are entirely too valuable. Drain life is a great spell, I would not keep it below 4 or 5.

[Otukura]

@ brooke, that's what was was thinking(except for the icestorm), but still having trouble deciding what to knock points off for drain life. I'm not so much into 1 v 1s, but team fights. With my current twink, I'll do either to be flexible.

will post more when I get on my comp.. currently swype got deleted when I reflashed my os... not fun typing here.

EDIT: and would freeze ball(yes, that's the only thing I'll call it now) only have 1 point? the skill points only raise a minuscule amount of max damage...

[Ladylove]

@ brooke, that's what was was thinking(except for the icestorm), but still having trouble deciding what to knock points off for drain life. I'm not so much into 1 v 1s, but team fights. With my current twink, I'll do either to be flexible.

will post more when I get on my comp.. currently swype got deleted when I reflashed my os... not fun typing here.

Still, with frost storm you'll be chasing people all over the map and it's best to spend points on only a few skills and make those few skills strong. If you want, come see me ingame. I'll probably be on my main, but my 35 enchantreses are Missdevilish and Scarletlady if you want to work with me in an arena.

[Zerious]

Lol I disagree with all of you!!! I award you: zero charm points!!! David was sort of close though. You only need ONE ice in pvp. Since you're not dealing with mobs, ice storm is unneccessary. Don't waste your points there. Frostbite is good to stop the runners in their tracks, do damage on its own, and to make a combo. Keep a couple points there for effectiveness. As for mana shield, NEVER use more than one point there unless you are at end-game and you just really like mana shield. At 35, your points are entirely too valuable. Drain life is a great spell, I would not keep it below 4 or 5.

and you're wrong here because if you had any idea what the value per skill point of icestorm is versus investing in another skill, you'd see why it's a good idea.

[Ladylove]

and you're wrong here because if you had any idea what the value per skill point of icestorm is versus investing in another skill, you'd see why it's a good idea.

You only have so many points to work with. Why have two weak ices instead of one strong one that does what you need. Both of my 35 mages manage to kick butt with only one ice.

[Pharcyde]

Ice storm is only good to invest 1 point into. Anything beyond 1 is pretty much wasted.

[Ladylove]

Ice storm is only good to invest 1 point into. Anything beyond 1 is pretty much wasted.

I feel like one point in a spell, unless it is for mana shield or revive, is a complete waste of a point. Don't spread out your points. Concentrate them to pack a punch.

[Pharcyde]

I feel like one point in a spell, unless it is for mana shield or revive, is a complete waste of a point. Don't spread out your points. Concentrate them to pack a punch.

That's one extra spell to add insult to injury. Ice Storm gets really good effects at level 1, everything beyond that just increases the base damage 10 points...

[Otukura]

Currently thinking:
6-1-4-0
6-0-4-0
0-1-6-6

For me it's basically down to lighting vs. life steal... bears are so much easier, I want my beckon, stomp, evasion, scream, rage, and iron blood...

[Ladylove]

That's one extra spell to add insult to injury. Ice Storm gets really good effects at level 1, everything beyond that just increases the base damage 10 points...

Thing is, I didn't put too much into frostbite. Just what I need. Invested more points into more powerful spells like buffs, lightening, fire, and drain life. I haven't got rev.

[Otukura]

That's one extra spell to add insult to injury. Ice Storm gets really good effects at level 1, everything beyond that just increases the base damage 10 points...

10 to start, but it's around 16(I think) at level 53. Still not worth it.

[Pharcyde]

Oh my bad, came to this discussion way late, didn't even notice it was lvl 35 build.

Yeah, nothing into ice storm.

[Zerious]

Thing is, I didn't put too much into frostbite. Just what I need. Invested more points into more powerful spells like buffs, lightening, fire, and drain life. I haven't got rev.

if you do the math, level 1 icestorm has more starting damage than the difference of 1-2 frostbite. I'm not saying that's what you're doing but it's an example so you understand where I'm coming from.

I'm not saying invest in Icestorm, I'm saying have one. Just ONE. Most of the damage will be coming from Firestorm and Drain Life anyways.

[Otukura]

Oh my bad, came to this discussion way late, didn't even notice it was lvl 35 build.

Yeah, nothing into ice storm.

The reason discouraging me from doing it was the delay between the times I'd have to cast fire/ice storm for the combo...

[Zerious]

The reason discouraging me from doing it was the delay between the times I'd have to cast fire/ice storm for the combo...

that's the other thing, you can Icestorm-Firestorm combo way faster than a Frostbite-Firestorm combo. But either way, you can have both.

[Pharcyde]

The reason discouraging me from doing it was the delay between the times I'd have to cast fire/ice storm for the combo...

The delay has been decreased. I can now cast ice storm and firestorm immediately and get a combo result.

[Otukura]

if you do the math, level 1 icestorm has more starting damage than the difference of 1-2 frostbite. I'm not saying that's what you're doing but it's an example so you understand where I'm coming from.

I'm not saying invest in Icestorm, I'm saying have one. Just ONE. Most of the damage will be coming from Firestorm and Drain Life anyways.

If you're in the range of icestorm, and you use iceball (:p), it hits almost immediatly, without the delay, so the combo is done much faster/easier.

@damage from fire and drain, not lighting?

[Ladylove]

Frostbite has a fast cooldown and can be used at close range AND at a distance. That's part of why I love it so much for pvp. I've even got it maxed on my main.

[Otukura]

The delay has been decreased. I can now cast ice storm and firestorm immediately and get a combo result.

I seem to still have the huge delay... (last played my mage 1.5 weeks ago.. maybe I should go try that again)

[KingFu]

So many wrong statements, yet so little energy to correct them.

As for life drain, I like to keep it maxed. Life drain is an amazing skill, it heals your health awesomely as well as dealing insane damage to the enemy. It's really the most damage bringing skill, and I really appreciate it's effectiveness.

Edit:

Wrong isn't the right word, just statements I disagree with. Can we all agree it depends on the persons playint style? And what they want to do in pvp? (IE, survive, bring damage, or work as a savior for the team)

Edit:

Not to mention, frostbite stops them kiters, ice storm, does not.

[Otukura]

What would you sacrifice to have the skill points for drain life?

[Ladylove]

What would you sacrifice to have the skill points for drain life?

Frost storm :)

[Otukura]

I currently have no points in that:

6-1-4-0
6-0-4-0
0-1-6-6

heal, bom, and bov I just cannot bear to give up, I love em too much.

[Ladylove]

I currently have no points in that:

6-1-4-0
6-0-4-0
0-1-6-6

heal, bom, and bov I just cannot bear to give up, I love em too much.

This is decent. Get on and show me your best? Scarletlady is mine.

[Otukura]

Trying to hit 55 with my mage tonight, I'll have to do it later.

It's either: Otukaru, Otukara, Otukuru... I get my twinks mixed up. :)

[Ladylove]

Trying to hit 55 with my mage tonight, I'll have to do it later.

It's either: Otukaru, Otukara, Otukuru... I get my twinks mixed up. :)

Lol, just read your sig, silly.

[Otukura]

Not sure that's right... :s

:)

[Ladylove]

Not sure that's right... :s

:)

I would get confused too. Very similar spellings all around.