As a mage, we are weaker than rouges still (health and armor wise),but we manage to survive better than rouges and why is that? Now the obvious answer might be arcane shield, but I've been crafty enough to complete half of Elite Misty Grotto with no Lifegiver nor Shield. The secret to surviving as a mage is that they keep their distance from enemies. We mainly achieve this through Time Shift because it can root enemies, but rouges kinda have their own version of Time Shift as well. This skill is Entangling Trap. While it may not have the rooting capabilities of Time Shift, it can snare enemies, which hinders enemies' movements. What I usually do with Time Shift is that I plant it down then step back and pick off the enemies so you can use this technique as well for Entangling Trap. This may be a bit harder to do since the trigger radius for Entangling Trap is a bit minuscule and the enemies slowly move towards you and might be able to escape your entangling trap so you gotta keep moving. You can also use pets like crawly to root enemies for you to make your job as a ninja assassin of doom a bit easier. My second tip for keeping your distance between you and your enemy is to stun as much as possible (use pets). While your enemies are running like snails in your Entangling Trap, try stunning them as much as possible to make it less likely for them to get to you. Now some enemies are immune to your stunning capabilities (unless you got panic) so you will need to execute those enemies first as soon as possible or they will eventually be the cause of your death (don't worry mages have to deal with that too). Anyways those are the tips that I have for rouges and I hope this helps make you guys survive a lot longer.
Please note that these are just tips/suggestions so you don't have to try this out if you don't want to.
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