Celtic Heroes

These findings have helped me tweak my build a little. I was running with 4600 health (600 vit) and 25 points in eshield. I rebirthed and alter to get 3300 health and 40 points in eshield.

This allowed me to put more points in focus.while staying alive just as easy. I put my last 5 points in sacrifice which helps make up for the cost of eshield.

My eshield at 40 was protecting me against 2175 damage.
My eshield at 44 was protecting against 2446 damage.

I hope that i can get eshield to 3,000 damage when i get it to 50 points.

Btw, i dont believe the damage bonus works in pvp, you get the exact damage it states. So for a pvp build, you would want more vit than focus.

These findings have helped me tweak my build a little. I was running with 4600 health (600 vit) and 25 points in eshield. I rebirthed and alter to get 3300 health and 40 points in eshield.

This allowed me to put more points in focus.while staying alive just as easy. I put my last 5 points in sacrifice which helps make up for the cost of eshield.

My eshield at 40 was protecting me against 2175 damage.
My eshield at 44 was protecting against 2446 damage.

I hope that i can get eshield to 3,000 damage when i get it to 50 points.

Btw, i dont believe the damage bonus works in pvp, you get the exact damage it states. So for a pvp build, you would want more vit than focus.

I've tested pvp too. If you cast it outside of pvp mode then enter pvp mode its the same as normal. Example would be casting it before running in the arena or before a duel starts.
If you cast it inside the arena pvp area or during a duel it will be exactly 1/2 what it normally is.

The problem happens if you are a fire mage. Your damage is directly porportional to your focus, so... The lower your focus, the lower your bolt damage. Ive tested this out, and having a 1:4 vitality/focus increases you damage substantially then having it reversed. I also noticed my firestorm increase a lot.

There is no way around it. Either you dont die a lot but have a much lower then capable damage, or have higher damage but die a lot. The truth is, if you want to free up points, your gonna have to first, buy a lot of energy luxery, thus freeing up points from energy boost. Then, get a lot of health lux plus sigils to take points out of eshield. This is my experience.

No way around it.. Mages are a money pit if one wishes to maintain any level of sanity while playing. If you are not willing to put money... Hundreds of dollars .... Into your mage.... Get out now. Cut your losses. It gets worse when your over lvl 100.

Just my two cents from a disgruntled mage who is in too deep to bail out now.

Oh, and if your thinking youll just go to ice instead.... That is horrible. I have +7 in ice blast rings and +4 shard ring.... And even with that... WITH $300 lux... With all ice skills maxed except lure, half way, ..... It sucks. And guess what, i miss almost as much as fire.. But when u do with ice.. Your screwed.

Welcome to the life of a mage! It only gets worse from here.