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Mage fire build or ice?
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:30 pm
by Chelseam2
What build is better? And what is a training build? Is fire cloak worth the points? Tell me the build for fire and ice mage. I will compare them. I know ice is stronger but if you miss as I heard then you're in trouble.
Re: Mage fire build or ice?
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:40 pm
by Deathreaver
^im not a mage but yeah all it takes to beat an ice build mage is a half decent warding^
one miss and a large portion of their damage is down the drain cuz the cooldowns suck
Re: Mage fire build or ice?
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 12:16 am
by Criminal
What build is better? And what is a training build? Is fire cloak worth the points? Tell me the build for fire and ice mage. I will compare them. I know ice is stronger but if you miss as I heard then you're in trouble.
fire for dps, ice for nuking dmg, evasions screw ice
fire cloak is crap for non support mages
my mage is lvl 72 but
firebolt - maxed
fireattune - maxed
firestorm - maxed
fire lure halved
ice shards - 11/20
ice lure - 1/20 still helps
dont cast ice attune, at lvl 1 its waste of time imo
Re: Mage fire build or ice?
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 12:20 am
by MrSpoonz
Id say fire for training ice for bossing
Do something like the build above you cant cast 2 attunes so stick to fire
Also when firestorm gets at a high lvl it uses a decent ammount of energy compared to firebolt may wanna back off some points on firestorm and put them into lure when u get higher
Re: Mage fire build or ice?
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:22 pm
by Criminal
Id say fire for training ice for bossing
Do something like the build above you cant cast 2 attunes so stick to fire
Also when firestorm gets at a high lvl it uses a decent ammount of energy compared to firebolt may wanna back off some points on firestorm and put them into lure when u get higher
oh right, so either way i dont use ice attune
and i think fire would be better even for bossing, our ice mages dont get as much kills as fire mages (not that we got tons of high mages), and i wouldnt call them crappy cuz they prob can beat most of the mages here
Re: Mage fire build or ice?
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:25 am
by Armo
Fire bolt - 50/40
Fire storm - 50/40
Fire attunement - 49/40
Fire lure - 24/40
Energy shield - 26/40
Pierce lure - 22/40
Magic lure - 11/40
Crush lure - 10/40 (depending on whether I use +9 ring, or +4 attune ring)
That's pretty much my build, and I'm loving every second of it. Evasions don't really matter much since you can cast another skill within a few seconds, unlike ice mage where you are pretty much stuck for a good 10 seconds waiting for one of your skills to cool down.
Re: Mage fire build or ice?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:18 pm
by Gymgirl4
A good balance between the two is what i reccomend but ice does more damage on most mobs, also depends on the weapon and build you have but as i said a balence is always good.
Re: Mage fire build or ice?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:55 pm
by Vraelan
Firemage. Just stay firemage.
If you want a laugh, go icemage. Seriously though, I lost locks and kills due to evades and fluctuation.
Re: Mage fire build or ice?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:50 am
by keridwyn
What build is better? And what is a training build? Is fire cloak worth the points? Tell me the build for fire and ice mage. I will compare them. I know ice is stronger but if you miss as I heard then you're in trouble.
fire for dps, ice for nuking dmg, evasions screw ice
fire cloak is crap for non support mages
my mage is lvl 72 but
firebolt - maxed
fireattune - maxed
firestorm - maxed
fire lure halved
ice shards - 11/20
ice lure - 1/20 still
dont cast ice attune, at lvl 1 its waste of time imo
Casting a second attune will cancel the first one you cast, so definitely do not cast a lvl 1 ice to cancel out your maxed fire attune
Re: Mage fire build or ice?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:50 am
by Armo
Won't cancel out, the ice attunement will just be resisted.