Celtic Heroes

What would the best mage offhand be? If you see this respond! I want to know your opinion

Essence blade,
Why? Good regen/vit&focus boost + saves me alot of restos/healing ( the skill )
Or else shield of the bastion,just to keep me alive

Depends on what type of mage you are.

Caster mage- The focus of the mystic for more focus for harder hits and more energy/regen (because casters almost always run out )

Dps/melee mage- Any offhand weapon that you like, I coordinate it with my lure, so fire dagger or fire blade etc. Considering the dragon mage weapon seems to be geared towards melee, this build may be a better fit for some people. Can also use less energy with a fire melee build.

Self-preservation solo mage- Shield of the bastion. I used this for hard bosses at start of update, but unless you solo a lot I don't know that it would be worth the investment. With an optimal boss/lvling group, higher vit build, and maxed eshield (I have 3k vit and maxed eshield, however I am primarily support at the moment and this might not work for a higher energy usage caster dps build), I don't need the shield anymore.

The reason I (still) love my mage is that you can change your build, I don't believe you are relegated to one role (the people angry about the mage nerf will probably disagree), so you can have multiple useful offhands that fit the role you choose to use.

Hope this helps!

Thx bro it really did

I don't agree that the dragon weapon is melee mage oriented. It is more oriented for the trash. A real melee mage has no strength and has just as much focus as a caster mage, they use an elemental offhand and elemental damage helm and just melee in between the spells.

The dragon weapon may be an optional build for pure ice mages? Considering the wait time on shards and blast, there seems to be quite a few good wack opportunities during that wait. The offhand lux cold axe already provides 150 str which is sufficient for the melee druid. Add a few lure giants, and its good to go.

The dragon weapon may be an optional build for pure ice mages? Considering the wait time on shards and blast, there seems to be quite a few good wack opportunities during that wait. The offhand lux cold axe already provides 150 str which is sufficient for the melee druid. Add a few lure giants, and its good to go.

You still might as well use no main hand for the 33% boost in speed and gear up on lux elemental gear. As a mage your going to have elemental lures, not crush lure.

When the dragon weapon is worse that h2h you know their is vast incompetency involved.

And that is assuming that ice mage is actually still a viable build. How many ice mages have you seen running around? exactly. That's because it was nerfed into oblivion and fire is the way to go now.

So now the point becomes...who really is the dragon weapon made for? Answer: no one.