Celtic Heroes

While my level is nowhere near yours Marco, I am going to try this approach and see its viability.

10/20 lure of fire. Although I've thought of maxing this
20/20 cloak
10/20 lure of ice
20/20 ice shards
Rest into e shield

Blade of fire offhand
Heroic gloves of Haste

I don't have anything else to boost the fire

I like it bro. Tell me how it stacks up to your former conventional build, I'm sure way better given the fire blade at your lower level is even better than at my level.

I just couldn't bring myself to keep maxed fire lure. It just isn't worth it leveling, and since I can't see hits on bosses usually, it is very hard to test on bosses.

Since I go all fire, I only have to worry about one lure, however shards is a pretty nice skill to have. The long cooldown is perfect for this build. Is it worth 30 points though for a lvl 20 shards? Not sure. 30 points into firebolt will give you much better DPS in my mind, but test it if you want.

I like it bro. Tell me how it stacks up to your former conventional build, I'm sure way better given the fire blade at your lower level is even better than at my level.

I just couldn't bring myself to keep maxed fire lure. It just isn't worth it leveling, and since I can't see hits on bosses usually, it is very hard to test on bosses.

Since I go all fire, I only have to worry about one lure, however shards is a pretty nice skill to have. The long cooldown is perfect for this build. Is it worth 30 points though for a lvl 20 shards? Not sure. 30 points into firebolt will give you much better DPS in my mind, but test it if you want.

I've even thought about forgoing the fire and getting the blade of ice to augment a maxed shard build. It's feasible for me at this point as I have no jewelry or armor adding heat. Although I'm reluctant to believe that this could out DMG a fire build over a given period of time since there is no equal to cloak in the ice skill set. Perhaps it would be of benefit on those mobs immune to fire that I keep hearing about.

I like it bro. Tell me how it stacks up to your former conventional build, I'm sure way better given the fire blade at your lower level is even better than at my level.

I just couldn't bring myself to keep maxed fire lure. It just isn't worth it leveling, and since I can't see hits on bosses usually, it is very hard to test on bosses.

Since I go all fire, I only have to worry about one lure, however shards is a pretty nice skill to have. The long cooldown is perfect for this build. Is it worth 30 points though for a lvl 20 shards? Not sure. 30 points into firebolt will give you much better DPS in my mind, but test it if you want.

I've even thought about forgoing the fire and getting the blade of ice to augment a maxed shard build. It's feasible for me at this point as I have no jewelry or armor adding heat. Although I'm reluctant to believe that this could out DMG a fire build over a given period of time since there is no equal to cloak in the ice skill set. Perhaps it would be of benefit on those mobs immune to fire that I keep hearing about.

Yes cloak was the foundation upon which my build was created. If you drop that
the only thing you have to consider is that earthstone armor is all heat damage so that would be out of the picture then too. But 200 on blade and 50 on an ice helm is pretty decent anyway.

So if I can't afford top notch DPS gear.
What do I use?
I figure I could get greater solst, but that'll take some time.
Also I'm not prepared to trade in my ice blade for a fire blade (I'm levlling my warrior).
If this build is like 'friggin amaazing' I'll consider, but I'm not sure :/

No Min. Only if you have all the gear. Otherwise you end up dead very fast.

The thing is your hitting hitting hitting will out last the target's hitting you.

No Min. Only if you have all the gear. Otherwise you end up dead very fast.

The thing is your hitting hitting hitting will out last the target's hitting you.

:O you know my nickname!
Alright. So this is the real deal dps huh?
Radiant is too hard to get, tbh I'm not in the top clan, and we have that 1 major clan that kills Ythair. Hopefully though I can participate and maybe get some.
Really want to start putting my mage back to use, even if I have to switch to support :/

If you have 50 damage helm and 200 damage blade and some extra damage on the ammy (like I do) it is much better for pretty much anything than my highly tuned conventional DPS mage. That is saying a lot, I spent dozens of hours thinking about that conventional build and dozens of books. My melee build levels faster, it can use super combo's, it can tank better with druids, it has more spare points for support spells, it does more dps... the list goes on. I think we hit a little jackpot here.

If you have 50 damage helm and 200 damage blade and some extra damage on the ammy (like I do) it is much better for pretty much anything than my highly tuned conventional DPS mage. That is saying a lot, I spent dozens of hours thinking about that conventional build and dozens of books. My melee build levels faster, it can use super combo's, it can tank better with druids, it has more spare points for support spells, it does more dps... the list goes on. I think we hit a little jackpot here.

lol this is like Mdimarco's little baby
That good huh?
... hmmm.... i dunno :\

The damage is decent, it will never match one of the fighting classes thou. Like I said before YOU MUST HAVE ALL THE + GEAR or stick with the conventional mage.

I dont know about the higher level areas. It may be a bust yet.

The damage is decent, it will never match one of the fighting classes thou. Like I said before YOU MUST HAVE ALL THE + GEAR or stick with the conventional mage.

I dont know about the higher level areas. It may be a bust yet.

Doesn't matter, you at least help at bosses with dps, and have points leftover for support skills.

This is a very good build, which benefits not only you, but also everyone you group with.