Celtic Heroes

It's simple mathematics.

Fire mage spells hit LESS than ice mage spells without any add-ons yet deal MORE damage. If skills are proportionally increased with items then it makes no difference. :/

I will do the math to prove it because for some reason these simple concepts are confusing...

Assuming both mages have:

- Two godly silverweb rings: Fire bolt gets damage buff of 2x450 (900), Ice shards gets damage buff of 2x900 (1800)
- Godly trollblood hrung helms: Fire storm gets damage buff of 800, Ice shards gets damage buff of 1000
- Godly mordris bracelets: Fire bolt gets damage buff of 510, Ice blast gets damage buff of 1000

Inputting these we end up with: You end up with pretty much the same results with the highest tier gear... Fire mage is always superior in DPS except for the 15-20 second mark. I cannot test cooldown yet since I don't have a shards skull, but if you guys still decide to ignore the obvious then I might borrow a clanny's.

It just surprises me that somehow fire mage would have the complete upperhand. Im neither fire or ice high lvled mage, so I only say that as an observer.

I would say that it seems fire resistance in mobs is nore common also helping ice mages but that info we cant actually know

Fire mages are hawt, Ice mages are not

The End

In my opinion fire is in gerneral the better way to go as it is faster and more reliable. Even if you have good ice gear and get your hits up to 11k dmg the dmg fluctuates too much meaning many time you will only hit 3-4k or when its evaded you are in trouble as the recast takes so long.
This is the best build for 170+ my opinion:
Get allot of skill gear like 8 rings for firebold and ice shards.
Do 40 fire lure, 50 bolt, 45 storm, 45 fire attune, 50 iceshards and 20 e-shield.
I am lvl 187 like this I hit the mobs 3.8 to 6.3k bolt, 3.5 to 6k storm, and 2.8 to 4.5k shards (3.5 to 7.9k if I go with an ice mage who lures ice for me)
I recommend to use amor lixes when you go lvl as you take in general allot less dmg and so you shield also stays longer.
I hope this helps:) give it a try!

You're hitting 6.3k firebolts on mobs, with only a 45 attune and a shield offhand? What's your focus and jewelry?

You're hitting 6.3k firebolts on mobs, with only a 45 attune and a shield offhand? What's your focus and jewelry?

energy shield, not an offhand. His build is basically the build I was going for, just need an elements charm for my mage. I can hit about 6.3k like him at level 155. But with a shield offhand its a bit less.

I mean idk about you guys but my bolt usually hits 2k on mobs as my fire lure misses way too much. Its great when things dont get evaded but we all know the most depressing thing about a mage is missing a lure, especially solo 4 times in a row.

This is about fire vs ice, not mage problems. Both type suffer from evades.