Trying to figure out a new build

[Nooodle 16]

So, I am a 131 mage and I recently came back to find out waternado and flame wave got buffed by QUITE A BIT!!! Those used to be basically useless skills but now they are so much more effective. I am mainly wondering what to do with my tier 1-3 skills and which ones are actually useful to me. So tier 5 I have SS 10, MS 10, A 6 and nothing in E (since we don't have it yet). Tier 4 I still value Meteorite because I like the skill so I have Met 10, FW 10, FE 10, Dist 6 (I never use dist, but might as well put the rest of my points in there). Tier 1-3 the skills that I have put points into at this point are MM 10, WN 10, ES 10, SE 10. I have 17 skill points left and am trying to figure out what else to put these points into.

 

From me looking at all the skills, Dias is useless because SS is so much better then it so no points being burned on that. DR has become useless now because FW does more damage and has some AoE elements to it. Fire Ball and Fire Bolt have basically always been pretty useless so I doubt any points would be worthwhile putting into those. Agony IMHO is stupid because the amount of pots you can get, especially in XP maps, is more then you ever fully run through, so you don't need to burn your HP to get mana back anyways. Zenith to me seems pretty useless because I don't goto HG at all and I don't really believe I have any sort of use for it. To me that leaves EW and DS. Are either of those worth upgrading more then the other? Does EW actually help when I don't do actual attacks and just use spells anyways? Does DS deal any useful damage at all? These are the questions I am wondering the most.

[whunter 205]

Hi @Nooodle,

 

I am at the same predicament now as you when you came back and play MG. Any advice you could give me so that I can adjust my MG skills? My main confusion now is

 

Watornado vs SS vs meteor - For exping, in terms overall dmg and effectiveness (given mobs coming for all directions and only SS is non-directional)

 

Flamewave vs DR - For hunting

[Nooodle 16]

@whunter Well, in terms of XPing, SS is your best skill when solo. If you're hunting, unless something has changed recently (which I don't think it has) DR is useless for a MGS. So when hunting FW/Watornado (if you're with other people, use a WN then switch back to FW and just keep using WN every time it's off CD). Meteor isn't HORRIBLE but SS is better. If I am XPing all I do is run around a little bit, group up the ranged mobs that SS doesn't hit, then I go back into the middle of them and SS away till there is a lot of them built up again. It can kinda lower your overall XP/min you will get, but it's still the best dmg you will be doing.

[whunter 205]

Hi @Nooodle thanks for the advice! I have put FW on left click and WN on right for exping with range monsters, and totally ignore Meteor since FW is so much more effective.