Why get zenith?

[Omega 0]

I was reading a post and ppl recommended zenith in their build, why get this b4 dia 10 and deathray 10?

 

How does resistance work, is it the same as abs but for elemental attack. How common is elemental attack for mobs?

[1337person 0]

Zenith makes you less affected by status effects, such as frost and stun. So, it's a good thing.

[cuteako316 12]

  On 8/24/2011 at 5:58 AM, Omega said:

I was reading a post and ppl recommended zenith in their build, why get this b4 dia 10 and deathray 10?

 

How does resistance work, is it the same as abs but for elemental attack. How common is elemental attack for mobs?

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actually lvl 10 dias is better to level up first rather than zenith, since zenith will be only useful mostly at SW so. Dias and dray is way better to level up first

[Omega 0]

yeah thats my opinion too

 

not sure whats 1337 meant by status effects, I guess his english isn't so good.

[cuteako316 12]

  On 8/25/2011 at 6:30 AM, Omega said:

yeah thats my opinion too

 

not sure whats 1337 meant by status effects, I guess his english isn't so good.

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1337 means status effects like: Stun(Roar, Shield strike), Ice(Pike's ground pike, Prs glacial spike)

[Sargo 0]

  On 8/25/2011 at 6:30 AM, Omega said:

yeah thats my opinion too

 

not sure whats 1337 meant by status effects, I guess his english isn't so good.

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His English is fine. Your English isn't so good if you didn't understand what status effects were.

And yeah, I'd lvl Dia first, then Zenith. Since Dia will help you lvl faster, and Zenith really takes effect in pvp areas and high damage inflicting area's.

[1337person 0]

  On 8/25/2011 at 6:30 AM, Omega said:

yeah thats my opinion too

 

not sure whats 1337 meant by status effects, I guess his english isn't so good.

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Just because you're not sure about something does not mean that the problem lies in someone else. My English is perfectly fine, thank you very much.

 

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As for leveling Dias, well I recently reset my skills so that I only have level 1 Dias. This is because Meteor is just too good, now that you can spam it. No flinching, being able to target an enemy, having a relatively ranged attack, and a higher rate of damage than Dias makes it superior in every way.

[Omega 0]

Well dia has some important benefits, like being able to be spammed without stopping u using a pot, which can be the difference between life and death in some situations. Theres not much difference in dmg to meteor, and it costs alot less mana. It also has the advantage of pushing back enemies in a complete circle, which acts as a kind of sheild.

[Roba 0]

  On 8/26/2011 at 4:15 AM, Omega said:

Well dia has some important benefits, like being able to be spammed without stopping u using a pot, which can be the difference between life and death in some situations. Theres not much difference in dmg to meteor, and it costs alot less mana. It also has the advantage of pushing back enemies in a complete circle, which acts as a kind of sheild.

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Forgot to say the disadvanted that is flinching when you missed the right timing, making you unable to hit monsters (which will increase damage taken even more) and pot (symptoms may cause death). And you're quite wrong there, there is a huge difference in dmg to meteor and dias.

 

 

I think zenith is the skill you should master after MM, ES (lvl 7 ~ 10) and SE.

Dias is no more now, and DRay has no major increases from lvl 1 to lvl 10, IMO.

 

So zenith is the way to go, and after this, Agony (it'll get uptadet to 10% HP = 100% Mana on lvl 10; resolving the mana pot problem)

[randyhuynh 0]

dia is better, then DR is good if u hunt, Zeith is only for PVP, mage dont PVP, dont boost it

i wouldnt list to people who dont play mage much. Zenth usually only for PVP, mage dont need to PVP, mage is for SOD, EXP and now they can hunt, i would up DR before zenth

 

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  On 8/24/2011 at 1:10 PM, cuteako316 said:

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I was reading a post and ppl recommended zenith in their build, why get this b4 dia 10 and deathray 10?

 

How does resistance work, is it the same as abs but for elemental attack. How common is elemental attack for mobs?

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actually lvl 10 dias is better to level up first rather than zenith, since zenith will be only useful mostly at SW so. Dias and dray is way better to level up first

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he is correct

 

 

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play PT for long time and one best mage to ever playwt

[Roba 0]

  On 8/26/2011 at 7:24 PM, randyhuynh said:

dia is better, then DR is good if u hunt, Zeith is only for PVP, mage dont PVP, dont boost it

i wouldnt list to people who dont play mage much. Zenth usually only for PVP, mage dont need to PVP, mage is for SOD, EXP and now they can hunt, i would up DR before zenth

 

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I was reading a post and ppl recommended zenith in their build, why get this b4 dia 10 and deathray 10?

 

How does resistance work, is it the same as abs but for elemental attack. How common is elemental attack for mobs?

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actually lvl 10 dias is better to level up first rather than zenith, since zenith will be only useful mostly at SW so. Dias and dray is way better to level up first

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he is correct

 

 

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play PT for long time and one best mage to ever play rPT

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I play PT for 5 years and IMO Zenith is great for LVLing up too; more than Dias ATM.

 

Resistance has its effects on ordinary maps too (:

[Nooodle 16]

Because tier 4 should be relatively easy to get to, you can hunt with crystals till that point, dias would probably be a waste of skill points, because once your T4, you can use Meteorite, which is WAY better than dias.

[BiDa 4]

  On 8/26/2011 at 10:14 PM, Nooodle said:

Because tier 4 should be relatively easy to get to, you can hunt with crystals till that point, dias would probably be a waste of skill points, because once your T4, you can use Meteorite, which is WAY better than dias.

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Dias still has its perks....

IMO Its better to have dias 10 then you get zenith 10.

 

[Omega 0]

Well I played a mage on upt a couple of years back, there meteor also had no delay, but the best SOD mages used dia. Admittedly SOD is much harder now on this server, but still the first few rounds dia is very handy, also dia is a great lazy skill, if u want to go farm/xp in easy maps u can sit there all day chatting to ur friends just right clicking.

[Roba 0]

I think what we can get from here is that on Dias X Zenith, there is no right choice.

 

Actually it seems to depend most on how is your relation between Dias and Meteor.

 

If you're doing "just fine, thank you" with Meteor, screw Dias, Zenith FTW.

 

If you still think Dias has its spark, take it up to level 10