The Ultimate Mage Guide (By Klarity)

1.3 : Battle mage's skills :



Active skills :


Mana shield :
This is a great defensive skill, and since mages have a very small bit of defence i definitely reccomend maxing this one. It absorbs up to 30% of the damage taken and converts it 5hp:1MP at max level. Great skill.
PvE : 5/5
PvP : 5/5



Fire emblem
This skill is great, it's very spammable with it's very low cooldown, and it does a lot of damage. This is one of the 2 best skills for PvE, with energy condensation it gets even better! For PvP this is good too, if you knock someone down and he doesn't roll. Use fire emblem, when he gets up he'll get hit lots of times. You can also use it for other ways, like using it > hoping it hits the enemy by chance and using blizzard on the enemy. In group PvP it hit's a lot and just owns. (especially gvg) Some people say you should keep this skill at level 1 or 3, because the mp cost get's way too high at 3+, especially for PvP. And the damage doesn't increase that much anyway from 1-5.
PvE : 5/5
PvP : 1/5 or 3/5 to save MP



Tornado :
This skill, isn't that good. It's damage is okay but it really doesn't do much. It makes the enemies fly way up high, but you can't combo them or anything so it's useless.
PvE : 2/5 for blizzard
PvP : 2/5 for blizzard



Cloud kill :
This skill is okay, if you have a lot of sp left, you can get this but otherwise it's fairly useless. Not that it's bad, but the other skills just aren't as good in comparison. The damage isn't that great, and the mobs die from poison before you're done. In PvP, if you miss, you're dead. The animation just takes way too long!
PvE : 0/5
PvP : 0/5 - slow



Magic Missile :
This skill is pretty good, at maxed level it shoots 10 homing missiles, they all can hit individually. It's alright for PvE but not that good compared to Fire emblem and Blizzard. In PvP this shines, 10 homing missiles that can do a lot of damage, if it hits one target he's dead.
PvE : 0/5 I reccomend, but you could get more for bosses
Pvp : 5/5 Great skill!



Blizzard :
This skill is probably the best of a Battle Mage, it's damage is insane and it can freeze! It's a pretty big AoE and it can hit up to 10mobs. If you dont max this you're crazy!
PvP : 5/5
PvE : 5/5
Passive skills :


Battle hit :
Nobody likes this skill, for good reason. It says it knocks the enemy back, but it doesn't knockback till level 3. This skill is also VERY slow, the enemy can hit you before you hit it with this. It ruins combo's by using a lame melee attack instead of X. For PvP you get hit by a combo and die before using it. Get this to 3/3, because otherwise every time you DO use it accidentily, you have to dash away to use a spell. With 3/3 it knocks back and you can cast again.
PvE : 3/3 for staff mastery/knockdown
PvP : 3/3 for staff mastery/knockdown



Staff Mastery :
Must get skill, it adds 100 magic attack, it might not be much at higher levels but every piece of extra damage is good! Can always re-skill :O
PvE : 5/5
PvP : 5/5



[Energy condensation :
Max this skill, it makes the already great skill fire emblem even better. It hits every 0.25 seconds with this skill. max.
PvE : 5/5
PvP : 5/5



Deadly poison :
Cloud kill really isn't a good skill. Don't get this ><
PvE : 0/5
PvP : 0/5

Chapter 2 : Using skills / Combo-ing.

Magician

2.1 : X-X-X
The most easy way of comboing, that still works quite well is X. In reality it's just spamming, you stand in front of a monster and press x. You should jump and dash around to evade damage. But you must keep the combo meter up, so be back in time to hit a monster!

2.2 : Meteor fall and air combo.
Meteor fall and air combo is really useful. This is one of the combos i use the most, because it can hit up to 5mobs 4times. That means you have an instant 20 combo! If you want to use this, you should look for an area with quite a few mobs, so you can hit as many as possible. Also, the timing for it can be quite hard. If you're combo is about to expire, you have to go Jump>Meteor fall> air combo really fast, because if you're at the top of your jump it doesn't hit. Some monsters go up higher, so you can be higher. But in general you have to either jump>meteor>air combo really fast, or wait till you're closer to the ground. Watch my video to see how to do it!


2.3 : Meteor fall and down+x
Meteor fall and down+x is not very useful in itself, but in later chapters i will explain more about it. You just spam meteor and then when the monsters are on the ground, you walk close to them and press down+x one to three times. I usually press it twice, so i can keep my combo meter up and running good.


2.4 : Point buster and air combo.
I myself, find point buster quite useless. The damage is very bad compared to meteor, and hitting the monsters in the air can be very challenging. Especially if you have high latency to the servers because you dont live in SEA. The way you do it is, wait for a monster not to attack you and press point buster. The mobs then fly up and you have to jump and press X at the right moment to hit them.


2.5 : Point buster, meteor fall and air combo.
This can be very well, because the monsters are constantly immobilized and your combo goes up very fast. The way to do it is first, use meteor fall to immobilize the monsters giving you time to use point buster. Once you've used PB you can spam air combo, or do another meteor fall. Rinse and repeat.



2.6 : Combination of the above.
This is the best way of comboing, use all the different ways of comboing for the maximum combo. I myself like using meteor fall>air combo>down+x and then spam x. But it's up to you. Look at the video to see a combination of all the magician skills


Acolyte

2.7 : X-X Diffusion cannon
Diffusion cannon is a skill you will LOVE!
It increases the range of X by a lot, it almost makes it an AoE.
I use this very differently than normal X, because instead of standing right infront of the monster(risking ranged hits). I stand a bit under it, because it goes 3 different ways you can stand under almost any monster and hit it. If you want to deal great damage to a boss, stand in a corner with him infront of you and spam X. It works, trust me!


2.8 : Lightning shield.
Lightning shield is a very usefull skill. It needs getting used to but the damage is insane and well worth the while. You really need to learn the range of it though.
Lightning shield is useless alone, you must use it with other skills such as meteor fall and air combo, it has a pretty long cooldown.
Most of the time i do this, i use LS then meteor fall and air combo, if my LS has any cooldown left i spam X.


2.9 : Combination of everything.
In this video i show you how I play, it's a combination of everything, which is how I combo. The only difference with me and this is i don't use Point buster.
I usually use lightning shield, meteor fall air combo and then if the monster is low i press down+x. If there's monsters like certain crabs that can not be launched I spam X and lightning shield.


Battle Mage

2.10 - Skills / Combo-ing with a battle mage
Combo-ing with a battlemage, isn't really what you do. It's more like you spam skills, especially Fire emblem and Blizzard.
You just spam Fire emblem, and use Blizzard when you can.

Chapter 3 : Special sets.

3.1 Magician sets.

Level 10 set


3.2 Acolyte sets.

Level 20 set


Level 27 set :


Level 34 set :


Level 40 set :


3.3 Battle mage sets.

Level 20 :
Don't have the outfit, here's the stats. [Rest comes in obt]

Level 27 :
Don't have the outfit, here's the stats. [Rest comes in obt]

Level 34 :
Don't have the outfit, here's the stats. [Rest comes in obt]

Level 40 :
Will come in OBT

Credits :
ALTESSA making BM with me, everything
Kenzai for BattleMage help
People who helped with feedback(nuglar+sam)
Valcorn for epic banner!!!

Copyrights :
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