Pvp mage skill build pls?

[EdwardWarlock]

^ I don't think magic missile power and purge CD should be empowered though.

Magic missile will be too weak anyway at later levels compared to other skills even if it's empowered in power. It is better to empower a stronger skill (say Fire Ball or something) to boost the damage, so you can deliver large blows. Spamming magic missile in PvP will only get lower the chances of you winning.. I find that when you PvP as a mage, you gotta be able to kill in a short amount of time.

Purge is useful in PvP but not useful enough to invest skill points in it.

Stifle would be something more useful to invest in if you want to PvP. Either in CD or in duration. Not sure, I'm still one level away from that skill so I haven't been able to use it yet.

If you're really eager to put all your points into PvP, then I guess you could do both Fear duration + CD. But... keep in mind that investing so many points in PvP disabling skills will render you not so PvE-efficient.. but that's your choice/preference, I guess. xD

But yes, I had put in duration for Fear and I like it. I haven't not empowered the CD of it though.

Stick with duration on fear and stifle. They give you extra time in between onslaughts to plan your next move. As far as damage, Fireball has the best of all the spells and FireBolt lvl 8 is good too if you want two high damage spells. I kept my Firebolt at 1 so I could spam it, but in PvP situations I crank up the damage to lvl 8 for high damage. I took the cool down off of it and placed it on Fireball, as Fireball does more damage. Max Cooldown on Nova is good, but don't empower the damage on it or magic burst....it's a waste. Another theory I had recently tested is Lightning Blast: The level 89 version of this spell does 778 ~ 974 (+420 Max Damage Empowerment) MDMG, Making it the second most powerful single damage spell in the game before the cap raise. Plan accordingly! *Sidenote*: If you're gonna do cooldown try it on the most useful spells. A mage needs to kill quick, not status effect his opponent (that's what archers do). Make sure you lern the durations in pvp and maximize your attack set's weaknesses.

[MikeyG]

<-- reccomends listening to ed, he knows whatsup.

[Blaaaaaaaah]

With the new update, I'm tempted to put 5 points into power in Magic Blast rather than Fire Ball... even though Fire ball still isn't the strongest, I love love love the magic blast now. It's soo spammable (to a certain extent) and it feels like the reduced the casting time too (can't be sure on that one, it could be because I had to stop and cast before, so it felt longer).

[xDario]

The reasons for not putting into nova's damage?
I guess its because you use inferno more, but..any thing else?

Edit: Oh, crap. Was reading old things, and forgot i was. Sorry for the necro.

[Blaaaaaaaah]

The reasons for not putting into nova's damage?
I guess its because you use inferno more, but..any thing else?

Edit: Oh, crap. Was reading old things, and forgot i was. Sorry for the necro.

This is not a necro. Last post was 23 April. It's only 28/29 April now.


But I actually don't use inferno more than nova, because nova is so much more spammable. I have decreased CD on both skills, though.

[xDario]

This is not a necro. Last post was 23 April. It's only 28/29 April now.


But I actually don't use inferno more than nova, because nova is so much more spammable. I have decreased CD on both skills, though.

And did you increase the Damage for Nova?
I mean, i did, since i use it. But, i see people only talking about the CD, not the damage (of Nova) ~ So i wanted to know their reasons.

[Blaaaaaaaah]

And did you increase the Damage for Nova?
I mean, i did, since i use it. But, i see people only talking about the CD, not the damage (of Nova) ~ So i wanted to know their reasons.

Nope.

I didn't because I didn't.. feel.. the need to.. I guess it was either Damage OR CD. Since I can spam it a bit more, I won't need the extra damage. But if you did damage, then I guess you won't need to spam it more. I like spamming skills x3

But my case is a bit different.. I always party with another mage + cleric, so I don't actually need the extra damage since we have two novas. CD would be better so I can cast it again as soon as we lure the next lot xD -bambampowww-

Edit: so yeah, mine isn't really a "proper" reason. I don't know which one is actually better. I just like spamming skills, so yep!

[EdwardWarlock]

With the new update, I'm tempted to put 5 points into power in Magic Blast rather than Fire Ball... even though Fire ball still isn't the strongest, I love love love the magic blast now. It's soo spammable (to a certain extent) and it feels like the reduced the casting time too (can't be sure on that one, it could be because I had to stop and cast before, so it felt longer).

Thank you Blaaaaaaah, I missed that spell. Magic Blast should also be maxed damage, and with the new patch, you can max the cool down on on it (to make it 2.8 seconds), and make it a fully spammable spell on the run constantly. The cool down is fine at 4.0 to most, but take into consideration how long it takes for restone cool down, and you'll see why I wanted to speed up my killing. It's highly effective, especially when combined with Stifle and Mind Drain (Fear).

With the new patch I think empowering Nova's damage is a waste, since the damage boost is insane after 90. Same with Inferno. Even if you're trying to be an aggro whore you'll only do like 100 or 150 more damage points at the loss of 5 skill points. I only do the cool down on it, to make it available as a buffer in between attacks, which is so few now that you can cast Magic blast while moving.

[Blaaaaaaaah]

^ CD of magic blast. Yaknow, I never thought of that for some wild reason. Do you think CD would be better than damage, or damage would be better if I were to only spend 5 points on it?

I sooooooooooooo want to take out the skill points I put on my magic burst.. T_T