Pvp mage skill build pls?

[overdhedge]

kindly put the best skills for pvp type mage example:

Fire Bolt- 5power/5cd
Ice Bolt- 5 power/5cd

thank you very much

[Hessah]

Definitely save 5 points for Mind Drain duration!!

[Anko_San]

Magic Missile- 5power/5cd
Purge- 5cd

well, no idea what lvl you are so i wouldnt know how many more skill points you would have. But other than that, empowering Ice bolt seems fine to me.

BTW... dont empower too many low lvl skills since you would need to save them for nova and other AoE skills at high lvls unless you want to spend lots of money on skill reset scrolls

[Blaaaaaaaah]

^ 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.

[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.

[overdhedge]

what about other skills? like cold bolt etc etc.?

Magic Missile- 5power/5cd

did you mean add both? or pick the one you want to add only?

[Blaaaaaaaah]

Hmm, what level are you?

I actually suggest you to save up your skill points till later levels, rather than add them as you get them as tempting as it may be. Regretting putting in skill points is a pain the neck and skill resets are hella expensive.

Generally, your first few skills are not worth empowering in power. Usually, I hear people saying they empower the power of Fire Ball because that's the most powerful skill, but you don't get that till 53.

I'd say to start off with empowering the CD of your magic missile first since that's pretty much the mages' bread and butter in the first lot of levels, but save your points. I have saved 19+ points until I reached level 60+, which is when we start getting the better skills (+ the PvP disabling skills!).

[overdhedge]

im actually lvl 11 right now im jus curious about the skills lol :P

[MikeyG]