Mage battle tactics

Causing extreme frustration and pain to your opponents as a mage requires strategy, skill, and mass output of damage. This tutorial will cover more advanced techniques you may consider using in PvP combat.

Use the elements to your advantage- Mages have a wide variety of elemental skills; study the table of elements and you will become proficient in maximizing your damage output utilizing your opponent's element. Take caution- experienced players may purposefully drink elemental potions with the hope of decreasing your damage towards them. Counter this by using a variety of spells in battle. Acting unpredictably is to your advantage. If you are facing another mage, find out what element your opponent is using (ex. Fire Element Spells, Water Element Spells, etc). Depending on their element, find out what spells and skills they know and use this to your advantage.

PvP Combat

• When facing another Mage:
  • Mages require mana to cast spells, so it is vital to find ways to drain your opponent's mana or burn fury while conserving yours at the same time. Mages often use Mana Shield to conserve health and avoid damage, however, it drains mana. So attack! This burns their mana quickly and leaves them vulnerable to damage.
• Avoid damage from other mages with the skill disrupt magic. Time your disrupts carefully- they drain excessive amounts of mana at once, and the casting time is very short, so if you miss, you'll have to wait another loooong 15 seconds for the cooldown.

• When facing Warriors:
  • Warriors are slow at chasing running targets, and they are helpless if unable to target spellcasters they cannot see/reach. If you have the skills skip or invisibility, use them tactically to your advantage. Position yourself on a platform that may be difficult for a Warrior to reach.
  • If a warrior reaches you, they can smite your casts and leave you silenced. Keep warriors at a distance with the knockback from Thunderbolt or Firewall. If they can't get to you, they can't melee or use any of their skills. Be wary- warriors usually counter this with Charge.
  • If they can't move, you can't be hit. Flash Freeze will immobilize your opponent for a maximum of eight seconds. Stay on your toes- a Schwartzwald Trinket will allow the victim to dispel the freeze.

• While warriors have devastating physical strength, knowing if you're facing a tank or a DPS warrior will be to your advantage. Usually, you can judge this based on their armor and skills.
  • If facing a DPS warrior, keep distance between you and use knock-back skills and freeze to keep them from landing hits on you. They need to be able to land solid hits to gain fury, so if they can't touch you, they can't deal very much damage.
  • If facing a Tank, avoid casting spells that will generate fury and try to stall until your team can assist you. Tanks gain extra fury from being attacked and will be able to deal damage if you hit them.

• When facing Priests
  • Damage priests often have a wide range of skills that prevent them from having elemental weaknesses. It's quickest to simply deal as much damage as possible to prevent them from denting your team's health. Silence them with Disrupt Magic or Freeze them until they can be disposed of by a warrior.
  • Healing priests are extremely important to the other team- halt their healing with a flash freeze or disrupt magic. As healing priests usually have all their skills in one element, disrupt magic is very effective. A team without healing can quickly be dispatched.

Remember to manipulate elements to your advantage! Enchanted wind, water, earth, and fire potions can reduce the damage received from other mages' elemental spells and attacks warriors with elemental gloves or enchantments. The less damage they deal to you, the longer you survive to wreak havoc upon the other team!