EvilMale's Force of Nature Build

[evilmale]

Have another juicy guide for you guys it's too good not to share in my opinion Enjoy......

Well I have another Crazy Build for you guys I have been experimenting for some time now trying to figure out a fun WW Type Mage build and I think I have the Answer now so I am giving you my thoughts on this Enjoy.

This build is based around Csaszar's and Obsession's WW mages this is my Twist to it.


EvilMale's Force of Nature Build


Skills

Lvl 1. Meditation & Magic Lore ---- Meditation Maxed Magic Lore around 3/4 of toons lvl

Lvl 3. Water Magic --- 1/2 of toons lvl

Lvl 6. Agility ----- 3/4 of toons lvl

Lvl 12. Trading ------ as high as you deem worth its an invaluable skill and you will need it

Lvl 20 Air Magic ---- half your toons lvl

Lvl 30. Constitution ----- 1/4 to 1/2 of toons lvl

Lvl 50. Parrying ------ as high as you can get it



Attributes
*Forever Mental Regen*



Spells
Water Spells
Ice Shards
Ring of Ice

Air Spells
Whirl-Wind
Lightning Strike
Gust of Wind

Support Spells
Cataract of Agility
Water Form ( only if you want to )
Phase Shift
Flame Skin
Ghost Meadow

The Gear you will need
If your going for sets I would Sugjest Blackstaffs or Amarri's those are the 2 Set that compliment this Build Perfectly
But any thing that has a Regen to Spell Boost or Spell boost for your spells will work wonders.
And since your Up in the Mix of things with the mobs on this Build you will want a lot of Life Leach Around 24 to 30% at all times is what I generally run.

*Personl Preferance of Gear*
Amarri's Full Set and or Blackstaff's Full Set
Byleth's Shield
Byleth's Ring and ammy
Sol's Ring all 3
BlackStaff's soul
Book of Wisdom
Elhinor's Shiny Tower Shield and Gloves
Dimensional Staff of the Void ( I think is the name of it )
Frost Weavers Staff
Shiny Kite Shield



Skill Choice Reasons
Meditation lowers spell regen
Magic lore increases spell damage
Water Magic lowers cast and regen times on water spells
Air Magic Lowers Cast and regen time for air spells
Trading because its an invaluable skill to have and lets you find better gear for your mage at shops
Constitution you need as much life as you can get
Agility, and Parrying Simply because the Battle Mage is weak by nature more defence = a better chance of living


Combat Tactics
Like I said at the beginning of this edited post this idea is not fully mine of a WW disarming mage. This is just my twist on it. With that said........................

This Build is designed to be able to stand in the middle of a mob and strip them clean of gear. My theory is this No Gear on the baddies = A faster kill and less damage to your toon. And with the added defence you should be able to take more of a pounding from mobs and be relatively safe. WW acts as a leach shield and also disarms Armor, Helms Shields, and Weapon from what i have seen thus far. Its a good idea for a money making toon as well because all the junk laying around after the battle is over. You will find some area's have uniques, and set items, as Obsession and Csaszar has posted in the past.

The spell choices relate to my combat tactics. WW is the obvious one disarming. Ring of Ice simply to slow the Baddies and the Nasties. Ice Shards simply because Lightning Strike is better for Mob Control and weak against single foes. not to mention i like 1 cast kills. Lightning Strike I seriously misjudged this spell untill I played around with it. It looks cool when its buffed up and is killer for mob control. Flame Skin is awesome for splitting Mobs and combined with WW, and some split items you have a bigger mob and more goodies in a sence. Cataract of Agility Schot got me addicted to this one so this goes out to him, "Speed = Life" it is a good support spell and if you get into too much trouble you will nees this one.
Water Form same concept as if you get into too much trouble its a great escape spell. Ghost Meadow Simple lowers the regen times of spells even more.

Area's I have Played this Build.
Belvue
Silver Creek ( Gobby Yard )
Tyr- Fasul ( Ice Elves Area )
Ice Creek
Zhurag-Nar ( Dark Elves Hq )
Khorad-Nur

More Area's Coming Soon

Have fun with it I know I have been.


*Reason for adding GoW*
In recient attempts at this build I would find my self up in the Ice Elf area of Tyr-Fasul. Not really thinking about what wouldnt work it was more of not thinking outside the box more or less. I was trying to make a more player friendly build and realized.... That is really not my style of play. So with some insight and really good advice from Csas. I decided to add one more spell. to this build and it has worked out NICELY ( In an Evil Sort of Way of course). True this build will not be "as" player friendly as it was. But come on now honestly do we always party up when playing.

[DaveO]

Interesting build, and I'd like to see it pass muster on the higher difficulties where the challenge truly lies. My key point on playing a build is to get it to last as long as possible. I have been VERY fortunate lately in not losing a toon recently, but that does not mean I'm an expert by a longshot. I AM looking forward to your continued refinement of this build as well as updates on his progress thru the realms of Ancaria and Underworld.

[evilmale]

Well as of now He is lvl 50 and OWN VoT. so far so good

[Night Ω Wolfe]

Thank you so much for posting this for me! I can't wait to try this build but it will have to wait until I can get my darn internet connection straightened out.... and no I am just having a lucky night and have been able to sign on for a few minutes here

[evilmale]

if you have any questions on this build let me know Wolfe. It can be kinda tricky to start it off and I do have some set parts for you if you need them ( Amarri's set works the best with it )

[Night Ω Wolfe]

Great! Thank you evil!

[evilmale]

Wolfe if you want to start this build soon to try it out i will be in Bronze this week starting several new toons. Getting ready to bring more of my evil lil creations to hc wish me luck

[Night Ω Wolfe]

Was wondering don't you need the disarm skill to work WITH Whirlwind? Or does Whirlwind disarm all on its own?

[griffman]

It disarms on it's own.



I had to edit to add the smiley... I felt it was a very cold post without the smiley.

[Night Ω Wolfe]

ROFLOL thanks Griff....

[cythil]

Sorry if i got a bit off topic but what kind of smiley is that anyway?

[griffman]

Mine is a smiling face smiley and hers is winking. Now in order for me to not get my post count knocked I will attempt to say something about the build (sticking tongue out smiley).

I'm curious Evil - how do you keep your spells at enough damage with the way your runes would all be spread out? Rune farmer?

[Night Ω Wolfe]

I was actually wondering something similar to that... one HOW your are able to keep all the skills as high as you say they should be when there are so many to concentrate on and also the same with the CAs? The other thing is why in the world so many CAs? Maybe it is just my playing style but I just about always have a buff or two that I usually put in a combo so I only have to cast one thing and then I have a single attack. I think with my style even if I did have all these choices I would just pick a fav and end up always using just that one... like I said maybe its just me though

[griffman]

Hey Evil... I heard this joke the other day. I think it was Katran that told me it. Sometime in game you'll have to ask me about it. It's really funny

[evilmale]

Sorry its taken me soooo long to post here school has been crazy lately HI GUYS