Hello Wartune community! My name is Redoga. I am a lvl 70 mage and an active player on S49.
In game i get alot of pm's from people asking for help/guidance to all different aspects of the game. I answer them all with pleasure.
Now to make some things easier, i made a guide for all those people that still need some help concerning the Mage Class. You don't have to read everything. If you are searching for a certain aspect, check the Table. Note that this guide covers both freeplayers and cashiers!
Enjoy my guide and have fun playing the game!
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Table
1. Mage introduction and basics
1.1 Stats
1.1.1 Gems
1.1.2 Astrals
1.1.3 Refines
1.1.4 Enchantments
1.1.5 Mount
1.1.6 Academy
1.1.7 Talents
1.1.8 Enlightment
1.2 Skills
2. How to play the Mage Class
2.1 Group Arena, Slaying regular mobs in MP dungeons, Running Solo Dungeons
2.2 MP last boss, Catacombs boss floor 50+
2.3 World Boss
1. Mage introduction and basics
The mage is probably the most squishiest class in Wartune, though he excels at tanking magical attacks because of the high MDEF bonus you get.
In group arena's as well as in MP Dungeons the mage will mostly be placed in the back.
1.1 Stats
I will go over this very fast. There's not alot to say about this.
Your most important stat is MATK. This should ALWAYS be your highest stat.
MATK will, in most cases, be followed by MDEF.
PDEF is very important as well. Since 2 out of 3 classes deal Physical damage you can not afford it to ignore this stat. And you WILL need PDEF when fighting the giant Eyeball in the Catacombs. I see alot of mages just focussing on MDEF for this aspect of the game. The Eye deals Physical damage when he smashes down on you repeatedly.
Don't ignore HP.
This is an example of how a mage's stats look like.
You can see some crit in here. This mage has some work to do on his refines
1.1.1 Gems
-With Socketing Rods: Gem MATK, PDEF, HP/MDEF. On legendaries; obviously go HP and MDEF.
-Without Socketing Rods: This is not the way to go. Try to obtain socketing rods by spinning the Guild Wheel, opening battleground treasure boxes....
1.1.2 Astrals
As in any other game gold is really important in Wartune.
This gold you make will either go in Talents, Contribution, Enchantments or Astrals.
Astrals are really important and you can't go without them. Every player can hold up to 8 astrals depending on your lvl.
A Mage should not go for a crit build; unless you want epic heals (heals can crit and will heal more). Crit is for Archers mainly. Get a Will Destroyer in stead. It will benefit you greatly.
I ordered the astrals you are going to equip when hitting 30,40,50,60... When you hit lvl 25, you will be able to equip 2 astrals.
1.) MATK
2.) MDEF or PDEF
3.) PDEF or MDEF (If you had the luck to obtain the orange Will Destroyer, use this in stead.)
4.) Enhanced Will Destroyer if you haven't already got it, else equip the last defensive astral you need. (disables the chance to crit, but makes you deal X% more dmg on every strike)
5.) Refined Goddess Blessing (decreases dmg taken by X%)
6.) Pristine Enshieldment (works very good with imperial commander or lord divine title)
7.) Guardian Angel, Deflection or Brilliance (depends what you like more; If you have alot of hp, you should take deflection. If you lack hp, go for Brilliance. Having problems with archers? Get Guardian Angel.)
Once you hold the astrals you need, you might want to get a crit astral and determination aswell at the side; for World Boss purposes only; as crit rate is increased against World Bosses!!
World Boss astrals (Replace Will destroyer and ... )
1.1.3 Refines
These are the green stats shown on your gear.
Priority is Intellect, Defense and MATK. If you have these as a noncashier, you're going the right direction.
If you are willing to use some balen to make your refines better, mark the little box on the right next to a stat you want and click refine (it will save the marked stat and only refine the others). Get Intellect, Defense, MATK, PDEF and Endurance/MDEF.
As you can see here: rather okay green stats for non cashier; but keep putting your luck to the test if you have more refinement crystals to use.
Cashiers will want to refine until they get stats similar like these, then save everything except the stat you don't need (crit in this case) and refine until you get another stat you could use (MDEF or Endurance).
1.1.4 Enchantments
Always enchant your gear: it will get you mass bonus stats. This can cost you alot of gold. Use lhigher lvl Lucky stones for enchanting to 12+ if you have any. When you upgrade your gear into legendary (18+), you better use lvl 9 luck stones because the price gets so high you can't really afford to lose 300k gold.
1.1.5 Mount
Simple: focus on Intellect and keep Endurance and Armor on equal heights.
1.1.6 Academy
In the Academy you want to prioritize MATK, MDEF and PDEF, but DO NOT ignore your Troops Stats! Troop PATK gives you an edge in WB fights and Troop Count will give your Troops more HP. You will want Troop MDEF as well as Troop PDEF: When fighting in the BG or in the Dual Arena it is important to keep your troops alive as long as possible because Single Target spells like Bolt (mage) and Arrow Strike (Archer) will have 2 chances out of 3 to hit your Knights in stead of you. BUT DO NOT USE SUNTORIA OR RESTORATION IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS! Level Troop MDEF/PDEF and Troop Count in stead!
Endgame, just max out your academy.
Endgame Academy
1.1.7 Talents
Talents are deffinitely worth it: you do not want to get stunned!!
Thus it is recommended to lvl your Holy Seal to a bare minimum of 5... But this is actually way to low. Get 8 at least (personally mine is 12 as you can see on the ss).
Regarding the other talents get barrier ofcourse!
Another talent you might want to get is Focus (bolt has 5% chance to reduce rage consumption of the next skill by 50%, lasts 2 rounds). I recently removed this talent because i wear a PVE set (20-30-40-50-60 gear). As it gives you bonus rage on each hit; you don't really need focus on top of Castinator and the Ring bonus. The talent point is better spend in Holy Seal, Survival or Barrier.
The last talent i would get is Survival. This one really helps in 1v1's and the 10 rage it could give is always welcome.
Barrier: Damage received decreases by 5%
Focus: Lightning Bolt has a 5% chance of decreasing your rage consumption by 30% ; lasts 2 rounds. Note that it is actually 30% and not 50% !!
Survival: Increases cooldown time of restoration by 5 seconds (up to 20 seconds in stead of 15) and increases healing amount by 20%. Has a chance to restore 10 rage to the target.
1.1.8 Enlightment
As enlightments you should obviously go for MATK enlightment.
Some people might ask themselves why? It says it converts troop MATK to bonus matk for your character. But as mages use knights and on 50+ Templars; they don't have any MATK. Yes I know, it says it takes troop MATK but in fact it just takes troop PATK OR MATK depending which troops you have. So you're safe to take the MATK enlightment.
Keep lvling it up if your troops are your lvl.
1.2 Skills
Your most important skill is Rain of Fire (RoF). This should be maxed along with Lightning Bolt.
At lvl 38 you will be able to unlock a second skill tree for 950 balen. A second skill tree is really important for the Mage Class because of Multiplayer Dungeons lvl. 50+ and Catacombs (to remove the debuffs). You will make a Priest page (healer oriented) from this second page.
If, however, you do not have the money to unlock the second skill tree, it is best to go for a hybrid build.
Here's what you should work to.
Damage spec lvl 70
Healer spec lvl 70
Hybrid lvl 66
As you can see you can have this completely healer build at lvl 66. At lvl 68, Max out Meteor.
In the next sections i will explain when to use what page.
2. How to play the Mage Class
2.1 Group Arena, Slaying regular mobs in MP dungeons, Running Solo Dungeons, Battlegrounds, Duel Arena
Damage spec
Focus on dealing as much AOE damage as possible using RoF (primary skill) and Meteor (secundary) skill.
2.2 MP last boss (and first 2 if it is needed), Catacombs boss floor 50+
Healer spec
Your primary focus is to keep your team alive: Actual players in MP as well as your knights in Cata. Use suntoria at the beginning of the fight. Try to keep your Rage high using Bolt (and Rage Runes) and Heal a single member with Restoration or your full team using Blessing. Use purification* whenever it is needed. This is really important in MP's lvl 50+. Try to time your Purification right so that your team won't lose alot/any HP from the boss' Bleed.
Catacombs tips
Purification: Some people prefer not to use purification. In my opinion it is worth using if you can't afford to lose more hp (because of the -50% MDEF etc... buff) and have some spare Rage. If you have full HP and you are low on Rage, do not use purification: choose Rage over Health in this case. If you are low on Health and low on Rage... You are most likely going to die ^.^
2.3 World Bosses
Damage spec(AOE page).
Because gold and daru is very important in Wartune, you should attend as much WB's as you can. In this section i will explain to you how to get the most out of your mage in that 15 minute time span.
Mages don't do well at WB's. This is the Archer's territory. But if you link properly, you should be able to get a good amount of gold and daru aswell.
If you have a Sniper astral and an orange Determination, IT IS better to replace your Will Destroyer for Determination during the WB event. The damage output is much greater.
Good skills to use during wb is Thunderer, RoF and Lightning Bolt.
Rotation:
This used to be a good rotation for the mage.
- Open with Meteor
- Auto-attack - Bolt
- Auto-attack - RoF
- Auto-attack - Bolt
- Auto-attack - Bolt
- Auto-attack - RoF
This is an ancient rota though. There are better ones out there at the moment.
Here's a video sample to show you how the rotation goes.
You can see i put myself in front of my troops. Do this when you can take his hits. Why? Because from experience i know that if you're knights are in the back, they will double more than they would when they are put in front.
Next one is a more up to date rota I have been using ever since I completed my pve set.
Alternatives
A rota i sometimes use when it gets laggy is what we like to call the Speedy Chimp
Why do we call it the Speedy Chimp? Because it is fast and even a stupid monkey could figur out this rota
Basically what you do is open with Thunderer and then double lb's all the way by speeding up the world boss' and your attack animation.
This will make your attempt end very fast (less gold than the other rota('s)) but because it is really fast, you'll make more attempts, which will result ending with a good amount of Gold and Daru.
I am ending my guide here. I'll update this whenever i have a new idea or when i see an interesting suggestion in the comment section below.
I hope you guys learned something out of this. If you have any questions or if there is something i forgot to add or if i made a mistake somewhere post whatever you have to say on this thread or PM me ingame (S49).
Do you have any suggestions? Feel free to ask for help!
Thanks for reading this! Enjoy the game!
Ignore trash below
In game i get alot of pm's from people asking for help/guidance to all different aspects of the game. I answer them all with pleasure.
Now to make some things easier, i made a guide for all those people that still need some help concerning the Mage Class. You don't have to read everything. If you are searching for a certain aspect, check the Table. Note that this guide covers both freeplayers and cashiers!
Enjoy my guide and have fun playing the game!
Ancient picture
Table
1. Mage introduction and basics
1.1 Stats
1.1.1 Gems
1.1.2 Astrals
1.1.3 Refines
1.1.4 Enchantments
1.1.5 Mount
1.1.6 Academy
1.1.7 Talents
1.1.8 Enlightment
1.2 Skills
2. How to play the Mage Class
2.1 Group Arena, Slaying regular mobs in MP dungeons, Running Solo Dungeons
2.2 MP last boss, Catacombs boss floor 50+
2.3 World Boss
1. Mage introduction and basics
The mage is probably the most squishiest class in Wartune, though he excels at tanking magical attacks because of the high MDEF bonus you get.
In group arena's as well as in MP Dungeons the mage will mostly be placed in the back.
1.1 Stats
I will go over this very fast. There's not alot to say about this.
Your most important stat is MATK. This should ALWAYS be your highest stat.
MATK will, in most cases, be followed by MDEF.
PDEF is very important as well. Since 2 out of 3 classes deal Physical damage you can not afford it to ignore this stat. And you WILL need PDEF when fighting the giant Eyeball in the Catacombs. I see alot of mages just focussing on MDEF for this aspect of the game. The Eye deals Physical damage when he smashes down on you repeatedly.
Don't ignore HP.
This is an example of how a mage's stats look like.
You can see some crit in here. This mage has some work to do on his refines
1.1.1 Gems
-With Socketing Rods: Gem MATK, PDEF, HP/MDEF. On legendaries; obviously go HP and MDEF.
-Without Socketing Rods: This is not the way to go. Try to obtain socketing rods by spinning the Guild Wheel, opening battleground treasure boxes....
1.1.2 Astrals
As in any other game gold is really important in Wartune.
This gold you make will either go in Talents, Contribution, Enchantments or Astrals.
Astrals are really important and you can't go without them. Every player can hold up to 8 astrals depending on your lvl.
A Mage should not go for a crit build; unless you want epic heals (heals can crit and will heal more). Crit is for Archers mainly. Get a Will Destroyer in stead. It will benefit you greatly.
I ordered the astrals you are going to equip when hitting 30,40,50,60... When you hit lvl 25, you will be able to equip 2 astrals.
1.) MATK
2.) MDEF or PDEF
3.) PDEF or MDEF (If you had the luck to obtain the orange Will Destroyer, use this in stead.)
4.) Enhanced Will Destroyer if you haven't already got it, else equip the last defensive astral you need. (disables the chance to crit, but makes you deal X% more dmg on every strike)
5.) Refined Goddess Blessing (decreases dmg taken by X%)
6.) Pristine Enshieldment (works very good with imperial commander or lord divine title)
7.) Guardian Angel, Deflection or Brilliance (depends what you like more; If you have alot of hp, you should take deflection. If you lack hp, go for Brilliance. Having problems with archers? Get Guardian Angel.)
Once you hold the astrals you need, you might want to get a crit astral and determination aswell at the side; for World Boss purposes only; as crit rate is increased against World Bosses!!
World Boss astrals (Replace Will destroyer and ... )
1.1.3 Refines
These are the green stats shown on your gear.
Priority is Intellect, Defense and MATK. If you have these as a noncashier, you're going the right direction.
If you are willing to use some balen to make your refines better, mark the little box on the right next to a stat you want and click refine (it will save the marked stat and only refine the others). Get Intellect, Defense, MATK, PDEF and Endurance/MDEF.
Cashiers will want to refine until they get stats similar like these, then save everything except the stat you don't need (crit in this case) and refine until you get another stat you could use (MDEF or Endurance).
1.1.4 Enchantments
Always enchant your gear: it will get you mass bonus stats. This can cost you alot of gold. Use lhigher lvl Lucky stones for enchanting to 12+ if you have any. When you upgrade your gear into legendary (18+), you better use lvl 9 luck stones because the price gets so high you can't really afford to lose 300k gold.
1.1.5 Mount
Simple: focus on Intellect and keep Endurance and Armor on equal heights.
1.1.6 Academy
In the Academy you want to prioritize MATK, MDEF and PDEF, but DO NOT ignore your Troops Stats! Troop PATK gives you an edge in WB fights and Troop Count will give your Troops more HP. You will want Troop MDEF as well as Troop PDEF: When fighting in the BG or in the Dual Arena it is important to keep your troops alive as long as possible because Single Target spells like Bolt (mage) and Arrow Strike (Archer) will have 2 chances out of 3 to hit your Knights in stead of you. BUT DO NOT USE SUNTORIA OR RESTORATION IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS! Level Troop MDEF/PDEF and Troop Count in stead!
Endgame, just max out your academy.
Endgame Academy
1.1.7 Talents
Talents are deffinitely worth it: you do not want to get stunned!!
Thus it is recommended to lvl your Holy Seal to a bare minimum of 5... But this is actually way to low. Get 8 at least (personally mine is 12 as you can see on the ss).
Regarding the other talents get barrier ofcourse!
Another talent you might want to get is Focus (bolt has 5% chance to reduce rage consumption of the next skill by 50%, lasts 2 rounds). I recently removed this talent because i wear a PVE set (20-30-40-50-60 gear). As it gives you bonus rage on each hit; you don't really need focus on top of Castinator and the Ring bonus. The talent point is better spend in Holy Seal, Survival or Barrier.
The last talent i would get is Survival. This one really helps in 1v1's and the 10 rage it could give is always welcome.
Barrier: Damage received decreases by 5%
Focus: Lightning Bolt has a 5% chance of decreasing your rage consumption by 30% ; lasts 2 rounds. Note that it is actually 30% and not 50% !!
Survival: Increases cooldown time of restoration by 5 seconds (up to 20 seconds in stead of 15) and increases healing amount by 20%. Has a chance to restore 10 rage to the target.
1.1.8 Enlightment
As enlightments you should obviously go for MATK enlightment.
Some people might ask themselves why? It says it converts troop MATK to bonus matk for your character. But as mages use knights and on 50+ Templars; they don't have any MATK. Yes I know, it says it takes troop MATK but in fact it just takes troop PATK OR MATK depending which troops you have. So you're safe to take the MATK enlightment.
Keep lvling it up if your troops are your lvl.
1.2 Skills
Your most important skill is Rain of Fire (RoF). This should be maxed along with Lightning Bolt.
At lvl 38 you will be able to unlock a second skill tree for 950 balen. A second skill tree is really important for the Mage Class because of Multiplayer Dungeons lvl. 50+ and Catacombs (to remove the debuffs). You will make a Priest page (healer oriented) from this second page.
If, however, you do not have the money to unlock the second skill tree, it is best to go for a hybrid build.
Here's what you should work to.
Damage spec lvl 70
Healer spec lvl 70
Hybrid lvl 66
As you can see you can have this completely healer build at lvl 66. At lvl 68, Max out Meteor.
In the next sections i will explain when to use what page.
2. How to play the Mage Class
2.1 Group Arena, Slaying regular mobs in MP dungeons, Running Solo Dungeons, Battlegrounds, Duel Arena
Damage spec
Focus on dealing as much AOE damage as possible using RoF (primary skill) and Meteor (secundary) skill.
2.2 MP last boss (and first 2 if it is needed), Catacombs boss floor 50+
Healer spec
Your primary focus is to keep your team alive: Actual players in MP as well as your knights in Cata. Use suntoria at the beginning of the fight. Try to keep your Rage high using Bolt (and Rage Runes) and Heal a single member with Restoration or your full team using Blessing. Use purification* whenever it is needed. This is really important in MP's lvl 50+. Try to time your Purification right so that your team won't lose alot/any HP from the boss' Bleed.
Catacombs tips
Purification: Some people prefer not to use purification. In my opinion it is worth using if you can't afford to lose more hp (because of the -50% MDEF etc... buff) and have some spare Rage. If you have full HP and you are low on Rage, do not use purification: choose Rage over Health in this case. If you are low on Health and low on Rage... You are most likely going to die ^.^
2.3 World Bosses
Damage spec(AOE page).
Because gold and daru is very important in Wartune, you should attend as much WB's as you can. In this section i will explain to you how to get the most out of your mage in that 15 minute time span.
Mages don't do well at WB's. This is the Archer's territory. But if you link properly, you should be able to get a good amount of gold and daru aswell.
If you have a Sniper astral and an orange Determination, IT IS better to replace your Will Destroyer for Determination during the WB event. The damage output is much greater.
Good skills to use during wb is Thunderer, RoF and Lightning Bolt.
Rotation:
This used to be a good rotation for the mage.
- Open with Meteor
- Auto-attack - Bolt
- Auto-attack - RoF
- Auto-attack - Bolt
- Auto-attack - Bolt
- Auto-attack - RoF
This is an ancient rota though. There are better ones out there at the moment.
Here's a video sample to show you how the rotation goes.
You can see i put myself in front of my troops. Do this when you can take his hits. Why? Because from experience i know that if you're knights are in the back, they will double more than they would when they are put in front.
Next one is a more up to date rota I have been using ever since I completed my pve set.
Alternatives
A rota i sometimes use when it gets laggy is what we like to call the Speedy Chimp
Why do we call it the Speedy Chimp? Because it is fast and even a stupid monkey could figur out this rota
Basically what you do is open with Thunderer and then double lb's all the way by speeding up the world boss' and your attack animation.
This will make your attempt end very fast (less gold than the other rota('s)) but because it is really fast, you'll make more attempts, which will result ending with a good amount of Gold and Daru.
I am ending my guide here. I'll update this whenever i have a new idea or when i see an interesting suggestion in the comment section below.
I hope you guys learned something out of this. If you have any questions or if there is something i forgot to add or if i made a mistake somewhere post whatever you have to say on this thread or PM me ingame (S49).
Do you have any suggestions? Feel free to ask for help!
Thanks for reading this! Enjoy the game!
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