Originally posted by ArowenGR
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Against an equal BR Archer, a Mage who heals often loses. You have to hope to power through the troops 1st and have enough Rage for a Thunderer or two, maybe w/ a Rage Rune. And the worst is when the Archer gets the Crit-Bloodthirsty on your troops 3rd round and heals themselves for 25,000+ HP. My Resto heals me for about 30k-35k, and that's with talents pumping it up.
Knight are a different story. Vs. Knights the Heals were often the difference, simply because you could outlast them, and Knights took a while to get through troops. Now, all a Knight needs to do is hold on until their Iris wakes up, Crit-Heal for 120K HP, Delphic to clear troops, and they're basically in a new fight w/ nothing blocking the big-hits. Come out of Sylph, 50% EDD for 70k+ Damage. Knight already have the single most damaging attack in the game with EDD, and now because of their innate 20% Self-Healing buff & use of Iris, they're also the best self HEALERS in the game. Ask any Archer if they can take an equal BR Knight w/ an Iris. The answer is a resounding no. And guess what... A Mage can't take a knight anymore either, and they already were at a great disadvantage vs. Archers.
The only hope for Mage is that the Lightning Sylph is as broken as people are reporting w/ 2 MAtks at over 200% Damage and a Delphic in the mid 300s with chances to stun. 3 Shots at 50% that do in excess of 200K Damage combined will at least negate the ludicrous heals from Iris, and the potential of stuns could tip the scales.
As for the unscatterable Pan Shield. I haven't experienced it yet, so I can't really say much for or against it. Do we know if it sticks around if one transforms out of Sylph? If it does, that could be nice, but even at 40% Damage Reduction for 3 turns, you're saving yourself 50k - 75k in damage assuming all 3 attacks are good ones. Iris can Warm Spring, Rain Dance, Delphic, Warm Spring in 4 actions for as much as 300,000+ HP in Healing. So the two are absolutely not comparable. And again, that healing drains NO RAGE. It's broken.
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