I use the slayer book to cast chain lightning and metior swarn. Yes, they both do more damage with a slayer.AFAIK, slayer spell books don't affect area effect damage spells, only direct damage. So the Repond Slayer spell book is pretty useless until you get to Barracoon and you're just doing damage against him.
As GFY said, the slayer books do work with chain lightning and meteor swarm. They don't work with earthquake, mind blast or any non mage spell.AFAIK, slayer spell books don't affect area effect damage spells, only direct damage. So the Repond Slayer spell book is pretty useless until you get to Barracoon and you're just doing damage against him.
Wow thats not bad, I would try to find some extra eval however, the extra spell damage would really rock.My PvM Mage has this template:
120 Magery (100+20 from Crystalline Ring)
100 Eval
100 Med
120 Spellweaving
120 Spirit Speak
80 Necro
100 Resist or Inscription (depending on what you're fighting)
GM Inscription adds 10% to damage spells.i know i must be completly oblivious here but what does having insciption do?
Im trying to get my mage sorted out
template atm is
EI 100
focus 100
magery 120
med 110
resist 100
SW 120
Gives me 70 left to play with
(all natural)
Pretty much just PvM with this char, but im at a loss to what to do with the skills
This isn't a bad template... but you could deal a whole lot more damage if you took EI to 120.i know i must be completly oblivious here but what does having insciption do?
Im trying to get my mage sorted out
template atm is
EI 100
focus 100
magery 120
med 110
resist 100
SW 120
Gives me 70 left to play with
(all natural)
Pretty much just PvM with this char, but im at a loss to what to do with the skills
i have a guy that is close to this.. i call him my stealth looter... he cant do alot of big power stuff on his own but if anyone else is around he picks up the loot with no problems.. sometimes even steals it if its laying on the ground..Very good info Farsight!
If your heart is set on a mage that can stay alive at a champspawn or peerless even if your in a small group here's something I came up with entirely by accident.
I was moving some spells around with soul stones and a frined asked me to come and do a peerless. I wanted to take a mage but my mage was a bit messed up from the soul stones. I said WTF and went out anyway.
Magery 110
Eval 110
Med 100
Resist 100
Wrestle 100
Hiding 100
Stealth 80
My stratagy was to drop ev's and hide or invis and stealth around. It worked out so well at Blighted Grove that I managed to get the keys easily without dying! I managed to push everything to 115 (except hiding & stealth) with the help of a few specialized Items. This is still my favorite template for peerless and champs.
This template is the fastest I've seen at getting keys for Lady Mel. I stealth around if there's too much spawn then drop ev's on the insane dryads. Their peace making doesn't effect me and if I get in a jam I cast invis and stealth away. Also by stealthing into Saliva's lair I can use the same strategy to get her as well. I usually spend longer waiting to place the keys then to actually acquire them.i have a guy that is close to this.. i call him my stealth looter... he cant do alot of big power stuff on his own but if anyone else is around he picks up the loot with no problems.. sometimes even steals it if its laying on the ground..
for peerless i just throw evs or use earth eles and throw fireballs. i always get loot rights.
Magery 100
Eval 100
Med 100
Resist 100
Ninjitsu 100
Hiding 100
Stealth 100
i havent really spent anything on him in a suit.. just lrc stuff i find. got a mage wep and use + magery items to make up for the skill loss.
im sure i can deck him out with 2/6 and 120 a few things and make him alot better..