Asking some question for Main Mage

Currently I'm using a Staff FU build. A friend of mine taught me this build and I have some questions about it.
My stat is pure STR instead of INT, anyone know why?

Another question not related above: I recently partied with an Impact Mage using an MD. He/She outranked attacker my Staff FU 2 out of 5 against Volg.
Now I wanna main Impact Mage using an MD, any guide about it? tried searching but i only see some incomplete guides.

 

Idk about the MD build part tho, whoever had a build like that must be a genius

 

Thanks for the fast reply, would there be a big difference if i changed STR to INT? since INT would still give Atk pts right?

 

str gives 3 atk per point and also adds c dmg, while int only adds 1 atk per point. not worth going the int route unless you use magic skills as your main form of damage.

 

also, was that person who outranked you with an MD using storm? or was impact the main damaging skill?

 

staff fu-att by brawler skill tree
int=for mage att, gives matk only (and very little att). str=for att, 3att per stat
since ur main damage is brawler skill tree (which is based on att), u choose str.
int is to increase damage for mage skills eg. impact

if he only use impact smite, it wont work as well as storm smite. i tried and impact total att never gets above storm total att x-x
so if u want impact mage i suggest storm mage will be better '-'

 

maybe your mage too stupid for magic because he used too much dope
you should know yourself why your stats are like that. you are the one who made it that way. =(^.^)=

someonce came up with the idea to exploit the 250% damage bonus of MDs on Impact, but it's not a complete guide because it's just about 1 skill.
using impact repeatedly has a grave side effect, so that makes only half of the main attack. you need to add something else to complete it.
there are no guides about MD mages, since players degraded them to storm slaves in nisel mountain long time ago

if i were to make one (a guide) i would recommend INT, AGI, DEX. magic as main skill and martial skills as sub skill.
MDs get a 25% extra proc chance on martial skills, the same effect as knuckle sub, but without the penalty on magic attack
INT increases matk and atk, AGI increases atk, speed and dodge, so you get 3 effects in 2 stats.
DEX adds a little more matk and makes it perfect by raising accuracy and cast speed.
then you have high physical and magic attack, as well as speed and dodge.
you can start a combo with impact and smite some karate skill and you can start a combo with some karate skill and smite impact.
depending on your weapon's element you can inflict status ailments with javelin and you can also flinch, stun and tumble and inflict lethargy and guard break.
basically it's just as good as Staff Fu, but with much more speed. =(^.^)=

 

Staff Fu is not really a mage. Its a hybrid class that focus on physical damage. It only use some magic skills for utility. The reason why it use STR/ATK is to increase the damage of those knuckle skills.

Mage uses Int/Matk to increase the damge of magic skills.

Idk about that Impact mage. But, if u will use impact as ur main damaging skill. U should combine it with other magical/physical skills to max its potential.

Better know 1st the mechanics of the game. Im not trying to offend u but u obviously doesnt understand how stats works on ur own build.

 

the main application of str isn't only for attack, but also for cdmg, which boosts the damage of your tkicks (very high crit chance)

 

Str adds stability too (20 str=1% stability iirc)

 

He/She used impact only

None taken. This thread is to clarify and I thank you for explaining.

 

I see.

I guess thats a plus for str.

 

simple, staff fu do DPS using triple kick which is a physical skill, thats why it needs STR, because it gives 3 atk per point, while INT give 1 atk per point, also STR gives c.dmg and stab which will make ur triple kick much stronger. u can put INT after u max STR (255 points)