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Shielded Magus Dps/Tank - Lvl.185

Discussion in 'Mage' started by Umbers, May 21, 2019.

  1. Umbers

    Umbers Well-Known Member

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    Shielded Magus
    My Own Personal Build. Shield Mage

    Work In Progress
    - A Mage which can fit most roles.
    *Not recommended as solo build*
    *Choices Explained Below*
    What is Shielded Magus?
    This build is a versatile build which you can decide upon whether you want too /even need too Tank or focus on DPS.
    You can pick in several ways by using certain skills and adapting your timing when needed.
    WARNING CAN BE EXPENSIVE - Mine was quite expensive using lots of xtals and curious dress (event armour) to cover all areas.
    Int 255 : M.Atk + M.Def
    Vit 150 : HP + Def
    Dex 40 : Hit Increase To Stun and CSPD
    Mtl 44 : Resist Ailments
    (Future Stats MTL Or Vit)

    My Current Stats (No Buffs) :
    HP 17729
    MP 2000
    Atk 1158
    M.Atk 2753
    Def 784
    M.Def 1092
    Hit 255
    Flee 72
    ASPD 77
    CSPD 367
    *Note I Am Saving For More Gears, Refinement and Xtals*
    Magic Mastery Lvl.10 : M.Atk Up Scales On Lvl
    Play Dead Lvl.10 : Reduce Your Revive Time
    First Aid Lvl.10 : Reduce Party Revive Time
    Sneak Attack Lvl.10 : For No Aggro When DPS

    Provoke Lvl.10 : Need More Aggro ?
    Lvl.4 Magic Skills
    Magic Arrows Lvl.10 : Combos, Quick Damage, Allows Chain Cast
    Magic Javelin Lvl.5 : Pre Req, Element Ailment
    Magic Lances Lvl.5 : Pre Req, Stop Ailment
    Magic Impact Lvl.10 : 100% Tumble = Break, Save MP
    Magic Finale Lvl.10 : Main DPS
    MP Charge Lvl.10 : Recover MP

    Chain Cast Lvl.5 : Pre Req, Helpful For Combo
    Power Wave Lvl.5 : Pre Req, Helpful If DPS
    Maximiser Lvl.10 : Recover MP

    Lvl.4 Shield Skills
    Shield Mastery Lvl.5 : Pre Req
    Shield Bash Lvl.10 : Stun
    (Shield Cannon +5 SP)

    Protection Lvl.10 : Increase Everyone's Defence
    Aegis Lvl.10: Increase Everyone's M.Def
    Guardian Lvl.10 : Reduce DMG To Tank!

    Lvl. 3 Knight Skills

    Assault Attack Lvl.5 : Pre Req
    Parry Lvl.5 : Pre Req
    P.Defence : Lvl.10 : No DMG, Heals You, Makes Aggro

    Lvl.4 Battle Skills
    Magic Up Lvl.10 : M.Atk Up Scales On Lvl

    Concentrate Lvl.5 : Pre Req
    Desperate Resist Lvl.5 : Pre Req
    Increased Energy Lvl.10 : M.Atk Up Scales On Lvl

    Lvl.3 Shot Skills

    Shot Mastery Lvl.5 : Pre Req
    Long Range Lvl.5 : Pre Req, Affects Few Skills
    Quick Draw Lvl.10 : Free MP, Useful With Short Combo

    Support Skills Lvl.4
    Mini Heal Lvl.10 : Heal Dmg To Self Or Member
    Recovery Lvl.1-10 : Cure Ailment + Get MP (Duration Is Short Use As Needed)
    Sanctuary Lvl.5 : (Your Preference To Lvl.10)
    Heal Lvl.10 : Heal Large DMG To Self Or Member, Scales With Vit+HP
    Life Recovery Lvl.5 : Pre Req
    Brave Aura Lvl.10 : Atk Buff For DPS Role


    * These Skills Are Optional!*

    Lvl.3 - 4 Priest Skills

    Bless Lvl.10 : Pre Req Party Heal Small
    Gloria Lvl.5 : Pre Req (Your Preference To Lvl.10)
    Enhance Bless Lvl.10 : Party Heal, Scales With Int+M.Atk
    Holy Fist Lvl.1 : Combo Beginner/Ender

    Survival Skills : Best to save SP if possible. (New Skills Soon)
    Shield Passives - Force and Magical Shield : Just Okay Passives
    All Heals - Are Optional Preference Based
    Pros:
    • All Ranks Can Be Easy For You
    • Become The Core Of Any Team:
    1. Tank Down - Pop Guardian, Protection or Aegis On and Provoke And Your Good To Go (Learn P.Defence Well)
    2. Someone Got Tank/Not Needed - Pop Brave Aura On and Become DPS
    3. Support Current Tank and Help Allies
    • Faster Revives
    • You Have Plenty Of Options
    Cons:
    • When Tanking Need To Watch MP
    • Only Close Range Fast Attack Is Arrows, Impact, Javelin, Holy Fist, Regular Atk (With Additional Atk)
    • MP Charge Needs Distance Learn Timings
    • Getting Shield Bash/Cannon To Hit
    DPS - Use Brave Aura + Protection or Aegis
    Keep Distanced Sneak Attack And Work As Regular Mage
    - Use Recovery and Heals If You Have Good Party Tank

    Tank - Use Guardian + Protection or Aegis
    Utilise P.Defence
    - If You Have Heals Use Them
    - Use Recovery On Party When Needed
    - If Timed Pop Some Finales

    To Break Take Off Impact Combo
    - Use Impact To Tumble and Shield Bash To Stun

    If Aggro Lost
    Rarely Happens But Either:
    Finale Spam, Provoke Spam, Or P.Defence Till They See You As A Tummy Treat

    If Low HP
    Either:
    1. Use Bless and Run To Regen
    2. Pop Magic Charge and Use P.Defence
    3. Stun/Tumble and Magic Charge
    4. Wait Until Regular Attack and Make Distance To Magic Charge
    5. Just Watch Your MP (With Additional Attack From Gears You Can DPS a lot more with neutral hits)
    Finally Oof
    1. My Build Works For Me but it shouldnt be a lazy spam build even when DPS Mages can be known as spammers at least be a flexible with the this build
    2. Versatility and Timings is Key On The Build

    Parties Have Often Complimented Me As It Works Well For My Playstyle and Some People Wished To See My Build.

    Feel Free To Leave Comments
    As for gears or combos they can be pretty flexible ^^, but any questions please drop a comment

    *May Update

    Thank you For Reading This Far !
    I know Its a lot AH!
    Finale Message Promise Have A Cookie and A Smile Thank You !:D
     
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  2. Umbers

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    BK The Best Elite Burger Known To Mankind Staff Member MODERATOR Elite Member Epic Member

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    U needa increase those statssssss tho i like it that u have 2k mp, 2k is the minimum for me and alot of mages tend to have lower,
    Screenshot_20190521-231923_Chrome.jpg heres mine, tho even my matk can be higher as i just a +B staff, tho i retired when 160cap came so my stuff is out of date, push urself higher and higher, and remain balanced because balanced is best imo
     
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    I partially agree with you but I presume that is a queen staff build ?
    I never specified my gears and combos however , a lot of my current xtals are hp% and some of my skills scale with level also ^^

    Also I have no idea if you had buffs etc but my stats work well especially when using the right buffs that was me in nude hahaha

    Also as for refining I'm reworking my refiners and luck mage also to tick more boxes after they are leveled I can refine better xD mine is lowish

    Sure I'm not top tier gears as of yet I'm more mid range but I'm working on it for sure ^^
     
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    Mhm its queenstaff tho a crafted staff would give me more matk due to not losing matk with vit, tho the only skill that i use that needs cspd is braveaura. But since i used to just farm minibosses braveaura can be used before the stuff is pulled. Mines nude too, i dnt like too many buffs or food but thats just me, i forgot to mention about ur miniheal lvl10, its debatable tho personally id keep it at lvl5 since u have heal10, plus extra sp will be saved for when dancer and minstrel skills come, should be soon i think as they showcased them.
    If ur using a custom made staff assuming its im7i14+, imo i would swap it out with a m7, %dmg to element, then whichever stat, might be abit expensive but 14%dmg to element definitely beats a im7i14 on finale
     
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    That hp is fine imo, especially since as lvl gets higher so will base hp, im not sure if u know this but miniheal and heal is based on the targets hp, so if someone has 5k hp u would heal them for 4k with heal lvl10, i wish it was based on the casters hp because 17k would let u heal for 6.4k
     
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    Heal definitely:p may cost 2mp more but its definitely the better of the 2, i remember when miniheal bugged before heal was released, miniheal was healing as much as heal does and it was bae, plus mp isnt really a problem with mages and if the boss or miniboss follows up with another unexpected hit, heal would most likely cover that hit too
     
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    If this works for you and you have fun with this then I guess it's ok, though katzblazer have a point in terms of crit, if you just use curious dress for crit you will only have 50 crit total, and fighting against crit resist bosses(like ornlarf, gwaimol, and seele) is going to be difficult since it's hard to hit them and there's gonna be a lot of miss, I've also tried a staff tank in the past and loved the mp charge+maximizer combo so i can spam p.def, and can basically ignore ampr, but I changed to bowgun the moment I tried tanking ornlarf during the summer event:confused: when diver's bg became available, I needed to use 10 shield bash just to get 1 stun and not miss using staff tank lol
     
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    I never really find many issues got a small boost from dex , but I can understand why it's a issue , but it can't really be remedied unless I give up the concept which I personally think would be a waste as it makes up for that one minor fault and allows a versatile build :)
     
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    If you have p. Def, can maintain proration and aggro and have adequate survivability when taking aggro. So yes its a tank imo. Interrupt isn't a must have, really. You're overreacting as always.

    Dex wouldn't really help though.

    The points I could give as a tank user, is:
    1)aggro generation, as long as you can out aggro the other party members, you can be a tank
    2)a mean of proration maintaining, in this case, mage being a magic build is enough with impact, don't want to tumble? Use a tumble unavailable gear
    3)mp recovery, charge +maximizer would provide enough mp reserve so you can p. Def when needed
    4)finally, the difference between a tank and a simple aggro holder/temporary kite, is the ability to hold out from the start of the battle all the way till the end.

    With that being said, interrupt isn't a must have to be classified as a "tank". The use of 100% crit gear is needed to enable a reliable auto attacks for proration and aggro generation with active skills, not necessarily the interrupts. A canceled finale still produces the full aggro.


    Still if you want a decent crit rate to at least stun the boss for part break purpose, you can get meikyo shisui and use it before you stun, you will have a total of 90 crit rate from the 25 base crit, 25 from curious dress, and 40 from meikyo shisui. You can also put meikyo as the combo ender, or simply use it manually, 90% crit for 30 secs duration is still great, although it would be canceled with the use of p. Def.

    Curious dress isn't a bad armor for tank, really, the 1k maxmp is really good for any class especially with finale that perform the best with 2k maxmp.
     
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    @Umbers You don't need to use Curious dress coz a regular im7 will be just fine. Stunning is a bonus if it proc but its not your priority. You just need to hold aggro if you're filling up a tank role. It's unconventional but I personally consider this versatile builds as support, since it can fill up most roles. ^_^
     
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    Curious dress works well for me as it also has 10%ailment , 1000mp as well as the crit it all adds to make a nice build but I may swap one day ^^
     

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