Dps Mage Build

Are we still discussing a dps mage? Haha

In my honest opinion Combo will not be useful to a dps mage until higher levels if that...
For great dps you need to adjust your strategy of attack too much to allow a preset combo..

 

I agree, but I find my best damage wasn't found using combos..
The tank keeping aggro is paramount of course, hopefully no knock back effect from the target ect and relatively short movements.

 

I do near the same damage (it varies due to weapon atk % rate)
But it looks like I may have to brush up my combo experience. Damage is tasty

 

I have a problem that my attack are not that stable. some time my arrow hit around 130 and sometime it can hit up to 600 !
at the moment , I'm doing Brutal dragon. I use arrow + Jevalin combo with smith. my best shot is 1000 on arrow and 6000 on Jevalin (it happends once or twice after about 10 rounds with BD). however , the attack can be as low as 150 on arrows and 300 on Jevalin (combo) .... Is there anyway to make my attack become stable ??? >> I often read the tip on the loading screen that if I continue the same attack then the damage will decrease ... so at the moment I try to do Arrow > Jevalin > 2 mp charge >> lance >> blash >> 2 mp charge >> then Arrow again.

or should I keep repeating only Arrow > Jevalin > 2 mp charge >> arrow ??

my mage is lvl 38 with about 106 int (pure int) with water staff

my team has amazing tank and a healer so I don't have to worry about getting attack that much.... it is so hard to find a perfect team ,lol.

Btw, BK ... how do you up your mp ? I have around 700 at the moment so after a combo (arrow+Jevalin) .. I need to do Mp charge twice before I can attack again. :C

I use BD cape (+200 mp) and tailman ring (+ 300 mp)

I think arrow + wall might have higher damage as my wall are at lvl10 ,but Jevalin still at lvl5. however. BD moves so often , he wont stay in my wall :C

 

I've been playing around a bit with combos and yes you can make use of them during boss fights. The hard part though is most of the time the tank or breaker sucks and can't keep aggro or they are running around so much that the boss is flinging around attacks in all directions and I can only get off one or two attacks.

Is recommended going on to a fight with no combos with new party and if they can control boss then next round activate combos.

@BK

So you said you used smite. How effective do you find that skill. I haven't found any one use that skill yet in game or forms and it's a pain to re make a mage just to test skills.

 

I managed to delete the screen shot but I beleive it is the Loading Tip #39..

The % in the details of the weapon is the general stability of that weapons damage output..
The higher the % the more likely the damage dealt (proper element again target) will be high

 

Um.. so how do i know which element against which monster?

For example i thought BD is fire dragon so i use water attack.
Bk said it is better to use fire ...so am confuse >.<

I read in Iruna furum...guess they have a similar boss
And... i see ppl using lighting staff.. what is the name of it?

Btw, it is a bit out of topic but i wonder if someone can explain me about team ranking as show in the following pictures

 

Is the percentage will go down after i used the staff or will it fix?

My mino staff is at 55% ( drop) and water staff is at 60% (black smith)

Is all the % on the staff will be the same on every staff... if it is different...i will farm more material to make a different staff =_=

 

Not sure if answered it did not look like it but any way, that 70% stands for the range of the damage of the weapon.

For example 70% is high so that means your damage will have a smaller range and generally be higher.

While 10% is low so your damage will be all over the place.

And of course not counting crit.

@BK
Thought you meant a priest skill not combo add on XD. I normally use swift one but I might try smite. Maybe get some extra damage in.
Thanks

 

That bar I believe is just showing you the percentage of your damage to what every one else did.

Or for breaks it will show your percentage of breaks to the rest of the party. Ect.

As for what element well you just have to know. Go up to boss and hit info and it well say. For example Brutal Dragon says earth so fire damage does the most. For volg, he says fire so you use water staff.

 

Yea I think that's a good way of putting it. Not getting to technical, higher the percentage the more stable your damage so technically the more damage.