STAFF+DAGGER MAGE BUILD by PRADAXA :)

This is my Coward Mage Build. This build is for players who loves magic but prefer to be long ranged. This is my first guide so please bear with me.

STATS:
Full INT (max this first)
then DEX

EQUIPS:
Weapons
Best: Player crafted staff with high int% and matk%
Alternative: (Fire staff, Sakura, folium, wind staff, boss drop Mace of Destruction, water staff, ooze staff)
Xtals : mp100, int+2, DemonGate

Sub weapon : Magic Dagger

Armors
Best: Player crafted armors with high int% and matk%
Alt : NPC BS Magic Swordman Garb, OuterWorld Armor
Xtals: mp100, Boss Roga

ADD GEARS:
CSPD : Boss Version Cat Ear Hood (Seltiro)
MATK: NPC BS Curled Horns (Empress)
Xtals: Nuretoth, mp100

SPEC GEAR:
Philosopher's ring (ooze)

SKILLS

-Magic-
Impact lvl 7
Storm lvl 10
Magic mastery 10
MP recharge 10
Powerwave 2-3

-Survival-
Hp boost 10
Fighter's high 1
Mp boost 10
Sober analysis 1

-Dagger-
Throwing knife lvl 10 (mp cost 0 at lvl10)
Poison dagger lvl1
Spike dart lvl 10 (hit 6x at lvl 10)

Priest
Bless lvl1
Holyfist lvl1

*These are the core skills. Feel free to add more according to your needs.

-COMBOS-
ULTRA FAST DAGGER COMBO
Spike dart > t.knife SWIFT > impact CONSEC > storm SMITE > holy fist CONSEC
*This combo needs throwing knife level 10 (mp cost 0 @ level 10)
*Credits to Brahms, BlackRex and KRKY

LAZY MAGE COMBO
Spike dart > t.knife SWIFT > impact CONSEC > storm SMITE > mp charge CONSEC
*This combo needs a good timing and positioning. Mp charge can slow you down. It is effective especially if u have a good tank who gets all aggro. You will find yourself almost unlimitedly spamming this combo with no regards to ur mp. You will not run out of gas.

SUPPORT-RANK-GRABBER COMBO
Spike dart > poison dagger SAVE > impact CONSEC > storm SMITE > Bless SWIFT
*With this you can easily get the support rank by just spamming this combo. By the time storm ends, bless lvl1 is out too. So it is practically casting bless one after the other. Bless has swift so its kinda faster.

HEAVY DAMAGER COMBO
Impact > storm SMITE > holy fist consec

FARMING COMBO
Impact > Storm CONSEC > mp charge CONSEC

PLAYSTYLE
Well it basically depends on your preference. You can be that burst type mage who will just throw everything until you are out of fuel or a technical mage who thinks and uses skills to its full potential. With this build u can do 3 things while waiting for the 6 ticks of storm to end or in between combos...
1) MP CHARGE -boring as it may sound but majority of mages do this even though their mp bar is over halfway filled.
2) AUTO ATTACK - throwing powerwave is the new mp recharge! Make use of it!
3) USE MAGIC ARROWS - this is for mages who hates mp charging in between combos but will require a larger mana pool.

NOTE:
Always remain 8m away from your target. It is easily accomplished by using spike dart as combo opener.

Spike dart lvl10 = 8m
Storm lvl 10 = 8m
Power wave lvl 2-3 = 8m (Prorate, ampr)

*WIth that i end my case. Securing safe distance to cast spells and autoattacking at same distance. Hence a coward. This build is super effective on a party.

Here is my sample vid:

(I am using boss drop ooze staff w/ mp100, magic dagger, NPC BS magic swordsman garb w/ mp100, boss drop cat ear hood w/ seltiro and philosophers ring w/ INT+2.. I AM POOR. I KNOW!

Credits to Master Makoi for the inspiration and ideas. And to my awesome guildmaster Brahms! ASGARD FTW!

If ever there's a similar guide to this, I am really sorry. Hope this helps. Ciao!

 

Nice use of dagger here. Just pointing out that Power Wave with staff is 8m since level 2. At level 3 there's no change and at level 4 is 9m.

 

Thanks precaria.. I appreciate it

 

A lot of people finding out how dagger skills suits mages and archers/snipes really well.
Dagger skills prorate same to how the per tick damage of Spinning Slash prorates damage.

 

..... but still you only relies on your storm damage... which no diff with bitternut combo and any mage out there...

i suggest to put magic arrow somewhere in your combo. so while youre waiting for your storm finished, you still add decent damage. ^_^

 

try putting throwing knife in max lvl 10, you can abuse it as proration since maxed lvl throwing knife turns into 0mp consumption and also you can remove consec tag of throw knife within your combo too!

 

Thanks for your inputs sir. I really appreciate it. The idea is to do storm as fast as i can. The purpose of using dagger skills is to prorate and amplify my magic damage. Using magic arrow on my combo will be a hindrance in making me cast storm as quick as possible. The bitter nut combo if i am not mistaken uses CONSEc on the STORM. so i think my combo does far more damage than it. Anyway, thank you very much.

 

Wow. I will try this one sir. Never thought of this before. Thank u.

 

welcome buddy! try also putting swift on throw knife just an experiment

 

its not coward, its badass

 

thanks!

 

what if you can staks arrow and storm at the same time. does it deal less damage than dagger skill?

 

The magic arrow > storm smite combo is well explained at Master Makoi's cspd guide. He uses spike dart as combo closer.

If Spike dart > t.knife > magic arrow > impact > storm > holy fist combo is what you are considering then I think it might not work in this build. Inserting magic arrows in my build will make u prone to boss slide attacks. You cast time would be very long considering the amount of time it needs to finish that long combo.

My build prioritize proration, quick cast, mp cost at 300... Thats the goal.
I might consider inserting arrows to my combo if it deals 5000 damage per tick and up. But for now id better utilize storm to max potential. But i am not closing my doors to suggestions.

 

I still beleive that to be an effective mage it is vital to cast ur strongest magic as fast as you can. Now, incorporating proration, reducing mp cost by 300 and easily gaining mp (by mp charging and auto attacking) are just bonuses. If in any case some of your party member outdps you... U can shift to my SUPPORT RANK GRABBER COMBO and still get ranked. Mage has many flashy skills... But what matters most is the damage it can inflict. #justsaying

 

Good guide. Love the combos. Been playing around with combos since i use staff+dagger too (no powerwave) and i have no idea why i didnt think of that combo. Lol.

 

I'm so glad that you liked it. Powerwave is useful especially if you are waiting for ur storm to end. I put sober analysis lvl1 and i see the ampr fills my bar slowly. And i also get BREAKER RANK just by autoattacking using powerwave... Thank you very much

 

True. I just wanted to save as much sp as i can for other passives like those in battle skills.

Quiq Q. Why do you have holy fist as last skill on your dps combo? To cancel the combo since you won't be in range? I dont have holy fist myself.

 

Holyfist saves you time. Using that combo, if ur not within the holyfist range it wont activate... It only means u can run away or position urself for another combo. Its for spamming purposes.

 

This is exactly what I do on my Angelus build, just instead of staying 8m by using dagger skills I stay at 8m by using Sonic Wave on a 100mp combo (I can tumble from afar). Applying the same method of regaining mp by Power Wave with Sober Analysis since it provides the possibility to be constantly moving and take less hits.

 

Omg precaria is making me blush... ^_^