What's coming for Mage

Hey guys so
New xtal came from Event Boss
Adaro
It has MATK and CDMG in the same xtal

Soooooo
I was wondering
If Crit Mage is what's coming soon.
This is probably for Magic Warrior, it looks like the new stuff that came out is for Magic Warrior, but ofc mage can benefit from it.

Recently Spell Burst had a buff. From 25% Magic Cdmg to 75% Cdmg. Crit Rate still 25%

Then Imperial Ray with Sure Crit Damage when cast with familia.

Sooooooooooooooooo

It looks like Mage is headed towards this direction.
Mage still need 400CR for 100MCrit
But think of it
You just need the crit rate for bonus damage. It's not important in order for you to land a hit.
So even 25 Magic Crit would be enough for bonus damage from time to time.

Whatchya guys think?
INT STR the next thing?

 

guess so, they're trying to break the int>dex builds and also STR aint bad to have considering it also gives stability.

 

134CR if you factor in Spellburst and Weaken.

 

Wdym?

 

Spellburst passive gives you 25% of your CR as magic CR, against targets with Weaken debuff(Elemental Slash from Magic Blade) you have additional 50%, with these two things you need obly 134CR to reach 100% magic CR.
Spellburst=0.25*134=33.5
Weaken =0.5*134=67
Together it's 100.

 

My Knux MD build could use a bit of this....

 

Few updates in the future and mages gonna be smart and swole af.

And str will be a part of every kind of build. Which I guess it's kinda odd; there's 4 "Dmg stats" and usually you you benefit from 1 the most depending on weapon, but str seems like it'll be quite omnipresent for anyone pursuing big dmg.

 

Oooohh I see
Although I heard Elemental Slash had low accuracy that made it difficult to hit in higher level bosses, decreasing its viability
I havent tried that skill yet, can you fill me in some info?

Do I need elemental SubMDs for different elems or the skill automatically adjusts to the element of boss?
What's the Cast Time?
More importantly, how long does the weaken debuff last?

 

Weaken lasts for about 5 seconds after infliction.

Element slash has no cast time, its animation is similar to a normal md attack and it's range is limited to the sub md attack range.

At lv10 you have a 10% chance of inflicting Weaken, but if your sub md has elemental advantage then it's further multiplied by skill lvl ending in 100% inflict rate with md ele adv at lv10.

The mayor downfall is its accuracy check, although considering itself can spell burst; nvm it still kinda sucks. Some bosses reach rediculous amounts of eva on high difficulty, while others are just sitting ducks. I've tried auto attacking on Masked Warrior ult with my semi support which has 270 dex and I couldn't hit once, while my int-tec bs has no trouble normal attacking to prorate on Finstern ult.

Tl/Dr: Element slash is quick with no cast, you do need ele sub md for reliable Weaken 5 sec chance, and more c.rate doesn't hurt cuz you're not landing it normally.

 

Awww
That's so much requirements and a 5sec window to fire an attack :/
It's not so worth sadly

 

Yeah this crystal is a chance for cd mage XD

Is element slash not working with crit? like other job crit so cant miss hit.

 

nope, HIT stat for accuracy only

 

Id love to see it
Btw, I have a dilemma
You guys know how to reach at least 5.5k CSPD without DEX?

 

Can, but you will scarified a lot of damage just to gett CSPD, it’s will worst than a farm mage with full damage gear.

210 no dex Base CSPD = 214
Weapon : Seadevil staff(HDver) + 1000
Armor : holy robe + demonic Quasar= 1000
Additional : Mage Cape + choco ooze = 1600
special : Rosette Stone + 1000
Usable : Spell headphone +700
Skill : High cycle + 550 + 525 = 1075

 

I

I see
Until we get better CSPD xtals and gears it's really hard to do without DEX
Ofc Arm and Wep has to be player statted for decent damage

 

Ya, It’s hard to balance the Dmg, CSPD and Critical. But why you need 5500 CSPD?

 

2 magical stacks for Burst, I think?

 

The cast time for burst is reduce by CSPD first then only come to it own stack, so if we need 0 sec burst we need CSPD/stack like...
7000/1
3000/2
2000/3
1000/4

so 5500 still need 2 stack..

 

7750 Instant w/ Impact
5500 1 Charge
3250 2 Charge
1000 3 Charge

5500CSPD seems realistic enough
and you only need to charge twice before firing a burst

If you can't fire a burst fast enough, DPS wise, It's better to finale :/