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In the patch "Broken Chains", our class received few changes. You can see detailed list of Mages new features below. If you want to read about all changes that the patch 6.0.0 brought us, check out the full patch notes list here!

When choosing your Mage, you can pick out of 5 races in Allods Online.
The differences between them all are Factions and Racial spells.

LEAGUE - KANIAN

If you choose a Kanian, you will become a Magician! You will fight on the side of the League faction.

Focused Mind
Prevents spell casting interruption for 20 seconds.

LEAGUE - ELF

Elf can be an Archmage and their racial ability increases your magical power!

Arcane Mastery
Increases Vigor by 30% for casting one spell during 30 seconds.

EMPIRE - XADAGANIAN

Xadaganians are the true fighters of Empire! If you want to become one of them, you will turn into a Specialist!

Astral Aegis
Protects an ally with a shield that activates on a physical attack from a 10 yard range, inflicting Astral damage, throwing attacker 15 yards away and knocking them down.

EMPIRE - ARISEN

Arisen, or known also as Zem, can be a Sorcerer.
If you enjoy playing a gloomy, undead race, Arisen will be perfect for you!

Astral Arrow
Releases a bolt of Astral energy that inflicts damage and knocks the target down.

NEUTRAL - PRIDEN

Priden Mage is called Spellcaster and this is our new race that came with the patch 6.0.0.
Pridens starts in their own special zone map and can later decide if they want to join League or Empire side.

What are Force Points? This is our most important source of damage dealing. Some of our most powerful spells consumes these points so you need to wait during the battle to use them again. Force Points refills once every minute. On each circle you can see the timer. Maximum amount of points is 5 so make sure you use most of them during that one minute or else you will waste them if you have more than 4.



List of spells that consumes Frost & Lightning Force Points:

Icy Comet (Requires 2 Frost points)
Icy Meteor (Requires 3 Frost points)
Electric Pulse (Requires 2 Lightning points)
Thunderhead (Requires 3 Lightning points)

STAFF

Staff is a two-handed weapon. It gives much more mana points, but lacks the resistance statistics.
It is not recommended to use a staff for PVP.

DAGGER + OFFHAND

Dagger (one-handed weapon and) and Offhand. This combination is the most common around Mages. It is much better for PVP but also can perfectly manage in PVE environment. Offhand gives us resistance statistics that are very useful!

I use this build in lower sectors of Astral where double CC is not required. I can also use this build in raids. All the talents and rubies are focused on the damage output to achieve best DPS.
[Talent calculator]

AT THE START
Always start with buffing up your party with Seal of Health. It is very important to recast it every time someone dies or when the timer is gone.

Use your barriers depending on the enemies you fight with. On packs I use Stone Wall but if I fight a boss that has some magical AOE waves, or frontal AOE etc, I use Elemental Shield.

Check all your Potions (Alchemy potions, potents) and Food + Drink for extra stat points.

This build is mainly focused on double Icy Grave skill. It is very important in higher sectors to be able to CC two targets. To achieve this, I had to switch few damage and barrier boosting rubies into Icy Grave rubies, but the Talent Tree is exactly the same as in the previous build.
[Talent calculator]

DAMAGE SKILLS


Frostbolt
Rank 3
It's a single target spell that inflicts damage. It is one of our main spam skills. Best to use while under "Northern Lights" effect as it decreases the cast time.


Thunderbolt
Rank 3
It is our second main spam skill. Use it together with Frostbolt when you are out of forces. Best to use while under "Thundering Advantage" effect as it decreases the cast time.


Shocking Grasp
Rank 2
Inflicts Lightning damage. Deals 100% more damage if the target's health is below 25%. It is a "finishing" skill.


Icy Comet & Icy Meteor
Rank 3
These are one of our most powerful skills. Icy Comet is a single target spell and Icy Meteor is AoE. They consumes Frost Force points. Use whenever possible and make sure to max the rank of these skills.


Electric Pulse & Thunderhead
Rank 3
Electric Pulse is a single target skill and Thunderhead is AOE spell. They consume Lightning Force points. Use whenever possible! Make sure to max the level of these skills as its one of your main DPS skills!


Elemental Surge
Rank 2
This is a very powerful skill. It consumes Dragon Tears and can be used as single target or AoE skill. Rank 2 is well enough to deal massive amount of damage with this spell!


SLOW AND CROWD CONTROL


Icy Grave
Rank 2
It is our main CC (crowd control) spell. Maxed rank + Rubies will freeze 2 monsters for 1 minute (But at the moment I have only rank 2 so it stuns my enemies for 50 seconds)


Ice Flow
Rank 1
It is slowing your target for 6 seconds by 75%. It also deals damage, but the spell is not very powerful. Use it on monsters that are chasing your party members! Keep this skill rank 1 as it's not very important.


DEFENSE SKILLS


Stone Barrier & Stone Wall
Rank 2
This is our physical barrier. When fighting monsters, this is a must. It will block amount of physical damage dealt by your enemy target. I keep these at rank 2.


Elemental Shield
Rank 2
Absorbs magical damage. It can not be used while under effect of Stone Barrier or Stone Wall.


Reflections
Rank 3
Creates 5 illusions that lasts 15 seconds. Incoming damage will be absorbed and there is a high chance that your casting will not be interrupted. It is a great defensive skill.

OTHER


Seal of Health
Rank 3
This is our main party buff. It increases party members life, mana and energy points by 10%. Its a MUST.


Flash
Rank 1
Teleports you 20 yards forward but won't let you go trough obstacles.


Magical Tactics
Rank 2
Prevents interruption of spell casting and allows you to move around while casting for a period of time. Good to use this skill while casting Elemental Surge so you can direct your wave towards other monsters too.

RUBIES - FIRE GRID


Lucky One
Rank 3
Increases your luck points. Also, it gives you 100% immunity for you Seal of Health buff to be dispelled by enemies.

RUBIES - ICE GRID


Frosty Advantage
Rank 3
Increases non-critical damage of your Frostbolt, Icy Comet, Icy Meteor and Snowstorm spells by 5%.
Also prevents dispelling your Icy Grave from your enemy if its health is higher than 90%.


Northern Lights
Rank 3
This effect decreases cast time and mana cost of your Frostbolt by 50%, lasts 30 seconds and stacks up to 5 times.


War of the Elements: Icy Lightning
Rank 4
Grants you a 100% chance to build up one additional Lightning Force point and one additional Frost Force point during each Elemental Cycle.



Adherent's Determination
Rank 3
Your Brutality increases by 9.


Intense Cold
Rank 3
Increases your Frost damage dealt by 12%.


Swirling Snow
Rank 3
Whenever you cast Reflection, Stone Barrier, Stone Wall or Elemental Shield, there is a chance to apply 2 more stacks of the effects. Your casting can't be interrupted while you are under this effect.


Master of Intuition
Rank 3
Your Proficiency increases by 6.


Hailstorm
Rank 3
Your Icy Comet and Icy Meteor have a 100% chance to cast an additional Icy Comet at the same target.


Icy Avalanche
Rank 3
Mana cost of Ice Flow, Icy Comet, Snowstorm and Icy Meteor spells decreased by 30%.
Casting time of Snowstorm decreased by 30%.


Ice Tomb
Rank 3
Grants your Icy Grave a 100% chance to freeze a second target within 10 yards of the main target. Also, it increases your Frost damage by 3%


Sleet
Rank 3
Decreases cast time, cooldowns and mana cost of Ice Flow and Snowstorm abilities by 30%.
Cooldown duration of Ice Flow, Icy Comet and Icy Meteor decreased by 50%.

RUBIES - LIGHTNING GRID


Lightning Jolt
Rank 3
Lightning Jolt effect increases range of your next Shocking Grasp by 50% and its damage by 200%.


Thundering Advantage
Rank 3
This effect decreases cast time and mana cost of your Thunderbolt by 50%, lasts 30 seconds and stacks up to 5 times.


Static Charge
Rank 3
Each Lightning spell you cast applies Static Charge effect to the basic target that deals damage every 2 seconds.


Unstable Energy
Rank 4
Increases your Lightning damage dealt by 15%.


Electrization
Rank 3
After casting Electric Pulse or Thunderhead, you receive the Electrization effect that allows instant casting of Thunderbolt. On rank 3, you will be able to cast 3 instant Thunderbolts.


Sage's Intelligence
Rank 3
Your Vigor increases by 9%.


Elemental Wrath
Rank 1
Grants you 5 Force points of each element. May be used only if you have less than 2 Force points of each element.


Thunderbird
Rank 3
Increases critical damage of your Lightning spells.


Dynamo Effect
Rank 3
Decreases cast time and mana cost of your Electric Pulse and Thunderhead spells by 30%.


Lethal Shock
Rank 3
Increases damage of your Shocking Grasp spell by 30% against targets who have less than 25% of health.


Cascade
Rank 3
Each subsequent charge of Electric Pulse or Thunderhead inflicts 15% more damage than the previous charge.


War of the Elements: Icy Lightning
Rank 4
Grants you a 100% chance to build up one additional Lightning Force point and one additional Frost Force point during each Elemental Cycle

Stats are points that you can distribute according to your class attributes. You will get points with your Equipment, Potions, Food etc. You can also distribute some points every time you hit the new level of your character. In this section I will list all the statistics and describe what they are for.

PATRONAGE SKILLS
Abilities granted by your Patron. These spells can literally save your life! They consume Mirra each time you use them.

SHARED MAGE SPELLS


Mage can share their spells with reincarnations. One of them is "Defensive Abilities" which is basically a Stone Barrier and Elemental Shield. The second shared skill is Flash. They are both rank 1.

RECOMENDED REINCARNATION SKILLS
Once you unlock your reincarnation and level it up, you can learn one of its share skills too. As a Mage, there is few spells that I recommend the most from all possibilities!

I personally go for Rupture in PVE and Fear or Holy Shield in PVP but the choice is entirely up to you!

Potions are very important in PVE and PVP. They add offensive and defensive points to our stats. Because this is a PVE guide, I will show you which potions I recommend to use in this environment and when!

DAILY CHURCH POTIONS

Everyone can obtain these at Marianne de Ardeur NPC once a day. They last for 4 hours.

POTENT ELIXIRS
Most useful in raids and champion fights. Can be used in higher astral sectors. Potent elixirs increases your stats by 9 and lasts for 2 hours.

OFFENSIVE

• Potent elixir of Luck - Increases your luck (Critical damage). Personally my favourite and I use this almost every time I need a potent elixir. When: Astral/Raid/CF/MOS
  
• Potent elixir of Proficiency - Second on the list offensive potent elixir. Increases your proficiency. When: Astral/Raid/CF

DEFENSIVE

• Potent elixir of Vitality - Increases your Vitality (Health points). When: Astral/Raid/CF
  
• Potent elixir of Tenacity - Increases your Tenacity points. When: Higher Astral sectors
  
• Potent elixir of Bloodlust - Increases your Bloodlust. When: Mausoleum of Sparks

ALCHEMY POTIONS
Crafted by Alchemists, smaller additional potions that can be used together with Daily Potions or Potent Elixirs.

These potions can be used depending on your need. I usually go with Proficiency Potion if I use Potent elixir of Luck and when I have Daily Church Potions, I go for Brutality one. If you feel like you lack some statistic, you can always help yourself with one of those Alchemy Potions.

Mage is a lovely class in both PVE and PVP! They do great damage and are very useful in parties with their double CC skill and Seal of Health buff, but needs to be careful due to their low defense.

PROS
High damage burst (aoe, single)
Double CC
Seal of health/Aura of astral power
Invisibility and Flash skills

CONS
Low resistance
Terrible survivability
Stealing aggro due to high AoE burst


Keep calm and freeze your enemies!

Luna