Mage

Classes ‣ **Mage**

The Mage is a class in Rogue Legacy 2.

## Stats

 Expl. Damage
 Mana for Mana Leech Kill

## Class Passive

* The Mage's class passive is **Siphon**, making all Weapon attacks and Spin Kicks apply  Mana Leech to enemies hit.
	+ Mana Leech applies a drain effect to the enemy, restoring 1 Mana to the Mage every 0.1 seconds for 2.5 seconds.
	+ If the enemy dies while affected by  Mana Leech the Mage instantly gains 20 Mana.

## Wand of Blasting

* Swing & Shot
* Explosion

### Move while attacking?

NA

The Mage's weapon is the **Wand of Blasting**.

* Press to swing the wand and launch a fireball that passes through terrain.
	+ The fireball will explode upon contact with an enemy, dealing damage from both the projectile and the explosion.
* The wand's swing also deals damage, allowing you to hit enemies with all three damage sources at close range.
	+ The wand deals `Strength * 2.1` damage with a perfect hit.
* The fireball's explosion generates 15 Mana and applies  Magic Break to enemies hit for 2.5 seconds.
	+ Magic Break increases all Magic Damage taken by the target by 20%.
	+ The wand ranks as one of the best weapons for mana regen in the game, rivaled only by the  Dual Blades, the  Saber, and  Charon's Scythe, notably the weapon used by the Mage's Fabled Class.
	+ The wand also excels at Talent cooldown reduction, as the fireball and its explosion count as 2 hits.
* Spending 50 Mana grants  Charged for 5 seconds, making the next wand attack a **Skill Crit**.
* Can attack while moving, but cannot be used while Dashing.

## Talent

* Mages always receive a utility spell as their Talent, with the other spell being offensive.

### Utility Spells

* Flame Barrier
* Freeze Strike
* Lightning Storm
* Magic 8 Ball
* Prismatic Spectrum
* Shield of Thorns
* Shockwave
* Wind Wall

### Offensive Spells

* Blaze Bellow
* Fireball
* Fungal Spread
* Gravity Beam
* Lucent Beam
* Magma Mass
* Poison Bomb
* Searing Shot
* Tesla Spike
* White Star

## Class Tips

The Mage is one of the highest DPS classes in the game when played to its full potential. It is the ultimate spell caster class, even more so than the  Astromancer, and should be built accordingly. Therefore, build for Intelligence, Magic Crit. Chance, Critical Damage, Super Crits, and Siphon.

* Be sure to apply  Mana Leech to as many targets as you can using not only Wand attacks but Spin Kicks.
* Start off every fight with a single Wand attack to apply  Magic Break and  Mana Leech, then weave in additional Wand attacks as you gain  Charged from spending mana on spells.

Your spells will heavily determine how you approach each situation.

* Freeze Strike,  Shockwave,  Wind Wall and  Gravity Beam all delete Large Projectiles, which is nearly every projectile in the game.
* Freeze Strike is good for crowd control, Shockwave is great for disengaging from hunter-type enemies like the Warg and Charite, and Gravity Beam has great range and damage in addition to easily piercing terrain.
* Lightning Storm is incredibly powerful in conjunction with anything that applies  Burn. Throw a Fireball and apply Burn, then follow up with Lightning Storm to make every tick of Burn a Skill Crit.
* Magma Mass gives the Mage coverage of areas both above and below him, which is a weakness of the Wand's horizontal attack. Hits surprisingly hard with Skill Crits.
	+ Use  Lightning Storm to apply  Vulnerable on an aerial target, then hit them with all 3 Magma Mass projectiles for ridiculous burst damage.
* Shield of Thorns provides great protection against highly aggressive and/or dangerous melee enemies, such as the Risen, Charite, Warg, Doomvas, and Static Blade.

Take the time to change your Rune setup depending on the spells you receive.

* Eldar, Lucky Roller, and  High Stakes Runes are effective with spells that always Crit, like  Fungal Spread,  Prismatic Spectrum and  White Star.
* Amplification Runes extend the duration of  Mana Leech,  Magic Break and  Charged, in addition to modifying any status effects applied by the Mage's spells, like  Burn,  Poison,  Frozen and  Vulnerable.

### Armor Sets

* Crescent Set
* Leather Set
* Leviathan Set
* Scholar Set
* White Wood Set

### Runes

* Soulsteal Rune
* Focal Rune
* Might Rune
* Eldar Rune
* Lucky Roller Rune
* High Stakes Rune
* Siphon Rune
* Capacity Rune
* Amplification Rune
* Trick Rune
* Resolve Rune
* Haste Rune
* Dash Rune

### Relics

* Amaterasu's Sun
* Ananke's Grace
* Antikythera
* Arcane Necklace
* Atropos' Scissors
* Azure Aegis
* Catalyst
* Corrupting Reagent
* Freon's Reward
* Grave Bell
* Heron's Ring
* Incandescent Telescope
* Lotus Petal
* Obelisk
* Silk Slippers
* Soul Tether
* Star Sling
* Weighted Anklet
* Weird Mushrooms
* Zealot's Ring

### Curio Shoppe

#### Weapons

* Bag o' Spoons
* Cannon
* Celestial Sceptre
* Charon's Scythe
* Electric Lute
* Fauchard
* Frying Pan
* Katana
* Lute
* Mjolnir

#### Talents

* Combat Roll
* Comet Form
* Crescendo
* Deflect
* Immortal Kotetsu
* Makeshift Explosive
* Pirate Ship
* Stew
* Super Fart

## Fabled Class

* Press Up/Down on a Mage during Character Select to change them into Reapers.
	+ Must be unlocked in The Soul Shop.
* A Reaper is the same as a Mage but starts with  Charon's Scythe.

## Lady Quinn Quotes

1. If your Wand's fireball hits an enemy before it explodes, it will hit t-t-twice! So position yourself at the right distance when you strike, and you'll deal E-E-E-EXTRA DAMAGE!
2. A M-m-mage always has two different spells. O-one is utility, the other is offensive. It's pretty neat how they work together. Just remember, your M-m-m-mana Leech lasts a really long t-t-time. It might even be t-t-tough to keep all that Mana on hand. So if you're fighting a really big baddie, make sure to keep casting your spells!
3. If you m-m-mix your regular attacks with your s-s-spells you'll never run out of Mana. The trick is to hit an enemy with your basic attack, a-and then finish them off with a spell. Once you get into a nice groove, you'll be able to shoot multiple spells f-for each a-a-attack. G-g-getting used to how many spells you can cast is the t-tricky part, but you'll quickly get a feel for it!
4. You can also M-m-m-mana Leech strategically Mana Leech enemies who can't hit you, th-then use their Mana to shoot spells at more dangerous baddies! And if your spells cost a l-l-lot of mana, just remember you can leech multiple enemies at the same time!

## Trivia

* Mages always have long beards regardless of gender.