Mage Skill Tree

The **MAGE** class has unique abilities that help it deal large amounts of damage afar, while being quite weak compared to warriors or assassins up close. We recommend that if you decide to use a mage that you use the best strategys to survive and thrive.

The following is a list of all the current skills for the **MAGE** class. Check out our Mage Overview for more info!

## Mage ~ Basic Skill Tree:

**Firebolt:** A basic ranged fire attack with a small area of effect. This is the first skill you unlock as a mage. It is most effective when a mob of enemies clumps together, though its quick cooldown and tiny AOE mean you might as well use this even if the enemy isn’t clumped yet.

**Fireball:** A Fire Bolt, but bigger and with a wider explosion and more damage. It has a slower cooldown of 12 seconds but hits harder. Its wide explosion and slower cooldown mean you should wait for enemies to bunch up before using it on groups, unlike with Fire Bolt which can be fired immediately without feeling too bad about it.

**Fire Burst:** A fire explosion around your character. It has the same damage as a Fire Ball, has a 12-meter area of effect, and has the same 10-second cooldown as a Fire Bolt. This gives it greater DPS, but you’ll usually need to get uncomfortably close to the boss if you want to use it for DPS. It works great to clear mooks out of your face though.

**Freezing Bolt:** A Fire Bolt, but cold. It can slow down enemies, so it pairs well with the AI cheese tactic of running away and then shooting them from behind. Once they start running back home, freeze them so they run more slowly. That way, you have a longer opening to get free damage without repercussions. This is also a good choice for PVP, to prevent players from escaping a spell combo.

**Freezing Ball:** A Fire Ball, but cold. This might be less useful for cheesing bosses than the Freezing Bolt because of its slower cooldown, but you might want it if the boss spawns in an area with minions, thanks to its better area of effect. Just like Freezing Bolt, it’s a good choice against human players to make them more vulnerable to follow-up attacks.

## Mage ~ Boost Skill Tree:

**Teleport:** A lone mage’s best friend. This is the best pure mobility skill in the game, bar none. Not only does it warp you a whopping 45 meters in the direction you’re walking, but it also bypasses obstacles. This allows you to get over cliff sides, buildings, walls, and even the inside of caves instead of walking or running all the way around them to look for a choke point, stairs, or a ramp. This will save you a ton of time walking to quests, especially since Mages have the worst base running speed between the three classes.

**Holy Protection:** This would be so much better if it were in a different skill tree, but here it has to compete with the likes of Teleport, Fountain of Vitality, and Mighty Fire or Frost. It gives you a 40% Damage Resistance for 7 seconds, which isn’t bad but as a mage, you have far better options. After all, you don’t need Damage Resistance if you cheese the AI into not attacking you. This is best used if you prefer getting in close with Icy Spikes, though if that’s the case you might want to get the Mighty Fire or Frost spells instead for even more damage.

**Fountain of Vitality:** It’s an area healing skill, what more do you want? If you have friends, this might be a better choice than Teleport since you can support your buddies and keep them alive. If there are 5 of you wailing on the boss at once, then you don’t need to cheese the boss! If you’re alone though, Teleport simply makes life so much better because of its ability to bypass obstacles and shave a ton of time from travel.

**Mighty Fire:** An area damage over time aura formed around your character. This aura lasts 4 seconds. This is another one to bring if you have friends, though you’ll be part of the DPS crew instead of supporting them.

**Mighty Frost:** Mighty Fire, but cold. While it does less damage than Mighty Fire, it slows enemies down. This might be more useful in PVP than in PVE since you can use this to stop enemy players from escaping your attacks.

## Mage ~ Special Skill Tree:

**Icy Spikes:** A slow but powerful area attack cast directly in front of you that fires spikes from the ground and into the enemy. This is very useful if you’re a lone mage and rely heavily on cheesing the AI since it hits hard and slows enemies down. It’s also very good at demolishing crowds. Its slow attack animation also makes it good for striking enemies running toward you. Just mind the 22-second cooldown.

**Freezing Breath:** Breathe in the general direction of your enemy, freezing them to death. It is quite powerful against crowds and allows you to move while using it, but it has a relatively short range and you will be uncomfortably close to the enemy when you fire it.