Battle Mage alternative build ?
So I just hit 79 on my battle mage.
Currently, my build is : 2 Quint Blow,1 ADC,20 Battle Mastery,1 Conversion,1 Teleport Master,1 Summon Reaper Buff,1 Dark Shock.
I have 3 points and Ive been thinking, perhaps maxing body boost before quint blow is better ?
I mean, with Body Boost maxed you either have +40% Attack, 40 Speed 40% evasion and + 2 atk speed for half the time you're training.
Thats major.
Also, does ADC increase in range as the level rises ?
January 13, 2011
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I find reapers to be mindless zombies. I usually kill all the mobs, thus ksing my reaper. And when I do leave monsters, the reaper tends to just walk the other way. Also, it attacks slow and when it does hit something it tends to ignore the target after that. Dumb reapers.
[quote=Baitloads]Don't listen to Sistine. You max everything EXCEPT Reaper. Reaper is not worth maxing. [/quote]
LIAR.
I have maxed reaper and it is incredibly useful, as well as the most fun skill in the BaM 3rd job pool.
advanced dark chains is only useful for the pull, and if you leave it at 13, by 120, it still hits 8 monsters, which is the upper limit.
Plus, after chaos, reapers get buffed to 450% damage a hit, and get a lifespan increase of 10 extra seconds.
My battlemage will be 120 in another two levels, and I had advanced dark chains at level 1 for most of my 3rd job career.
The only skills worth debating over are Shock, ADC, and Reaper.
I'm gonna go 20 chains, 19/20 reaper, 14/13 shock.
Shock doesn't really doesn't look appealing to me because I could probably do 2 Quint Blows in the time it casts Shock and still do the same dmg, but that's just me.
[quote=Sistine]Hmm, it's most because dark shock gets a 5 second cooldown at max level but like, it completely ohkos mobs usually which is really nice. The thing about finisher is that you have to use it after casting 5b where as dark shock is something you can just tele cast. It's hard to explain, but at some point you'll find yourself using dark shock and not using finisher just because training speed is faster that way.[/quote]
Well, I refuse becoming a skill spammer. As for my second question, do you have any idea wether ADC rises in range ?
Thanks.
I don't see how body boost < dark shock.
I find quint + adc + the finisher good enough.