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Firepoisonarchmage

Tips for magnus?

Eventually, I plan to be able to solo magnus hard mode, so I figured I'd practice one normal mode for a bit. I've been having some real trouble trying to avoid magnus' rush attack, in easy mode it barely pushed me, but in normal(and hard I assume) mode I get knocked back incredibly far and temporarily stunned when magnus rushes me. My stance doesn't seem to be doing anything at all and I haven't found a way to avoid the rush while attacking from a safe distance. Could anyone possibly spare some advice on killing magnus with this class?

July 20, 2014

16 Comments • Newest first

whiteforce18

@duriel123: haha, I will definitely try it out. Does it work for CRA bosses? Like queen or w/e as well? If that's the case, that means her breath skill (where she breathes in and vortexes you) shouldn't actually cause as much damage/any damage in theory.. Unless the damage is from getting to/under her mouth, in which case it goes back to had Magnus runs

Reply August 14, 2014
duriel123

@Whiteforce18 From my experience, FH does indeed work with other party members. I'm not sure why its not working for @mirabosh, but you should test it out yourself when you have the time.

Reply August 14, 2014 - edited
whiteforce18

@Mirabosh: err, I am now getting conflicting answers.. Time to train my FP mage up to the level and try it out hehe ;D

Reply August 14, 2014 - edited
Mirabosh

[quote=whiteforce18]@Mirabosh: and @Green4EVER: Quick question about FH: does it work for party members as well? As in, say I cast FH on hard mag, then if I am with friends, are they able to bypass the touch damage as well? if so, I seem to have found my newest secondary

Edit: I am asking because I just hit 100 right before the server update started, and haven't had the chance to check any of the new skills yet! Was considering second maining it, seeing as how strong it is with legitimately NO funds besides my normal starter gear (which is actually made for chars with att/luk% mainly ;D)[/quote]

It doesn't work for party members, at least not for magnus O.O
Every time I went to hard magnus with mules, they'd die all the die from that rush while Magnus would just go straight through me

Reply August 13, 2014 - edited
whiteforce18

@Green4EVER: thanks! Haha, and you are definitely one of my go to FP inspirations... Too OP yo! And any/all tips you could give to a new FP mage would be MUCH appreciated I normally main thieves, so playing a FP, let alone a mage, is completely foreign to me.. Any suggestions as to gear/anything else really would help a ton!

Reply August 13, 2014 - edited
Green4EVER

[quote=whiteforce18]Quick question about FH: does it work for party members as well? As in, say I cast FH on hard mag, then if I am with friends, are they able to bypass the touch damage as well? if so, I seem to have found my newest secondary [/quote]

Yeah, it works.

Reply August 13, 2014 - edited
whiteforce18

@Mirabosh: and @Green4EVER: Quick question about FH: does it work for party members as well? As in, say I cast FH on hard mag, then if I am with friends, are they able to bypass the touch damage as well? if so, I seem to have found my newest secondary

Edit: I am asking because I just hit 100 right before the server update started, and haven't had the chance to check any of the new skills yet! Was considering second maining it, seeing as how strong it is with legitimately NO funds besides my normal starter gear (which is actually made for chars with att/luk% mainly ;D)

Reply August 13, 2014 - edited
GoXDS

@duriel123: 273% CL -> 300%. and 8% dmg boost to lightning attacks per freeze stack but that's like 5+ months away

Reply July 20, 2014 - edited
duriel123

[quote=GoXDS]what, really? you guys and our blessed FH ._.[/quote]
Its gotta be tough being an i/l.....
Hopefully they get some kind of legitimate buff (not glitch ice orb) in the future.

Reply July 20, 2014 - edited
GoXDS

what, really? you guys and your blessed FH ._.

Reply July 20, 2014 - edited
duriel123

Flame haze really is a blessing, I don't know how I would stay alive if I had to dodge the rush on top of all the other stuff. I think I'm able to dodge everything up to the final phase as long as I concentrate. I'll try taking the last bit slower and focus one survival instead of damage. Thanks for all the responses as usual.

Reply July 20, 2014 - edited
Green4EVER

Flame Haze renders his rush attack useless because of its ability to disable touch damage, just make sure you recast it every time it's off cooldown.
Everything else is pretty easy to dodge until you get down to the final phase, then it just becomes a mess. At that point I would focus more on staying alive than dealing damage. There's no reason to rush it and have multiple deaths that could have been avoided.

Reply July 20, 2014 - edited
rs567

Edit: Nevermind, bleve's right and I don't know what I'm talking about.

Reply July 20, 2014 - edited
GoXDS

@duriel123 Easy Magnus' Rush doesn't have super KB. also, atm, Normal Magnus' Rush is also Double KB (will hit you twice), which it's not supposed to. the best option to deal with Rush is to teleport towards him (and staying close). this way, when he finishes rushing, he'd be behind you even accounting for the KB, thus not hitting you with Super KB twice. afaik, Hard is fine atm.
also, at least thank goodness Normal Magnus' green clone OHKO attack isn't bugged anymore. before, you get hit before the animation even appears. Normal Magnus never seems to work properly

Reply July 20, 2014 - edited
duriel123

[quote=Mirabosh]FH it...[/quote]
Incredible.... That solves the problem completely...

I guess I was too focused on dodging and forgot to use my skills, lol.

Thanks anyways, back to the practice runs for me.

Reply July 20, 2014 - edited
Mirabosh

FH it...

Reply July 20, 2014 - edited