Mage Guide
Mage classes fill a variety of different roles, but this guide focuses on Mages focused on damaging enemies. Take a look at the Control Mage guide for more tank/crowd control focused mage classes.
Common Skill Trees
Mage classes vary from above as there is significant variations in playstyle / purpose depending on the combination of skill trees you select. Mage classes with Songcraft are generally centered around the Songcraft passive "Zeal", while classes with Occultism or Witchcraft are more focused on crowd control than other mage variations.
- Enigmatist (Sorcery, Shadowplay, Auramancy)
- Well rounded mage class, strong in smaller scale fights.
- Revenant (Sorcery, Occultism, Auramancy)
- Burst and control focused mage class, strong in larger scale fights.
- Spellsong (Sorcery, Songcraft, Auramancy)
- Burst focused mage class, strong in larger scale fights.
- Spellsinger (Sorcery, Shadowplay, Songcraft)
- Burst focused mage class.
- Daggerspell (Sorcery, Shadowplay, Witchcraft)
- Crowd control, combo focused class, strong in 1v1s.
Gearing
The following links are baseline sets and may not reflect your ideal gear set. Additionally, the grade of your gear doesn't need to match exactly. For example, you could have the whole set at celestial grade, prior to upgrading to divine.
Revenant usually will wield a shield in the offhand, while Song mages (Spellsong, Spellsinger) will often wield a 2H staff.