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

• 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.

Dual Wield, Obsidian Armor

Revenant usually will wield a shield in the offhand, while Song mages (Spellsong, Spellsinger) will often wield a 2H staff.