Arcane Mage

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The Arcane mage follows the legacy of primus magus and is a master of both offensive and defensive magics. He evolves into Raegnarok.

Arcane Mage
Attribute	Level 1	Per Level	Level 200
Strength	10	4	806
Agility	7	6	1201
Intelligence	22	12	2410
Life	1025	80	16945
Mana	44	24	4820
Damage	73	12	2461
Range	400

Roles: Caster, Burst Damage, Mana Tank

Description: The arcane mage is similar to the sorceress. Lots of direct damage spells. He differs in that he has a strong levelable mana shield that allows him to tank about twice as well. His invisibility skill allows him to wait and regen mana when he's in danger. Most of his skills also require a target enemy, while the sorceress can simply cast on an area. Ultimately the mage is a bit better at bossing, while the sorceress is a bit better at AOEs, but it's not too much of a difference.

PROS:

• Fast leveling
• Great Damage Spells
• Strong levelable mana shield
• Strong mana regen passive

CONS:

• Low HP
• Mana intensive.
• No party support skills whatsoever

Skills

Arcane Bolt

Casts an Arcanic Bolt towards an enemy, dealing serious damage and stunning them for a second.

• Damage: (100 x level) +(Int x 3)
• Damage Type: Arcane
• Minor Stun
• MANA COSTS: 5 mp + (2 x lvl), Lvl 200=405 mp

Review: Single target bossing spell.

BONUSES: The following items each add 1x Intelligence damage to Arcane Bolt

1. Bloody Wings of the Newbae or Bloody Wings of the Newbae (Enhanced)
2. AriesX's Aracanium or Ragicka

Arcane Blast

Blasts an area with arcanic energies, damaging all nearby foes.

• Damage: (25 x level) + (Int x 4)
• Damage Type: Arcane
• MANA COSTS: 10 mp + (2 x lvl), Lvl 200=410 mp

Review: This is a solid aoe spell. the area is a bit small so be sure to target it well.

Mana Shield

A magical shield Surrounds the Arcane Mage, using up his Mana instead of his Health to take damage. The shield's power is also strengthened by the hero's armor.

• Damage Absorbed per Mana Point: 3+ (Hero level x0.01)

Review: Sooo. this got nerfed pretty badly. Perhaps it's an oversight of the level crunch but it now is weaker than the other spellbook mana shields until you hit max level when it becomes the same.

Arcanic Lightning

Hurls a bolt of lightning that bounces several times. Each jump deals less damage.

• Damage: (50 x level) +(Intelligence x 5)\
• Damage Type: Lightning
• Number of Bounces: 3+ (speechcraft/10)
• Damage reduction per bounce: 10%

MANA COSTS: 10 mp + (3mp x lvl) Lvl 200=610 mp

Review: Chain lighting. Always one of my favorites. Number of targets scales with speechcraft.

BONUSES: The following items each add 1x intelligence damage to Arcanic Lightning.

1. Man of Thunder or Elemental or Lifestream Elemental

Arcane Mage's Magic (lvl 10)

Your spellbook upgrades every ten hero levels until it maxes at hero level 100. I've listed the final spell list below.

BRILLIANCE

The mind of the Mage grows more powerful every day increasing his brilliance.

• PASSIVE: +50 Mana/ Second

Review: Exactly what the Mage needs to support his mana shield ability.

COSMICUS

Explodes Cosmic ball of energy damaging both Mana and Health of the Target. This spell will also effect spell immunes.

• Damage: (Int x 5)
• Damage Type: Gravity
• Mana Cost: 750 mp
• Cooldown: 20 seconds

Review: Not the shortest cooldown, but It's still a solid spellbook aoe.

BONUSES: The following items each add 1x intelligence damage to cosmicus

1. Set of the First Mage or King Robaelic's Set

Singularity

Creates a Singularity with gravity so powerful it sucks everything within its event horizon into its center.

• Mana Cost: 1000

Review: Excellent crowd control ability. Keeps enemies off of you and gathers them up to be blasted by your AOEs.

Spell Absorbtion

Absorbs a small percent of spell damage and converts it to mana.

• Spell Absorption: +10%

MAGIC STORM

Unleash a huge lightning storm, causing massive intelligence damage to nearby units.

• Damage per Wave: (Int x 6)
• Damage Type: Lightning
• Waves: 3
• Mana Cost: 1500 mp

Review: Does a good deal of damage, but it can also be a bit pricey at low levels. Just be careful you don't overuse it.

SUMMON ARCANE DRAGON

Summons an Arcane Dragon from magical energies within the Hero.

• Summons: Arcane Dragon
• Ammount: 1
• Health: 100% of Hero
• Mana: 50% of Hero
• Damage: 66% of Hero
• Armor: (25+ Hero lvl/5)
• Mana Cost: 500 mp
• Cooldown: 30 seconds
• STATS: 500 range. (Direct Dmg, Heavy Armor), Evasion 15%, Mana Shield: 20 dmg/mp

Review: Decent stats, but you only summon one of them so this probably won't see much use other than acting as a temporary meat shield

DISPEL MAGIC

Dispel Removes all buffs from units and deals damage to enemy summons.

• Summon Damage: 2x (str + int)
• Mana Cost: 500 mp
• Cooldown: 20 sec

Review: Not sure how useful this will be. I don't think there are too many dispellable buffs at play when fighting the various bosses.

MULTI-SPELL

Arcanic Magic surrownds the Hero increasing amounts of shots can take at once.

• Multishot: 3 targets

Review: Hitting more enemies is always fun.

ARCANE ANGER

Creates energies around the Mage causing Damage to nearby enemies.

• Damage: Int x10
• Cooldown: 60 Seconds
• Mana Cost: 750 mp

Review: Large aoe ability with good instant dmg that doesn't cost too much mana. it does have a rather long cooldown though.

ARCANE ARMAGEDDON

Gather all the Arcanic energy into one final spell and unleash it upon nearby enemies in a devastating attack.

• Damage per wave: (int x 10)
• Waves: 9
• Final explosion damage: (Int x 20)(2x the smaller waves)
• Damage immune while casting
• Mana cost: 2000 mp
• Cooldown: 120 seconds

Review: This does really high damage, and the long casting time is mitigated by the invulnerability while it's active.

BONUSES: The following items each add 1x Intelligence damage to Arcane Armageddon.

1. Daemonic Gauntlets of Supremacy
2. Hydra's Set
3. Love's Tear

Items

The following Items all give ability bonuses for Arcane Mage. (vR1.24)

• Class Items
  • AriesX's Aracanium - Arcane Bolt
  • Ragicka - Arcane Bolt
• Exquisite
  • Bloody Wings of the Newbae - Arcane Bolt
  • Bloody Wings of the Newbae (Enhanced) - Arcane Bolt
  • Man of Thunder - Arcanic Lightning
  • Elemental - Arcanic Lightning
  • Lifestream Elemental - Arcanic Lightning
  • Love's Tear - Arcane Armageddon
• Set
  • Set of the First Mage - Cosmicus
  • King Robaelic's Set - Cosmicus
  • Hydra's Set - Arcane Armageddon
• Hands
  • Daemonic Gauntlets of Supremacy - Arcane Armageddon

Evolution Location

Take a level 200 arcane Mage with Love's Tear to his Evolution Location, On the Northern Mountains, He Transforms into the Raegnarok.