My magic deals no damage?

[Helldivers™ 2]

Hi all, just looking for some advice. I am level 9 with about 90 willpower and intelligence, 50 destruction

I noticed as I level up the enemies get harder and harder, and my damage is lackluster. I am mainly using cold touch which i found somewhere, and I need maybe 15 hits for some enemies

What can I do to increase my damage? My other damage spell is the starting flare but i might as well punch them. My sword does no damage either so I am fked if i run out of mana

[Lucci]

go to skingrad mages guild and buy stronger spells

[Helldivers™ 2]

Originally posted by Lucci:

go to skingrad mages guild and buy stronger spells

Their prices are insane, basically i have bought nothing so far except repair hammers and I have to spend all my money for just 1 spell or so

[Casual Amateur]

Look like you going have to do mage guild quest to unlocked custom spell making to make stronger spell to kill enemy faster. If you want to stick to full time magic user thing.

There some spell can make enemy weak to magic and spell that can make enemy weak to that element more.

[cherub5667]

buying spells in this game is horrid. So badly indexed, you don't know what spell is what rank. All it says "Low skill level" or "Not enough Magicka"

Just tell show me what rank the spells are so I know what i need to look forward too.

And I like the idea that each city schools a particialur school of magic, I like that concept.

[Casual Amateur]

Also people do that duplication to do quick money gaining. If you into that stuff.

[Morgian]

And you can lower the difficulty, of course. Spell damage is weak, and the bloated hitpoints at higher difficulty make it an extra-tedious affair.

[-Singularity-]

Store bought spells are terrible. You need to gain access to a spellmaker station. You can do this for free by joining the mages guild and finishing the recommendation quests.

Or you can go claim Frostspire tower which comes with a spellmaking station among other things. But to activate the station you have to buy an item from town which costs 3k+.

[Trip]

Do the mages guild recommendation quests. You get free spells including a new destruction spell.

Of course it's probably already too weak of a spell so you need to either buy one or make one. Go on a looting spree and save up while doing the mage guild recommendations quests to get access to a spell crafter.

[★REM★]

Originally posted by Helldivers™ 2:

Hi all, just looking for some advice. I am level 9 with about 90 willpower and intelligence, 50 destruction

I noticed as I level up the enemies get harder and harder, and my damage is lackluster. I am mainly using cold touch which i found somewhere, and I need maybe 15 hits for some enemies

What can I do to increase my damage? My other damage spell is the starting flare but i might as well punch them. My sword does no damage either so I am fked if i run out of mana

Vanilla spells are atrocious.
But spellcrafted spells, are crazy OP so start craft spells.

[drakeloreroar]

Originally posted by cherub5667:

buying spells in this game is horrid. So badly indexed, you don't know what spell is what rank. All it says "Low skill level" or "Not enough Magicka"

Just tell show me what rank the spells are so I know what i need to look forward too.

And I like the idea that each city schools a particialur school of magic, I like that concept.

Spell rank is based on cost but as skill level in the school goes up cost goes down so it can get pretty confusing. Best way to figure it out is go to a spellmaking alter (either at the Arcane University or Frostcrag Spire) try to make a custom spell with an identical effect and it will tell you the rank required to use it. From there you can more or less get the idea of what each level requires.

Originally posted by Helldivers™ 2:

Hi all, just looking for some advice. I am level 9 with about 90 willpower and intelligence, 50 destruction

I noticed as I level up the enemies get harder and harder, and my damage is lackluster. I am mainly using cold touch which i found somewhere, and I need maybe 15 hits for some enemies

What can I do to increase my damage? My other damage spell is the starting flare but i might as well punch them. My sword does no damage either so I am fked if i run out of mana

You definitely need some stronger spells, or to stack weakness spells on the target to make those base spells more worth it.
You will get a free magic staff and one of the most cost efficient destruction spells in the game during the mages guild questline but keep in mind the effect is leveled and if you want the best version of those gifts (which are actually some of the most useful and powerful in the game) you need to wait until level 30+

As for the magicka issue: Spell absorb. 100% and telekinesis spells will act as a magic recharge. Or you can make custom "Fortify Willpower 100 points" spells, combine it with a fortify magicka 100 points and fortify intelligence 100 points of the same duration and as long as the spell cost is less than 300 you can make and stack as many of those as you like. (keep in mind this requires restoration 100).

Spell absorb 100% might be do-able at your level with sigil stones.

[Helldivers™ 2]

Thanks all, I see the answer is mages guild. Im really wondering, wtf is a player supposed to do if they didnt know about that? So far I havent found any new damage spells anywhere except for sale at astronomical prices...

[Redwood]

Do your best with destruction magic. It all adds up into some really nice, created destruction.

[-Singularity-]

You might also want to be selective about when you level up. Since all skill gains add to level up its easy to out level your combat effectiveness gaining in skills that don't contribute to it. Lots of people had been suggesting this. I gave it a try and it works really well to keep combat enjoyable.

[K§H]

May the Nine be with all of you who actually play the game with the vanilla levelscaling.

[[TG] zac]

Originally posted by Helldivers™ 2:

Originally posted by Lucci:

go to skingrad mages guild and buy stronger spells

Their prices are insane, basically i have bought nothing so far except repair hammers and I have to spend all my money for just 1 spell or so

If you are playing a mage and not using spell crafting you are doing it wrong.

Spell crafting lets you mix effects to make some of the most powerful builds in the game.

For instance

100% weakness to magic.
100% weakness to an element.
10 points of element damage for 3 seconds.

That combination does 120 damage due to the stacking effects.
But will cost less then 1/10th the magic that just doing 120 damage of an element straight up will.

And it can get even more busted then that if you layer in drain health effects first in the spell because that can take 100 health off the top of an enemies health before damage is done.

There are similar combos for spell buffing your stats & abilities.

As for where to get spells.
Dungeons where conjurers, necromancers and rogue mages are occasionally drop tomes.
Besides the mages guild chapels will sell restoration spells.
A few shops in the central city and a few others will also sell spells.

And if you get the money to upgrade it frostcraig spire can be used to spell making if you dont want to bother with the mages guild.