Bandit Mana Management

[Rhabarber Barbar]

Hi, i just wanted to ask, how do you deal with running out of mana when playing the bandit class? the fighter iirc mostly uses stamina for their skills and the mytic has a mana regen passive. the bandit appears to receive no boon to their mana pool or regeneration. a stamina buff which i suppose is nice but the only active non movement skill i use that costs stamina is mist veil. it appears that most if not all the ranged skills cost mana rather then stamina, spread shot too which is a very useful general skill.

[Drowsy]

With my bow bandit that has mana focused abilities I just invest some of my stat points into Mind. You don't really need to max out your dex by the "end game" to defeat most of the enemies so you can put some of it in mind That or you can find armor and weapons with the manafont enchantment but personally I would rather put the points into the stats than looking and rerolling armor for enchantments. Either way you should carry around mana pots and keep them on your hot bar.

[Venc Ganence]

I mix melee and ranged skills, which alternates between stamina and mana usage. That way, I don't really run out.

But if you're determined to stick to mana based skills, keep using items. Your mana pool isn't that large, so a single item should top you off. And if you're really keen, you could invest into max mana through manafont enchantments or investing in mind over dexterity/vitality.

[Zath]

Mana recovery items, my mana pool is at at 44 at level 20, I just need to pop a mana item to recover every now and then in the fight

[laslax]

I always use Alacrity on Devious Signet, and run Mist Veil as my main heal with 100 HP (it heals 100). Then, I use Venom Shot/Spread Shot + Bomb Trap. You could also run Inner Focus, but the CD takes too long. This is enough for me to not really run out of mana after what seems to be a mana regeneration nerf. I'm allergic to consumables and manafont.

[Intra]

These guys are not correct.

Here's what I do, with all classes level 25 with maxed out gear, all items collected, etc:

Bandit-
Enchant cape with Manafont
Spent a ton of money on the 2nd mana pots that restore 60 mana
Get some cake too
Bind it
Spam the pots

That's how you deal with mana problems as a Bandit

Not using a 40 second cooldown Alacrity wasting a slot on your bar
Or wasting stat points on a stat that gives minimal Mana per point

If you REALLY don't want to use mana pots for some reason, you could use Life Tap with multiple pieces of Manafont.

[SM5T001]

When i was playing archer bandit, i was just constantly using mana potions. The weakest mana potions are enough for him and they cost almost nothing. I was just buying several dozens of them every time i visited Sanctum, problem solved.

But tbh, going full archer is a very sub-optimal way to play bandit because his katars skills are just way better. If you want to build a ranged caster, i strongly encourage you to try mystic.