I need advice on classes

[Cosmo 🐲]

It seems that mages are weak - http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/124998-sword-coast-legends/72638059

I need a good strong class, any suggestions ?

[wendigo211]

Melee mages are quite strong. Max out haste, magic weapon, elemental weapon and static and you've got pretty good DPS. Mage armor, haste and stoneskin will also give you pretty good survivability. However, if you have a fighter in your party, you're better off stacking your offensive buffs on him, because he can have up to 5 attacks per round (APR), while your mage could at most have 2.

That said, fighters are probably the strongest class because they can get 5 APR while the rest of the classes can at best only get 3. If you can get them a nice damage boost on those attacks (e.g. from a mage casting haste, magic weapon and elemental weapon on them), there really isn't another class that can come close. I don't know if it was fixed in the last patch, but they could also stack Unyielding Avalance if they could get enough cooldown reduction gear, which gave them a ton of AC, really high HP regen and even more damage output.

Paladins look interesting. They can get an extra attack per round, they have some abilities that can add radiant damage to their attacks (and increase that damage), and they have a lot of heals. It looks like you could probably replace a cleric with a paladin and have something with more of a melee output.

Rogues, like mages, suffer from having only 2 attacks per round. While sneak attack is a pretty good damage buff, my melee mage had higher DPS than my rogue (mostly because +lightning damage gear is easier to find than +piercing/slashing), they also don't have any defensive buffs, unless you can get their cooldown reductions high enough that they could keep up riposte.

I think you can probably make a strong character using any of classes, as long as you remember you are what you wear, more than what you know. I.e. gear makes much more of a difference than your abiltiies.

[Char Aznable]

Originally posted by Handsome Jack:

It seems that mages are weak

I'm a mage and I was literally ran out of this game by an angry lynch mob for being too powerful. I can solo any dungeon and any boss by myself. People call me names like munchkin and shun me because I am so overpowered. I've basically quit playing the game because there is no challenge for me.

[Cosmo 🐲]

Thank you very much guys ;)

[madocs]

Originally posted by ancientmithraldragon:

Originally posted by Handsome Jack:

It seems that mages are weak

I'm a mage and I was literally ran out of this game by an angry lynch mob for being too powerful. I can solo any dungeon and any boss by myself. People call me names like munchkin and shun me because I am so overpowered. I've basically quit playing the game because there is no challenge for me.

Explain why you are so OP!

[Berserkerkitten]

"literally"
But yes, whoever said mages are weak is an idiot.

[madocs]

How do you solo bosses? I need edumucating! lol!

[Char Aznable]

Originally posted by madocs:

Explain why you are so OP!

Originally posted by madocs:

How do you solo bosses? I need edumucating! lol!

https://forums.swordcoast.com/index.php?/topic/9042-my-sword-mage-build/

[Cosmo 🐲]

Originally posted by ancientmithraldragon:

Originally posted by madocs:

Explain why you are so OP!

Originally posted by madocs:

How do you solo bosses? I need edumucating! lol!

https://forums.swordcoast.com/index.php?/topic/9042-my-sword-mage-build/

They are kicking people for beeing too OP ? thats silly

[toroks]

Originally posted by Handsome Jack:

Originally posted by ancientmithraldragon:

https://forums.swordcoast.com/index.php?/topic/9042-my-sword-mage-build/

They are kicking people for beeing too OP ? thats silly

Don't take his word for it: http://steamcommunity.com/app/325600/discussions/0/485623406950286201/

[Rexie77]

You can play a mage. Just play to your strengths, and make sure the party is balanced. And if you play with others, play well. NOT like you are a spoiled uber-brat.

[toroks]

Most parties want a wizard because the control spells (sleep, hold monster, charm, confusion, slow, Bigby's grasping hand etc.) are so awesome in this game. Buff spells are also very good, and summoning spells decent. Most damage spells (except maybe meteor swarm and magic missile) are weak because monster hitpoins are so high because of monster scaling. So don't focus too much on that.

I'll recommend playing Shield Dwarfs as wizards because you get light and medium armor for free and high constitution is also handy for survivability.

[Cosmo 🐲]

Originally posted by ancientmithraldragon:

Originally posted by madocs:

Explain why you are so OP!

Originally posted by madocs:

How do you solo bosses? I need edumucating! lol!

https://forums.swordcoast.com/index.php?/topic/9042-my-sword-mage-build/

So this build is just trolling?

[toroks]

Originally posted by ;485624149170601497:

Originally posted by ancientmithraldragon:

https://forums.swordcoast.com/index.php?/topic/9042-my-sword-mage-build/

So this build is just trolling?

Nothing wrong with playing a melee wizard with focus on buff spells. Unless, like Ancient mithraldragon, you deliberately spoil other people's fun with it, joining and sabotaging low level multiplayer roleplaying sessions with his level 20 powerhouse character...

[Char Aznable]

Originally posted by Handsome Jack:

Originally posted by ancientmithraldragon:

https://forums.swordcoast.com/index.php?/topic/9042-my-sword-mage-build/

They are kicking people for beeing too OP ? thats silly

It happens in this game. There is no point in being OP because there are no challenging enemies and people will just shun you.

[Berserkerkitten]

If I saw you in my game I'd kick you as well. And it has absolutely nothing to do with your (ingame) character.