Caster question

[Shadowreaver]

So I've played caster's in almost every arpg I've ever played this being the SOLE exception (Typically was Harbinger,templar something with melee) So my question is this since I've yet to truly play a caster in this game which would be the most viable one...Spirit+earth? Or Spirit+Dream? Already have spirit so stuck with it for now the life drain spell sounded too good heh. Don't have to give me a build persay just basic advice on which might be more friendly to a first time caster in this game so I can work my way up.

[Sebastian]

spirit is a good mastery for a caster. this might help you:
http://www.titanquest.net/tq-forum/threads/25924-Guide-Pwning-with-Spirit

[Shadowreaver]

I'd rather not go to the titan quest site everytime I do get virus warning's and given I don't have the money to replace the pc currently not willing to risk going there ha ha. Is life drain a good spell to invest in? That Liche is vicious but need more than just a summon.

[Sebastian]

Originally posted by Shadowreaver:

I'd rather not go to the titan quest site everytime I do get virus warning's and given I don't have the money to replace the pc currently not willing to risk going there ha ha.

never had a problem myself.

Originally posted by Shadowreaver:

Is life drain a good spell to invest in?

it rapidly outgrows its usefulness.

[Shadowreaver]

everytime I've tried going there past few years my anti virus goes crazy hence why I came here. Would pairing spirit with Dream be better or earth? I'm leaning slighty to dream just cause I've had a lot of dream characters so have more experience.

[Sebastian]

Originally posted by Shadowreaver:

everytime I've tried going there past few years my anti virus goes crazy hence why I came here.

I never had an issue. a lot of antivirus softwares tend to show false positives or be overly sensitive.

Originally posted by Shadowreaver:

Would pairing spirit with Dream be better or earth? I'm leaning slighty to dream just cause I've had a lot of dream characters so have more experience.

I dont see a reason to go earth. sure, it gets a little more direct damage, but it lacks a lot of stuff that makes ternion users great, like debuffs.

[Valkinaz]

I'd say Dream+Spirit and almost all spirit combinations are not actually great casters in basic sence of the word. Spirit debuff aura is rather short, and ternion is so ridiculously powerful that game mainly become ternion spam in close quarters. And when people talk of casters they usually mean someone who use different spells and not just spam lmb. This doesn't make this classes bad mind you, but it something to keep in mind

If you want someone who would cast spells, you can either go earth+storm, dream+storm or storm+nature. Maybe even Storm+Rogue, through this combo gives little to no synergie for caster, just few more stuff to cast away xD

[Shadowreaver]

Well I'm stuck currently with spirit so I'll just have to make do for now ha ha. Already spent 10 points in the mastery.

[CantStopTheComf]

Nature is the standart mastery for pet masters.

[Valkinaz]

You can also consider storm as a second mastery. Wisp has a nice buff and storm nimbus second synergy give quite a bit damage. Plus heart of frost will work with ternion so you will be able to slow whole bunch of enemies at once. Chain lightning is cool skill

[EPinter]

In my opinion TQ:AE (I only play as caster) has big problems with caster builds. Elementalist is the worst class I played in legendary (specially during Hades). Eruption doesn't scale as it should, VO is way too slow without -100% recharge. Core is the only skill worth it during legendary, but if you don't have sufficient damage output, Core will die frequently in Hades Palace. Even with a DPS of ~3400, level 64, maxed Lightning Bolt, Thunberball trees, Eruption, Ice Shard and Core trees, my Elementalist visited many times the Rebirth Fountains in hades Palace. Storm and Earth works until epic, but don't work in legendary.

Storm makes a good job in legendary, but needs a good mastery with it, maybe my Oracle will be easier with it's 4000 DPS (thanks to WISP and gear) + Ternion Attack with Electrical Burn damage.

The devs (@MegalomaniacNG) should rebalance caster builds, mages needs physical resistance!! My elementalist dies in 2 seconds with the speed it's been attacked in Hades legendary, and the spells are so slow to recharge !!

[Restless]

I'm playing a Volcanic Orb/Eruption build and haven't had issues so far in Epic. My second mastery is Nature for Plague, Refresh and Heart of the Oak. I've got 5.5k HP at Lv54 and I still have 40+ unused Attribute points as well. I use Stoneform and Heat Shield to be able to take some damage while my Plague+Eruption kills everything, and I can use Refresh if needed to quickly Eruption+Stoneform again. Volcanic Orb and auto attacks are often used to finish off enemies. I'm also using some -Recharge% gear like Polaris, Staff of the Magi, and Adept's Clasps.

I'm going to start Legendary soon to farm an upgraded Staff of the Magi for myself to hopefully wreck everything for the rest of the quests. If all else fails I can switch to normal Summoner build with pets and see how that fares, but that is just a back up plan. I haven't had issues so far despite lacking decent Poison, Pierce, and Bleed resists thanks to Stoneform.

edit: Finished Legendary without much issues. -100% Poison Resist, -31% Pierce Resistance, with 12k HP at Lv63 after I spent most of my attribute points. The only two things on Legendary I haven't killed are Toxeus and Manticore.