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Professor Von-Wulfen  has Total War: WARHAMMER II

Sep 16, 2019 @ 11:28am

Best pure damage Empire Wizard?

Hello all.
Of the Empire Wizards, which school of magic has the best range of damage spells?
I can only afford 1 and am in need of a good unit damage spell slinger.

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Originally posted by cb4n28:

If you really can only get one wizard as Empire, and assuming this if for an ME campaign, my recommendation would be Bright Wizard. There are several wizards with high damage output, and imo the differences between them in terms of pure damage aren't big enough to really recommend one over the other if that's your only scale. However, as Empire your most immediate rivals, Vampires, Norsca and even Greenskins, all field scary units with regeneration and/or weakness to fire and for your purposes that gives the Bright Wizard the edge in my book. He'll be about as effective as any other high damage mage in most cases, but when he's burning his way through the dangerous monsterous units you are likely to run into like Skinwolves or Vargulfs or Trolls, he's going to have an edge that the other wizards can't match. Better still, he'll have the ability to lend that edge to your other troops with some of his buffs.

So for an Empire campaign if you can only pick one Wizard, Bright is probably the best choice. In the long term, your opponents' weaknesses to fire means he ends up being capable of doing the most damage.

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OMG My Profile Name Does Not Fi has Total War: WARHAMMER II

Sep 16, 2019 @ 11:34am

I think Shadow is well regarded.

Also have a look here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/594570/discussions/0/1489992713706778543/

Kirb

Sep 16, 2019 @ 11:38am

Fire, Shadow and Death are probably your best bets there depending on what you need. Check the spell browser and pick one that suits you.

Atomsk

Sep 16, 2019 @ 11:49am

Is the Amesthyst Wizard any good? I actually forgot it existed even though its new DLC,

Kriss

Sep 16, 2019 @ 11:54am

The fire wizard without hesitation.

Humble

Sep 16, 2019 @ 11:58am

Death are petty good for single model with spirit drain, but all spell is so so when come to many models.

Professor Von-Wulfen  has Total War: WARHAMMER II

Sep 16, 2019 @ 12:08pm

Originally posted by OMG My Profile Name Does Not Fi:
I think Shadow is well regarded.

Also have a look here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/594570/discussions/0/1489992713706778543/

Originally posted by Kirb:
Fire, Shadow and Death are probably your best bets there depending on what you need. Check the spell browser and pick one that suits you.

Originally posted by Atomsk:
Is the Amesthyst Wizard any good? I actually forgot it existed even though its new DLC,

Originally posted by Kriss:
The fire wizard without hesitation.

Originally posted by Humble:
Death are petty good for single model with spirit drain, but all spell is so so when come to many models.

Looking at the spells, it seems to be either the Bright or Celestial Wizards have what I need.
Fire is always handy so am thinking that the Bright Wizard may fit best.

Kriss

Sep 16, 2019 @ 12:29pm

If you've find your answer, good for you.

ArchAnge1LT has Total War: WARHAMMER II

Sep 16, 2019 @ 12:42pm

Bright or Celestial probably have the most raw destructive power.

Kriss

Sep 16, 2019 @ 12:47pm

Originally posted by ArchAnge1LT:
Bright or Celestial probably have the most raw destructive power.

I should give them another chance, though...

robert.s_a has Total War: WARHAMMER II

Sep 16, 2019 @ 12:48pm

I havent played much since the Bretonnia rework so im not entirely sure about buffs/nerfs, but i remember shadow magic being utterly fantastic., especially on Pit of Shades.

Death seems to have been nerfed a little bit, though im not sure if it was enough to completely neuter it. I havent used light much before, so that might be nice.

What army are you hoping to use this wizard with, just out of interest? Karl, Gelt, Markus....

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Kriss

Sep 16, 2019 @ 12:52pm

Franzy boy, even if Gelt would buff them...

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Wyvern

Sep 16, 2019 @ 1:57pm

In campaign, probably bright wizard. Gelt is obviously stupid good too because of how spammy he can be. Lore of fire basically has a damage spell for every situation. Lord sniping, walls, blobs, battle lines, you name it, it can kill it. LOre of death is honestly a much better MP lore than SP lore, id say its actually fairly weak in campaign because of how few powerful AOE's it has, much like high magic or something.

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OMG My Profile Name Does Not Fi has Total War: WARHAMMER II

Sep 16, 2019 @ 2:07pm

Originally posted by Atomsk:
Is the Amesthyst Wizard any good? I actually forgot it existed even though its new DLC,

I think they used be REALLY good for lord sniping but then this aspect got nerfed? Anyone confirm this isn't fake news?

The issue in SP though is that their AoE seems lacklustre to me. Might still be good against enemies that really depend on their lords though or have poor leadership.

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robert.s_a has Total War: WARHAMMER II

Sep 16, 2019 @ 2:07pm

Originally posted by OMG My Profile Name Does Not Fi:
Originally posted by Atomsk:
Is the Amesthyst Wizard any good? I actually forgot it existed even though its new DLC,

I think they used be REALLY good for lord sniping but then this aspect got nerfed? Anyone confirm this isn't fake news?

The issue in SP though is that their AoE seems lacklustre to me. Might still be good against enemies that really depend on their lords though or have poor leadership.

Im pretty sure that got nerfed a LOOOOOONG time back. I think it was nerfed more than once.

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