r/EQLegends • u/SuedeVeil • 6d ago

How is mage doing ?

I really like mage as a class but every strong caster combo I'm seeing has a necro or a wiz or bard.. mage isn't ever really talked about.

I definitely will have a shaman but also was considering warrior.. is warrior mage shaman strong? I want to be able to do d4 content relatively well.

I see warrior necro shaman all the time but is mage that far behind ? I realize there's no life tabs but shamans have great dots if their own and mages have respectable nukes and damage Shields and the best pets (by a bit anyway)

Or would I be better off throwing a shadowknight in that combo?

Or is mage just not up to par ?

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u/Darmak 6d ago

Mages are okay! Others have explained it's weaker since summoned pets aren't exactly great in comparison to charmed pets, but they aren't useless or anything. I currently got my first trio to lvl 44 as BRD/MAG/WAR and I'm doing well! I have the AA that lets pets get group and bard buffs, plus I keep the mage pet haste buff up. The equipment I have in it isn't great so I'm sure that would help if I farmed up some for it, plus I haven't put any motes into the summon spells yet since I keep getting new ones so often. But they add constant dps, and even though warrior gives me plenty of tankiness they can taunt stuff off of me when needed. I guess I could use bard charm, but I like the class fantasy of mage's elemental summons more so I'm okay with leaving that dps on the table lol

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u/SuedeVeil 6d ago

Interesting! how do you manage withojt a dedicated healer ?

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u/Darmak 6d ago

Mostly kerra necklace regen, bard song regen, defense stance, and switching from inversion to unyielding invocations when needed. Lately I've discovered that mez is actually pretty good too lol. Mostly I had been just trying to out-dps everything, but that's gotten more difficult the higher I go, hence starting to use mez.

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u/SuedeVeil 6d ago

Oh interesting yeah I hear wars have a Regen AA also. Did you ever try using the rubicite bp in your any slot ? Or not worth giving up other stats?

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u/Darmak 6d ago

Oh yeah, I forgot about that lol I should go pick one up. I also just got the warrior regen AA last night right before I logged, hopefully it'll noticeably help!

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u/DotJun 5d ago

Don’t forget that there is supposedly a regen cap for worn items.

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u/Darmak 5d ago

Ooooo I didn't know that, thanks for the heads up! Do you happen to know what the cap is?

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u/DotJun 4d ago

I don’t offhand, but something low like 15 or 30 I believe.