I been to http://forums.runicgames.com

yet found a easy to understand cookie cutter.

I am level 20 with all my stats (not used any yet)

I playing "Normal Mode" most of the time I play alone.

Any help that is not just spam is welcome.

What kind of help you are looking for? ask all questions you have =)

Easy to follow cookie cutter for a mage. (would like a firemage i guess.)

Best cookie-cutter Mage would be Frost wave or Prismatic bolt as main skill . Both of these spells doesnt need real talent to be played, frost wave take alot of space and pris bolt auto-aim. I put 1 point in frost phase ( tele) in all my mages ( got 4 ) . Death's bounty is truly a GREAT skill and a life saver as well. It will give you mana - life leech but if theres a berserker around you its a waste to use it because the melee will benefit more of it than you. Astral ally always a cool skill to use, whatever the type of mage you plan to make. I also like to max Elemental boon, it will boost up your damage AND res, wich is good to have in ng+3-4-5.

NO staff, use wand + shield, you will HATE your staff mage in ng+3-4-5 as you will be more than likely to get crushed by mobs.

Fire mage..heres how i build mine : 3 pts in focus and 2 in vita EVERY level. Charge mastery +5 ( no need more) +15 fire brand,+15 magma spear+15 blazing pillars+15 infernal collapse+12 firestorm +1 elemental attunement +15 elemental boon+15 astral ally+1 frost phase+5 Staff mastery( you can put more in it if you dont like 1 of the skill i used) m+15 death's bounty +1 prismatic rift( i love this skill!) and 1 wand chaos
If you want to be pure fire you can consider firebombs,cool skills..but to me..immolation aura and magma mace are waste...you are ranged not melee. Parma coal burner is best shield in my opinion,the one that give the most block %, its the one i use on ALL my mages, consider it.

2 skills i always use in tab switch is my main ( in the case right here : magma spear) second is ALWAYS death's bounty. I put frost phase in the number *3* slot, 1-2 are mana / life pots. Number 4 is my second nuking skill ( in this case it would be infernal collapse) 5 is always my elemental boon, 6 my third nuking skill ( in the case here it would be blazing pillar), 7 is astral ally, number 8 is firestorm ( i use it only to reduce monsters fire res, boss mainly)

Hope it was helpful! have fun =)

Edit : you can also look there for other suggestion : http://forums.runicgames.com/viewforum.php?f=41

This post was edited by Trysakthot on Dec 23 2012 06:01pm