I am not a noob to ladder slasher, but I am a "noob" to building a mage. I decided to build a healer mage and a caster mage. NOT a hybrid. Both mages are using daggers.
I am getting mixed review on the charm slots for a mage. Could someone please explain to me HOW to set up your charm slots for a caster mage AND a healer mage?

This is the setup I have been told:

1. Healer: Main Charm Slot-EE Heal Charm. Acc Slot-EE Charm. (I was told that the acc charm's ee will stack with my main heal charm's ee. But ONLY the ee will stack)

2. Caster: Main Charm- ??? Acc Slot-???


Thanks so much my fellow slashers!

you are wrong.

1. if you want to heal ONLY, you need in your main charm a Heal Mastery Charm, and the EE Heal Charm comes in the ACC Slot

2. if you want ONLY to cast, you have 2 options: a) single dmg ee charm in the main slot or; int/mana charm in main slot and ee dmg charm in acc slot

but those are 2 stupid builds. the mage is good because he can do good heals and dmg at same time.

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only healer or only caster is a waste and slows down groups

Thanks so much for this Could you explain how you would set up a heal/cast hybrid mage?

Ee attack charm in main
Ee heal charm in acc
All stat points into int

This.


INT Weapon (or INT+HM if you are lucky/rich)
INT Armor (or INT+HM if you are lucky/rich)




Mage is a fun class to both cast and heal, and greatly helps a group if he/she does both effectively.




Not really in my opinion.

Rare focused heal XIV
Level Req: 55
+137% Enhanced Effect
+32 Intelligence

I tried using this main slot a bunch of times and it hurt my damage too much to make up for the heal boost and the lower mana cost for casting. Granted, if we hit something very difficult like No Maze No More, I would switch, but that was about the only time it was a benefit. I would stick to Main Casting, Accessory Healing. Just was not worth it to me at all.

This post was edited by jlhromeo on Jul 31 2011 12:21pm