Has anyone had experience on using EE robes on solo climbing mages? I just completed my first solo mage climb since about a year and a half ago. I was getting beat by 3EPs throughout the climb, I either died or fled and remade the cata probably about half the time, 2EP and 1EP were very manageable. I'm only counting maybe the last 20 levels or so, but those are the most important ones

My gear is decent enough ~36int weap, 30 int robe, ~160ee charms. Would switching to EE robes be more beneficial (ie, would it help me out vs those EPs better than INT gear?? I checked vs a non INT robe, and I would lose about 100 max damage.

Thanks!

the amount you will gain by using ee robes will not out weigh the loss in killing speed
stat more vita i you havent already

Dont know about the EE robes, but have you considered fishing? I spam life fish while fighting 2-3 EPs at high level with a robe on and it seems to work out pretty well.

Ee robes are only really useful when playing in all robe groups. When soloing, you'd be better off getting better heals in my opinion

just stat 10 points to vita

Ok, I'll just tough it out

Here is a recap of my second climb if anyone cares....

I statted 40 vit.
I moved my MQ heal to main slot to help healing (as a bonus, the heal charm has +4xx max life also )

The difference was huge, I was able to kill 3EPs with ease, I don't think I even failed to kill any EPs after level 55.
I forgot to look at my stats, but I think I had around 4k life and 9k mana. The life buffer was so nice. I barely even noticed my killing speed slow down, the speed of the climb stayed about the same because of lack of dying so often

Personally I would go with more vita, but then I play HC.
Also, what abilities are you using with your build?
Salvation? (if so, do you put in like 7 points to reach 51%?)

I didnt use any healing abilities, I used the three magician ones. Row/column/single.