need help with mage skill bars

[thisischikorita]

i have a paper mage lvl 55, got blizard and inferno going to nova at 62 and i realy need to change my skill bar cus its not comfortable to play with.
the exp is going ok yet but pking with it its a total mess.
i am asking you for skill bar for mage lvl 55 and 63 when i get there.
btw im going fire as main.

thx up front

[cizia]

f1 (single attacks)
1. mp pot
2. chill
3. solid
4. manes
5-8. pilars

f2: (aoe)
1. nova
2. inferno
3. blizzard
4. burst
5. ap (at 63 :P)
7-mp
8-hp

f3: (pk)
1. tp
2. hp
3. soul
4. fire staff
5. pilar
6. thorn
7. frostbite
8. hp pot

f4 (pk2)
1. tp
2. hp
3. soul
4. ice staff
5. ap
6. ignition
7. fire blast
8. hp pot

f5:
1. gate
8. esc
2-7. scrolls, etc

[simontjeuh]

The way I do it.

As fire mage , i am lvl 80 tho

Page 1

-1 Burst
-2 nova
-3 meteor
-4 absolute power
-5 inferno
-6 blizzard (IMPORTANT )
-7 soul pot
-8 hp pot

Page 2
1->5 fire spells like thorn/impact
-6 frostbite
-7 soul
-8 hp

Page 3
-1 tp
-2 manes
-3 manes
-4 gate
5-6 resist
-7 soul
-8 hp

Page 4
Blast, firespear etc , blade and 6 frostbite again

It's important to have ice on same slot and hp soul pots i think

[thisischikorita]

why do i have to put solid and chill 1 after another? is it makes the monster/char more slower than using 1 of them?
and whats are the pilars cus i only see pilar of fire.
those are my questions, im not gonna take exactly those skill bars but realy got some good ideas.
thx alot

[cizia]

why do i have to put solid and chill 1 after another? is it makes the monster/char more slower than using 1 of them?
and whats are the pilars cus i only see pilar of fire.
those are my questions, im not gonna take exactly those skill bars but realy got some good ideas.
thx alot [/b]

chill is usefull cuz it has no damage in the moment u use it, so the mob is slowed from the begging. If u use solid then mob will run/fly just like w/o slow for like 2seconds b4 he'll get slowed

Pilars: pilar of fire, thorn, impact, incineration :P I forgot that u are 70- so u don't have an incineration :P put there a hellfire :P

simontjeuh, blizzard at 6? Imho it's needed higher at ur skillbar cuz u need to press it easly

[simontjeuh]

chill is usefull cuz it has no damage in the moment u use it, so the mob is slowed from the begging. If u use solid then mob will run/fly just like w/o slow for like 2seconds b4 he'll get slowed

Pilars: pilar of fire, thorn, impact, incineration :P I forgot that u are 70- so u don't have an incineration :P put there a hellfire :P

simontjeuh, blizzard at 6? Imho it's needed higher at ur skillbar cuz u need to press it easly[/b]

I have no problems finding my blizzard, you just need to get used to it. even if you put it on 8 no problem. But imo each skillbar should have same setup.
1-> damage spells 6-> ice spell 7-8 pots. So whatever page u on u never get fuked up cause u don't find back ur spells / pots.
If you go like page 1: hp on 5. Page 2 hp on 3 . Page 3 hp on 8 u only make it difficult for yourself. This was what i tried to explain.

[cizia]

Im using hp pots only from f3/f4 :P

[thisischikorita]

chill is usefull cuz it has no damage in the moment u use it, so the mob is slowed from the begging. If u use solid then mob will run/fly just like w/o slow for like 2seconds b4 he'll get slowed

Pilars: pilar of fire, thorn, impact, incineration :P I forgot that u are 70- so u don't have an incineration :P put there a hellfire :P

simontjeuh, blizzard at 6? Imho it's needed higher at ur skillbar cuz u need to press it easly[/b]

ty

[razor]

f1
1-hp pot
2-staff attack
3- single spells..
8- mp pot

f2
1-hp pot
2-gate
3-summon friend
4- resistances / ice barrier...
(ice armor/light armor, and other high lvl skills here)
8- mp pot

f3
1-hp pot
2-7 aoes (maybe frostbite here or staff attack in n2)

f4
every other spell.. (ranged bar, DOT bar, scrolls etc)

[BigApple]

! always put hp/mp pots in same slot on all skill bars. The obvious benefit is no matter what skill bar you are on you know where your pots are.

[IwaJol]

As BigApple said... one thing that's good for all players is having hp and mp pots in the same slot on all skill bars, and honestly I just put them on slot 7 & 8 because I got hp under my right click button on my mouse anyway, and as for mp, you can manage to click it from the 7th/8th slot once in a while... better to have it at the end where it doesn't interrupt your skills so you can just go 1, 2, 3 really quick with the skills without the mp pot in your way.


You said you do ok with the exp, only need help with pk... I don't really play mage anymore but this is what I used to have...
and this will be very general since all skill bars are different depending on your preference, but just so you get an idea, maybe you'll like it...

1st skillbar...
On the 1st skillbar, 1st slot I had tp (!) and all the skills that can slow... blizzard, frostbite, and solid are the important ones I've used. Chill was mentioned, but chill is more for slowing mobs rather than players > so that goes into the exp skillbars.

Then the rest I just put in groups like:
F2... aoe,
F3... non-aoe skills with good dmg,
F4... continuous dmg skills... as we all know, continuous dmg can really add up.


Basically...
F1-F4 was pk...
F5-F7 was exp...
F8 was tp (once again), gate, esc, and scrolls

[dogbatter3]

it all depends what u are comfortable with, and how u play.

i use F1:
1. TP
2. Fire armour
3. hp pot
4. fire staff
5. vampiric fire
6. igzination
7. incineration
8. impact

F2:
1. AP
2. Instantly magic
3. hp pot
4. fire burst
5. blizzard
6. meteor fall
7. supernova
8. inferno

F3:
1. TP
2. AP
3. hp pot
4. frostbite
5. thorn
6. pillar of fire
7. ignition
8. mp pot (right click)

F4: (support)
1. TP
2. mana shield
3. hp pot
4. gate
5. escape
6. GR
7. FR
8. frozen shell (ice ac)

F5:
all scrolls

lvl 80 though.. so you could fill in some spots with lower lvl skills.. all my bars are pretty much for pk.. but F2 is easy for me for xp

As bigapple said.. its good to have your pots at same spot on all bars, so u dont need to be switching hand places, but its how u like your skill bar

[tHeUnBeAtAbLe]

on 80 fire mage

F1:

1. Ignization
2. Increnation
3. Fire Thorn
4. Fire Staff
5. Manes of Fire
6. Hp pot
7. Soul pot
8. Tp

F2:

1. Resistance aoe
2. Fire Burst
3. Inferno
4. Nova
5. Meteor
6. Hp pot
7. Soul pot
8. Tp

F3:

1. Fire Armor (sub with Absolute Power when lvling)
2. Vampiric Fire
3. Instant Magic
4. Fire Staff
5. Ice Blade
6. Hp pot
7. Soul pot
8. Tp

F4:

1. Frostbite
2. Fire Impact
3. Hell Fire
4. Ignition
5. Solid
6. Hp pot
7. Soul pot
8. Tp

F5:

1. Gate
2. Fire Resist (80)
3. Ice Resist (50)
4. Ice Barrier
5. Escape
6. Hp pot
7. Soul pot
8. Tp

[pipomago]

level 80 light mage


F1

1. Blizard
2. Chain lightning
3. Blink
4. Thundercloud
5. Static nova
6. Instantly Magic
7. Lightning Armor
8. Hp pot

F2


1. Frostbite
2. Ap
3. Tp
4. Tp
5. Tp
6. Soul pot
7. Hp pot
8. Tp



F3


1. Stun Cloud
2. Thunder Impact
3. Static Thorn
4. Static orb
5. Thunder blast
6. Manes of thunder
7. Lightning armor
8. Hp pot


F4


1. Light Staff
2. Hp pot
3. Soul pot
4. Ap
5. blink
6. Instantly Magic
7. Lightning armor
8. Hp pot



F5


Guard Summon <-------------- dreaming