This was the advice (wisdom) off our old 8Ball forums. The advice was given to us from someone who knew the ins and outs of the game. Again, this is not from me, i just simply copy/pasted it from our old forum. Hola Devile
Ok, here we go:
* Play defensive when u are the only mage. That means attack less or no attack, and teleport more. Try to stay a bit behind the fight but at heal range from your priest, so if u get attacked, priest can heal u. Playing defensive might sound boring, but believe me, when u see your 4 member party rape 2 full parties, u will find it lot more fun. If u see the other party is pretty much done, attack if u want.
* Unless someone tells u its doing a 1vs1 or a mob (riote, boss), just teleport them when their HP goes below half. If ppl complain, tell them u wont teleport them next time, so screw them. Its your call.
* If u play defensive WATCH THE FIGHT. Is not just about seeing the HP bar of party members and teleporting them when its low, is about watching the fight and teleporting to safe someone is in trouble. HP bar can take a while to go down cause of lag or just go down too fast. Watch what is going infront of u, so u can teleport ppl. If u see someone rushing alone, getting 1 kill but then getting iced and attacked by 20 ppl, u can teleport him right away instead of waiting til his HP bar goes down. If u see the priest in trouble, teleport her. Doesn't matter if she is 5 feet away from u, just do it. Teleport makes ppl loose their target, giving u few seconds til u get hit again, enough for pot + /town.
* Defense Mages have the best position to see how battle is going cause they aren't attacking. If u see u can't win that fight, start running back to a safe spot were u can teleport all and regroup.
* When u regroup, double click each party member name so u teleport JUST THE PPL that aren't there with u. Dont waste time teleporting ppl beside u. Double clicking the names will help u tell who are there and who aren't. If ppl die and u think u can win that fight, teleport them again, specially the priest. If u can't win that fight, town and tp all, don't tp ppl to death.
* Try to keep a tight group. Keep clicking the names of your party so u know who are with the group and who aren't. Once u see enemies, teleport the ppl who were too far. If u see ppl falling behind, tp them to the front.
* If u have Blizzard, use it once in a while to slow enemies, but thats pretty much the only attack u should use when u play defensive. If u get attacked, use Blade to keep them busy or ask your party members to take them down for u. Never run and pot, always fight back with blade at least. Running gives assassins the best chance to hit all their combo, specially when u run in straight line. Fight back with blade, sliding and they will miss most hits meanwhile they'll have to pot. If he hits u too hard, tp a warrior or another assassin beside u, so he gets rid of the assassin.
* Get weapon defense armor. This is a must have. Spear and dagger defense. If u play defensive, u need to be able to tank a bit.
* Always give resistance to your party members. Dont wait til they ask. Unless they tell u what resistance they want, give them the highest u have (fire mage = 80 flame resist, ice mage = 80 ice resist, etc.). Use it on u first so u have it timed and once it wears off u recast it on everyone. Also recast it on ppl who die.
* If there's more than 1 mage in the party, use mostly your AoE spells, but always keep an eye on the fight and HP bars.
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