QUOTE(Juggernaut Santa @ Jan 21 2020, 21:23)

Mystic is as underrated as getting Annihilator on a staff (IMG:[
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Guess who looks for Annihilator. Yeah, no one (IMG:[
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Even plain prefixed is better because it provides mitigations.
Results from someone who has actually played itsssss2 using a mystic piece in his (very strong) cold setPlease don't spread this misinformation; mystic does in fact offer quite a bit of damage.
The largest problem is that mage damage is delivered as area of effect - therefore, there's no turn gain unless ALL monsters in the round die faster - but criticals still offer a decent amount of damage for those pesky giants with a bit of luck, and certainly on schoolgirls if nothing else.
But only a fool would turn away a high quality mystic in favour of a shitty radiant.
(also, comparing it to staff IW is a completely disingenuous argument for supply reasons if nothing else...)