QUOTE(VenusFang @ Apr 23 2013, 12:21)

How do i build a mage. i've looked at the h wiki guide for the general idea but i'm still pretty clueless.
The answers are all there, just buried under pages and pages of posts. But the wiki does provide you with the info you need to answer your own questions; you just need to put it all together.
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1. What Stats am i Looking for? 1 see Spell Holy + 2.58, and then proficiency +24 divine and i assume i should be getting high prof stuff.
Staffs have a lot of stats that matter.
MDB - increases your damage done on ALL offensive spells
EDB - increases your damage done on a SPECIFIC class of 'element' spells (i.e. Holy EDB affects
only Holy spells, Fire EDB affects
only Fire spells etc.)
Proficiencies - adds to your base spell proficiencies. Currently, spell proficiencies boost damage in that particular class of spells by a specific amount, calculated by this
formula.
ET proc % - the chance you will proc Ether Tap (stacks twice, returns some mana) when whacking a mob that has Coalesced Mana 'proc'd.
ET duration - the number of rounds ET will last before expiring.
INT/WIS - I don't have to explain this, right?
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2. is the 2.4 Holy damage Really Better than 24 Divine proficiency? i Also see 2 Holy and 4 Dark EDB, does only the holy count when i use a spell like purge. or are both or more Elemental damage bonuses calculated to add to the Purge spell as Bonus Damage, and is that less than the benefit from proficiency, for instance 24 divine. or 30 Elemental prof benefitting all elements.
Answered above - see EDB.
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3. What about stacking EDB VS Stacking Prof, more DmG?
Answered above (see formula for how the respective factors scale).
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4. i think i understand that 3 PAB is good because if you Item World or Forge you increase you chance in IW to get economizer or boosts to MD or ED damage stats.
Apparently, standard staves are 2 PABs only - you get the other PABs from IW.
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5. should i care about M accuracy, P or M Mitigation, or just Evade?
Cloth armour's defenses are crap anyway, that's not the point. The point is to get as deep a mana pool as possible (high INT/WIS) and to do as much damage as possible (high EDB/prof). IF and ONLY IF, your piece of phase/gossamer has these covered, then you look at Evade, because first, you want to kill off everything you can (player always has initiative at the beginning of each round). Then you worry about the mobs hitting you (if there are a number of them left, you die anyway, Evade or no Evade).
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6. Does Quality matter to mages, or is that something that's intuitive to forging. because i've seen to Exquisite that re worse than cotton regularly, Cotton with 3% evade and phase with 1 or 2 etc.
Answered above (hint: Cotton doesn't give EDB/spell profs)
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7. Wtf does counter Resist do, less valuable than conservation? , it seems extremely rare for non focus staves to have mana conservation if at all.
Counter-resist does bugger all. Only Focus staves (or staves that have been through IW and gained Economizer) have mana conservation, yes.
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Is Stacking lower tier or quality charged equipment worth it compared to "advised" mage gear?
You're gonna have to explain what you mean by stacking.
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8. Is sleep Mandatory for Ring Of Blood? because they can all 1hko me when they use their skill, compared to be outdated melee from a 2 years ago. of same level (60)
Silence, Absorb, Spirit Shield, Spark of Life. No, sleep is not mandatory - any 2 of these 4 spells will keep you absolutely safe.
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9. Will I ever be able to regen more mana than deal using i damage spells (Not supportive spells) If not then does that mean even at even at higher levels when i run of of potions i stop doing reasonable damage.? (no gold or rainbow hath perks)
- Focus
- Ether Tap
- Absorb
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11. When the wiki says MDB > EDB. so 80 Magic Damage is greater than 2 holy + 7 fire + 3 elec ? especially if stacking EDB.
Look at the formula. MDB increases damage directly, whereas all the other factors increase by (EDB/100) and (prof/200).