QUOTE(DrasticMeasures @ Dec 18 2016, 14:41)

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Legendary Tempestuous Willow Staff of Destruction should I be going for Penetrator/Archmage or Penetrator/Spellweaver I read that Annihilator is not very good for Imperil users and that Eco isn't either because of unlimited mana pots. I will be Forging to Max MD when I salvage my current staff if that changes anything in relation to Archmage.
I'm 5 charged set imperil style wind mage.
Here is my old record.
Lv.491, AE perk, 0.70 prof factor
Full forged major stats and Lv.15 MMI, Resist and Lv.25 Crushing.
In pfest.
- 5P 4Archmage
[Skill & Spell] Imperil: 3517 / Storms of Njord: 1010 / Downburst: 994 / Cure: 780 / Gale: 563
- 4P 5 Archmage
[Skill & Spell] Imperil: 3616 / Storms of Njord: 1022 / Downburst: 1020 / Cure: 831 / Gale: 640
- 5P 4E
[Skill & Spell] Imperil: 3519 / Storms of Njord: 1018 / Downburst: 1011 / Cure: 770 / Gale: 636
- 5P 4E and -5% cast speed (minus 5 cast speed)
[Skill & Spell] Imperil: 3502 / Storms of Njord: 1017 / Downburst: 997 / Cure: 838 / Gale: 631
IMO, 5 Penetrator is required.
Spellweaver reduce cure.
Archmage reduce mostly 1 tier spell. (IMG:[
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My friend's 5 charged set imperil style wind mage have 10~25 forged armors and full forged 5P 4S willow staff and DD perk.
And he does not have Effluent Ether and Resplendent Regeneration perks.
He often use Mana Elixir in pfest.
His level is over 480.
But, I don't use Mana Elixir even without Aether Shard.
I don't mind eco, spellweaver and archmage.
5% cast speed reduce 70 cures.
4A reduce 50~70 attack spell.
4 eco will reduce 40 turns and save 40 mana potions.
Eco is not bad.
But in pfest, spellweaver or eco will be better than Archmage for low level and slightly forged mage.
This post has been edited by NerfThis: Dec 18 2016, 14:11