1.0 Introduction:

Hello to all new Archlord players. My online alias is Elmo The Red Monster and my in-game name is Tosca member of the Sanguin Guard in the Gaiahon server. I started playing this game and chose to play mage on the 14th of September 2007.

I am writing this guide so that it may benefit many of the new players that have chosen mage as a long-term class and to consolidate all the current information that’s scattered in various posts in the mage section of the forums.

This is my first guide for archlord goldand my policy is the same as my previous guides that I have written for various games such as WoW, Infantry Zone and Storm Riders; and that is, to basically give a general understanding of the class I deal with. I do not wish that this guide be taken as the be all and end all solution. The reason for this is because there are different ways and skill allocations that might be better than others at different stages of the game.

It is my personal belief that one should choose the build/game play, which is most suitable for them as opposed to mimicking builds. This guide is simply a suggestion of play. Therefore, realise that a build/strategy that may work for me may not work for others.

So, without further ado; on with the guide.

 2.0 Why play Mage?

Spell caster classes are probably the most fun to play in the sense that they have the most area of effect and damage over time spells. They do not use ammo, but instead use your MP to execute normal ranged attacks. This is a good thing in the sense that it does not clog up your inventory unlike Archer, which requires a lot of arrows. Being a ranged class means that you can employ hit & run tactics against your enemies as well allowing long mob trains to be pulled.

Mage is probably the hardest class to play in comparison to the other classes. The reasoning for this is attributed to the mage’s low defence rating, which means that it cannot take too many hits and it takes relatively longer to level. If I had to compare Mage and Sorcerer in terms of leveling, Sorcerer is still better because it has skills that allow it to take more damage, thus it’s slightly easier to level.

Mage can only be female, whilst a sorcerer is a male Orc. Some may dislike the idea of playing a female class.