The Magician

The magician is one of the 4 classes you can choose from when creating a new character. The magician class has the most offensive spells in the game. Their spells do the most damage compared to others of their level.



The magicians best advantage is the power of their spells. Their spells do more damage than the spells of other classes at their level. Their main disadvantage is the disappointingly small amount of hit points they get. This balances them out with the other classes, but it also makes for an easy to kill target if the magician has no ley.



The Magician's ley is based on earthblood pools biased to his team. The more pools biased to his team, the higher ley he has. But if the magician is near a pool that's biased to another team, his ley goes down. So the most important thing for a magician to do, is to bias and keep him pools. Not all pools are the same though. Some pools have more power than others, and if that pool isn't biased to your team, it will affect your ley even near your pools.



An important skill for a magician to learn is effective strafing. In your early levels, your main offensive spell will be a bolt. Now bolts are powerful, but when you first get them, they are slow. This is why it's important for you to learn how to strafe well. Strafing will make it harder for you to get hit while still keeping your target in front of you. This helps you avoid getting killed while you wait for your fatigue to go up in order to cast another bolt.



One of the magician's most useful spell is Ice Wall (level 10 spell). This spell will save a magician's life many times during countless numbers of games. Ice walls will block any attack but mind spells, and they can take a lot of punishment. The bad thing about a magician's ice wall is that it lasts much less longer than any other walls. So while it can stand a lot of punishment when you cast it, don't expect a single ice wall to protect you for a long time.



While a magician is powerful, he is also the weakest of the 4 mage classes. His low hitpoints and high fatigue, high power spells makes it undesirable for you to get into a prolonged fight with anybody. If you find yourself in a bind, don't be afraid to run away and build up your power and health again, just don't leave long enough for your pool to be taken. Use ice or cold walls if you have them.