Playing as a “pure” mage on Sanctum is a fun and more importantly, viable approach to combat. Combinations of skills will unlock abilities that work in tandem with the skills of a mage to make them potent combatants.
The tank mage hasn’t gone anywhere, either. Tanks remain masters of burst damage in tandem with their significant utility.
Players are able to play the way they enjoy playing and without having to sacrifice viability in combat.
For a full listing on skill changes with mages consult: Mage Skills Information
For a full listing on individual spells consult: Spells Information
Pure Mage Template Options:
The Poison Mage:
- Chance to apply greater and deadly poison (and with enough skill, even lethal poison) if they have the poisoning and taste identification skills via casting the poison spell. The higher their skills and the closer they are to their target, the better the chance at dealing higher level poisons.
- Must have poisoning and taste identification to utilize.
The Heal Mage:
- Chance to temporarily stun an opponent upon activating and successfully landing a stunning punch. Drains 10 mana upon activation, regardless of success, and has a short cooldown period before reactivation.
- Must have wrestling, healing and anatomy to utilize.
- Usage: [stunpunch
The Inscription Mage:
- The inscription mage empowers the defensive spells of magic reflect, reactive armor and protection. Reactive armor will absorb additional damage, magic reflect will reflect additional circles of spells and protection will make it more difficult for the mage to be interrupted while casting.
- Must have inscription and spirit speak to utilize.
The Disarm Mage:
- Chance to disarm the equipped weapon of an opponent with a disarming punch. Typically used by active and bold thieves in combat.
- Must have arms lore and wrestling to utilize.
- Usage: [disarm
The Parry Mage:
- Order and Chaos shields on Sanctum possess the unique ability to allow spell casters to continue arming them while casting spells.
- Must have parrying and wrestling to utilize.
The Tank Mage:
- The same as it always has been. A mage in tandem with mastery of a weapon skill and tactics to enable themselves to discharge significant damage upon opponents in short spans of time.
