My Battlemage is rubbish, please help!

[timmycueball]

I think the maxed levfel is 65 but i cud be wrong.

I was only gona set up a spirit and warfare charcter bcoz it seemed a good build, not just bcoz of the bone armour set ive got.
Wots ppls opinion on spirit + warefare?

[Ùltima]

I haven't tried spirit/warfare myself yet, but looking at the skills from both trees I think it can be a nice combo to work with.

[timmycueball]

hey!
I was just wondering wot everyones opinion on whther i shud have put some attribute points into intelligence to boost my elemental damage, got to say to behonest, im hating the battlemage character, theres no good purple items for him!

[Planet_Guardian]

Originally Posted by timmycueball

hey!
I was just wondering wot everyones opinion on whther i shud have put some attribute points into intelligence to boost my elemental damage, got to say to behonest, im hating the battlemage character, theres no good purple items for him!

I struggled with that same question (Strength or Intelligence)...and hated my decesion of Strength for quite awhile...until I noticed that Strength is what keeps me alive. (Strength = Higher AC values for Armor = Higher physical damage so that Onslaught can multiple 50% more damage and Brimstones +XX% Physical dmg gets multiplied by my strength stat).

I think it wasn't your mistake, but rather, a crappy mistake on part of TQ to have hybrids with crappy equipment possibilities.

The hybrids have to share bonus stat points between Strength, Intelligence, and Dexterity...resulting in doubts meeting the requirements to even wear most high-end equipment. The Battlemage set is really the only set a Battlemage can utilize for purple items. And still, the Battlemage set really doesn't tailor to the Warfare's needs. Plus, your health is low for being a hybrid....plus, your armor value is low for wearing mage armor...plus, Intelligence doesn't really raise that fire dmg that much...plus, there's almost like no good unique fire weapons (purple/blue). I have found green weapons with lots of fire damage...especially those sabertooth swords (proper name?) dropped by the tigermen. But, I hate green, as it undermines the whole point/purpose of having/collecting special uber-(purple) equipment. lol.

Planet_Guardian

[Ùltima]

tell me about it, those tigerman swords.

I found one when I was on normal, it has 51% IAS, and does very nice damage, cause I added a relic that adds piercing damage, or some other damage, not sure.

I have yet to find a weapon that will surpass this weapon so much in damage that it makes up for the lack in speed.
And I don't mean the actual weapon damage, but the stats it gives in the menu.