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I’m glad to introduce you to Fredo Mercuro, a magical singer.

A very surprising ( for me) strong wizard.

The chant part is quite similar of my precedent build  (I love the spark side of skald, not so fan of summoning or paralysed aoe)


Class:
Loremaster - Wizard/ Skald
Solo : Yes POTD test full run
Version : 3.1

Spell shaping is great in this build, thks obsidian for this upgrade in the middle of my run . In this particular build there is a lot of aoe, perfect to test this new feature.

 

Race:
Pale elf ( what you want, but I like PER and +4AR fire/ice)
Attributes:
MIG: 18 +2 BB = 20
CON: 3 + 2BB = 5
DEX: 13+ 1elf + 2 BB = 16
PER: 18 +1elf + 1 Back ground + 2 BB = 22
INT: 18+ 2 BB = 20
RES: 5+2 BB = 7

 

(if you take more stat grom cauldron/effigies ... go to PER, it's your best friend
Weapon Mod :

Medium Shield ( very cool mod)
Flail ( Low reflex is a must for this build)
(morning star / club, always take , -25 will / -25 Fortitude can be usefull fo futur)

Gears:
Armor: Deltro's Cage (early game) / Nomad's Brigandine (for more def late game)
Weapons : Sun and Moon + Nerian's Ward ( very nice survival with Father's Masterwork enchant + modal )

Sun and moon modal low reflex ( good for the 2 aoe in the build)
Sun and moon fight the day mostly and night for fire dragon
Sun and moon is legendary and can be buy direclty after Port Maje

Neck: Strand of Favor
Belt: The Maker's Own Power
Ring 1: Ring of Focused Flame/ Kuaru's Prize
Hands: Woedica's Strangling Grasp ( Gauntlets of Accuracy can be better, accuracy is the best, i dont find any of them in this run :getlost: )

Cloak: Cape of the Falling Star
Head: Thaos' Headdress
Boots: Footprints of Ahu Taka(annoying ... reset all point to get 15 in athletics...) / Boots of the Stone is a good option.

Pet: Abraham/otto your choice

Food :
Crusted Swordfish

(+2 pen is important in POTD)

Book :

Ninagauth's Teachings
Grimoire of Vaporous Wizardry (mostly for Expose Vulnerabilities and 1 more combusting wounds)

Skills:
Arcane for meteor scroll

 

Abilities:

Level 1
(Wiz): Spirit Shield
(Skald): Come, Come Soft Winds of Death + Thrice Was She Wronged, and Thrice Justly Avenged

Level 2  
(Skald) :  And Hel-Hyraf Crashed Upon the Shield

Level 3
(Wiz): Chill Fog 

Level 4 
(Wiz): Infuse with Vital Essence
(Skald): Weapon and Shield Style

Level 5
(Wiz): Combusting Wounds (your very best friend)

Level 6
(Skald): If their Bones Still Slept Under that Hill, None Can Say  (or another non offensive , basicely to get 4 phrases to blast 2 times at the start of the fight, I never invoc skelly )

Level 7
(Wiz): Llengrath's Displaced Image        
(Skald): Ancient Memory

Level 8
(Skald): Her Revenge Swept Across the Land

Level 9
(Wiz)/(Skald ): Bear's Fortitude

Level 10
(Wiz): Scion of Flame
(Skald): Shaping aoe

Level 11
(Wiz): Heart of the Storm

Level 12
(Wiz): Secrets of Rime

Level 13
(Wiz): Rapid Casting
(Skald): Llengrath's Safeguard

Level 14
(Skald): Seven nights she waited while the white winds wept

Level 15
(Skald)/wiz): Uncanny Luck

Level 16
(Wiz): Spell Resistance
(Skald): Improved Critical

Level 17
(Wiz): Their Companion Braved the Horde Alone (like skell invocation, juste to get 6 phrases avalaible on the fight )

Level 18
(Wiz) /(Skald): Tough

Level 19
(Wiz): Lasting Empower ( or Bull's Will )
(Skald): Her Tears Fell Like Rain

Level 20
(Wiz)/(Skald) Accurate Empower or (Combat Focus)
 

 Lvl 19-20 if you have some nice advice not so sure fore empower ability, don’t really use empower ( maybe big mistake, but keep it to recover more ability sounds good.

 

 PROs :

-Few consumable. big fight you can use scroll meteor shower / potion accuracy (Deftness / Perfect Aim) + Heal potion.

-Nice wiz def + chant perma heal ( with int buff you are near troub phrase persistence)

-good aoe dps and with the 3.1 patch you can concentrate aoe to have 1 PL free or extend to hit more foe. But most important, in term of feeling it’s very nice. Before that patch, launch a big aoe on 1 guy was a bit frustrating for me.

-Versatility, just look lowest def and hit on that.

-Lot of CW trigger and nice heal

 

CONS :

CW dependent, if you fail to hit boss with, it can be a long fight. (maybe one hit with morning star modal -25 fortitude can help, but can be a little bit risky + time switch/hit/switch)

 

Playstyle :

It’s basically a Combusting wounds wizard + chant lightning to trigger wounds.

fog / wall of flame / CW go shock all

you can also use slicken, i start fampyr with it, dont know if fog be better but always fun to see great vampire tumble onto the floor.

 

It’s just fun , strong, nice aoe, melt every thing.  Solid but not godlike, so you don’t lose fun to fight. When you die, retry with better position / spell strategies and win !

It’s kind of magic

PS : I do the all game solo with this guy, but don’t try dlc. So maybe not enough strong to very big encounter. I’ll try and come back to update.
 

Edited by Gonorrhoeae
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