"Double Edged Sword"

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Build summary	Mage That will 1 hit most everything in NG and NG+
Recommended starting class(es)	Royalty
Recommended Soul Level
	Recommended stats (Leave at default (**) if not raised)
Vitality	**
Will/Intelligence	30
Endurance	**
Strength	**
Dexterity	**
Magic	PoorAll
Faith	16
Luck	**
Recommended equipment	RH1=Insanity Catalyst or Wooden RH2=Talisman Of God or Beast if you want to put 2 more into faith LH1=Morion Blade LH2=Dark Silver Shield +5 Magic Sword "Makoto" Or anything Else You would prefer Ring= Clever Rat's Ring and Your Choice (Recommended: Foe's Ring or Friend's ring) Armor=Really won't matter because with 8 vit and below 30%hp you are sure to be 1 hitted by almost anything. But I would recommend A Cloth based armor because I doesn't make noise. Also You don't have to reach the requirements to wear the morion blade it doesn't effect the Damage bonus it gives. Beings that you have to keep your hp at 30% or lower You can't use HP Regeneration items…(i.e) Adjudicator Shield… Regen ring…. and Meat cleaver
Recommended spells/miracles	Now this depends A Lot on what catalyst you want… So…. Soul Ray Homing Soul Arrow (If you don't want Insanity catalyst) Fire Spray Or You can Get…. Soul Ray Firestorm(If you do Want Insanity Catalyst) Fire Spray You will have both in NG so It's fine.
Gameplay tips and progression	Homing Soul Arrow Is meant for bosses only… Fire Spray is for pvp And Soul ray Is for Long distance killing Firestorm is meant for bosses as well but, Is less reliable because I can't be properly aimed. I really Don't plan to fill out how to get the items because if your on this website it wont be much trouble to simply look at the Guides on the left. ^^ Also After capping(Maxing) Magic I would put more into intelligence for more shots… Or vit for more hp, Maybe faith for some more miracles. If you decide to put points in vit then after that do Endurance for a bit so you can wear armors of higher defense.

Comments

lFatalShotl 08 Sep 2010 20:31

Haha. I actually like this. And the title fits it perfectly. this will give even Vit and Faith builds a run for their money. Over hauled magic. it's just ridiculous.

+1 from me

Astrichthyes 09 Sep 2010 06:24

This really isn't a double edged sword… you are a low vit berserker mage, no melee. Your intelligence would be perfect if you used the pushed ToB, but i would recommend 40 with the iCat. While this build is effective in pvp, it doesn't require skill to use so your wins won't be as rewarding. Rather than dump into magic alone, use the pushed ToB for more spell usage. Your damage will probably not be significantly different because of brutal diminishing returns. The DSS is useless with your current strength, if you want a decent shield, the rune shield is the way to go and reqs only 12 str. Your strength isn't even close to wielding most weapons and your endurance is minimal, so melee is out completely. Your armor should be saints robes, rogue set mixed with binded, or the hunter's set. Noise doesnt matter for any build except a ninja, so that should be the least of your worries. Your armor won't be heavy anyways because you have to roll. On another note, you will not be able to roll very much, i would recommend an END of 15-20. VIT is fine as is for a mage. Just some recommendations from a fellow mage.

(account deleted) 11 Nov 2010 19:46

This build seems intriguing to say the least. I can understand magic going to 40, but as Astrichthyes mentioned, using the pushed TOB with 40 faith, maybe leaving intelligence at 30, you would have not just insane magic power, but usage of blessed weapons.
Here are my stats(13) PVP build. I am host never invading phantom but love 4-1 one on one play. My build I use for melee, using both magic and blessed weapons and extremely strong magic power due to the "pushed TOB"

Strength-20(use my favorite weapon-Increased it to 20 because of personal pref in using certain weapons required to upgrade to that level( Guillotine Axe, Knights Sword, and even the Claymore. The first two listed, I have blessed and moon, while the last one, Claymore, only blessed). WIth this build, because of high mag and faith stats, I can actually use Blueblood sword as a strong buffed light weapon. However, because the focus of this build is to combine both magic, miracles and melee, difficult to buff a blueblood in middel fo PVP play:) Think of increasing to 135-140 as I get tons of invasions in 4-1 whidfh is reason for this build. Also extremely effective in helping others in mainly all worlds…
Vitality-25
Endurance-30(give or take, could it be higher? Wouldn't hurt. However, limited because I wanted to get my strength to 20. Just personal pref.
Dexterity-18(use of Istarelle(allthough not strong for PVP one on one fights, but rather useful as blue phantom help for valley of def…However, main reason I wanted to get the stat to 18 was uchi use(+5 moon uchi, tearing,etc..)
Faith-40
magic-40
Intelligence-30
Luck-Default which as magic class 11(also gave some added stat points for Blueblood power)