Here is the link to my mage build.
http://talenttheory....4J1N2O2V1Pd3g2/
Hope this helps.
If there are any questions about the talents I chose or skiped feel free to ask here or ingame.
Ok since some were wondering ingame I decided to post a short FAQ here:
Q: How did you spend your attribute points?
A: I have all atribute points are invested into sorcery.
Q: Overload is one of the best spell for mages, why did you skip Overpowered talent?
A: I dont like Overload very much. It has a 1.5 secound casttime and with owerpowered it does 865% dmg to up to ONLY 5 monsters. While with Bitting cold talent my instant Frostbite does 550% dmg to 5 targets and it has no upper limit meaning its already better if you pull 8 monsters.
Q: Why did you choose the Static discharge talent if you dont like Overload?
A: I find Overload useful for soloing elite creatures becuse with Static discharge talent Overload slows the target for 30% for 12 secounds + the little bonus of 8% more crit is usefull in dungeons.
Q: Why did you skip Essence of Magic?
A: This one is abit harder to justify. But here I would still choose Free Your Mind. Yes that extra auto attack you leave in after every cast does 10% less dmg but I usually have Free Your Mind active throughout the whole of longer fights. It proces every 10 spells and in 15 secounds - unless you are casting Overload - you cast around if not more then 10 spells. Since I have a rather low mana pool the 1% from every essence hit gives me less mana then a 50% reduction on spells cast.
Q: Why did you skip Replenishment talent?
A: Well I find Replenishment rather underwhelming. It looks decent on first look, but if you take a closer look you notice it only gives you 0.5% of your total HP every secound. So even if I crit every spell (Incinerate has damn near 100% crit becuse of Pyromania) it only heals for around 30 hp per secound while a single cast of Rejuvinate heals for 300 hp per 3 secounds. Not to mention Lifeleech gems if you decide to socket them in your essence.
Q: Why choose Blazing Embers?
A: If Incinerate is your bread and butter spell with occasional Ignite and Overload you will have the Blazing Embers debuff active for more then 90% of the boss fights and that is a straight up 15% increase in your overall DPS. ( It does 10% of the spells *meaning Incinerates* total dmg, Incinerate does 150% Spell DPS.)
Q: What about your accuracy? If you skip Mathemagical and avoid focus attribute how will you ever hit anything?
A: At the moment without ANY accuracy gems I have a 105.99% chance to hit against a level 40 monster.
Q: What about Intense Focus talent?
A: Intense Focus talent has a diminishing returns. Meaning more focus you have the smaller your gain from focus will be. Besides 10% might seem alot but even if the talent counts focus gained from items and not just your base focus, the gains from 10% focus when you have lets say 300 is around 0.5-2% crit and a few points in accuracy.
More will be added if they araise
Updated to 1.04!
Edited by Webeg, 12 February 2014 - 16:47.