Mage - Leveling Build
Strengths
- Good for Solo Play
- High Single Target DPS
- Easy to Play
- Good Mobility
Weaknesses
- Squishy
- Low AOE DPS until high level
Overview
Even though the Mage offers great AOE DPS at end game, this class also offers incredible damage throughout the leveling experience, making for a fantastic choice for those players looking to play solo without having to rely on others to level up in Ashes of Creation. Its incredible single damage DPS is also very easy to pull off early with simple rotations.
Skill Tree

19

20

21

22


23

24

18


10

12

11

14



5

16

8

7

9

13

15

2

1

4

3

6




Equipment
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Stamina
Stamina here
Rotations
Single Target DPS Rotation ↴







- This rotation focuses on dealing high burst damage to single targets, being the bread and butter of the build at early levels once you've unlocked
Shatter and
Shattering Shards so comboing frost and lightning spells becomes much more powerful.
- Start the rotation with
Frostbolt then continue to auto-attack using your wand until the target is frozen and your
Frostbolt cooldown is reset. Once frozen, use
Lightning Strike but don't cast the entire channel just to trigger
Shatter for extra damage. Use
Frostbolt next to also trigger
Shattering Shards for extra damage before using auto-attacks again until the target is frozen once more.
- Once the mob is frozen, use
Chain Lightning to trigger
Shatter instead of waiting for
Lightning Strike cooldown to come back up. You can then repeat the rotation from the beginning either on the same mob or on a new one.
Rotation name here 2 ↴







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