Divinity Original Sin 2 Builds - Elementalist (Mage)

[@Fextralife]

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[@Thatboyzee268]

Fextralife Why a human and not a lizard ?

[@NeOmega83]

I've started playing the definitive edition on PS4 today, is this build still viable?

[@Coughingcatbleh]

I was really sad that my friend told me I couldn't make the avatar of all 4 elements, but here you are giving me hope, subscribed.

[@hansolpurr]

Dude same

[@SkorpTS]

For those watching nowadays, Torturer was updated and is actually godlike on this build, since it now allows you to apply several status effects, like Burning and Poisoned, to enemies through their Armour. Absolutely amazing with this build, since it has so many different ways to apply status effects.

[@simonkammerlander7592]

Is it still viable?

[@SkorpTS]

@@simonkammerlander7592 In my experience, yes. The early game is rougher because your Combat Points are spread so thinly, but after a while, especially when you have more skills available, it really gets going. It's the most versatile build I've tried yet. Don't take my words as gospel, though; I'm nowhere near as experienced with this game as the guy who made this video.

[@simonkammerlander7592]

Well, I will definitively give it a shot then. Thanks a lot :-)

[@SkorpTS]

@@simonkammerlander7592 You're welcome. I hope you enjoy it!

[@deadeus5248]

Actually I made this class by chance, I wanted to have load of spells, and I was sure torturer was gonna be good because of your elemental affinity gl on your game

[@MrFuggleGuggle]

"Skillbooks cost money, and you will need many skillbooks" That's why they put Thievery in the game :)

[@GeekandGlory]

A friend of mine and I have started a Lone Wolf playthrough and I am playing this build and I put a point into thievery for the lock picking but my friend showed me the glory of pick pocketing spell books. ;)

[@aztekenen1]

@@GeekandGlory even bigger brain, pickpocket merchant gold stacks :)

[@scumbad7953]

The secret ingredient, crime.

[@smokeandmirrors3913]

Pulling off some Gandalf level Shit! Is what I always aspire to do in every RPG and this is one of the most satisfying ways to play.

[@michaelandreasen993]

That was what sold me the build! Restarting tonight! #gandalflevelshit #pullitoutyourarse.. nal

[@gregbatchelor8878]

This build is so fun to play.Thank you for posting this video.

[@Ulle2020]

These guides help a ton. I’m stuck in Arx struggling, need to fix my builds asap. This is just what I needed. Thanks.

[@ashwin.unlead]

Same here my personal build os a mess

[@kuppt]

Don't underestimate how much damage and utility this build has. High huntsman allows you to deal INSANE damage from high ground. Also forget about critical chance, savage sortilage, and hot head...totally not worth it. Get a point into warfare. Take executioner. Take thunderstorm and watch yourself gain that extra 2 AP without making a move at the beginning of every turn while keeping enemies stun locked. Full Intelligence gear, no points into finesse or strength. This build requires a lot of memory. through a portion of act 2, you may have as many intelligence points as memory. Minimum points into constitution to wear the best shield possible and to offset the flesh sacrifice constitution debuff....no more than that. (Always pick elf for this build...see below) Always look for intelligence gear with initiative. You'll want to move first in combat. I recommend looking for a shield with +4 initiative. Through act 1 I recommend taking, pre buffing, and reapplying in combat peace of mind for the initiative bonus. Take elemental affinity...you wont regret it Choose Elf for flesh sacrifice. 1 additional AP is good, but the better reason for this skill is the blood surface. Then use the skill contamination to turn the blood surface into poison. This will give you a reduced casting cost on all geomancer-based spells. (Elemental Affinity) Once all your geo spells are on cooldown, cast rain for the bonus applied to hydro spells, or cast ignition to set the poison ablaze to create fire surfaces for the pyro bonus. Try not to take buffs spell (Fortify, Armor of Frost, Restoration) Intelligence does not buff them, and you should be focused and damage and magic damage based CC. Take teleport and nether swap. (Group up enemies or switch with one to get high ground) Do not take any short range spells! Stay at max range, use huntsman to your advantage, and stay away from melee type foes. Medusas Head and Spider Legs are good but I'd say optional. If you find yourself dying a lot trying to solo whole packs of enemies, (especially before you unlock 3 source points) take chameleon cloak, but I recommend removing it asap. 10 points into polymorph - Extra Intelligence Extra points into huntsman A Scoundrel point for Adrenaline is needed here also. Get as many points as you need in a specific element to use whichever relevant source spell. (5 Aero for Thunderstorm) I see people saying this build won't do as much damage as a single element mage. Everyone seems to be forgetting about enemy elemental resistances. How much damage can a pyro mage deal to 80-90% fire resistance? Take loremaster inspect your target and use the element your opponent is weakest in. You always can get good damage and cc on any target. The All Elements Mage Is Great!

[@gary82k]

going to try this on ps4

[@Warlockdixus]

Wow that does sound really cool! I'll have to try this!

[@kuppt]

@@Warlockdixus this is my favorite build. I added the flesh sacrifice-contamination-elelmental affinity combination to my comment. It works so well.

[@Warlockdixus]

I’ll have to keep that in mind! Which element did you end up preferring?

[@kuppt]

@@Warlockdixus early game its geomancer. It has the highest number of long range offensive skills. Later it became aerothurge once I got thunderstorm

[@antonioussykas4140]

the polymorph suggestion is golden. That alone really drags elementalists out of the mud.

[@pogchamp1038]

I'm not understanding it ; so you want 10 poly and then it will give the extra points once you hit poly 10? Thanks (I know 4 years later lol. Happy new year!)

[@alabamalanche]

@@pogchamp1038 Every point into polymorph gives you a point to spend on intelligence

[@BakedSkeleton420]

​Yup, also this build obviously shines even more in lone wolf, it might be my favorite Mage build so far!

[@manaherb6]

Your audio is amazing. Doesn't sound like it's coming from my headphones. Had to take them off to double check your voice was coming out of my speakers instead. Thanks for the guide!

[@dce040186]

For real I thought it was someone talking behind me at first

[@spacecat7715]

I appreciate these guides, but I also like discovering what works for me as I explore the game. But I just barely started, so these guides help. And I actually love the trial and error of the game, the difficulty; it's a nice, more tactical change of pace to hack-n-slash style games.

[@zackblockbuster]

An early level combo I like with this build, is rain into electric discharge into contaminate into ignite. Results in alot of explosions, poison, electricity death allat good stuff. And best part is you only need 1 in each element

[@FlintingSun]

Haven't enjoyed a game so much since Diablo 2. Thank you for the ideas dude!

[@MaroonGoone]

I watched this channel back when the game came out, and now I’m back because I never finished the game

[@Deathwhisper2]

Since you advise on utilizing shields (and I agree with that) instead of necromancy you can grab 1 point in warfare for Bouncing shield.

[@ERACLAB]

shield is a necessity not an option, you need some source of physical armor. And bouncing shield does physical damage, far better to dump that warfare point into something else as you will need party members and they can specialise in physical damage instead. only reason for warfare point is Executioner.

[@fanispatitsas2192]

@@ERACLAB No, shield is useless.

[@scumbad7953]

@@ERACLAB Thanks that makes sense

[@papipepino.]

@@scumbad7953 necromancy is way more useful then using bouncing shield lmfao

[@SekaiNoGaijin]

These are the best guides out there by far! Keep up the good work!

[@Fextralife]

Awesome! Thank you :)

[@xxwidowmaker]

Executioner triggers more than once per encounter. It triggers once per turn. Making it more useful than most talents. Good build but I feel like you're giving misinformation on one of the best traits in the game

[@castiellefextralife4865]

Yes I misspoke

[@GraeHall]

That Executioner means you can't use The Pawn, I feel torn. Like Natalie Imbruglia. Positioning is such an important aspect of the game, particularly with ranged characters, that 0AP move you get over and over during a fight I argue stacks up to giving a higher advantage than the AP gained by Executioner on kills. You rarely face more than 4 or 5 opponents, and in those fights your positioning is paramount. I'd wager than The Pawn is a better choice than Executioner, you only get the AP on a kill, and you only get that, in a fight with 4 people, 3 times. Compared to the amount of movement you get from The Pawn during a fight, the AP it saves for positioning compared to the AP gained from a fight against 4 people, which is what, 6? The Pawn. Go The Pawn. Unless I'm severely misunderstanding, I've been using it, my mate with whom I couch coop, we're 60 hours in and now all use it. Positioning is king, especially in combat with changing levels, and inside buildings where doorways block, or other characters block LOS.

[@castiellefextralife4865]

I agree. Executioner is better in Lone Wolf since you will trigger it more.

[@drewbo2901]

I used two wands for this build instead of a wand and a shield, and it worked fairly well for me.

[@aggeloszaxaroulis3334]

It works ok but a shield is probably best as it gives you much more survivabilty

[@artemis5265]

@@aggeloszaxaroulis3334 spell casters shouldn't really be getting hit tho

[@ryotoiii]

@@artemis5265 things happen

[@Aditya21420]

Thanks. Your build videos are helping me a lot.

[@castiellefextralife4865]

Yay :D

[@Fextralife]

Thank you! :D

[@clearasil11]

I realized when I had a strict Aero/Hydro and a Pyro/Geo mage, I ended up having a lot of turns where I have no abilities to use, I'll try spreading them out more. Thanks for the viddya

[@castiellefextralife4865]

No problem :)

[@truhalos]

You don't have to go for other elements. If you go non-elements you gain access to hybrid skills which may prove more useful.

[@jamesbrice3267]

You haven't done anything wrong. Just add some conjuration and polymorph skills to build an army and turn enemies into chickens once you've stripped them of their armour.

[@jonnymario771]

You'll need skin graft from polymorph! Cooldown reset for 1 source point

[@InArteFratta]

Thank you for the guide! It's amazing.

[@kenlie-haugen8765]

Excelent video. Just what I needed at this point, thank you!! :)

[@Fextralife]

You're very welcome :)

[@gamrage]

This guide was pretty helpful, thank you.

[@Fextralife]

Yay!

[@perckmalice70]

First playthrough on tactician. 2 mage and 2 physical damage. My main character is an aero/hydro guy who deals massive damage with just superconductor-rain combo. My 2nd mage is an elementalist who specialises in buffs and debuffs but ignores fire damaging spells since fire doesn't go well with water in anyway.

[@Eughwwww]

I slowly built Lohse towards this sort of build, but I instead added 1 new element every 5 levels and hit max INT through Polymorph early. It started as a Int/Wit Hydro/Poly build. Then after level 5 adding Aero. Then after level 10 Earth. And at level 15 Pyro. (I have a Pyro/Spear build for Red Prince and my main is an Archer so I never lacked in fire-damage, but popping it on Lohse at lvl 15 felt great!) She has consistently been a true terror on the battlefield. Glass Cannon allowing her to also be an effective support. I found focusing on Aero/Hydro synergy early still made her viable and for a long time I opted out of giving her fire since I had that based covered. She is still mainly Hydro/Aero due to the great support/cc skills, earth/fire for damage Then after level 15 I could up Memory/Wits (Int was maxed at this point) and now Lohse is absolutely wild. Had good luck with Gear and hadnt thought about getting Huntsman on her. Post lvl 15 Ill up the spell levels to 5. Savage Sortilege, Mnemonic, Hothead and Glass Cannon is great. Im also thinking the elemental cycles one could work well for this sort of build, but I found it detrimental at early levels

[@mariosblago94]

apothe-O-sis. It means climax, or the very best/top of something.

[@achemson2003]

Theos=God, the word Apotheosis in Greek means "reaching Godhood" or "being admired/worshipped as if you were a God".

[@mariosblago94]

@@achemson2003 the meaning of words is more than their etymology. Yes, it does come from theo (god) but reaching godhood is another way of saying reaching the top. Regardless, the point is that he mispronounced it, and also mispelled it in the guide. He kept saying aphothe---sis (mising the O)

just what i was looking nfor

[@jstan5001]

Another alternative choice for huntsman tactical retreat is put a point on scoundrel for cloak and dagger and adrenaline, 6 ap in 1 turn can enable some mad combos or get you out of some sticky situations.

[@Cryosxify]

Just put glass cannon and stench on him. Works especially well with the huntsman-summoner build.

[@castiellefextralife4865]

That's great info. Thanks!

[@SapFeaRon]

or warfare + phoenix dive + elemental affinity + pawn = all fire spells costs 1 ap less. ;)

[@SapFeaRon]

Castielle Fextralife thats why u need pawn ;)

[@_skud]

thank you

[@Onuiwa]

Tells us to choose a human, plays build as an elf.

[@michaeldouglas1042]

His guides are full of BS like that

[@Geep1778]

I basically have one mainly magic and summons person. My lizard focus on warfare some geo and some fire. My ranger is mostly aero and my rogue has Polymorph and scoundrel. This way everyone has a lil magic with each single person being the master in one school. Except for my main magic person who is spread out w a focus on summons. That way at least they have a creature out there doing damage when your in cool down. It’s working for me so far.

[@TezlaSix]

Your last video of the ranger/summoner you mentioned you had a magic version of that, called a druid? Any chance you'll be releasing that guide soon?

[@castiellefextralife4865]

I have it on my list to do. I'll be putting up the Juggernaut and Duelist guides next. Then I'll see what I can do :)

[@TezlaSix]

Castielle Fextralife Awesome man! Can't wait to see them. Keep up the fantastic videos.

[@castiellefextralife4865]

Thanks! Will do!

[@laospaulieplayingpc]

fextralife.com/divinity-original-sin-2-builds-druid/ Here is the text version.

[@jonathanschou293]

Has this guide been updated to the Definitive Edition? Should we use Torturer now that it isn't trash?

[@Mephist04]

I always use torturer with worm tremor at the start of every fight. It is really cool to bring enemies together and entangle them and then rain a fire on not moving foes with all your elemental arsenal

[@LeggeSamurai]

‘Gandalf level s**t’ I love it 👍🏻👏🏻❤️😂

[@noirmeitte]

I tried to recreate the female elf with the voilet hair at minute 8:20. Can someone help?

[@pvfpinto]

Hi. Great guide. 2.1.1 of ratio until constitution is at 20 right?

[@fanispatitsas2192]

CON is useless, disregard this part of the guide completely. You don't need shields at all, if you feel you need more armor use bone cage/fortify/polymorph skills. More HP is useless, if your armor is down you probably already lost to CCs, buffing HP is pointless; focus on more armor instead. Only pump Int/Wits, with a few points in Str so you can wear mixed armor and wield 2 crit-enhancing single handed weapons. EDIT: More advanced play: Use Ambidextrous (removing offhand weapon costs zero ap and re-equipping it costs 1) to use flasks of water/oil/poison/firestorms to give yourself affinity without having memory slots locked in useless spells like ignition/contaminate. Example: Before start of fight drop oil flask, get the earth aff. Cast fossil strike (-1 ap) and impalement (-1 ap). Remove offhand, drop firestorm grenamde(-1 ap), get fire aff, cast adrenaline (+2 ap) re-equip offhand (-1 ap), cast fireball (-1 ap) cast fire daggers (-1 ap).

[@kevinmcnab7247]

Hi, I know this vid was done over a year ago but I was wondering if you have done an UNDEAD version of this or does the undead character work with this if not have you got a link for an undead elementalist build please

[@TL-072]

Signed uP for the Gandalf level shit ! :3

[@octadion3274]

Can u show me how stat will be? I'm confusing on spreading stat in cons or wits, and how many should i put on each of them

[@_Ten_]

Is this still viable in 2020? Just started.

[@mariosblago94]

they buffed a couple of the passives, but all the big source spells were nerffed and this build uses 3-5 of those spells (the whole Apotheosis + each element's big spell combo). It's still great though, just weaker iWin buttons. I play this on the hardest difficulty in my undead, with a human archer ally. They make a great combo.

[@АлексейЧ-в6м]

You need to build Int, wits, memory. Coz of CRIT chance. With 5 points in Polymorph you will obtain Aphoteosis and it's LVL 16 gamechanger. With Clear mind and Inner demon bufs it will insta gib all

[@matfly4832]

This is spread very thin… probably works in easy and medium mode, but Not on tactician. 3 points in an element gives very weak damage (or healing), + your even spread your Attribute points into constitution, whereas it should pretty much all go in intelligence (and memory, up to ~22 points)

[@bdarecords_]

One of the best honor builds is archmage. It's actually very good to spread like that. Common misconception that this does not work.

[@matfly4832]

@@bdarecords_ if you want an archmage, and want to deal damage, you must choose max 2 elemental skills where you will dump most of your points in. You can't spread all the way to do everything. You'll do everything... badly.

[@bdarecords_]

@@matfly4832 I just replayed dos2 and playing wotr now. Yes, you can spread the abilities like that. Before they changed how far you can level int, archmage was actually the best build for solo honor. You could have 100 base int. But now its obviously a fun build, still good enough for tactician if you play as two or four team. You meant well but please dont. Ok? Please. I have A LOT of hours. Ok I know it all. Thanks!

[@matfly4832]

@@bdarecords_ Disagreed... I have a TON of hours. I know it all. Tried thin builds. Damage doesn't add up. Please look at the core mechanics and damage calculations. They are mathematic formulae, and they precisely demonstrate what I am saying. So I did my homework, did you? It seems you didn't. Also, there is no "archmage" build, there are an infinity of variations of mages you can play, none of which can be accurately designated by such name. So additionally to looking up the game mechanics, may I sugggest you make sure to be clear about the builds you are arguing about. Thanks!

[@organisationxiv2927]

Can you play this if you don't take the Lone Wolf ability? My friend and I want to play the game the first time around with a full group.

[@papabears2007]

What is the preset starting class that will allow you to get to elementalist, is it enchanting, wizard, Conjuring

[@bluefakederblauere2099]

is it a good idea to put some points in necro to also deal some physical damage?

[@joseludopro]

Hi! Thank you so much for all your video about dos 2 guides. One question : if you play lonewolf, is it useful to put that much into polymorph, or just use it to cap your stat, and then use the rest of points into whatever elemental school? BTW I'm not an English speaker so sorry if I did any mistake. Thank!

[@cosmicthanos]

Is this build good for playing in a group?

[@xj506]

Do you ever recommend glass canon for any builds? or do the cons generally not outweigh the pros?

[@castiellefextralife4865]

I generally don't recommend this, but I think as an Assassin type character who utilizes stealth you could pull it off.

[@xj506]

yeah I've noticed that most, if not all, enemies will prioritize my ranger with glass cannon. Its frustrating to have one of my main sources of physical damage to just be out the whole fight. Appreciate the answer though, Ill be looking out for an assassin build video! Love this series you're doing

[@truhalos]

Glass cannon overall is pretty bad as enemies with chain cc you and focus you. What you could do to make it useful is make a tank/summoner type class. Take perseverance and retribution as enemies will always go for you and summoning to control incarnate as you wait to recover.

[@Arcaneraven]

As long as you can do tricks on yourself to keep on your feet or prep yourself with anti-cc before combat, it's a pain in the ass. Then again, if you have a high initiative and survive a 'delay turn', you could do a serious burst damage in two turns. Bottom line. You -can- do glasscannon IF you have an ace support/healer.

[@Keyce0013]

There is one fight early into Act 2 with a guy who has a persistent AoE fear effect. I had two glass cannons in that fight. All they did was run around.

[@CM-iy1fk]

I read somewhere, it's important to base your build off of doing either magic damage or physical damage. Is this true?

[@castiellefextralife4865]

Not necessarily, but it isn't a bad idea to focus on one damage type.

[@antonioussykas4140]

No this is not true. Its extremely useful to be able to deal both physical damage and magical damage so that when you are facing enemies who have had their physical armor stripped your mage has the ability to finish that target off, if need be. It takes a very minimum investment for mages to be able to do this thanks to skills like shield bounce and its incredibly beneficial. The same goes for CC. My rogue has clorophorm, which is resisted by magic armor. My rogue may do physical damage, but his ability to CC someone when another party member strips a priority target of their magic armor makes him far more versatile. For the party itself I found that its good to have a bit of both as well. Generally fighters are weak to magic, and mages are weak to physical, so you don't want to have your party square off against their equivalent opponents. Summoners can create elemental incarnates that deal magic damage to fighters while creating blood totems to hit mages for physical damage. Rogues can clorophorm fighters from a distance while they focus on tearing down the low physical armor of mages. Rangers are able to deal both physical and elemental damage as they choose at any range. And Elementalists can tie down fighters really well by littering the battlefield with elemental effects they must walk through and use teleport to bring mages into range of your fighters, or to push fighters away from your mages. At any rate, what is important is that each target is focused on by only one damage type, otherwise you have to break through both armors. Having both your mage and your fighter attack the same target is very ineffecient, which, full circle, is why its useful to for them to have a skill or two that lets them do damage of an opposing type. Because some times you absolutely need a certain target to die this turn, even if the damage type is not that character's speciality.

[@Keyce0013]

It depends upon whether or not your ideal party is designed to punch through Physical Armour, Magic Armour, or a hybrid of both. If you're only going to brute-force your way through one type of protection, then it doesn't help to have or use spells that damage the other, or offer debuffs when the neglected armour type is finally removed. If you're hybriding your team to take on both (and then selectively destroy whatever armour type is easier), then it does indeed pay to have a little of both on every character.

[@ariancabael695]

is the elementalist a wizard, witch, conjurer or an enchanter??

[@lordpineapp7977]

I’d say it depends on your preference. Enchanter or Wizard definitely. LW probably fares better with Wizard for the Damage.

[@Questchaun]

Any reason why you wouldn't dual wield a fire and poison wand? A ranged character should not need a shield. And teleport be used if someone gets close.

[@Fextralife]

Because the weakest characters get targeted first, so if you have no shield you will be ganged up on and CCed. Also, you'll have so many spells you'll never need to attack with a wand, except maybe the very beginning of the game.

[@Mephist04]

also the shield gives you more intelligence. I am now in the middle of the second act and I have never seen any wands with more than 1 int. But I am wielding a shield with 3 of that parameter

[@Jexorz86]

Was that the jagged alliance 2 music i hear?

[@ky.t.o.8779]

Hey Fextralife first and foremost nice build! As always appreciate your work I really like this build it's like a jack of all trades type very versatile and can handle a lot of different situations. The only thing I question about the build is you recommend putting attributes into Int, Memory, and Con wouldn't it be good to also dump some points into Wits? Due to Savage Sortelige? Wouldn't that help damage output a lot maybe not focus on Constitution as much and just dump more into Wits for Crit? What do you think about that?

[@Fextralife]

Yes that is a good idea. Con is good early and becomes much less useful later.

[@itsatrap9652]

Which build preset should I start with?

[@johnherrera5261]

That what I'm wondering they never say which and half the time they just straight to mid game

[@devilsboy88]

It doesn't matter, that's why. This build is best build on new Lone-wolf mod only beaten by staff pyro mage and 2 handed enraged warfare/unstable build. In lone-wolf, it's best to start with geo/pyro because those two schools have most synergy and most offense starting spells. In 4 man parties, people mostly prioritize Aero/Hydro and ignore fire/earth because 4 man parties on tactician are all about abusing 4 evasion aura's, Cham cloaks and Uncanny evasion. The teleport spell can group everyone up and set an impressive aoe chain that freezes/stuns everyone for an endless amount of turns after the magic armor is stripped. Their end game(lvl 16) ends up being something along lines of using apothesis, Thunderstorm and Hailstorm.

[@scotte4765]

What would be suggested skill lines to begin the game with, for this build?

[@Fextralife]

Hydrosophist and Geomancer for the Armor buffs for sure.

[@yrralperez630]

GENIUS.

[@Nimoot]

BTW so people know ... Executioner triggers at most ONCE per ROUND.... Not Encounter... making it a good pick.

[@vacility6778]

play as an undead human for extra effect with poison. while still able to get elf eating skills.

[@Notsidgaming]

Is it ever good to use a staff? My friends and I are in act 2 currently and staff of the magus still does decent enough work? I kind of just want to fill the sterotype wizard and this build helps a lot. I also have a few necromancer mods.

[@Fextralife]

Staff does increase Critical Multiplier, which helps damage. It's just in most cases this is outweighed by the huge armour increase a shield provides.

[@lordpineapp7977]

Is this Build still viable now? Or has it been nerfed to total uselessness...

[@Basajaun10]

How does this sound for a mixed damage party build?? 1 Juggernaut as melee, physical damage, with a little of magic damage due to geomancer skills. (Red Prince or Fane) 2 Battle mage as melee, magical damage, with a little of physical damage due to warfare skills and staff attacks. (Fane or Red Prince) 3 Rogue/Archer as range, physical damage, with a little bit of magical damage due to elemental arrows (this is my own build and my main). (Ifan) 4 Elementalist as range, magical damage, with a little bit of physical damage due to necromancer skills and water skills exclusively for healing and buffs to combine better with the battle mage´s damage. (Loshe)

[@joshuapicaro8726]

I am new and I like pet pal. Is this going to be an issue?

[@BB3DG69]

Use the gift bag and you can have the whole party have the perk for free.

[@siddharthvishnoi1489]

you are genius

[@jonnymario771]

I was thinking about rocking this one like a lone wolf solo... thoughts?

[@Fextralife]

It definitely works in Lone Wolf.

[@jonnymario771]

Now i've done it xD The crocs were really tricky... i needed to cast lots of rains before the fight and hit the water with an air staff to shock/stun em. But the huge spellpool really feels amazing, like you are ready for everything!

[@WonderWomanandBatman]

I'm surprised there are no airbender references in the comment section yet. I will start. Hydro Geo Pyro Aero Long ago the 7 races lived together in harmony, then everything changed when the Black Ring attacked Only the Divine master of all sourcery could stop them but when the world needed him most, he vanished Gotta love that the elementalist is this game's answer to a bending master

[@Potatinized]

Most people would prioritize dps in this comment section.

[@The1SilverGuy]

Am I just stupid or does the video not Tell you what class to pick when you create your human? There is no class called elementalist or simply mage

[@bluefakederblauere2099]

do u mean the starting class? then u create a character, u can use enchanter or wizard... i personally prefer wizard bc making people go kaboom is funny

[@LiquidSnake1988]

can anyone please tell me all the teleportation skill that can be used outside combat like cloak and dagger is under scoundrel? Dive in phoenix is under warfare. I'm planning to reset my part skills since its pretty messed up and I'm in driftwood reaper's coast. each character has teleportation skill with one having glove. And each has two teleportation skills from each category like one is having polymorph spread wings and dive in phoenix.

[@Fextralife]

Tactical Retreat in Huntsman as well. You can also use the Spread Your Wings Skill in Polymorph which works similarly.

[@GraeHall]

I'm just about finished a first couch coop playthrough with my mate, I chose Sebille and went huntsman, and Loshe as my companion. Having seen what Loshe can do, and what my mate's 2 characters can do, I am disappointed in the Huntsman family of skills. It's just, it's just not great. Compared to everything else on offer that we've tried, Huntsman skills are the least impressive (other than Tactical Retreat of course, worth a few points in Huntsman just for that - free haste! 1AP!). But our next play through on a higher difficulty, we're both going lone wolf mages, using advice from this video. I love playing ranged characters, bows etc. The best you can do with bows is with the consumable (although craftable) arrows. They are nearly all superior to any of the Huntsman skills. So, my advice after 60 hours of a high level high spec 3 rune slot master rune rocking bow weilding high finesse Huntsman specced archer with Sebille? Don't go a build that features Huntsman. Put points in to it for Tactical Retreat, but otherwise, do ranged via mages. Because Huntsman is just not that exciting and most of it that is any good has high AP and just. Don't. But this video, this is inspiring stuff.

[@Keyce0013]

Huntsman can do well if you work around it well. In some fights, you won't get the damage bonus that Huntsman provides from being above your target, as there just might not be multiple levels to fight from, or they easily catch you. Getting enough points into Huntsman to get the spells you want, and then dumping the rest into Warfare, can improve your overall damage across all platforms of combat.

[@tonycaeleste9718]

I got my skill book by free.. How? Thievery skill over 5...

[@kingkasma4660]

Which class should i take to build This?

[@castiellefextralife4865]

Enchanter or Wizard imo

[@kingkasma4660]

Thank you :)

[@alexjorgson1435]

King Kasma wizard is better early game imo

[@chopcooey]

it seems to be a great build for a first run of the game so you can get to try a lot of spells

[@bluefakederblauere2099]

i guess its the exact opposite of an beginner build... lots of things u can mess up and do wrong...

[@jordanford9572]

Opinion on magic cycles talent for this build? Worth it or no?

[@jakegovson1813]

I dont like it, it cycles on the wrong things sometimes For example: fighting undead? Guess what, you just got the geomancer cycle! Useless talent

[@Little_Pengu]

This one is drastically different in definitive.

[@jonathanschou293]

How so?

[@AmazoTV]

why are you recording it on alpha version?

[@Tobenatorr]

So why Polymorph and using a wand over a staff?

[@johnathanera5863]

Because staves are shit and a waste of time

[@bluemonkek]

Can you do a build guide for Lone Wolf?

[@castiellefextralife4865]

Yes it's on my list!

[@truhalos]

Lone wolf makes your character very powerful because of how % dmg increase works in this game. Summoning is solid since lone wolf matches what you put into in combat abilities except poly and once summoning hits 10 your incarnate upgrades

[@teddycouch9306]

@@truhalos Which you can get at level 3 btw

[@porci751]

so... say some idiot decided to start playing without looking anything up, despite fully knowing from the first game how important builds are, and he decided to make a Dwarven mage because being a pirate "sounded cool" and because there was already a rogue and a knight in the party... is the game ruined for such magical dwarf, or could even he become a little ball of power and destruction?

[@Fextralife]

Some idiot will still be fine.

[@porci751]

@@Fextralife uff, thank god, i mean, not that i care or anything

[@OscarChabrand]

unless you also give your elementalist lots of thievery, then you can STEAL all the skill books you can possibly want!

[@scotte4765]

Except that you can't. You can only steal from any one npc one time, and how much you take is limited by weight and value, and that can only be increased by putting points into Thievery when you already have a dozen other spell schools you're planning to spend your points on. You'll certainly want to steal books, but it won't get you all the ones you need.

[@OscarChabrand]

Scott E thievery is a civil ability so it does not interfere at all with magic shools. And two point of thievery early on makes so you can steal all skills books on low level vendors pretty much. As long as you focus your civil points in thievery you won't need to spend a dime in spell books ! (Except for driftwood square vendors since it's impossible to steal from them )

[@mcnlj24]

Me and my buddy just did this. We have two characters that both have enough 2 points in thievery, so between the two of us we just went around town and stole literally every single skill/spell book we didn’t already have. 😎😎

[@gasgy]

Gandalf level shit... Poking enemies with staff and using a sword.

[@mr.j410]

Trade constitution for wits and u good

[@sargothi]

Build Guide: Literally pick anything - it's going to work no matter what. It's the way the game is designed.

[@seanspencer7375]

This is singlehandedly the worst piece of advice I have ever seen about this game.

[@jg8060]

Pull out of your "arsenal" I see what you did there.

[@Nyghtgirl27]

Srsly why do Mages need shields?

[@Nyghtgirl27]

bam bam Exacly!

[@papacoulsy]

It's set up to be a free hand, so utilise it for armour, attack with spells, not staff or wand, think that's the idea

[@NeostormXLMAX]

@bam bam why the fuck would you NOT HAVE A SHELD. YOU LITERALLY NEVER HAVE THE TIME TO USE YOU"RE AUTO ATTACK. you have so many fucking abilities that you can win fights without using a single weapon. you basicly have over 60 abilities and skin graft that literally resets everything, you can just spam abilities for days..

[@johnathanera5863]

@bam bam lol. Your so wrong it hurts. Staves are garbage, if you dont even knoe that you opinion is worthless.

[@Pfannenschwaerzer]

So many wrong information here. 1. Executioner triggers an unlimited amount of time per encounter and makes it one of the best talents. 2. Spreading your combat abilities to all 4 elements (3 per element) may give you a legitimate build, in the sense that you get a lot of variety. However, spending the next 10 points in polymorph, to get 10 more ability points for intelligence IS NOT the way you maximize your elemental damage. In complete contradiction to what is said on the video, points in elemental abilities (pyro, aero, ect.) give you more damage boost than points in intelligence, even both points are described as a 5% increase. How so? Its in the damage calculation. While the points in intelligence are additive to your damage mulitiplicator, points in elemental abilities (e.g. pyro) are multiplicative. For example: 100 Base fire damage, 20 points in intelligence, 0 point in pyro = 100 x (1+ (20 x 0.05)) x (1+(0 x 0.05)) = 100 x (1+1) x 1 = 100 x 2 x 1 = 200 damage 100 Base fire damage, 10 points in intelligence, 10 points in pyro = 100 x (1+(10 x 0.05)) x (1+ (10 x 0.05)) = 100 x 1.5 x 1.5 = 225 damage

[@Fextralife]

It IS the best way if you are going to play 3 or 4 elements though. Since you increase all their damage at once, instead of one at a time, which was the entire point of the video...

[@Pfannenschwaerzer]

fair enough. Just saying that if you really want to maximize damage as an elementalist, concentrate on 2 elements, and invest in the regarding school. i would even say with 3 elements, thats the better way. If you really want to do all 4 at once, then your suggestion is the best option i agree.

[@antonioussykas4140]

With the length of cooldowns and the massive utility found in each school I've found the loss of damage to be well worth the increased selection of spells. Focusing on 2 schools can really screw you when your best spells are on cooldown.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

@@Pfannenschwaerzer concentrarting in 2 elements only doesnt sound as an elementalist anymore.

[@BurlapRat]

I see no reason to ever use Intelligence armor. All armor can have any skills so why run around with so little physical armor when there is no reason to. The amount of enemies who deal magical damage are far less common then physical damage dealers. There is no downside to running heavier armor and even though u are ranged enemies can easily get next to you with one skill. I am running beast as an elementalist right now and after he died constantly cause he had no physical armor i set him up in heavy armor and now he doesn't die. Why spend a turn fortifying or mending when you can be dealing damage if u put on actual good armor?

[@NoOne-dj6rk]

You have to invest points into strength if you want armor with more physical protection. How have you not noticed that? lol

Until you fight Voidwokens and a lot of enemies that have curses and a lot of magic shit.

[@samithonjames370]

14 strength, big woop.

[@shatteredknight1129]

This is really stupid. Especially getting hothead. First of all, nobody should be getting hothead. But let's hold off on that, and presume crit actually works properly in this game. It is still not a good idea for an elementalist mage to even consider crit. Crits are for your crit units that are geared towards picking off enemies and dpsing larger enemies and bosses. The elemental mage is purely for battlefield control and aoe dps. This unit can be built in a sickening way that allows you to control the environment to your advantage. While doing alot of general damage. You should not be getting any spells that don't scale with intelligence. Such as any heal buff spell or armor. The three attributes described here are correct. However, constitution falls far behind. You should be putting at least 2 points into intel and mem for every one point you put into con. The other three attributes are useless. Now onto crit as a whole. It's worthless in this game. Base damage will always yield you a higher net dps output. Yes a crit hit vs a base damage hit will deal more damage. But over 100 hits, you will get way more output by spending points into base damage over crit. And definitely avoid any perk that offers crit. Meaning hothead and savage sortilege are a waste. On every unit.

[@Mephist04]

I don't agree with you about crits are useless. Maybe it is just because I am a lonewold, but I have 40 int, 8 points in every magic school and prefer any gear that offers int boost. And meanwhile, I have 90% crit rate (with hothead, 40 wits, peace of mind, flame runes in my accessories (they also boost int too), and parts of gear that boost wits/crit rate, but don't offer int at all (gloves, pants)), so almost all my casts are crits and boost my damage by 2 times. It is certainly worth increasing your crits because you can do it without sacrificing a base damage, at least for lonewolf.

[@johnathanera5863]

Lol. So much stupidity and ignorance in this comment. Crit builds are the strongest and best in the game. Hands down.

[@Torrasket]

You say to put point in huntsman and polymorph instead of pyro, which gives a 5% multiplicative DMG to all schools. Also, you will always need to cap into INT so more point from poly are useless. This is basic from just reading passive bonuses, I wont enter into details of more complicated mistakes. 0/10

[@castiellefextralife4865]

Where to begin... 1. Pyro only increases fire damage. Go test it. 2. You will cap out Intelligence around level 15 or 16 ish and then points into Poly will not matter, thus the addition to Huntsman. The thing you seem to forget is that you have to play the game up until level 15 or 16 to get to that point. Divinity isn't an MMO where there is an "end game" so making a Build Guide for a completely maxed out character is useless, because by that point in the game you'll get to play that Build for an hour and then the game ends.. 3. Please actually play the game.

[@mikaeldp]

the idea is, once you can cap your int without needing poly, you can reset to huntsman.

[@anthonydavis1658]

Torrasket