Wizard101: Seven Schools Tier List (PVE)

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[@lionsnipe7233]

for how rediculously low the health and resist are for storm, no one else's damage should even be close.

[@goofbones6999]

The resist is higher than fires resist and around the same as every other school with pve gear but the health I agree

[@lolneenx]

Death is Z tier, solo'd all of Celestia, all of Zafaria except Mirror Lake (I couldn't beat the last bosses, the 4 storm spiders bc they one shot before I can do anything), and also solo'd all of Avalon. I just think Scarecrow is one of the strongest spells in the game because you can kill minions with it easily, and when fighting bosses, you can set up for a big Scarecrow, get all HP back, into another hit.

[@zacharysolano6375]

Or even hit with the scarecrow and follow up with dr von ( if the boss has minions ) just so you can kill the minions first then finish off the boss with a stronger one hit spell

[@Senketts]

Honestly balance is S+ if you questing with someone. Blade stacking just to op

[@666Blush]

Exactly, it’s an amazing offensive support school and that’s one of its strengths that I feel he overlooked. Balance is definitely deserving of A tier.

[@lumivoid950]

@@666Blush it’s A tier when you’re duoing or in a group, however a lot of his videos are in a solo wizard perspective which is where balance lacks quite a bit.

[@bricetriplett759]

Life is a good school. I’m near the end of the second arc on my life and have solo’d 90% of it. It’s my favorite wizard to use over my fire, death, and storm. If I’m not soloing I can easily slide to support and heal or blade my teammates. Imo it’s B tier but it’s honestly pretty easy to play on and I like the versatility of it

[@createdread735]

I agree I have a max of every school and my life is in krysilis right now and by far I solod most of the entire game I have a quint damage proof pet and I haven’t had any issue with life. I like the fact I can just throw on my jade and be a support for heavy hitters. I’d say easy it’s an a tier

[@InertCMG]

@@createdread735 most fun school in the game imo

[@carnoking9144]

As someone who just started started playing the game again as a balance wizard, its a fun class, it for sure doesnt do a whole lot of damage and has decent health.... but it has a lot of good qualities to make it a really good support class. Easy to set up blades, shields, and even gets a small heal spell (helping hands) in krok which is the second world I got. Especially early game I agree it can be really hard to do solo because of the low damage attacks. Which is why balance is best played with another person or a group of people! Plus it has spells to give other people pips, accuracy buffs/debuffs, dispels, all that fun stuff. So yeah, a really fun support class in my opinion :)

[@rookborgone6424]

I personally disagree with life’s placement, I recently finished questing my life and it was super easy for me to solo stuff I couldn’t do on my storm

[@thewindofsuicune]

I was able to solo most bosses in the second and third arc as a life. It is DEFINITELY not C tier. B-tier at least.

[@hueningbahibitch]

Life is not easy for pve only easy for u but not for others, life f tier

[@nay_.2real]

@@hueningbahibitch Life was good for pve i got to lvl 50 easily with life yall trippin

[@hueningbahibitch]

@@nay_.2real how is life broken for pve, sure it’s much easier with forest lord but if you don’t have rat spin, life is one of the longest schools to solo with, since you will have to use forest lord over and over again while other schools can kill much faster and do more damage. Every school can obviously beat the game, but life for sure takes the longest.

[@nay_.2real]

@@hueningbahibitch not broken but good imo since i can heal all the dmg they did then use forest lord with all blades

[@orang3096]

Myth to me is such a fun class, definitely feel unique since you see them the least, even compared to balance.

[@patrickkelly6195]

I picked myth cause I thought the spells looked cool

[@taegankinch193]

@@patrickkelly6195 what level r you and is it as cool as it seems?

[@patrickkelly6195]

@@taegankinch193 im like level 76 on my myth. i like it cause there are spells like medusa and orthrus which are parts of greek mythology but in general i say its a middle of the road school

[@vanillishslushie6407]

Death is S tier in my heart of hearts 💝💝💝💕🥰🙊

[@smeebisesportzbebbins6200]

Yup

[@VinnyIurillo]

I wouldn’t call spells like Forest Lord and Frost Giant similar in damage, but late game spells ice gets like snowball barrage makes up for that, personally I think life is better then ice, but I respect your entire list and having death at the top is where it should be.

[@controllerchris9284]

Been watching a lot of your videos recently man, keep up the great work.

[@sabercat5490]

"Any one can be a healer cause they can get the same heeling gear" this is true in theory but not in practice. Other schools would have to sacrifice other stats like accuracy and pip chance. Life mastery can help but it wouldn't all that efficiente cause they will fizzle more than the school the spells were made for and i say this having experinced and i say that from seeing a storm heal and it did not go well.

[@mamstarstorm]

With storm, it can be quite tricky since with the low health, we can get killed easily especially if the battle is quick. We would have to kill as quickly as possible since holding on in the long and dragged battle would certainly get us murdered.

[@sauce7670]

imo ice having their absolute wall of health makes it kind of easy to pve ive been bringing up an ice mostly solo only really needing help for some of the harder dungeons and a boss here and there its just much slower than say death fire or storm because of our subpar damage. My set up for my lvl 108 is colossal, giant, a ice blade, another blade with sharpen, another 45% from my pet, and a 35% blade from my amulet with a crit thatll do 10k damage so I can add my ice bubble or sleet storm with maybe a trap and a fient and theres nothing that can stand against that damage with meta gear youll never loose a fight.

[@shrivathsanmargams2340]

Fire is way easier to solo but you pretty much always want a storm to hit in a team because of higher spell base damage(and stats being nerfed by the limit function nerfs Fires in PVE).

[@NickDar26]

Can u do a video on getting back into wizard101 with like important tips to keep in mind? (Questing, crafting, new wizards to make, etc..)

[@Benjyman31]

something i dont believe was taken fully into account except when you were talking about ice school, is speed. I agree with you 100% that fire can hit similar numbers to storm while having higher health and resist. But from my experience what storm uses to bridge the gap with fire (especially in a solo PvE setting), where as my fire wizard may take 3-5+ turns to build a decent solid aoe spell, my storm wizard can do that in 1-3 for the same result. This can indirectly contribute to longevity with a storm wizard in PvE vs a fire wizard as you spend a few less turns per battle in addition to time savings. They both have their trade offs, and I don't believe the difference is as cut and dry as you made it (Just my opinion). MY experience at least I've been more successful solo as a storm than fire.

[@pootahh]

Great and honestly accurate video. But, as a player whose first wizard was Life, and played through the entire game with a Life wizard, I have to say it's pretty easy to solo. Arc 1 was a bit challenging, but Arc 2 was a breeze. Solo'd most of the game, but found myself teaming up a bit more during Arc 3, especially during Mirage.

[@megramos3709]

ice is so challenging to play but i enjoy it so much honestly. i’ve even gotten further on my ice than my old storm, which i didn’t expect

[@marcus716]

i wanna try it bcs i love the element of ice and i love snow and winter is my favorite season! how did u do it? any tips?

[@TheVanishingDark534]

As someone who mains a Life wizard, I normally would be extremely offended by the placement here, but you are right in that most of the stuff available to us can be used by other schools to similar effect. The Archmastery system we have now is a big help with this, just switching it to Life. With Novus gear, everybody’s got one or two Shield Pins they can use for Outgoing Healing as well. Most Healing gear at endgame is classless, Treasure cards can work to sometimes better effect than the original cards…. I don’t have my other characters high enough level to try the set out, but I bet most of it would work. And the negatives just keep piling up from there. Switching to hitting, having only Kookaburra’s Leafstorm to rely on as an AoE for the first 48 levels is straight torture if you’re not mentally prepped for it. There was not a thought in my mind to look things up, I really was as blind as it gets at that stage of my journey, bazaar gear and all. I was a legit crowns player during that time, and I feel so dumb having to say that. I didn’t have anywhere near the knowledge I do now, and I have to seriously thank those who have showed me the ways of this game, like you, Phantom. Life Wizards feel like Warlocks in Destiny 2. Born to Nova, forced to Well, as the saying goes there, and I feel something similar here. Born to hit, forced to heal. As much as I harp on Life, though, I did enjoy it for the challenge it provided. I felt at times like I had to force myself into meta builds to win certain fights and have an easier time with things, and while farming that gear was a pain at points, I was thankful that I had friends willing to help along the way. I think that’s Life’s best trait, is how easily they fit into groups. They are also capable of pretty insane things after putting some time into them, insane enough that I myself have inspired my group to try the class out for themselves. In fact, I’d argue that once Life does get Forest Lord, it’s kinda tough to find a weakness. High Health and Resist, amazing healing potential, High accuracy, it’s all there.

[@michaelwright8896]

I think myth is the most fun. They have the most niche utility so you can use them the most creatively.

[@nicholasnelson1005]

One thing I found more annoying the balance bosses with Balance is the fact that unless you pack TC to remove shields or weakness removals there is no way to remove them without losing your universal blades. Like with any other wizard you can remove a tower shield or weakness by using a wand spell not of your school but that can't be utilized by balance

[@jus3472]

fire gear has been giving more damage than storm recently as well.

[@Simply-Samuel]

People sleep on backdraft too! One of the most useful boss killers in this game for those annoying feint cheats. Makes fire even more useful over storm than it already is. You can 2 round every boss in the graveyard dungeon (besides malistaire since he comes back) with that strategy. :D

[@samtrinick6120]

This was a sick video! When are u gonna carry on with the walkthroughs for pirate101 and wizard101 cos I am really enjoying them!

[@FormalPhantom]

Thanks man! And not sure yet, they're on hold for now

[@baskethead4733]

Coming from a life main with max level characters of all schools, it's all about knowing the game and how to play. Life in my opinion is not at all a bad school, and sure it's easy to get healing gear but most of the time that's running full jade gear/resist and heal gear or sacrficing amulet stats just to be able to use LIFE's spells. All you need is to know where to get gear and have a good pet. the pet is 50% of the work, so dont think a school is locked to one play style. My life and ice are both amazing hitters, its easy to reach around 150 damage on them too.

[@mageplayer9419]

The way you rent this makes me think of your play style you're most likely a solo player and if you're solo then it makes sense you put death at the top and then have all of the support classes (ice balance life) at the bottom

[@smeebisesportzbebbins6200]

These vids are guaranteed views my boy, keep it up though man

[@HawkinaBox]

Yesss ty for putting Fire in A+

[@surival]

as someone who just started and got life wizard: wow.

[@brandondiaz9657]

A fellow necromancer of culture.

[@ericshiel]

I’ll always main ice just because it’s the hardest to play in all areas of the game. That kind of pressure is fun for me, I love thinking way more about how to stack up my damage. I also think they have some of, if not the coolest spells in the game (no pun intended)

[@lbupris]

I just started questing an ice, and I'm level 25. Man it's frustrating to solo without blade stacking. I haven't made a good pet yet, and I only have an adult frosty eye pet for a blade and aoe. I died 6 times on the Counterweight boss lol

[@FormalPhantom]

I feel you

[@IHazSkillzBOI]

A tip for ice is to do side quests/ optional worlds until you hit milestone levels ( 30/60/90/100) For your level specifically you need to do sides from Krok it seems like so that you can get Olympus gear and have it be smooth sailing from then. You definitely won’t be able to solo Olympus though as an ice so just use the team up kiosk multiple times so you can get a full set

[@jarrellpets]

As someone who used to play exclusively solo ice... solo balance legit feels so much better it’s insane, I love set up strats Not saying solo balance is optimal by any means, but I really enjoy it lol

[@sepsam4556]

What about balance is it that you like?

[@jankie3601]

I have fully level a death, balance, fire, myth, ice and storm. Storm has being the fastest by far. Death was the easiest when it came to soloing bosses. Balance was a straight up nightmare. Haven't use Life but I feel like the style would be very similar to ice.

[@fallonjade8656]

Is this tier list for solo or team PVE/questing, or both? I'm asking because if its for soloing I do agree for most if not all the schools, but if its not then I have a lot of different opinions on it, but either way I like the video good job. :D

[@FormalPhantom]

Haha yea its solo

[@deathsworddying1422]

Me clicking on a tierlist video knowing damn well Myth is gonna be at the middle

[@alex5tar544]

Im currently maxing my first ever wizard which happens to be Ice so i will always have a softspot for the school

[@DaddyGorgum]

Honestly I would personally switch myth and balance, I have absolute hell playing myth, I haven’t been able to do good damage and they can’t play that good of support either while balance I’ve been able to solo and dps really well and also play support but that’s just me

[@ziffiny]

Ice is A ranked school. Level 100+ ice canhave 100% or more damage and have the survival to do big hits. 2 blades and 2 feints in this game will kill most bosses. Later world gear gives ice some very offensive stats without much sacrifice to other stats as it health is so massive. Myth is A to A+ school also. With doing solid damage with frog and the recent conversion of orthrus to AOE means myth can hit hard without suffering health set backs as fire but have higher survival then storm and fire. Death is B class it the best solo school by design but it damage it ok. It does more when it stacks buffs but it can be lack luster beyond that. I do agree life is stronger in groups or if you have a great support pet that heals as you go so you can focus damage.

[@FrexaArt]

I’m just now starting to play wizard101 again, can anyone give me some early tips to leveling and playing solo? I just got to kroktopia or whatever it’s called just running all the cards death gets. I’m level 14 and soon I’ll get vampire.

[@ydlbm]

Save training points crown shop is bad garden for pets

[@jumpinjeff1709]

I think you don't give enough value to the utility side of things in these lists. While there is a solo aspect and terms of raw power, it's easier now than ever to play alongside someone and make even a below average geared player a monster. For example, the death changes are nice, but I never really needed the enchant aspect for it to be S tier. Just unique utility alongside with access to heals without a mastery made it easily S, as any of the battles that school identity matter usually require a group. Same with life, as while other schools can heal and give some utility, more bosses than ever are relaxing on healing restrictions and instead restrict how much damage you can do, making life much better than any other school via enchanting naturally owned spells +no mastery amulet. I think Ice made sense at D simply because all it does in pve is tank, but this list feels very skewed towards "if solo"

[@mageplayer9419]

Me and my brother played duos as ice and life (we just picked our favorite colors) and I can confirm it was very slow. And life does more damage than ice

[@hearthstonedaily2870]

Can you do a pvp school tier list? That would be lit

[@snowyman12]

I haven’t play this game in years im going to play again i think and im subing

[@SuperMeatyCake]

Ice takes longer, but it’s easier for me to solo bosses with my extra tankiness

[@brandonpuffco961]

ice is cracked for solo. soo many shields, with decent damage output. If you train life spells along side it aswell its insaneee.

[@brandonpuffco961]

icetraps are so good early on

[@katherineelkins2295]

Death is finally where it should be. Though I do play super offensively, so it’s super nice to just attack if I need to heal.

[@kappalappa7376]

People don’t understand that every school is viable and you can still quest through stuff easily even with a school like ice

[@christopherlawrence4191]

Returning death player here; why is the celestian spellement pack good for us?

[@Adie-ov2ri]

My ice went over 150 damage mark, 600 crit, 9k health, and decent defense at 25. Soloing has never been an issue. However, I do agree they crippled ice with gears and spells having little to no damage but there are ways around it by using universal gears. It is a hard class to play for sure.

[@landenmoudy5749]

Lol now the new max ice is around 185 atk. 55-72 defense. And 12-13k health now. Atleast 650 critical. And 700 blocking. Mine is at 170 damage, however i have a triple double pet. I'm trying to get quint damage to get up and over 180 damage.

[@nathangarcia2356]

@@landenmoudy5749so if I want to get back into my old account Ice isn’t that awful of a choice?

[@landenmoudy5749]

@@nathangarcia2356 nah it's not bad as people say. It just takes a while getting used to it. After level 100 it gets better with damage. Of course ice shines the most at level 160. With enough patience for gear and getting pet stats perfect it's definitely a good school better than some others at 160

[@nathangarcia2356]

@@landenmoudy5749 yeah Even just looking at the damage numbers on the spells it doesn’t seem like as much of an issue as vids like this make it out to be

[@truthbrodie771]

My first wizard was ice 🧊 I loved playing as ice & he’s maxed 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@xdkiller_comedy4560]

Death school is literally the best school as of right now🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MercysNo.1]

Me and my nephew have been playing Wiz for over a decade now, and we both agree with each other on which school is better, he's a Diviner, I'm a Necromancer, and together we kick major ass.

[@Reeses7501]

Damn, they need to change some spells on storm cause kingsisle is simping over fire right now, why do they have more of almost everything than us?

[@ladymisfit193]

Honestly the fact that myth has no real upside is what made me pick it as a main school. Every other school has a downside but excel at one particular thing. Myth is that one school that really has no downsides and is pretty balanced overall. I tried storm and couldn’t handle being so squishy. Tried ice and the damage was just laughable. Myth is just that middle ground that I quite like.

[@Zz-mb5ru]

Myth is the real "balance" school

[@bobblimpsr.3955]

Never used myth or fire lol might give it a try

[@Kain1805]

@@Zz-mb5ru Nah the point of balance is that it is capable of doing everything, being the most versatile school that can react to any situation and can change the conditions of the battle. Just because myth is not good at anything doesn't mean it's "balanced". Myth is not a healer nor a tank

[@taetande299]

Cyrus Drake wants to know your location

[@DrastixMachina]

Why they do balance like that

[@goofbones6999]

Myth is a way easier solo than storm especially with the new orthrus….

[@xJellyXo]

I’ve had a lot of trouble with Myth, died a hell of a lot and I just can’t do any damage. It sucks cause I think the spells are kinda cool :(

[@goofbones6999]

@@xJellyXo it doesnt suck. are u sure u have the right gear waterworks for example? also make sure youre using sky iron hasta instead of a critical wand.

[@xJellyXo]

@@goofbones6999 Probably not, I’m new so I don’t really have any idea what I’m doing xD I just know that I’m lvl 22 and I dish out only 500 damage with frog, that’s with a blade and trap :/

[@goofbones6999]

@@xJellyXo oh ok. once u get to level 30 you can get Mount Olympus gear, level 60 do waterworks, and level 100 do darkmoor. btw, myth is the 3rd hardest hitting school so the game will be much easier from level 30 and above

[@xJellyXo]

@@goofbones6999 Okay, thanks a bunch!!

[@ruth325]

My opinions on schools based on mid level soloing. (None of my characters are to level 100 yet I'm taking my time and vibing) Fire=A tier, it's my main so I have a lot of bias but occasionally I get my shit rocked on it so that takes it down from the S tier I'd like to put it at. Also, again bias, but fire has some cool ass spells. Storm=D tier, (sorry storms) I do like that it has high damage but the low health and resist just blow it for me. I'm always either pummel everything or get pummeled and that's just not my cup of tea. I don't like riding by the seat of my pants. Ice=S tier, I really like ice because I'm more of a defensive player. I can sit back and just tank hits and heal while I wait to blade enough to hit. It's slow going but for some reason I don't mind it with ice. Ice just be vibing. Life=D tier, healing is great and all but until I got a kookaburra and forest lord tcs soloing just sucked. Death=B tier, my death is one of my lowest level wizards so I haven't played it as much or very recently but I feel like I didn't have much trouble on it. Myth=B tier, this is my lowest wizard and it's about the same as death for me. Not a lot of experience with it but I didn't have much trouble. Plus the orthurus buff is fucking awesome. Balance=C/D tier, I don't have too much issues with balance it's just very tedious at times. I wish it had some better spells though when it comes to dealing elemental or spiritual damage.

[@FormalPhantom]

This is an...interesting list for sure

[@hueningbahibitch]

Ice S tier? you do you 💀💀

[@thealmightyskeletor5665]

Bruh i breezed through the game on ice i got from zafaria to the catacombs in only like 1 week my ice at level 60 had high damage while having pretty good resist power and hp like 102% damage like 30% resist if not more and like 4-5k hp with 25% accuracy and your telling me that it struggles i cant believe this.

[@picassojulien899]

Wait how in the flying fuck did u get to the catacombs from zafaria in one week?

[@thealmightyskeletor5665]

@@picassojulien899 no breaks and no slacking

[@thealmightyskeletor5665]

Also battles being very easy since i dont die fast

[@MindbenderTTV]

As a Storm Main myself that soloed the entire game in 2016-2017 and did everything else from these solo besides final dungeons staeting in Celestia and stuff like Darkmoor, I have to agree that Storm needs some help. I believe a full gear audit and spell audit is required. The Storm's identity is there, it's the only school who still has its identity untouched. However, all other schools besides Myth need a huuuge damage nerf. Considering that storm can reach 8.6k hp and 220% damage and 50% piece with max crit at level 16, I suggest some changes. Besides fire which should reach 210% damage and myth which should reach 200% at max level with raid gear, no school should get past 150% at level 160 with raid gear. By raid gear I mean Nullity robe only. I feel like Life and Ice should reach 12k / 15k health with 60 / 70% resist and the difference should should be based on their outgoing and incoming healing respectively. Death should have 150% damage and Storm's resistance and HP while all spells should be drains. Myth should be able to stun anything regardless of stun immunity and maybe even be able to take bosses' minions on their side for a few rounds. Fire is in a good spot but has too much damage. It's not ok for an Ice to be able to deal 17 damage in 2 rounds while storm does 20k in 2 rounds. Ice doesn't have the drawbacks of storm and most bosses don't exceed 17-18k. Very few have more than that. Damage per pip Should be 200 for storm, 175 for fire, 150 for myth 125 for balance and life, death and ice should have 100 DPP. This should be enforced. Storm should have a 40% blade, while fire and myth have 35% and the rest should have 30% (besides balance which should keep the 25% blade). Traps should follow the same idea. Feint is also a problem. It can destroy bosses. Feint should be 50% / 20%.

[@chillwave8809]

Nooo my precious storm deserves more than this 😭

[@aergustheloneson6069]

Personally I don't agree with Ice placement with the latest update if you have full aeon gear ice damage goes way up add the fact that it's got the most health and defense in the game its an excellent school but early on in the game it doesn't really feel strong at all

[@Chrygan]

I got lucky on my storm and my pet gives me an extra 15% resistance and I tank more damage than my life wizard. Really grateful for RNG rolling in my favor for once

[@epicver]

i am a storm main and are a tiny bit offended by the constant fire is a better school talk, but it is the game and i am prepared to accept that

[@rayanvij3457]

To me, Strom was meant to be the low health and resits high damage and crit, and Fire was meant to be the low health but higher than Storm and high damage and crit but lower than Storm. KS needs to make Fires damage and crit lower so it's not basically the same as Storms but still keep it higher than the other schools. If they did that then there would be more of a decision to made when deciding between Storm and Fire.

[@jonathanruiz1524]

Ok from someone that have all 7 school pass lvl 100 Balance max Fire max Storm 130 Myth 128 Life 118 Death 115 Ice 105 I I'll say that balance can be higher since had allot of fun, plus pets can make your early game a walk in the park

[@ogreload1445]

It being "fun" doesn't give it more power for me its gonna be Fire Death Storm Myth Life Ice Balanced

[@syrus1233]

Is death good in pvp?

[@devilishbeast6504]

Storms fatal weakness is fizzling

[@tristandauphin4763]

Ice is amazing once you hit 108 and get snowball barrage makes it very easy

[@ggnick1695]

Once you get Dragoon its pretty nuts. My Ice has 130 dmg 69 resist almost 10k health and over 600 crit.

[@pandax739]

Yeah ice is a school that requires a lot of patience... and a lot of people don’t have that so they think ice is a trash school but everything works out higher levels so yh 😊

[@yaboyroy6428]

No moon school thats disappointing is it because its too broken?

[@FormalPhantom]

I'd have to add several more tiers in that case >.

[@steVENOM]

I couldn't disagree more about your life ranking, I thought for sure you'd put it at an A or A+ tier, but I couldn't agree more about death, and Fire is also my favorite school

[@OathOFtheShadows2015]

Oh, no, someone needs to hide, Phantom from me! WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT BALANCE? right now in this meta Balance is a GOD!

[@connersmith9468]

Just started back up again! Is balance a good school?

[@OathOFtheShadows2015]

@@connersmith9468 for a starter school no but if you have the patience later is a beast in pvp and a good supporting class. :)

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

I’m an ice wizard and it’s one of the easiest schools for me to play in my experience. Am I crazy?

[@michaeldean2877]

Nah my ice is tanky and does good damage

[@hueningbahibitch]

Then ur just very skilled cuz it’s usually very hard

[@pandax739]

Same as an ice main I’ve solo’d most worlds except for some cheating bosses but I never really ask for help.

[@windlife695]

It was my sixth wizard and it’s just weird before the first AOE spell, most of the hits weren’t great early game

[@jeremymurphy-malcolm8271]

Ice is the best school. Once you get Into the higher level worlds your defence can go into the 60 area easily with 130 to 150 damage. Also with high health makes is Op.

[@wikimuder22]

Why don't you stream anybody man? Used to love those

[@FormalPhantom]

I still do! Around once a week mostly on weekends :)

[@wikimuder22]

@@FormalPhantom oh my bad, my notifications must just be off, my bad!

[@georgewahington]

S tier: Death A+ Tier: Fire A tier: None B Tier: Myth, Storm, Life C Tier: Ice F Tier: Balance Reason: Death is, well yeah. Fire is, well yeah… But the reason storm is B tier is because overall, even though it hits hard, it isn’t as versatile as fire. There comes a point where being able to do, (for example, using hypothetical numbers) 20% more damage as a storm is meaningless when fire already does enough damage to kill in the same amount of turns. It’s pretty pointless trying to flex with big flashy numbers. Fire has it easier because 1. They work well with traps, better at working around shields, can get around boss cheats more easily, has more health, resist, similar crit and damage. What makes fire really good as well, is its ability to debuff with smokescreen and efreet. Additionally storm suffers from accuracy early game, more so than fire although later is not a problem. Storm’s HP is almost unplayable at times when combined with accuracy early game. Fire and myth achieve much better balances. The lack of DoT spells makes storm B tier instead of A tier plus the other stuff. In team settings, it usually doesn’t make much of a difference if a fire, storm, or even myth and death hit, because damage scales exponentially the amount of turns to kill is pretty similar amongst these 4 schools. Especially because myth hits very hard as well, but has more team utility since they have shatter, earthquake, interesting spells for dueling, early game minions, very balanced spells. Myth has very good AoE spells, and adds variety and versatility. Honestly Myth should be A or even B+ tier because it can ALWAYS perform reliably and consistently unlike storm. Ice and life are C tier only because I think if you have a decent pet (which is not hard to do) you should be able to have 100% damage on ice and life fairly easily. Feinting and blading make it so damage scales exponentially, boss health drops down considerably after khrysalis, and even during knrysalis, double feints, double or triple blades, can solve all or most boss very easily if you have a decent amount of power. Even though gameplay is safer, it is longer, and because of that these two go on the lower end. However, a very good argument could be made for B tier or even C+ tier because at the end of the day, a team of 4 storms or fire tends to be pretty trash on any hard content! These two schools holds the other schools together. Ice has a variety of hits, single target, aoe, single target DoT, and aoe DoT making them adaptable hitters but not very strong hitters. Steal ward is useful. Forest Lord being changed to a 7 pip lvl 48 spell makes it even better, honestly, it makes no sense to rank ice and life below balance because they both hit harder than balance when accounting for the superior blades and/or traps plus prisms… Yes prisms. One thing I should mention. A team of all fires is probably the fastest killing thing in game because backdraft can be used by each fire, but storm can only supercharge themselves, so I find this strategy to be fun and a good work around. Meanwhile 2 storms are just competing to hit while getting one shotted. That extra 1k-2k health makes a big difference. Balance is D tier, but in co op settings can escalate to A tier because their health is very solid, they can heal, they can buff, they can donate pips. They’re really only useful for support, but overall, they are D tier because progression is slow and frustrating. If we ignore quality of life issues and focus solely on pragmatism we can argue a c maybe C+. If we look at support alone its a solid A tier. Ice is looked at as ‘trash’ because it is TOO tanky, I argue storm is not ‘trash’ but not that good because it is too focused on damage. Most importantly big single hit damage, which they really get punished for later in the game when shields become annoying, or for example the final boss of empyrea, and when generally speaking their damage isn’t much better (if at all) than fire’s even though they sacrifice so much for it. I’m ready to catch smoke from the storm fanboys!

[@lostzoro6444]

Ice is A+

[@georgewahington]

there isn’t anything in the game where you need more than 2-4 blades and feints if you have decent crit and 100%+ damage. That’s why ice’s damage shouldn’t be a problem in wizard101

[@bobblimpsr.3955]

Typical ice fan

[@zdhv5]

Balance is good too maybe A

[@ZackMuffinMan]

🐨

[@KaneSoulbreaker]

Storm isn't s tier I'm mad

[@Jayinjapanese]

Storm is obviously the strongest

[@grossegraine.]

I dont recommend ice I'm level 114 and I still have shitty gear and I had to get freaking carried

[@Cristian-et5bg]

This really isn’t accurate; storm and fire should be in the same category and I think B should be it. My highest level is a storm and fire is my 3rd highest at 140 and 125 respectively. Storm is impossible to solo. Fire has more health, sure, but not more resistance. They’re resistance are basically the same. Death definitely S. Myth should be A since it can do a good job soloing. Balance at C and I think life should be at B with fire and storm. I don’t have an ice so I wouldn’t know. But my life can easily do 10k damage with 3 blades and a forest lord with my attack gear. With defensive gear my resistance is 90 for every school ans 100 for storm. Life can’t die in PVE unless they have bad gear. And it’s interesting how life is also needed for the majority of teams. Putting it at D shows that he didn’t make a life

[@optimalgg3383]

Ice is a masterpiece and should be considered a second thought. So let me explain, ice in itself has the most health, resistance, and will almost never fizzle, and that's good. But ice's flaws are its the damage? No, because if you choose to have high damage secondary, you can become the most unkillable creature. To conclude, ice wizards are very hard to kill, and with a high damage secondary, you can almost never lose, so give ice a second chance.

[@optimalgg3383]

To counter ice, you could choose a high dmg main. and a secondary-like balance with its buffs. But you see, ice has so many defence shields that it's almost never possible to land any decent dmg. Ice wizards will always stack defensive shields before using offensive spells because that's the entire kit, so you will never land meaningful damage, and in return, I will always land a good amount to you. You could heal off with death magic but your insignificant healing compared to the gap between health differentials, is close to nil. So how will you kill the school of ice I wonder. This applies to PvE.

[@taetande299]

Life is S tier, right? Death has got to be A

[@NootNoot947]

Kingsisle hates storm ngl. I mean ice and life is worst in pve but at least they stand a chance in pvp. If storm is going to be trash at pvp, then they should at least be good at pve

[@FormalPhantom]

But... they are good in pve

[@NootNoot947]

@@FormalPhantom True... but like, fire, has similar damage, but more health and resist.

[@hueningbahibitch]

@@NootNoot947 storm still does way more damage than fire in pve because firstly their spells have more base damage and because of the damage cap so fire’s damage won’t be that much more op anymore and on top of that they get way more crit and their spells are all pure damage, fire has overtime’s and etc added to their spells so their first hit like on fire dragon will do much less and will take time to kill the enemy over rounds will storm can do it straight away but yes fire is better jsut because they can tank

[@alextoontown2]

Anyone who knows how to efficiently place their deck correctly and have a good Life Build knows they can easily solo Arc 1 and possibly Arc 2 alone. Life is literally just that class that can do everything. You have enough health to tank, you can heal, and you do tons of damage if you place your deck correctly. Absolutely belongs in B+ tier.

[@amaliakamon6058]

pls... as a struggling life how would you set up your deck (general terms not specific spells cause i'm low level)

[@alextoontown2]

@@amaliakamon6058 Hey! What I normally did was stack a ton of Dragon/Balance blades that offered +25% damage and used those as extra blades for treasure cards. From levels 1-20 I kind of just used my starter spells and it was easy, but once I got into marleybone I got the kookaburra pet from the pet kiosk and it gives you a AoE leafstorm spell that does 400 damage to all. That was insane until you get forest lord. Once you get the hand of stacking damage for your AoE, it becomes easy.

[@alextoontown2]

@@amaliakamon6058 So in short, just rely on your AoE spells (attack all) when you get them and just focus on getting good gear and holding onto that.

[@amaliakamon6058]

@@alextoontown2 thanks so much! this is really helpful

[@colinwhite9660]

Like the vid I’m an ice wizard and I see what your saying however I have been looking at the spells and I think that balance is a borderline D tear BTW I think ice is defiantly a D tear as well

[@myles5096]

bruh u and kaiser noah just make the same videos XD

[@MegidolErin]

I had been soloing on a myth and kinda struggling, so I recently made a fire and... wow. I've been breezing through everything. I can kill before I even take much damage, whereas before it had been a close call with every battle. Of course, part of that is the fact that my myth was made when I was a kid and has terrible gear, but still. I agree with this list, though I might put life one tier higher. Like you said, every school can be a healer, but I think life is just slightly better naturally because they automatically get gear and pets meant for healing, they don't need a life mastery, and they don't have to use TCs. Everything else I agree with completely, though it does sting to see my fav school in B tier.

[@devilishbeast6504]

Early game

[@SaintJayy]

What is Jade?

[@thewindofsuicune]

It means to invest a ton into resistance.

[@brendanbuchanan9750]

Yeah fire is definitely a lot better than storm now. I feel like storm held most of their damage impact through the fact that they could get super high critical ratings, but now with the critical nerfs it doesn’t matter as much.

[@Souls_p_]

I seriously feel fire needs nerfed or storm needs a damage buff. Even in Ratbeard's stream he said Fire's damage is too high. Why should you trade off less health, far less resist, less accuracy for less damage and slightly more crit? Not to mention storm is F tier in pvp.

[@hueningbahibitch]

@@Souls_p_ fire does not need to be nerfed, I changed to fire just cuz of storm being bad lowkey, I’m not about to get nerfed again and change

[@hueningbahibitch]

@@Souls_p_ storm still does way more damage than fire in pve because firstly their spells have more base damage and because of the damage cap so fire’s damage won’t be that much more op anymore and on top of that they get way more crit and their spells are all pure damage, fire has overtime’s and etc added to their spells so their first hit like on fire dragon will do much less and will take time to kill the enemy over rounds will storm can do it straight away but yes fire is better jsut because they can tank

[@Souls_p_]

​@@hueningbahibitch Yes, I don't prefer schools being nerfed, I'd rather storm gets a buff to broaden school identity, make storm a worthy school to solo or pvp. I just feel storm is too weak right now for the slightly better overall damage to mean anything. I think storm needs more utility and more damage on their gear, and for KI to remove the damage cap.

[@hueningbahibitch]

@@Souls_p_ yes they will be doing a gear audit soon so maybe they will buff storms damage or maybe they’ll nerf storm and nerf the other schools even more. Also I don’t think they will ever remove the damage cap sadly so honestly damage isn’t really that important anymore cuz u can reach 150 easily and everything after 150 is low anyway.storm just needs some more health and resist but knowing how players will start whining that it goes against school identity and makes them op idk if they will get a buff In that

[@alexisdaley1058]

My only max wizard is a death but you’re the reason why I made a fire wizard that’s now level 70 and I really love the school 🔥💀death and fire best schools

[@thamer1427]

btw fire doesnt have that much damage advantage over storm after new damage system 198 fire damage before now 176 191 storm damage now 174 and both school blades are 35 so difference is almost negligible therefore storm have higher output damage fire has more hp and over time but storm has more damage on spells i'd put storm and fire same place in this tier list if you asked me anyway good video regardless

[@NoizyInSeattle]

I suppose it depends on what level you are, too. I think things are different after level 100. I quest on Balance, Life, Storm and Fire and find them all to be capable. Another thing is: what is this "solo questing" of which you speak?

[@FormalPhantom]

Experiences will definitely vary depending on your level, and solo questing is simply when you quest by yourself, not sure if you were being sarcastic lol :)

[@NoizyInSeattle]

@@FormalPhantom Yes, I was joking. I quested my Balance solo until Mooshu, when I made friends with a Storm wizard, and realized the benefits of having help. More wizards means more people to deliver damage. Maybe more importantly, the more wizards to absorb damage, the longer an individual wizard can live long enough to do their part--in the classical case, that means your main hitter lives long enough to actually hit. I always have my big Balance accompany my lower level wizard, and I usually let them do most of the killing, because I like to see what they can do with blades. Oh, that's kind of what Balance is for, huh.

[@RocksDXebec-dw3cn]

Formal: Soloing on an ice is so difficult Alexander Lionheart: hold my reshuffle

[@FormalPhantom]

He’s a skilled man

[@itzpriyesh_5303]

What does PVE stand for ...

[@jampoptart1180]

Player vs. environment- you're fighting against enemies that aren't other players

[@GoesByJ]

The ice ranking is just honestly wrong. The amount of health you have makes it insanely easy to set up. I can place three feints and two blades then kill any boss and still have more then 3/4 my health. I also have good crit? I’ve never heard of ice having bad crit? I have 400 at level 100ish.

[@hbshadow8981]

I mean to be honest Ice only gets good once you reach higher lvls to get better gear that gives your high resist and decent dmg to go off with a high hp. Before that soloing with low dmg aoes like blizzard and frost giant(assuming the boss is immune to stuns) is painful Fights take long to do as a low lvl ice and getting our blade at 38 and our first aoe at 26 doesny help