Wizard101| Which Spell Weaving Schools Are BEST For PVE?

[@Zaepha]

CORRECTION: The Blizzotaur spell for a myth weaving into ice was incorrectly labeled in the wiki as removing charms from the caster, but it ACTUALLY removes them from the target to apply up to five 35% damage wards on the target, making it medium useful in my opinion as a way to punish enemy blade stacking and set up for a strong myth hit later. Sorry for any confusion there! Storm reigns supreme once again. But like IMAGINE if the balance blades were universal and not just balance damage. Anyway what weaving school do YOU plan to pick and why? I’d love to hear what interesting combos or dual school builds you’re trying out!

[@ChristianGroff-c1q]

Also, the spell fusions that gambit your blades are useful when you are using tri-blades since they do not care what blades are gambited, so they can remove those annoying blades you can't use because neither of your schools can use them! (For example, Taiga Lord gambits blades so you can use Elemental Blade and it'll gambit the fire and storm blades. ^_^)

[@lifedeather]

@@ChristianGroff-c1q Taiga Lord sick af

[@funnypotato9620]

The Myth vampire does a full drain and heals 100% not 50%.

[@Saiune]

I definitely wish the divides had a option to be AoEs for sure, because a lot of people including myself were curious to see if there were any new AoEs

[@Zaepha]

That’s def one of the biggest things I’d like to see added in future updates. Give us some cool new AOEs, KI!

[@NotSnak]

I personally wanna see all the weaving options get an aoe spell that has utilities like the pvp focused spells. Imagine an aoe that removes blades (like old glowbugs) or one that hits through shields now thats got potential!

[@RFDN0]

I am confident the devs wish they hadn't made AOEs. It gave us an optimal strategy in most situations.

[@YamiYugi13]

@@RFDN0I mean the fact they banned all aoes for advanced combat and only allows divided dmg aoes yeah they are really starting to see how big of an issue aoe is

[@RFDN0]

@YamiYugi13 it was a massive flaw in their initial designs. Because they would have had to scale the damage off of how many opponents a wizard would face at any one time. Pip to damage they didn't scale properly. The more enemies you have, the higher Aoe's damage output is per pip. They have other problems in their designs, such as invalidating their other class features. The standard resist and quick stacking of damage output invalidate shields. Bosses being immune to stun, it being banned in PVP and Aoe's being able to one-shot most minions makes stunning worthless. Trap stacking makes DOTs detrimental to most team strategies. Summons do not scale and are always less useful than human players. Even healing is debated in many fights. The thing is, there is no solid fix for this unless you rebuild the system. The core issue is that you need to have each class have a purpose and time to shine. Unfortunately, there are 7 classes that are not supposed to have overlap and 4 slots in a team as an MMO.

[@mooshu3210]

Thank you for this video, I only play w101 in spurts and so having stuff like this to keep up with the game is great!

[@naimqm]

The queen has blessed us with the guide I so desperately needed to survive this update. 🙏🏾 Hallelujah!

[@RFDN0]

For PVE if you are not storm weave into storm for a blade. If you are Storm weave into, I believe Balance to get your blade.

[@batboii96]

im honestly so glad i came across your channel, you give out great wiz101 update and content that has helped me a lot and this video especially explaining the best choice for all 7 schools. Thank you :D

[@Zaepha]

So glad you’ve found my videos helpful! ❤️ Hope you have fun spell weaving!

[@Luxis10]

I was waiting for your guide 💗

[@Bigtoejoe696]

I hope they make other schools viable because storm weaving on all my wizards sounds kinda lame

[@Zaepha]

I agree. As much as I joke about “storm supremacy” here, it does feel a bit boring that it’s the best option across the board. Hopefully future updates will bring more spell weaving options to the table that make other schools more desirable/viable.

[@granpa7068]

@@Zaepha yeah i was expecting each school to get options for dual traps and blades but i guess that doesn't follow "muh roshambo"

[@MikePSU]

@@Zaepha All of these spells are probably more useful in PvP, but this update really didn't do a whole lot for the PvE portion of the game, pretty disappointing frankly.

[@cjb2016]

@@Bigtoejoe696 I did ice for my Myth and I'm really enjoying it, even though previously I was not a fan of ice at all. Idk what to do for my death now tho

[@Speal_]

Though i argue frenzy might be more worth it

[@Alessiaaaa333]

Yaaasss!! Was waiting for your guide! 🙌🏻💞

[@KaosIsMyName]

5 second summary: Dual blades obtained from storm weaving are the best.

[@UnownKanine]

With the only exception being Harmony if you’re a storm wizard.

[@byronlee991017]

and probably life for balance for a prism

[@bloop3514]

I notice that if you are very creative you can put together some good synergies with these spells. Example some of the damage over time spells that add 2 or more dots can ber very fun for bottom path of efreet. Or myth weaving into storm, the attack spell that takes 2 traps for 2 myth blades, you could use the balance elemental trap spell, sturm hit uses the storm trap and then removes the fire and oce to gove you myth blades for your myth attacks

[@ZackMuffinMan]

I'm doing Balance on my Storm and Storm on my other 6 other wizards! Might do more than one (or all) eventually!

[@TheFr3nzyGamer]

Joltergeist has some decent potential in PvE, the negative aura is basically better than Frenzy for the damage boost as the gambit can be successfully done relatively quick using spells like threefold (triple infection).

[@Zaepha]

Good point about the threefold being an easier set up for death! I guess I’m just not as big a fan of having to take a turn to set up that gambit, when I’d rather just outright frenzy or place another trap instead, but I’m sure there’s a case for it. I definitely personally prefer the gambits where I get to remove something harmful from the caster (weaknesses, traps, etc.) for something better on the enemy whereas here it’s more trading one thing that already impedes the enemy to another thing that might hurt the enemy, if that makes any sense. I think you could find a use for every spell here in at least a few scenarios though.

[@lifedeather]

Looks cool too

[@TheFr3nzyGamer]

Bonus points! ​@@lifedeather

[@NotSnak]

Tbh i went with the schools that i vibed with the most for my characters. I went life on my balance for the prism aura and the support potential. I went death on my ice i went myth on my fire im going fire on my life i went into storm on my myth and for my death and storm i went into balance and fire respectively because when i made them ages ago i wanted to dual school with balance on my death and fire on my storm. So im fufilling that lol

[@Zaepha]

That’s great! I’m really glad that people can also have a great time picking whatever school they like best rather than always going for the most optimized choice. It’s nice that spell weaving lets you do both and swap as desired 😊

[@lifedeather]

same I picked the coolest fusion spell for each of my schools

[@bunnyben5607]

death weaving for balance is actually the best. This is because while the prism aura is just for incoming, it can override opponent's positive auras, such as their amplify or fortify, which can be more valuable for damage, generally. Also it can stack with your existing aura, while the life one cannot.

[@EricSp33r]

Thanks for the guide. Really wish fire weaving got any utility. Weaving into fire doesn’t give you a blade, trap or aura. Just 2 spells. Maybe in a future update

[@Zaepha]

Yeah fire definitely got the short end of the stick for spell weaving. The “utility” DOT spells every school gets are just not great, unfortunately 😮‍💨

[@Jyrus_JD]

I’d be fine with the select spells if they the damage enchants worked on them. The select spells work differently than the divide spells (select spells cut the damage by 0.75 per target selected unlike divides that cuts the damage in half per selected target but unlike the select spells, damage enchants actually work on the divide spells) Now for your question, I don’t plan on weaving on any of my mono school wizards since PvE is very easy and straight forward to the point where the storm weave dual blades are just… there and unneeded outside of places where you want to blade stack so I’m not wasting any time to actually grind out the lessons on them however on my dedicated dual schools wizards (Myth/Ice, Life/Fire and Death/Storm respectively) i am going to actually grind the lessons out since I do like all of the spells that I get. I use Blizzotaur a ton on that Myth/Ice as a way to get more myth traps since he isn’t using any blades, Forest Fire is just a great shield clear for my Life/Fire and Joltergeist is pretty solid for my Death/Storm since I do use Trifold on him to set up Gravestorm so I can see myself using it as a alternative to Gravestorm if I’m going up against a Death boss

[@tidela4714]

The death enemy auras are a unique buff, costs only 1 pip, and it’s basically a trap that lasts for four rounds (think of the usefulness for DoT spells, particularly for fire) and you don’t have to worry about stacking it around or over prisms. Imo, it has more potential than the life auras because there isn’t another enemy aura you’d use, whereas you’d use frenzy in most scenarios. This way, you can use frenzy AND the other aura.

[@TigerLily408]

Happy Thanksgiving. Ty so much for all your videos. You do good work.

[@waynecompton1654]

Please make a video on critical hit and how to get armours for it. No one else videos quiet hit like yours 💯🙌

[@journeyman_otb3983]

Couple things to note: how you get almost 30 training points at once in your inventory? Also, I like that KI made it so if you're weaving the blades with Balance, that it doesn't give you whatever school and then a universal 35% blade, but rather a 35% specifically BALANCE blade. Having it be a universal blade would just be overpowered imo. Sidenote: Am I the only one who can hear all the spells being casted and whatnot in their own heads from just watching the gameplay footage? No? Just me? Oh, okay lol

[@Zaepha]

I just did all the training point quests in all worlds and also only trained the spells I actually needed 😂

[@journeyman_otb3983]

@@Zaepha Damn - I wish I did that lmao

[@cravenlestat7006]

Bonus points for avatar footage in your video you just may be the coolest girl ever

[@Zaepha]

I saw an opportunity and I took it 😎 avatar is an awesome show

[@titanxx9]

As balance I chose death because of negative aura so you can use a different aura on yourself. Really only use the aura on balance bosses, regular balance enemies aren’t a problem. Level 68 in zf with 100 balance damage and 17 pierce. Could also get infallible to help with pierce if needed

[@CrunchyCookiee]

I think its broken for me. I did the rank 1 quest and defeated the enemy. But when i went back to the tree to complete the quest thats all that happened it didn't even give me a badge and the spellweaving tab still says that it unlocks after dragonspire. I am lvl 113 and in mirage... Idk what I'm doing wrong

[@cliffordadam100]

very helpful, thank you

[@T3fyuss]

Idk if it is a bug or not. But lord of lightning applies the 3 negative charms to self, not to enemy.

[@rrasbh]

I just hate that me as an Ice Wizard weaving into storm will need to spend 9-10 training points so I can learn Stormzilla to be able to fuse my spells, while if I was a life wizard I would just need to spend just 2 trainings points to learn Lightning Bats. My face right now is 🤡

[@ValToadstool]

I considered using mythic mermaids on my storm while attempting to solo Freddie Croaker, purge ended up being good enough though.

[@batman5194]

I really don't understand why kingsisle is favoring pvp players over pve players. This damn spell weaving does not favor pve at all

[@AnthonyMccoy-v1r]

You forgot about the frenzy negative effect. You're also vulnerable for incoming damage.

[@Zaepha]

I didn’t forget about it, I just don’t find it to be an issue in PVE combat. The outgoing damage far outweighs the negative effect of the incoming damage, especially if you’re using it right before hitting. There’s a reason you see so many max level players still using frenzy when questing and farming. I mostly solo on my storm and still use it no problem, and I’m squishy 😂

[@AnthonyMccoy-v1r]

@Zaepha respect!

[@sharkt8to966]

I have never known that balance has a weakness to life myth and death

[@patricksherry8624]

I honestly have not done spell weaving on any of my wizards. I don’t even have fishing on most of them. I don’t see much use for it at the moment. I would grind them if they had benefits like gear. The concept seems to alienate a huge chunk of the player base who don’t do the extra content like fishing, badge collecting, and teamups with little return.

[@sabercat5490]

I think the best option is to weave into storm, simply to get the better baldes to do stronger hits. If you're storm then just weave into Balance.

[@oldmansteverogers3400]

It's a shame they made storm the most obvious choice in terms of usefulness in pve.

[@bigerrol6943]

as a balance wizard im tired of this stuff, like how death and life got to keep their special bubble, but ours got deleted and changed, balance getting bad blades because its "universal" (id like to add that universal stuff have an obvious trade off because a towershield/weakness that completely counters it, so imo it is perfectly even with the other blades), but other schools get elemental blade which is our spell and more useful for other school than us, spells being constantly nerfed, consistent bad spells, death now is doing more damage than balance even though balance should be in-between death and myth in terms of damage (and having less untilities than death), just so unfair

[@kaicastelo137]

Such a cool update... I wonder when we will get it on the EU Servers... probably in about 2 Years😂

[@anthonyjuntti92]

hey if this means ice wizards can finally get our 50% and higher blades back after so long if we can enchant the blades i am all for weaving into storm.

[@whitemage34]

I'm weving into Myth with my death

[@UnownKanine]

Yeah still think it’s definitely a decision to solely focus on pvp players instead of all players when introducing spell weaving, especially when it’s now a system forced onto players since it’s apparently required to beat Selenopolis in order to enter the next world. Besides the blades and the spirit options for Balance, there’s basically no real reason to train any of these if you’re pve only.

[@chaozgaming8565]

The fact the weave "Buff" utility spells all cost pips is... Stupid. The free alternatives are just better. While I dont like Frenzy, because the 30% incoming for 4 turns is REALLY painful, a 40% outgoing for ANY spell ontop of it being free is still better than a niche aura. Heck I'd argue that Amplify is better because they're a free cast, instead of costing 1-2 pips. I'd say the one thing seriously holding spellweaving back is the buff spells not being 0 cost. If Frenzy costed 1 pip though, I could see the utility, but it's still dumb. Also, why doesnt fireweaving have any buffs? That bothers me the most.

[@lxmercyxl9982]

Why would balance not be better? Yea storm gives a +45%, but with the balance spell you get a +35% and THEN AN ADDITIONAL +35%

[@Zaepha]

The balance blade is BALANCE school damage only, not a universal blade like usual, so it won’t stack with the other school’s blade. Otherwise it would be OP as heck.

[@lxmercyxl9982]

@ yup you’re right. Im blind and thought it was a universal blade 😭

[@ImpassiveSarge]

Anyone know what staff that is at 24:08?

[@Zaepha]

It’s the desert lodestar staff from the mirage raider’s bundle 😄

[@ImpassiveSarge]

@@Zaepha Thank you!

[@DuncanWilliamsOFFICIAL]

WHY DID THEY MAKE IT SO COMPLICATED?

[@bigerrol6943]

it sure feel pretty bad to be a balance wizards last past 5 updates, (consistently getting trash )

[@IceGoldPvP]

💯🗣

[@ThePapasnumber1]

Weaving and the jobs to complete are just too confusing for me. I don't like fishing so guess that's that.

[@Zaepha]

It can be a lot of work to rank up, though I’m glad the devs at least halved the badge requirements for each rank. Spell weaving def isn’t for everyone, but if you really hate fishing there are 4 other badge options you can pick from.

[@NotSnak]

@@ThePapasnumber1 the labors are definitely bad however you can completely avoid them by doing the other labors. You only need to do e out of the 5 so the adventure party stuff and fishing is not required!

[@lifedeather]

lol just toss the corresponding ball in front of the fish depending on what school it is on the wiki and space when it goes under you are done.

[@winnie8592]

Welp I don’t pvp sooo I don’t see any usefulness of spell weaving for me

[@prathamvankar2401]

cawnvert

[@Mr2012DramaKing]

have to disagree respectfully. a lot of you wiz content creators are so wrong on this spell weaving update. all of these spells are useful in pve as the game is centered on pve and the story. it's just depends on the wizard and how they play will determine which spells will be more beneficial to their gameplay. let's not forget pvp is a side activity not a main component to the game.

[@Zaepha]

I mean the devs literally made multiple statements that the spell weaving spells were specifically designed for PVP and advanced content. That doesn’t mean they can’t be used in PVE too which is why this video exists, but they definitely weren’t designed with PVE as the main focus.

[@Mr2012DramaKing]

@@Zaephawith all the effects these offer(gambits, clears, etc,) this is definitely for pve with the bottom spellement paths chosen in mind. being able to boost damage from clearing a dot or hot or debuff is definitely worth it. and you combine all of that with tapping into damage from another school that may boost against your opponent is really more helpful in pve than pvp

[@digitluchiha]

@@Mr2012DramaKing 90% if pve is blade hit😭 there is no need for extra utility against ai

[@FinickyFirebird]

OMG TY FOR THIS AHHAHVHBKSFJD

[@doomguy676]

this video should have just said the word "storm" and ended the video.

[@neelomach]

Sorry but you cannot sugarcoat this update to satisfy pve players. They're all useless lol

[@nate9672]

Was waiting for this video 🫶 I trust your guides the most

[@Zaepha]

Thank you! ❤️ hope you find it helpful!

[@SuperLilGamerr]

I don’t want to weave into storm for every character :( I chose fire for my myth 😭 just because of my stitch but I’m just now finding out that it’s kinda bad