Wizard

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Wizards are a class within the Mage archetype. Sorcerers (wizards and warlocks) specialize in generating high damage during fights.

Alignment:	Good / Evil
Armor Type:	Very Light Armor (Cloth, usually robes)
Archetype:	Mage (Sorcerer)
Main Stats:	Intelligence
Stat Bonus:	5 Int, 3 Agi, 2 Sta (1) 10 Int, 6 Agi, 4 Sta (10) 15 Int, 9 Agi, 6 Sta (20)
Weapon Type:	2 Handed Staff, Single Dual Wield Dagger, Single Handed Dagger or Wand
Shield Type:	Symbol
Ranged Slot:	Symbol
Main Roles:	Damage

1 Basic Tactics
2 Spell Lines and Use
3 Equipment
- 3.1 Kingdom of Sky
- 3.2 Echoes of Faydwer

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Basic Tactics

Wizards are damage dealers. With the mastering of the arcane arts, they use fire and ice to inflict massive amounts of damage over a short length of time.

In a group, the wizards will be some of the people bringing the enemy down hard, and fast. They are most effective (especially at higher levels) when other group mates are debuffing the target of its fire and/or ice resists, as they don't have the ability to do a lot themselves. A wizard's main concern, other than dealing damage, is usually to make sure that they do not pick up aggro, so the mob does not turn to attack them (as they won't last long, due to their lack of armor). A wizard does get a small ward, eventually, that dispels some hate and protects the wizard from a small amount of damage.

Wizards also have the ability to give small, but useful, buffs to the tank (or chosen target) that cast damage to the enemy. This class also has a less effective version of an Enchanter's mezzing that will stun one target for a period of time, although the wizard is also stunned during the duration of the mezz. They can also transfer their own health into power for themselves or others, but not in large amounts.

When soloing, a wizard's best bet is to root the target, then attack it from afar. Hand-to-hand combat is not something a wizard wants to engage in, as they do not excel in it, nor do they have much protection from being hit. Eventually, the wizard will get a group root, which will hold down and entire group of enemies at once. Note that roots can (and will) break and for tougher enemies, they will have to be reapplied. Roots have a duration, but also have a chance to break when the rooted target is damaged. Applying a DoT to a rooted target will thus increase the chance of the root breaking.

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Spell Lines and Use

This is a summary from the offical eq2 web page. The link is: http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=23&message.id=18860. It summarizes all the spells with all the gory details :)!

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Direct Damage (DD)

(1) Lightning Burst - (6) Lightning Shock - (12) Plasma Burst - (20) Plasma Strike - (29) Plasmatic Pulse - (43) Flamestrike - (57) Sunstrike (2) Fire Chamber - (16) Flame Chamber - (30) Blazing Intimidation - (44) Paralyse - (58) Incapacitate (23) Ball of Fire - (37) Ball of Flames - (51) Ball of Incineration - (65) Ball of Lava (50) Ice Comet - (70) Ice Nova

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Damage Over Time (DoT)

(1) Cold Whorl - (13) Freezing Whorl - (27) Icy Coil - (41) Piercing Icicles - (55) Artic Icicles - (69) Rending Icicles (3) Engulf - (10) Scorch - (17) Incinerate - (31) Heat Stroke - (45) Heat Convulsions - (59) Fiery Convulsions (10) Blaze - (24) Breath of the Tyrant - (38) Immolation - (52) Cremate - (66) Irradiate (48) Protoflame - (62) Protoferno

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Area of Effect (AOE)

(8) Storm of Lightning - (22) Lightning Flash - (36) Pulsing Flash - (50) Shocking Flash - (64) Electrifying Flash (14) Conflagration - (28) Pyre - (44) Inferno - (58) Fiery Inferno - (70) Firestorm (20) Chilling Wind - (34) Freezing Wind - (48) Icy Wind - (62) Glacial Wind

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Buffs

(3) Magi's Shielding (7) Amplify - (21) Amplification - (35) Intensify - (49) Augmentation - (63) Fortify Elements (12) Vivid Seal - (26) Dazzling Seal - (40) Hand of Tyrant - (54) Fists of the Tyrant - (68) Voice of the Tyrant (24) Snowfilled-Steps

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Crowd Control

(5) Arcane Bindings - (19) Manacles - (33) Tether - (47) Truss - (61) Shackle (10) Tongue Twist - (24) Benumb - (38) Enfeeblement - (52) Lapse - (66) Cease (25) Boreal - (39) Aurora - (53) Nimbus Aurora - (67) Corona (40) Ring of Cold - (54) Ring of Ice - (68) Ring of Frost

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Power Replenishment

(13) Painfull Meditation - (27) Discretionary Flow - (41) Vital Flow - (55) Vital Flood - (69) Vital Conversion (28) Essence Harvest - (42) Vitalic Harvest - (56) Vitalic Reaping - (70) Vitalic Cropping (33) Intromission - (47) Essential Intromission - (61) Cardinal Intromission

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Misc

(11) Burning Radiance - (25) Flametongue - (39) Fiery Grandeur - (53) Blazing Grandeur - (67) Phoenixblade (18) Accord - (33) Concurrence - (47) Singularity - (61) Anomalism (18) Summon Shadows (20) Coldshield - (35) Chillshield - (50) Frostshield - (64) Iceshield (24) Portal - (38) Depart (32) Surge of Flames - (46) Fiery Surge - (60) Inferno Surge (35) Frostbound Gift - (49) Icebound Gift - (63) Frigid Gift

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