Skele Mages Still Suck

[CharlesJT-1538]

Agreed, and proposed a buff to Raise Skeletal Mage to significantly increase elemental damage and missile speed. Also, missiles now have chance to pierce per level.

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[Endz-1991]

Max 4 mages
Can have all 1 element or all 4 and everything in between
Secetable which element to summon

Can cast
Frost Nova
Meteor
Chain lightning
Poison Nova

[Xemas-1157]

How about 1 mage like a golem? Casting 1 of 4 elements

[Bravata-11682]

@Endz-1991

Max 4 mages
Can have all 1 element or all 4 and everything in between
Secetable which element to summon

Can cast
Frost Nova
Meteor
Chain lightning
Poison Nova

AoE would be very welcoming.

[VoleurRapide-15606]

@Bravata-11682

So at the best case scenario, we’re talking stars and planets aligning perfectly, with a level 48 Skeleton Mage, you can’t really get it higher, and a level 19 lower resist (-62% all), and a max conviction to lower mob resist to -100, the absolute best damage your Skeleton Mage can do it this.

NecromageMissile – Level 74
Poison Skill - Damage: 914–919 over 4 seconds
Cold Skill - Damage: 1010–1014
Fire Skill - Damage: 1052–1060
Lightning Skill - Damage: 148–1928

THAT’S IT. YES IT’S OKAY TO LAUGH.
Do you want to laugh harder???

This is the damage a level 20 skeleton mage with level 20 mastery does.
NecromageMissile – Level 29
Poison Skill - Damage: 230–235 over 4 seconds
Cold Skill - Damage: 200–204
Fire Skill - Damage: 242–250
Lightning Skill - Damage: 58–398

It’s not funny, stop laughing.
This is the damage a lightning sorc does to the same target
Lightning Damage per Second: 94,058
Chain Lightning Damage per Second: 32,809 to Each 14 targets 459,326 total

Skeleton mages need a triple damage buff to be viable, wont even be close to meta or compete with physical skeletons, but they could be playable and not a meme.

Bro too much maths and sense in there

The devs got a headache after the first paragraph

Just say the mages need 700% dmg buff and they’ll go straight to the same conclusion of : hahaha it’s not that bad game been fine for 20 years

And go right back to nap

[Oliasys-1445]

@Xemas-1157

Can we also get a tooltip on their dmg?

The Arreat Summit

Skills Tab

Summon Mages

It explains what mages have and increases to damage per level. If the spell they cast is fireball, then it will cast according to its level and as such do that damage.

Pretty sure it is well spelled out. Just have to read it and do a little math, not that hard.

Also, Diablo Wiki spells it out just a little more for you … you do need the reading comprehension of a 6th grader though.

[SalveWarsong-1819]

I’ve always secretly wanted to build a skele mage necro, but you’re right they need a buff.

An army of spellcasters is one of the coolest things possible in D2. I hope you get the buffs necessary to put them in a good space.

[VoleurRapide-15606]

@Oliasys-1445

The Arreat Summit

Skills Tab

Summon Mages

It explains what mages have and increases to damage per level. If the spell they cast is fireball, then it will cast according to its level and as such do that damage.

Pretty sure it is well spelled out. Just have to read it and do a little math, not that hard.

Also, Diablo Wiki spells it out just a little more for you … you do need the reading comprehension of a 6th grader though

Person A ask for tooltip damage as most spell in every game have.

You : it’s easy you just need to go to a website search the information gather it, do a little excel sheet and alt tab between the game every time you want to know… such stupid request!!

[Xemas-1157]

There’s no numerical value for the tooltip ingame. It just says “+ damage.” All exact values have been calculated by external parties. And thwy are not consistent with changes being made in 2.4.

[Oliasys-1445]

@VoleurRapide-15606

Person A ask for tooltip damage as most spell in every game have.

You : it’s easy you just need to go to a website search the information gather it, do a little excel sheet and alt tab between the game every time you want to know… such stupid request!!

Hey dumbass, there is no preset score to put in the tool tip,the damage changes with the skels levels, and with any +skill gear you add … so yeah go figure it out. its not rocket science or are you really that damned lazy

[VoleurRapide-15606]

@Oliasys-1445

Hey dumbass, there is no preset score to put in the tool tip,the damage changes with the skels levels, and with any +skill gear you add …

So like every other spell in the game?

The only logical reason for them not to put the tooltip is because the dmg is truly underwhelming and that’s how they want it to be

[Xemas-1157]

The damage tooltip scales per level for regular skeleton warriors in this way. The issue is likely the variation in damage across each element. Visualizing them all is a UI problem. However, easily resolved with an average value across all four types

[Fx22Impact-1269]

I totally agree. They even die quicker. They aren’t smart enough to stay back from the fight. It’s like they have the same AI as the skeletons but they’re mages.