aa's For a solo Wizard

[Stradic]

<p> Hello all this is my first post. I am new to EQ all together. I played WoW for a little over a year and so far i like this game much better. Anyway</p><p>   My question is what is a good AA build for a solo wizard? I have 22 aa's as of right now about to get my 23rd and im LvL 28. I have 10 in magi shield and the rest in stam line. I am doing ok but I have to admit getting Adpt 3's for all my used skills is kinda expensive and tradeskilling just doesnt seem to be the thing for me. Although it might be something I would do if it was worth the effort. I have read many post on aa builds for wizard and none really seem to answer my question in a way I can understand. Agian i am new to EQ so im kinda slow to pick up all the lingo. I am really just looking for some info on the different ways togo and any advice would be great. </p><p>My build so far is 10 in Magi's Shielding, 1 in Summon Fam 4,4,3 sta line</p><p>  Thanks for your time DrewBlood@Everfrost</p>

[Mayl]

<p>I am 25th, so by no means an expert.  That said, I am soloing just like you and have 25 aa's at 25th right now.</p><p>I have done right what you have. I took 10 in magi shielding and then going down the STA line.  Honestly, I am loving the spec path right now.  While I do root just to keep my subjection skill maxed, once done, I just "tank" the mobs down. </p><p>ie Ball of fire, HO, two dd's and dead mob. Works against anything not heroic..</p><p>Without the ward from eof aa line and the sta and those buffs, no way I could do this.  I kill fast also.  </p><p>So I think you are right no the money</p>

[Stradic]

Cool..glad to hear it. Thats sounds alot like what im doing. Guess all the treads i read about a solo aa build were right on. Now if i can just figure out how to get those teleport skills<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Shardly]

Manaburn stinks... Well maybe not for soloing..   Have fun doing those 3x's epics solo <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Pibly]

<p>Well everyone seems to say manaburn stinks and yet....  some wizzies love it.  I still havent figured out what to do.  I did put 10 points in magi shield, and that's 10 points well spent.  After that though, no one seems to agree.</p><p>Some say work up the agility line for fast cast.  That appeals to me.  Some say manashield is the way to go, some say forget that.  Some say manaburn is wonderful solo, some say its a waste.</p><p>After magi shield, I put my points so far into fire in the wiz lines, just because thats what I kill with and having fast fire nukes seemed logical.  I can respec a number of times before I need to settle down.</p><p>I'm almost totally a solo wiz, so manaburn AND manashield both are attractive.  As wiz though, I rather boost my dps than boost my defense.</p><p>I dont think I'll ever be interested in focusing on ^^^ heroics.  I just want a really good solid solo spec to get to 80 with.  And (if anyone here has played wow I was fire mage there) I dont want to sacrifice dps for defense.  I rather boost dps.</p><p>One huge problem with manaburn is that you have to waste so many points in useless skills.  I mean, it seems totally a waste. Group ae for power regen when you dont group?  Feeding mana to others when you dont group??  Much as manaburn seems attractive, I'm not sure it makes sense to work to it.</p><p>After reading threads here and thinking how I like to play, I'm beginning to think I should go agility.</p>

[Grimlux]

Manaburn has two sides to it. The positive side is that it does a large amount of damage, that will scale with your gear and level pretty much. Pre 60, this is not a terrible ability to have on your bar. The negative side is that later on in the game you get spells that will do just about as much as Manaburn anyways. So dumping all your mana is not a practical way of DPS'ing.I only have a 70 wizard and finally got rid of it. I am working on the ice spell tree and also the enhanced shield. Its amazing and a must have for solo'ing.

[Pibly]

Thank you Grimlux.  I'm halfway to manaburn and thinking its a waste.  Think I'll take advantage of one of my 5 respecs and switch.  But whether to switch to stam or switch to agility, I'm not sure.

[BiggiEQ2]

<p>noones mentioned the strength line yet have they?</p><p>thats what ive donbe so far - pumping all my points into STR, and regretting it <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>im gonna respec now and pump those ten points into magi's shielding - i 99% solo (altho wont do at later levels when groups are more common), and STR line will be my first to go down for the spell crit chance.  then agi is it?  nextdoor to strength, for faster casting and reuse.</p><p>not had a good look at the wizard AA lines yet (apart form Magis shield), so undecided, manaburn sounds funky, and i may opt for that if i become more group focused, but thats a long way off yet <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>so str line early on - viable?</p>

[Raidyen]

<p>Magi shield -10 / Sta -24 / Agi-24.</p><p>Ignore manaburn as a solo wizard.  Second tree should mix between fire/ice depending on what level you are and what spells you have.  Lower levels more in fire, higher levels more in Ice.</p>

[Cadori Seraphim]

Not sure if my 2 cents will be worth anything as I duo with my BF, so take it or leave it <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />I went down the Str line 4/6/4/8/1 for the crits, and the end thing there for the next spell crit.. I thought that was nice, it lets me choose a time crit whenever I want.Then I went down the Wis line 4/4/6/8/1. I have mana burn and that was very useful pre 60, but now am at 64 and noticing a huge difference in named heroics and I am going to be speccing out of that really soon.For my sorc line tho this is what I plan to have at max 70 points:Str: 4/4/4/8Agi: 4/4/6/8/1Wis: 4/4/6/8/1Int: 3 (last 3 to max 70 in the tree)As far as the Wizard tree, I will be putting points into both my fire and ice spells and going for max mail of frost. Though I am still toying around with what I want there so its all up in the air really for me <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Kaldrin]

Pre-60 you have Manaburn as a crutch for soloing. I use it a lot, especially when I want to make something dead that is eating my power to pip it down. It's a good crutch, but a dps class shouldn't have it... shouldn't need it. But I digress. I went manaburn. I loved it because I could take big bads down solo. In a group it's always useless. Far too long of a casting time to even get done before the mob is at 10%, let alone 50% health. And the biggest drawback is it eats all your power. It also has a long recast timer. I do plan on spec'ing out of it after I get to 60-ish and start hanging around groups in the higher level areas.

[Shardly]

<cite>BiggiEQ2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>noones mentioned the strength line yet have they?</p><p>thats what ive donbe so far - pumping all my points into STR, and regretting it <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>im gonna respec now and pump those ten points into magi's shielding - i 99% solo (altho wont do at later levels when groups are more common), and STR line will be my first to go down for the spell crit chance.  then agi is it?  nextdoor to strength, for faster casting and reuse.</p><p>not had a good look at the wizard AA lines yet (apart form Magis shield), so undecided, manaburn sounds funky, and i may opt for that if i become more group focused, but thats a long way off yet <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>so str line early on - viable?</p></blockquote>Agil and wisdom are better order for dps .. Guys fix your math skills ...please.

[Baynne]

for soloing i started off with stamina line, took it all the way down for manashield plus i like the boost to casting skills.  after that i originally pu tmy 10 into magi's then took manaburn.  i didn't use it all that often.. just to solo the occasional heroic named lol.  i ended up reading posts later on that showed how to make use of the other AAs in the wiz tree and i respec'd and got iceshape etc.  so far it is already a bonus as the power healing spells really didnt do a whole lot for me anyway.  now i am working on finishing the str line.. i got max spell crit but am already wondering about it.  with that line i only have an 18% spell crit chance... the second i start getting crit gear i will prolly respec out of stamina finally - it is still useful in my duo with an inquis lol - and take wis and agi.. maybe put extra points back into str.  honestly i dont see a way to avoid it as the int line is not really a concern for me and as i get better +disruption and focus gear sta line will have less benefits too.

[Cadori Seraphim]

<cite>Shardly wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>BiggiEQ2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>noones mentioned the strength line yet have they?</p><p>thats what ive donbe so far - pumping all my points into STR, and regretting it <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img mce_tsrc=" />" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>im gonna respec now and pump those ten points into magi's shielding - i 99% solo (altho wont do at later levels when groups are more common), and STR line will be my first to go down for the spell crit chance.  then agi is it?  nextdoor to strength, for faster casting and reuse.</p><p>not had a good look at the wizard AA lines yet (apart form Magis shield), so undecided, manaburn sounds funky, and i may opt for that if i become more group focused, but thats a long way off yet <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img mce_tsrc=" />" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>so str line early on - viable?</p></blockquote>Agil and wisdom are better order for dps .. Guys fix your math skills ...please.</blockquote>I agree with the agi and wis.. and did I screw up my numbers? rofl

[Kaldrin]

Right now I have the WIS line done and am two points from completing AGI. I plan on going STR to get the crit% after I get over to the other side and respec manaburn to Fire/Ice. I've already noticed the cost reduction and speed of casting making a difference.

[Biaxil]

Get Manashield.  Its the best.  Use it at about 20-30% life.  Then go down the Magi Shielding line.

[Kaldrin]

<cite>Biaxil@Nagafen wrote:</cite><blockquote>Get Manashield.  Its the best.  Use it at about 20-30% life.  Then go down the Magi Shielding line.</blockquote>That's interesting... every time I've been below 30% life it's been in one or two hits... the third kills me. I find a master1 root is valuable in keeping me alive... and it doesn't eat my power.

[Vikingstaff]

<p>I have spent a lot of time reading posts trying to decide on aa specing and dps.  The most common advice (in game from experienced wizards and on forum posts), seemed to be some basic version of the following (which I have modified while thinking about the fact that this post was to be focused on being a solo wizard):</p><p>Priority 1 = Wisdom and Agility line (absolutely critical)</p><p>Priority 2 = Fire Line (incredibly practical for the solo wizard...especially at lower levels)</p><p>Priority 3 = Ice line (some nice advantages for some powerful spells, especially as one gains levels)</p><p>Priority 4 = Strength line (nice boost, but not as critical as the other areas...espcially with some of the upper level RoK gear)</p><p>A lot of this is meant for higher level wizards.  The combo of the wisdom and agility line will have the best mathmatical impact on increasing overall dps.  I originally was in the stamina line, and when I respeced, my dps jumped significantly!  Of course, this is IMOH.  I still have A LOT to learn and am still trying to improve me DPS. </p>

[nhdkiller12]

ive been hearing alot of how manaburn is useless, i would partly disagree, and agree to that. depending on what ur doing it can be very useful.say for raiding. manaburn is a good thing to have for raiding, because it deals a huge amount of damage, and with the other stuff u have to put points into to get it, it helps the raid.for soloing, it can be useful to a point, the good side is that if you killing a mob, and you need to take it down quick, manaburn is most likely to help with that, but the down side is it drains all your power, and when soloing power is needed very very bad, im pretty sure even any noob knows that lol.as for soloing goes with soercer tree, i hear manashield line is very usefull when soloing (i never went down that line personally, due to raiding.) i would also going down agility and strength, agility for the increase casting speed, cause soercers tend to be slow on casting, and strength for damage crits.

[ailees]

Not true IMO, <b>manaburn is very bad in raid</b>, lots and lots of wizards, including me, tested it, and your DPS is better without it. With the fast casting stuff, and crit one, you will do much more damages chain casting like a mad.Anyway it is not the initial question