Mage Solo PVE Technique

Solo PVE Technique

Mages are well-known as being good at soloing, mostly due to the way that they’re able to deal damage at enemies from a range, then slow or root them in place while retreating, and repeating the process until the target is dead. You can deal more damage per second than any other class, but you can expect to burn through your mana very quickly if you don’t pace yourself, which can require you to drink fairly often. As mentioned, you’re also going to be quite fragile, especially if enemies are able to close on you, as most of your spells will be interrupted if you’re hit while you cast them. There are exceptions to this, and some of your talents will help you make specific spells less interruptable, but you’ll still generally want to keep enemies as far away from you as possible. You can either do this by slowing them (e.g., with Frost Bolt) or rooting them (Frost Nova), but you’ll have to be careful about enemies with high resists, since if your Frost Nova gets resisted, it’ll take a while for it to refresh.

Luckily, you have a great crowd control spell in Polymorph, which can be quickly casted on an add so long as no more than one enemy is engaged in melee combat against you. (If two enemies or more are whacking you, though, you’re better off just Novaing and running.) Frost armor will also help you when you have to escape, since it will automatically slow anyone that lands a blow on you. That’s assuming the mob doesn’t resist it, of course, which it usually will if they’re more than a few levels above you.