[Taiku]

Losing 50% of your mana is normal for this lower level, at 40 i'm using about 60-70% of my mana if i don't get a lot of resists to kill hill giants in rathe, which have a lot of HP but on lower HP mobs i still use around 50%, it's not about efficiency in how much total mana you have, you regen like crazy with the lich line, just nuke the shit out of stuff and regen quickly after.

That's why I really enjoy static spawns such as the 6 minute bard diet and named mob camping, it may be somewhat boring but it gives enough time to regen to full between each pull and not a whole lot of running around looking for stuff.

I can't remember when I began to hunt guards in misty thicket but those are the same concept, I tried all kinds of ways to kill them, the best way I found was not to DoT at all, but to Darkness, Fear, and then spam nukes/taps. if you're at a 6 minute spawn then you'll always regen back to full, pet will never out damage you constantly nuking, the slower xp of a camp like that is worth it in my opinion for the safety and the plat you make during it. I'm pretty sure I stuck with the 6 minute bard diet up untill I could do misty guards