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Originally Posted by Nirgon
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Yeah ice comet and sunstrike def not strong single nukes for their level
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Casting those spells on an equivalent level mob takes off a comparatively lower % of health than casting Shock of Lightning on an equivalent level mob.
Plus, the cast times are massively different. Shock of Lightning is 2.2 seconds, whereas Ice Comet is 6.3 and Sunstrike is 7.0
At Level 12, a Wizard can kill an appropriate level target WAY faster than they can later in the game. Fact. You can kill something with 3 casts of Shock of Lightning at that level. That's a total of 11.1 seconds spent to down a target (including recharge time). Now, compare to a Level 49 Wizard trying to kill a Seafury Cyclops. It takes 5 casts of Ice Comet, which takes a Wizard 40.5 seconds to accomplish. That is nearly FOUR times as long, plus it takes significantly longer for the Wizard to regen that mana as compared to the Level 12 Wizard!
What a Wizard is able to accomplish at Level 12
should a model for their level of effectiveness the rest of the game, but unfortunately it is not. Things just become worse and worse for the Wizard. You go into Crushbone at Level 12 and your group gets a bad pull - you as a Wizard can actually burn an add down by yourself before it causes too much trouble. Go into Sebelis at Level 55 and your group gets a bad pull? As a Wizard the most useful thing you can try to do is root-park an add. You can't actually burn anything down on your own.