Fluffed magic - restart ?

[Stickyllama]

Hi,

At the beginning of Lvl 4
Sadly went down the Earth school route up to Poison Shield ( which was pretty useless anyway)
and 2 points in Fire
I read that Ice and Air are the way - Am I too late to swap schools and squander the earth points already invested ?
Or should I start again *sigh*

[Goem]

not really im at level 11 and ive put 5 in fire 13 in earth for shield, which is REALLY useful later on in prolonged fights the poison will wittle you down very quickly, and im spread into air magic 19 and ice 17 and spellcraft 10

[Stickyllama]

Ok - great ! - thanks for the reply

[Darklord]

Yeah I got the poison shield before deciding Ice magic was the way, I've kept going and done fine, no need restart unless you want to.

Daniel.

[Lmaoboat]

Fire is very good, especially considering there are two items that improve it later on.

[Devil]

I think the game is more skill focused (player skill that is) then min/maxing for normal mode so I wouldn't bother restarting.

Air, Fire and Ice are all useful,
Ice freezes but has low damage,
Fire hits hard and leaves a DoT, but some mobs are resistant / immune to it.
Not tried Air but it also seems to hit hard, and nothing is immune to it.

[Hissssa]

What dungeon are you on?

If you aren't too deep I would start over but I am a perfectionist!

I love my ice mage and my fire mage too.

SpoilerShow

but ice and air get no item to boost their element dps

[pruchel]

No dps eh?
http://steamcommunity.com/id/araziel/sc ... 7678537380

SpoilerShow

Yes I know the 4 is the DoT but it looks awesome

But seriously, earth magic poison shield/poison resist aura is really nice. It does deal decent damage, and for situations where you're fighting ranged enemies/multiple enemies in tight spaces spamming poison clouds all over can DoT for quite a bit (e.g fighters challenge). I maxed earth to 32 or something, only getting 10 spellcraft and a smattering in the others and I did fine in hard/oldschool mode, all I used was poison bolt. Unless you're a hardcore min/maxer just keep playing.