MageTier SDanger 5Build #3
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Burning Elemental Crusher

This build emphasizes a combination of elemental damage and crowd control through burning effects, effectively managing foes while maximizing damage output. It's designed to handle the pressures of Danger 5 with powerful AoE attacks, ensuring dominance against both regular enemies and tough bosses.

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Thunder Sword icon
Thunder Sword icon
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Fireball icon
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Score

95

Difficulty

hard

Why This Build Exists

This build focuses more on area control through enhanced burning effects and other elemental damages, differing from existing builds by utilizing Fireball alongside the Thunder Sword to create a burning wave.

Weapons

Thunder Sword icon

With its ability to spawn projectiles that deal elemental damage, Thunder Sword serves as the backbone of this build, allowing for crowd control and synergies with other elemental damage sources.

Fireball icon
2x FireballcoreTier 3

Fireball amplifies the burning effect, spreading fire among enemies with its AoE capability. It pairs well with the Thunder Sword, enabling efficient damage output and battlefield control.

Icicle icon
1x IciclesupportTier 4

Icicle provides additional elemental damage while slowing enemies, allowing for better positioning and survival against hordes, especially during the intense waves of Danger 5.

Main Items

Alien Magic icon
Alien Magichighmedium value

The +8 Max HP and +3 HP Regeneration enhance survivability while not overly compromising elemental output, balancing health and elemental damage.

Scared Sausage icon
Scared Sausagehighhigh value

The burning damage synergizes well with this build, providing additional pressure to enemies while dealing with intense waves.

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Candlemediummedium value

The +4 Elemental Damage and +1 HP Regeneration bolster elemental capabilities while slightly reducing enemy count, facilitating better pacing in waves.

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Eyes Surgerymediummedium value

Enhancing burn activation speed allows for faster damage application across groups of enemies, effectively boosting the build's control.

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Ice Cubelowlow value

Provides additional damage when enemies are first hit by elemental effects, enhancing initial engagement effectiveness.

Upgrade Focus

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Max HP

Increasing the character's survivability is essential given the damage-focused nature of Danger 5.

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Elemental Damage

Boosting elemental damage is crucial to magnify the output of the Thunder Sword and Fireball, enhancing overall effectiveness.

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Attack Speed

Improving attack speed allows for faster hits, enabling quicker application of burning effects and projectile spawn rates.

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Crit Chance

Increasing crit chance can lead to significant boosts in damage output, synergizing with elemental attacks.

Early Game

Focus on gathering elemental damage items and leveling up using Thunder Sword and Fireball to secure early kills efficiently. Prioritize upgrades that increase elemental damage and survivability.

Mid Game

Start pairing items that enhance elemental effects and prioritize crowd control through freezing and burning. Maximize AoE capabilities using Fireball for larger enemy groups, particularly during elite waves.

Late Game

Wave 20 requires tactical positioning against dual bosses; utilize the slow from Icicle and the sustained AoE damage from Fireball while maintaining distance to prevent unavoidable damage.

Build Reasoning

The Thunder Sword's synergy within this build augments the Mage's strengths, granting extensive elemental damage potential and integrated crowd control that directly addresses the increased density of enemies introduced at Danger 5.

Why This Build Wins

  • Given Mages' additional +25% elemental damage, this build fully maximizes advantage by stacking elemental enhancements with Fireball and Scared Sausage.
  • Thunder Sword creates a proactive offensive capability, ensuring constant pressure during boss engagements.

Danger 5 Notes

Danger 5 introduces notably increased enemy damage and health, requiring an emphasis on crowd control and fast execution to deal with mixed elite types.

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