Mage/Dark Wizard Calamity - All Of Wynn's Cancer In One Build

Second Class Build since Gameplay Update. This is a build that will probably be frowned upon. I'm just putting this out there: side effects of using this build include being escorted out of the friendzone. You have been warned.



- Other Builds -
Abyss - Offensive Tank Spring

~☠~ CALAMITY ~☠~






⚕ Equipment ⚕

Cancer
Calidade Mail
Gemini
Gaea-Hewn Boots | Statue | Virgo

Prism
Prism
Prowess
Diamond Fusion Necklace

Bonder (Courage)
Bonder (Curse)
Fatal




⚕ Explanations ⚕

Cancer is the centerpiece of this build. You want at least 4800 poison on it. No more than -110% Spell Damage if possible. Melee Damage serves little importance as the Poison from Cancer will outweigh what little chip damage you can achieve with Bonder/Fatal even with Super Fast attack speed, though it's still nice to have.

Calidade Mail is here solely for the Skill Points. It has pretty good HP to top it off. Far Cosmos is not chosen due to its requirements, and Morph-Steel will render you extremely glassy when using Virgo.

Gemini really needs to be nerfed. +45% ish Elemental Defense across all Elements is disgusting. The base defense of Gemini also neutralized the negative Air Defense of Cancer. Together with Gaea-Hewn Boots and Prisms, it provides around 500 Defense across all Elements.

There are three Boots for this build, which can be swapped for different situations.

Gaea-Hewn Boots should be used for day-to-day PvE as well as scouting for PvP. It provides balanced Defenses with Gemini and has high HP as well as Melee and Spell Damage boosts to raise your damage output slightly. +200 Raw Spell Damage means an undefendable 800 damage every Meteor, which stacks up pretty quickly with the Poison from Cancer.

- Statue raises your HP to around 18000, making you difficult to wear down with opposing Poison builds, as well as defending against Weapons that have very high Base Damage, such as Stinger or Alkatraz.

- Virgo should be used against builds that are difficult to wear down with Poison alone, such as Sanic Archer, Tank Mage or Guardians. It also has a nice +3/4s Mana Regen, bringing your total Mana Regen to +9/4s with Bonder. Not recommended for very high DPS opponents unless you want to lose SP.

Prisms are necessary for their Skill Point Boosts and Elemental Defenses. Skill Points are very tight with this build.

Prowess is Prowess. It provides nice HP and as Skill Point Boosts.

Diamond Fusion Necklace is used for its +25 boost in Skill Points (Elemental Defenses are nice too). Seriously the Skill Points for this build is so tight you need a godlike Calidade Mail to swap this for Gigabyte.

Bonder is pretty mandatory for its 6/4s Mana Regen alone. Use Manablast if you're cheap. It ensures you have room for mobility with Teleport and able to spam Ice Snake despite equipment restrictions. Bonder can be powdered for either Courage or Curse (I use both). Courage and Curse actually boosts the damage from Poison (which is pretty retarded if you ask me). Courage brings 1666/1s Poison to 4165/1s, while Curse brings it up to 5165/1s. However, Courage's activation requirement means you can Poison your opponent then activate Courage, guaranteeing the Poison boost. Curse, on the other hand, requires you to physically land the special on your opponent, which may prove dangerous if they use Cataclysm or something. There's a 3000 damage difference between Courage and Curse, choose based on your preferences.

Fatal is used to throw out a few surprising Meteors if your opponent lowers their guard thinking you only have Poison. However Fatal is easily blocked by Elemental Defense since Thunder builds are pretty prevalent these days. Mage is really all Fatal is used to hit since Poison takes care of everything else. Thunder Defensive Mages with high HP will be discussed later.




⚕ Skill Points ⚕

33/105/33/33/70
Total: 274

Calidade Mail +25
Prism +18
Prism +18
Prowess +25
Diamond Fusion Necklace +25
Level 101 +200

Total: 311

Adjusted Skill Points
33/105/68/33/70
Total: 311

Skill Point Boosts are taken as estimates of slightly above average values, will vary with equipment.

Extra Skill Points go into Agility (pls nerf Agi).




⚕ Statistics ⚕

Total HP: ~13000 ( ~18000 with Statue, ~9000 with Virgo)
Mana Regen: +6/4s (+9/4s with Virgo)
Mana Reduction: 50.3%
Thorns: Close to 100% with Virgo
Reflection: Over 100% with Virgo
Poison: +4998/3s (5000/3s rounds down)

Raw Elemental Defenses:
415 | 540 | 415 | 415 | 140

Perc Elemental Defenses:
+75% | +50% | +75% | +75% | +50%

Net Elemental Defenses:
727 | 810 | 727 | 727 | 210

IDs and Perc Elemental Defenses are taken as estimates of slightly above average values, will vary with equipment.

As you can see, Air Defense is relatively weak with this build thanks to -200 raw from Cancer. If all 11 Powder Slots on Armor are used to patch Air Defense, the Net Air Defense would increase to 771 and Net Fire Defense would decrease to 476 (which obviously isn't the best idea). It's up to personal preference when it comes to Powders on Armor.




⚕ Calculations ⚕

Spoiler: Offensive Calculations

Direct Hit vs Doesn't Matter
4998 over 3 seconds
1666 per second

Courage Direct Hit vs Doesn't Matter
12498 over 3 seconds
4166 per second

Curse Direct Hit vs Doesn't Matter
15498 over 3 seconds
5166 per second

2x T6 Thunder 120 Dex Fatal Meteor vs Mob
Base: 937 ~ 8038
Crit: 1073 ~ 15220
Net Average: 5505

Any further Thunder Defense renders Fatal ineffective. It is unwise to attempt to charge Courage/Curse with Fatal when you have no Mana Regen while holding it, making you easy target for opponent's attacks.

Spoiler: Defensive Calculations

* ALL CALCULATIONS ARE RESPECT TO GAEA-HEWN BOOTS *
* THUNDER AND AIR WEAPONS WOULD DO SIGNIFICANTLY LESS DAMAGE WITH STATUE *

Spoiler: Archers

60% Air Damage 50/50/50/50/140 Stratiformis Bomb vs
Calamity
Base: 4145 ~ 7882
Crit: 6108 ~ 11188
Net Average: 7067

Looks like Powder investment in Air is needed :P

200% Rage Earth Stratiformis Bomb vs Calamity
Base: 1414 ~ 4585
Crit: 2664 ~ 8279
Net Average: 4522

Spoiler: Warriors

Warriors (still) can't touch you lel

Spoiler: Mages

120 Dex 30% Thunder Damage Fatal Meteor vs Calamity
Base: 0 ~ 4498
Crit: 0 ~ 11690
Net Average: 4838

120 Dex 30% Thunder Damage Courage Fatal Meteor vs Calamity
Base: 0 ~ 11792
Crit: 0 ~ 17992
Net Average: 8128

150 Agi 33 Dex 100% Air Damage Warp Meteor vs Calamity
Too much

110 Str 33 Dex 20% Earth Damage Gaia Meteor vs Calamity
Base: 1707 ~ 3721
Crit: 4587 ~ 7399
Net Average: 3371

110 Str 33 Dex 20% Earth Damage 300% Rage Gaia Meteor vs Calamity
Let's not go there.

Spoiler: Assassins

Doesn't Matter Cataclysm Spin Attack vs Calamity
Haha no. Please nerf.

100 Str 33 Dex Grimtrap Spin Attack vs Calamity
Base: 2766 ~ 4005
Crit: 4917 ~ 6694
Net Average: 3870

⚕ Final Verdict ⚕

Thanks to Mage's relatively lower Spell Mana Costs, it can make do with 6/4s Mana Regen with 68 Int. Not optimal, but it is more than manageable. Teleport + Ice Snake alternations with around a 1 second rest in-between guarantees infinite Spells. Drop a Meteor or two with Fatal as you see fit. Unlike most other Poison builds, Calamity is best used to go on the offensive, overwhelm your opponent with Unlimited Snake Works.

If fighting opposing Archers, follow the same generic advice of avoiding walls. Ice Snake, being entities, actually block Bombs, making Calamity very obnoxious against Archers. Poison also renders their Escape very ineffective. Your Agility can help against some stray hits, but be sure to Heal as soon as your HP drops below 80%, and don't Heal twice in a row since it builds up Mana Usage.

If fighting opposing Warriors, laugh at them while Teleporting as soon as they begin to Charge.
Buff Warrior pls.

If fighting opposing (defensive) Mages, do your basic combos for 30 seconds or so until they get used to your 1666/1s Poison. Charge Courage/Curse in the process. Wait for them to throw out a few Spells then activate your Powder special. Their HP will burn like crazy. The first instinct they will have will be to spam Heal. Use this opportunity to close the distance and assault them with your attacks, maintaining the Poison ticks. Courage and Curse lasts longer than most people expect. A few seconds seem like an eternity in a heated battle. You can get 7 or 8 Poison ticks in with enough practice. That's around 35k Damage total. 35k undefendable damage. Good luck healing that off. Reflection from Virgo helps heaps against most Mages, but don't use it if you are under the threat of being one-shot (unlikely).

If fighting opposing Assassins, spam Ice Snake like no tomorrow. Do NOT underestimate the burst of Speed Assassins get when they Vanish. Look for Damage tags from your Poison and continue to assault in their general direction. Assassins have trouble maneuvering under Poison, so use that to your advantage.

Thanks to @motoki1 for his Damage Calculator like every Class Build thread ever.




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~ Net_Twerk ~​

 

great build 10/10 would fight again

 

What a masochist.

 

just filth.

 

Beatiful but disgusting
Luckily I have no friends so I can safely use it :D

 

What kind of weak people only use 60% air with stratiformis

 

Aw yis

 

The same kind of people who somehow has 50 in every other Skill Point. Come on they are just damage estimates, I don't use Stratiformis :(

 

=P it's fine

 

ye

 

You thought it was a necro, but it was me, Net_Twerk!

Legit tho need feedback.

10/10 not copy-pasted from the Spring thread.

 

jokes on you my first instinct isn't to heal but to spam teleport

 

Then you die in ~3 seconds.

 

What
Is it still working
I thought it has been fixed
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Why is having less -spell bad

 

Looks like I need to get the fuck away from nether for a very long time...oh wait...I don't do nether
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Is there an alternate to Fatal?

 

i thought this wwas a terraria mod, not a build

 

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