Mage/Dark Wizard Help At A Loss On Where To Go From Here

Hey y'all,

Just hit 98 on mage and I'm confused as to what to do. Despite spending around 20 LE on my most recent build, its honestly still dogshit - I can't solo CIP or Qira pscyomancer, which annoys me to no end. Despite being level 98, I've never done factory, I've never done LI, haven't finished Qira floor 1, etc. I've heard people suggest morph but is it really viable in early endgame? Either way, does anyone have a cheap (10-20LE) mage build with all the restrictions I mentioned above? Or is morph the way to go? If that's the case, when should I switch off? I have to imagine it won't be viable for very long in true endgame territory.

Thanks!

 

What build are you using right now? What's your preferred playstyle?

 

https://wynnbuilder.github.io/#4_02501+0Zc0dE0t80U60TN07Q0VG00+m1x0e0o1g00000
WynnBuilder build:
> Aphotic
> Aquarius
> Rapids
> Cloudwalkers
> Yang
> Detective's Ring
> Dragon's Eye Bracelet
> Calming Torc
> Nepta Floodbringer []

My preferred play style is high sustain, high damage spell spam but I feel like my build has neither

 

Something like this could work
https://wynnbuilder.github.io/#4_01B01+0ie0Rl0t80U60TN07Q0VG0000210x0j1Y000010008G
WynnBuilder build:
> Albacore
> Aquarius
> Ehoole Drakeskin
> Memento
> Yang
> Detective's Ring
> Dragon's Eye Bracelet
> Calming Torc
> Nepta Floodbringer [w4w4]


I don't doubt that someone could make better without any LI, Hive or dungeon stuff, but here ya go. Don't forget to powder your weapon, buy yourself a king of hearts as a secondary, and you can switch out Ehoole for like Ophiuchus or something if you still feel too glassy. Also full morph is entirely viable but partial morph is a bit rough

 

high damage, high ehp, high mana regen, high speed
edited verson with 1 mana meteors:
(it requires you to grind out gigabyte but I recommend it)
https://wynnbuilder.github.io/#4_0Au0L30Zc0Wi0t80U60TN0BR0VG+X0o21110o1Y000010008n

 

Great, thank you so much both of you!