Mage/Dark Wizard Help Best archetype

I'm a level 98 mage and I don't see the advantages in rift walker and arcanist vs light bender because light bender does good damage and the best heal so is there anything that I do not see in the other archetypes

 

You can combine riftwalker and lightbender to make riftbender, arguably the best archetype for mage right now cause it gets all the heals of lightbender but also riftwalker damage.
https://hppeng-wynn.github.io/build...2SL2SM2SN0ms00000400041g00000zz++++-tMhNJjrN0
In terms of non-hybrids riftwalker has great damage and better mobility at the cost of a worse heal, and arcanist has also great damage with insane spellspam and crowd control capabilities but no heal. Lightbender has the weakest damage (although it still does do enough damage on its own) and has the best support/survivability.

 

Light Bender: support and recovery
Riftwalker: mobility and good against bosses with few minions
Arcanist: strong spellspam and damage but no heal