Realm of the Mad God Exalt The Ideal Wizard

Overview

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Before proceeding, I would like to point out that many of you will not agree with this guide. I would also like to point out that you do not have to agree with this guide. This guide is how I play. This guide works for me.

The wizard is primarily known for being a heavy-hitting spell-caster. With his special burst attack, the wizard is able to destroy hordes of enemies or, with a well placed shot, destroy a larger enemy.

In this tutorial, I will teach you how to play as a wizard, what your stats mean, where to obtain items, and how to use your special attack.

I will not, however, teach you how to max your character or primary/secondary accounts. Realm of the Mad God (RotMG) can be played with one account. Although more difficult, it is not impossible.

Note: This guide was made before the April 2014 update. However, this information should still hold true.

The Basic Wizard

The Basic Wizard

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The basics of the wizard class is much the same of any class in RotMG: hit enemies while not getting hit yourself.

Some players see wizards as “nooby” because it is the first character anybody plays. NOTE: Just because every player begins with the wizard class does not invalidate it from being a professional class. In the right hands, the wizard class is a force to be reckoned with.

The items wizards should be on the lookout for are as follows:

Staves

Spells

Robes

Higher Tiered Rings (I recommend a vitality ring [and due to the increasing number of comments, defence rings])

One of the higher tiered defence rings:

A player should also be on the lookout for red (health) and blue (mana) potions. An unmodified player can carry up to six potions of each kind. Each potion restores 100 points of either health or mana, depending on which one you drink. Do not be afraid to use these potions as they are fairly easy to obtain! Many low level monsters by the beach will drop these potions! NOTE: Potions are a quick fix to many sticky situations.

The different potions respectively:

The wizard has a fairly high range with a basic attack and a nice burst attack with his spell. When leveled to 20, the wizard has a fast attack and plenty of mana to cast his special multiple times. Because he is so strong and because his range is so long, the wizard class weakens enemies from afar while closer ranged characters move in for the kill.

Stats

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Health: Health is obviously how many hit points your character can take before he dies. If his health reaches 0, he permanently dies, forcing the player to make a new character.

Mana: Mana points allow characters to use their specials. In the case of the wizard, mana points allow him to cast his burst spell. This is a great way to dispose of enemies. Wizards tend to have a lot of Mana points.

Attack: Attack is how much damage you deal to monsters. Obviously different game mechanics come into play, making attacks lesser or greater than the actual amount.

Defence: Defence lessens damage from attacks. Although wizards are severely lacking in this field, their long range more than makes up for it. Many robes have little to no defence bonus.

Dexterity: Dexterity is how quickly your character attacks. Because wizards use staves, which usually fire 2 bolts of energy out at a time, and have a high dexterity stat, they can dispose of many enemies quickly and efficiently.

Vitality: Vitality is how quickly your Health is restored.

Wisdom: Wisdom is much like Vitality, but with Mana instead of Health.

Speed: Speed is how quickly a character can move. Wizards are faster than the warriors, but tend to be slower than that of rogues.

I Got The Basics. Where Do I Get Stuff?

I got the basics. Where do I get stuff?

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Until you can find better items in the godland portal drops, I recommend you find the Forbidden Jungle portal dropped by a Great Coil Snake. The snake is a mid-level quest, but I would suggest waiting until you were a higher level before attempting to kill it single-handed (I can usually kill it when I am around level 12 or so). Although the wizard class is good, you may have issues getting up to the snake as monsters in the mid-level range tend to be quite strong.

After entering the Forbidden Jungle, you will notice the quest boss: Mixcoatl the Masked God. His drops we are focusing on are as follows:

Staff of the Crystal Serpent (UT for the wizard/necromancer class)

Robe of Tlatoani (UT for all spell-caster classes)

Crystal Bone Ring (UT ring for any class)

Wine Cellar Incantation (Opens up the wine cellar in Oryx Castle)

Uncommon Pet Egg (A pet egg)

We are going to focus more on the Staff of the Crystal Serpent and the Robe of Tlatoani. Although pets are nice, they are not required to lead a successful game. If you need a pet, I would recommend a health/mana restoring pet.

The Staff of the Crystal Serpent has a high damage rating as well as a high attack speed. The Robe of Tlatoani, although having no defence rating, has a high wisdom rating. By the time you receive these robes, you should have enough experience with dodging that it generally will not matter. If you are skilled enough to dodge enemy attacks, you will not need a defence rating at all! This, combined with a higher tier defence ring, should give you a decent amount of protection.

These UT drops are powerful enough to kill gods single-handed. When you become skilled enough, you can take on higher gods and dungeon masters, such as Stheno the Snake Queen, for better loot. (Stheno is a semi-difficult boss and should only be taken on by those who have read up on her. Although I have defeated Stheno single-handed, she put up a nice fight). Stheno is the boss for the Snake Pit dungeon.

However, if you are having issues dodging attacks, you will want to find different robes. Depending on what type of robes you want, you will have to attack different monsters. A good place to start would be killing Liches. This type of monster is able to drop mid-tier robes. Using the robes you obtain from the Liches, you can then make your way into the godlands and kill lesser and realm gods. Another thing you may want to consider doing is upgrading your staff to a higher tier. I say this because the high-tier staffs are generally better than the UT staff. You can obtain these by killing gods as well. I recomend that you look for a T9 staff or above. If you are to do this, take each god on one by one. You can then obtain potions that permanently boost your stats; you may then trade them away for better gear.

You may be tempted to use these potions on yourself. If you want to, I cannot stop you. But I know that good equipment is better than an extra point to a stat. With better equipment, you can kill more gods and obtain more potions; therefore, this way will make you a profit in the long run.

I would suggest that you take each god on one by one. If you begin to get overwhelmed, hit your Nexus button. This way you will avoid death! I, personally, like to take a god on by myself because I do not have to track the motions and bolts of other characters. For me, it makes it easier to stay alive.

If you opt out of using the UT items, do not throw them away! Check the feed value on them! Notice anything? That's right! UT items have a good feed value for your pets. Keep the UT items in your vault if you are low on fame; otherwise, you can use it to feed your pet!

You might be wondering why I chose to include UT items if I turn around and tell you to upgrade later. Well, you need decent gear starting out if you are ever to attack the gods. With this gear, you should be able to get a foothold in the realm. Use this foothold to eventually upgrade your gear! Every quest has to start somewhere, so why not with easy to obtain UT items?

You may be thinking I left out spells. Many higher tiered spells are only dropped by gods as well as Oryx himself. If you are able to find a better spell, use it. However, it is very rare. I wouldn't get my hopes up. (A tier 2 spell is an alright spell regardless of level).

Special Attack: Bursting With Joy

Special Attack: Bursting with Joy

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The special attack of wizards, as mentioned above, is the burst spell. When a player uses a special attack, a bolt of energy is fired where the cursor is pointing and will explode when it reaches that point. The explosion will release other bolts of energy that damages nearby enemies. When aimed directly at a larger enemy or group of monsters, it can take it/them out quickly.

A player using the wizard's special attack must have line of fire to the cursor for the spell to be totally effective. If the spell clips a wall, it will explode on the wall, basically wasting half of the bolts from the spell.

However, the wizard needs line of fire to the cursor, not the enemy. Because of this, wizards can attack enemies around corners with their special attack; they may fire their spell at the cursor and have it explode near an enemy, forcing the enemy to take damage. This makes the wizard a deadly force.

End Notes

End Notes:

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Due to my oversight, I failed to mention the Nexus button and hotkey. Something any experienced Realm of the Mad God player should do is bind their "Return to Nexus" key to an easily accessible button. I also advise that you bind your red (health) and blue (mana) potions to easily accessible keys as well. This will get you out of almost any sticky situation.

For example:

-My movement keys are the WASD keys respectively

-My red (health) potion key is F

-My Return to Nexus key is G (Some people use R and others use Q. It is just a matter of personal preference! Just make sure you can hit it when then need arises!)

Therefore I can easily dodge out of the way with my movement keys, take potions quickly while I move, and hit the Nexus key when needed. If I accidentally hit the F key instead of the G key, I will take a potion instead of Returning to the Nexus. However, if I am returning to the Nexus, chances are that my health is low and I am in a bind.

Another oversight on my part was not mentioning what to do after you obtain these times and reach level 20. I am, by no means, an expert on the hyper competitive play that may occur whilst trying to max a character. However, I can recommend that you continue to find better gear. You should carefully venture into the godlands and find stat boosting potions. This way you will have a form of currency in this universe. I suggest that you find a few price guides online of what items are worth in the Realm of the Mad God community and begin trading. This way, you will be able to obtain better equipment and perhaps even max your character.

Remember, when you die, you lose all of your items. Far too many times, I have died over something trivial because I believed I could "handle it." If you question whether or not you can kill something, chances are you cannot. I strongly recommend that you return to the Nexus so you can fight another day.

Edits

Edits:

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Edited: April 25th, 2014

-Added a comment about the nexus key. It is a personal preference after all!

-Removed a game reference in Overview.

Edited: April 23rd, 2014

-Fixed more grammatical issues and changed some content.

-Added more content to the Equipment section of the guide.

-Added the Edits section to the guide to keep track of my editing.

Edited: April 21st, 2014.

-Added pictures and the End Notes section.

-Please note that I claim no right to these pictures. They are the property of their respective owners.

-Fixed some typos and grammatical issues.

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The Ideal Wizard

Overview

The Basic Wizard

Stats

I Got The Basics. Where Do I Get Stuff?

Special Attack: Bursting With Joy

End Notes

Edits

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