CLASS ABILITIES

Skills

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elementalist · Ranged · light armor

Mage

Ranged caster: fire and lightning, burns and shocks that spread across the horde.

20 skills · 4 skill lines · Maximum rank 10

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CLASS ABILITIES

Mage · Skill tree

Passive tree →

Mage⇄ Fire × Lightning⇄ Ice × Arcane⇄ Fire × Ice⇄ Lightning × Arcane

Lightning · Tier 2

Chain Lightning

Area damage

The bolt jumps from one to the next without asking.

Skill rank

Effect preview · Rank 1

Lightning Damage

+153 on each target hit

Next rank: +189 on each target hit

Effect: Hit
Targets: Several enemies
Duration: Instant
Cooldown: 9s

Reference hero stats

Match these to your build. The initial preview uses damage base 600, cast rhythm ×1, mastery/synergy ×1 and zero cooldown rating.

Damage baseCast rhythmMastery / synergy multiplierCooldown rating

Preview from the native tooltip formula and the reference stats above. Your hero build and live balance determine the in-game result.

Base cooldown: 9s
Scaling stat: Lightning Damage
Maximum rank: 10

Unlock requirement

rank 5

Native scaling parameters

Base: 13.5
Per level: 3.9

Client coefficients before hero stats, skill rank and runtime modifiers; these are not final damage or healing.

Full skill reference →

Mage · Skill lines

All skills are visible for reference. Select an icon or skill name to inspect it above.

1Fire5 skills

The first spell every mage learns, and the last one they give up.

Base cooldown: 6s
Scaling: Fire Damage

The fire doesn't go out: it finds whatever is left to burn.

Base cooldown: 8s
Scaling: Burn

The air ignites all at once, in a ring.

Base cooldown: 9s
Scaling: Fire Damage

Burns from the inside on purpose, and every flame that leaves the hands burns hotter.

Base cooldown: 14s
Scaling: Fire Damage

Pulls a stone out of the sky and steps aside.

Base cooldown: 16s
Scaling: Fire Damage

2Lightning5 skills

A short snap between the fingers. Enough.

Base cooldown: 6s
Scaling: Lightning Damage

The bolt jumps from one to the next without asking.

Base cooldown: 9s
Scaling: Lightning Damage

Overloads the target's nerves: every hit on it shocks.

Base cooldown: 10s
Scaling: Shock

The static charge clings to the body, and every bolt comes out stronger.

Base cooldown: 14s
Scaling: Lightning Damage

The cloud obeys for a few seconds.

Base cooldown: 16s
Scaling: Lightning Damage

3Ice5 skills

A shard of ice, sharp as glass.

Base cooldown: 6s
Scaling: Ice Damage

Ice traps the horde and one block slides, hitting the others like billiards.

Base cooldown: 12s
Scaling: Chill

Three shields spin around each hero, hard as ice.

Base cooldown: 12s
Scaling: Absorption

A cutting wind that takes the warmth with it.

Base cooldown: 9s
Scaling: Ice Damage

Stops everything. Blood included.

Base cooldown: 16s
Scaling: Ice Damage

4Arcane5 skills

Raw arcane energy, drawn from the chaos the mage tames.

Base cooldown: 6s
Scaling: Chaos Damage

Four shields of purple runes spin around each hero.

Base cooldown: 12s
Scaling: Absorption

He was there. Now he isn't.

Base cooldown: 8s
Scaling: Dodge

Little purple imps run to the enemies and come back with the stolen life.

Base cooldown: 0s
Scaling: Lifesteal

Opens a point where the rules stop applying.

Base cooldown: 16s
Scaling: Chaos Damage

Skill layout, connections, icons, descriptions and unlock rules come from the QuestAway beta 0.7.3 client. This view is a wiki reference; it does not show account allocations.