Mage

Alpha-2 Mage Chain Lightning arcing around an environmental obstacle.

You saw there that I ice bolted to apply stacks of chill. I Then followed up with my Elemental Empowerment attacks that added additional chill stacks, which created the frozen condition on the target they couldn't move; and then before that frozen conditions subsided I used my Arc Lightning in order to cause the Shattered effect. – Steven Sharif

Alpha-2 Melee Mage using a Greatsword weapon combo with class abilities.

Different weapons have different synergies with class abilities, which just introduces that extra level of depth. It's like, how can I maximize the effect of this... I'm trading in this case my ranged potential for the ability to apply these status effects in a more AoE regard, which makes Greatsword a lot better for dealing with packs than the wand; and sometimes you'll even be able to use either one based on the situation. We allow players to swap their weapons based on what they are coming up against and it creates a lot of answers to different situations if you have the tools for it. – Tradd Thompson

Mage is an archetype in Ashes of Creation.

• Mages are able to combine skills from different elements, along with non-elemental spells and weapon attacks to produce powerful synergies and combos.
  • Players can focus exclusively on a single element, but this will reduce their ability to benefit from synergies and combos between different elements.

Passive essence is converted into useful forms and patterns under their direction, which can then take the shape of nearly anything imaginable! Mages can bend space, summon light, or set the very air ablaze – applying force in all its rawness, or in any shade of their elemental fury.

• Mages tend to have the most direct relationship with The Essence compared to others.

Mages tend to have the most direct relationship with essence compared to others, and they manage that bond with a singular will... As a Mage’s connection to essence develops further, their power will continue to grow, unfold, and take shape.

Mage classes

Class	Primary	Secondary
Acolyte	Mage	Cleric
Archwizard	Mage	Mage
Battle Mage	Mage	Fighter
Shadow Caster	Mage	Rogue
Sorcerer	Mage	Bard
Spellhunter	Mage	Ranger
Spellstone	Mage	Tank
Warlock	Mage	Summoner

Skills/abilities

Skill	Icon	Description
Arcane Beam		Deal (20%🢆) arcane damage to target enemy or a nearby enemy every 0.5 seconds for 8 seconds. Each hit also restores 3 mana.
Arcane Circle		Place a powerful rune of magic upon the ground beneath you, grants Arcane Empowerment while standing within. Lasts 10 seconds.
Arcane Empowerment		Temporarily dramatically increased cast time while active. Consume all spell charges for increased duration per charge consumed. Spell charges are generated whenever you cast an offensive mage spell while not under the effects of Arcane Empowerment. Each cast generates 1 charge, up to a maximum of 10 charges.
Arcane Eye		Conjure a magical eye that reveals any camouflaged enemies within a 20 meter radius around you to you and all party members over the next 8 seconds.
Arcane Volley		Fires a volley of 7 arcane missiles at your target, dealing (35%🢆) arcane damage each.
Ball Lightning		Create a large ball of charged electricity that travels slowly forward, rapidly dealing (50%🢆) lightning damage and applying Volatile to enemies it overlaps with.
Blink		Instantly teleport a set distance in the direction you are moving.
Blizzard		Channel a massive blizzard around you, raining a barrage of hail shards upon your enemies while channeling. Periodically pulses Chilled to targets within the area. Each shard impact deals (50%🢆) ice damage in a small area around it and applies Frozen to targets with Chilled.
Chain Lightning		Release a powerful streak of lightning that hits your primary target and then chains outward to up to 5 nearby enemies from that target, dealing (175%🢆) lightning damage to each. Applies 20 stacks of Shocked to targets with Volatile.
Combust		Instantly combust your target, dealing (125%🢆) fire damage and applying Conflagrating if they are Burning.
Cone of Cold		Blasts a cone of cold in front of the caster, dealing (125%🢆) ice damage. Applies Chilled to targets hit.
Elemental Empowerment		Whenever you cast an elemental spell, your weapon combo finishers apply a stack of Burning, Chilled, or Volatile to targets hit, based on the current empowered element. Casting a spell of another element changes your current Elemental Empowerment to that element.
Fireball		Hurl a ball of fire toward your target, dealing (100%🢆) fire damage and applying Burning for (75%🢆) fire damage. 3 charges.
Fissure		Call forth a line of jagged earthen spikes in a line in front of you, dealing (175%🢆) pierce damage, applying Staggered, and launching each enemy hit.
Frostbolt		Launch a bolt of frost towards your target, dealing (225%🢆) ice damage. Applies Frozen if the target is Chilled.
Lightning Strike		Held ability: Charge up a bolt of lightning to unleash upon your target, dealing (275%🢆) lightning damage based on how long it was charged. Also applies 20 stacks of Shocked to targets.
Magma Field		Erupts the earth at target location, forming a boiling pool of lava that deals (50%🢆) fire damage and applies Burning at (50%🢆) fire damage power every 2 seconds to enemies within the area. Lasts 8.1 seconds.
Meteor		Conjures a massive flaming rock before sending it hurling toward target location. Upon impact, it deals (200%🢆) fire damage and applies Conflagrating to targets with Burning. After landing it continues to roll forward for its remaining distance, dealing damage to enemies along its path.
Quake		Held ability: Slam down, causing a powerful earthquake around your character that deals (200-500%🢆) bludgeon damage depending on how long it was charged. Additionally this ability applies Staggered to all enemies around the caster, unless fully charged, in which case it applies Tripped.
Shell		Create a protective magical shell around yourself that absorbs a large amount of damage before breaking.
Slumber		Applies the sleeping condition to targets affected within a small area around the primary target, rendering them unable to move or take any action. Any damage dealt to a sleeping target will break the effect. Duration is reduced by 20% for each additional target hit, to a minimum of 40% of base duration.

Elements

There are elements (such as Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Electrical) in Ashes of Creation each with their own resistances.

• Other elemental influences may include Darkness, Light and Planar. The Air Strike ability has a nature based root.

• The Mage archetype offers four elemental schools as augments to a character's primary skills.

• Elements may have more influence in certain seasons and weather conditions. For example, frost abilities may be stronger in winter and lightning might be stronger in the rain. This affects both PvE and Pvp.

• There may be ley lines and strong magical places in the world that change or alter the way spells work.

We've discussed a little bit about how the seasons and biomes will react with different types of skills. Like if you have a fireball and it's summer it might be a little bit different. If it's winter and you have a frost ability it might be different. – Steven Sharif

Spellbooks

Alpha-2 spellbook 3D renders.

Spellbooks are a type of ranged weapon in Ashes of Creation.

When we were creating the book we have for Alpha-0, one the ideas floating around was to have a large tome with a chain that held the tome; and you could swing the tome to hit your targets as a melee book. Whether or not that comes to fruition we will see, but it was an idea on the sketchboard. – Steven Sharif

Orbs

Alpha-2 orb 3D render.

Orbs are a type of weapon in Ashes of Creation.

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See also

• Archetipi
• Classi