[Translation] Know-How: Sorcerer PvP

[sann]

loooove you!

[2San]

Originally Posted by Thats Too Bad

Tips from Player 민영공주, Server Kidorun, Lvl 50, Asmodian

Best to place skills that can be used while moving in keys Q,E,T,G whereas spells that needs casing time can be put on F1-F10 and the number keys. The DP should be placed at CTRL + 1. Consumables you should use your mouse to activate.

Its very hard to have every skill put into the number keys and F1-F10. Because while you are moving, if you want to use an instant cast skill, you need to use your mouse or put your fingers away from your Movement keys. So its best to put those instant cast into Q E T G Middle Mouse Click CAPSLOCK and Shift+.

Summon Cold Air I - Skills - Aion: Q or E, most often used skill! You need to keep moving after you cast this spell. In the abyss, when you meet a pro gosu, you have to run like hell. And when you lose direction because of it, use this spell to find where he is!
Severe Cold I - Skills - Aion: Q or E, or very close to it.
Dimension Door I - Skills - Aion: Scrollwheel mouse click (middle mouse click)
Restraint of Winter I - Skills - Aion: T or G rather than number keys! Its more comfortable that way.
DP skill: You don?t use it often? and you need to be able to use it quick? so CTRL + 1 or 2 would do.

People really if you are serious about pvp, start buying gaming pads. Preferably one with where your thumb rests on a dpad/analog stick. I use the Nostromo N52 and the N52te myself once you get used to it you just, can't live without it. I know this sounds like a sales pitch, but really play WASD style on a standard keyboard is just sad. :|

[Sheen]

Why? If WASD are used for moving with click of mouse to switch to strafing, there are 13 keys i feel are easy for my hand to hit without ever losing contact of movement keys. Then if you really need more you can do ctrl + key or alt + key for more, depending on what is more comfortable to use.

What is it about a gaming pad that would really make it easier?

[Seisoku]

You are win.

[Zurui]

Why do mages need attackspeed?

[Dementia-13]

Thanks for taking the time to translate these.. they're always a good read

[hellsp4wn]

Nice reading, thanks man

[2San]

Originally Posted by Sheen

Why? If WASD are used for moving with click of mouse to switch to strafing, there are 13 keys i feel are easy for my hand to hit without ever losing contact of movement keys. Then if you really need more you can do ctrl + key or alt + key for more, depending on what is more comfortable to use.

What is it about a gaming pad that would really make it easier?

Really 13 buttons? Still trust me this just works that much better. Really it isn't anything to debate about. All the top tier players in any MMO use it(though they also use it for the macro functionality). Your thumb is on the D-pad and never leaves it so. You never stop moving while having the option to press a lot of skills and switching profiles on the fly(if there aren't enough buttons). It's just that much more efficient and the buttons are logical placed so it's easier to remember what does what. In pvp every second matters.

It takes some getting used, but really it's a lot better.

[Lightborn]

Wow, nice video. Sorcerers are flashy and painful and at least they can take a few hits later game.

[Thats Too Bad]

Thx for the fix on that epic typo, it was actually

sorcerer vs gladiators

feels easier than Templars


And lol, >.> Im just gonna l2p with the standard set, my top-ranked gosu assassin contact over at Korea does fine with the normal keyboard and lasermouse, not even side buttons.

On that 3 second cast thing. Its actually not 3 second CAST, 3 second protection. I got confused because 무적 means invincibility, so I thought that can't be... but then I did a little more research then found out thats what it meant. Sorcerers have 2 skills that gives them invincibility for a short time, with a long skill recharge:
Barrier of Severance I - Skills - Aion
the other I dont know >.> but Im sure you'll find out if you get srsbzn about Sorc PvP, info fixed in OP

Also, for the attack speed. While for melee classes get faster attack with this bonus



Casters get faster spell motion (aftercast delay) with it.

[Cyllarus]

Only with aspd that is already on armors and weapons. Using items that increase aspd will not give you shorter cast time. Rettig has proven this already.

And barrier of severance looks like a great skill to use when your spells are on cd and it's just about up. Barrier of Severance, CC pot, and dimension door if needed.

[Iggyefex]

Thanks you so much for this guide. Just bookmarked it to help me with my sorcerer later on.

[Thats Too Bad]

You can get about 25%+ ASPD from gears, weaps 15-19%-ish bonus + 8% on one of the legendary top lvl gloves.

[2aimless]

Originally Posted by Thats Too Bad

Yup thats true. If it was Casters would be powercreeped.

You can get about 25%+ ASPD from gears, weaps 15-19%-ish bonus + 8% on one of the legendary top lvl gloves.

But martial classes can push it to the 50% limit with consumables

Attackspeed does not change casting times but casting animations. There is nothing that improves castingtime except the skills.

[erebus2075]

Originally Posted by 2aimless

Attackspeed does not change casting times but casting animations. There is nothing that improves castingtime except the skills.

not true, from what i have seen.

Originally Posted by 2San

Really 13 buttons? Still trust me this just works that much better. Really it isn't anything to debate about. All the top tier players in any MMO use it(though they also use it for the macro functionality). Your thumb is on the D-pad and never leaves it so. You never stop moving while having the option to press a lot of skills and switching profiles on the fly(if there aren't enough buttons). It's just that much more efficient and the buttons are logical placed so it's easier to remember what does what. In pvp every second matters.

It takes some getting used, but really it's a lot better.

some major flaw:
1: it's impossible to chat.
2: there is no bottoms over your QWE keys which would give you at least 3 more keys.
3: how again am i supposed to get more keys from using this?, lets see on a keyboard i got too run "ASDW" and for instant fast skills "QEVCXZ>?1234" with the abillity to hold use "CTRL" very easily, and use at least "QECXZ234", that's 19 key's for instant skill use, and still very flexible and easy access too the jumping, flying etc

i can kind of see the idea with this thing, alhough i would think your fingers would almost trip over each other, and your brain free from trying to figure out if "X+Y+A+D" is the instant lock or the instant warp key
since from what this path have is only 10 bottoms, and then if you can controll the stick perfectly 19 bottoms(2 of them used for flying+1for going in flying mode=16), but then again i didn't win any bottoms from using it, and i don't have any extra key's for.

ow well, i guess it is a preference, if you have lamed with it enough it is properly nice to have, but again, i think it is really a matter of preferance

(a mouse with a ton of bottoms, see that's much better then the normal mouse :P ).

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awesome guide btw, really nicely done there