The Book of Thoth

Well, Lassiz already had pen and Rod of Tahuti is one of those items where if you have enough gold, go for it.

Well if you're going for mana sustain, Book of Thoth without a doubt is better than Chronos' Pendant. Book of Thoth gives 15 MP5 vs the 25 that Chronos' Pendant does. However, Book of Thoth doesn't just give 125 measely mana. 875 mana and more than just a 25% power increase. You have to account the power you get from the passive which can be around 30-40 late game.


And Obsidian Shard on Nu Wa... Ewwww

More Tower damage bby

Only get Obsidian Shard on Chronos for tower damage. Spear is better on every other mage except for maybe Janus because you won't always get Portal before landing Unstable Vortex. But his passive and portal procs spear, so it's good on him too (2 stacks spear > obby).

But Nu Wa push 2 gud ._.

Also, I did put Spear of the Magus as a option on my guide. I just normally use it when the god a easy asf DoT damage, like Love Birds.

I do think that buying tahuti later is more gold efficient as the effects of the passive is really weak early on.

Didn't know that pen first gives more damage stil haven't played mages in a while and on ra I normally go to a healer so then tahuti is better as 5th.



you are making a pretty noob error here of giving regen a higher value over pool. in most cases pool stands above regen. As on HP havign 200 hp more is better then 50hp5 when you are getting attacked (and well with crits and mages having burst damage a fight won't last 20 seconds).
Mana has the same case as having 100 mana which gives enough for another spell cast can make the difference of your target escaping with almsot no HP or getting away as your 25MP5 isn't enough to give you that 100 mana in 3 seconds (instead you get it over 20 sec).

Green I actually just now notice how much more useful spear is for bursting squishies (as they already lose 50% of their Magic protections on flat pen).

Thanks all, while I haven't replied I have appreciated the input. Out of interect, how do you compare book with warlock sash?

Also I feel book is better now over the last few patches but I'm not 100%. Mostly as mentioned by others I do tend to use glass cannons and am more of a team support mage. If I am playing straight 1v1 mage (you get what I mean) I would be using a different mage like freya who I build differently anyway, but most my other mage (isis, scylla, janis) I don't play as 'bruisers/sustain' but oh look I can help get that guy a kill. Don't know if that changes much.

I am really struggling with a hel build now both her own cd and item cd got nerfed. I feel the new spear is auto include...

you can't really compare them that well. the only point you can compare them on is magic power and mana. on both those points Book of Thoth is better in late game.

However better then warlock's sash is a bit hard as warlock sash is the most cost efficient item in the game. It gives more raw stats then any other item especially when fully stacked (in raw stats it gives more then book fully stacked as the passive power won't be taken into the equation). and early game it also provides a better mana sustain then book.

Normally while choosing your stacking item you look at what you need. More sustain or more power. for sustain take warlock's, for power take book.

I build Book of Thoth on almost all my mages just because it gives good power and sustain with all that mana. Anything that means I can stay out farming longer is OK in my book...of thoth.

I'm not saying you HAVE to build it on mages, just that I do. I actually build it FIRST on Janus for example because his early clear is already so strong with Unstable Vortex and Tiny Trinket gives more power than Lost Artifact, which is the other item I would start on with a mage if I didn't go trinket...plus Vampiric Shroud and two pots in this example. It just makes that character more aggressive and oppressive, and with the portal he can get away more easily than Eset for example.