Magicka

[Teutooni]

1. classic click
2. middle click self cast
3. area cast
4. empowered sword swing
5. spacebar casting found spells

I win.

Oh bummer. Forgot space.

[Satirik]

1. classic click
2. middle click self cast
3. area cast
4. empowered sword swing
5. spacebar casting found spells

I win.

Oh bummer. Forgot space.

empowered sword is not a way to cast a spell, it's a buff for your weapon and it sux, spacebar is just the only way to cast a special spells, so there are only 3 ways to cast a same spell

[Regret]

empowered sword is not a way to cast a spell, it's a buff for your weapon and it sux, spacebar is just the only way to cast a special spells, so there are only 3 ways to cast a same spell

Yea and normal casting is just empowering the damn air. You don't actually cast any spells in this game, you airbend.

[Teutooni]

empowered sword is not a way to cast a spell, it's a buff for your weapon and it sux, spacebar is just the only way to cast a special spells, so there are only 3 ways to cast a same spell

Just a buff for weapon? The normal weapons suck ass. Enchantments, on the other hand, have the ability to instantly deal 3k armor piercing damage to enemies in front of you or freeze enemies, very useful in a pinch imo.

[Satirik]

ok it's a way to cast a spell but it's so fuckin useless that we can't say there are 4 ways to cast a spell

empowered sword is not a way to cast a spell, it's a buff for your weapon and it sux, spacebar is just the only way to cast a special spells, so there are only 3 ways to cast a same spell

Just a buff for weapon? The normal weapons suck ass. Enchantments, on the other hand, have the ability to instantly deal 3k armor piercing damage to enemies in front of you or freeze enemies, very useful in a pinch imo.

3k ? i just tried every combination i could on a mob and i didn't deal more than 300

[Teutooni]

Try casting thunderstorm on a weapon (steam steam lightning arcane lightning), deals 2800 damage to armored orcs. It makes a badass beam too...

[Forboding Angel]

empowered sword is not a way to cast a spell, it's a buff for your weapon and it sux,

Then you suck. The object of the game is combining elements. Try:

a-s-f shift + left click, then go slaughter stuff with your sword.

Also, for a great laugh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_XP9OBWGKo

[zwzsg]

There is no best spell; different spells excel at different things.

I don't know, I finished the game by still using the same steam-lightning-arcane-fire spell, as a beam most of the time, and as area spell when I'm surrounded, or fast turning enemies (like swamp gouls). The only change is that I use lightning-arcane-frost-forst for fire salamander, or for bosses (or stone troll) I'd rather paralyse.

Also, elementals are load of funs!

[Gota]

water,fire,water,fire,lightning,lightning,arcane.

[Soul]

There are multiple ways to do play this game, but most of you seem stuck on low lvl spell casting.

I sudgest rain + thunder. (more or less instant kill to whatever unit it hits unless boss)
and if you use timeshift and are any good at spamming thunder you will be able to kill everything quickly enough.

Meteor storm isn't very usefull, deals to little damage and it hits almost nothing.

Later on you will get Summon Death, just spam it whenever thunder wont work, be carefull though whenever it feels like targeting yourself instead of an enemy spam one sheild and mass stone then self cast (only way to survive if Summon Death targets you).

A safe way to play is to keep the tesla staff the whole game or atleast for a very long time, just use rain, then sheild stone self + use empty middle mouse button to use the tesla staff free lightning attacks that bounce due to the rain.
(using teslas active ability wont trigger the stonesheild to deactivate)

That is a bit slow, but always good to fall back to whenever you face numerous foes, (especially deamons sine they will push you of the cliffs unless you sheild stone yourself).

And don't forget to make yourself immune to whatever element you are facing. (sheild + element)
Becarefull not to make yourself immune to Life though since you won't be able to heal yourself while it is active.


For those of you who like the simple ray magic, try to ad cold to your beam, it will slow some very nasty foes almost to a complete stand still.

arcane + lightning x2 + cold x2 is a good ray, and it works great when used together with Rain.

Switch with arcane + lightning x2 + fire x2 if you face monsters that are more vunerable to fire then cold, or do as i alternate between the beams.

One good thing with beam spells is that you can prepare your next spell while casting the beamspell, keep that in mind of more spell spamming.

And remember when using basic spells such as beamspells, always(if time allows) max out all five spellslots before using the spell, it does tons more dmg that way, and only takes 0.1 sec longer to type then a spell with only two or three spell slots.

Two other usefull spell to keep in mind are two defencive spells, normal sheild (self cast, normal cast and the, oh, so mighty area cast, the two latter can be buffed by pointing at then and spamming space.

Against the snake boss you only need the normal sheild click, just use the normal sheild whenever the snake charges against you and they will take almost as much damage as thunder would deal to him (very good since you don't have thunder yet at this point).
The snake should die in less thena minute doing this.

The second defencive spell is like i mentioned earlier sheild + stone (the more stone the stronger)
Self cast is by far the most usefull, although area cast is great for holding off monsters while you are buffing yourself with timeshift/sheild/haste/rain/blizzard/immunities or casting a spell such as meteor storm although this spell isn't very usefull, i would rather spam arcane novas and make new stone area walls inbetween arcane bursts, works good too kill oponents that are on the otherside of the wall without destroying the wall in it self.

When fighting casters make sure to se the right defencive immunities and either sheild /stonesheild depending on what spells they are using,
sheild > beamspells for epic dmg return,
stonesheild > every spell other then beamspells (maxed beamspells realy eat stonesheild).

Once you get teleport you just time shift + haste + rain + teleport + thunder your way trough the game

untill you need to play defensive with stonesheild + tesla rod, preferably with rain active.
or stonesheild + max stone charge point at monsters with much hp(deamon overlords), fully charge, release, then get stonesheild up against asap.

or need chain/aoe with rain + lightning x3 + fire/cold x2 ( a lightning beam could also work if the opponents are close to eachother on the other side of the screen).


A simple pre-rain-thunder spell would be steam + lightning x4 =)
Its like a very localized version of rain-thunder.
Although beamspells and stone x5 fully charged is probably more usefull that early in the game.


Sword charge is very usefull, it is essentially a free spell without the need to type in new elements.

i like having stonesheild or just simple sheild in my sword, just for survivability.

Mines are funny and can be quite usefull, but i rarely use them, they can however be used if you realy want to get teleport very early in the game, (you self explode a mine and if done correctly you land in the tower where teleport is located).

[Satirik]

i love how nOObs come to tell their uber awesome spells which sux, and it looks like you are all not playing in coop (which is one of the main purpose of this game)

[Gota]

Isnt multiplayer bugged as fuck?
I havent finished the game yet but it seems to me thunderbolt plus time warp is excellent for spots with medium to few unit numbers...
You can incorporate rain as well in there for uber thunderbolt damage..

Satirik why are you being so arrogant?
You finished the game and your uber?
Enlighten us than you afking noob...you probably dont know a thing.

[zwzsg]

Well, I have to agree with Satirik, earth shield self cast and tesla rod really sound like n00b tactic.

Multiplayer is a bit bugged, but still enjoyable.

[Satirik]

Isnt multiplayer bugged as fuck?
I havent finished the game yet but it seems to me thunderbolt plus time warp is excellent for spots with medium to few unit numbers...
You can incorporate rain as well in there for uber thunderbolt damage..

Satirik why are you being so arrogant?
You finished the game and your uber?
Enlighten us than you afking noob...you probably dont know a thing.

im not arrogant but every time you guys discover a new spell you come here to post it thinking you just found the best one ever (until the next one)

the best spell i know is done in coop, >4k ae effect, but i won't tell you what it is and im not proud of using it

[Gota]

Coop as in you cant do it by yourself which sux

[Satirik]

Coop as in you cant do it by yourself which sux

you like coop as in everyone play the game ignoring the others ?

[Soul]

Guys, why all this hostility, there is a thread about magicka and people post tactics/spell combos on it. Whats the big problem? If you don't like the thread, then don't read it.

The only reason i did my post was so people who want another way to play it for more replay value might try something new, or if people have a hard time with some part of the game might need an advise such as earthsheild + tesla.

Especially when you play solo since they will come a time when alot of units have insta kill attacks that can only be blocked by earthsheild, surely in coop you might not need it, so fine if you want to stick with regual beams and not doing anything else, then do so.

I'm just saying that later on in the game you will have problem unless you use you spells more wisely.

And no, its not just spells that i have "mysteriously" figured out, you learn them as you play, i simply informed the rest of the community who was still stuck using beamspells that there are other ways to play the game.
And i just pointed out one of the ways i did.

Besides i don't think "noobs" could handle the spell spam i'm using, atleast not during the same timeperiod, so don't go around calling other people for noobs just because you feel like it.

[LordMuffe]

grease is so awesome ^^

Best 10Ôé¼ ever spend on a game... quite cheap for such a gem...

[triton]

Solo is boring, coop with teamspeak is hilarious. But I dont think I'll buy it...

[MidKnight]

coop gets really good when you can talk to your teammates.