Original General Dungeon Fighter Thread

This is for Felix, since he's got his own little harem of mages. linky

Love for the Gaia. Gonna go on a mini commentary on the video:

The Gaia had somewhat of a slow start, probably to avoid the wrath of the Blood Lugararus while she set up summons. Elementalist was simply blasting and blitzing through the rooms faster than the rest. Battle Mage was pretty flashy with all those wide hits and did plenty of hard damage. Witch was being her silly self, but was a little weaker than the Elementalist and Battle Mage.

Boss-wise, I was amazed at the power of the Summoner. She killed the Mecha Tau before it could summon any Sentryrunners. The Elementalist I was curious why she didn't use Astral Storm but otherwise was dealing very strong hits each time she cast a spell. Battle Mage had a very strong start, dealing more damage than the Elementalist. She could have beaten the Elementalist in time were it not for the fact the Awakening wore off. It then went all downhill from there; her nitro boost ran out. The Witch in comparison with the other 3 feel a little painful to watch as she activated her Awakening when the Mecha Tau was invincible. That cost some crucial time.






Grading for each class:

Elementalist:

Time to reach boss: 5:22
Boss killed: 6:23
Clear time: 6:51
Time to kill boss: 61 seconds

Damage: A/A+
There's no real need to explain. They are meant to kill stuff, and kill stuff they excel at; reached the boss room the fastest. However, there was some slowdown in fighting the Mecha Tau. Took around 1 minute to defeat it. The boss would have died faster if she used Astral Storm.

Survivability: C+
Had to use a token in the end. Has the lowest HP growth out of all the 4 mages, which would automatically make surviving hits a problem.

Toughness: C
She took slightly more hits than the Summoner, but died in the end. Squishiest of the 4.

Efficiency: A-
Nukes are deadly, especially with all that cast speed. She would have killed faster with a meatshield though.





Summoner:

Time to reach boss: 6:27
Boss killed: 6:50
Clear time: 7:19
Time to kill boss: 23 seconds

Damage: A-/A/A+
There was some slowdown as the Summoner took the longest to reach Mecha Tau, but my god the Summoner killed the boss the fastest, took 23 seconds to kill it.

Survibability: A/A+
There was no doubt about it. The Summoner took the least hits thanks to all her summons taking hits and knocking monsters away from here.

Toughness: C/C+ (B/B+/A-)
Is squishier than a Battle Mage or a Witch, but the summons make her take so few hits she seems tougher than she really is.

Efficiency: A+
Took the least hits, and killed the boss the fastest; didn't get a green faerie at the end yet was perfectly fine without it. Top solo material.






Battle Mage:

Time to reach boss: 5:43
Boss killed: 7:22
Clear time: 7:55
Time to kill boss: 99 seconds

Damage: B/B+
Was the 2nd fastest to get to the boss, but ran low on steam as the last 3 bars took a very long time after her Awakening wore off.

Survivability: A-/A
The Battle Mage took the most hits out of all the mages. However, the fact she took so many hits but not dying makes her a good soloer.

Toughness: A+
I was amazed how much damage a mage class can take without dying.

Efficiency: B/B+
Was strong at clearing out mobs, but boss damage could have been better. The Battle Mage came incredibly close to dying at Mecha Tau.






Witch:

Time to reach boss: 6:19
Boss killed: 8:08
Clear time: 8:37
Time to kill boss: 109 seconds

Damage: C+/B-
The Witch wasn't too shabby at dealing damage. However, she was the 3rd the reach the boss, and took the longest to kill Mecha Tau.

Survibability: C+/B-
Unlike a Summoner or a Battle Mage, the witch had no real means to survive/avoid hits. Also the fact she took the 2nd most hits right after Battle Mage, got a green faerie at the end, and yet needed to token was not that good a sign.

Toughness: C+/B-
Leather helped her take a couple more hits, but is still a squishy target.

Efficiency: C/C+
Only beat the Summoner in reaching the boss room by 8 seconds, and yet took far longer for her to kill the boss. Felt the least powerful/efficient of the 4 mage sub-classes.