Ask a Magician Thread.

Alright, I've been going back and forth on which skills to max after Big Bang for my I/L. I expect to hit 135-137 by the time Big Bang comes out, but I'm basing the amount of points I'll have on what I've got now at 134. I've got enough skill points to master Magic Mastery (for the +30 matk and 50% buff timer addition), and Chain Lightning or Big Bang, and then a few left over for something else. I'm preeeetty sure I'll be going with Chain Lightning, but I can only assume I'll still be training at Oblivion 4/5, so would Big Bang be more useful? (CL only hits 3 targets, Big Bang 6, but it's not terribly often that I come across a mob larger than 3 at these maps) I should probably get at least Level 1 Ice Demon for the cold/freeze effect, right? So, which skill would be more useful to me, Big Bang, or Chain Lightning?

Second, with the leftover points, should I bother with MW anymore? I have it at 9 currently, but with potential and everything else, I don't think it's such a great boost as it once was. What else should I put these points in? I'm thinking Ice Demon and Ifrit, but do I max ID first, or go with Ifrit instead of maxing ID? Thanks for the help, everyone!

Pretty much answered my own question: Max CL, 1 point is Blizzard, 1 point in Big Bang, then either 5 Ice Demon and work on Maxing Elquines, or max(?) Ice Demon for the DoT, which I'll use a lot, I imagine.