[Post-BB] Mage Builds

Hmm... just something i wanted to bring up.
First job, I dont see it necessary to have magic armor. In the case of bishops, this skill is quickly made redundant by bless.
And i guess im not sure as yet how all the new mechanics of the game work, but im assuming def is still pretty useless in general?
The whole reason Im bring this point across is, from my experimentation it looks as though e.blot has longer range than claw.
Now in terms of early leveling, i would still say claw is superior in training, and i guess it soon gets replaced by other skills at second job, but from here on out all attacking skills are element based. Even at fourth job, the one 'neutral' skill, bigbang has been given a base element depending on the class.
So whats my point? magic claw, and e.bolt are your only non elementals, and ebolt has the longer range and has higher potential damage if maxed, or even if you dont use 2nd/3rd job sp to max it, at level 15/16 total potential damage is still higher than claws combined damage.
There probably isnt many places where you'd need neutral damage except a few bosses like papa pixie, margana (cwkpq), and it'd be upto the player if they're ok with standing closer to the target, or like having a little extra distance.

Elemental Reset for Archmages, for Bishops if you're at a monsters that's Holy resistant for some reason, you aren't there to be doing damage, in which case Armor is superior