Specialized Mage Armor

1. Basic Information and Statistics
2. Strategy and Comments
3. Bonuses
4. Penalties
5. Shield-Specific DX Penalties
6. Fun Facts

Basic Information and Statistics

• Mithril Chain Mail [28] (MCM)
• Cloak of the Istari [6] (CoI)
• Displacement Boots [0] (DB)
• Alatar's Gloves [0] (AG)
• Helm of Clearsight [-5] (HoC)
• Amulet of Invisibility [0] (+10) (AoI)

Alternatively you can use:

• Cornuthaum [0] (Corn)
• Amulet of AC [0] (AoAC)
• Noldorin Spellcasters [0] (NS)
• Breastplate of Expertise [18] (BoE)
• Spellboosters (SB) [4] (SB)

Note: A Kite Shield [13] has a relatively low DD penalty for a nice amount of AC which could be used if you're looking for more defense.

Strategy and Comments

This is the Advanced Mage Armor set. This set allows for a base AC of [39]. A single Mage could use a Cornuthaum instead of a HoC in order to cast Antimagic Field (AMF) or Dispel Magic (DM) more effectively. The NS is effective against AMF wielding opponents. The BoE is effective if you want to give your DD spells a boost, and also will help with Evasion, but will replace the MCM and has a lower AC ratio. The SB will further boost DD spells, and acts like a Cornuthaum except the bonus are all flat.

Also, one of the CB T-Shirts can be used for an extra AC point.

Bonuses

• Bonus 1% to Direct Damage Spells for each '+' added to the Cloak of the Istari.
• Bonus 1% to Direct Damage Spells for each '+' added to the Alatar's Gloves.
• Displacement Boots reduce enemy Plus To-Hit (PTH) effect increase for each added '+'.
• With Cornuthaum: Bonus 2% to Enchant Offense Spells (EO) and Enchant Defense Spells (ED) for each '+'.
• Amulet of Invisibility acts as a pair of DB + [20] that stacks with the Displacement Boots. The wearer is also last minion to be attacked by a physical attack. Seeker weapons ignore the 'Invisibility' granted.
• Helm of Clearsight grants an additional attack in the first round of ranged combat.
• -1% to opponent AMF for each '+' added to the Noldorin Spellcasters.
• Breastplate of Expertise Flat 10% bonus to Direct Damage Spells, 7.5% to Enchant Offense Spells and 6.6% to Enchant Defense Spells.
• Flat 8% bonus to DX and Skills.
• Spellboosters Gives a flat 3% bonus to Direct Damage Spells, flat 2.25% bonus to Enchant Offense Spells and flat 2.0% bonus to Enchant Defense Spells.

Penalties

• Negative 2% to DX and Skills.
• Negative 10 to Unarmed Combat (UC) used by the wearer with either piece of headgear.
• Negative 10 to Unarmed Combat (UC) used by the wearer with Spellboosters
• DB give no protection against Direct Damage Spells.
• With Cornuthaum: Negative 10% to DX and Skills is added.
• DD damage ignores the 'Invisibility' granted by the AoI.
• With Helm of Clearsight: Negative 2% to Direct Damage Spells, negative 1.5% to Enchant Offense Spells, negative 1.33% to Enchant Defense Spells .

Shield-Specific DX Penalties

This set does not utilize a shield.

Fun Facts

This set has many bonuses and virtually no penalties to a Mage. While this set is generally very expensive, it is among the best set for a Mage.

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