If you start with 8 Str and 8 Int (Know-It-All) you will have enough strength to wear a good shield and solid plate for most of the game. From there you can pump Int all the way to 15 and play as a true mage with quite a lot of durability under your belt.

By the time +2 starts appearing on items, you will have more than enough Strength with your base 8 to wear almost anything in the game.

Man-At-Arms really does have amazing synergy with mages. Especially since Rage increases the damage of spells. You need 10 strength to get 100% Rage, but once again that is easily accomplished with 8 Base + Items.

But you only need Man-At-Arms 1 to pick up Rage and two other utility effects. The AP cost will be high, but you can start every fight with Rage + A long range spell. Eventually you can start raising Man-At-Arms after you have maxed out another magic skill like Aero 5 or Pyro 5.

Last edited by Incendax; 26/07/14 04:36 PM.