Funny thought: Place the two classes against each other and the mage would just keep teleporting the warrior away and raising ice walls in the way. And if the warrior magically got close there was invisibility and then summons followed by Drain Willpower and then stun. An infinite game of Tom and Jerry really. I imagine enough debuffs to lower resistances and then attacking with summons and spells after finally managing to CC the warrior would eventually win the day though. Depends on how high the resistances were. And I don't think warriors could be immune to poison unless they had Zombie at which point mage just uses Heal.
Hmmm, I disagree. Phoenix Dive, Battering Ram. Mage is on the ground, warrior just goes smack. Invisibility? Whirlwind. You moved afterwards? K, bye.
It really is just cat and mouse. I think it would come down to initiative, honestly. Unless the warrior is too far to phoenix dive + battering ram, but that's kinda silly.
Well because the warrior is normally so item dependent it's easier to build initiative gear up on a mage which is why I'd assume they go first. And give far our man and teleport; it's not odd at all if the mage just keeps the warrior from effect range or uses one of the spells to make them immune to warrior CC like invulnerability or earth shield(?). On the other hand, of the fighter did indeed get a chance to go first, I could definitely see him trying and having a high chance at succeeding in ending the conflict before it began. Alternatively, a mage could just Drain and CC the warrior if he goes first if he wants.
First turn would basically win though. It's easy to imagine either or winning. Fight either kills mage round one or mage CC locks fighter for eternity till he dies while seething in impotent range round one to how ever long it takes him to die (more than likely three rounds average I think)
There's also the fact that mages generally take glasscannon for extra initiative too while warriors like to keep their health
