Grp comp with only 1 mage DPS - Useful for variety, or lacking Synergy?
So halfway through lvl 5, going to be leaving the starting island soon.
Currently I'm running:
#1. Beast as my main tank/support - Str/Con Cleric 1h/shield with some warfare for battlestomp cc
#2. (main character) Sebille - Shadowblade physical dps / some poly cc
#3. Ifan - ranged physical dps/utility wayfarer

Now #4 is my main reason for posting. Aside from support/utility, these first 3 characters deal physical dps. My 4th slot is my only magic dps:
#4. Lohse - enchantress ranged aero/hydro, lightning/ice DPS/CC.
It seems like she's the weak link because she's the only one working down enemy's magic defenses.

Often times when I assist down a target, it'll be dead before I can even break their magic defense bar. With my first 3 all tag-teaming physical dps, its much more often that enemies have weakened/broken armor barriers, and can be finished off with that extra physical dps. It feels like I'm lacking synergy because Lohse is alone in working down enemy magic defense. I'm using decent dual wands on her (mixed elements) to try and work down barriers to save lightning to burst them down after the magic barriers drop....

It seems like if she was just another archer or physical dps there would be better synergy, but then I'd be missing out on damage type variety.

Thoughts?

I was considering dropping Ifan the wayfarer for a second mage, (perhaps Fane or RedPrince as a pyro wizard?), that way I'd have:
1 tank and 1 assassin for 2x physical dps assisting eachother on one target, ignoring it's magic defense cutting straight through armor for the kill faster.
2x magic dps to assist on a separate target, ignoring it's physical armor defense, cutting through magic defense together then going for the kill faster.

My counter argument against adding a second mage (like a pyro/geo wizard) is because my main character being an elf shadowblade was always getting stuck in ground AoE effects of fire/poison/etc next to enemies. Archers can avoid friendly fire AoE much easier, thats why I have my current setup.

Thx for any Suggestions/feedback :D

Last edited by Drayquan; 28/09/17 04:30 PM.