DO NOT UPGRADE Your MAGE WEAPON! Here's why...

A couple of months back I did a mega melee weapon comparison video where I put all of your best and most popular melee weapons up to the test. This video ended up concluding that most melee weapon upgrades actually aren't worth going for at all, because the cost of some melee weapons end up being too high compared to other options you could invest your money into. Because this video discovered heaps of valuable information, I figured I'd do the same thing for mage weapons, because as it stands right now, most people only know that the Hyperion is "really good", and that other options exist, but not how good they are. So, I've decided to put some of the most popular mage weapons up to the test to see how they all compare against one another to determine which ones are actually worth getting, and which ones you should skip entirely.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:02 What Weapons should be tested?
1:43 What makes a GOOD Mage Upgrade?
3:58 Costs & Requirements
6:54 Gear & Profile Stats Used for Testing (1/2)
8:40 Gear & Profile Stats Used for Testing (2/2)
10:01 Raw Damage Tests
11:45 Damage Tests Recap
12:53 DPS Tests
15:35 Clearing Tests
18:46 Boss Fight Tests
23:40 Weapon Value Analysis
27:38 Which Upgrades Should You Buy?
29:25 Outro

[pocalocawashere]

Here's what I think about these weapons (in no particular order)
Spirit sceptre: good damage, easy to use, versatile
Glacial scythe: good damage, harder to use, but very good for clear if you practice with it
Yeti sword: big rock smash = big damage (very fun to use)
Midas staff: great damage, but a little bit difficult to use and is very expensive

All these weapons are good in certain scenarios, but it's mostly about figuring out what works best for you.

[epsilicon]

I'm pretty sure the reason as to why the Yeti Sword is inconsistent in damage is because it deals more damage when closer to the target.

[무너owo]

For the yeti's sword, u get more dmg when the mob is closer to the center of the chunk

[thescoffe]

Another thing to consider is what the difference in price means, for the lower price of the spirit sceptre, you could get a better pet, better armor or more talismans, which would decrease the difference in damage too and it would help outside of dungeons

[Insan_Scriptr]

For anyone thinking he clickbaited us, he meant upgrading to another mage weapon, not like enchanting or reforging it.

[williamanderson]

For glacial scythe you need to aim at the feet. it does pierce dmg and explosion dmg on hitting a block

[retracce_]

You will only ever use multiple mage weapons at once (that is the point of a magic class). Yeti + sceptre works great, because you use sceptre for clear or long range and if there's a mini boss. Another amazing combo is Yeti + spoon. They each have a 1s cooldown, meaning you can cycle between them to do massive damage, while still using a sceptre for clearing mobs.

The glacial scythe is actually good 😮!!!
You have to aim at their feet, so the projectile AND explosion hit, doubling you damage. It is still not worth the 50m, but it is not as bad as you made it seem.

Midas staff is really good. Honestly it's probably a skill issue if you can't do master mode with it. I know its not for clearing, but THATS WHAT THE SPIRIT SCEPTRE IS FOR!!!!

You testing these weapons in F7 boss almost seems like you are purposely putting them into a bad environment to make the sceptre look like the only option.

One last thing. To me at least, it seems like you are so used to a wither blade that you either [1] don't know what each of the weapons you tested is used for, [2] are used to large aoe from a wither blade (bias towards the sceptre), or [3] are using the complexity of the F7 boss fight as an excuse to be biased toward the sceptre.

I usually agree with your videos and have an enjoyable time watching them, but this video is quite literally just you showing how biased you are towards a weapon. You focused way to much on clearing potential in this video, and because mage is meant to be played with a clear weapon AND a damage weapon, these tests were extremely skewed.

And you probably won't see this comment, but hopefully it gets enough likes to bring it to the top.

[mqvio_]

I feel like I should write an essay on this, but there's no point, since you covered most of the stuff that's important,
BUT, as you said at 27:16 you couldn't clear m3 at all, which was honestly expected. I personally wouldn't recommend mm mage before an edrag or a gdrag, and honestly, a good lcm set. Most boss mobs in mm have a RIDICOULUS amount of magic resistance, therefore rendering rcm weapons useless. (Also, let's not forget that it's archer's job to kill minis in mm clear 👀)
For F7, spirit sceptre would be enough since boss dps is USUALLY archer carried (Goldor 2 tap go but if you really want to, using a midas staff for clear IS an option but you shouldn't. There's no point in spending 300m on a mediocre weapon that can't hit mobs most of the time, the 300m can be used elsewhere, probably for a felthorn reaper or a GS and an lcm set that you can use for minis or boss.

Also a funny thing people don't realize is that spirit sceptre is just better at clear than hype for non mm floors, so keep that in mind aswell, hopefully party finder figures that one out...

[SkyFWWO]

For the glacial scythe, I crafted it for some reason when I was basically a noob, that I had a lot of ice minions and 10M on ice collection, I didn't know it was this good.

[satenity]

the clear issue you had with glacial scythe was a very clear skill issue, as well as the miniboss fight, if you aim at feet it does 2x damage due to the fact its hitting them twice, once with the explosion and once when it pierces through the target. in clear you completely ignored the explosion damage which would help a lot clearing

[SwordVR-real]

anyone who thinks they can just skip hype is just wrong, IT IS VERY difficult to get into even an f7 party without one and the healing is necessary later in the game.

[Nutellagott]

Please do not go into f7 with just a l
spirit sceptre thinking it will make you deal enough dmg. Sceptre should ONLY be used for clearing and damagung Necron/goldor. For the other part, I really recommend getting a Dps weapon, so you wont be a burden to your team. Also he didnt even mention the midas staffs boss potential in lower floors and that it can out dps a hyperion. Also, no one said you'd have to keep your Midas staff, selling it is also an Option

[yxve]

Just buy Weapons in this order:
1. Bonzo Staff
2. Spirit Sceptre
3. Glacial Scythe
4. Midas Staff
5. Hyperion

[forest]

also the yeti sword depends on how close and far you are from your target the closer you are the more damage it will deal

[brianyang]

11:00 I think the yeti sword ability damage is based on how close to the center of the chunk the mob is

[snlg]

Something I think should be mentioned is that the yeti sword is probably well paired with the baby yeti pet (legendary): It boosts the damage and intelligence of the yeti sword, providing more lcm and rcm damage and the pet also serves as a great solution for tankiness (also use dwarf turtle shelmet)

[Styx]

thanks to help this community and make those interessting vids gab !

[aidanmckellar]

Dont forget that the midas staff can now get the gilded reforge. At mythic rarity it gives +90 dmg, +90 str and +400 int

[blitzworldace]

The I have with the yeti sword is that it has a hyperion like playstyle so you are close to the mobs but it doesn't offer the buffs that the hyperion and other necron blades give such as healing.

[ploshthacatMC_btd]

8:35 **caželly has 300m coins in purse** objectiv _craft a lapis pickaxe_