Mages suck without luck?

[fastjaw24]

Originally Posted by sjeromy78

Im level 21 soothsayer, and my spells blow...ive got ice ball, call of nature, winter dance, and stone skin. No other aoe, summons, rez or useful buffs, so i stack leadership items instead of intel (7200 leadership). Is this just bad luck, or am I missing something? (Currently in wasteland).

You know you can go in your spell book and flip to the end and learn spells from scrolls. If you know that already you know you can also buy scrolls from pretty much anyone you can talk to and learn them that way too.

[sjeromy78]

Of course. However, if no summons or AoE spells drop or are for sale in shop, what then? Ive hit greenwort, wastelands, the attached area (starts with an 'A'). Ive even cleared the dragons nest in wastelands. Same crappy scrolls ive been getting since the first 3 islands...

[Lancian]

Some of the betters spells can be purchased on both Freedom Isles, you just need the map from Kitano or whatever his name is (beach in Greenwort).
If you still dont have luck on some decent spells, you will need to stick to units that can summon like royal griffs, rune mages, etc. accompanied by some archers and spam frozen spikes until you find phoenix or a decent aoe (like fireball).
I'm in similiar situation, the luck factor is greatest for Soothsayer, but I like when its challenging and finding a new spell is like a christmas

[sjeromy78]

Thats pretty much what im running. 2 stacks rune mages, pallys, red dragons. Only use spells for heal and buffs. Cant wait to actually start casting something lol