by Sidestepper on Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:09 pm
Nah, elves do fine relative to gnomes, they just require more planning. The Acid Caster is a build that revolves around getting a 20-25 mana pool right out of the gate and then using that leverage to gain a level every fight. The result is that you get 10-15 extra mana over baseline "for free," every level. A gnome can't keep up with that kind of massive resource gain. The gnome is better at mitigating mana burn and for saving up his resources for one massive endgame spike, but a well-played elf will have more resources overall. The exception is the dreaded JJ Gnome, which gets the best of both worlds and is tremendous fun to play if you can pull it off.