Bloodmage

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Bloodmage
Tier 3 Class
Human Bloodmage Large.png
Class traits
INSANE
Start with the BLUDTOPOWA glyph, - 3 Mana
SANGUINE
Walking over a BloodPool restores 20% of maximum health
POWER-HUNGRY
Mana potions 60% effective and boost Sanguine, drinking blood restores 1 mana
Suggested Races
Class: Bloodmage Human Bloodmage,Class: Bloodmage Dwarf Bloodmage,Class: Bloodmage Gnome Bloodmage
Class Challenges
No challenges
Unlocking
Level 3 Mage Tower

Class Features

  • INSANE: Start with the BLUDTOPOWA glyph, -3 Mana
  • SANGUINE: Walking over a BloodPool restores 20% of maximum health
  • POWER-HUNGRY: Mana potions 60% effective and boost Sanguine by 1%, drinking blood restores 1 mana


Races

Gnome

The Bloodmage loves mana potions, making Gnomes a natural choice. However, you will need to improve your maximum mana somehow to get the most out of them.

Dwarf

Dwarf is the obvious choice if you want to maximise your health pool.

Human

Humans naturally make strong combat-oriented characters, making this a good fit for the brawler approach.


Strategy

The bloodmage is an odd class, totally centered around his sanguine class feature. Because this is his raison d'etre, your entire strategy will revolve around maximizing the gain from this ability. There are two very different approaches to playing the Bloodmage:

The first is to use Sanguine to fuel BLUDTOPOWA, allowing an enormous number of spells to be cast without allowing monsters to regenerate.

The second is to build more of a brawler character, using Sanguine to obtain additional staying power in combat, with mana used mostly to power Glyph: HALPMEH HALPMEH and other glyphs that assist in combat. Combined with a good physical attack and some resistances, the bloodmage can be become a very dangerous warrior.

In either case, anything that improves your maximum health is a good investment. Because Sanguine restores a percentage of your maximum health, the amount it restores will increase accordingly. Characters with expanded health pools will also benefit from items such as the Fire Heart.

Mana potions can also be an important resource for the Bloodmage thanks to the Power-Hungry trait. If possible, you should try to use all your mana potions before drinking too many blood pools, as each mana potion you drink will permanently improve your Sanguine ability.

The bloodmage combines well with God: Dracul Dracul, who will shower him with piety for drinking his blood pools, can upgrade his Sanguine ability, and offers the useful Blood Shield boon to boost resistances. God: Jehora Jeheyu Jehora Jeheyu is also a good choice thanks to his health- and mana-boosting boons. Avoid God: Glowing Guardian Glowing Guardian, as he hates every aspect of the Bloodmage.

Because the bloodmage is so totally dependent on blood pools, you should focus on conserving them as much as possible. You must absolutely not get separated from them. On scenarios such as Naga City where there is a point of no return, this makes the bloodmage a significantly weaker class.