wf wiz gear?

[mikeness]

I need to figure out what gear to where. I'm a wf archmage wiz. Need gear advice. At lvl 10 and this is my first wizard build.

[Gurei]

This totally depends on what packs you have.

However, really, there isn't that much even including packs. VoN has stuff for everybody, but nothing essential. My wf Am (past life sorc) is level 7 and still getting a great use out of the abishai set, but I can see this decaying in usefulness around lv 10 or so. Blademark docent from sentinels pack is a nice one to have, or a gorgon docent acquired from a shared bank from a higher level char is very nice too. If you have Sands you may want to try getting a ring of spell storing.

But really, nothing all that game changing mid level. as long as you have a standard sp item (preferrably a 1 handed wep) potency item/ clicky, int and con items and you're set.

I suppose IF you have a decent crafting level you can craft some nice pieces of equipment to use which will help with dc's, but again not all that pressing/challenging of a matter at lv 10.

EDIT: Especially if you're soloing, using a superior mending (repair spell boost +75%) clicky to activate before a boss fight is very useful, it will save you in pinches (which tends to be all the time in a boss fight where you have aggro)

[Goodheals]

But previous poster said is all correct, I will add to it.

Ring of the Artificer from Cannith Challenges is nice, handles your SP item, repair spells, sometimes repairs you for free, and also has 1 free charge of repair per day to save a few SP.

Twisted Talisman from The Last Stand can give you mana back 3 times a day.

Ring of Spell Storing from General Tanakhan in Sands can give you mana back 3 times a day.

Archivist's Necklace from final quest in Korthos Village can give you mana back 3 times a day.

These are all your level or lower, so would be good to get if you missed them and keep forever in your backpack for free mana.

Infused Chaos Docent from Reins of Madness is pretty good. You lose a little SP when wearing it, but do more damage with evo spells, have a spell damage increase proc (overrated as you should be using clickies anyways), and can put one of many effects on it from its Taint of Madness. Some good choices are +10 Reflex Save, Arcane Lore (6% crit .25 multi all spells), or +2 conjuration and +2 illusions DCs.

Thats all I can think of. WF Wizards are pretty easy going when it comes to gear until endgame.

[Darkrok]

As far as packs goes too, it doesn't matter completely if you don't have VIP/Challenges Pack - you can still get the ring from the challenges. Just go to the token vendor in House C and get your free daily tokens. Honestly, with a good group (or practice) 3 days worth of the right challenges is all you'd need. Just keep going back until you get the right 3 challenge tokens and you'd be all set.

Even if you don't craft if you save up some essences you can toss them to a high level crafter and they'd probably be willing to make you some mending/damage enhancement clickies. Those are usually reasonable on the AH as well depending on what type of damage you're looking to enhance. Finally, a major lore item for whatever damage type you're using is great and should be fairly easy to get from the AH around your level.