User:Auron/UnlockFirst/Caster

As with the skills lists, italicized upgrades are more important than plain text upgrades.

Spear/Axe

• Inscription -

• "I have the Power!" (+5 energy)
• "Brawn over Brains" (-5 energy, use against builds with noticable energy denial components)

• Prefix -

• Crippling (use with Return)
• Heavy (use with Enfeeble and Enervating Charge)

• Suffix -

• Fortitude
• Defense/Warding

Foci

• Inscription -

• "Forget Me Not"
• "Live for Today" (high set)

• Suffix -

• Aptitude
• Fortitude (high set)

Wands

• Inscription -

  "Aptitude not Attitude"

  "Seize the Day" (high set)

• Suffix -

• Memory

Staves

• Inscription -

• "Aptitude not Attitude"

• Don't Think Twice (used very rarely)
• Prefix -

• Adept
• Swift

• Suffix -

• Enchanting (use to put up all enchantments)
• Fortitude

Shields

• Inscription -

• "The Riddle of Steel" (reduces Slashing damage, most common type of physical damage)
• "Not the Face!" (reduces Blunt damage)
• "Through Thick and Thin" (reduces Piercing damage; great for tanking archers on split)
• "Sleep Now in the Fire" (reduces Fire damage; most common element in HA)
• "Leaf on the Wind" (reduces Cold damage; use against spikes with a Mirror of Ice component)
• "Riders on the Storm" (reduces Lightning damage; use against spikes with a Mind Shock)
• "Swift as the Wind" (reduces Crippled duration; great for escaping from Cripshots and maneuvering on Burning Isle)

• Suffix -

• Fortitude
• Valor (used only against certain spike builds with hex components)

Weapon swapping

• You get 4 slots for different weapon sets. In general, that means two casting efficiency sets, one high energy set, and a shield set for running around.
• More HP or more armor is always better. Whenever you're not currently casting, try to be in your shield set.
• Swapping between sets takes time. It's better to swap a few seconds before the spike than to swap the second of the spike and miss it.