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Welcome to Archmage Angel Life PvP! Why level 80 for the Jade Angel strategy? You can train Guardian Spirit at level 75, so level 80 is best for this strategy. At 80 you can carry many copies of Guardian per Reshuffle while also utilizing the healing boost from Jade gear.

As a level 80, I find that most of my matches are against level 60 Warlords. They are skilled, but don’t have the tools to counter your resist as a Jade at this level. I found getting Warlord as an Archmage Angel Life pretty easy. What I love about playing on my level 80 Jade is trying to outlast my opponent.

Statistics

As a Jade, the main stats I focus on are resist and healing boost. I have 66% universal resist and 81% resist to Balance, with 54% incoming and 66% outgoing healing. I like to have that Balance resist because you run into a lot of Legendary Balance Wizards who use Doom and Gloom and Loremaster.

Gear Setup

Jade Hood of Mystery (Level 80+) – Keeper’s Lore Pack
Spooky Carnival Robe (Level 80+) – Spooky Carnival Bundle
Mysterious Jade Boots (Level 80+) – Keeper’s Lore Pack
Golden Dragon Fear Banner (Level 80+) – Keeper’s Lore Pack
Myth Mastery Amulet – Crowns Shop, Waterworks, Tower of the Helephant
Cosmic Kris (socket one +75 health jewel, one 4% Outgoing Jewel) – Crafted, Aegeus in Crustacean Empire has recipe
Stellar Signet (socket one +75 Health Jewel, one 4% Outgoing Jewel, one 4% Incoming Jewel) – Crafted, Aegeus in Crustacean Empire has recipe.
Pet with Proof, Defy, May Cast Fortify, May Cast Enfeeble, May Cast Fairy (socket a Balance Ward Jewel)
Virtuous Deck (socket Talos Jewel) – Crafted, Quentin Chamberlain in Floating Land has recipe (Even better option: Case of Virtuous Soul from Bellosh, but make sure it’s the one that gives the triangle socket!)

Deck Setup

My deck setup is for getting to Warlord. The entire Treasure Card deck is Reshuffle so I can out-shuffle other Jades. When you’re higher rank, and face Exalted Wizards, you won’t need as many minion killers or Fairies. You’ll need more Regenerate, Volcanic Shields, and Thermic Shields.

There are some changes to the the side deck you might consider. Try taking out about half of your Reshuffles and putting in TC Tower Shields, some emergency Satyrs, and maybe a Beguile or a Juju. At that point you’ll also want to use Balance Mastery and Mana Burn wand, but until then, use Myth Mastery for Talos and low rank blade stackers.

Strategy

The goal here is to run your opponent out of cards and have your minion kill them. I really like Talos because it’s a tanky minion who can do all kinds of things including Stun, Trap, hit, and even Earthquake. You can also cast some Luminous Weavers to lower the opponent’s health while giving them a Weakness. You’ll want to get up a Guardian Spirit as soon as you can, then keep up Sanctuary so you can maximize your heals. This way you can deny your opponent’s offense momentum, and come back with a lot of health if you die.

What if you’re against a Balance or a Death who can spam Doom and Gloom? With all your heal boost, it’s fine to heal even if there’s a Doom up. Make sure you always have a Guardian Spirit in your hand so if you die, you can have another one up right away. You have Minotaur for killing minions, and the cool thing about Minotaur is it gets around shields if your opponent shields the minion!

If your opponent gets 3 blades and your pet hasn’t Enfeebled, you’ll want to Earthquake them. From second, use Earthquake when there’s 2 blades. You have Regenerate for higher levels with Shrike. One thing I will say as well, is be prepared for your matches to last a very long time!

If you have any questions about Archmage Angel Life PvP, don’t hesitate to comment below!

The Misconception

Flat jewels are a misinterpreted stat for Wizard101. They have been since the beginning of the Spiral’s time. In fact, most players get rid of these jewels thinking they have no value. But it’s not true! I’ve used them since their introduction into the game. Many of my solo runs are successful because of these resist jewels.

How they work

Flat stat jewels come in two main categories: offensive and defensive. The offensive stats boost your damage while the defensive absorb incoming damage. These stats are static, meaning that pierce does not affect flat resistance. Likewise, flat damage is not hindered by resistance in its final value!

Being careful with calculations

Many online sources that mention flat stat jewels are incorrect. Here are the stats for my testing. Let’s use it as an example to see the calculations.

Example: (From my solo run of Grandfather Spider – lvl 120)

Mathematical functions for calculating stats

1.) For your attacks:
[(your spell X (1 + damage%) + flat damage] X buffs (1+/-Blades)

2.) For resisting incoming attacks:
[(incoming damage – flat resist) X (1 – resist%)]X buffs (1+/-Traps)

The concept of flat jewels is the same for flat damage and flat resistance!

Simplifying the math

Let’s assume you’re about to take an attack dealing 1000 base damage. Flat resist works like an absorb. In this example it will remove 50 damage points from every school and 158 from Shadow School, before regular resist takes damage.

So, what if the situation changed where the attack does 4000 damage?

The jewels would still absorb 50 damage points from every school and 158 from Shadow School attacks. Then our percent resistance would reduce the rest of the remaining damage.

For X damage, we will absorb 50 from every school and 158 from Shadow School.

Adding the flat jewels to our percent resistance:

Resistance for X incoming damage:
Storm: 71% + 50
Ice: 72% + 50
Fire: 51% + 50
Myth: 29% + 50
Life: 29% + 50
Death: 29% + 50
Shadow: 29% + 158

Using Brace (-20% to incoming attacks) stacks to the player’s resistance:

Storm: 71+ 20 = 96%+50
Ice: 72 + 20 = 92%+50
Fire: 51 + 20 = 76%+50
Myth: 29 + 20 = 49%+50
Life: 29 + 20 = 49%+50
Death: 29 + 20 = 49%+50
Shadow: 29 + 20 = 49%+158

Grandfather Spider’s Stats

Grandfather Spider has a universal 120% damage boost, 7% universal pierce, and 20% fire resistance. His attacks are not only of the school of storm, but also of the Shadow School. He also has Balance Mastery and uses 3 Balance spells.

His natural attacks deal 330 X 14 = 4620 base shadow damage if he has max power pips!

[(spell’s max damage X (1 + damage%) + total flat damage] X buffs

If buffs = 0

total flat damage = 0

[(4620 X ( 1 + 120%)] X buffs = (4620 X 2.2) = 10,164!

So , we should prepare for Storm and Shadow hits.

An average 6 pip natural Shadow attack of his would deal:

6 X 330 = 1980 X 2.2 = 4356 damage, and that number will double if he lands a critical!

The spell “Rusalka’s Wrath (Shadow)” without any blades or traps deals:

[(spell base damage X (1 + damage%) + total flat damage] X buffs= [1445 X (1 + 120%)] = 3179 damage!

Let’s compare possible damage taken with or without some of these stats:

If I hadn’t put brace on myself, it would be:

My Shadow resist: 29 – 7 (pierce) = 22 (incoming damage – total flat resist) X (1-resist%) = 3179 X (1 – 22%) = 3179 X 0.78= 2480!

My Shadow resist: 49 – 7% (due to pierce) = 42% base resistance. Now continue with the rest of the equation:

(incoming damage – total flat resist) X (1 – resist%) = (3179 – 158) X (1 – 42%) = 3021 X 0,58 = 1752

If I wasn’t wearing gear equipped with jewels, the resulting damage would be:

(incoming damage – total flat resist) X (1 – resist%) = (3179 – 0) X (1 – 42%) = 3179 X 0.58 = 1844

The difference between 1844 damage and 1752 is due to the flat stat jewels!

The differences might seem minor, but if you combine jewels in different pieces of gear, you will notice that they make a big difference.

Flat damage jewels work the same way

Here’s a hypothetical example in this specific fight
My damage is 104

When I cast the spell Fire From Above on Grandfather Spider, he receives damage according to our 1st mathematical function: With a nice Backdraft = 210%

[[(your spell X (1 + damage%) + total flat jewels damage] X buffs(blades)] = [[1400 X ( 1 + 104%)] = (1400 X 2.04) = 2856

*Attention! Not include all the decimals results in two formulas, rounds down after each calculation.

The exception for that rule, is only in the pets damage or resistance! We need exactly the percent of the pets to calculated correctly!

My spell with traps deals to Grandfather Spider:

Flat resist=0

Buffs=210

Grandfather resist on fire (due to pierce) = 20-22= 0

[(incoming damage – flat resist) X (1 – resist%)]X buffs(traps)=

(2856 X 1) Χ (1+210%= 2856 Χ (1+210%) = Χ 3,1 = 8853

But if I had two flat damage jewels (fire), let’s say 50 points worth: [[(your spell X (1 + damage%) + total flat damage] X buffs] = [1400 X (1 + 104%)+ 50] = [(1400 X 2.04) + 50] = 2856 + 50 = 2906

[(incoming damage – flat resist) X (1 – resist%)]X buffs(traps)=

(2906 X 1) Χ (1+210%)= 2906 Χ 3,1 = 9008

Don’t forget that since Grandfather Spider has shields, the actual number would be less. This was just a quick example with math!

As you can see, flat stat jewels can help our fights in their own way.

I hope this makes you think twice before tossing those flat stat jewels away! I have shown my stats below for convenience. Thank you as always, and best of luck questing!

*You can see the stats which I used for the above calculations as well as my gear, in the following pictures.

Also, you can see the battle that I describe above from my solo video at Europeans servers when I was 120 lvl, one year before.

Have fun!