Witch & Wizard 1v1 Guide

Witch & Wizard pvp is very situational so you need to adapt very fast to many scenarios and use your cooldowns accordingly.

Therefore you should not focus on only doing the combos but make the best out of every cc you land.

For example as wizard if your opponent gets bounded by cataclysm you should follow the bound with a freeze (learn the timing), then follow up with a combo.

Late game pvp is a lot about predicting skills and reaction time.

That means: if you think the opponent will be close to you soon, precast a grab (“catch”) or react to a certain skill animation.

For example an inexperienced DK or Mystic will use their awakening w+f or w+rmb directly on you for some damage, you can easily grab her out of that by predicting these skills.

Table of Contents

1 Other Guides
2 Builds
- 2.1 AP: https://bdoplanner.com/s/TSOPEA5S
- 2.2 Evasion: https://bdoplanner.com/s/R6HqKIDY
3 Skills
4 How to improve in large scale
5 Basics:
6 Wizard Combos
7 Grab Combo
8 Witch Combos
9 Closing words:

Other Guides

CC-Guide:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14vDCbdYMyeG8mhNYGu-N6xaBdBxkcHZeTr9SHkTYKb8/edit

Skill Modifier Guide:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q4xI5bYIvDglTrLYeD-AZBwq3kB–veMNJr-y32BmMA/edit

lolHero FPS = DPS:

BigandShiny Guide:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17uJqMpnS6bIzcGJ4qXAdUhnxFYgxUX7bmTHSbw-ibf0/edit

BDO Witch/Wizard Discord Guide:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15z4ZxdnEzt81Oo5nNR6AsRPMlnvq35uyDUU7VJpvtJI/preview

Builds

AP: https://bdoplanner.com/s/TSOPEA5S

Evasion: https://bdoplanner.com/s/R6HqKIDY

Please note that evasion is not the best choice for large scale and for 1v1 only against full AP players!

It is never wrong to have some backup accuracy items like TET RCE / PEN Bronze Dagger since Witch & Wizard flows have no accuracy on them while also having no “damage reduced in pvp”.

Skills

1371 SP: https://bddatabase.net/us/skillcalc/95994

(Minimal large scale)

1551 SP: https://bddatabase.net/us/skillcalc/95992

(Usable for 1v1)

1875 SP: https://bddatabase.net/us/skillcalc/95993

(Decent 1v1)

2130 SP: https://bddatabase.net/us/skillcalc/95991

(Mostly finished)

How to improve in large scale

Being good in large scale mostly comes down to experience and knowing what ability to use depending on the situation, the best way to practice this is by doing at least one or two RBF games each day, try to practice dealing as much damage as possible whilst staying alive as much as possible and support your allies! Practicing 1v1 also helps you to learn the finer details about your class.

Basics:

Cancels

Machine Gun cancel with /
Healing Lighthouse with shift + / or Earth´s Response
Fireball with
Water Sphere with //

Super Armor extension skills

Pet switch
Frigid Fog
Earthquake
57 Rabam

Add ons

Hellfire = PvP Attack & Crit
Cataclysm = DP & Evasion
Water Sphere = DP & Movement Speed Decrease
Aqua Jail = Debuff & Dot (Bleeding)

Add ons (unawakened)

Freeze : DP & Casting Speed
Chain Lightning : Debuff (Slow) & Dot (Pain Damage)
Blizzard : Crit & Casting Speed
Meteor : PvP Attack & Casting Speed Decrease
MMA : PvP Attack & Casting Speed

Locked Skills

Healing Aura
Healing Lighthouse
Dagger Stab (if no JIN)
Fireball (in large scale)

Rabam

56 = Sage´s Light
57 =
- Do not need, because:
  - – Unprotected SA (no dp)
  - – Hard to follow up sa
  - – Long cd
  - – Lower damage than awakening skills

Jin

Priority 1:
- Blizzard
- Meteor
Priority 2: (1v1)
- Freeze
- Frigid Fog
- MMA
Priority 2: (Large Scale)
- Chain Lightning
- Residual Lightning
- Fireball Explosion
Priority 3: (1v1)
- Dagger Stab

Unawakened skills

Earthquake
- If stiffness applied → Earth´s Response to float or
- If bound applied → Freeze
Fireball + Explosion (on quickslot for delayed usage)
Residual Lightning for long range CC (Bound)
Meteor for long range CC (Knock Down)
Chain Lightning for detecting ninjas & kunos (pain dot is visible) & Slows (25% for 6sec)

Pet choice

Marg is the best pet summon
His body absorbs some projectiles
He can hide you, misleading the opponent from knowing whether or not you are cc’d or casting something.

Pet special

Marg is faster than arne
Shares cd with summoning
Stiffs
Need to aim on target
Not working if locked!
If failed, pet goes passive
Try to get your opponent between you and your pet
Use the skill only while walking

Teleport

Able to unexpectedly jump behind a warrior or valk use Freeze or Grab in warrior/valk back even if they are blocking they will get frozen!
Using Hellfire after an accurate Teleport on your opponent is the easiest way of ccing. However this engage is easy to get countered! Not recommended!

Miscellaneous

Use Chain Lightning to slow the opponent (unprotected)
Keep Mana Shield & Speed Spell & Spellbound Heart on cooldown!
Resurrection is very important in Nodewars! However – it is unprotected! So watch your surroundings or use Sage´s Memory!
Use Lava Pool / E Buff / Ritardando only while walking!
Use them whenever you have the time to be unprotected!

Quickslots:

Movement

CC from distance Water Sphere ( cancel) or Meteor or Fireball Explosion
Bait out gap closers if low hp
Teleport for emergency
The less you move unprotected the better
Emergency: Double Teleport → Sage´s Memory → PA → Healing Aura → Healing Lighthouse
Sage´s Light for instant 100% HP while being protected in SA
Turn your camera swiftly or use mouse movements while Teleport to confuse your opponent.
after an awakening skill → Teleport.
Very fast after a resisted Grab → almost instant Teleport.
+ = Teleport + C swap !
Switch to awakening with sideways C swap ! (Fastest method)
Switch to awakening with forward C swap for a long frontal guard!
In general sometimes it is best to wait out animations. In most skills your SA or FG is active as long as you are in the animation of the skill. So if you cancel your animation by moving you will be unprotected!
Use Hellfire for movement
Use Chilling Wave to be protected from ranged cc

Wizard Combos

Grab Combo

Grab → Water Sphere → Flow: Aqua Bomb

→ any skill with down attack

Bolide Cataclysm Hellfire

Super Armor Rotation (Basic)

Cataclysm → Aqua Jail → Bolide

→ Cataclysm → Aqua Jail → Teleport

Freeze Combo (Basics)

Damage is reduced while target is frozen, however you can deal full damage as soon as the ice is broken (timing!)
In theory you can freeze the target infinite times!
In reality you can freeze 3 to 4 times max. Until it bugs out. Fix servers when?
You can freeze your opponent best in their stand up animation
Freeze does not work while the opponent is still on the ground (bound/knock down/floating)
In a freeze combo you have “windows” in which you put in 1 or 2 skills for dots/ debuffs/ damage
A window is in between the freezes or after a grab
Cast Frigid fog just when the ice Freeze breaks
You have a little more time for Freeze and Grab since they are quite fast.

Example:

Grab → [ Water Sphere] → Freeze →[ Magic Lighthouse] → Frigid Fog →[ Lava Field → Machine Gun] → Freeze →[ Ritardando → Hellfire] → Grab → [ Water Sphere → Flow: Aqua Bomb → Cataclysm]

Freeze Combo Part 1/2:

Grab → [ MMA → Dagger Stab] → Freeze → [ Magic Lighthouse → Pet Special] → Frigid Fog → [ Lava Field → MMA] → Freeze

Comment:

MMA & Dagger Stab can be replaced by Machine Gun or Water Sphere (for timing).

Use MMA via quickslot → Dagger Stab is a cancel! don’t use it too early!

Freeze via quickslot and use Magic Lighthouse in unawakened – sideways c swap and rmb for Pet Special (see the pet cooldown in the gif) for extra damage between ice breaking and new ice from Frigid Fog!

Sideways c swap for Lava Field into MMA from quickslot. Timing is important here! You need to hit after the ice breaks, but not too late for the next Freeze!

Freeze Combo Part 2/2:

→ [ Ritardando → Hellfire]

→ Grab → [ Water Sphere → Flow: Aqua Bomb → Cataclysm]

Comment:

The last part for big damage.

The opponent is still frozen so we use the time to slow him with Ritardando. Ritardando has a higher chance to hit when the opponent is cced!

Even if he somehow bugs out – he has a 50% slow for the next 10 seconds!

Now you need to get the timing right again – make it so that Hellfire hits just when the ice breaks to still be able to grab him again.

Now to finish the job just do the standard Grab combo with Water Sphere + Flow: Aqua Bomb for the down smash into Cataclysm.

After the Grab you can also just use your ultimate if ready.

High AP

Grab → [ MMA → Dagger Stab] → Freeze → [ Magic Lighthouse → Pet Special → Cataclysm]
Hellfire (stun) !→ Water Sphere (knock down) → run closer → Cataclysm

→ Grab → [ Water Sphere

→ Flow: Aqua Bomb → Bolide]

!Here you need to be careful because once again the server/ game is our biggest foe!

Often some characters are bugged and can not get a knock down or bound after getting stunned!

In that case try to quickly grab the opponent or disengage.

If you experience this please write a ticket and raise awareness of this bug!

Tip: It is also possible using Cataclysm/ Bolide/ Hellfire inbetween Freezes if your FPS and casting speed allows it.

This helps in case your opponent bugs out and stands up too fast from a CC and therefore you are already safe in your SA.

Follow up a bound with a skill that can further cc the opponent (Freeze) or use another damage skill with down attack damage. Don’t use Aqua Jail!

Build your own Combos

Possible Beginning 1:

Grab → [ MMA → Dagger Stab] → Freeze

Possible Beginning 2 :

Cataclysm → Machine Gun → Freeze → [ Magic Lighthouse

→ Pet Special]

→ Frigid Fog → [ Lava Field → MMA]

→ Freeze →

Possible Ending 1 :

→ [ Ritardando → Pet Special → Hellfire] → Grab → [ Water Sphere

→ Flow: Aqua Bomb → Cataclysm]

Possible Ending 2 :

→ [ E Buff → ULTI]

→ Grab → [ Water Sphere

→ Flow: Aqua Bomb → Cataclysm]

Witch Combos

Basic Combo 1

Thunderstorm → Voltaic Pulse

→ Freeze → [ Toxic Flood → Red Orb]

→ Frigid Fog → [backdash → Yoke of Ordeal]

Tip: You need to time Yoke’s golem so it hits your opponent right after he’s out of Freeze and can get full dmg

Also as you are using Toxic Flood and Red Orb walk to your opponent’s back for back attack dmg bonus

Basic Combo 2

Equilibrium

→ Freeze → [ Toxic flood → Red Orb]

→ Frigid Fog → [ Detonative → Voltaic] → Freeze → [ Thunderstorm]

High AP combo

Thunderstorm → Detonative Flow → Voltaic

→ Freeze → [ Red Orb → MMA or

Equilibrium]

Tip: You need Speed Spell to be able to use Voltaic and Freeze during Detonative’s cc, if you don’t have Speed Spell use Freeze instead of Voltaic and Voltaic after Freeze.