APU Monk newbie; Which spells should I buy?

[Smacktard]

I'm tech level 28 right now. Should I buy PSI Attack 1 spell or should I save money and get Multi Energy Bolt?

I hear Energy Halo is good. So you APU Monks out there, which spells suck and which ones are awesome?

Thanks for your help

[ZoneVortex]

they're all awesome really...just don't use poison for pvm at medium / high levels as it doesn't do much

energy halo is good too for leveling, yeah

[Lifewaster]

The best apu levelling spells are all energy spells and in order are :

Lightning bolt -> Energy Halo -> Holy energy halo -> Energy beam -> Holy Lightning

You really dont need to waste money on anything else in between, apart from Energy Barrel and Holy Energy barrel, as barrels can make huge exp in the right situations.

[ZoneVortex]

fire spells can be nice for leveling too as the damage over time adds up some nifty xp in a team

[Smacktard]

Thanks you guys! Really, thanks alot for giving advice to a newb. Great community here. :)

[Delloda]

Originally posted by ZoneVortex
fire spells can be nice for leveling too as the damage over time adds up some nifty xp in a team

agree with zone here....i've always prefered fire for lvling as in the long run it does more damage than energy due to stacking.

[Delloda]

double post :(

[CR@SH]

The multi energy bolt does not get enough credit either. Given the right situation it can be a great lvling tool.

[Bragvledt]

Don't buy blast spells, they're rubbish.


Originally posted by Delloda
agree with zone here....i've always prefered fire for lvling as in the long run it does more damage than energy due to stacking.

Energy is better in crowded areas though, since it does its damage faster.

[Keiron]

Energy Ball - Holy Energy Ball - Energy halo - Holy Energy Halo - Energy Beam - Holy Lightning. Fire Barrels in chaos caves are nice as well.
Thats the way I always level APU's.

[Shadow Dancer]

Energy Spells>Fire Spells



Just stick with energy. And no silly blast spells or "multi bolt" spells or whatnot.

[Smacktard]

Thanks for the replies guys, great advice. I'm tech level 37 now and got my Energy Halo. It rocks!

[Bragvledt]

Don't forget to have your spells made by constructors, the store-bought ones are a bit weak.

[Scikar]

Even with stacking, energy spells deal more damage than fire spells.

There are however a few advantages to using fire spells:

Before the range nerfs, fire spells had the best range, poison spells the worst. I don't know if this is still true. Fire spells are also generally higher TL than their energy counterparts. Higher TL = more xp = better for levelling. This has to be balanced against the amount of damage you can deal with energy though - fire might earn more xp per unit damage, but consider xp per unit time, and energy might be better overall. Finally, in the next patch mobs will have specific strengths and weaknesses in their resists. So it will be useful to carry weapons capable of dealing more than one damage type when out hunting.