Thread by @Fightincowboy

Ready to get the mage build going now that I've finished a full analysis of spell damage to FP ratios. Here's the highlights for my #EldenRing mage gang.

First up, Carian Slicer, Night Maiden's Mist, and the Oracle Bubbles are your top value spells. I'd suggest always having one

In terms of spells I'd aim for:
Early - Carian Slicer, Rock Throw, Glintstone Arc
Mid - Glintstone Icecrag, Loretta's Greatbow, Night Maiden's Mist
Late - Renalla/Ranni's Moon, Comet Azur, Adula's Moonblade, Shard Spiral
PvP Specific - Stars of Ruin (chase), Cannon of Haima (aoe)

Both Full Moon spells increase ALL magic damage target takes by 10%, Ranni's is more expensive but causes a fair chunk of frostbite buildup (1 moon + 1 icecrag proc frostbite, icecrag took 5 on its own). Frostbite causes target to take 20% more damage, stacks with moon debuff.

Comet Azur can dump your entire FP bar and do over 6000 damage. If you have an opening, this is your boss nuke.

Adula's Moonblade is OP, multi-hits and has a bladebeam.

Shard Spiral is a decent cheap aoe move, upgrade from Arc imo (goes through with multi-hits but not as wide)

Loretta Greatbow & Mastery are solid snipe options and can hit a target from max range. Use preferred.

Night Maiden's Mist is super good IF you can keep a target in it. 20 FP cost for almost 2,000 damage. That's nearly 3 times the damage to FP ratio of Founding Rain of Stars.

Lastly there's Meteorite & Meteorite of Astel. These have potential, but only, and I mean only if you can hit most of the meteorites. Regular is 3 rocks, Astel version is 5. Massive potential damage, but TBH you'll likely only land all of them on a dragon.