Based on World of Magic’s current meta and magic stats.
Differences between magics between WoM and AO:
Mechanic Changes
-
Blast spell cooldown now begins after the endlag rather than after releasing the keybind, so the cooldown is more consistent (and longer)
-
The Bleeding status effect will no longer stack
-
Magics that have a status effect that apply damage overtime deal 5% more damage against targets afflicted by their own status
-
Magics can now apply environmental changes to parts more consistently, which effectively buffs magics that can turn parts into damaging hazards
-
High jump spells had their height reduced by 50%, can only be used once in midair, and resets its cooldown upon touching the ground
-
High jump spells are now affected by Magic Size from gear but not from base magic size
-
Stamina high jumps now have a startup of 0.1 second + ping instead of 0.25 seconds + ping
-
Magics can now have adjusted size when exploding underwater
-
A magic’s destruction affinity is taken into account for its damage against boats
Magic Changes
-
Paper Magic and Ink Magic were removed
-
Gold Magic and Iron Magic are combined into Metal Magic with their color variations. Metal Magic will share the same stats as Iron Magic
-
Crystal Magic now applies the Crystallized status effect, which lasts 10 seconds per instance and can stack up to 4 times. Attacking a target afflicted by 4 stacks of crystals with Crystal Magic will remove all instances, dealing +50% damage on the shattering hit
-
Light Magic now has a synergy with Crystal Magic, dealing 25% more damage against Crystallized targets (this is not really relevant here since we are discussing magic effectiveness by themselves)
-
Light Magic’s speed affinity was increased from 1.7 to 1.8
-
Wood Magic’s speed affinity was increased from 0.7 to 0.8
-
Crystal Magic’s speed affinity was increased from 0.65 to 0.7
-
Plasma Magic’s speed affinity was increased from 1.1 to 1.2
-
Metal Magic’s damage affinity was decreased from 1.1 to 1.0
-
Acid Magic now has 1.3x size underwater
-
Water Magic now has 2.0x size underwater
-
Ice Magic and Lightning Magic now have 1.5x size underwater
-
Light Magic now has 0.75x size underwater
-
Wind Magic now has 0.5x size underwater
Now with all those changes in consideration, many magics will move up in the tier list.
Notice how Shadow and Earth didn’t move a bit, as they were not affected by any changes.
Both tier lists are open to debate, especially AO’s tier list. Discuss away!
