Nuker - Some clarification please

[Cydra]

Hi there!

Little Intro:
When i started i wanted to be a mage class... so
I'm lvl 23 now, full int, fire imbue, no weapon skill - looking desperatly forward to the nuke at lvl 30.
I checked out some Nuker Guides (sticky/search function) but most of them anticipated that you know more about a nuker allready than i do


Facts:
I would like Fire as my main nuke and lightning as a backup (got the mastery anyway for the magic damage buff).

I have 3000 SP at lvl 23, Gap 5 (Lightning 18, Fire 18 )

Questions:
1) Am I ok with Fire & Lightning or do I need another mastery?

2) Is it ok to get the nuke right away at lvl 30 (->gap 0 then) or will i run into problems (maybe not enough sp for later levels or something)?

3) Are there more skills in fire/lightning tree I need to get, other than NukeFire, NukeLightning, MagicAtkBuff, FireWeaponImbue and Windwalk?

4) If I go for the Nuke right away at lvl30.. how much SP should I have by than? (or, at which gap should i lvl from now on till 30)

5) Any info would be really cool - also if there is a real "nuker newbie"-guide out there that I haven't found, please link.

Thanks in advance,
Cydra

ps: arrrrr.. posting this cost me 50.000 .. NEVER leave the wolf standing arround if you're not watching the game.

[Helix]

You might want to have spear/glaive for the hp bonus later on.

[S1cKn3s5]

1) Fire and light will do you fine. Later on spear skills will help out if your a hardcore PVPer, but you can get away without them.

2)Get it at 30. If you lvl all the way there with that gap you'll be fine. Everyone has SP problems, what I do is keep fire close, 1 gap or none, and let lightning drag a bit. With a good +3 spear an up to date fire nuke will 1 shot white mobs.

3) There is a defense buff which is a good add. Concentration is optional.

4) Dont realy matter just get tham and worry later.

Why do you go from 4 to 8?

[Cydra]

thanks for your answers!

When you say one-shot mobs, that sounds real good.. what mobs would that be? white? green?

8 switched to 5

[Aon]

You will probably want lion shout, if you don't already have it.

[noddie]

don't use lighting nukes , they suck.
do it like this :
at the start get heuksal to lvl 20 - 2nd passive 1st ghost petal 4 soul spear. and use them to kill faster before 30.

from fire max all nukes , fire imbue , later magic defense buff
from light max grass walk , ghost phantom , magic attack buff , lion series , and later parry things.
fire nukes are best in the game (fastest). so its best option to max them instead lighting. this way you can farm with 2 gap for whole game, so don't need to farm early.
also another plus of skipping light nukes is that you won't use book 1 later in game. so its a waste of sp.

[steve]

don't use lighting nukes , they suck.

lol?