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Blood Mage Guide to SymbiosisVanguard Gold is useful for the blood mage who is very unique class and has a very varied play style. One of the most unique spell lines the class gets is the Symbiosis. Symbiosis is created by the Blood Mage by using his own blood and organs harvested from enemies, and subsequently cast on allies or yourself for various buffs.
When you get your first Symbioses spell you will see that it requires a Symbioses item to cast. To construct Symbioses, follow these steps:
1. Cast Siphon Blood: This will give you the Vial of Blood you need for constructing your new Symbiosis.
2. Cast Bursting Cyst, Exploding Cyst, Constrict, Union of Blood or Blood Letting Ritual on a mob: While the mob is affected by the spell you cast on it, cast Grim Harvest.
Open your Crafting list and go to the Assembly pane. In the pull down menu you should select Blood Mage. And then you find the Symbioses you want to construct and check if you have all the components. If you have all the components, you click Combine and get your Symbiosis. You should now have 10 of the Symbioses you constructed, and a few less components. No worries that components stack and a Still Beating Heart will continue beating even though you have had it in your bags for weeks.
When you have constructed your new Symbiosis, you can cast the spells associated with them. When you cast the spell, your Defensive Target will be buffed with the Symbioses and one Symbioses of the appropriate type will be removed from your inventory. Remember that a player can only be buffed with one Symbiosis at a time.
The only offensive Symbioses is Controlling Symbioses. Casting it will apply it to your Offensive Target. Remember that the spell can miss, be resisted or just not work if the target is of a type that is not charm able or is to powerful. If you try to charm a mob which has already been charmed by Controlling Symbioses once, it will also fail. It does not cost you anything to construct or cast Symbiosis, the only cost you have is in getting the components.