You can tweak your wizard's robe, staff, weapon and ring-of-power before battle, and each of these convey stat-shifts that hike the power of particular elements. The plan at the moment is to charge for gear. There will be microtransactions, of course. Number four calls down a huge meteor storm. Number one will give your wizard temporary super-speed, three unleashes a towering grim reaper that will chase your enemies around and insta-kill them with a scythe-swipe. Dealing damage grows a power bar that unlock these numbered abilities one by one.

Self-casting has been moved to the middle mouse button, which means you can't move and heal at the same time, and some extremely powerful spells have been moved onto the 1-4 keys.

You can set waypoints for your wizard with the left mouse button and then cast spells in other directions as he strafes. Other minor changes fine-tune Magicka's system for competitive play. Though certainly a bit prettier, the best part about the upgrade will be stable netcode borrowed from War of the Roses.

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