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Best Level 130+ Balance Hats
Hats have strayed from their original, balanced state into a more offensive piece of gear. Still, a hyper-aggressive PvP meta and increasingly powerful enemies mean that gear from Darkmoor and Exalted Krokopatra is still worth having. Here's a look at the best hats for Balance wizards. If you're hoping for a more aggressive setup, consider items under the "For Offense" category.
For Balanced Stats:
(1) Hades' Helm of Justice
(2) Darkmoor Herald's Mantle
(3) Order of the Tygron Helm
For Offense:
(1) Alphoi Saboteur Helm*
(2) Cabal Hood of Disruption
(3) Immutable Zanadu Helm
(4) Monarch's Diadem
(5) Grand Admiral's Turban
Other:
(1) Aristocratic Alphoi Mantle
(2) Alhazred's Karmic Fez
(3) Time Warden Kavuk of Truth
(4) Majoris Helm of Cohesion
(3) Rogue's Equalizing Cap
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Krokopatra Justice Fez
Krokopatra's hat is still the best options for level 130+ wizards who want as balanced and multi-purpose of a setup as possible. Farming requires giving up the opportunity to get any other Darkmoor gear, but for those who despise the Graveyard, this is not just great alternative, it also may be a better hat for you anyway..
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Masque of the Exalted One
This piece of gear, in my opinion, falls slightly behind Krokopatra's hat, but either is a solid choice. This Darkmoor staple is still one of the most well-rounded pieces of gear available and best overall options for your wizard. Although the Balanced Paradox Conical adds 10% damage (and may be superior if you're looking for a more aggressive setup), the sacrifice of 13% resistance could hardly be justified in a number of situations and the additional piercing on this item has become more important than ever with enemies having additional resistance and access to shields.
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Balanced Paradox Conical
A well-balanced setup requires just that - balance. But sometimes the offensive capabilities of a hat are good enough that they warrant making an exception. Although this hat does not offer any resistance, its damage is 9-10% higher than the other top options. This hat can be farmed in a relatively easy dungeon that's currently a hot spot for farming. It's a great hat for hammers or anyone who doesn't mind losing some significant resistance for the extra damage.
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Helm of Castle Darkmoor
So you're willing to do parts of Darkmoor, but maybe you don't want to farm the Graveyard. This could be the hat for you. If you're not into farming any of the major bosses for the top-tier gear, this is a good alternative.
Best Level 130+ Balance Robes
The recent shift to purely defensive stats on robes means that older robes are still in the spotlight, with a few notable exceptions making their way onto the list. Despite the potential for a balanced setup with defensive robes and offensive hats, the defensive robes are not only inferior in the offense department (obviously) but also often have worse defenses than the staple robes in so many setups. Here's a look at the best options for level 130 and up.
For Balanced Stats:
(1) Hades' Raiment of Justice
(2) Paladin's Armor of Virtue
(3) Winter Palace Full Dress Coat
(4) Champion's Armor of Courage
(5) Darkmoor Herald's Gear
For Offense:
(1) Raiment of Hades' Ruin
Other:
(1) Valiant Paladin's Armor
(2) Armor of the Light Brigade
(3) Turquoise Eagle's Raiment
(4) Aztecosaur War-Shell
(5) Bonesmasher's Rattled Robe
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Virtuous Light Brigade Armor
Farming Corporal Tenni'syn can be a challenge, especially if you're just teaming up. That said, if you're willing to complete this fight (and save yourself from Darkmoor), you'll end up with what I think is the best robe available. It has the most health of any of the top four options, solid power pip chance, ties for the best resistance of the four, has the best critical and damage, and gives 2% shadow pip chance.
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Bonesmasher Robe of Poise
This is a great choice if you aren't up for some of the tougher battles required to get Tenni'syn robe. Exalted Rattlebones isn't a particularly tough fight and it shouldn't be too hard to find people willing to run given that the challenge often provides worthwhile rewards. This robe just beats out Malistaire's in my opinion, but they're both great options.
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Drape of the Exalted One
This is a really close call between Malistaire's robe and the Exalted Rattlebones robe. You could really go for either one. The Rattlebones robe is slightly better, though this could be a superior choice if you need other Darkmoor gear anyway that you might get from farming the Graveyard.
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Raiment of Castle Darkmoor
If you've run the Graveyard a million times with no luck on your tier one robe, this is a fine alternative, though not quite as good as any of the top three robes. Still, the balanced stats from this gear remain to be a great option of a list of robes that hasn't changed much since the newer trend of defensive robe stats.
Best Level 130+ Balance Boots
Boots have continued to offer fairly balanced stats across the board, and as such, Darkmoor gear has been pushed completely out of the top four items. Now, you can go super aggressive with boots while maintaining defenses and other stats. Here's a look at the best boot options for your wizard.
For Balanced Stats:
(1) Alhazred's Consistent Clogs
(2) Ancient Purrzian Boots**
(3) Silent Knight's Snowboots
(4) Abyssal Warrior's Boots
For Offense:
(1) Alphoi Saboteur Boots*
(2) Aristocratic Alphoi Boots
(3) Cabal Stompers of Disruption
(4) Allfather's Boots
(5) Dashing Outlaw's Treaders
Other:
(1) Dwarven Boots
(2) Wysteria Warrior's Boots
(3) Time Warden Galesh of Truth
(4) Majoris Runners of Cohesion
(5) Unicorn Champion Sabatons
**Ancient Purrzian Galesh are an equivalent substitute for this item.
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Balanced Paradox Boots
These incredible boots have resistance equal to Malistaire's boots, but 7% more damage and over 500 more health! It's amazing how far boots have come. The nice thing about these, outside of the fact that they drop at a fairly easy boss which everyone is teaming up for, is that you can craft an alternative. If you don't have much luck farming, you can craft the Alphoi Saboteur Boots with identical stats.
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Immutable Zanadu Boots
These boots are a really close second to the Balanced Paradox Boots. If you pick these up during your travels or want to try somewhere new to farm, these could be the boots for you.
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Monarch's Footwear
The Fantastic Fairytale Bundle has really had some great gear surprises. These boots are no exception. They add five percent resistance over even the Paradox boots, at the cost of 5% damage. That said, you'll gear increased critical chance and health, plus your stats are universal if you happen to be using a mastery amulet or using attacks from another school. This is a good option for any wizard, but especially one that doesn't want to farm bosses for a solid pair of boots.
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White Pandamonium Boots
The level 130+ version of these boots has great health and damage without sacrificing all of your power pip chance or resistance. There's also some critical included, making these a solid option particularly for offensive setups.
Best Level 130+ Balance Wands
The range of available wands has increased significantly with the introduction of new packs and bundles. Additionally, the stats that are valued on wands have changed, too. With critical and block decay, more balanced choices with critical and block that were once very powerful are now less desirable. Here are the best wand options for your wizard.
For Balanced Stats:
(1) Poison Apple
(2) Majoris Relic of Cohesion**
(3) Seal Team Assault Hammer
(4) Fortune Teller's Peerless Eye
(5) Battlemage Staff and Shield
For Offense:
(1) Allfather's Gungnir
(2) All Souls Cranium Wand
(3) Jaki's Bow
(4) Balanced Paradox Defenders***
(5) Wysteria Warrior's Claymore
**Keepsake of Titan Equity and Borealis Relic of Resolution are close equivalents.
***Balanced Paradox Defenders and Alphoi Saboteur Glaive have identical stats.
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White Pandamonium Jian
This weapon's incredible damage bonus brings it to the top of the charts. There is not always a pack wand for Balance wizards, but this one is designed exclusively for them, with Balance damage and critical, plus pip conversion and a cool may-cast ability.
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Crimson Pandamonium Jian
Either of the other two Jian weapons would be great choices for Balance. They may even be preferable if you want to run off-school wand hits or want the universal damage for attacks from another school. Whatever the case, the Pandamonium Hoard Pack is the thing to buy for Balance wizards.
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Jaki's Focused Bow
Although sacrificing some damage and critical, this weapon comes with piercing, which is a particularly good stat, especially lately with expanding boss resistances and increased shield use. Then there's the bonus energy and fishing luck built in. And let's not forget that this wand is crafted, which means you can avoid purchasing packs or farming tough bosses.
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Poison Apple
This wand offers decent universal damage, but knocks it out of the park on universal critical and block. On top of that, there's a fair bit of pip conversion. The fact that a wand this good is coming out of a bundle is a big deal! It's a good choice for a Balance wizard, specifically if you're looking for a more balanced approach. Which, you know, for a Balance wizard, would be an appropriate thing to do.
Best Level 130+ Balance Athames
Not very many athames have become available in recent updates that are particularly good, but priorities with some stats have shifted. It's important for a good athame to have solid damage and enough power pip chance to keep your wizard getting power pips every round. More recent athames sacrifice both balanced stats and damage overall, but could be a good option if you're looking for a little more block in your setup.
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Athame of the Dark Usurper
The Darkmoor and Morganthe athames are still the best ones available in the game, and by quite a stretch compared to any newer athame. Either one works, but I find Yevgeny's to come out ahead of Morganthe's because its universal damage allows for more flexibility with types of attacks (especially for Balance wizards who have some non-Balance damage spells) and the rests of its stats are either superior or comparable to Morganthe's athame.
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Athame of the Chosen One
If you don't pick up your athame from Darkmoor, Morganthe is a popular farming spot where you should absolutely be able to successfully team up and complete the fight in a reasonable about of time. Plus, Morganthe is a great place to pick up a few other accessories, too.
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Blade of the Felled Titan
Venture into Tartarus for this athame! Cronus is kind of a fun side boss in the dungeon that doesn't require completing any other fights to battle. The Blade of the Felled Titan is an item that could be useful for multiple wizards and is available several levels before either the Darkmoor or Morganthe athame.
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Aphrodite's Barb of Veracity
Moving up on the list, this athame offers more of a stat which is in high demand in most builds today - damage. Unlike newer athames, Aphrodite's still offers power pip chance plus higher damage than even the Paradox athame drop.
Best Level 130+ Balance Amulets
Amulets have pretty much stayed exalted the same over the past couple of years. All of the recent amulets are mastery amulets, which means they're more specialized and don't offer as good of stats. While Amulets provided cards for quite a long time, the introduction of stats onto these gear pieces means you'll want to pick one that can help you stay competitive.
For Resistance:
(1) Jarilo's Talisman of Decorum
(2) Warlord Minak's Medallion
(3) Steady Arcanum Exile Ampul
(4) Amulet of the Arcanum Exile
(5) Auroracle's Charm of Equity
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Morganthe's Shadow of Amber
Morganthe is a great place to farm for accessories, and at level 130, it shouldn't be too difficult of a battle. The stats are competitive with or superior to the Amulet of Divine Influence and the Dragonblade cards provided are something you can actually use.
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Amulet of Divine Influence
If you're in Tartarus and farming for other gear, keep an eye out for the Amulet of Divine Influence. It's a worthy substitute for Morganthe's amulet and remains to be a pretty rare item.
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Travelling Dead's Charm
Note that this amulet only drops from Shane von Shane in the Upper Halls, so here's your chance to avoid farming the Graveyard! This amulet also has more piercing that any of the others, so if that's what you're after, this might be the choice for you.
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Vial from the Fetid Lagoon
This amulet drops from a number of Darkmoor bosses, meaning you have a chance to get it in just about any dungeon that you farm. If you haven't picked up any of the other top amulets and you have this one from your travels through Darkmoor, it's still a good choice.
Best Level 130+ Balance Rings
Rings, like other accessories, haven't changed much. Newer rings offer some additional critical and damage options that are nice for aggressive setups, but lack power pip chance and even have less damage that many previous rings. In my book, giving up that sort of consistency for chance isn't a good choice, but the aggressive options and there nonetheless. Here's a look at the best rings for your wizard.
For Balanced Stats:
(1) Cirque of Neverwhere
(2) Nameless Ring
(3) Signet of the Black Shield
(4) First Scythe's Ringlet
(5) Shadow of the Land Ring
For Offense:
(1) Charmbeak's Karma Band
(2) Balanced Paradox Ring*
(3) Immutable Zanadu Band
(4) Cabal Ring of Disruption
(5) Tetrus Ringlet of Fusion
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Signet of Carpathes
This level 100+ ring remains to be the reigning champion of rings, even 30 levels later. While some newer rings offer critical, this one offers the best damage available for Balance wizards, solid stats overall, and good power pip chance. It can be a tougher place to farm than some of the other spots, but it could mean getting the best ring available for your wizard.
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Loop of the Umbra Legion
Morganthe is the accessory hot-spot, and this is one more thing you can cross off your list from a battle that's very manageable, even using Team Up! Despite a few points of damage sacrificed, its otherwise superior stats and additional jewel slot make it a great ring option.
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Xibalba's Dread Seal
For level 86, this ring has fantastic stats and offers an additional jewel slot compared to the Alpha and Omega ring. Plus, it's dropped a lot more places, meaning you can change up your farming location if you get bored.
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Alpha and Omega Ring
You should still be able to find people farming for this ring. It's one of the earliest available on the list, requiring only level 90 and remaining to be a solid choice up through level 130. Like the number one choice from Aphrodite, this ring's damage is universal, meaning it could work well for a setup with a mastery amulet.
Best Level 130+ Balance Decks
Make no mistake, the single best thing you can get from a deck is the bonus pip that so many of the top-notch decks offer. Don't ever sacrifice that for a tiny increase in another stat. Every deck on this list (save for the damage deck) is a good option for your wizard, with minimal differences in stats. There is some difference in card capacity, but school-specific decks that can hold more cards are generally favored over universal decks.
For Balanced Stats:
(1) Divine Paradox Deck
(2) Hopeful Zanadu Deck
(3) Luphilim's Eternal Deck
(4) Chief Advisor's Pack of Lies**
For Damage:
(1) Limeblight Gallery
**Ancient Deck of Horizon Hold and Parcel of the Arcanum Exile are equivalent substitutes for this item.
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Balanced Paradox Deck
The Rat and Scorpion battle is a lot of fun and there are likely plenty of people still farming, so feel free to jump in on that and try for the best deck available for Balance wizards! Alternatively, you could snag it from the Titan's Trident Chest after the big battle.
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Immutable Zanadu Deck
If you're looking to change up your farming or avoid those Husk bosses, Admiral Dynt and some of the other bosses that drop this very close second deck are quite a bit easier and you'll lose almost nothing in terms of stats.
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Luphilim's Valiant Set
If you still have your deck from Omen, there's really no need to farm one of the newer ones for the tiniest bit of extra health. If you don't and you have other items you're hoping to win from Omen, he might be the spot to farm!
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Rasputin's Bevy of Answers
The nice thing about this set of three decks is that it's the only one in the top four to offer you a choice of jewel slots. A lot of people prefer the triangle slot on a deck, so it has been used on the newer decks and is what's shown where there are options. Rasputin can be a tougher battle on this list (even compared to both him and the Scorpion in Empyrea) but you've got a chance to pick up all kinds of gear!
Best Level 130+ Balance Mounts
Mounts are a relatively new introduction to the world of best gear, as they haven't always given stats. Now, you can get at least a little bonus from your ride. Here are the best stat-boosting mounts available for your wizard.
**Vulpine Avenger is an equivalent substitute for this item.
***Waddling Witch Hunt is an equivalent substitute for this item.
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Balance Ghulture
The good news for Balance is that since their Ghulture only gives 2% damage (though it is universal), they can swap it out for the Battle Havox or Battle Narwhal from bundles to avoid having to spend on packs for the extra damage.
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Clockwork Courser
If you have either the Cuckoo Clock Gauntlet or the Avalon Outlaw's Bundle, you're in good shape for your 2% universal piercing bonus!
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Crystal Unicorn
It never hurts to be a little more accurate. If you don't have any of the other mounts or could use a little bonus to push you up to 100% accuracy, this could be the mount option for you.
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Desert Racer
So you don't have any of the preferred mounts, but you might have gotten this one or snagged the Waddling Witch Hut from the Witch's Hoard Pack. While making solid gear choices usually means staying around 100% power pip chance, this mount could help push you the extra little bit or let you choose a piece of gear without power pip chance.
More About This Guide
Continuing from my level 120+ gear guides, these are dedicated exclusively to level 130+ wizards. For clarification, this guide is not intended to include items that a level 130 wizard cannot use, hence the title of the guide. It will be updated as I'm available with new items that fall into this level range. I encourage you to read more about the calculator including its features and limitations in the instructions post.
This guide seeks to offer the best overall gear options for a setup that works in the widest array of scenarios. Specific bosses, farming, and other specialized tasks may require different setups. This guide is also designed to develop a wizard who can operate competitively on their own, independent of any assistance or team. It does not assume you have any specific school or setup assisting you. The guide provides the best options overall as well as other options based on the type of setup you're trying to achieve. Note that on every item, either the item name or boss can be clicked to see stats and more details about that piece of gear.
This guide seeks to offer the best overall gear options for a setup that works in the widest array of scenarios. Specific bosses, farming, and other specialized tasks may require different setups. This guide is also designed to develop a wizard who can operate competitively on their own, independent of any assistance or team. It does not assume you have any specific school or setup assisting you. The guide provides the best options overall as well as other options based on the type of setup you're trying to achieve. Note that on every item, either the item name or boss can be clicked to see stats and more details about that piece of gear.
Please note: Jewels are dropped separately from items. The bonus stats they provide are not included on the item pictured. Items come with empty jewel sockets and some must be unlocked. For more information, see the Jewels and Socketing Guide.Acknowledgments
This guide is the result of long-term observation of the gear that's actually being used by wizards in the game as well as comparisons of other existing items. Thanks to Destiny Rain for stat and level verification on the Olympian Bundle gear. Many images here are the result of Wizard101 Central contributors and others. For full information on screenshots, follow the link on the item for credits within individual guides. Thank you!
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