how to deal with mages?

[xynkurosawa]

I know that getting to the Zigurath helps a lot, but I'm a skeleton, so I can't become anti-magic or I will be unable to wear my cloak.
I'm a lvl 16 skeleton bulwark and got killed two times so far, both times by mages.
As other races it was fairly easy to retreat from the combat by using speed runes, but as a skeleton I can't do much becouse they are not allowed to use the green runes, only red ones, and teleportation can screw you up even more sometimes.
Any tips? Maybe there is alread a topic on the forum on how to deal with the mages? Couldn't find anything by googling.

[Radon26]

clinch (aka grapple) can be upgraded with graple, if you hve the talent tree.
gaunglets of disperion lets you get rid of some of the enemy's magical sustains.
if you turn behind a corner into a corridor with a mage at the very end, take a step back for cover.
they can't do s*** without their actives, so stunning them should work well.

also, apparently bulwarks are terrible, so try another class.
i was playing a skeleton berserker, and that got me into the east, where i ended his lif by jumpink into the armory.
there, i survived stupidly long permastunned by a flameshok, in an unbreakable iceblock.

also, the green ones aren't runes. they are infusions. and both runes and infusions are inscriptions.

prot ips
- if you see a projectile coming to you, sidestep it.
- silver rune anyone? no? damage shield should be enough.

[HousePet]

Use Rush.

[xynkurosawa]

Use Rush.

I was out of stamina, tried to use teleportation but it failed to teleport me for some reason, guess I should have retreated earlier.
And the other time I was killed by the skeleton mage who was twice my level, I dispatched the high level skeletons easily but the mage just rekt me hard. I probably should stop opening sealed rooms.
thanks for the advices Radon26

[Coldbringer]

Use Rush.

I was out of stamina, tried to use teleportation but it failed to teleport me for some reason, guess I should have retreated earlier.
And the other time I was killed by the skeleton mage who was twice my level, I dispatched the high level skeletons easily but the mage just rekt me hard. I probably should stop opening sealed rooms.
thanks for the advices Radon26

Sounds like you had arcane disrupting equipment on. This causes your spells and magical equipment to occasionally fail on use.

Notice the damage types of the mages. you can equip Torques that reduce most or all of the damage those spells do when activated.

Make sure to get skills that recover your stamina, and have an alternate way besides Rush to close the distance with ranged enemies. Voidstalker cloaks are a good investment.