I run mainly ice skills for the interrupt and stun with ROI for getting exp and bots manna off creeps, and then fireball cos you gotta have it really, it outputs decent damage. I do struggle to get a kill vs a demigod 1v1 with that build unless they do something stupid but he makes good back up for other demigods, and it is a team game after all... also hence why im looking at other characters for 2v2/1v1... I got my mate to play this build in a game the other day and he hated it, was hilarious, but its finding a build you are happy with

i haven't got any saved but I'm playing a fair amount atm so if a good game happens soon i'll save one to post up... would be good to get a bit more criticism on actual game play as am fairly happy with build/items etc

enjoyed your tb guide teseer, the section on tactics vs each demigod was really interesting

I really.. really enjoy playing pure fire tb after the fix.  Also, while I almost always only get one point in circle until lvl 11, it IS my first talent choice over fireball because it's awesome for holding down a lane.

The only thing it lacks is an interrupt.. but, with the high damage output, that's ok.  You can pick up an interrupt /stun if you really need it anyway.

I really think people just underestimate TB's power after the patch which makes him strong in the right hands

fire tb owns, especially in the beginning of the game when you focus on leveling with him.

If Demigod had a tome of retraining, (reset skill points) TB would be my favorite demigod. Some of his skills really don't scale well, which means you waste points if the game drags on.

I never get any of the auras, passive skills bore me.

In pretty much any game, the discriminating hybrid player will be much stronger than any pure build. I say discriminating because it shouldn't be a 50/50 split. I think Teseer's build is perfect; there's no stronger combination of abilities available.

In the general Fire v. Ice in videogames I usually take ice because it's much more awesome than fire. Like in Rakion when you sneak up behind some poor soul and impale him with a spike of ice that jumps out of the ground

The 'Burst' of the Fire TB is:

Lvl 1-3: 300 (300 mana)
Lvl 4: 535 (380 mana)
Lvl 5-6: 935 (1,155 mana)
Lvl 7-9: 1,250 (1,535 mana)
Lvl 10-14: 1,650 (1,615 mana)
Lvl 15-20: 1,850 (1,915 mana)

This isn't including anything with CoF as I don't feel that counts as burst.

The 'Burst' of my hybrid is:

Lvl 1: 300 (300 mana)
Lvl 2-3: 500 (800 mana)
Lvl 4-6: 935 (1,080 mana)
Lvl 7-9: 1,450 (1,360 mana)
Lvl 10-14: 1,850 (1,640 mana)
Lvl 15-20: 2,150 (1,640 mana)

With Deep Freeze:
Lvl 15-20: 3,425 (3615 mana)

The only difference in the burst is that I have to go from Fire to Frost. And honestly, the benefit of RoI being ranged and targetable on the ground (and a LONG range at that) FAR out-weights that downside.

Up until level 10, the hybrid build is better mana wise while at every point being the same if not more damage. At level 10, there is a 25 mana difference.

For fun, I also included the true burst of the Hybrid.

So I fail to see where the Fire TB has better burst. Its just easier to do due to the lack of form switching. BUT if they aren't near you, you only get Fireball where the hybrid can hit with full burst at full range.

Edit: Also, I wanted to point out the other differences other then burst.

Fire TB, on top of that burst gets:
CoF
Fire Aura

Hybrid, on top of that burst gets:
An interrupt/cooldown increase
A stun/slow that works on buildings.

It would be so fun to watch a poor regulus try to run away from the slow moving fireball back to the crystal and die when his wand of speed runs out

I don't feel that Fire TB has ANY advantage leveling over a hybrid other then being able to get there a little faster with Fire Aura.

Plus, the time you save running is used to run into range to Fire Nova/Circle of Fire where the Hybrid can throw a RoI at max range and turn around which saves more time then the speed.

Mages are totally UP. Gravity is the map with the anti-gravity elevators that are so fun to abuse

Lvl 20 mage with 57 points in attack speed > all though. Stun gripping is such a broken game mechanic. You can't avoid it so if you ever get hit you will die.