Charon121: Oh, I beg to differ! Having completed the game twice, once as a Wizard and once as a Conjurer, I can safely say the playthrough as a Conjurer was a much smoother and easier one. As a Wizard I actually spent more time waiting around for the mana stones to recharge since that class relies exclusively on strong spells like Fireball, which you can only cast three or four times before you deplete your mana pool. There's the staff, yes, but that's for swatting weak creatures like bats and spiders.

The Conjurer has multiple options:

1) Spells: some are very powerful, like the Fist of Vengeance (kills mechanical golems in three shots), and Greater Heal is better than what the Wizard gets. Overall, the Wizard does have a more lethal magical arsenal, but the Conjurer could hold his own in a magic duel.

2) Bows: the arrows deal quite a lot of damage, especially the ones with added elemental effects. It's difficult to hit moving targets, but I've had much success by moving slowly and sniping enemies from across the screen before they could sport me. There aren't so many quivers to find, but unless you're wasteful, you should always have some in reserve.

3) Creature charming: not the most useful feature, I agree, but pairs well with ranged attack since creatures in your control keep enemies occupied. Yes, the strongest creature in your compendium is always weaker than what you're fighting on your current level, but if you could just charm & banish each creature you come across with minimum mana, there wouldn't be much of a challenge.

4) Trap: whereas the Wizard's trap seems to be better for multiplayer (where enemies move around the level), the Conjurer's bomber is more useful for singleplayer because it actively seeks out enemies and clears out rooms before you get in. That little guy saved my life multiple times in Castle Galava, where those pesky Ember Demons could one-shot me.

So, to recap, the Wizard without mana is useless, while the Conjurer can fall back to any of the other options in a bind.

drnath: I just got the fist of vengeance spell in the temple where you get the Weirdling. At my current level it depletes roughly 60% of my mana on one cast. I almost never have enough mana to cast it, so I stick with fireball.

Charon121: Near the end of the game I had enough mana to cast it twice. My bread-and-butter spell was Meteor; it's cheap and incinerates hordes of zombies too. And Chapter X is full of mana stones anyway, so I didn't have to use potions either. The cost of the bomber depends on the spells that go into it, but one will typically deplete your whole mana pool. And armor shouldn't matter since enemies can't reach you if you're playing right, only those with ranged attacks are a problem.

It's a great game, too bad the solo campaign was secondary to the multiplayer. I'd play it for the third time as a Warrior, but melee sounds boring, and besides I'd probably have to spend too much money on equipment repairs.

drnath: I don't think the solo was secondary, they did create three unique story lines and shook up the levels/enemies a bit depending on what class you picked. Contrast it to D2 where every class has the same levels, just randomly generated.

drnath: Wizard and warrior both fought her in the underworld which was much more difficult with the lava and the smaller spaces made it harder to avoid the fire imps fireballs.

liejian: This thread is really old but thought i'd ask anyway. Does anyone know where to get the mechanical golem scroll as a conjurer? thx!

flinsal: You can't. It's not in the single player game.