early game damage with mages itâs kinda difficult, because you depend on your SP, cooldown, and having only a few skills available, but itâs not a bad build, actually you can mix whatever you want, using a build that itâs fun to use itâs more important than worrying about damage, at least for your first characters. But one thing is creating a build for âcontentâ as you say, and one completely different is trying to create build to solo CM, builds are important if your point is to solo cm, but even if your build is good, thereâre a lot of other factors to have in mind, the most important is EQUIPMENT, to solo a cm you need really good equipment with good stats, and set bonuses, thatâs far more important than the build (but the build is in second place).
To solo a CM build wise, you need multiple AOE skills with good damage multipliers, being able to sustain yourself (with potions/skills) or nuke before you take massive damage, and having skills that allows you to chain them, make combos, and use sinergy if they have it
Solo a CM itâs basically very late game, so donât focus yourself into doing that, and focus yourself into learning about clases, and how to team play.