10 Magic Strength Pretenders....

[Thufir]

Graeme Dice said:
If you are 5 points higher, then you will only die 2.7% of the time. That's about the same as having a MR of 22.

Excellent info and links, Graeme, thanks a bunch! And my apologies for not searching before asking

I find this encouraging, at a 2.7% chance with a 5 pt difference, it sounds to me like perhaps the astral combat mage pretender is a viable strategy. I still don't know enough about how magic duels unfold in MP game play to make an informed judgement, but it's quite helpful to know the formula.