Sup doods, I have been playing a lot of minecraft recently and have been trying a new fighting technique that I'd like to share with you all. As many of you know, potions, when combined with gunpowder yield a splash potion. Now, these potions can either have positive or negative effects when throw, which makes them an ideal fighting item against a wide variety of enemies.

If you like playing in PVP servers, but always seem to be outplayed by a better equipped players, well do I have the solution for you. Playing as a "mage" or potion thrower, if you want to be specific, then you can easily defeat these fully diamond armor players in no time at all. If you are playing with a group of friends however be very careful not to harm your teammates as these potions are very powerful. When in a group I like to play more of a support mage, so no damage potions, only utility.

Anyways, now that I have given you a brief summary of how to be a "mage" in minecraft, let's get down to what I like to use as my equipment:

Potions:
Potion of Healing: These potions will keep your health bar full in combat.

Potion of Regeneration: An alternative to Potion of Healing, use this in place of, or in addition to them. I like these as splash so the whole team can benefit.

Potion of Strength: Great buff potion that ups your damage output. I like making this into a splash potion and buff my allies in battle.

Potion of Swiftness: Greatly increases your speed. Always have tehse on you as splash potions to help keep up with, or run away from an enemy.

Those are the Potions I like using when I am supporting my team, so I stick behind them and use the potions on my team. Let's move onto the combat potions.

Potion of Harming: Inflicts SIX damage to an enemy. SIX, if you have a handful of these, cities will crumble under your power.

Potion of Poison: Inflicts 1 damage a second. Make this into an extended potion of Poison for full effect. I like using these on the move, as it forces the enemy to use health items, giving me space.

Potion of Slowness: Slows the enemy to a crouch. These are amazing, always have these as extended to keep the enemy slowed for 3 minutes! Pair this with your Potions of Poison and harming to dominate crowds of enemies.

Potion of Weakness: This nerfs the attack damage of an opponent by 1. I don't really recommend these as they are not too useful, but I'm sure someone will find a use for them.

Okay, those are the potions that I use in my Mage build. Remember, potions do not stack, so choose the best combination of potions for full effect. Always have a sword on you for close range. Also there are some more things you can do to improve your mage build:

Fire aspect Bow: Sets enemies on fire when hit with an arrow. Use this as a sort of fireball spell

Dispenser/Firecharge Mortar: Fill a dispenser with Firecharges and fire them using a lever to launch explosives at an enemy position. I have only just messed with this idea.

There you have it folks, the begginers guide to becoming a Mage fighter in Minecraft! Also, having a silk touch pick and an ender chest on you can let you double your potion carrying capacity in battle. Be sure to experiment with this and have fun. Also, feel free to rate, comment, and subscribe for more content.