Mages usually used spells to fight, it was their main strength and main abilities. Unlike knights, they were weak physically and always lost in close combat to more powerful opponents, but at mid and long-range they were the best.
Some archers had good physical stats, almost like knights, but their attacks were not as varied as mages. Also, besides devastating attacks, mages had many other spells suitable for any situation.
'Damn... That was dangerous... Not only did he look scary, but he became much stronger... I may have learned a lot from the last fight, but I'm not sure I can beat him.' Zayne internally muttered while looking at the crater left by the explosion.
"Clort! You've already made your choice, so I won't hold back! I didn't want things to get this far, but today one of us is going to die!" Gron exclaimed, walking through the flaming circles slowly dissipating around the point of the explosion.