Editing Mizuoni's Wizard Guide (section)

== Sage vs. Demon, Heaven vs. Hell ==
To make it this far shows that you are dedicated to your wizard. I can count all the wizards that made it to this point with my hands. This is where you become a sage or a demon. Sage/Demon is the level 89 spirit cultivation where you are faced with a tough choice. Sage or Demon? Both allow you to get your skills to level 11, off the charts. Both have their usefulness but which is for you? Hopefully, I can help you make your choice.

'''Sage'''
*Aware of the Myriad, Sage is the heaven choice. Sage offers many great skills. Pyro has a chance to give you 20 chi and your sage fairy gives you 50 chi per minute. All this makes you a chi machine. All this chi allows you to use skills like Sage BIDS which is, hands down, the best sage skill. Why? It gives you 30% crit! So if you have 10% crit and you use this skill, there is a 50% chance that it ADDS 30% to your crit % making it 40% instead for 10% AND it affects the dragon! Talk about one shots. FoW is now a 3 meter AoE allowing you to stop anything in your path in TW and then hit them all with WoP which has a wider AoE affect. All of your barriers now add 150% resist to their magic element and earth barrier adds 120% PDef! Your masteries allow you to get 25% damage added on! With sage you will definitely be a force to be reckoned with.

'''Demon'''
*Aware of the Void, Demon is the hell choice. Demon offers many great skills. Pyro has -channeling which makes it more spammable than it already is! Wellspring Quaff (WQ) gives -10% channeling and demon spark gives you -25% channeling! With all of this you be one speed caster. SR has a 20% chance to stun. Emberstorm has a 50% chance to stun! And don't forget it's a AoE STUN!!!!! Hailstorm (HS) has a 50% chance to stop your enemies in their tracks. All your barriers adds 120% resist to their element and earth barrier adds 150% PDef! Your masteries also add 1% crit. A demon wizard should definitely be feared.
Demon and Sage both offer many compelling aspects but which is the best? Well it depends on what you are going to do. Remember once you choose, you can not change. I repeat, YOU CAN NOT CHANGE! So I'm going to attempt to make this choice a bit easier for you. As you noticed sage has chi, and group control. In what situations would chi be useful? PK, TW, maybe grinding? But also notice sage has the AOEs making it more defensive. Demon has -channeling, more control options, and crit. This would be helpful in PK, TW, grinding again? But demon is more focused on 1v1 unlike sage making it more offensive like a fist BM.
Since the guide is non-biased I can't really say which is the best. I might offer my opinion, *cough* sage *cough* but its entirely up to you. If you need help, do what I did. Talk to a Sage wizard and a Demon wizard. Here is a conversation I had with some.
*Sage wizard would be referred to as Sage
**Me: what do you like about sage
**Sage: CHI CHI CHI CHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
**Me: oooooook
**Me: what is your favorite sage skill?
**Sage: pyrogram! don't go demon, sage is much better for a wizard!
**Me: Anything you regret about your choice?
**Sage: no
**Me: what is one demon skill you would like if you could have it.
**Sage: Stone Rain is ok but I laugh as a watch demon wizards pray their stone rain stuns
**Me: ok thank you for your time
**Sage: np
*Demon wizard would be referred to as Demon
**Me: what do you like about Demon
**Demon: I dunno its okay
**Me: mhmm
**Me: do you have a favorite demon skill?
**Demon: pyrogram is ok, stone rain is also nice
**Me: Anything you regret about your choice
**Demon: no but sage has some nice skills
**Me: which brings me to my next question, what sage skill would you want
**Demon: there are a few good ones, force of will for example
**Me: ok thanks for your time
**Demon: ok