I just started playing DR again after years away. My WM is from the era when TM was pretty weak and ice patch, leather armor, hiding and longbow were the paradigm for PvP combat as a WM. It seems a lot has changed.

I'm currently backtraining all four metal armors, shield and light crossbow. Are there any other skills that are important to pick up?

Thanks in advance.

Reroll to a thief, or a moon mage if you train it right. Mainly just reroll to a thief though.

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Eladrin

Make sure you utilize the hunt verb while hunting. Keep your perception high, it's your only defense against thieves. Pick up HT as Avrii suggested, i find it that it's much easier to spam throwing a thrown weapon then deal with aiming and firing one despite the greater accuracy. For a WM you want to use your weapons in tangent with your magic. So disabling your opponent followed by a targetted attack and spamming throw hammer/spear while your opponent is stunned will go a long way.

If you're backtraining shield and LX anyways i'd suggest doing HT and you might as well do another weapon too if you're in a different hunting ground. Make sure you're training brawling too.