atma's and merit points

[Babekeke]

If you aren't spending your merits on spells you will actually be casting (eg. your strongest spells), you may as well have not spent any merits at all. No merits vs gimp merits have the same result: both gimp your damage.

I changed my merits when the 90 cap was introduced, didn't you?

with Beyond, the 2 strongest spells are actually Bliz V and Freeze 2. Any Fire based mob will resist fire and ice, so if you're going to drop thunder merits for anything, it should be for wind perhaps. I personally left thunder and ice and just use Burst 2 when I can't use Ice.