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King Killer Chronicles or Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear (so far) have very good magic systems in place.

Nichtcrawler-X posted...

While well paced is arguable, the Wheel of Time books definitely do magic and magical combat very right.

While Wheel of Time does use a lot of magic I don't think it's as well explained to a satisfactory point FOR ME.

There ARE a LOT of intense fights, but it's also a long series. I just came off of finishing the entire series this year and damn the final battle CHAPTER being longer than an entire book of Harry Potter just goes to show how long the books took. I will admit the last three books were fucking kicking that I wanted to speed through it, but the slog to get there was real. I'd also say it wasn't worth it. The amount it took for what I got I would've rather gambled reading the starts of other series and getting disappointed and possibly finding a newer better series.

But really I'm surprised no one has recommended HxH. Probably one of the most complex "magic" systems out there with Nen.

If you don't mind flavor of the week "magic," there's also Jojo's bizarre adventures. You start with "ripple energy"/energy and then get into a whole different system later on stands.

Tora_Sami posted...

Also I really dig how magic works in jobless reincarnation.

This is a solid recommendation as well. They do magic well.

Not gonna lie I like progression and mechanics behind my magic. Magic for the sake of magic is lame for me.

HOWEVER, what I do enjoy about Overlord is how much it sticks to MMO mechanics. I don't want to spoil a part in Overlord, but if you've ever played one and saw the scene you'd laugh your ass off at it.