Advice needed (in General)

Hi guys,

The following are the stats for my current active character, mage shield.

Mage Shield Power Rating: 22,638 | Battle Allocation: 0 Cash: $83,072

Your Minions
Mage warrior EXP: 6 HP: 20/20 ST: 20 DX: 20 AC: 41
Antimagic Field: 13,384 (?) Guardian Angel: 1,983 (?)

Mage Fighter EXP: 1 HP: 8,184/8,184 ST: 10,013/3,444
DX: 10,121/3,582 AC: 49 Archery: 2,693/2,565 (1.00)

A Pair of Elven Boots [6]
A Pair of Helm's Gauntlets [5] (+8)
A Cabasset [3] (+6)
A Kite Shield [8] (+13)
A Tattoo of Augmentation lvl 10,720

I can't seem to advance very quickly with the above combination. Should I do the following changes?

1) Untrain archery and retrain on other stats.
2) Untrain GA and train VA eventually.
3) Add HP on first minion since there is GA.
4) Train more on HP for second minion.

Thanks in advance for any advice or comments!

you forgot to post your weapons but it seems like a Katana and a 500nw Compound.

Get rid of GA, replace it with VA

Weapons are as follows,

4,543 Arrows [8x2] (+2)
A Katana [74x25] (+16)
A Compound Bow [5x24] (+17)

I would untrain GA and learn VA.

Then I would pump up my HP on your tank with the TOA. Let the TOA increase your dex and str. Sure your HP will be more than your STR and DEX but in my experience a TOA will give you all you need.

Also, you really need to increase the x on you weapons. I assume the NW of your weapons are each under 500k. Dont worry about the + for a while. In time youll have enough dex to always hit anything but another TOA tank. Increase the x and the damage you do. That, IMO, is your biggest problem. In cb (for now) mages win at low NW, but tanks win at higher NW's. So basically your NW weak for a tank.

Keep the Archery at 1.0 all the time. Its a great way to do tons of damage. The VA will allow you to leech HP off other teams in melee and counteract their GA in melee. The first minion is bascially an enchanter so no hp on it. Just max your AMF and keep you VA level about 2/3 your MPB.

Thanks for the advice so far. The NW of the katana is just below 500k and the compound is above 500k. Will try to train VA on the first minion, haven't reached the amount of exp required.