Well, At the moment on Atlantic.. Healing parry mages are the main mages you will see on the field.
This is due to the fact of heavy hitting dexxers and the need for the mages to be a lot more tanky than previously disscused.
However, other cool templates include tank mages for example ( the benefit of these are you allowed 30 sdi
120 archery
90 tac
120 mage
120 eval
120 resist
100 alch
Japenese players generally love their tank mages.... But they use, Bokutos therefore bushido.. So you'd have to figure that one out!!
But with the upcoming changes, I'm sure these templates will get changed around alot due to the tactics requirements and other bonus's from running mystic mages necro mages.. Which include higher base sdi.. and focused mages only being 5 sdi greater..