Wizard - Builds/Discussion - Page 130

On June 16 2012 09:04 Tt|FaZiNaTe wrote:
Hey, did someone try to farm Act4, the 1. Boss a lot and found something good?
I farm him a lot and after like 200+ tries i got 2 shit yellow items and the rest blue items.

Just found a 1 handed 880dps blue too but thats like every 100 runs :DD

On June 16 2012 11:25 Slaughter wrote:
How viable is Archon? I like the spell but I have heard its kinda crap. I just hit 30 so for a bit I was just pew pewing stuff but the limitations even I can see with no diamond armor or skills that knock back monsters if you get surrounded.

On June 16 2012 01:55 Kenpark wrote:


Yes this is enough. I think you would need Force Armor though.

On June 16 2012 11:36 NEOtheONE wrote:


Dude, with that much on resists Force Armor won't be needed until at least Act 3. You only use Force Armor to stop yourself from getting 1-2 Shotted. Assuming he has a moderate amount of Physical defense/armor prismatic armor will be far more beneficial and he will take hardly any elemental damage at all. Currently I have been farming butcher runs with MF gear, far lower Resists (250ish), and similar damage but like 7k more HP and doing very well with it. So he has nothing to worry about if he plays smart.

On June 16 2012 11:43 Iranon wrote:


What if you have high resists (600+) but low armor (just under 3k)? Force armor or prismatic? I have plenty of life (36k or so), I don't get one-shotted by random mobs in Acts 1-2, but my armor is really low and I haven't been to Acts 3-4 yet, since I refuse to use the quest-skipping thing but haven't managed to take Belial past phase 2 yet.

On June 16 2012 11:53 Dfgj wrote:

High resists and low armor is no different from high armor and low resists. I'd go with FA until you have 600+ res and 5-6k+ armor (and probably well over 40k hp), and even then it's going to be situational to use prismatic.

On June 16 2012 12:34 NEOtheONE wrote:


Not exactly. Armor decreases ALL damage so if you had enough armor, you could theoretically not need All Resist. If you just built All resist gear (which is all elemental but not necessarily physical), then you are extremely vulnerable to ranged/melee normal damage types.

On June 16 2012 12:55 Enervate wrote:

All resist includes physical resist.

On June 16 2012 13:00 NEOtheONE wrote:


All resist gear when you look at it doesn't say ALL RESIST. Why does it say +x to All Elements and not + X to all Resistances? Last I checked Physical is not an Elemental Resist. If it actually gives physical too, then great, but the way it's worded implies that it doesn't.

On June 16 2012 13:00 NEOtheONE wrote:


All resist gear when you look at it doesn't say ALL RESIST. Why does it say +x to All Elements and not + X to all Resistances? Last I checked Physical is not an Elemental Resist.

On June 16 2012 13:05 Enervate wrote:

Just wear some all resist armor and check if there's a change in your physical resistance, which I'm sure there is.

On June 16 2012 14:09 Yttrasil wrote:
Okay guys, just want to say that I've come up with a new build for wizard which is great for solo even in act 4 without godly gear, it can kill most kinds of elites, can kill rakashnu without any problem or familiar and diablo as well, it is also a very good build for act 3 farming. However, it is also the best teammate one can have and will benefit any party more than anyone else I can imagine. I know it's a tease and all, but I'm considering whether or not to release it as the nerf bat might come swinging too soon in that case, I think I'll try it out some more for 2 more days or so and also get some even more fitting items for it while they are cheap. There is one downside however, you need very specific gear and getting those items are not that cheap or easy if you want damage to go along with it so I'm sceptical as to how many people will try it out or not. Oh well, look forward to it in 2 days or so

On June 16 2012 02:01 ximae wrote:


i have to agree with him, 22k hit points is enough (for act 2 at least), but combined with good armour and resists, I even prefer the lower hp pool coz u heal faster and the armour and resists make diamond skin viable again.

What made me be able to start farming act2 was actually the increase in dps, thats what has made the biggest dif for me. I am also taking the crit route as i find ias not so good when playing with no signature spell. i just have like 1,5 attaks (1,2 spear with no ias + 27% on a ring + chest piece) and i find the sweet spot is somewehre around there u speed up the animation but dont drain ap so fast. As for the crit im on 28% but just 1.3 damage. I am wanting to up them still a bit further even, hit the 33% and at least 1.5 mark.

Those are numbers that look great on paper for my build, 33% would be 1crit in 3 hits and arcane torrent and hydra each shoot 3 missiles per attak, so would be getting theoretically an average of 1 crit per attak. That paired with 20+ ap on crit would make me not run out of ap and proc crit mass pretty often for defence, but thats the theory. I bought some cheap helm and offhand with `+10 ap on crit to test it out but it seems to not be working, coz i was criting and not getting my ap back.

Do you guys know if Ap on crit is bugged or something? should it be fixed for 1.03?