Wizard - Builds/Discussion - Page 144

I agree with u on the weapon speed thing vs base damage, thats why i only look for the highest weapon damage 1,2 speed one handers, so i can hit the hardest having the most affixes possible. The thing in ur comparison is that u didnt account for his weapons + int (if it had any) + offhand +int which should be easily 100+ than just a 2 handers int. remember that to calculate the damage done Int also plays an important role. plus the most important affix that off hands provide , a high crit chance. and that alone buffs ur damage more than 200 base damage.

But what really astonishes me is that u have gone up to 50% crit chance without even using an offhand! how the hell did u do that? 10% gloves + 10% amu + 20% on bracers, helm and rings and the free 5% is just 45%. coz i thought u would need the extra 8% on the off hand to reach 50%.

man sick crit gear, coz im struggling to get it up past 30% and i need the offhand for that, thats my main point with the offhand really, getting more int and crit chance with it. + whatever affixes, but thats just bonus.

I enjoy running magic missile. So that precludes using slow, heavy hitting AO + 2 handers. Having a sick 1 hander + sick offhand is perfectly fine for this style

On June 22 2012 04:25 Onioncookie wrote:
Very interesting Phael , just bought a 2 hander for the same price as i sold my 1 hander (without orb)... got my dps up from 26k to 33,5k for the same price pretty much ...

But how do you rate stats?

Crit Dmg>Int>Crit%>ASP>Allress>Vit ?!

Well Phael new weapon came in and on switching I gained nearly 7k DPS and weapon I had will easily pay for this one because people will see the 1331 DPS and buy it for 20-25$ np so at worst I am out 5$. So THANK YOU very much for the advice and I will continue to wait out good price on jewelry items. Any suggestions on wrist / helm do I need the legendaries I see Trump and people running with?

On June 22 2012 04:50 Phael wrote:


Stat ratings fluctuate on my current gear. Even if one particular stat is more desirable than the other, say, I like crit most of all now due to 327% crit damage, I'm not going to give up a 4% crit 180 int ring for a 5% crit 100 int ring.

My current stats relative to int are something like - 1 crit = 25 int, 1 haste = 13 (fake) int, 1 crit damage = 3.3 int, 1 weapon damage = 1.2 int.

I value 1 int the same as 1 vit. In terms of EH, at my current values, 1 armor = 1 str ~= 0.2 vit, 1 dex ~= 0.4 vit, 1 resist all ~= 1.6 vit, 1% life ~= 8 vit.

Each stat has its own value, and that value is completely gear dependent. I'd recommend you use a calculator spreadsheet to determine what bonus each stat applies for you.



Grats. Trump's wrist and helm are both very outdated now, it's a matter of whether you are comfortable kiting with your attack speed or not. Just knowing that both items are legendaries though, I'd skip them because all legendaries are disgustingly overpriced for their actual value - only good ones that are actually better than rares should even be close to their prices but people are stupid so prices are high regardless.

Anyway, lacuni also has movement speed which may or may not be a consideration. Overall I'd recommend rare items with solid +int/crit chance, and hopefully a socket for your helm if possible. Int goes up to 250? on a helm and 200 on a bracer if I'm not mistaken, and both can get 6% crit, but you could probably snag deals for 120-150/3% on both with a little bit extra stuff that you would need, like all resists, vit, armor, socket, etc.

On June 22 2012 04:05 Phael wrote:

Why does using MM preclude 2h? You do (slightly) more damage for cheaper with a 2h compared to a 1h for MM alone. Factor in your support spells like blizzard and hydra that simply ignore your weapon speed, you're doing even more with 2h.

See my calculations about halfway down my huge reply on the last page for straight calculations where I showed a cheaper 2h provided a minimum of 17% more damage and more stats to boot for a standard mm/blizz/hydra spec.

+crit chance, crit damage, intelligence, all res? Also i wanna play arcane orb build, blizz hydra too damn boring, what stats should my main hand and offhand have?

On June 22 2012 05:41 Phael wrote:
Here's a link.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AuCuIwwOof50dGpVRXhOYTZHNUJ3R1dWTmdNdS1TeWc&toomany=true#gid=1

WoW-style theorcrafting spreadsheets ... ah, fond memories.

On June 22 2012 05:43 FallDownMarigold wrote:


Because I enjoy kiting a lot and shooting MM at things with higher attack speed. 1h speed > 2h speed. That's good enough for me. I'm not trying to use T3h_most_Epick_l337_effic14nt_Bu1ld

Ok i bought 50E worth of items. I now have 35k hp, 30.5k dps, 450+ all res, 18.5 crit chance, +220% crit damage. Is it good enough to finish act II with? Also, what skills/runes do i use?