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On October 20 2012 01:05 alQahira wrote:The other easy upgrade is your helm. You can find Tal Rasha's helm pretty cheap now, and it has a built in 10-12% life percent on top of the socket and a minimum crit chance of 5%, so that would up your survivability a ton while allowing you to focus on DPS in other slots. Show nested quote +On October 19 2012 23:53 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On October 19 2012 22:43 jESUIT wrote:On October 19 2012 22:33 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
Shit, I'd be happy just to break 100k dps. Right now I can manage 80k with buffs, but it seems like every piece of gear that would be an upgrade at this points is several million each and I only have about 10 mil right now =(
Also, I really don't want to have to do that stupid CM build or go back to Orb/Hydra if I want to do higher level MP, but I don't see how archon is even remotely feasible past MP 4 or so unless you have like...400k dps pre archon. I am still mowing stuff down @ the same rate @ MP5 as I was pre 1.0.5 I don't think there are any 400k dps archon's out there and if there is damn. I'm jealous lol. But I think your math is wrong when your thinking of the health scaling bonus for the mobs. Yeah, maybe. Anyway, just found a ring that bumped up my dps a lot (yay for actually finding upgrades myself! that makes 2 since patch 1.0.5). Up to 90k dps buffed. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Krazy-1277/hero/862063The new ring hasn't updated yet, but it's basically the same stats just with 8% attack speed. Anyone have thoughts one what I could upgrade right away? I have about 10 mil on hand, but several auctions up that should be worth 25-30 mil once sold. Also, in regards to forked lightning vs living lightning: Living lightning DOES seem to proc CM more, however forked lightning kills way way faster, so it feels like you are slowed down a lot less out of archon, even if it means more actual downtime.
Ok thanks, I will look into tal rasha's helm. Any other obvious upgrades I need to make? I think my chest/pants could easily do with an upgrade, both for under 20 mil but I could be wrong.
edit: wow yeah, I found a pretty good Tal Rasha's for only like 2 mil, thanks for the tip
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On October 19 2012 23:20 Silahsor wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2012 20:23 jESUIT wrote:
Yeah I'm rockin archon build and I still have over 50% ias on my build for my forked lightning to cooldown archon faster with my 49% cc. I love my build it's exciting esp when I do over 2.29 attacks per second lol as a Wiz. With 160k dps
I find Living Lightning proc much better than Forked Lightning. Also easier to hit targets since you just point the direction rather than the enemy itself. You may want to give it a try.
hmm, has any consensus been reached yet about the best skill to reset archon cooldown?
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so whats the fotm build now? havent played in ages, dont wanna go the critical mass spam. sorc has ~85k dps/39k hp/500ish ar with 42% crit &335 critdmg
orb hydra is getting boooring
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So what's the typical CM build now?
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On October 20 2012 21:54 Juissi wrote:
So what's the typical CM build now?
I run Spec Blades and Explosive Blast. They nerfed Spec Blades proc but the AOE increased so I'm hitting more enemies in one strike than in 1.0.4. I think the net result is about the same.
Generally speaking, anything over 3 enemies and I'm 99% set to get timely cooldown resets on diamond skin and frost nova. With only one enemy, it is a bit less reliable. The real issue is that with desecrator/molten/firechains I have to move around a lot so I miss out on additional Spec Blades hits. I have Teleport/Fracture to escape/reposition/wait for cooldowns if things get dicey.
My character page
I have +46.5% CC for a total of 51.5%, with +3% from Scoundrel when running solo. Considering that I don't have BIS CC on several items, and my rings are pre 1.0.5 so I have 4% instead of getting closer to the max of 6% now, I think getting near 50% CC is fairly doable and not out of this world expensive.
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agreed its fastest farming build,
just stay at mp lvl you can faceroll to keep archon up all the time
with bad gear you can go as low as mp0 act3 and still farm very efficiently for exp and legendaries
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but how do you survive with only 23k hp and no defensive armor spell? dont you get destroyed in 2 shots by pretty much any elite?
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I'm guessing he farms MP1 or 2. I have much worse gear and the "Scramble" part of storm armor rarely triggers because everything dies before I get hit. It's almost annoying. That said, Storm Armor is kinda cool now. On MP1 it's just one-shotting something every few seconds. Could be a lot worse. And extra movespeed is great for getting out of tight spots and farming faster.
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alright guys, I want to step up my farming. I have 13 mio ryo and my current gear REALLY sucks.
However, I have no idea what to look for in items and how much to pay for them. In general I like the archon builds and would like to play them...can you give me some advice on what to get for new items/how much I should pay for it when I have my limit of 13 mio and need to rebuy almost my whole gear?
Here's my profile link: http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Ficetool-2290/hero/759907
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On October 21 2012 03:29 Black Gun wrote:but how do you survive with only 23k hp and no defensive armor spell? dont you get destroyed in 2 shots by pretty much any elite?
I am using a shield dear sir, and i have 1000 all resist with no buff so with archon mode i get +40% armor and resistance so 1400 all resist. I play mp2 for super fast clearing and I very rarely die.
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get a weapon with 2.8+ lifesteal and socket, triumvirate for offhand (look for how +elemental damage works)
tal rasha helm and tyraels might armor
just some suggestions
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On October 21 2012 07:21 momothedog wrote:
get a weapon with 2.8+ lifesteal and socket, triumvirate for offhand (look for how +elemental damage works)
tal rasha helm and tyraels might armor
just some suggestions
thank you, do you have any kind of advice on the stats of those items? crit, int, vit? and how high should they be?
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they come with the stats you need, triumvirate you need to look for good damage (about 70-300)
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How do you guys deal with reflect damage with Archon on higher MP levels? I can keep Archon going pretty well doing Alkizer runs in MP 5 but reflect damage + extra health on certain packs just rapes me so hard. On MP 3 which I usually farm it's not really a problem because you kill so fast, will probably just stick to MP3.
Also anyone have a good build to use besides Archon ? My fall back is an blizzard/venom hydra with a primary skill then I have diamond shell/prismatic armor/force weapon. I really feel like wizards have very weak primary skills I usually use seeker missiles but it lacks aoe. Like if you're not using Archon build or another CM type build you're pretty much gimped. Alll of our spells that dont use arcane power really suck bad imo.
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On October 21 2012 09:04 Regulate140 wrote:
How do you guys deal with reflect damage with Archon on higher MP levels? I can keep Archon going pretty well doing Alkizer runs in MP 5 but reflect damage + extra health on certain packs just rapes me so hard. On MP 3 which I usually farm it's not really a problem because you kill so fast, will probably just stick to MP3.
Also anyone have a good build to use besides Archon ? My fall back is an blizzard/venom hydra with a primary skill then I have diamond shell/prismatic armor/force weapon. I really feel like wizards have very weak primary skills I usually use seeker missiles but it lacks aoe. Like if you're not using Archon build or another CM type build you're pretty much gimped. Alll of our spells that dont use arcane power really suck bad imo.
Could you link your profile I would like to see your gear for future reference.
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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Strifen-1543/hero/4693149
saving up for an all resist/vita witching hour
I have the life steal on my wep, 2.9%, blood magic doesn't work for archon, tried using galvanizing ward and prismatic armor over evocation but it's just not enough. reflect damage on higher MP is really nasty.
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Have always been running blood magic thinking it worked in archon, behold when I read that above. However, before I never lost health vs reflective on mp4, after I changed I did. So I did some testing with it on siegebreaker, with and without Blood magic. With I gained health slowly, without I lost health quite fast. While it may be the 4k ish difference in damage with blood rune I'm fairly certain it actually works, I notice big differences with and without vs normal monsters as well.
Right now I am very happy with my general spec, have archon wizard with CM possibility so I can play with friends as well. Got 19apoc from source and helm, 1300loh, 3% life steal and 120k dmg with archon and 90k ish with cm/cc build. Change my belt and lacuni to more tank as movespeed not that necessary when cm. Also the 19 apoc is really really efficient when you want the archon up again after it's gone, running ww and frost nova while in normal form u're very effective to regain it and also you are very strong while you're at it. Can honestly not come up with a more efficient and flexible build for all situations.
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Blood magic didn't work with archon and other channelling and dot spells pre 1.0.5, It's fixed now.
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Okay so I'm still just barely able to make very slow progress in Act 2 on Inferno with my level 60 softcore Wizard and I really need some pointers on what to improve with my character..
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Enickma-2780/hero/3372093
30k HP, 36k DPS, 1500 Life Regen, 500.000 Gold
Any playstyle tips or upgrade advice would be much appreciated 
I've just return to do some Imprisoned Angel Butcher runs on MP1 and it's going okay but still I'd like to be able to farm more and eventually complete Diablo 3 on Inferno to unlock everything.
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