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One of my problems is that I don't really know what kind of gears correspond to 200k dps, so good that you have a better idea. 
Yeah. for the cm/ww build, I wanted to start with a permafreeze team build (ie, screw dps). I have some gear already (below 1M per piece), but it only gives me 2.6 att/s (can permafreeze 2 guys, not one), and I am far too vulnerable as soon as monsters are on the loose.
I wouldn't mind some cheap (an M or so a piece) place-holders if it can give me some sort of preliminary freeze build I can play with my friends.  I saw +ias chanto (1.75 base speed, 800dps, 2M gold  ) that looked temping. But I don't want to waste too much money on things I will replace anyways. Probably better to save up for the off-slot ias pieces then, which will help my cm/ww as well.
Do the other slots look ok for you?
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For the archon build, you get a huge dps boost by going for zuni's boots and even a low end pox (avg damage is the cheapest way to boost dps). Obviously for cm/ww the ice climbers are better.
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As everyone probably knows the Wizard is by far the weakest PvP class. There are only a few good spells right now. Blizzard Storm Armour and Unstable Anatomy. Blizzard does massive damage now and it can be used very tactically. You can hit those SS DHs, it has decent range, and does a lot of damage. Storm Armour is the best Wizard spell right now, but is unusable at high levels of play because of how squishy we are. We must use Energy Armour to simply withstand damage so we can be able to do the damage.
Frankly, right now CM/WW does not work. Many Barbs are using Ranged spells (specifically Hammer of the Ancients) which you cannot break the stun of (even with mirror image). Blizzard/SC/UA is right now the easiest way to beat most classes. With Seeker on to pinpoint and deal long range damage.
Currently using my 1500 dps 300 int 158 cd Skorn puts me at 251k. 1h's right now are not as effective as 2h IMO (on a char with so much ias already)
My gear - http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Saltydog-1871/hero/10916608
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Ok, so comparing the two, I get:
rare ring + ice cimbers:
340 int, 8% ias, 25% cd, 4.5 cc, 75 vit, 75 AR, 12% life, socket
zunis trail + pox:
474 int, 7% poison, 33% cd, +43 average damage, 37 vit, 133 AR, 12 move speed
Let's assume I put int in the socket, to make the comparison easier, so almost 400 int., ie +75 int (giving about +3% dps at 2500int) for zunis. I will cancel the ias and poison damage. as I already will have quite some ias (and a bit less + elemental damage), the ias will be worth slightly less, but 8 vs 7 will more or less cancel out that difference i think. zunis has 8% cd more, 4.5% cc less. at +250% cd and 50% (let's make it easy) cc, 8% cd corresponds to about 2% dps, and 4.5% cc is about 5-6% increase in dps. For average damage around 1k (a bit below 800 for weapon plus, a bit above 200 for off-hand), the average damage is worth a bit above 4% of total dps. Summing up, zunis wins by about 4%, so they will indeed do more damage!
For defence, it is 200 vit (1% life = 10 vit @ 1000 vit) and 75 AR vs 37 vit and 133 AR for zunis. So it is 160 vit against 60 AR. Kindof comparable I guess, altough I would give a small edge to 160 vit.
zunis has the further advantage of the move speed, so I am free to replace the innas or lacunis if I want to. And with a third piece I get another 55 AR... The ring cannot be used in a cm/ww build though, but to be fair, the rare ring isn't really perfect for that either.
I should try using +damage more for dps also. Would not have guessed that 40 average damage corresponds to about 3% cc...
So thanks for the help!
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has anyone tried teleport + archon (arcane destruction)? 1600% dmg plus 15 sec archon seems like an instagib.
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So, I have about 110 mil to spend (found a wicked nats ring, yay)... what should I spend it on to get the best bang for my buck?
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/TheRabidDeer-1465/hero/30700557
Ideally I want to pick up at least a little more DPS and a bit more survivability (life on hit?) so that I can do MP2 MF farming efficiently instead of MP0. If that is at all possible with this budget.
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On January 24 2013 18:32 TheRabidDeer wrote:So, I have about 110 mil to spend (found a wicked nats ring, yay)... what should I spend it on to get the best bang for my buck? http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/TheRabidDeer-1465/hero/30700557Ideally I want to pick up at least a little more DPS and a bit more survivability (life on hit?) so that I can do MP2 MF farming efficiently instead of MP0. If that is at all possible with this budget.
since you are playing arcon, have al ook at my thougts on last page.
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I would get a life steal black weapon for around 30-50 million (with int and socket or even socket + crit damage). Then get a triumvirate with over 100 vitality (only around 10-15 million I think) to make up for the lost vitality on the weapon. You can also get Zuni's boots with vitality and AR for around 20-30 million, which will help your survivability, although with lifesteal and enough dps you really don't need that much defense.
On January 24 2013 18:32 TheRabidDeer wrote:So, I have about 110 mil to spend (found a wicked nats ring, yay)... what should I spend it on to get the best bang for my buck? http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/TheRabidDeer-1465/hero/30700557Ideally I want to pick up at least a little more DPS and a bit more survivability (life on hit?) so that I can do MP2 MF farming efficiently instead of MP0. If that is at all possible with this budget.
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On January 24 2013 15:54 dAPhREAk wrote:
has anyone tried teleport + archon (arcane destruction)? 1600% dmg plus 15 sec archon seems like an instagib.
yeah its instagib but then what, pvp is so fast paced that a 2 min cooldown, since you have no means of refreshing it is very bad, its a loosing a spell slot. In general archon is very bad for pvp, no defensive spells no cc breakers no mobility.
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On January 25 2013 01:56 ximae wrote:Show nested quote +On January 24 2013 15:54 dAPhREAk wrote:
has anyone tried teleport + archon (arcane destruction)? 1600% dmg plus 15 sec archon seems like an instagib. yeah its instagib but then what, pvp is so fast paced that a 2 min cooldown, since you have no means of refreshing it is very bad, its a loosing a spell slot. In general archon is very bad for pvp, no defensive spells no cc breakers no mobility.
why would you need other spells when the other dude is dead?
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On January 25 2013 02:53 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2013 01:56 ximae wrote:On January 24 2013 15:54 dAPhREAk wrote:
has anyone tried teleport + archon (arcane destruction)? 1600% dmg plus 15 sec archon seems like an instagib. yeah its instagib but then what, pvp is so fast paced that a 2 min cooldown, since you have no means of refreshing it is very bad, its a loosing a spell slot. In general archon is very bad for pvp, no defensive spells no cc breakers no mobility. why would you need other spells when the other dude is dead?
To my knowledge, people just keep respawning and its not exactly 1 life v 1 life in a first to kill the other fashion.It keeps going until everyone gets bored and leaves. so you will get 1 kill either archon every 2 minutes.
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On January 25 2013 05:39 Dissenia wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2013 02:53 dAPhREAk wrote:On January 25 2013 01:56 ximae wrote:On January 24 2013 15:54 dAPhREAk wrote:
has anyone tried teleport + archon (arcane destruction)? 1600% dmg plus 15 sec archon seems like an instagib. yeah its instagib but then what, pvp is so fast paced that a 2 min cooldown, since you have no means of refreshing it is very bad, its a loosing a spell slot. In general archon is very bad for pvp, no defensive spells no cc breakers no mobility. why would you need other spells when the other dude is dead? To my knowledge, people just keep respawning and its not exactly 1 life v 1 life in a first to kill the other fashion.It keeps going until everyone gets bored and leaves. so you will get 1 kill either archon every 2 minutes.
ah, that might make a difference. i still think it would be nice to save one slot for instagib even with a cooldown. =) i've seen monks use their seven fisted whatever, but that has a 30 sec cooldown. diablo3 is so not made for pvp. lol.
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Arcane Destruction is great yeah but super impractical. Not only for the cooldown aspect of the spell but versus DH/Monks it almost never hits because of their massive dodge. So you really only get to use it once every 10 minutes if you are lucky. Now Tele/Wave of Force (Forceful Wave) is a very fun build that can easily 1 shot players. SOJ's are making a comeback as well because of how players are considered "Elites".
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On January 25 2013 02:53 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2013 01:56 ximae wrote:On January 24 2013 15:54 dAPhREAk wrote:
has anyone tried teleport + archon (arcane destruction)? 1600% dmg plus 15 sec archon seems like an instagib. yeah its instagib but then what, pvp is so fast paced that a 2 min cooldown, since you have no means of refreshing it is very bad, its a loosing a spell slot. In general archon is very bad for pvp, no defensive spells no cc breakers no mobility. why would you need other spells when the other dude is dead?
2muchtheorycraft
have you touched the ptr?
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because the other dude respawns in 3 seconds, game on. you planning on quitting every game after your 1punch?
edit: Someone already beat me to it, me derp
p.s. you should try the PTR it's fun :D (for a couple hours, then gets boring)
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Question a about Archon vs CM.
What is the stats priority for the specs? Which stats are you aiming and why?
For CM you want a lot of crit, but it should not be such a big deal for Archon? When you run an Archon build LoH should be a good stat to somewhat prioritize I guess? And aiming for +25% movement speed as Archon should be prioritized?
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On January 25 2013 21:26 xrayEU wrote:
Question a about Archon vs CM.
What is the stats priority for the specs? Which stats are you aiming and why?
For CM you want a lot of crit, but it should not be such a big deal for Archon? When you run an Archon build LoH should be a good stat to somewhat prioritize I guess? And aiming for +25% movement speed as Archon should be prioritized?
For CM, you want CC, IAS, and LoH. Depending on your budget you could go for an SnS build which sacrifices a lot the defensive runes for a significant damage increase but that requires a lot more armor and AR. some general milestones for SnS Wizard - 4500 armor, 600 AR, 2.73 atk/second, 50cc, 800 LoH.
For Archon, 24% ms should be your first priority. LoH has a very low proc coefficient for Archon so it's much better to get life steal. Archon's attack speed is always the same(ias still increases its damage) so it doesn't really matter how you get your dps for it. 24% ms, 300AR, 100k dps would be a decent place to start for Archon.
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This would depend on if you can live without the AR on your belt. A witching hour would probably be the biggest dps increase but 80 AR is a lot to lose. If you can live with the AR lose, by all means go for the witching hour. If you want more defenses while keeping your dps at what it is, I would recommend a zuni's pox since that would be around 120-130 AR (cc/cd ones go for ~40mil on us but I;m not sure how much they are on eu). If you just want more damage but can't afford to lose the defenses, your weapon could use an upgrade (black weapon with socket/cd/int, I think at your current defenses, you could be fine with only blood magic for life steal)
EDIT: I just noticed something. You should definitely go for a witching hour next. If you're dieing after swapping out your belt, swap out glass cannon for blur and pinpoint barrier for prismatic armor.
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Ok guys, I'm gonna need some serious help on this one!
So basically, I started playing D3 again because I figured out it would be a good way to vent when I'm losing too much on SC2 ladder (which happens far too often...). Problem is, I haven't played the game in months so my stuff is utter crap, my build sucks and I have no idea where to go to fix that.
So, here is my character:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/fr/profile/Mera-2646/hero/573748
(beware, that's pretty horrible, don't click on this link if you care for your eyes and yes I know, my MF stuff IS my best stuff, that's how bad the situation is)
- Can you recommend me a good build that's decently fun to play and do not require crazy amount of stats, that I will be able to use to farm efficiently, mostly in solo.
- What should I focus on right now, stuff wise? Most important stat I'm lacking? Should I completely drop MF? Maybe some not so expensive legendary that could give me a huge boost? Worst piece I need to change? Keeping in mind I'm super poor (like 3 million in the bank  )
- Where can I go to farm? Haven't really tried Monster power yet, just quickly act 1 to realize it was taking me ages to kill stuff. Act3 MP0, act1 MP something? Elsewhere?
Any help much appreciated!
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On January 26 2013 18:26 Merany wrote:Ok guys, I'm gonna need some serious help on this one! So basically, I started playing D3 again because I figured out it would be a good way to vent when I'm losing too much on SC2 ladder (which happens far too often...). Problem is, I haven't played the game in months so my stuff is utter crap, my build sucks and I have no idea where to go to fix that. So, here is my character: http://eu.battle.net/d3/fr/profile/Mera-2646/hero/573748(beware, that's pretty horrible, don't click on this link if you care for your eyes and yes I know, my MF stuff IS my best stuff, that's how bad the situation is) - Can you recommend me a good build that's decently fun to play and do not require crazy amount of stats, that I will be able to use to farm efficiently, mostly in solo. - What should I focus on right now, stuff wise? Most important stat I'm lacking? Should I completely drop MF? Maybe some not so expensive legendary that could give me a huge boost? Worst piece I need to change? Keeping in mind I'm super poor (like 3 million in the bank ) - Where can I go to farm? Haven't really tried Monster power yet, just quickly act 1 to realize it was taking me ages to kill stuff. Act3 MP0, act1 MP something? Elsewhere? Any help much appreciated!
Archon build is good fast and cheap. Orb/hydra isn't used much anymore, so drop the 2H and pick up a triumvirate (+200 avg dmg will be ~200k and the highest DPS socketed "black" weapon you can get for 1m or so (no elemental damage, needs this so the triumvirate elemental dmg gets applied). Other than that get the best crit chance and crit damage you can get on Amulet/Gloves/Rings while keeping reasonable int/vit/AR all around. Need a socketed help for XP boost, and you should be able to get crit chance on bracers.
It's probably best to forget about MF and just go for DPS - you should be able to get up to ~100k dps without too much effort and cruise MP0 act 3, the paragon levels will come fast and you will get +MF from that. As for a route, google the "Alkaizer route".
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