Wizard - Builds/Discussion - Page 244

On March 27 2014 12:30 FliedLice wrote:
I think people should start using elemental exposure more.

It's pretty easy to get 3 different damage types onto the enemy and not very hard to actually get the fourth one. It gives you and your party an easy 15-20% damage boost onto the target without the drawbacks of glass cannon.

On March 27 2014 17:32 dAPhREAk wrote:

i use it with:

electrocute (lit)
arcane orb (cold)
black hole (fire) / archon (arcane) or hydra (arcane)
familiar (fire)

On March 27 2014 10:35 NB wrote:

not quite sure what you are talking about... may be try holding shift while casting?

On March 28 2014 00:45 Striker.superfreunde wrote:
Hi, i'm running a melee sorc too. I've spent max. 250 hours with her, so she's far off from 'ready'. But eventually you can get inspired and improve on your build. I'm using this build since forever. But i can't tell if it still works (or if it works at all) with other equipment.

http://eu.battle.net/d3/de/profile/Striker-2585/hero/164187

Edit: Oh, and don't hate on that build. It's everything i have!

On March 27 2014 23:48 Broetchenholer wrote:
Hey guys,

had some fun with my melee sorc and wonder if there is a way to make it less of a troll-build.

Currently, the skills i use are these:

http://eu.battle.net/d3/de/calculator/wizard#WhQSjP!ZbT!bbYZcc

Basically, i am spamming spectral blade with familiar (475% weapon damage) and cast explosion and meteor whenever CD and arcane dynamo allow it. With lvl 70 items, it should be easily possible to get 50% cd-reduction so, i can cast a 900%*1,6 weapon damage every 3 seconds. As i don't spam APConsumers, i don't need anything that re- or generates it and can focus completely on cd reduction or damage.
If i get to a a case where i have 50% cd and an attackspeed of 1 2/3 that allows for 5 spectral blades in 3 seconds, i am getting ~ 4400% weapon damage in those 3 seconds or 1466 %weapon damage / second. That sounds relatively high in my book and i have to say that i am farming really comfortably with it. However, the build has a lot of problems.

The problem i currently see is, that spectral blade and familiar are arcane while meteor and explosion are fire, so i can't abuse +elemental damage efficiently and my damage should be pretty well divided between all 4 sources, so i can't boost one skill with items and profit a lot as well. Damage is 55% arcane when everything is aligned perfectly or higher if not. Another problem is that you want a faster attackspeed to get to your 5 stacks faster, but your heavy hitters want a slow weapon. And lastly, your only defense is teleport which you crucially need, so you can't build glass-cannon at all. And playstyle-wise, you have a harder time vs stuff that runs away :D

So, any suggesting on how to refine this build?

On March 27 2014 10:56 Mithhaike wrote:
I've created a extremely power melee wizard build that make use of my items that I have.

http://d3head.com/calculator/skill#zocuZn8VIRn8zLhP8cRtR8VQPO8cGGA852n8zvZG8521853S
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Haike-1482/hero/9059317
I run with a Moonlight Ward(level 60), Scourge and firewalkers. Scourge weapon has a 44% to explode with demonic fury, which means more melee aoe, alongside with firewalkers burning for 100% weapon damage.

My wizard does insane damage especially with the +15% dmg to targets within 15yards. This build is extremely modifiable with extra damage if you go Glass Cannon and Shocking Armor(shocking aspect) in lower difficulty. In higher difficulty just go with Barrier blades rune for spectral blades for 16k shields and remove the explosive blast for Frost Nova to get more control.

This is a insanely fun build to play but it does have it's weakness, such as monsters that run away and of course arcane/fire chains mobs. With my toughness I can pretty much facetank anything in T1 though and kill them so fast. IMO, this is a example of building around what gear/drops you have. If you have the suitable gear to go frozen orbs then do so, for me this is the most suitable build that i've found for my drops.

On March 28 2014 01:10 Broetchenholer wrote:


As with all theme-based builds, it works if you are happy with it You might want to change glasscannon with Audacity, it increases damage by the same percentage, fits the "theme" and has no drawbacks.

On March 28 2014 02:48 Broetchenholer wrote:
Okay Mithhaike, i'll open with me being extremely biased against Arcane Orbit. I leveled my Mage with the general rule of always having to use the newest set of spells and Arcane Orbit was stuck on me for 2-3 levels. Which were 2-3 levels too much. I think that spell is really bad, first, it's incredibly hard to tell when you have to recast it. Second, it procs in a really awkward way, sometimes you need to wait for ages until the last orb finally connects. I hated that spell. Might have also been due to the fact that i had to kill leoric with it and he oneshot me in melee range at the time.

I am not sure what Prodigy is for in your build. You don't have spendors that need a lot of AP, do you? The amulet makes me very jealous though, that would be sooo perfect! (Blizzard, pls?)

On March 28 2014 02:35 andrewlt wrote:
Does magic weapon (ignite) stack? I'm using force weapon right now and I'm not sure about giving up another 10% in damage unless the ignite can stack. If you are going that route, the conflagration passive might be a good pick-up as well.

edit: When elemental exposure says that elemental damage from your weapon contributes, does that mean it counts as an extra element, even if you aren't using skills of that element?

On March 28 2014 18:01 ManniBender wrote:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Hadley-2309/hero/1514585

I'm using also a Archon/Arcane Torrent Build. Its very nice, especially with a good Moonlight Ward.