Aether Walking Frag Farmer

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by ChangBooster last updated Feb 4, 2015 ( Patch 2.1.2 )

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Skills

Disintegrate Convergence
- Disintegrate
Cost: 18 Arcane Power

Channel a beam of pure energy, dealing 390% weapon damage as Arcane.

Disintegrate damage is increased by 640% weapon damage every second, up to a maximum total of 1670% weapon damage as Arcane.
Convergence

Increase the width of the beam allowing it to hit more enemies.

Disintegrate's damage turns into Fire.
Teleport Calamity
- Teleport
Cooldown: 11 seconds

Teleport through the ether to the selected location up to 50 yards away.
Calamity

Cast a short range Wave of Force upon arrival, dealing 175% weapon damage as Arcane to all nearby enemies and stunning them for 1 second.
Magic Weapon Electrify
- Magic Weapon
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

Imbue your weapon with magical energy, granting it 10% increased damage. Lasts 10 minutes.
Electrify

Attacks have a chance to cause lightning to arc to 3 nearby enemies, dealing 61% weapon damage as Lightning.
Familiar Arcanot
- Familiar
Cost: 20 Arcane Power

Summon a Familiar that attacks your enemies for 240% weapon damage as Arcane. This companion cannot be targeted or damaged by enemies. Lasts 10 minutes.
Arcanot

While the Familiar is active, you regenerate 4.5 Arcane Power every second.
Blizzard Apocalypse
- Blizzard
Cost: 40 Arcane Power

Call down shards of ice that deal 1075% weapon damage as Cold over 6 seconds to enemies in a 12 yard radius. Multiple casts in the same area from the same caster do not stack.
Apocalypse

Increase the area of effect of Blizzard to a 30 yard radius.

Blizzard's damage turns into Fire.
Storm Armor Scramble
- Storm Armor
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

Bathe yourself in electrical energy, periodically shocking a nearby enemy for 175% weapon damage as Lightning. Lasts 10 minutes.

Only one Armor may be active at a time.
Scramble

Increase your movement speed by 25% for 3 seconds when you are hit by melee or ranged attacks.

Astral Presence
- Astral Presence
Increase your maximum Arcane Power by 20 and Arcane Power regeneration by 2.5 per second.
Glass Cannon
- Glass Cannon
Increase all damage done by 15%, but decrease Armor and resistances by 10%.
Illusionist
- Illusionist
When you take more than 15% of your maximum Life in damage within 1 second, the cooldowns on Mirror Image, Slow Time, and Teleport are reset.

When you use Mirror Image, Slow Time, or Teleport, your movement speed is increased by 30% for 3 seconds.
Elemental Exposure
- Elemental Exposure
Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause them to take 5% more damage from your attacks for 5 seconds. Each different damage type applies a stack, stacking up to 4 times.

Elemental damage from your weapon contributes to Elemental Exposure.

Items

Firebird's Plume

Set Helm

21 - 24 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Firebird's Finery
Firebird's Plume
Firebird's Pinions
Firebird's Breast
Firebird's Down
Firebird's Tarsi
Firebird's Talons
Firebird's Eye
(2) Set: When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. This effect has a 60 second cooldown.
(4) Set: Dealing Fire damage with one of your skills causes the enemy to take 1000% weapon damage as Fire per second for 3 seconds. This effect can be repeated a second and third time by different skills. If an enemy is burning due to three different skills simultaneously the enemy will Ignite, taking 3000% weapon damage per second until they die.
(6) Set: Your damage is increased by 200% and damage taken reduced by 3% for each enemy that is Ignited. This effect can stack up to 20 times. You always receive the maximum bonus whenever a nearby Elite monster is Ignited.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Firebird's Pinions

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
Reduces all resource costs by 5.0–8.0%.
+4 Random Magic Properties

Firebird's Finery
Firebird's Plume
Firebird's Pinions
Firebird's Breast
Firebird's Down
Firebird's Tarsi
Firebird's Talons
Firebird's Eye
(2) Set: When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. This effect has a 60 second cooldown.
(4) Set: Dealing Fire damage with one of your skills causes the enemy to take 1000% weapon damage as Fire per second for 3 seconds. This effect can be repeated a second and third time by different skills. If an enemy is burning due to three different skills simultaneously the enemy will Ignite, taking 3000% weapon damage per second until they die.
(6) Set: Your damage is increased by 120% and damage taken reduced by 3% for each enemy that is Ignited. This effect can stack up to 20 times. You always receive the maximum bonus whenever a nearby Elite monster is Ignited.
Tal Rasha's Allegiance

Set Amulet

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51.0–100.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
Cindercoat

Legendary Chest Armor

285 - 322 Armor

Secondary Stats

Adds 2 - 3% to Fire Damage
Reduces the resource cost of Fire skills by 23 - 30%.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Warzechian Armguards

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 2.5–3.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
Every time you destroy a wreckable object, you gain a short burst of speed.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Firebird's Talons

Set Gloves

42 - 55 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6 - 6.5%

Firebird's Finery
Firebird's Plume
Firebird's Pinions
Firebird's Breast
Firebird's Down
Firebird's Tarsi
Firebird's Talons
Firebird's Eye
(2) Set: When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. This effect has a 60 second cooldown.
(4) Set: Dealing Fire damage with one of your skills causes the enemy to take 1000% weapon damage as Fire per second for 3 seconds. This effect can be repeated a second and third time by different skills. If an enemy is burning due to three different skills simultaneously the enemy will Ignite, taking 3000% weapon damage per second until they die.
(6) Set: Your damage is increased by 200% and damage taken reduced by 3% for each enemy that is Ignited. This effect can stack up to 20 times. You always receive the maximum bonus whenever a nearby Elite monster is Ignited.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Tal Rasha's Brace

Set Belt

265 - 314 Armor

Primary Stats

+91 - 100 Resistance to All Elements
+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 2000% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Firebird's Down

Set Pants

33 - 38 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Firebird's Finery
Firebird's Plume
Firebird's Pinions
Firebird's Breast
Firebird's Down
Firebird's Tarsi
Firebird's Talons
Firebird's Eye
(2) Set: When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. This effect has a 60 second cooldown.
(4) Set: Dealing Fire damage with one of your skills causes the enemy to take 1000% weapon damage as Fire per second for 3 seconds. This effect can be repeated a second and third time by different skills. If an enemy is burning due to three different skills simultaneously the enemy will Ignite, taking 3000% weapon damage per second until they die.
(6) Set: Your damage is increased by 200% and damage taken reduced by 3% for each enemy that is Ignited. This effect can stack up to 20 times. You always receive the maximum bonus whenever a nearby Elite monster is Ignited.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Firebird's Tarsi

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+416–500 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties

Firebird's Finery
Firebird's Plume
Firebird's Pinions
Firebird's Breast
Firebird's Down
Firebird's Tarsi
Firebird's Talons
Firebird's Eye
(2) Set: When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. This effect has a 60 second cooldown.
(4) Set: Dealing Fire damage with one of your skills causes the enemy to take 1000% weapon damage as Fire per second for 3 seconds. This effect can be repeated a second and third time by different skills. If an enemy is burning due to three different skills simultaneously the enemy will Ignite, taking 3000% weapon damage per second until they die.
(6) Set: Your damage is increased by 120% and damage taken reduced by 3% for each enemy that is Ignited. This effect can stack up to 20 times. You always receive the maximum bonus whenever a nearby Elite monster is Ignited.
Avarice Band

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1.5–2.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

+11–12% Extra Gold from Monsters
Each time you pick up gold, increase your Gold and Health Pickup radius by 1 yard for 10 seconds, stacking up to 30 times.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Aether Walker

Legendary Wand

Primary Stats

+626–750 Intelligence
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Teleport no longer has a cooldown but costs 25 Arcane Power.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Arcane Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Poison Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Lightning Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Holy Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Cold Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Fire Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Damage
Cosmic Strand

Legendary Source

Primary Stats

+(262–328)–(263–394) Damage
+9 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Teleport gains the effect of the Wormhole rune.

More Details

Head
- Firebird's Plume
- Stat Priority: CHC Int
Shoulders
- Firebird's Pinions
- Stat Priority: Reduced Resource Cost Int
Amulet
- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Stat Priority: Socket
Torso
- Cindercoat
- Stat Priority: Fire % Reduced Resource Cost Int Socket
Wrists
- Warzechian Armguards
- Stat Priority: CHC Int Fire %
Hands
- Firebird's Talons
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD Int
Waist
- Tal Rasha's Brace
- Stat Priority: Int
Legs
- Firebird's Down
- Stat Priority: Int Socket
Feet
- Firebird's Tarsi
- Stat Priority: Int
Rings
- Avarice Band
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Stat Priority: Socket CHD CHC
Weapon
- Aether Walker
- Stat Priority: Socket
Offhand
- Cosmic Strand
- Stat Priority: CHC Int Reduced Resource Cost

Legendary Gems
- Boon of the Hoarder
  Boon of the Hoarder
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  25.0% chance on killing an enemy to cause an explosion of gold.
  Gain 30% increased movement speed for 2 seconds after picking up gold. (Requires Rank 25)
- Wreath of Lightning
  Wreath of Lightning
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  15% chance on hit to gain a Wreath of Lightning, dealing 1250.0% weapon damage as Lightning every second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
  While under the effect of the Wreath of Lightning, gain 25% increased movement speed. (Requires Rank 25)
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
  All enemies you poison take 10% increased damage from all sources and deal 10% less damage. (Requires Rank 25)

I recommend FB set because you are probably already wearing it. Plus, the temporary DoT will speed up boss kills a bit. Cincercoat ensures that you don't spend much or any resource when you stop to cast blizzard or disintegrate.

Cosmic strand allows you to use wormhole and calamity runes at the same time which is important because calamity will break doors and other obstacles while wormhole allows more frequent teleportation. AW actually has a ~0.5 second cooldown between teleports. Wormhole eliminates half of those cooldowns and half of teleport's AP cost as well.

You get the 3 pc. Tal's AP regen with RoRG and the ammy and belt. We don't need the damage from witching hour.

Warz bracers are self-explanatory.

Boon of the hoarder and wreath of lightning are just there for the speed bonuses they get at rank 25. Avarice band makes you slurp up gold better to get more speed from boon of the hoarder.

Pain enhancer or toxin gem? Either one should be capable of killing almost any creature you encounter in normal difficulty on its own. PE requires a crit to get the DoT; Toxin doesn't. PE might shave a couple milliseconds off your boss kills but toxin ensures anything you touch with calamity's nova dies.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Maximum Resource
Vitality

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life Regeneration
Life

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Life on Hit
Gold Find

It doesn't really matter. Just make sure movement speed and resource reduction are maxed.

Build Guide

This build is for speed running normal difficulty. Uses include rift key frag farming and Spinter / Speed Racer seasonal conquests. The top priority is arcane power management for infinite teleportation over long distances with the aether walker. Second priority is speed. Damage is next. We're playing on normal difficulty so survivability is pretty much ignored because you're going to end up with plenty of vit, armor, and int/all resist just by putting on whatever gear you have.

The great part is, you really don't need resource cost reduction everywhere, even though I said it was the top priority. Shoulder and one other roll should be enough. If you find yourself running out of arcane power, simply change your storm armor rune from scramble to power of the storm. Problem solved.

Every skill has one of three purposes: 1. instant damage 2. speed 3. AP management
If you have enough of one, you can get more of another. For example, let's say your avarice band, cosmic strand, and shoulders all have RCR on them. You can probably pick up conflagration instead of astral presence.

The only reason I'm using MW:electrify is because I thought it might be able to break breakables to activate warzechian speed boost. I'm not actually sure if it can but it doesn't hurt to have it and should make calamity hit an extra target or two from time to time. I think I ran force weapon in that video but it really doesn't matter which one you use.

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