Items
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Head
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Shoulders
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Amulet
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Torso
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Wrists
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Hands
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Waist
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Legs
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Feet
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Rings
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Weapon
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Offhand
MM = Magic Missile
AO = Arcane Orb
APOC = Arcane Power On Crit
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AO damage on: Helm, Boots, Offhand Try to have APOC on triumvirate
The goal is to have a lot of arcane regen to continue spam AO.
Ancient parthan defenders are triggered by Zei gem, in alternative use something with attack speed (Lacuni or Steady Strikers)
WEAPONS:
- you can switch between fire and cold changing MM and AO runes and elemental DMG in amu, wrist, weapon (Craft a decent Ancient Uthar or try your luck wit an Azurewrath)
- To start with this build you can craft a decent ancient Devastator or Uthar's Roar
Fire: Devastator, Sankiss, Orpheus, Sun Keeper
Cold: Uthar, Azurewrath, Orpheus, Sun Keeper
Wizardspike for a free AO
Paragon Priorities
Core
Movement Speed
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Primary Stat
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Maximum Resource
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Vitality
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Offense
Cooldown Reduction
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Critical Hit Damage
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Critical Hit Chance
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Attack Speed
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Defense
Armor
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Life
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Life Regeneration
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Resist All
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Utility
Resource Cost Reduction
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Life on Hit
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Area Damage
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Gold Find
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Build Guide
You have magic missile to lower the cooldown of Slow Time, so cover the groud with slow time between you and the mobs, casting MM and AO with Focus/Restraint buffs.
Teleport is used in survival situation. Remember that Teleport Decoy can cast Slow Time too.
Between fire and cold:
Fire: High single target DMG (from AO Fire Wall), Low survivability
Cold: High area DMG, High survivability
Edit 09/04/2015: Added Sun Keeper and Decoy note
How high can you go in Grifts with this build?
I personally think crown of primus is a waste of slot. Maybe if there were better runes for bubble but there isnt. Use time warp or if you want more cc point of no return. using crown means you will need a rorg, and it isnt worth sacrificing the two rings.
Without the rings this build cant compare to Firebird. with firebird 120% fire dmg i do G40+ with ease. but this spec doesnt have the dmg yet. its a good group spec but for solo firebird or rasha is alot better.
It's not really a waste of slot, rorg + soj is still a good choice because the 6pc is already powerful enough, so if you're not low on paragon you wouldn't need the F/R rings unless your pushing high grifts.. alot of players are farming 35-45 grift these days.
Every single rune of slow time is worth it, especially in group play.
Ofc the set rings are best in slot for power, but not quite important.
why not use arcane regen passive then? Astral or what ever it was named?
I've got the old 70% version. It's pretty hilarious for farming trial keys with a full group. I had 12 bubbles up and running around the 5th wave of enemies.
i am using the same build but i use arcane orb obliteration rune. i have found this to have the highest damage output of all of my tests with my average crits being between 1-4 billion per arcane orb i am using an ancient devastator but i was still getting over 1 billion with an average rolled rime heart.
not if your going an arcane orb build. it might be a viable option in seasons when you have the energy twister wrist item. but until then you would have to give up the triumvirate source witch makes a huge difference in power to your arcane orb.
I tested this build with different weapons, and i can say for sure 1 thing.
Orpheus is must have for this build.
no devastators or sun keepers can do as much as orpheus.
The main issue with build is long cd of buble, and we do dmg ONLY in bubble, we can't kill even skeleton outside of it. SO as faster we cast bubble as faster we start to do dmg and kill stuff.
So without orpheus this build losing A HUGE part of potential.
Tried this one today. Completed grift 34.
For some reason it was easier than with Tal Rasha set, even though my Triumvirate isn't ancient.
I'd like to try the cold variation. Something tells me I'm going to like it better.
Frozen Orb is better for AOE even though it doesn't apply such high DOT.
I'm also considering adding the Iceblink and/or Cold Blooded passive for those ChC and %Damage.
Would mirror ball work better than tri for the offhand since you are using magic missile?
Would a Rimeheart work for a weapon if you have a good one?
the biggest problem with this build is the arcane regen. I'm always starving for arcane. in group, i don't use use teleport, i use black hole (20 arcane power !) and i don't have the gesture of orpheus yet, so it"s very hard with toughness since i need a cdr gem in helm. I nearly managed to do gr 50.