Nosh's Frozen DMO

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by nosh01 last updated Apr 28, 2015 ( Patch 2.2 )

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Skills

Magic Missile Glacial Spike
- Magic Missile
This is a Signature spell. Signature spells are free to cast.

Launch a missile of magic energy, dealing 230% weapon damage as Arcane.
Glacial Spike

Cast out a shard of ice that explodes on impact, causing enemies within 4.5 yards to take 175% weapon damage as Cold and be Frozen for 1 second.

Enemies cannot be Frozen by Glacial Spike more than once every 5 seconds.
Arcane Orb Frozen Orb
- Arcane Orb
Cost: 30 Arcane Power

Hurl an orb of pure energy that explodes on contact, dealing 435% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 15 yards.
Frozen Orb

Create an orb of frozen death that shreds an area with ice bolts, dealing 393% weapon damage as Cold.
Slow Time Time Warp
- Slow Time
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Invoke a bubble of warped time and space at your target location up to 60 yards away for 15 seconds, reducing enemy attack speed by 20% and movement speed by 60%. This bubble also slows the speed of enemy projectiles by 90%.
Time Warp

Enemies caught in the bubble of warped time take 15% more damage.
Teleport Wormhole
- Teleport
Cooldown: 11 seconds

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

After casting Teleport, you have 3 seconds to Teleport 1 additional time.
Magic Weapon Force Weapon
- Magic Weapon
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

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

Increase the damage bonus of Magic Weapon to 20% damage.
Energy Armor Prismatic Armor
- Energy Armor
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

Focus your energies, increasing your Armor by 35% but decreasing your maximum Arcane Power by 20. Lasts 10 minutes.

Only one Armor may be active at a time.
Prismatic Armor

Energy Armor also increases your resistance to all damage types 25%.

Cold Blooded
- Cold Blooded
Enemies chilled or frozen by you take 10% more damage from all sources for the duration of the chill or Freeze.
Astral Presence
- Astral Presence
Increase your maximum Arcane Power by 20 and Arcane Power regeneration by 2.5 per second.
Evocation
- Evocation
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
Dominance
- Dominance
Killing an enemy grants a shield that absorbs 2% of your Life in damage for 3 seconds. This effect can stack up to 10 times.

Refreshing Dominance will set the shield to its maximum possible potency and each stack will increase its total duration by 0.5 seconds.

Items

Shrouded Mask

Set Helm

Primary Stats

+626–750 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+373–397 Armor
+4 Random Magic Properties

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
Xephirian Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5.0–6.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Prevent all Lightning damage taken and heal yourself for 10–15% of the amount prevented.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence
Harness of Truth

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
Ancient Parthan Defenders

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Secondary Stats

Each stunned enemy within 25 yards reduces your damage taken by 9 - 12%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Fierce Gauntlets

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

+626–750 Intelligence
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
The Witching Hour

Legendary Belt

265 - 314 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26 - 50%
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Leg Guards of Mystery

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
Striders of Destiny

Set Boots

Primary Stats

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

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
Focus

Set Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Restraint

Set Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Azurewrath

Legendary Sword

Primary Stats

+(610–745)–(731–926) Cold Damage
Cold skills deal 15–20% more damage.
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

20.0–25.0% Chance to Freeze on Hit
Undead and Demon enemies within 25 yards take 500–650% weapon damage as Holy every second and are sometimes knocked into the air.
Triumvirate

Legendary Source

Primary Stats

+(94–118)–(95–142) Damage
+330–524 Intelligence
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Your Signature Spells increase the damage of Arcane Orb by 150–200% for 6 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.

More Details

Head
- Shrouded Mask
- Stat Priority: CHC
Shoulders
- Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
- Stat Priority: CDR
Amulet
- Xephirian Amulet
- Stat Priority: CHD Socket AS Int
Torso
- Harness of Truth
- Stat Priority: Socket
Wrists
- Ancient Parthan Defenders
- Stat Priority: Cold % CHC Int Vit
Hands
- Fierce Gauntlets
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC AS Int
Waist
- The Witching Hour
- Stat Priority: CHD
Legs
- Leg Guards of Mystery
- Stat Priority: Socket
Feet
- Striders of Destiny
- Stat Priority: MS Physical %
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Stat Priority: CHD Socket CHC AS
Weapon
- Azurewrath
- Sun Keeper
- Gesture of Orpheus
- Stat Priority: Cold % Int Elite % AS
Offhand
- Triumvirate
- Stat Priority: CHC Int

Legendary Gems
- Iceblink
  Iceblink
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Your Cold skills now apply Chill effects and your Chill effects now Slow enemy movement by an additional +5%.
- Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Damage you deal is increased by 4% for every 10 yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum 20% increase at 50 yards.
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.

For the most part this is a pretty standard DMO setup.

For season or in general, your first priority is getting 6 piece DMO bonus, you just don't do enough DPS without it. Like me in Season 3, wear a rorg if you have to so you get the set bonus.

Rings

I personally feel like the Focus & Restraint combo is the best option for a straight DMO wizard, combining Tal's with rorg or Crown of Primus are certainly options if you are not geared yet but I think Focus & Restraint is best in slot. You will be constantly procing this with the need of using MM for resource generation, CC and reducing cooldown of Slow Time.

Waist

I am focusing on high AS in this build so Witching Hour is the way to go.

Offhand

Triumvirate is a must, big DPS increase to Arcane Orb.

Wrists

Ancient Parthan Defenders I would say is best in slot. Best damage mitigation item for a cold build. It will help to use Azurewrath along with Zei's to proc this as much as possible.

Amulet

This is really pick your poison. Any of the elemental prevention amulets will work here, I personally like lightning because thunderstorm is hard to avoid.

Weapon

This is really up for debate. I personally feel like Azurewrath is the best option here because of the chance to freeze and increased cold damage. This will help proc Ancient Parthan Defenders which is crucial for surviveability. Some people like Gesture of Orpheus to increase the amount of Slow Time bubbles you can cast quickly but with high AS, a little cooldown reduction on your gear and in paragon, you wont even notice.

Gems

These are also pretty standard, Zei's, Bane of the Trapped and Iceblink all provide a DPS increase and CC to the build. CC is important not only to proc some items but it also helps keep mobs in your Slow Time longer. Iceblink also provides the 10% crit chance needed to get this build over 50% chance.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance

Defense

Resist All
Life
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Life on Hit
Gold Find

I always like to cap Movement Speed first, especially in groups it is hard to keep up with the other classes. Offense is really up to you, I usually like DPS first so crit damage and then attack speed. Same goes for Defense, usually Resist all is first. Utility I always like RCR first to reduce the big spenders, orb is definitely one of them.

Build Guide

I personally love the new DMO set especially because i love cold builds. The DPS is insane, I havent hit a billion crit yet in Season 3 but i am not that far off and my gear is not even close to being optimized.

I really think high AS makes DMO orb wiz so much more comfortable to play. Being able to quickly switch casting MM and frozen orb allows you to keep Focus & Restraint buff up more often and reduce the cooldown of Slow Time faster making there almost no need for a Gesture of Orpheus. It's critical to keep mobs inside your bubbles so the faster you can cast while mobs are moving towards you inside a bubble, the better. With crappy gear it can be tricky to keep mobs inside bubbles before they die so to counter that you can use Black Hole and Time Shell rune to slow them down.

I am still tweaking the skills a bit, because i dont have a lot of cooldown reduction I am liking Time Shell, I am able to cast a ton of bubbles over mobs. I am going to leave Time Warp because ultimately that is what you would use in end game.

Teleport of some kind is a must in group play, its hard to keep up with WW barbs and DH without it. In 40+ GR or solo I personally switch it out of black hole for more CC and DPS.

I use Energy Armor but its really whatever armor skill fits stats you are lacking.

Force weapon can be switched out for Conduit if you need more resource gen.

Passives I would say Cold Blooded is a must. A resource generator is useful to cast a ton of frozen orbs, I use Astral Presence but Prodigy is also a good choice. I like Evocation right now in Seasonal because I need some additional reduction to cast more Slow Time bubbles, the more the better. I like Dominance for groups or GR's that i can melt trash mobs because it is easy to keep the stacks up. For higher GR solo or groups it might be better to have an extra life with Unstable Anomaly.

Here is an optimized item build, if you haven't seen this calculator before, its awesome. http://www.d3planner.com/919894128

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Nosh's Frozen DMO

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Shoulders

Amulet

Torso

Wrists

Hands

Waist

Legs

Feet

Rings

Weapon

Offhand

Legendary Gems

Paragon Priorities

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Offense

Defense

Utility

Build Guide

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