Build Guide
Hey boyz! Season One & Two - Rank 1 monk (world) here!
In my opinion/experience this build is currently one of the strongest possible wizard setups for solo competitive greater rift laddering.
Please note: I always keep my diablo fans guides up to date and will be making adjustments to the guide whenever there is a shift in endgame meta! so be sure to check back, and vote on the guide!
Basic game-play strategy:
- Build Chantodo's stacks and reduce Archon cooldown with Arcane torrent
- Use Archon (only if @ 20 Chantodo's stacks)
- Use Slow Time (just once every time you enter [Archon Form])
- Spam Arcane Blast [Archon Form]
- Hold down Arcane Strike [Archon Form]
- Pull enemies misc with Disintegration [Archon Form]
- Maintain Ice Armour buff
- Maintain Magic Weapon buff
Skill variations:
- Blizzard - Snowbound (Use instead of magic weapon, for Animation canceling technique shown in video guide).
Hellfire Passive:
- Illusionist
Stat Priority:
- Helm: Socket>Crit
- Shoulders: CDR
- Torso: x3 Sockets
- Legs: x2 Sockets
- Gloves: CDR>ChC>CHD
- Rings: Socket>CDR>Crit>CHD
- Waist: 15% Life
- Wrist: 20% Lightning damage>ChC
- Amulet: Socket>ChD>20% Lightning>ChC
- Weapon: CDR>LPH
FAQ:
Q: Why am i getting instantly killed g45+?
A: Make sure your stats look something like this: 1200+ All resistance | 9000+ Armour | 500,000+ Health.
Q: What gem should i put in my helmet socket?
A: Diamond. CDR = Dmg + Survivability!
Q: What normal gems should i put in my chest/pants?
A: Topaz (Diamonds if you're HC).
Q: What follower should i use?
A: Templar. Why? Inspire (x1.1 ALL resource generation).
Q: What procs APD's?
A: Freeze = Stun.
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Assuming you were writing this up in a hurry from your monk build template, when you have a chance, few things to fix
That said, nice guide and a good video for it.
Cheers Ellixim! Yeah this is my first Non-monk guide D:
Template didn't work so well ~ fixed errors!
Hey Quin! Great guide as usual, I'm just getting to ropes with it now and it's working great!
I have one question, I generally don't play seasonal so for the time being - what gem would you suggest to replace stricken?
Thanks in advance!
Wrong class?
Great guide! I would also like to know if you have suggestions on a gem to swap for the seasonal one, if you weren't going to be playing seasons. Thanks again, man!
Edit: Never mind I saw where you answered the question in the video!
The reason I believe he chooses fulminator is cause its target is the mobs so it could proc for more than one creature at a time vs hammer where it only works on yourself. And I think he uses zodiac in the cube vs halo is cause he would lose out on either the socket roll or critical damage vs zodiac (since it don't have CHD and it can only roll one magic property) vs using his reroll for a higher stat
Any replacement for Fulminator? I don't have it yet. I have things like Thunderfury, Shard of Hate, Odyn Son... these or others one can replace it?
Does the fact that Archon Stacks no longer increase attack speed kill this build? i was messing around with it last night and it was impossible to keep stacks up
nice vid as always Quin!
what do you think about Wyrdward instead of Convention of Elements as the second ring?
So i am putting this an idea
that would really only work with the new archon build set that would
completly change the stats you want on your gear using the ring "Broken
Promises" "after 5 non crit attacks your crit hit chance becomes 100%
for 3 seconds." clearly this ring is not worth it with the normal
attack speeds that we have but with the speeds that are reachable with
the archons build of 5+ attacks per second this ring could be a game
changer.
Now I am not a theory crafter im not sure how to check out
the whole math side of this. but think of how this would changer the
way you roll stats on your gear. you would not want any CHC on any gear
to maximize the use og the "Broken Promises" ring. all of that CHC could
be rolled into another stat such as VIT or area damage. please let me
know what you think of this idea
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/broken-promises
Just read the comments. Plenty of math there.
I need some advice on how to kill the RG on higher GR. I usually have around 4min to kill it at the end but im having a lot of trouble with the single RG at the end. Since Im NS, I dont have bane of stricken to help with the RG. Gogok only gives me AS and CDR. Is there another gem that may help with the RG?
is this pointless without Fazula’s Improbable Chain?
Lol, was this stolen from here?
http://www.icy-veins.com/d3/wizard-vyr-archon-lightning-patch-2-3
Is there an advisable Paragon level to try this at high Rift levels?
i came here to ask this too! For non season characters, what belt is recommended?
Is thundergod´s vigor a option?
Sedivh, after paragon 600 all is a lot easier!
Rather than Pain Enhancer, how about Gogok?
HI,
I'm almost 100% of the items, but I have a problem, that ends the archon, I use all my mana in arcane torrent, and it takes much longer to use the archon again than video in this build,
I would like to speak to me where I am going wrong. thank you
http://us.battle.net/d3/pt/profile/Sasuke7-1348/hero/65235629
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