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I've been running this for quite a while now, I feel this is the most efficient non-WoW T6 capable build (given the right gear, of course). When I pop Archon, I melt elite packs in no time, and MM-Conflag is great for rift guardians and annoying packs like Electrified champs...

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I have a Tal's Amulet with really high roll but wrong element. Should I reroll that element to CHC? It would look like: Int, Vit, CHC, CHD

No. Re-roll the vitality to CHC and keep the amulet for when you ever switch to that element. You don't want vitality on an amulet; just because of the Tal's bonus it's not worth it sacrificing a primary stat.

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Is it worth using 2k dps sun keeper/Devastator over a 2400 dps weapon with no effect?

400 DPS difference? I'd say no. But keep in mind that Sun Keeper/Devastator never can roll to 2400 DPS because they can't roll 10% damage. However, a well-rolled Devastator weapon (shouldn't take too many crafts to get one) should be better than even a perfectly rolled "no name" weapon, i.e., regular legendary. You can see the elemental DPS on your character screen (details, hover over "fire damage bonus"), it should make the choice clear.

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What do you think of switching teleport wih Black Hole (I just love it.) What rune would you stick on the sucker if you did?

It depends on your playstyle and CDR - how often are you in Archon? I'm in Archon form about 50% of the time, pop it whenever possible, so BH doesn't make much sense for me (tested it yesterday). If you, however, prefer to stay out of Archon for some reason and save it for some occasions, BH+Strongarms are an option, especially in group with Jade WDs. As for BH rune, Blazaar or Spellsteal are probably best, but you can also use a different one to trigger another Tal's Meteor.

However, I absolutely always play with Teleport, can't live without it. I'd rather switch Sparkflint to BH.

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What would you use instead of Unstable Anomaly. Sometimes i end up with 380k+ hp and don´t feel like i needit (atleast for t4).

Yesh, not necessary on T4. Well, many options, again depends on playstyle. Are you often close to mobs? Then Audacity. Do mobs die instantly and you have too much toughness? Try Glass Canon. Is it the opposite, killing takes some time? Then Conflagration may pay off. None of those appealing? Try Elemental Exposure (esp. useful with cold damage weapon).

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Would you run a SoJ witout elemental damage?

Depends on the other rolls. Are we looking at a 500 int, 6% CHC, 50% CHD, 30% elite damage SoJ? Yeah, of course. But in general probably not. The elemental damage is the big reason why the SoJ is so great (if you *only* want elite damage, a well-rolled Unity isn't bad either).

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And one more: I do not understand Thunderfury in weapon slot. Wouldn´t you want a weap with fire damage? Please enlight me.

The reason why Thunderfury is the "best in slot" weapon for most wizards is 1) because the lightning proc procs the Tal's meteor and Elemental Exposure; 2) the proc gives some extra damage without taking up a primary affix as on Burning Axe, Sun Keeper, Gesture of Orpheus and so on, therefore it can roll close to 2500 DPS (see Jaetch's TF; 3) the proc is not only good for DPS, but even more important for survivability. 30% movement speed reduction and 30% attack speed reduction is GREAT on higher Torment levels. Every little bit of defense helps as it opens up more options for gearing in general.

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I have a question. How much CDR should I aim for? As much as I can or is there a number I can shoot for? I have 43% right now and was just wondering how much to get before it's not worth getting more.

Don't aim for a number, get it in slots where it does make sense. See point #1 in the comments:
1) Cooldown reduction on paragon, shoulders, offhand are mandatory; if possible, also on gloves (more important than attack speed). CDR on weapons/rings is up to you; don't get it on amulet.

If you want a number try to get to 50% (including Evocation and paragon, of course). More than 60% are probably not healthy as you sacrifice too much; less than 30-40% are not a good idea because it makes Archon less effective. But just run whatever works for you.

@Yggdrasil: The main damage dealer is Conflagrate (the MM dot) for bosses and Archon. The first does not benefit from IAS, though IAS helps building it up faster. Archon scales with IAS, so it's okay for DPS, like I said "it doesn't hurt", but it's also not vital. If you can get some IAS go for it, but you shouldn't prioritize it over CHC/CHD/CDR. In 2.1, that'll change of course (for example with Lacuni Bracers where you can get IAS without a drawback).

@Jalatiphra: The Tal's set is simply there because the other options are not worth it, and even if you can just trigger 2 Meteors (assumed you have a Thunderfury) it helps. If you don't have a TF it's a different story, but then again there are also alternatives for the Tal's slots mentioned as well.

Magefist aren't really worth it because your fire damage is already quite high just from other items which makes every additional item with fire damage worth a bit less. There was even a bluepost stating that recently, see front page ;-) The additional primary affix on Tal's chest, however, does not come with diminishing returns, especially not something like 11% reduced elite damage which is great.

Andariel's is just a really really bad glass canon helmet. Again, you seem to think that "more fire damage is better" but quite the contrary is true. Sure, go for it and stack 140% - Andy's, amulet, bracers, Magefist, Cindercoat, Firebird's source, Burning Sankis - but at this point adding the fire damage does not add a lot of overall DPS. You sacrifice a lot of primary stats, however. Plus, the Andariel's is just an ill-designed item: the fire damage debuff actually makes your defense even worse, and the Poison Nova effect is very ineffective since you're not running a poison build, nor is it really worth it by itself, anyways. I only see Andariel's on glass canons. The helmet is one of the best toughness slots as it rolls above average vitality (or armor, for that matter) and as such it's not a good idea to go for DPS here. Unless you like glass canon, play lower Torments, or want to top the Diabloprogress DPS rankings. But those item setups should not be recommended in a guide as they'll guide players into the wrong diretion.

Elemental Exposure is an option, but I'm not recommending this here as - again - I don't like to promote glass canon builds and my passives are focused on survivability. Furthermore, if you kill things fast you rarely trigger 1-2 of the EE procs on a given target which makes EE sub-optimal (rather take Audacity first). EE will be very useful in Greater Rifts or if you kill things really slow on T6 - but from what you write it sounds like you're not a slow-killing toughness beast but rather a player who enjoys Glass Canon builds and "kill stuff before it kills me". Those playstyles do not really benefit much from EE.

I just hate dying (hate losing XP pool stacks), hence my preference for Unstable Anomaly. It's not for everyone though.

Thanks for your comments though, and the upvote... I'm really surprised about the amount of downvotes. Would be great if those who downvoted this would explain what they didn't like (and post a link to their improved build/gearset instead). I see a lot of defensive/support builds downvoted, and too many glass canon builds upvoted. Blizzard has an eye on those and all the changes hint that they don't like squishy players (LoH/life regen changes). It'd be great if people understood why sometimes defense is the best offense ;-) Especially for wizards.