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Why Static Discharge on Arcane Torrent insead of Flameward for toughness?

Also, should I play Energy Armor - Force Armor even if I play solo or should I go with Ice Armor - Crystallize?

YO draque I find it fuckign funny ur guide suddenly pop with 28+ upvotes and all mine that were 24+ were down voted below 16 Good job Botter and vote Manipulator

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YO draque I find it fuckign funny ur guide suddenly pop with 28+ upvotes and all mine that were 24+ were down voted below 16 Good job Botter and vote Manipulator

Yeah i wish diablofans would stop promoting this guy, has really lowered the quality of build guides as a whole. It's all "go look at the simulation" and never kept up to date as it so claims.

How is the cube bugged? And is it still bugged or was that for the PTR?

Edit: OR did you mean the Cube on Diablofans.com is bugged?

How am i suppose to survive while in solo? Whenever i m out of archon i get poped by any attack almost instantly half of the time. Or there is an elite or rift boss where i just cant afford to be in melee without getting oneshoted. And by not doing so im not utilizing audaicty, trapped, chantodo stacks etc...

I also run out of arcane power sometimes, do i need apoc on offhand?

I guess the idea is i still should have archon stacks and get archon off cd while that is still rolling. But i just get oneshoted second after i exit archon. And im only doing gr 71.

Whats the best defensive legendary gem for solo? Esoteric or gizzard and what do i sacrifice gogok ?

I im running with explosive blast and orb of infinite depth in cube and halo of alrsye with ice armor since like i said dmg is not an issue.

Any survive advice would be welcome.

how is firebirds better then vyrs>

I understand the logic behind having 20% fire damage and 19% arcane damage. What I don't understand is why none of the top solo Wizards have any + arcane damage? In fact some of them have +35% fire damage but no arcane. Are they just letting Convention of Elements buff their Arcane damage for archon?

drahque i love you

Great, thanks for the reply!

Orb of infinite depht is mandatory for 80+..

why people are using firebird if there is no fire skills? and what's the idea of archon? why not just use Vyr's then if we gonna go full archon?

I'm having so much difficulty surviving past GR65. Blur in place of illusionist really slows the pace down when searching for elites and I see no difference with blur at all, constantly getting one shot through force armor and everything else. Halo of Arlyse really is the difference maker in terms of sustain. I do like frost nova though! That does help with getting a group froze together to get stacks up. Maybe make a video and show me a way to make this build and I'll be a try it again. Thanks

You will get one shot in solo. You have 2 get out of death free cards with this build. Use safe passage to get some distance between you and mobs after archon fades, keep firing torrent to get archon back up, if mobs leap at you or get close hit the nova and reposition. Try to avoid using nova so that all your zodiac points go into restoring archon, quickly, if possible. If you die more than twice between archons then work on skill and movement. Otherwise you should have your survival cooldowns ready again by the next outphase. Even if you die a lot, the speed with which you take down elites and the boss will get you through the rift in a timely manner. I mean if you have the damage to do 80-90s in 10-12 minutes that gives you about 6-7 actual deaths after 10 or 12 gear and skill saves. You will still beat the 15 minute rift and that's the name of the game. Once paragon, ancients, gems, etc all have a chance to catch up, high 90s should be relatively common with this build.

Hey Drahque!

While I've used a few of your guides, I've found them a little lacking when it comes to details. I'm providing a little feedback in this particular one, because Wizard's my jam, in the hopes that you're more interested in writing good, solid guides. I know you've got a lot of them out there so going into super details for each one would be perhaps unrealistic, but there's at least a few easy things you can do to improve the guide. There's of course always the chance that you're mostly doing it for publicity/recognition, which would make this all a fat waste of time but c'est la vie.

Here's a high level few things the guide should spell out. Posting things like this in the comments is all and well, but these are things the guide should specify itself:

• The build is intended for group play and the best group dynamic for the build includes several support (Best to not assume everyone understands ideal group setups) - might also be worth mentioning the build is intended as pure DPS and that survivability is low, hence the reliance on support
• Optional: Here's how you modify it for more optimal solo play (IE halo/frost instead of convention/energy; swap stricken with esoteric, etc.)
• A little more information about playing the build. You give a super-high level bit about it, but even a short write up like Lycinia posted would go a long way in adding value to the guide for people who don't pick up the nuances of the build quickly.
• List a few alternative gear/skill options (Esoteric, In-Geom, Infinite Depths/EBlast, etc.)
• This is kind of particular to this build because it's a little bit esoteric itself: Explaining why the build works. You go into a little bit on this, with the Chantodo's buff, but there's a little more to it. Something like...

This build works so well in S6 because of buffs to the Archon skill in 2.4.1, mainly the change to the damage stack bonus to be multiplicative. Essentially, this build works by stacking hefty multiplicative damage bonuses: Archon, Endless Walk and Bane gems along with the 2000% Firebird's ignited elite buff. You'll notice a lack of fire abilities in the build: The Firebird's buff is is triggered by Chantodo's set effect, which uses your highest %Damage as it's damage type. Because of this, try to manage uptime on Archon when you have elites/good density.

Of course, a decent video guide could easily render most of the above moot.

Meh. My 2 bits worth. Thanks for taking the time to read.

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So where does the fire come in for the firebird set bonus?

he explained, chantodo wand deals the highest element u have, so enchant yourself with fire like highest

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Why Static Discharge on Arcane Torrent insead of Flameward for toughness?

Because with the Obsidian ring, every hit with mana spent you deal, reduces the cooldown of your spells, static discharge splits into many bolts, they will do the work of reduce the cd of your next archon form faster than any other spell.

I am using this build at the moment. GR 65 solo easy, will attempt higher difficulty tomorrow.

Curious what the limits of this build are in terms of GR difficulty.

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Hi guys, I am having trouble with this build. I have it complete all except the bracers and I am only able to do rift 50. Anything more than that and I simply don't do any damage it takes 3-4 waves to clear trash mobs. Am I doing something wrong here?