Build Guide
I have no clue the capabilities of this build. If you try it out, be sure to comment on it's power and possible improvements.
The point of this build is to stack the 50% signature attack speed from The Shame of Delsere's Belt + the 50% attack speed from Fragment of Destiny's Wand to gain the fastest attack possible to proc Manald Heal more often. With it's insane attack speed and the 10 arcane power gained per attack on the belt, you should almost always be at maximum arcane power. I try to throw a couple of Reduced Resource Cost on my gear to ensure I don't drain it often while keeping my Focus + Restraint & Tal Rasha stacks.
DEFENSE
The attack speed has great synergy with Magic Weapon's 4% health shield per attack from the Deflection Rune. Combining those shields and the passive skill Galvanizing Ward with the Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer to increase shield potency by up to 100% helps to ensure you rarely take health damage. Defensively, I predict that stacking Max HP is likely the best bet for first priority on gear to help increase your shields. I haven't found an Aquila's Cuirass yet, but I think it would really add a lot of defense to this build.
SKILLS
The other spells are designed to be as hands off as possible without requirement to aim the Hydra or the Arcane Orb while also giving nice AoE crowd control from Blizzard.
PASSIVE SKILLS
It's possible you can change out Blur for something more offensive if you need damage over survival.
GEAR
There are a few required items to make this build work as intended and most of those items have already been mentioned, but there's room for experimenting and variations.
One of the more interesting ideas I see possible is to put Rimeheart in with this build for that 10,000 weapon damage proc on Frozen enemies. With the Blizzard - Frozen Solid skill, you can easily get a ton of Spectral Blade attacks in during the 2.5 seconds. Most things will die before they unfreeze just from the Manald heal but I suspect Rimeheart might act as a second Manald.
SUMMARY
I haven't finished figuring this idea out and there's still plenty of improvement that could be made. I think there is potential for the 100% increased attack speed Spectral Blade to be the fastest way to proc Manald Heal. I'm pretty sure Spectral Blade has the fastest base attack animation of any Wizard skill. Try it out and share what you think!
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