Kridershot: Only item that is actually required. It gives three bonuses; it allows the use of only Elemental Arrow and allows your hatred generator to be replaced with something else, no more switching between EA and subpar damage generator, and lastly it allows for (from what I have peiced together) the benefit from the Bastion of Will set (More below)
Highly Recommended Items:
Focusand Restraint: The Bastion of Will set allows for EA to always have a 50% damage bonus due to the fact that it no longer costs hatred. Since I have not completed the set yet I cannot confirm for myself it this interaction works.
Recommended Items:
Almost all of these items are just IAS items.
Helm-Andariel's Visage: Reroll none Dex roll to Crit.
Chest-Tal'Rasha's Relentless Pursuit: Reroll Int to Dex, though I am not sure if the Int is rerollable.
Bracers-Lacuni's Prowlers: Reroll none Dex roll to Crit.
Hands 1-Cain's Scrivener: 8% IAS, MF/EXP set bonus.
Hands 2-Frostburn: If you are going Frost Arrow and don't want the Cain's Destiny 3pc MF/EXP bonus.
Belt 1-The Witching Hour-Reroll ability damage to Vit.
Belt 2-Hellcat Waistguard-Reroll Elite Damage to All Res. Go this route if you want more Tough.
Legs-Cain's Habit: For 8% IAS set bonus.
Feet-Cain's Travelers: 8% IAS set bonus. Roll Elemental Arrow damage if you want to give up All Res.
Neck-Overwhelming Desire: Very good damage neck, from Act 3 Bounty Bags, Would want Elemental Skill Damage, IAS, Crit Damage.
Quiver-Anything Really, you want Dex/Vit/20% IAS/10% Crit/Elemental Arrow Damage.
Build
Elemental Arrow: Ball of Lightning or Frost Arrow, depending on gear and preference. Frost Arrow has a higher base damage making the up to 150% bonus damage have greater effect.
Vengeance: Can be replaced with Rain of Vengeance. Just a rare pack nuke.
Vault: Movement
Smoke Screen: Huge defensive boost, and with Healing Vapors, a huge healing boost.
Companion-Wolf: Damage Buff for solo and group.
Preparation: Good for spamming Vault or Smoke Screen.
My Armory: Currently have everything but the Kridershot and Bastion of Will set.
Use Frost Arrow dumb dumb, your damn culling talent gives you 20% damage against slowed, why would you ever ball lightning in a small straight line when Frost automatically hits a minimum of 11 targets with good positioning while benefitting from the aforementioned talent? Vault AND smoke screen? Those are heavy disc spenders....and you really replaced Vengeance with that mediocre limited aoe skill? Like what?
Vault is for movement and smoke screen is for defense, rain of vengence has a shorter cooldown that allows it to be used on all the packs, while vengence is usable on like a third of them. I play with a frozen orb wiz for 90% of my games so slowing a mob is already done, ball of lighting is a wider projectile that is simpler to hit with. As for the disc regen u have upwards to 2.7 attacks per second, nightstalker is usually keeping your disc bar even with smokescreen and prep keeps your vaults going.
I use frost arrow btw mostly because i dont have a problem with positioning but some people find it annoying, other people just have gotten % lightning gear making ball fo lightning more damage, but with a 330 weapon damage modifier, frost arrrow is going to end up being alot more damage after ele arrow and ele damage modifiers
Smoke Screen with Tactical Advantage is movement and defense in one, which is great considering most of our talents aren't stellar. Rain of Vengeance has a shorter cooldown, sure, but are you really struggling with white mobs? Vengeance blows it out of the water dps wise, and I find it's bosses and elites that give me the most trouble, right? Nightstalker is kind of a meh talent that doesn't boost your dps unless you're using Preparation - Punishment (25 Disc -> 75 Hatred), it'd boost your survivability, which is kinda great already with smoke screen healing 15% per pop while dropping all enemy aggro/debuffs/incoming damage. You shouldn't need to keep vaulting, use Paragon points for movement speed, at least 10%. Don't rely on skills so much and learn to kite, there's a higher skillcap you can be achieving.
never said i use rain of vengence for white mobs, in rifts u get a pack roughly every 30-45 secs. Sure using vengence on one is going to destory it, but id rather just have an ability i can use on every one. Nightstalker is awesome if u have high attack speed and crit, with a proc coefficent of .33 on frost arrow your disc chunks up. I dont use vault to survive i use it to go between packs faster or to quickly reposition myself for frost arrows, it isnt used for survivability it is used for convenience. If i am in a group that needs me to use nemesis bracers i am move capped from gear, if not i use lacuni's and cap using paragon points. If i am going to be doing bounties and such i will take tactical advantage but if not 2-4 vaults usually covers the distance and prep usually refreshes disc for pack fights
Kridershot: Only item that is actually required. It gives three bonuses; it allows the use of only Elemental Arrow and allows your hatred generator to be replaced with something else, no more switching between EA and subpar damage generator, and lastly it allows for (from what I have peiced together) the benefit from the Bastion of Will set (More below)
Highly Recommended Items:
Focusand Restraint: The Bastion of Will set allows for EA to always have a 50% damage bonus due to the fact that it no longer costs hatred. Since I have not completed the set yet I cannot confirm for myself it this interaction works.
Recommended Items:
Almost all of these items are just IAS items.
Helm-Andariel's Visage: Reroll none Dex roll to Crit.
Chest-Tal'Rasha's Relentless Pursuit: Reroll Int to Dex, though I am not sure if the Int is rerollable.
Bracers-Lacuni's Prowlers: Reroll none Dex roll to Crit.
Hands 1-Cain's Scrivener: 8% IAS, MF/EXP set bonus.
Hands 2-Frostburn: If you are going Frost Arrow and don't want the Cain's Destiny 3pc MF/EXP bonus.
Belt 1-The Witching Hour-Reroll ability damage to Vit.
Belt 2-Hellcat Waistguard-Reroll Elite Damage to All Res. Go this route if you want more Tough.
Legs-Cain's Habit: For 8% IAS set bonus.
Feet-Cain's Travelers: 8% IAS set bonus. Roll Elemental Arrow damage if you want to give up All Res.
Neck-Overwhelming Desire: Very good damage neck, from Act 3 Bounty Bags, Would want Elemental Skill Damage, IAS, Crit Damage.
Quiver-Anything Really, you want Dex/Vit/20% IAS/10% Crit/Elemental Arrow Damage.
Build
Elemental Arrow: Ball of Lightning or Frost Arrow, depending on gear and preference. Frost Arrow has a higher base damage making the up to 150% bonus damage have greater effect.
Vengeance: Can be replaced with Rain of Vengeance. Just a rare pack nuke.
Vault: Movement
Smoke Screen: Huge defensive boost, and with Healing Vapors, a huge healing boost.
Companion-Wolf: Damage Buff for solo and group.
Preparation: Good for spamming Vault or Smoke Screen.
My Armory: Currently have everything but the Kridershot and Bastion of Will set.