So I have been clearing pretty well using 6pc tals and 4pc Delsere. I got my 49 gr done fairly easily, but since then I have been struggling to clear the high 40s and 50+ rifts. The damage seems to be strong, but I just dont seem to kill fast enough if that makes sense.
I am really not sure if there is a more effective spec to roll. I have been making small changes as I go along, but this seems to have worked out the best so far. I do not have a serpent sparker to just to a full tal's spec. I really enjoy the play style, I love the control and damage from slow time. I feel like this should be a strong spec, but can't figure out what I am missing to make it work
It's hard for me to tell what you are working with because I am on my phone. But, you need an ancient gesture of Orpheous of the element that you use. I personally rune arcane with a pre 2.2 gesture just so slow time does way more damage.
I would maybe try to get +15% meteor damage on Shoulders/ Chest. I would also look into a different 1h weapon. 28-30% Sun Keeper, Gesture of Orpheus, or something similar. Shard of Hate is nice, but the passive needs to be upgraded to be more effective in high lvl greater rifts.
It's hard for me to tell what you are working with because I am on my phone. But, you need an ancient gesture of Orpheous of the element that you use. I personally rune arcane with a pre 2.2 gesture just so slow time does way more damage.
Its nice to have a guesture of orpheus pre patch because of the cooldownreduction.
But slowtime has always the element type of your highest element - if using delsere ? correct me if iam wrong - please i want to make sure.
But consider it would take your highest elemental -
And you had for example 30% fire damage increase on amulet and bracers. then slow time would be fire.
Correct. I think for the build any gesture of Orpheous is quite good because it reduces the cool down enough to spam the bubble after casting magic missile or shock pulse just a few times. Even the new gesture with 35% or w/e slow time CDR is helpful. Yes it takes the damage of your highest elemental damage % totaled. So in my specific case, I have 19% arcane on my gesture, 20% on bracers, and 19% on my tals ammy. Slow time when cast costs 0 AP and does a significant amount of damage plus whatever rune you are using and its utility. Slowing projectiles if you are aware of them is also quite helpful. Slow time with deslere's/tals procs the arcane element on your tals, it procs arcane meteor, and it does a ton of damage in its own right.
Which is why hydra isn't showing on my gear. My gesture of Orpheous is a cold damage wand, and I really felt like my damage suffered when I was using it. Shard of Hate is unfortunately my strongest weapon right now, an ancient Devastator would be my other choice. I have actually been finding Sun Keeper like nobodys business, but they are all pretty much garbage ( non-ancient ~1900 dps). Shard actually felt really good when I was using blizzard, it would spam the frozen skulls like crazy. I guess the solution is just to keep farming for that gear
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So I have been clearing pretty well using 6pc tals and 4pc Delsere. I got my 49 gr done fairly easily, but since then I have been struggling to clear the high 40s and 50+ rifts. The damage seems to be strong, but I just dont seem to kill fast enough if that makes sense.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Sarranti-1936/hero/48932672
I am really not sure if there is a more effective spec to roll. I have been making small changes as I go along, but this seems to have worked out the best so far. I do not have a serpent sparker to just to a full tal's spec. I really enjoy the play style, I love the control and damage from slow time. I feel like this should be a strong spec, but can't figure out what I am missing to make it work
It's hard for me to tell what you are working with because I am on my phone. But, you need an ancient gesture of Orpheous of the element that you use. I personally rune arcane with a pre 2.2 gesture just so slow time does way more damage.
I would maybe try to get +15% meteor damage on Shoulders/ Chest. I would also look into a different 1h weapon. 28-30% Sun Keeper, Gesture of Orpheus, or something similar. Shard of Hate is nice, but the passive needs to be upgraded to be more effective in high lvl greater rifts.
Its nice to have a guesture of orpheus pre patch because of the cooldownreduction.
But slowtime has always the element type of your highest element - if using delsere ? correct me if iam wrong - please i want to make sure.
But consider it would take your highest elemental -
And you had for example 30% fire damage increase on amulet and bracers. then slow time would be fire.
Correct. I think for the build any gesture of Orpheous is quite good because it reduces the cool down enough to spam the bubble after casting magic missile or shock pulse just a few times. Even the new gesture with 35% or w/e slow time CDR is helpful. Yes it takes the damage of your highest elemental damage % totaled. So in my specific case, I have 19% arcane on my gesture, 20% on bracers, and 19% on my tals ammy. Slow time when cast costs 0 AP and does a significant amount of damage plus whatever rune you are using and its utility. Slowing projectiles if you are aware of them is also quite helpful. Slow time with deslere's/tals procs the arcane element on your tals, it procs arcane meteor, and it does a ton of damage in its own right.
Thanks for the suggestions.
The build I have been running with most of the time is: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#blPgQO!XdRh!bbYYcY
I have started trying: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#aiPgQO!XdRh!ZcaYcY
Which is why hydra isn't showing on my gear. My gesture of Orpheous is a cold damage wand, and I really felt like my damage suffered when I was using it. Shard of Hate is unfortunately my strongest weapon right now, an ancient Devastator would be my other choice. I have actually been finding Sun Keeper like nobodys business, but they are all pretty much garbage ( non-ancient ~1900 dps). Shard actually felt really good when I was using blizzard, it would spam the frozen skulls like crazy. I guess the solution is just to keep farming for that gear