Remember energy shield + nova sorcs? Purposely getting surrounded so that you can blast everything around you with PBAOE was awesome, and the ability of energy shield to reduce most sources of damage to zero was amazing (and necessary). I think we should be able to do a similar build in D3...
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#ZcTSQi!dUV!bYZZcZ Force Armor + Unstable Anomaly + Illusionist: This allows you to Teleport right into the middle of 50 monsters without worrying about being one-shot. If you take too much damage, you automatically knock them all back and your Teleport cooldown is reset so you can GTFO.
Evocation: Decreases the cooldown on Teleport, Slow Time, and Wave of Force.
Teleport (Calamity rune): From the moment you Teleport in, you are already bombarding your foes with AOE damage. Alternatively, you could sub in Safe Passage or Fracture for tankability on high difficulties.
Wave of Force (Exploding Wave rune): If you teleport into a ton of stuff and are taking too much damage, the chain reaction Wave of Force should disrupt them enough for you to Teleport out. Unstable Anomaly is your backup plan.
Slow Time (Time Warp rune): Slows and increases damage taken, and doesn't even cost any AP.
Explosive Blast (Short Fuse rune): This is your main attack. It does good damage and hits everything around you. Blast hits significantly harder than Disintegrate, which combined with Time Warp it should really blow stuff up. You can only cast 2 before waiting for AP regen, but fortunately you have Magic Missile to help regen AP.
Magic Missile (Attunement): Regens 14 Arcane Power per cast, does minimal damage.
Thanks to all the survivability abilities in this build, you should be extremely damage resistant and fully capable of teleporting straight into 50 creeps. However, like a Nova sorc in D2, this is a very one-sided build. Both Explosive Blast and Wave of Force are physical damage, leaving you with only the tiny tiny damage of Magic Missile against physical immunes. Fortunately, you have Teleport, Evocation and Illusionist to help you skip these areas.
Hey you accidentally put Explosive Blast instead of Nova in your build ;). I like the idea you've got here but this build is going to rape your AP more than I've seen in most builds. In light of that, Astral Presence and Energy Tap (for Energy Armor) seem like must haves. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#ZceSQi!dUX!bYYZYZ
Hey you accidentally put Explosive Blast instead of Nova in your build ;). I like the idea you've got here but this build is going to rape your AP more than I've seen in most builds. In light of that, Astral Presence and Energy Tap (for Energy Armor) seem like must haves. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#ZceSQi!dUX!bYYZYZ
Arcane Nova is going to drain AP like nobodies business. You will be able to cast it maybe 3-4 times before running out of AP. If that doesn't kill everything around you, you could be in trouble. I think that build really needs a heavy hitting single target spell for bosses or it could be trouble.
Hey you accidentally put Explosive Blast instead of Nova in your build ;). I like the idea you've got here but this build is going to rape your AP more than I've seen in most builds. In light of that, Astral Presence and Energy Tap (for Energy Armor) seem like must haves. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#ZceSQi!dUX!bYYZYZ
Arcane Nova is going to drain AP like nobodies business. You will be able to cast it maybe 3-4 times before running out of AP. If that doesn't kill everything around you, you could be in trouble. I think that build really needs a heavy hitting single target spell for bosses or it could be trouble.
Indeed. I didn't want to modify his build too much as this is what I'd do if I wanted to PBAoE spam. As soon as Slow Time is up and I set Ice Nova off in a big group something is going to die and I can just keep replenishing my AP. So much CC and damage is being stacked in the bubble you probably couldn't be touched.
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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#ZcTSQi!dUV!bYZZcZ
Force Armor + Unstable Anomaly + Illusionist: This allows you to Teleport right into the middle of 50 monsters without worrying about being one-shot. If you take too much damage, you automatically knock them all back and your Teleport cooldown is reset so you can GTFO.
Evocation: Decreases the cooldown on Teleport, Slow Time, and Wave of Force.
Teleport (Calamity rune): From the moment you Teleport in, you are already bombarding your foes with AOE damage. Alternatively, you could sub in Safe Passage or Fracture for tankability on high difficulties.
Wave of Force (Exploding Wave rune): If you teleport into a ton of stuff and are taking too much damage, the chain reaction Wave of Force should disrupt them enough for you to Teleport out. Unstable Anomaly is your backup plan.
Slow Time (Time Warp rune): Slows and increases damage taken, and doesn't even cost any AP.
Explosive Blast (Short Fuse rune): This is your main attack. It does good damage and hits everything around you. Blast hits significantly harder than Disintegrate, which combined with Time Warp it should really blow stuff up. You can only cast 2 before waiting for AP regen, but fortunately you have Magic Missile to help regen AP.
Magic Missile (Attunement): Regens 14 Arcane Power per cast, does minimal damage.
Thanks to all the survivability abilities in this build, you should be extremely damage resistant and fully capable of teleporting straight into 50 creeps. However, like a Nova sorc in D2, this is a very one-sided build. Both Explosive Blast and Wave of Force are physical damage, leaving you with only the tiny tiny damage of Magic Missile against physical immunes. Fortunately, you have Teleport, Evocation and Illusionist to help you skip these areas.
Arcane Nova is going to drain AP like nobodies business. You will be able to cast it maybe 3-4 times before running out of AP. If that doesn't kill everything around you, you could be in trouble. I think that build really needs a heavy hitting single target spell for bosses or it could be trouble.
Indeed. I didn't want to modify his build too much as this is what I'd do if I wanted to PBAoE spam. As soon as Slow Time is up and I set Ice Nova off in a big group something is going to die and I can just keep replenishing my AP. So much CC and damage is being stacked in the bubble you probably couldn't be touched.