Hey guys, I leveled my wizard to 60 yesterday and got some gear off the auction house, spent around 30 million have a bit left over. The issue I am running into is survival, I think I am missing a major function like life steal to keep me up while killing peeps in Archon. Any help is much appreciated I will post a rough estimate of my stats below since I am not currently online, any criticism is welcomed.
I am using this build:
Arcane Orb; Tap the Source
Archon: Improved
Hydra: Venom
Diamond Skin; Crystal Shell
Familiar; Sparkflint
Energy Armor; Prismatic armor
tl;dr: doing well in A1 with the above specs but I am dying faster then I think I should later on, any criticism or guidance is appreciated
I have read and been told that at my level of resists prismatic out weighs the use of force armor. I would have to take a 15k hit prior to force armor coming into play and that does not happen very often. I forgot to mention that I have around 10 arcane power granted on crit so I having a signature spell is not required. I would hate to lose Critical Mass for 20% damage reduction from melee, I feel like I am missing some form of life regeneration or leech that is playing a big role in my survival.
P.S. my goal is to come up with a set of gear in which I do not have to kite as much, I want to avoid that as much as possible
I have read and been told that at my level of resists prismatic out weighs the use of force armor. I would have to take a 15k hit prior to force armor coming into play and that does not happen very often. I forgot to mention that I have around 10 arcane power granted on crit so I having a signature spell is not required. I would hate to lose Critical Mass for 20% damage reduction from melee, I feel like I am missing some form of life regeneration or leech that is playing a big role in my survival.
P.S. my goal is to come up with a set of gear in which I do not have to kite as much, I want to avoid that as much as possible
For Act 1 kiting shouldn't be needed much at all but if you want to progress through A3 and 4 with those skills, you will have to kite. There are melee builds floating around that don't focus on kiting that you could take a look at but would require different skills to use effectively. It sounds like this is the route you are trying to go and your high resist and HP indicate you are gearing this way so check out those threads.
HP: 42k
DPS: 42k (including Sparkflint & Glass Cannon)
Crit: 40%
Crit Damage: 185%
Res: 900 (lowest w/ prismatic shield)
Loh: 450
I am using this build:
Arcane Orb; Tap the Source
Archon: Improved
Hydra: Venom
Diamond Skin; Crystal Shell
Familiar; Sparkflint
Energy Armor; Prismatic armor
tl;dr: doing well in A1 with the above specs but I am dying faster then I think I should later on, any criticism or guidance is appreciated
P.S. my goal is to come up with a set of gear in which I do not have to kite as much, I want to avoid that as much as possible
For Act 1 kiting shouldn't be needed much at all but if you want to progress through A3 and 4 with those skills, you will have to kite. There are melee builds floating around that don't focus on kiting that you could take a look at but would require different skills to use effectively. It sounds like this is the route you are trying to go and your high resist and HP indicate you are gearing this way so check out those threads.
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