Thanks for the great articales, Item Affixes and Lengendary items from Molster, to make the idea possible.
Life steal, Battlemage
Combat style: Stutter step: cast and move and rotate between cooldowns. With great gear, a more relaxing play style will be "tank & annihilate" lol.
Items:
Ouroboros lv 60 or Blackthorne's Medal Lv 60, Life On Hit 304 - 448, + "of Mangling" Tier 14, 658-959. assuming the Affixes stack the same way as Diablo 2, Total 962 - 1407 Life on Hit
Legendary Chest Heart of Iron Level 27 Life On Hit 9 - 13 (Filler)
Any Weapon of Mangling + Tier 14 Gives 658-959 Life On Hit (Basic rare Weapon) or Legendary Weapon with "of Mangling" Affix + 2 sockets of Radiant Star Amethyst, each offers Life on Hit of 600. Total, 1858 - 2159
2 xBand of Hollow Whispers, Life on Hit, 152-224+ Tier 14 "of Mangling" 239-479 Life on Hit, Total 782 - 1406 Life on Hit
Life on Hit Total 3611 - 4985, 4298 Averagelife gain per hit
Skll Focus:
AOE - Getting more hits over more mobs
Single - Getting faster cast speed to hit more frequently
Don't know why you're skipping magic weapon with Blood magic which givers a static 10% weapon dps increase and a static 1.5% total damage to life on all your spells.
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Don't know why you're skipping magic weapon with Blood magic which givers a static 10% weapon dps increase and a static 1.5% total damage to life on all your spells.
Hmm, I don't know if it matters enough though, lets say the weapon base damage is 600. With Magic Weapon, the damage is 660.
Lets cast Arcane Torrent for example which deals 175% weapon damage, and that's 660x1.75 = 1155 damage.
The Blood Magic rune gives us 1.5% of this which is 1155 x 0.015 = 17.325 HP
Also if you read the description of the Blood Magic rune, it says "damage casued" the 1155 damage was not the end damage, so after the reduction from resistance, it would be even less.
I just don't think it matters too much, this is why the build is focused on the aoe / attack speed. I could be wrong, we'll figure it out when the game is out.
Like any Wizard though, you'd have to make sure you don't get bursted down by multiple enemies at once. No amount of HP gain per hit will let you survive a nasty damage spike.
Don't know why you're skipping magic weapon with Blood magic which givers a static 10% weapon dps increase and a static 1.5% total damage to life on all your spells.
Hmm, I don't know if it matters enough though, lets say the weapon base damage is 600. With Magic Weapon, the damage is 660.
Lets cast Arcane Torrent for example which deals 175% weapon damage, and that's 660x1.75 = 1155 damage.
The Blood Magic rune gives us 1.5% of this which is 1155 x 0.015 = 17.325 HP
Also if you read the description of the Blood Magic rune, it says "damage casued" the 1155 damage was not the end damage, so after the reduction from resistance, it would be even less.
I just don't think it matters too much, this is why the build is focused on the aoe / attack speed. I could be wrong, we'll figure it out when the game is out.
You do realize that that stacks with other forms of life drain correct?
You do realize that that stacks with other forms of life drain correct?
I understand what you saying, we'll see how life drain based on % work out. It just seems to me that the % life drain may not be siginficant enough compared to the Life on Hit for a Wizard. The Life on hit with all the items available, 3611 - 4985, 4298 Average, life drain % still look pale compared to this number.
Life steal, Battlemage
Combat style: Stutter step: cast and move and rotate between cooldowns. With great gear, a more relaxing play style will be "tank & annihilate" lol.
Items:
Ouroboros lv 60 or Blackthorne's Medal Lv 60, Life On Hit 304 - 448, + "of Mangling" Tier 14, 658-959. assuming the Affixes stack the same way as Diablo 2, Total 962 - 1407 Life on Hit
Legendary Chest Heart of Iron Level 27 Life On Hit 9 - 13 (Filler)
Any Weapon of Mangling + Tier 14 Gives 658-959 Life On Hit (Basic rare Weapon) or Legendary Weapon with "of Mangling" Affix + 2 sockets of Radiant Star Amethyst, each offers Life on Hit of 600. Total, 1858 - 2159
2 x Band of Hollow Whispers, Life on Hit, 152-224 + Tier 14 "of Mangling" 239-479 Life on Hit, Total 782 - 1406 Life on Hit
Life on Hit Total 3611 - 4985, 4298 Average life gain per hit
Skll Focus:
AOE - Getting more hits over more mobs
Single - Getting faster cast speed to hit more frequently
Skills picked (Mouse hover works)
http://us.battle.net...glTm!bac!bccbaa
http://us.battle.net...dkOm!baf!YbcZYa
Estimates avg Life gain per hit:
10 targets
42980
single target
4298
Thanks for reading. All comments welcome, hoping to get a solid build for this. Reckon it will bring so much fun if it works out nicely lol.
Rename the topic + added a few items etc.
Energy Armor
Force weapon
imo
Epicurus
Hmm, I don't know if it matters enough though, lets say the weapon base damage is 600. With Magic Weapon, the damage is 660.
Lets cast Arcane Torrent for example which deals 175% weapon damage, and that's 660x1.75 = 1155 damage.
The Blood Magic rune gives us 1.5% of this which is 1155 x 0.015 = 17.325 HP
Also if you read the description of the Blood Magic rune, it says "damage casued" the 1155 damage was not the end damage, so after the reduction from resistance, it would be even less.
I just don't think it matters too much, this is why the build is focused on the aoe / attack speed. I could be wrong, we'll figure it out when the game is out.
Like any Wizard though, you'd have to make sure you don't get bursted down by multiple enemies at once. No amount of HP gain per hit will let you survive a nasty damage spike.
You do realize that that stacks with other forms of life drain correct?
I understand what you saying, we'll see how life drain based on % work out. It just seems to me that the % life drain may not be siginficant enough compared to the Life on Hit for a Wizard. The Life on hit with all the items available, 3611 - 4985, 4298 Average, life drain % still look pale compared to this number.
Yep! So excited, I so wantted to be the first one to get a legendary loot from my friends when server goes live
Or 15 minutes on the AH.
Also, to the OP..you mentioned 2 sockets on the weapon. These don't exist.