Hello. Help me please to improve archon gear. I like this build so i want run it on higher MP power. On mp2 i'm dying sometimes, so i do mp1 atm. my wizard http://eu.battle.net...19/hero/4654281 . First item i should to change is amul, but i still want to have MF. But if i change amul and will go to mp2/mp3 it will be better in terms of MF. Help me with advice please =)
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Or is it better another build for farming?
You don't have any APoC items. How are you managing your AP when Archon runs out and you're spamming Energy Twisters? (Many people use a signature spell to complement Archon, in particular Shock Pulse - Living Lightning).
I can imagine that you die a lot on MP2. I think you want about 150k-200k DPS before you go on MP2. And of course you need more survivability. So essentially, you want to boost both DPS and EHP; however, I would focus on the latter first, because you have some real weak spots there:
-Your Andi helm has +14% fire damage taken - that's quite a lot. Try to find one with about half of that "bad" affix.
-You have a lot of life% bonus items (amulet, pants), but life% is not really useful unless you have a base HP of 30-35k (without life% you have mere 25k HP).
-All your EHP stats (HP, armor, allres) are not particularly low, but they could also use a slight buff. Try to get a bit more of each of them (e.g., about 35k HP with vitality only, no life% items). Try to aim for something like ~250k EHP (190k right now).
Once you're there, keep that level and try to increase DPS. Now, that's gonna be expensive, and you didn't mention budget; I already mentioned pants and amulet which definitely should be replaced. You can get a rare amulet with more MF (can roll up to 45%) and Depth Diggers as pants to keep MF and buff allres+DPS. Another thing you could do is to get a black weapon + cheap Triumvirate (and get new rings/amulet to compensate for the missing LaK). That's kind of the straight way to improve your char without replacing *everything*.
Is there a better build? No. Why? Because you said you like Archon. Then stick with it. Do what you like, ignore everything else. Because Diablo is a grinding game, you need to do what you enjoy, otherwise you'll lose interest soon. Besides, your way to more drops is not increasing MP level, it's rather the opposite. Once you reach a higher paragon level, you get more MF (and that doesn't come with a price like all your MF on gear). And the fastest way to get paragon is to play MP0 or MP1 (yes, even MP0 is fine in act 3). Whatever has the highest kill speed for you. (Which reminds me, try Scramble rune if enemies hit you to get a small bonus speed for farming).
What's killing you? I find swapping from Improved Archon to Teleport greatly improves my survivability. You can further increase survival with Illusionist instead of Galv Ward or GC. That will take a little longer to kill elites, but then you'll have some options against them instead of insta-dying to frozen+jailer.
Also, I'm not seeing any life steal at all, nor a lot of Life on Kill. IMO either drop your Skorn for a 1h+OH or upgrade it to a LS Skorn. The main reason to use Skorn as an Archon is for the extra LS. Otherwise you can get more dps from 1h+OH combo for fairly cheap. I prefer running with a LS weapon and us Blood Magic instead of Force Weapon, but others have sucess with just BM so I'd recommend at least trying one, if not both.
Also, I'd definitely drop the amulet. You can still get MF on an amulet but I recommend trying to get one with high crit and maybe some CD and Int. Your Crit Chance is pretty low so you don't get a lot of dps from the CD, so all you're getting out of it is life, which isn't very high on the priority list for Archon gearing, imo. I've ran with 25k life just fine at low MP, but also had a decent amount of armor and resists to match. 30-35k is better of course. I actually like the idea of maxing MF as Archon since the build doesn't have very high gear requirements for low MP, so feel free to keep your MF on most pieces. I figure if you're going to be taking all that time to level you might as well increase your drops and legendary chances.
Otherwise I agree with what Bagstone said. Higher dps will make farming higher MP much more efficient, though the efficiency tends to cap out pretty soon for Archon.
Usually it's enough life on kill on my scorn. I will try. What 1h+OH is better in terms of DMG+MF+gold?:) I have only about 3 mils. Now crafting amul (int+5 prop).
I missed the LoK on your Skorn. Otherwise, a black weapon with OS and a triumvirate should be competetive dps with your skorn. For 3 mil it might be a little tough to find good pieces though, and I have no idea what the EU AH prices are like.
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Or is it better another build for farming?
I can imagine that you die a lot on MP2. I think you want about 150k-200k DPS before you go on MP2. And of course you need more survivability. So essentially, you want to boost both DPS and EHP; however, I would focus on the latter first, because you have some real weak spots there:
-Your Andi helm has +14% fire damage taken - that's quite a lot. Try to find one with about half of that "bad" affix.
-You have a lot of life% bonus items (amulet, pants), but life% is not really useful unless you have a base HP of 30-35k (without life% you have mere 25k HP).
-All your EHP stats (HP, armor, allres) are not particularly low, but they could also use a slight buff. Try to get a bit more of each of them (e.g., about 35k HP with vitality only, no life% items). Try to aim for something like ~250k EHP (190k right now).
Once you're there, keep that level and try to increase DPS. Now, that's gonna be expensive, and you didn't mention budget; I already mentioned pants and amulet which definitely should be replaced. You can get a rare amulet with more MF (can roll up to 45%) and Depth Diggers as pants to keep MF and buff allres+DPS. Another thing you could do is to get a black weapon + cheap Triumvirate (and get new rings/amulet to compensate for the missing LaK). That's kind of the straight way to improve your char without replacing *everything*.
Is there a better build? No. Why? Because you said you like Archon. Then stick with it. Do what you like, ignore everything else. Because Diablo is a grinding game, you need to do what you enjoy, otherwise you'll lose interest soon. Besides, your way to more drops is not increasing MP level, it's rather the opposite. Once you reach a higher paragon level, you get more MF (and that doesn't come with a price like all your MF on gear). And the fastest way to get paragon is to play MP0 or MP1 (yes, even MP0 is fine in act 3). Whatever has the highest kill speed for you. (Which reminds me, try Scramble rune if enemies hit you to get a small bonus speed for farming).
More hints on gearing and a more verbose rant on my opinion about MF can be found here (MF is tackled at the end of section 3): http://www.diablofans.com/topic/84199-guide-wizard-gear-guide/
Also, I'm not seeing any life steal at all, nor a lot of Life on Kill. IMO either drop your Skorn for a 1h+OH or upgrade it to a LS Skorn. The main reason to use Skorn as an Archon is for the extra LS. Otherwise you can get more dps from 1h+OH combo for fairly cheap. I prefer running with a LS weapon and us Blood Magic instead of Force Weapon, but others have sucess with just BM so I'd recommend at least trying one, if not both.
Also, I'd definitely drop the amulet. You can still get MF on an amulet but I recommend trying to get one with high crit and maybe some CD and Int. Your Crit Chance is pretty low so you don't get a lot of dps from the CD, so all you're getting out of it is life, which isn't very high on the priority list for Archon gearing, imo. I've ran with 25k life just fine at low MP, but also had a decent amount of armor and resists to match. 30-35k is better of course. I actually like the idea of maxing MF as Archon since the build doesn't have very high gear requirements for low MP, so feel free to keep your MF on most pieces. I figure if you're going to be taking all that time to level you might as well increase your drops and legendary chances.
Otherwise I agree with what Bagstone said. Higher dps will make farming higher MP much more efficient, though the efficiency tends to cap out pretty soon for Archon.
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