Hey guys I will be getting my Wizard to level 60 tonight and have set aside 100mil to gear him once he hits that point. Still extremely new to the Wizard though and a tad lost as to where to even begin buying gear for him. I don't want to go buying blindly and end up spending gold on items that are completely worthless or overpaying.
Also for 100mil in gear would a CMWW or an Archon build provide me with better DPS/Survivability?
One of the main issues with CMWW is button mashing. We've narrowed it down to mashing 1 button a lot while holding 3 others (hold EB+DS+WW, mash FN). However, that means you either have to mash the button a lot, or use a macro. Macros are against ToS so have a possibility of having a banned account, though it seems unlikely since a lot of wizards use macros. Still, that's a personal choice and something you have to decide for yourself. Those issues cause some people to shy away from the build.
For Archon, you basically just walk around and tap RMB to kill things. It's very low stress on fingers or hands but costs a lot more gold to be efficient at higher MP compared to CMWW. It can still run high MP (I run MP9 with my Archon), but it's not nearly as good for group play or Ubers. It's great for solo play though and works for group play, it just has no utility.
Like the poster above said you'll need to decide for yourself which play style you prefer. Both builds work very well in terms of xp and loot farming and both are capable of running higher MP, though CMWW is much easier to gear for MP10 survival, if your dps isn't important.
Welcome to max level wizard! I've tried both specs and if I were to start over and choose one spec, I would choose archon. CMWW is great and all, especially for higher MPs, but the amount of stress it puts on my hands / fingers / wrists is simply not worth it... I can barely farm 2-3 consecutive ubers mp10 runs without feeling like my arms are going stiff. I also don't want to damage my laptop keyboard with constant button mashing.
Archon will allow you to casually go through lower MPs without much stress at all. A 100m budget should get you a set to farm mp2-4 very efficiently. Personally, I farm mp6-7 with 330k dps very quickly (trash dies in 1 second, elites die in 3-5 seconds). With my set, I can jump into mp8 public games and find myself carrying other undergeared players without a problem.
If you really want to farm higher MPs, you can always form a cheapo CMWW set by using your archon set and buying a few key CMWW pieces for less than 5m gold.
Holy hell. CMWW is a blast to play, I've only spent maybe 5mil for a cheap set. Ended up with 78188 Sheet DPS, 2.07 Attack Speed, 52% CC w/Scoundrel, 150% CD, 800 LoH, 19APoC, 720 All Resist, 55% Damage Reduction, 47k Health with 2294 Int and 1160 Vit. I'm surviving with no problems (most of the time its reflected damage thats hitting me and nothing else) running MP8 not killing things super fast but surviving. Something that took a lot more gear and patience with my other classes. Totally looking forward to spending the 100mil to build a stronger set and see what I can get out of it.
Holy hell. CMWW is a blast to play, I've only spent maybe 5mil for a cheap set. Ended up with 78188 Sheet DPS, 2.07 Attack Speed, 52% CC w/Scoundrel, 150% CD, 800 LoH, 19APoC, 720 All Resist, 55% Damage Reduction, 47k Health with 2294 Int and 1160 Vit. I'm surviving with no problems (most of the time its reflected damage thats hitting me and nothing else) running MP8 not killing things super fast but surviving. Something that took a lot more gear and patience with my other classes. Totally looking forward to spending the 100mil to build a stronger set and see what I can get out of it.
Thank you everyone for the help.
I'm guessing you're using EA. If you raise your APS to 2.5+ and switch to SA you'll melt things much faster. 2.5 APS will give you a lot more survivability in the form of more LoH returns and faster DS+FN refresh. SA adds a ton of dps to the build.
This is the build I've been using http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#VQXhYT!bgW!YaccZc. I started out using Energy Armor but with things staying frozen almost constantly I didn't see much of a need for it and made the switch to Storm Armor.
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Also for 100mil in gear would a CMWW or an Archon build provide me with better DPS/Survivability?
For Archon, you basically just walk around and tap RMB to kill things. It's very low stress on fingers or hands but costs a lot more gold to be efficient at higher MP compared to CMWW. It can still run high MP (I run MP9 with my Archon), but it's not nearly as good for group play or Ubers. It's great for solo play though and works for group play, it just has no utility.
Like the poster above said you'll need to decide for yourself which play style you prefer. Both builds work very well in terms of xp and loot farming and both are capable of running higher MP, though CMWW is much easier to gear for MP10 survival, if your dps isn't important.
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My Wizard
Archon will allow you to casually go through lower MPs without much stress at all. A 100m budget should get you a set to farm mp2-4 very efficiently. Personally, I farm mp6-7 with 330k dps very quickly (trash dies in 1 second, elites die in 3-5 seconds). With my set, I can jump into mp8 public games and find myself carrying other undergeared players without a problem.
If you really want to farm higher MPs, you can always form a cheapo CMWW set by using your archon set and buying a few key CMWW pieces for less than 5m gold.
Thank you everyone for the help.
I'm guessing you're using EA. If you raise your APS to 2.5+ and switch to SA you'll melt things much faster. 2.5 APS will give you a lot more survivability in the form of more LoH returns and faster DS+FN refresh. SA adds a ton of dps to the build.
Crusader DPS and EHP Spreadsheet, meant for Crusaders
My Wizard