I am gearing up to hit paragon 100 before RoS comes out and would like some help on how to upgrade my gear. I've got an archon wizard and could really use your help figuring out what to upgrade. I'm not sure if I should just look for better versions of the legendaries I have or try and buy lacunis for movement speed instead of my inna's pants, or get tal rasha's chest instead of zuni's. Any help at all is appreciated. Currently I can farm mp 5-6 but I die if I get rammed by the savage beasts in Act 1 so I'd like to get more EHP.
It would be interesting to know what is your gold budget to improve? (or at least how much you think you can spend out of your current gold)
You have very very little All Resistance. Without it, all that Vitality is useless.
= A Zunimassa's Pox would get you All Res in it (see if you can get one with Crit Chance), and activate the 3-piece bonus set, which means even more resistances.
= If you wanna keep the Strongarm Bracers (because you have a limited budget), getting one with 50-70 All Res isn't expensive, and would also boost your survivability by a lot!
= 14% extra Fire damage taken from the Andariels also needs to go, it's way too much extra damage in higher MPs. = Blood Magic by itself also isn't enough sustain in higher MPs, you will probably need a weapon with Lifesteal. If you're on a lower budget, a Butcher's Sickle (with a socket, some int and 950+ dps) can be a good temporary replacement, or a good old rare Conquest Sword.
Jaetch's Archon guide is probably the biggest and most detailed Archon guide we've seen to date. Easy to understand, well edited, informative and complete.
Yeah, going to agree that your All Res is low, and that Zunimassa's Pox is a good way to boost it without losing DPS, and that getting a lifesteal weapon can be a big help. Both your rings are actually pretty unimpressive - not bad, but there's plenty of room to improve them.
As far as getting rid of the 14% fire damage, you could try to find an Andy's with lower fire damage taken, but you could just as easily snap up a Storm Crow with high Lightning Damage and Crit Chance, or even a Vitality Mempo of Twilight. A lot of people think a Mempo with no crit is next to useless, but a good Vit or Int/Vit roll makes it an enormous EHP piece.
Finally, if there's issues with EHP, don't run Glass Cannon. I'd say look at getting a Buriza-Do Kyanon for your Scoundrel and running Cold Blooded if you need more damage, Temporal Flux if you have issues getting swarmed, and Galvanic Ward if you can't find somewhere good to drop Archon and rebuild it every 2 minutes.
Don't worry too much about the specific kind of weapon. Just find a one-hander with high lifesteal and everything else okay. It'll be a DPS loss from the EF, but between no fear proc and the extra lifesteal, it'll speed up your runs on numerous fronts.
You have some interesting gearing choices. What I would recommend is that to increase EHP craft:
1. Bracers with int/vit/crit and all res
2. Shoulders with int/vit/all res and armor/strength
Get a zuni pox, with the aim of changing the chest to a tal's with All res in the future. The pieces that
cost the least amount to get all res on (and which you don't have are):
1. Zuni Pox
2. Zuni Trail
3. Crafted bracers
You can then get a Tal's helm (5.5/6 crit) with armor on it, until you get a mempo (the route I took). You
have to remember that high int pieces also give you all res. You want to be approaching 700 all res as
you look to increase your EHP and move up MP levels.
Good luck and watch jaetch's guide and read loroese's and bagstones threads. They are all very relevant.
You guys are fucking awesome. Thanks so much for the help. I just bought my weapon for 20mil and my rings but I'm fine selling them back. I'll get the zuni pox and look around for more all res. I've got 10 mil right now to make up for a loss on my wep or rings now too.
edit: I now have 35mil to spend on upgrades.
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I am gearing up to hit paragon 100 before RoS comes out and would like some help on how to upgrade my gear. I've got an archon wizard and could really use your help figuring out what to upgrade. I'm not sure if I should just look for better versions of the legendaries I have or try and buy lacunis for movement speed instead of my inna's pants, or get tal rasha's chest instead of zuni's. Any help at all is appreciated. Currently I can farm mp 5-6 but I die if I get rammed by the savage beasts in Act 1 so I'd like to get more EHP.
http://us.battle.net...e/jhow026-1113/
EDIT: If anyone was wondering I have about 35mil to spend on upgrades
It would be interesting to know what is your gold budget to improve? (or at least how much you think you can spend out of your current gold)
You have very very little All Resistance. Without it, all that Vitality is useless.
= A Zunimassa's Pox would get you All Res in it (see if you can get one with Crit Chance), and activate the 3-piece bonus set, which means even more resistances.
= If you wanna keep the Strongarm Bracers (because you have a limited budget), getting one with 50-70 All Res isn't expensive, and would also boost your survivability by a lot!
= 14% extra Fire damage taken from the Andariels also needs to go, it's way too much extra damage in higher MPs.
= Blood Magic by itself also isn't enough sustain in higher MPs, you will probably need a weapon with Lifesteal. If you're on a lower budget, a Butcher's Sickle (with a socket, some int and 950+ dps) can be a good temporary replacement, or a good old rare Conquest Sword.
Jaetch's Archon guide is probably the biggest and most detailed Archon guide we've seen to date. Easy to understand, well edited, informative and complete.
As far as getting rid of the 14% fire damage, you could try to find an Andy's with lower fire damage taken, but you could just as easily snap up a Storm Crow with high Lightning Damage and Crit Chance, or even a Vitality Mempo of Twilight. A lot of people think a Mempo with no crit is next to useless, but a good Vit or Int/Vit roll makes it an enormous EHP piece.
Finally, if there's issues with EHP, don't run Glass Cannon. I'd say look at getting a Buriza-Do Kyanon for your Scoundrel and running Cold Blooded if you need more damage, Temporal Flux if you have issues getting swarmed, and Galvanic Ward if you can't find somewhere good to drop Archon and rebuild it every 2 minutes.
Don't worry too much about the specific kind of weapon. Just find a one-hander with high lifesteal and everything else okay. It'll be a DPS loss from the EF, but between no fear proc and the extra lifesteal, it'll speed up your runs on numerous fronts.
1. Bracers with int/vit/crit and all res
2. Shoulders with int/vit/all res and armor/strength
Get a zuni pox, with the aim of changing the chest to a tal's with All res in the future. The pieces that
cost the least amount to get all res on (and which you don't have are):
1. Zuni Pox
2. Zuni Trail
3. Crafted bracers
You can then get a Tal's helm (5.5/6 crit) with armor on it, until you get a mempo (the route I took). You
have to remember that high int pieces also give you all res. You want to be approaching 700 all res as
you look to increase your EHP and move up MP levels.
Good luck and watch jaetch's guide and read loroese's and bagstones threads. They are all very relevant.
edit: I now have 35mil to spend on upgrades.