My wiz dinged 60 last night and I have no clue which build to use for leveling paragon. I've read up CCWW and Perman Archon and a few other builds, but I don't have any clue which build would be the best for my small budget. I only have 10M to gear him for now and could use some help on identifying the best build for my budget. He only has leveling gear right now.
Archon is better for low MPs, CMWW is better for high MPs. Archon "works" in group play, CMWW is amazing in group play. Archon is what most people probably use for paragon farming, CMWW is what people use to kill their keyboards and wrists.
With 10m you can probably gear up for ~MP4-5 Archon or ~MP6-8 CMWW, maybe even higher depending on the deals you wanna get and what your personal play style is (you can survive and help a group on MP10 for 10m with CMWW, but you can't kill anything in reasonable time).
However, besides MP level, budget, and play style it's even more important to test out several skills/builds and see what you like most. This is of course difficult with a tight budget (for CMWW you NEED certain stats to work, and for Archon you need a certain DPS to make it work), but it should be possible. Really just play whatever you prefer. There are also quite some people who prefer Sleet Storm (a Blizzard build) or Arcane Mines.
Thanks Bagstone! I've never actually played in group before, so I mostly build my characters around soloing. I have heard that Archon iOS the cheaper of the two major builds to gear for. Is that correct?
Also, do you know where I can find some information one that Sleet Storm build?
Sorry, had a busy last week. Surprised no one answered...
It's difficult to compare the gearing costs for both builds because they aim at different goals. You can gear both for 1 million gold, but you can also put 1 billion into both builds. The resulting MP level you can run comfortably will be lower on Archon, but the DPS will be higher (because Archon DPS = sheet DPS, CMWW DPS = much higher than sheet DPS). It really doesn't matter, in terms of "fun" I think both builds scale about the same for money.
If you play solo only I'd encourage you to watch Jaetch's video guide about Archon. As for Sleet Storm, check out this thread over on the official forums.
My wiz dinged 60 last night and I have no clue which build to use for leveling paragon. I've read up CCWW and Perman Archon and a few other builds, but I don't have any clue which build would be the best for my small budget. I only have 10M to gear him for now and could use some help on identifying the best build for my budget. He only has leveling gear right now.
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With 10m you can probably gear up for ~MP4-5 Archon or ~MP6-8 CMWW, maybe even higher depending on the deals you wanna get and what your personal play style is (you can survive and help a group on MP10 for 10m with CMWW, but you can't kill anything in reasonable time).
However, besides MP level, budget, and play style it's even more important to test out several skills/builds and see what you like most. This is of course difficult with a tight budget (for CMWW you NEED certain stats to work, and for Archon you need a certain DPS to make it work), but it should be possible. Really just play whatever you prefer. There are also quite some people who prefer Sleet Storm (a Blizzard build) or Arcane Mines.
Also, do you know where I can find some information one that Sleet Storm build?
It's difficult to compare the gearing costs for both builds because they aim at different goals. You can gear both for 1 million gold, but you can also put 1 billion into both builds. The resulting MP level you can run comfortably will be lower on Archon, but the DPS will be higher (because Archon DPS = sheet DPS, CMWW DPS = much higher than sheet DPS). It really doesn't matter, in terms of "fun" I think both builds scale about the same for money.
If you play solo only I'd encourage you to watch Jaetch's video guide about Archon. As for Sleet Storm, check out this thread over on the official forums.
I've been a bit busy the last few weeks myself. That and you pretty much said what I would say anyway.
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