Experimental Arcane /Mocking Demise build.
I have been passing the time until the expansion trying to come up with a arcane torrent build that
utilizes mocking Demise and the Illusionist passive skill. Let me know if you have found uses for
this skill.
Mocking Demise skilldescription
Summons 3 duplicates of yourself with 50% of your healththat taunts and
lasts for 7 seconds then explodes for 309% weapon damage as arcane. Premise
The idea would be that when you aren't casting arcane torrent you
would be casting teleport/calamity and Mirror Image/Mocking Demise at
the same time to cause a stun and a 1 second taunting mirror image
that would explode for additional damage.
Results
So after some testing in torment 3 through 5 it seems that while they may not
provide much in the way of additional damage they may make up for it in
survivability and occasional hilarity. If anyone else has found a effective or
unusual way to use the mirror image let me know. I would love to try it out.
Link to a video here: http://youtu.be/VeQkPiw_cI4 Skills
Electrocute (Electrocute) -- lots of people use spectral blades or go with Arcane orbits
Arcane Torrent (Cascade)
Teleport (Calamity)
Ice Armor (Frozen Storm)
Magic Blade (Electrify)
Mirror Image (mocking Demise- Summon 3 duplicates of yourself with 50% of your health that taunts and lasts 7 seconds, then explodes for 309% weapon damage as arcane )
Passive Skills
Illusionist - this is probably the only one that is required, take the others as needed for your gear.
Try to get your hands on Archmage's Vycalyke wizard helmet. It'd be nice to find out how that will work out. You should get a nice amount of cc then.
I have this but I find it a bit difficult to set it up since Mirror Images tend to linger away from monsters somehow and they do not die from them :@ Maybe it is the build I am playing (Frozen Orb) which requires distance in Torrent 5 and 6
I use a similar set up to make a tanky sorc i use diamond armor and the wave that reduces dmg from attackers and found that if timed right u can pretty much never die the only hit u take is the one needed to cast the mirrors again without cooldown sort of a rotation of casting diamond armor after a hit mirror fill with waves take the hit diamond mirror repeat
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I have been passing the time until the expansion trying to come up with a arcane torrent build that
utilizes mocking Demise and the Illusionist passive skill. Let me know if you have found uses for
this skill.
Mocking Demise skilldescription
Summons 3 duplicates of yourself with 50% of your healththat taunts and
lasts for 7 seconds then explodes for 309% weapon damage as arcane.
Premise
The idea would be that when you aren't casting arcane torrent you
would be casting teleport/calamity and Mirror Image/Mocking Demise at
the same time to cause a stun and a 1 second taunting mirror image
that would explode for additional damage.
Results
So after some testing in torment 3 through 5 it seems that while they may not
provide much in the way of additional damage they may make up for it in
survivability and occasional hilarity. If anyone else has found a effective or
unusual way to use the mirror image let me know. I would love to try it out.
Link to a video here:
http://youtu.be/VeQkPiw_cI4
Skills
Passive Skills
Illusionist - this is probably the only one that is required, take the others as needed for your gear.