There are several viable builds as thr gentleman above states. I myself am using the cookie cutter buffs but with disintegrate so farm low Ts but can switch it up for viable t5/6. The nice thing about the game now its that different builds allow you to do different things depending on what you doing. Don't expect 1 build to be "zomg ownage speed runs t1" theb make you effective in t6. Different builds do different things its great.
Has anyone tried hydras since the pet buff? I guess they use your full crit damage now when they attack, anyone know if they are worth putting on the bar again?
I have two different spenders that I use, but keep most of the build the same.
Normal bounties:
Actives: Electrocute->Surge of Power, Disintegrate->Chaos Nexus, Black Hole->Spellsteal, Energy Armor->+AP rune, Magic Weapon->+AP rune, Teleport->Wormhole
Passives:Glass Cannon, Prodigy, Unwavering Will, (pick your fourth)
Rifts at Torment
Actives: Electrocute->Surge of Power, Arcane Torrent->Cascade, Black Hole->Spellsteal, Energy Armor->+Resist Rune, Magic Weapon->+AP rune, Teleport->Calamity
Passives: Prodigy, Unwavering Will, Blur, Audacity/Illusionist(depending on T level)
With enough healing and mitigation, I can stand right in anything on T1 and just cast AT until out of AP. Black hole also helps with dealing massing damage based off of AT.
Hey archon friend , i loved archon aswell and was the only thing i played the last couple of hundred hours on my wiz. BUT i have glad news , ray of frost with the offhandLight of Grace, is like archon on crack , its like playing archon and you still get other skills to use , get one and once again feel the joy of blasting down everything .
Just out of curiosity: Why do you skill Cascade instead of Disruption?
I use cascade, because of the extra missile procs. It helps kill packs faster. If I have time before a boss/guardian fight, then I'll switch to disruption for single target damage.
Just out of curiosity: Why do you skill Cascade instead of Disruption?
I use cascade, because of the extra missile procs. It helps kill packs faster. If I have time before a boss/guardian fight, then I'll switch to disruption for single target damage.
Maybe i screwed something up, but i had also expected Disruption to be better single target. I did some Ghom kills and strangely Disruption and Cascade were the same kill times.
Just out of curiosity: Why do you skill Cascade instead of Disruption?
I use cascade, because of the extra missile procs. It helps kill packs faster. If I have time before a boss/guardian fight, then I'll switch to disruption for single target damage.
Maybe i screwed something up, but i had also expected Disruption to be better single target. I did some Ghom kills and strangely Disruption and Cascade were the same kill times.
Man, if that could be validated then this would save me a little time in rifts. I'll start a new thread on that to see if someone has tested it.
There are some viable archon builds, I was running a cool down reduction archon build. The max CDR you can have is like 72% and when you are using archons pure power (so archon has 100 sec cool down) the Cooldown can be a few seconds before you use archon again. It is almost infinite archon.however you have to give up a stat on items such as attack speed and change it for CDR. After they nerfer arcane orb, I made up a new build that relies on the reapers wraps item. It is a pure cold build that uses metor and it may not be the most efficient but I love it. See my profile if you want http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/CheehC-6200/hero/31043839
I really liked what i saw on your profile... And I am wondering how to get this stuff too.The cloak I've heard I can get by using shards @ ACT 3 ~ Can you confirm that? I've buying sources on Act V, and just got 2 of the Chantodoo's... No Triunvirate yet. Is there any tips you can give me to get more things? I already have the Jordan's ~ Might make it fire %. And what about the fire bird set? Is it viable ? I have a really nice gloves already.
I think cdr Archon build is very effective I do t3 no problem by myself. Archon definitely does not hit like a wet noodle; without stacks I hit well above 20 mil and with stacks I can easily hit for 80mil plus and kill elite packs in a couple of seconds. My wizard profilehttp://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Abho-1990/hero/42768291 I usually go elementalist but I was with another wizard who was using it so I had conflag instead.
I don't think it is a viable build anymore after they nerf shrine gloves. It was actually my go too build before the patch. But you need 85 CDR to run archon without pure power, and 80 to run archon with pure power.
I don't think those number are obtainable without gloves, even with captain crimson set and born set.
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Mean text editor ate my post, so I'll be brief:
I had a lot of fun with Jaetch's Hybrid archon Build in the past.
Currently gearing for arcane, but Archon seems to hit like half a wet noodle, compared to a WDs fetish army.
I'm stuck on T1, everything above just feels painful. I have survivability issues esp in multiplayer games.
What am I doing wrong? Is Archon just not worth it anymore? is it my rotten drop luck ("Broken promises etc... ")
My Wizard:http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Ifalna-2553/hero/2181196
My Friends WD:http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Bargos-2266/hero/40295204
Compared to my friend (we mostly play together) I just feel useless. He kills T2 Ghom in <14s, I need 70+.
Yes I'm talking about the awesome perma Archon build, may it rest in peace.
I can understand how a wand like yours makes a certain spec awesome to play.
Right now I'm running with a Hydra/Arcane Torrent Build. I do have decent +arcane on my gear and stuff dies quickly in T1.
Judging by your post, it seems Archon just ain't worth the trouble of gearing for CD reduction anymore...
I'm still dreaming of getting the weapon that lets me place 2 of the... *sigh*
But the patch buffed them from 750K crits to 2M for me.
And even if you're in Archon, incoming DPS is so high, that you'll have to run away and thus sacrifice Archon runtime.
Bottom line: Archon sucks right now.
For you personally, yes because your gear is not good enough for an Archon build that could farm anything above T1.
I just wish you could do more for gear than to pray to the RNG gods. Those never liked me, in any Blizzard game. ^^
Normal bounties:
Actives: Electrocute->Surge of Power, Disintegrate->Chaos Nexus, Black Hole->Spellsteal, Energy Armor->+AP rune, Magic Weapon->+AP rune, Teleport->Wormhole
Passives:Glass Cannon, Prodigy, Unwavering Will, (pick your fourth)
Rifts at Torment
Actives: Electrocute->Surge of Power, Arcane Torrent->Cascade, Black Hole->Spellsteal, Energy Armor->+Resist Rune, Magic Weapon->+AP rune, Teleport->Calamity
Passives: Prodigy, Unwavering Will, Blur, Audacity/Illusionist(depending on T level)
With enough healing and mitigation, I can stand right in anything on T1 and just cast AT until out of AP. Black hole also helps with dealing massing damage based off of AT.
After they nerfer arcane orb, I made up a new build that relies on the reapers wraps item. It is a pure cold build that uses metor and it may not be the most efficient but I love it. See my profile if you want http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/CheehC-6200/hero/31043839
For example arcane orb is still good.
If u like arcane cascade torrent has less burst but more sustain.
Personally I use tal with meteor spender, which works fine in t5.
Of course gear matter and here im not talking about profile dps. But legendary effect such as shard of hate.
For example I reached 700k profile since day 2 ros. My profile dps is still at that level but effective dps at least tripple.
Also with set mat drop rate boost. There is no longer any excuse to use yellow or leg with no effect.
I really liked what i saw on your profile... And I am wondering how to get this stuff too.The cloak I've heard I can get by using shards @ ACT 3 ~ Can you confirm that? I've buying sources on Act V, and just got 2 of the Chantodoo's... No Triunvirate yet. Is there any tips you can give me to get more things? I already have the Jordan's ~ Might make it fire %. And what about the fire bird set? Is it viable ? I have a really nice gloves already.
Haven't seen one since my Jeweler got his last a few days ago.
Also one more thought about archon
I don't think it is a viable build anymore after they nerf shrine gloves. It was actually my go too build before the patch. But you need 85 CDR to run archon without pure power, and 80 to run archon with pure power.
I don't think those number are obtainable without gloves, even with captain crimson set and born set.