So I recently got a fairly nice Chantado source from gambling. It has 10% crit, very high min damage - and almost maxed out max damage, 4 arcane crit on power, and a nice chunk of intel. I also have the wand with intel, ias, and socket.
I haven't had much time to practice with it. Before this set I was using Shard of Hate with a rare source (I do have a Mirrorball but it looks stinky).
Why no mention of Chantado set? Is Shard of Hate, thunderfury, or Azewrath all better then Chantado set?
The problem is that the Chantodo's source has one primary affix less than all other sources. This is why many people outright dismiss it.
In my opinion this is a huge mistake. Unpopular opinion incoming - but I like this set. Trying to upgrade mine (have really low damage on both weapon and source). The fifth stat on any source is usually life, and as we have derived from many many discussion by now, life is overrated as you rather want to maximize mitigation. Furthermore, the set bonus is really nice: 250 intelligence is nice to have, elite reduction is something that I like to stack (I never die from trash mobs, only elite), and the healing set bonus shines with Barrier Blades. If you have it, give it a try. Especially on higher difficulties I found Barrier Blades with the Chantodo's set very helpful and a noticeable effect on my survivability.
Thank you guys for the in depth info. I was very lucky to have a friend trade me a Shard of Hate that he found, and as soon as I equipped it I noticed a lot more dps - this being coupled with a rare source. After I found the Chantado set, mind you with a powerful source and weapon, Torment 4 seemed a little bit harder. And for whatever reason felt like I was taking more damage. This is running the primary frozen orb build and my passives are: blur, dominance, unwavering will, and prodigy.
I was a bit heartbroken knowing I found my first set pieces and both rolled with strong affixes, seems to be at first play through a downgrade over my Shard of Hate with rare source.
Another question if you don't mind, why are mirror ball seem to be a sought after source? The magic missile affix doesn't really make me go wow. I do have a Mirrorball, but it looks very lack luster. What am I missing about the Mirrorball?
Chantodos can roll up to 2400 damage (I found one yesterday with that) but it has no legendary affix and the source/set is utter junk. That said, its one of thr better weapons till uou find that tf or shard or azurewrath.
My last play session I was using Mirrorball, Shard of Hate/Azewrath, and used MM with the freeze rune and familiar with the freeze rune. I ended up playing with Azewrath more because of this. MM does hit hard for under t3, but t4 MM starts to feel weak for me in a group of 4.
I also decided to swap out my broken crown with ias and crit, along with my witching hour for the Tal pieces.
Got lucky on gambling and got a magefist that enchanted into a decent trifecta. Changed the rune on familiar to the fire one. Also changed frozen orb into fire orb, and was playing with meteor. Still trying things out on lower Torment settings and playing with builds. But the fire build seems really really fun. But it's still just on lower torment.
Makes me want to change my cold elemental gear into fire
Well, my Tal helm has frozen orb and my boots also has frozen orb damage. My legendary bracers have 20% cold damage, and my moonlight ward also has arcane skills increase.
I guess after the nerf it just didn't feel the same for me, which started making me look into more gears and builds. And then having Chantado set, turning out to be lack luster, has kinda made me scramble a little bit recently, trying to sit what works well for me now.
I still have arcane orb stacked. With my magefist, it would be fun to play around with some fire builds - mainly because over 1000 hours on my wizard, I never really did play around with fire builds. It also would be awesome for a cinder coat to drop now.
All in all, the fire animations look splendid and it's a lot of fun, for me, experimenting with some fire stuff.
Some questions to ask, ponder:
Would it be a dumb move to re roll some elemental damage into fire? I.e. my leg bracers have ice - would it be dumb to convert it to fire? Same goes for moonlight ward. Would it be dumb to re roll ML ward to fire damage? Or what about the Azeuwrath weapon? Re roll to fire damage if you find another with socket? Shard of Hate doesn't proc of of fire. Is there another weapon that's optimal for fire?
You're right. I actually re rolled arcane orb on my helm to disintegrate, then back to arcane orb last night and it definitely ate up gold and wasted all my forgotten souls. So I should have already known the answer to my question, but it's always good to talk things over and have confirmation - at least for me. Thanks again for all the replies
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I haven't had much time to practice with it. Before this set I was using Shard of Hate with a rare source (I do have a Mirrorball but it looks stinky).
Why no mention of Chantado set? Is Shard of Hate, thunderfury, or Azewrath all better then Chantado set?
In my opinion this is a huge mistake. Unpopular opinion incoming - but I like this set. Trying to upgrade mine (have really low damage on both weapon and source). The fifth stat on any source is usually life, and as we have derived from many many discussion by now, life is overrated as you rather want to maximize mitigation. Furthermore, the set bonus is really nice: 250 intelligence is nice to have, elite reduction is something that I like to stack (I never die from trash mobs, only elite), and the healing set bonus shines with Barrier Blades. If you have it, give it a try. Especially on higher difficulties I found Barrier Blades with the Chantodo's set very helpful and a noticeable effect on my survivability.
I was a bit heartbroken knowing I found my first set pieces and both rolled with strong affixes, seems to be at first play through a downgrade over my Shard of Hate with rare source.
Another question if you don't mind, why are mirror ball seem to be a sought after source? The magic missile affix doesn't really make me go wow. I do have a Mirrorball, but it looks very lack luster. What am I missing about the Mirrorball?
I also decided to swap out my broken crown with ias and crit, along with my witching hour for the Tal pieces.
Would be nice to get some fire gear and try out conflag
Makes me want to change my cold elemental gear into fire
I guess after the nerf it just didn't feel the same for me, which started making me look into more gears and builds. And then having Chantado set, turning out to be lack luster, has kinda made me scramble a little bit recently, trying to sit what works well for me now.
I still have arcane orb stacked. With my magefist, it would be fun to play around with some fire builds - mainly because over 1000 hours on my wizard, I never really did play around with fire builds. It also would be awesome for a cinder coat to drop now.
All in all, the fire animations look splendid and it's a lot of fun, for me, experimenting with some fire stuff.
Some questions to ask, ponder:
Would it be a dumb move to re roll some elemental damage into fire? I.e. my leg bracers have ice - would it be dumb to convert it to fire? Same goes for moonlight ward. Would it be dumb to re roll ML ward to fire damage? Or what about the Azeuwrath weapon? Re roll to fire damage if you find another with socket? Shard of Hate doesn't proc of of fire. Is there another weapon that's optimal for fire?