Looking at all the 'recommended builds' on the front page and the top wizards on the leaderboard, the one thing they all have in common is gear that I don't have. I'm working towards the firebird set, but I don't have a wand of woh or a serpent sparker (not really easy to gamble/kadala for) but what should I do in the meantime? Here is my profile - http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/tour-1957/hero/37063447
The best I've done is a 24 grift. Survivability isn't a huge issue for me, I could probably drop glass cannon for something else or switching evocation for blur, but I don't feel like that is holding me back, its more a lack of damage. I've got a mirrorball and a couple decent 1 handers, I've got a magefist and a fire andariel's. What should I be looking for as a big, near term upgrade? I'm gambling for firebird stuff but I've only got 2 pieces so far. Given my gear is grift 24 good? Or should I be in the high 20's-low 30's if I played better smarter?
I'd say if there's a weakness to your build maybe it's CDR? based on that I'd drop archon and maybe load a meteor skill. Your gear looks quite good though.
Hey Tour, I checked out your Wizard. You seem to pretty well ok for the time being until you get the firebirds set. I'm actually working on getting them myself. I will second what the other 2 guys said and definitely switch up AT and maybe change out Archon. I used to play Archon and just found that it wasn't as good as it was trumped up to be. I find other abilities a lot better.
I kind of liked archon as a safety net for tough elites, but really, I had the Vyr's set so I thought, "sure, why not".
I made some changes last night and leveled up a bunch of trial keystones to get some practice with a new setup and it felt pretty good in the high teens/low 20s but I didn't try anything higher than that. Since I wasn't using archon anymore (switched that slot to Meteor with molten impact), I switched my pants and boots (Vyr previously) to Blackthorne and I picked up Blur instead of evocation. I also switch arcane torrent with flame ward for disintegrate with the fire rune. I also switched the toxin gem for Taeguk.
The piercing from disintegrate and the big aoe from meteor melt groups much faster than AT did and I don't miss archon like I thought I would - blackhole + strongarm + meteor has been sufficient burst for me.
Previously, the thing holding me back was getting killed a couple times, but I didn't feel like I was getting killed because my survivability low, rather my damage was low and that made me stand in place channeling for too long and would end up in unsafe situations. It was the classic mage issue where the best defense is to blow things up before it can touch you.
Thanks for the feedback guys! I'll let you know how it goes tonight when I try to push some higher grifts
I'd gamble for 2H weps and pray for a Furnace next. It'll be at least as big a buff as Firebird's and if you luck out you might get a Ramaladni's and be able to go AS+Damage on the weapon.
But then I'm not a huge fan of Firebird. I prefer Tal's. Nostalgia and all that.
Luck on those GRifts!
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The best I've done is a 24 grift. Survivability isn't a huge issue for me, I could probably drop glass cannon for something else or switching evocation for blur, but I don't feel like that is holding me back, its more a lack of damage. I've got a mirrorball and a couple decent 1 handers, I've got a magefist and a fire andariel's. What should I be looking for as a big, near term upgrade? I'm gambling for firebird stuff but I've only got 2 pieces so far. Given my gear is grift 24 good? Or should I be in the high 20's-low 30's if I played better smarter?
Thanks for any help you guys can give!
I'd say if there's a weakness to your build maybe it's CDR? based on that I'd drop archon and maybe load a meteor skill. Your gear looks quite good though.
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I made some changes last night and leveled up a bunch of trial keystones to get some practice with a new setup and it felt pretty good in the high teens/low 20s but I didn't try anything higher than that. Since I wasn't using archon anymore (switched that slot to Meteor with molten impact), I switched my pants and boots (Vyr previously) to Blackthorne and I picked up Blur instead of evocation. I also switch arcane torrent with flame ward for disintegrate with the fire rune. I also switched the toxin gem for Taeguk.
The piercing from disintegrate and the big aoe from meteor melt groups much faster than AT did and I don't miss archon like I thought I would - blackhole + strongarm + meteor has been sufficient burst for me.
Previously, the thing holding me back was getting killed a couple times, but I didn't feel like I was getting killed because my survivability low, rather my damage was low and that made me stand in place channeling for too long and would end up in unsafe situations. It was the classic mage issue where the best defense is to blow things up before it can touch you.
Thanks for the feedback guys! I'll let you know how it goes tonight when I try to push some higher grifts
But then I'm not a huge fan of Firebird. I prefer Tal's. Nostalgia and all that.
Luck on those GRifts!