I saw the wizard build post on the front page and though I should share my build as from what I've seen it's the highest DPS group wizard build out there.
Been working for ages to find the best higher rift group build possible for wizards with a tiki witch dr. This is the build that I've come up with help from the Korean's, lots of people in Diablo wizard forums and bunch of guys from I've been running with being nerdmurderer, camo, fatality and Venaliter.
This is the highest DPS build I've found for wizard and with a decent group I'm getting 1.2+ billion damage ticks. It also seems to be great for buffing group DPS and it's good for trials and can even get 44+ trial keys with two wizards in the group.
Yes the numbers are decent (1.2b is what a starter Jade doc hits for), but it requires to stand still to do damage, which is close to impossible in higher rift, 1 misplay from your tanks and you're out. I'm guessing that's why the 1.2b screenshot was taken on a non threatening elite, close the end of the rift.
That's kind of the point of having a tank? Otherwise why not just run 4 Blizz/Hydra Wizards?
This build is a group build that you can only use with a tiki witch dr, though that's a requirement for high end greater rifts regardless. Tiki's lock everything down so your focus is doing as much damage as possible.
The build is viable. With a support witch dr, the mobs are not a threat - they just stand there. The only threat is from electrified as it still procs when they're feared.
1.2b ticks sounds great but in reality it isnt that much compared to the dps Lightning DHs put out. In a group setting, each DH will put out around 2-3b per second.
You are right that this mob only works with a WD, it's absolutely a group build. Electrified is not that big of a problem due to the slow time bubble capturing it so this is another benefit of this mob for the group.
In regards to the DPS output it is comparable to DH's as you are getting that tick per mob so as with a DH you need to add all of the damage ticks together to get your edps per second.
I've got some video I just need to edit and throw up now to illustrate so I will do that later.
You are right that this mob only works with a WD, it's absolutely a group build. Electrified is not that big of a problem due to the slow time bubble capturing it so this is another benefit of this mob for the group.
In regards to the DPS output it is comparable to DH's as you are getting that tick per mob so as with a DH you need to add all of the damage ticks together to get your edps per second.
I've got some video I just need to edit and throw up now to illustrate so I will do that later.
It generally takes about 90 seconds to down an rg with 450b hp or so. Assuming its an easy rg that doesnt teleport around a lot, kill you etc, but it doenst really matter we're just talking about potential sustained edps there. That works out to about 5b/second, 2.5b for each dh.
If you're talking about a large group of mobs, they're generally pulled in pretty tightly and if you position your sentries right they will hit most if not all the mobs in the group.
I'd love for the wiz to approach these values but I have a hard time seeing it. Be great if they do though.
Yeah, I'm with RasAlgethi on this. I play with a lot of DHs because I assume the role of the fear doc most of the time for GR48-50+ attempts.
I was being quite generous saying high end DHs deal upward of 2 billion eDPS per target. The best of the best deal way more than that. And it's sustained damage, not just for X seconds during some ramp up phase.
On the same note, I was being quite generous saying the best geared wizards running this spec can approach 2-2.5 billion eDPS. That's if and only if throughout the entirety of combat you can get your combined damage ticks to hit for 2 billion every 0.8 seconds.
Again, granted, this would likely be the best group option for wizards looking to play in group GRs. But competitively speaking, at least for serious leaderboard chasing, I highly doubt at this point in time groups would prefer wizards over DHs.
I imagine that the 2 wizard build is not the best from a synergy point of view. I'm thinking the best party set-up for high end GR could now be Tiki, DH, Wiz, Sader.
I saw the wizard build post on the front page and though I should share my build as from what I've seen it's the highest DPS group wizard build out there.
Been working for ages to find the best higher rift group build possible for wizards with a tiki witch dr. This is the build that I've come up with help from the Korean's, lots of people in Diablo wizard forums and bunch of guys from I've been running with being nerdmurderer, camo, fatality and Venaliter.
This is the highest DPS build I've found for wizard and with a decent group I'm getting 1.2+ billion damage ticks. It also seems to be great for buffing group DPS and it's good for trials and can even get 44+ trial keys with two wizards in the group.
You can find the full write up on it here: http://www.diablofans.com/builds/4580-firedawns-group-firebird-1-2-billion-damage-ticks
Let's take back the leader boards.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/14928003129?page=1#4
1.2b ticks sounds great but in reality it isnt that much compared to the dps Lightning DHs put out. In a group setting, each DH will put out around 2-3b per second.
In regards to the DPS output it is comparable to DH's as you are getting that tick per mob so as with a DH you need to add all of the damage ticks together to get your edps per second.
I've got some video I just need to edit and throw up now to illustrate so I will do that later.
If you're talking about a large group of mobs, they're generally pulled in pretty tightly and if you position your sentries right they will hit most if not all the mobs in the group.
I'd love for the wiz to approach these values but I have a hard time seeing it. Be great if they do though.
I was being quite generous saying high end DHs deal upward of 2 billion eDPS per target. The best of the best deal way more than that. And it's sustained damage, not just for X seconds during some ramp up phase.
On the same note, I was being quite generous saying the best geared wizards running this spec can approach 2-2.5 billion eDPS. That's if and only if throughout the entirety of combat you can get your combined damage ticks to hit for 2 billion every 0.8 seconds.
Again, granted, this would likely be the best group option for wizards looking to play in group GRs. But competitively speaking, at least for serious leaderboard chasing, I highly doubt at this point in time groups would prefer wizards over DHs.
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Here is my video with 1.7 billion tick and lots and lots of plus 1 billion ticks on a single mob.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcSjSlTW9Ro
I imagine that the 2 wizard build is not the best from a synergy point of view. I'm thinking the best party set-up for high end GR could now be Tiki, DH, Wiz, Sader.