You can run pretty much anything in T6 rift, this is basically the same like runing WoW on live now, but on PTR you'll have more dmg and SLIGHTLY more survivability, but that's really about it.
If by last patch you mean it was brought down to 700% dmg buff, you still crit for around two bills with fire,cold,lightning meteors and I was doing 8-12bills with arcane one (this is from solo play and I am pretty sure my gear is nowhere near highend with lots of +fire dmg leftovers from firebird setup). It's the only set which has rightful place in group GR.
There is really no point to it, since most of the enemies will die from other sources, than fire damage. Only thing I'll personally miss from boringbird is that resurrect. I am more interested in 4 pc Delsere + Tal, even if not BiS.
Blayreau i watched your videos and after all i think Frost is a lot better then Lightning.
Another thing is, i dont like the Hydra, cause its not that big of a dmg boost and it only applies the Buff/Debuff + some mediocre dmg. Better get Magic Weapon Ignite + some defensive Spell. And there u have another reason for cooldown reduction Frostnova, Diamond skin or even Blink would be rly nice to have.
Using Black Hole or Twister wont make much of a difference, Black Hole gives huge 30% dmg Boost, but needs ~35% CDR at least. And it applies to Elites, and isnt as random as Energy Twister.
In-Geom is another Item i didnt even think about, lot more control but 20% less Elemental dmg. Maybe worth it...for spamable Black Hole every 4-5 secs.
Magic weapon ignite procs Tal's meteor, but not 6pc buff and hydra is lacking in dmg, only because it does not benefit from Tal's 6pc, which I personaly think is a bug.
You can run pretty much anything in T6 rift, this is basically the same like runing WoW on live now, but on PTR you'll have more dmg and SLIGHTLY more survivability, but that's really about it.
If by last patch you mean it was brought down to 700% dmg buff, you still crit for around two bills with fire,cold,lightning meteors and I was doing 8-12bills with arcane one (this is from solo play and I am pretty sure my gear is nowhere near highend with lots of +fire dmg leftovers from firebird setup). It's the only set which has rightful place in group GR.
There is really no point to it, since most of the enemies will die from other sources, than fire damage. Only thing I'll personally miss from boringbird is that resurrect. I am more interested in 4 pc Delsere + Tal, even if not BiS.
Magic weapon ignite procs Tal's meteor, but not 6pc buff and hydra is lacking in dmg, only because it does not benefit from Tal's 6pc, which I personaly think is a bug.
I really think that well-rolled Triumvirate will net wizard best dmg, +10 to fire/lightning/arcane is just too good.
As for the lightning, I prefer not using this element actually, as it offers nothing special.
It's sad but absolutely true, hydra does not currently benefit from 6pc Tal'Rasha bonus.
That would be kinda unbalanced as you would be able to fit proc of all 4 meteors for every stack of Tal'rasha and the damage would be just insane