Got a better weapon and still crafting some bracers/gloves, but with weapon with LS i'm feeling very confortable at mp 5-6 (and I'm not even using Blood Magic).
Oh, I didn't see that your weapon is without Life Steal. This is a no-go for channeling builds like this one.
Life Steal works better for Black Ice, Archon and Disintegrate builds than Life on Hit. Life on Hit works better for WW-based builds. In special because Black Ice does a lot of damage, and it can recover a ton of life.
LS on Weapon + Magic Weapon with Blood Magic would improve your survival. More armor too. Should I suggest you to try Ice Armor / Crystallize for a while and see if you can survive a little more ?
I find the bolded statement a bit weird because Blizzard hits so many mobs that LoH should keep up with LS on low DPS gear, even if it was affected by some diminishing return (I really don't know if this happens in Diablo 3). I don't know what I'm missing, but, sometimes I think that LoH isn't working at all. I made a few tests yesterday (and I'll make more today) but while I was kitting (w/ Blizzard) some mobs, and I was at 50% health, I didn't saw any life recovery at all (have 1.1k LoH atm). That's very strange.
Yeah, I'll try Blood Magic + extra armor or damage reduction. My resists are pretty consistent (like 700 average) and a good chunk of HP/Armor too...and I don't even die THAT often...only on crazed affixes elites/rares.
No gear advice from me, as I'm not an expert at all. But I think your weapon is a good one, and overall your gear could use a rework. Since you are not using a slow weapon, you must remain with the Stormcrow or a source with APoC, and, if you can, increase your critical hit chance, so APoC procs more often.
Yeah, weapon could be better if it had LS, but whatever. ATM i'm at 19 APoC and 50% CC (buffed). I'll try to rework my CD. AP is not an issue really, survival is...but I guess it is because of my inexperience with wizards (leveled in 3 days I guess) and an issue with LoH.
Hey @Magusrex, I leveled up a Wizard this weekend and as soon as I got 60, I went to this Black Ice build and found it really nice and reliable (former WW barb and Acid Rain wd here).
I have a question about it since I got 60 saturday night and only played like 5 hours in Sunday, on MP5 with 140K (budget) buffed dps (Sparkflint, Pinpoint Barrier and Force Weapon).
- I chose to run with 1 handed black sword + Triumvirate because I couldn't find a good Skorn (I even bought one with 1.2k+ average damage, 4.5LS, 150% CD and int, but 1h+OH felt better) but I'm struggling, sometimes, to survive. I have like 1.1K LoH but I don't see life coming from Blizzard + RoF. i thought, at my geal level, that LoH > LS, but I don't know even if LoH is proccing from Blizz or RoF.
Other than this, I'm feeling pretty solid with this build. Never did MP5 on my barb or WD, and I'm managing it very well with my wizard, even thinking about making it my main character.
I have like 100M to try to upgrade it, but prices are so instable (and generally overpriced) that I get confused sometimes.
I'm at work right now and can't give you my armory's link, but my gamertag is cersoze#1265 and the wizard name is Veldrin (if it helps).
Thanks in advance, and sorry for any mistake, English is not my first language
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I find the bolded statement a bit weird because Blizzard hits so many mobs that LoH should keep up with LS on low DPS gear, even if it was affected by some diminishing return (I really don't know if this happens in Diablo 3). I don't know what I'm missing, but, sometimes I think that LoH isn't working at all. I made a few tests yesterday (and I'll make more today) but while I was kitting (w/ Blizzard) some mobs, and I was at 50% health, I didn't saw any life recovery at all (have 1.1k LoH atm). That's very strange.
Yeah, I'll try Blood Magic + extra armor or damage reduction. My resists are pretty consistent (like 700 average) and a good chunk of HP/Armor too...and I don't even die THAT often...only on crazed affixes elites/rares.
My main concern is really LoH
Yeah, weapon could be better if it had LS, but whatever. ATM i'm at 19 APoC and 50% CC (buffed). I'll try to rework my CD. AP is not an issue really, survival is...but I guess it is because of my inexperience with wizards (leveled in 3 days I guess) and an issue with LoH.
I have a question about it since I got 60 saturday night and only played like 5 hours in Sunday, on MP5 with 140K (budget) buffed dps (Sparkflint, Pinpoint Barrier and Force Weapon).
- I chose to run with 1 handed black sword + Triumvirate because I couldn't find a good Skorn (I even bought one with 1.2k+ average damage, 4.5LS, 150% CD and int, but 1h+OH felt better) but I'm struggling, sometimes, to survive. I have like 1.1K LoH but I don't see life coming from Blizzard + RoF. i thought, at my geal level, that LoH > LS, but I don't know even if LoH is proccing from Blizz or RoF.
Other than this, I'm feeling pretty solid with this build. Never did MP5 on my barb or WD, and I'm managing it very well with my wizard, even thinking about making it my main character.
I have like 100M to try to upgrade it, but prices are so instable (and generally overpriced) that I get confused sometimes.
I'm at work right now and can't give you my armory's link, but my gamertag is cersoze#1265 and the wizard name is Veldrin (if it helps).
Thanks in advance, and sorry for any mistake, English is not my first language