Have been trying something similar on the PBE. Shocking Aspect got a huge buff, plus there's legendary gems, so a proc-focused wizard build can push a bit higher (I can run T5 pretty smoothly). Basically, your spam skills aren't important for your damage, they're for proc coefficients to apply Shocking Aspect/Wreath of Lightning/Mirinae/Shard of Hate/Sash of Knives, and there's one clear winner - Magic Missile with a +2 Mirrorball. Glacial Spike gives some CC, procs SoH, applies Cold, which is quite hard to get, and has a higher single-target proc rate than Conflagrate, but the Fire rune still has a 0.5 proc coefficient and hits an entire cone - much better for clearing large areas.
Personally, I prefer Magic Weapon - Ignite to Force Weapon, because it puts one EE debuff and one set of meteors on autopilot, plus you can run Conflagrate as a passive for 6% crit on every hit past the first. However, it doesn't play nice with Conflagrate (the MM rune) since you'll be proccing Fire all the time anyway - Force WEapon or Deflection is good here.
Finally, if you're doing the proc/EE build, there are some very interesting buffs and changes to Blizzard, letting it fill elemental holes over a wide area with no delay. Frozen Solid even guarantees your meteor will hit by applying CC! It's also one of the only non-cooldown Wizard spells with higher damage per cast than 3X Magic Missile.
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Curse PremiumPersonally, I prefer Magic Weapon - Ignite to Force Weapon, because it puts one EE debuff and one set of meteors on autopilot, plus you can run Conflagrate as a passive for 6% crit on every hit past the first. However, it doesn't play nice with Conflagrate (the MM rune) since you'll be proccing Fire all the time anyway - Force WEapon or Deflection is good here.
Finally, if you're doing the proc/EE build, there are some very interesting buffs and changes to Blizzard, letting it fill elemental holes over a wide area with no delay. Frozen Solid even guarantees your meteor will hit by applying CC! It's also one of the only non-cooldown Wizard spells with higher damage per cast than 3X Magic Missile.