As the title says, I just came back to the game after some months away.
I'm back to play on a wizard on hardcore mode, but I've never played a wizard before.
I do not know about the possible builds and how to survive on hardcore as wizard.
I'll play with a barbarian and a monk on my party full-time, both being very defensive.
Our initial goal is to clear inferno mp0.
If it's not asking too much, could you guys help me out?
I have some questions I'd like to ask.
1. How is Inferno mp0 after all this months? Is it easily done undying or should I still be very cautelous?
2. Which are the available builds (both hardcore and softcore) for wizard?
3. Which build you guys recommend me to play as wizard on hardcore?
4. Which should I focus on my equipments to clear all inferno, considering all buffs (war cry and mantra)?
Congratulations on picking what is currently the most difficult hardcore character to keep alive! I just lost one in Inferno Act 2 pretty much 1 shot by an elite desert hornet, but I was playing pretty nuts glass-cannony. I had close to 100k DPS, which was quite cheap since EHP comes at a premium.
1. MP0 really isn't that difficult if you focus on EHP very much at all and if you're a cautious player.
2. Right now the major builds are critical mass stunlock of some sort (variety of skills usable), archon, and then generic kiting builds (blizzard venom hydra, arcane based temporal flux kiting focused on magic missile, arcane orb, and arcane hydra). The kite builds are certainly the slowest, but they are the safest.
3. You playing with others makes it a bit tricky. You still don't want to play critical mass because you'll be in melee. At some point, fire chains/arcane/molten will just eat you. I don't recommend CM in hardcore until you have outstanding gear. Archon requires kills to stay active, so I don't recommend a spec focused on that for coop. I don't recommend it at all because the moment you use archon you lose all of your defensive/escape abilities, and something will happen, and you'll regret not having teleport/frost nova/diamond skin. You could just make a generic build with some offensive skills and some defensive skills since you'll have people tanking for you. That's really your choice and you could pick whatever skills you want. http://us.battle.net...XYQO!XdZ!bYaZYc
But if it all hits the fan and you need to run away and kill elites solo, you may prefer a kiting build.
Arcane: http://us.battle.net...iXQO!XdU!acaaYc
VenoBlizz: http://us.battle.net...iXQO!XdW!bbbaYc
4. If you can get to 30-40k DPS that should be plenty for MP0, obviously the more the better as long as you're not sacrificing EHP. A "black" weapon (no elemental damage, just physical only) with a triumvirate offhand are the go-to right now for solid DPS. While you will want to dedicate most of your gear to defense, you can use a couple of slots to get your DPS to where you will want it, gloves is the ideal slot.
I.E. most slots you will want Vit/AR/Armor and Int if possible. Any life regen or DPS stats are bonuses.
I'll try out kiting build as I progress to 60 (40 at the moment)!
Offhand source is the way to go? A shield with critical chance would be such a big loss of DPS and even with the EHP it would give it still wouldn't be recommended? And how much EHP do you think I should focus for act IV inferno (mp0)?
As the title says, I just came back to the game after some months away.
I'm back to play on a wizard on hardcore mode, but I've never played a wizard before.
I do not know about the possible builds and how to survive on hardcore as wizard.
I'll play with a barbarian and a monk on my party full-time, both being very defensive.
Our initial goal is to clear inferno mp0.
If it's not asking too much, could you guys help me out?
I have some questions I'd like to ask.
1. How is Inferno mp0 after all this months? Is it easily done undying or should I still be very cautelous?
2. Which are the available builds (both hardcore and softcore) for wizard?
3. Which build you guys recommend me to play as wizard on hardcore?
4. Which should I focus on my equipments to clear all inferno, considering all buffs (war cry and mantra)?
Thanks a lot for your help!
1. MP0 really isn't that difficult if you focus on EHP very much at all and if you're a cautious player.
2. Right now the major builds are critical mass stunlock of some sort (variety of skills usable), archon, and then generic kiting builds (blizzard venom hydra, arcane based temporal flux kiting focused on magic missile, arcane orb, and arcane hydra). The kite builds are certainly the slowest, but they are the safest.
3. You playing with others makes it a bit tricky. You still don't want to play critical mass because you'll be in melee. At some point, fire chains/arcane/molten will just eat you. I don't recommend CM in hardcore until you have outstanding gear. Archon requires kills to stay active, so I don't recommend a spec focused on that for coop. I don't recommend it at all because the moment you use archon you lose all of your defensive/escape abilities, and something will happen, and you'll regret not having teleport/frost nova/diamond skin. You could just make a generic build with some offensive skills and some defensive skills since you'll have people tanking for you. That's really your choice and you could pick whatever skills you want.
http://us.battle.net...XYQO!XdZ!bYaZYc
But if it all hits the fan and you need to run away and kill elites solo, you may prefer a kiting build.
Arcane: http://us.battle.net...iXQO!XdU!acaaYc
VenoBlizz: http://us.battle.net...iXQO!XdW!bbbaYc
4. If you can get to 30-40k DPS that should be plenty for MP0, obviously the more the better as long as you're not sacrificing EHP. A "black" weapon (no elemental damage, just physical only) with a triumvirate offhand are the go-to right now for solid DPS. While you will want to dedicate most of your gear to defense, you can use a couple of slots to get your DPS to where you will want it, gloves is the ideal slot.
I.E. most slots you will want Vit/AR/Armor and Int if possible. Any life regen or DPS stats are bonuses.
I'll try out kiting build as I progress to 60 (40 at the moment)!
Offhand source is the way to go? A shield with critical chance would be such a big loss of DPS and even with the EHP it would give it still wouldn't be recommended? And how much EHP do you think I should focus for act IV inferno (mp0)?
Again, thanks very much for your answer!!
I haven't played HC at all though, and I don't know that I ever will. If I did, I'd probably use a shield after normal mode.
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