This is a repost from official D3 forums. I've done this in the past and received better answers from DiabloFans; hoping for the same result
With 1.07, I understand that Blizzard leveling has become viable. Every time I decide to grind out levels, I always end up discouraged by low xp/hour or by disliking Archon. I've spent some time looking for up-to-date authorities and 'guides' on how to paragon level the quickest or quick w/ DE drops and Archon at low MP or CM/WW at higher MPs still seems to be the most popular.
I enjoy being a CM/WW wizard but find it really hard to stick to a leveling regimen to get good xp/hour and I find the necessity to kill white mobs to sustain archon a turn-off.
I've seen videos/posts of people posting Blizzard builds and from what I understand they seem to use a mix of CM/WW & Archon gear.
How much / what would I need to change from my CM/WW gear to be able to effectively run a blizzard build for primarily leveling purposes?
My profile doesn't show it, but I have a 960 dps Chant's Will w/ 1.64 APS & OS (90% gem in it) & an Ammy w/ 260 Int, 9 IAS, 8 CC, and 70 AR.
Also, is it worth it to grind out a good Hellfire & use a Ruby in my helm or just shoot for higher MPs and ignore bonus xp% from gear? I understand everyone's different and every situation is different but I would ask that if you were in my position, what would you do and why?
Yeah that's what I've gathered from videos/posts. I'm curious as to people's preferences / preferred routes / strats / gearing choices / etc. I've tried in the past to buy a few pieces to set up an archon build only to dislike it. I'm hoping to find something taht I can do really similarly to CM/WW gear that's pretty efficient.
CMWW needs three things badly that are not absolutely necessary for Blizzard: high IAS, some APoC, some LoH.
-IAS has no effect on Blizzard (it just makes its cast animation faster, so meh) - but it also does no harm since it contributes to sheet DPS. Just don't go crazy.
-You also don't need LoH (even though Blizzard proc rate was buffed, most people still prefer LS).
-And in terms of APoC, keep in mind that you don't spam Blizzard but cast it once every few seconds; so it depends a lot on your first spell and the other options of AP regen. And about the last item (how to regen AP) I just added a bit to my guide, because I feel it might be helpful to have this information in general. Take a look.
Tried out various blizz builds last night including low MP fast run blizz builds and higher MP builds that use blizz for support. Also tried out several meteor builds and tried farming with them at MP9 to see how much xp/hour trash would give me but none of it seemed satisfactory.
I probably do need to watch more videos and probably need to learn when not to stop walking or what to ignore and just keep going. May have to cave in for Archon
With 1.07, I understand that Blizzard leveling has become viable. Every time I decide to grind out levels, I always end up discouraged by low xp/hour or by disliking Archon. I've spent some time looking for up-to-date authorities and 'guides' on how to paragon level the quickest or quick w/ DE drops and Archon at low MP or CM/WW at higher MPs still seems to be the most popular.
I enjoy being a CM/WW wizard but find it really hard to stick to a leveling regimen to get good xp/hour and I find the necessity to kill white mobs to sustain archon a turn-off.
I've seen videos/posts of people posting Blizzard builds and from what I understand they seem to use a mix of CM/WW & Archon gear.
My profile doesn't show it, but I have a 960 dps Chant's Will w/ 1.64 APS & OS (90% gem in it) & an Ammy w/ 260 Int, 9 IAS, 8 CC, and 70 AR.
Doin mah researchez before spending
-IAS has no effect on Blizzard (it just makes its cast animation faster, so meh) - but it also does no harm since it contributes to sheet DPS. Just don't go crazy.
-You also don't need LoH (even though Blizzard proc rate was buffed, most people still prefer LS).
-And in terms of APoC, keep in mind that you don't spam Blizzard but cast it once every few seconds; so it depends a lot on your first spell and the other options of AP regen. And about the last item (how to regen AP) I just added a bit to my guide, because I feel it might be helpful to have this information in general. Take a look.
I probably do need to watch more videos and probably need to learn when not to stop walking or what to ignore and just keep going. May have to cave in for Archon
Not the 170M or 200M that Monks and Barbs can hit, but its something.
As for how to build it I have a 20M guide found here: http://www.reddit.co...farming_wizard/
from a month ago.
A lot of people thought 20M was already a bit steep so I never scaled it up.