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I'm myself a casual paragon 58 solo wizard player, primarily archon for farming XP and loots, switching to CMWW/SNS for MP10 keywardens runs.
My profile on EU server : http://eu.battle.net...89/hero/2006284
I have a question for Loroese, but I can't send him a private message because of my low number of posts in this community, so I'm posting it here : since you switched to archon, what MP are you farming ?
I have a profile quite similar to yours and I do MP 7 runs (act 1 : Festering Woods -> Hall of Agony lvl 3 -> Cursed Hold -> Fields of Misery -> Weeping Hollow), mainly for XP and loots. On MP 8, elites are just too slow to kill in archon form. I would like to know if it's because of my poor playstyle, a hole in my stuff or if you're on the same situation.
Feel free to answer whoever you are, I want to improve myself and learn new things !
By the way, I have 22 infernal machines ready to be used on EU server, if someone wishes to be my "mentor" for über runs on MP10 (never did a single one until now).
Once again, thank's everybody for your contribution !
I've been running MP7 lately, on the few times during the day I actually have free time to play, thus my paragaon level isn't going up very fast. I can probably run MP8 and kill elites reasonably fast but I'm still trying to feel out what zones I like in terms of Archon uptime and elite density and trying to figure out what armor spell to use. I can still gain life against RD with Storm Armor now, but I'm undecided if I like Reactive Armor or Scramble. I haven't tried TS or SA runes yet. MP6 might be more efficient because trash mobs take about 1s of channeling to kill since they seem to have around 2 mil hp if I'm seeing things right.
I'm also a little afraid of those charging bull mobs on higher MP since they seem to hit me for about half my life on MP7, so the elites might be able to 1 shot me on MP8.
Also, I have a SoJ and have almost the same dps as you while using storm armor while you use another ring and pinpoint, so I'm not surprised that MP8 elites take too long to kill.
I think the elite charging bulls in Fields of Misery have to be kited in MP7. It's non efficient, but without kiting I will be dead in one single charge.
I don't know myself wich armor I prefer, constantly switching between EA/pinpoint and Storm Armor/SA.
I'm using none of these. My armor nowadays is Ice Armor/Crystalize, due to 60% +Armor buf and 12% less melee damage.
It does offer a damage boost to mobs too close, due to Cold Blooded passive, and it gets my armor to 8000 when in Archon and 6000 without Archon. The damage reduction is very good (about 89% without Archon and 92~93% with Archon).
For me, it's more cost-effective than Energy Armor and Storm Armor, because I need the armor buff. The damage buff is a bonus for those mobs who are stupid enough to attack me.
EDIT: Fully buffed with the 3 stacks, I can take 2 Bulls charge without dying and they are usually frozen after they hit me, so I can recover life fast.
I never tried Ice armor because I like the idea that my defensive skills help me to do damage, and I don't have Cold Blooded passive. I'll maybe give it a try in place of Galvanizing Ward.
I'm also using Galv Ward over CB since Archon uptime is so good right now and I run multiple zones, and some zones take me several minutes to clear.
The reason I don't use Ice Armor is because I don't need the extra armor, well that and my armor is pitifully low compared to my AR. I'm like 4500 armor vs 1000 resists in archon form. Thus I used pinpoint as a compromise between dps and survivability, or storm armor for pure dps. Otherwise Ice Armor is pretty good. I wanted to try it with CB sometime but I just use GC for now since I have so much physical resistance.
I don't have to kite the charging bulls but they hurt pretty bad. I think the non-elite hits me for about half my health. Then again I have quite a bit of physical resist, which is probably the damage type they deal.
I don't have to kite the charging bulls but they hurt pretty bad. I think the non-elite hits me for about half my health. Then again I have quite a bit of physical resist, which is probably the damage type they deal.
Yes, I was talking about the elite ones that have to be kited. The non-elite took me nearly 20k HP when they charge, their are not a real concern.
First of all, I'm a from a non-english speaking country, so please forgive my bad english.
I would like to thank the great contributors here, for all the premium input you give to the wizard community here on DiabloFans, and also on the Blizzard official forums. I learned a lot from all your replys, guides and tools. I won't give names here to not hurt anybody, but you guys know who you are
I'm myself a casual paragon 58 solo wizard player, primarily archon for farming XP and loots, switching to CMWW/SNS for MP10 keywardens runs.
My profile on EU server : http://eu.battle.net...89/hero/2006284
I have a question for Loroese, but I can't send him a private message because of my low number of posts in this community, so I'm posting it here : since you switched to archon, what MP are you farming ?
I have a profile quite similar to yours and I do MP 7 runs (act 1 : Festering Woods -> Hall of Agony lvl 3 -> Cursed Hold -> Fields of Misery -> Weeping Hollow), mainly for XP and loots. On MP 8, elites are just too slow to kill in archon form. I would like to know if it's because of my poor playstyle, a hole in my stuff or if you're on the same situation.
Feel free to answer whoever you are, I want to improve myself and learn new things !
By the way, I have 22 infernal machines ready to be used on EU server, if someone wishes to be my "mentor" for über runs on MP10 (never did a single one until now).
Once again, thank's everybody for your contribution !
Erendil
wizard apprentice
I'm also a little afraid of those charging bull mobs on higher MP since they seem to hit me for about half my life on MP7, so the elites might be able to 1 shot me on MP8.
Also, I have a SoJ and have almost the same dps as you while using storm armor while you use another ring and pinpoint, so I'm not surprised that MP8 elites take too long to kill.
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I think the elite charging bulls in Fields of Misery have to be kited in MP7. It's non efficient, but without kiting I will be dead in one single charge.
I don't know myself wich armor I prefer, constantly switching between EA/pinpoint and Storm Armor/SA.
Have fun !
Erendil
It does offer a damage boost to mobs too close, due to Cold Blooded passive, and it gets my armor to 8000 when in Archon and 6000 without Archon. The damage reduction is very good (about 89% without Archon and 92~93% with Archon).
For me, it's more cost-effective than Energy Armor and Storm Armor, because I need the armor buff. The damage buff is a bonus for those mobs who are stupid enough to attack me.
EDIT: Fully buffed with the 3 stacks, I can take 2 Bulls charge without dying and they are usually frozen after they hit me, so I can recover life fast.
Wizard | Demon Hunter
The reason I don't use Ice Armor is because I don't need the extra armor, well that and my armor is pitifully low compared to my AR. I'm like 4500 armor vs 1000 resists in archon form. Thus I used pinpoint as a compromise between dps and survivability, or storm armor for pure dps. Otherwise Ice Armor is pretty good. I wanted to try it with CB sometime but I just use GC for now since I have so much physical resistance.
I don't have to kite the charging bulls but they hurt pretty bad. I think the non-elite hits me for about half my health. Then again I have quite a bit of physical resist, which is probably the damage type they deal.
Crusader DPS and EHP Spreadsheet, meant for Crusaders
My Wizard