I've been farming on my Sader for about 2 weeks straight without getting a single Golden Flense. Got multiple Furnace and Corrupted Ashbringer, all sorts of rare items, dropped around 50-60k shards on weapons, nothing.
It's so annoying I've started playing a WD more and more to have fun, lo and behold the very first item that drops is a Dagger of Darts.
I'm sure there are other specs that have currently more OP setups, but in my group nobody's running a WD and we don't really have any proper CC running, so I was looking to get into it.
Was thinking something like Electrocute build with TF, Ball of Hate, Thundergod's, Stone Gauntlets, Wyrdward, Velvet Camral or the % to blind helmet.
Could use the % Primary skill damage gem and Lightning Wreath. Just create as many lightning damage sources as possible and push IAS, plus some other potential CCs on hit like blind.
Firebird is unfortunately extremely dull to play and feels very passive. I would prefer to make a fun chain-cc build to help my group advance, but i'm not sure what skill/gear combos are actually viable for that right now.
Does the old Chain Lightning build still work with perma stuns?
I cannot wait for this patch, I'm only just started Firebirding 2 weeks ago and am already unbelievably bored by it.
If I had to put my finger on the one issue D3 has these days, it's that specs are forced into very specific builds in order to progress, and Wizard is feeling really pointless in any other build atm.
If I can get some alternative builds and options to at least get up to GR35 or so without Firebird-kiting, I'll be a very happy camper.
This build is currently tearing through T1 Rifts at insane speeds, simply teleporting forever from pack to pack, melting them in seconds.
It's by no means optimal, I'm just building around what drops for me, but with a few more dps upgrades (wearing complete crap on several slots) I can see this melting through T2-T4 at comparable speeds, it's a lot of fun and incredibly efficient for legendary farming.
You'll definitely want as much APoC as you can get tho, makes it much smoother ofc.
If you don't have decent Arcane drops, run it with Arcane Torrent's Fire or Lightning runes, works similarly well. The idea is just to turn into a basically immortal teleporting turret.
Just ignore white mobs, pace your teleports, if you do run out of AP, Spectral Blade once or twice, good to go.
It'll work decently without Aether too, but not nearly as fast ofc.
Update:
Well this build let me farm insanely fast, I'm now running Tal's set with endless teleporting, and can easily farm T2-T3 at similar speeds as T1 before.
Been gambling 10-15k shards so far on my monk for either Frostburns (because I really want to play a cold build and give my fingers a rest from Sunwuko spam) or T+Ts for my DH, got probably 10-15 Gladiators and lower numbers of St.Andrew's and Fists of Thunder...aaand that's about it.
On the other hand, I found two nearly perfectly rolled Unity rings rather quickly so my monk is already pushing GR34-35 on seasonal.
Hello fellow crusaders, any advice that you can give on my build/set up ? I'm currently breezing through t3 and t4 seems kind of slow. But I feel looking at my stats that I should be doing at least t5. I'm still working on my Akkarat set, only 3 pieces so far. But the rolls aren't that great and it's a 100k+ damage decrease. Though I'm not sure if I'm going by that number too religiously. Help is appreciated!
You're mostly lacking % Holy damage increases, notably from neck and ring (SoJ would greatly boost you), possibly from Shield (consider crafting a Hallowed Barricade and gambling for a Jekangbord) and I would also recommend gambling for weapons - there are many better ones out there.
You also have plenty of options to gain far more useful set boni - Asheara's, Aughild's, Born's - your chest, gloves and shoulder especially can easily be replaced with average rolled pieces from these sets (I recommend Aughild).
It's still a minor dps boost, and several other runes are still interesting, such as the 50% damage reduction one, which helps a lot in higher Torments.
2 days as a sader (having a blast) i would like helpon progression ..what T-lvl can i play - what should i focus on next ?
Is my build right, sometime i feel i would like better single target dps (in game im at 900 000) Any ideas on build 2.0.5 does not need to be blessed sheild.
I know 1 ring is bad and that i should get another weapon ..but nothing drops ..so far.
You have two options right now to optimize your build:
1. Switch to a Fire build. You have 18% Fire, 17% Holy bonus on gear. I would recommend giving Fire a try with Akarat's Champion - Firestarter, it's a great cooldown and significantly increases your single and AoE dps while active. Try using Punish - Roar with Blessed Shield - Combust. Drop Judgement, you don't need the crit boost with 45% sheet crit. Replace it with Condemn - Reciprocate (fire) or Falling Sword - Superheated for some more "oomph".
For elite packs, Falling Sword into them - the little whirlpool of swords from Flurry will CC them and they will be "knocked back". Hit them with Condemn then to finish them off, it will hit like a truck.
Obviously try to get either more %fire or % holy gear either way.
It's possible that Firestarter is working better than intended. Maybe the 35% is stacking multiplicatively with the 3xx% of the Firestarter proc, that would explain the silly high numbers.
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I've been farming on my Sader for about 2 weeks straight without getting a single Golden Flense. Got multiple Furnace and Corrupted Ashbringer, all sorts of rare items, dropped around 50-60k shards on weapons, nothing.
It's so annoying I've started playing a WD more and more to have fun, lo and behold the very first item that drops is a Dagger of Darts.
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Yeah FoTH is fun for sure, fondly remember spending my first few months on crusader with that skill.
Hopefully they add a new set based around it next season.
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Shield Bash slow? Huh? Whu? Literally one-shotting packs and RGs and charging from pack to pack is slow? oO
It's not optimal if you want to clear out the entire Rift, sure. But just for pack farming it's amazing.
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I'm sure there are other specs that have currently more OP setups, but in my group nobody's running a WD and we don't really have any proper CC running, so I was looking to get into it.
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Was thinking something like Electrocute build with TF, Ball of Hate, Thundergod's, Stone Gauntlets, Wyrdward, Velvet Camral or the % to blind helmet.
Could use the % Primary skill damage gem and Lightning Wreath. Just create as many lightning damage sources as possible and push IAS, plus some other potential CCs on hit like blind.
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I've been pondering the same line of thought.
Firebird is unfortunately extremely dull to play and feels very passive. I would prefer to make a fun chain-cc build to help my group advance, but i'm not sure what skill/gear combos are actually viable for that right now.
Does the old Chain Lightning build still work with perma stuns?
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I cannot wait for this patch, I'm only just started Firebirding 2 weeks ago and am already unbelievably bored by it.
If I had to put my finger on the one issue D3 has these days, it's that specs are forced into very specific builds in order to progress, and Wizard is feeling really pointless in any other build atm.
If I can get some alternative builds and options to at least get up to GR35 or so without Firebird-kiting, I'll be a very happy camper.
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I'm currently running this:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#WRjQOS!ZXiS!ZbYcZc
due to having gotten an Aether Walker on like my first lvl 70 drop, started yesterday.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Miffy-1110/hero/54915772
This build is currently tearing through T1 Rifts at insane speeds, simply teleporting forever from pack to pack, melting them in seconds.
It's by no means optimal, I'm just building around what drops for me, but with a few more dps upgrades (wearing complete crap on several slots) I can see this melting through T2-T4 at comparable speeds, it's a lot of fun and incredibly efficient for legendary farming.
You'll definitely want as much APoC as you can get tho, makes it much smoother ofc.
If you don't have decent Arcane drops, run it with Arcane Torrent's Fire or Lightning runes, works similarly well. The idea is just to turn into a basically immortal teleporting turret.
Just ignore white mobs, pace your teleports, if you do run out of AP, Spectral Blade once or twice, good to go.
It'll work decently without Aether too, but not nearly as fast ofc.
Update:
Well this build let me farm insanely fast, I'm now running Tal's set with endless teleporting, and can easily farm T2-T3 at similar speeds as T1 before.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Miffy-1110/hero/54915772
Sleet Storm works like a charm to proc maximum frequency of Meteors as long as you're applying all damage types ^^
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On the other hand, I found two nearly perfectly rolled Unity rings rather quickly so my monk is already pushing GR34-35 on seasonal.
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You also have plenty of options to gain far more useful set boni - Asheara's, Aughild's, Born's - your chest, gloves and shoulder especially can easily be replaced with average rolled pieces from these sets (I recommend Aughild).
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1. Switch to a Fire build. You have 18% Fire, 17% Holy bonus on gear. I would recommend giving Fire a try with Akarat's Champion - Firestarter, it's a great cooldown and significantly increases your single and AoE dps while active. Try using Punish - Roar with Blessed Shield - Combust. Drop Judgement, you don't need the crit boost with 45% sheet crit. Replace it with Condemn - Reciprocate (fire) or Falling Sword - Superheated for some more "oomph".
Something like this:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/crusader#aShifQ!eYaS!aZacba
2. Optimise your holy build - you are using Strongarm bracers, they give you a significant DPS boost against knocked back targets.
Try this on for size:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/crusader#UShifQ!eYaS!ZYcZba
For elite packs, Falling Sword into them - the little whirlpool of swords from Flurry will CC them and they will be "knocked back". Hit them with Condemn then to finish them off, it will hit like a truck.
Obviously try to get either more %fire or % holy gear either way.
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