I'm trying out Reversal. Works fine up to 45 and so, and haven't tried any higher Grifts. Maybe I should have played more LeBlanc when I had the chance
1 Defensive Skill, 1 buff. Something that gets me AP-AP regen. Arcanot seems to be the best option, as it already puts me over the cap. Grand Vizier with 10% RCR, Gloves, shoulders, paragon points makes into 65% RCR for Meteor (Granted Vizier is perfect). That means 14 AP Cost on the stuff. 15-16 is easily doable if you get low rolls on the Vizier.
Thing is, Jailer and Thunderstorm, the ranged skills that cause problems on my Woh build, (Halo of Arlyse-Woh) are hard to notice with Tal defensive bonuses. Unity-Halo might be great for pushing into 55. You can ignore Winged Assasins and Anarchs, along with Corrupted angels with the ring, and all elite affixes save poison enchanted with Tal Rasha.
Prismatic Armor is a waste save that Physical resistance buff. Esoteric easily keeps my Firebird alive but is also pretty wasted on Tal builds .Zei + Trapped is easy to combine with Blizzard-Snowbound. Molten gem + Dominance would be great on Tal builds, though lack of hellfire amulet is troubling me. UA and Elemental Exposure, along with Blur leaves 1 passive to take, and there are very nice canditates for that slot. Assume that one is Astral Presence for Meteor spamming. That's 17 AP per second, should be enough but I can't test it properly without Tal Gloves just yet.
I'll try Vizier -RCR Stacking meteor spam with that build. Depending on what I have the most problem against, Ice Armor - Crystallize, Teleport - Reversal are up for debate on the defensive skill slot. (One shotting disappears with Tal's Lightning and Arcane resists around, and Halo is one hell of a defensive ring that allows you to take blows from bloodmaw and laugh at his face. Still, mobility goes out the door with it, since our buffs doesn't proc Tal's buff. (Yet?))
All in all, I'm looking forward for the next week.
Firebird, SS, FB OH, T&T. Mammoths go nuts, they spaz so hard you'd want to call EMT's. They easily go well above what they can do with that setup on live. Problems are the usual, gems. Only Toxin has real synergy with the FB, and Banes are too unreliable in solo. In group, trapped + toxin + enforcer works wonders.
New ring, I really like. Wizards need a lot more than a "new top spec" right now imo, and Hydra change was a part of that. This ring however, even though it might not be the best spec, will go for my Frost Wiz that is waiting for something to happen.
Audacity, Cold Blooded, Blur. Unstable Anomaly, and a Hellfire with (Glass or Elemental Exp.) might have a potential for Sleet Storm - Frozen Storm build. Magistrate, Frostburn, Krelm Bracers (Duh), Winter Flurry, Rimeheart for damage or Azurewrath for tanking. Tal Chest is great for something like this, maybe can go for 3 parts (Chest, Neck, Waist) but WF is too good to drop imo.
Too many empty slots to juggle for now, but I'll try to squeeze in Tal for as many freezes as possible, plus the regen helps with laser builds. (Storm build, in this case.)
New XP gem is crazy as well, so I'll try to combine 700 paragons in season and non season when S2 hits. So far, S2 looks good, and they have certainly improved their season mentality.
New season items are better overall, all have promise if not downright OP like new Wormwood or that DH bow. (20-25% all damage on Entangling shot. Might contest the slot with Krider but I'm not the one to do the math.) Compared to old S1 Legendaries, well, we all know how useless that wand is. (And appareantly its a common item because I was getting that thing more than a Blackhand Key for crying out loud.)
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I'm trying out Reversal. Works fine up to 45 and so, and haven't tried any higher Grifts. Maybe I should have played more LeBlanc when I had the chance
1 Defensive Skill, 1 buff. Something that gets me AP-AP regen. Arcanot seems to be the best option, as it already puts me over the cap. Grand Vizier with 10% RCR, Gloves, shoulders, paragon points makes into 65% RCR for Meteor (Granted Vizier is perfect). That means 14 AP Cost on the stuff. 15-16 is easily doable if you get low rolls on the Vizier.
Thing is, Jailer and Thunderstorm, the ranged skills that cause problems on my Woh build, (Halo of Arlyse-Woh) are hard to notice with Tal defensive bonuses. Unity-Halo might be great for pushing into 55. You can ignore Winged Assasins and Anarchs, along with Corrupted angels with the ring, and all elite affixes save poison enchanted with Tal Rasha.
Prismatic Armor is a waste save that Physical resistance buff. Esoteric easily keeps my Firebird alive but is also pretty wasted on Tal builds .Zei + Trapped is easy to combine with Blizzard-Snowbound. Molten gem + Dominance would be great on Tal builds, though lack of hellfire amulet is troubling me. UA and Elemental Exposure, along with Blur leaves 1 passive to take, and there are very nice canditates for that slot. Assume that one is Astral Presence for Meteor spamming. That's 17 AP per second, should be enough but I can't test it properly without Tal Gloves just yet.
Energy Twister - Wicked Wind Familiar - Arcanot
Meteor - Thundercrash Blizzard - Snowbound Hydra - Mammoth
I'll try Vizier -RCR Stacking meteor spam with that build. Depending on what I have the most problem against, Ice Armor - Crystallize, Teleport - Reversal are up for debate on the defensive skill slot. (One shotting disappears with Tal's Lightning and Arcane resists around, and Halo is one hell of a defensive ring that allows you to take blows from bloodmaw and laugh at his face. Still, mobility goes out the door with it, since our buffs doesn't proc Tal's buff. (Yet?))
All in all, I'm looking forward for the next week.
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Firebird, SS, FB OH, T&T. Mammoths go nuts, they spaz so hard you'd want to call EMT's. They easily go well above what they can do with that setup on live. Problems are the usual, gems. Only Toxin has real synergy with the FB, and Banes are too unreliable in solo. In group, trapped + toxin + enforcer works wonders.
New ring, I really like. Wizards need a lot more than a "new top spec" right now imo, and Hydra change was a part of that. This ring however, even though it might not be the best spec, will go for my Frost Wiz that is waiting for something to happen.
Audacity, Cold Blooded, Blur. Unstable Anomaly, and a Hellfire with (Glass or Elemental Exp.) might have a potential for Sleet Storm - Frozen Storm build. Magistrate, Frostburn, Krelm Bracers (Duh), Winter Flurry, Rimeheart for damage or Azurewrath for tanking. Tal Chest is great for something like this, maybe can go for 3 parts (Chest, Neck, Waist) but WF is too good to drop imo.
Too many empty slots to juggle for now, but I'll try to squeeze in Tal for as many freezes as possible, plus the regen helps with laser builds. (Storm build, in this case.)
New XP gem is crazy as well, so I'll try to combine 700 paragons in season and non season when S2 hits. So far, S2 looks good, and they have certainly improved their season mentality.
New season items are better overall, all have promise if not downright OP like new Wormwood or that DH bow. (20-25% all damage on Entangling shot. Might contest the slot with Krider but I'm not the one to do the math.) Compared to old S1 Legendaries, well, we all know how useless that wand is. (And appareantly its a common item because I was getting that thing more than a Blackhand Key for crying out loud.)