The problem of the wizard is that her Surv. is cooldown based. She also has too many spells that require her to be stationary, in a game where elites are lightning fast and hit like trucks.
If you try a build with Arcane Orb / Magic Missile or Sphere and 4 defensive other spells you'll have very little issues.
Otherwise, if you try to be creative and use disintegrate, ray of frost, arcane torrent or any other gimmicks you will get your ass handed to you unless you overgear the mobs.
Wrong wrong wrong wrong...
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I switched to this build for late NM and early hell. It's hilarious because there were quite a few times the monk and barb I was with were running away from arcane/frozen/jailer packs and I'm just blizzard RAYYYYYY frost nova back up blizzard RAYYYYYY. Blizzard does like 500/tick for me, which over 7-8 mobs is like 4k DPS, plus my Ray ticks for 4500-5k on the mob closest to me and melts each unit as they try to get close.
Recently switched to the prototypical MM/orb diamond skin build though since I haven't done that since early normal and I like to mix it up at least once per act.
You are correct. for all those people making comments about normal mode, im in Act 2 of HELL. and it sucks. even with a lot of int, my damage is still that of 1/4 of the DH who is 4 levels higher (given the 4 lvls help), and my hpp was at 9k and the DH at lvl 57 was at 18k. hmmm. i regeared and gemmed and all my gear is in the re. lvl 40+ or so, and i still cant get my stats that high. They are borken at the moment, and nothing I do gear-wise or skill-wise improves this.
Sorry to be the one to tell you this, your gear sucks. I'm 53 and sitting at 22k hp and 3900 DPS. Go hit up the AH, look for rare armor pieces with at least 30 int / 30 vit and sort them ascendingly by buyout. You should be able to find upgrades for most slots for 10k-20k gold each. I can take about 5 hits from most mobs before being in danger. Yes some of the mobs hit for 15k-20k, but those have very slow wind up swings you can avoid.
GALVANIZING WARD CHANGES THE GAME FOR WIZARD. I can't stress this enough. The more you move and avoid attacks, the better Galvanizing Ward is. It can regenerate enough health in a single fight to more than double your effective health I struggled with normal Diablo because I was just trying to find health globes. Once I got the health regen it made most boss fights trivial. Just make sure you take an armor spell...
You are right about my gear. I have had bad luck in Hell and have not received an upgrade at all throughout Act 1. A lot of luck is involved with drops (obviously). Going into Act 2, I ha dRequired Level 26 gear! Not because I was keeping it for some stupid reason, but because I hadn't yet found any item to replace it (more int and vit).
The problem of the wizard is that her Surv. is cooldown based. She also has too many spells that require her to be stationary, in a game where elites are lightning fast and hit like trucks.
If you try a build with Arcane Orb / Magic Missile or Sphere and 4 defensive other spells you'll have very little issues.
Otherwise, if you try to be creative and use disintegrate, ray of frost, arcane torrent or any other gimmicks you will get your ass handed to you unless you overgear the mobs.
Truth, which was my fear from day one with wiz, was there will be only a few viable builds once you hit the higher difficulties, hell and inferno. But actually even in nightmare and normal I always need to re-skill before bosses to Arcane orb, spheres, and 4 defensive abilities. Typically, frost nova, force, an armour and teleport. Otherwise you are toast!
IMHO wizard mechanics are broken, spells that force you to stand still are the most aggravating skills vs anything other then normal mobs. Wizard needs to be on the move constantly, and spells that are forcing you to stay stationary are not doing enough DPS to warrant the risk of using them. Look at orb, highest damage and leaves you mobile. So of course every single player will eventually use it. Really disappointed with wizard atm, I mean I love it, but hate it at the same time.
You are correct. for all those people making comments about normal mode, im in Act 2 of HELL. and it sucks. even with a lot of int, my damage is still that of 1/4 of the DH who is 4 levels higher (given the 4 lvls help), and my hpp was at 9k and the DH at lvl 57 was at 18k. hmmm. i regeared and gemmed and all my gear is in the re. lvl 40+ or so, and i still cant get my stats that high. They are borken at the moment, and nothing I do gear-wise or skill-wise improves this.
One skill I did not include in the video was Smoke Screen for the Demon Hunter. Smoke Screen allows the Demon Hunter to turn invisible for 4 seconds. Somehow this skill didn't make it into the video. Sorry!
I'm looking forward to the next patch! And thanks for the comment, KageKaze. Here's my Diablo 3 Battletag if you're interested in doing some co-op videos, or just to mess around. And this is for anyone that sees this and is in the beta: Jebzar#1196
Which program(s) are you using to record? If you don't mind me asking.
I use Bandicam. I switched over from FRAPS for a few reasons:
1. Option to split audio tracks (in-game audio on one track and mic audio on another for editing purposes)
2. More quality options (720p, 1080p, and a range of fps)
3. It compresses as it records (smaller file sizes and the whole recording is in one file, not a billion 4GB files like FRAPS)
4. Has a recording timer in the menu so you know how long you've been recording
5. Has ability to record custom window frame sizes (to record a small portion of the screen)
It costs $10 dollars more than FRAPS (Bandicam costs $40.00) but is well worth the money. Here's the link to buy Bandicam: http://www.bandicam.com/
I'm not being paid to advertise Bandicam, I just like to let people know why I use the products I do, when they ask. Hope this helps, and I'm always open to questions and comments.
So i just watched your demon hunter playthrough! Quick question, you keep spamming "Bola shot", but arent you by doing that actually fucking it over? It needs 1 seconds to detonate, correct? So if you're just spamming it, on lets say skeleton king, you do zero damage? Like overwriting DoTs in WoW used to work pre-cataclysm? Not strange that it's taking "forever" to kill the skeleton king then is it?
thanks for the vids though, enjoyed them
I'm in the Beta as well (and have a video thread here too), and Bola Shot does not override the previous application. By spamming it, it guarantees that Bola Shot will continue to go off until the mob dies. Each Bola Shot applied is on its own timer and does not make the explosion take longer to go off. Hope that helps!
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You are right about my gear. I have had bad luck in Hell and have not received an upgrade at all throughout Act 1. A lot of luck is involved with drops (obviously). Going into Act 2, I ha dRequired Level 26 gear! Not because I was keeping it for some stupid reason, but because I hadn't yet found any item to replace it (more int and vit).
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You are correct. for all those people making comments about normal mode, im in Act 2 of HELL. and it sucks. even with a lot of int, my damage is still that of 1/4 of the DH who is 4 levels higher (given the 4 lvls help), and my hpp was at 9k and the DH at lvl 57 was at 18k. hmmm. i regeared and gemmed and all my gear is in the re. lvl 40+ or so, and i still cant get my stats that high. They are borken at the moment, and nothing I do gear-wise or skill-wise improves this.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_3A3SKi7us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfTozyAycVk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9Gl9ZRulo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fR-5PXsgVs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvkYndOs2D8
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fR-5PXsgVs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfTozyAycVk
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYMNEpbht1I
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR6HREmGGoY
One skill I did not include in the video was Smoke Screen for the Demon Hunter. Smoke Screen allows the Demon Hunter to turn invisible for 4 seconds. Somehow this skill didn't make it into the video. Sorry!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJzEQDxF-tA
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I use Bandicam. I switched over from FRAPS for a few reasons:
1. Option to split audio tracks (in-game audio on one track and mic audio on another for editing purposes)
2. More quality options (720p, 1080p, and a range of fps)
3. It compresses as it records (smaller file sizes and the whole recording is in one file, not a billion 4GB files like FRAPS)
4. Has a recording timer in the menu so you know how long you've been recording
5. Has ability to record custom window frame sizes (to record a small portion of the screen)
It costs $10 dollars more than FRAPS (Bandicam costs $40.00) but is well worth the money. Here's the link to buy Bandicam:
http://www.bandicam.com/
I'm not being paid to advertise Bandicam, I just like to let people know why I use the products I do, when they ask. Hope this helps, and I'm always open to questions and comments.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar8Nt4sxFtI
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bo0mAwSUZk
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHPcoD-kISQ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ar48GuzJyQ
Can you beat my time?
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I'm in the Beta as well (and have a video thread here too), and Bola Shot does not override the previous application. By spamming it, it guarantees that Bola Shot will continue to go off until the mob dies. Each Bola Shot applied is on its own timer and does not make the explosion take longer to go off. Hope that helps!