Season 15 Wizard Arcane Orb Tal's Speed Rifter.

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by user-23147721 last updated Oct 14, 2018 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Electrocute Forked Lightning
- Electrocute
This is a Signature spell. Signature spells are free to cast.

Lightning arcs from your fingertips, dealing 138% weapon damage as Lightning. The lightning can jump, hitting up to 2 additional enemies.
Forked Lightning

Critical Hits release 4 charged bolts in random directions, dealing 44% weapon damage as Fire to any enemies hit.
Arcane Orb Frozen Orb
- Arcane Orb
Cost: 30 Arcane Power

Hurl an orb of pure energy that explodes on contact, dealing 435% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 15 yards.
Frozen Orb

Create an orb of frozen death that shreds an area with ice bolts, dealing 950% weapon damage as Cold.
Hydra Lightning Hydra
- Hydra
Cost: 15 Arcane Power

Summon a multi-headed Hydra for 15 seconds that attacks enemies with bolts of fire dealing 165% weapon damage as Fire.

Only one Hydra may be active at a time.
Lightning Hydra

Summon a Lightning Hydra that electrocutes enemies for 255% weapon damage as Lightning.
Teleport Calamity
- Teleport
Cooldown: 11 seconds

Teleport through the ether to the selected location up to 50 yards away.
Calamity

Cast a short range Wave of Force upon arrival, dealing 175% weapon damage as Arcane to all nearby enemies and stunning them for 1 second.
Storm Armor Power of the Storm
- Storm Armor
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

Bathe yourself in electrical energy, periodically shocking a nearby enemy for 175% weapon damage as Lightning. Lasts 10 minutes.

Only one Armor may be active at a time.
Power of the Storm

Reduce the Arcane Power cost of all skills by 3 while Storm Armor is active.
Familiar Arcanot
- Familiar
Cost: 20 Arcane Power

Summon a Familiar that attacks your enemies for 240% weapon damage as Arcane. This companion cannot be targeted or damaged by enemies. Lasts 10 minutes.
Arcanot

While the Familiar is active, you regenerate 4.5 Arcane Power every second.

Astral Presence
- Astral Presence
Increase your maximum Arcane Power by 20 and Arcane Power regeneration by 2.5 per second.
Audacity
- Audacity
You deal 30% additional damage to enemies within 15 yards.
Illusionist
- Illusionist
When you take more than 15% of your maximum Life in damage within 1 second, the cooldowns on Mirror Image, Slow Time, and Teleport are reset.

When you use Mirror Image, Slow Time, or Teleport, your movement speed is increased by 30% for 3 seconds.
Unstable Anomaly
- Unstable Anomaly
When you receive fatal damage, you instead gain a shield equal to 400% of your maximum Life for 5 seconds and release a shockwave that knocks enemies back and Stuns them for 3 seconds.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.

Items

Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom

Set Helm

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
Homing Pads

Legendary Shoulders

144 - 164 Armor

Primary Stats

+15 - 16% Extra Gold from Monsters

Secondary Stats

Your Town Portal is no longer interrupted by taking damage. While casting Town Portal you gain a protective bubble that reduces damage taken by 50 - 65%.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Tal Rasha's Adjudication

Set Amulet

Primary Stats

+130 - 149 Vitality

Secondary Stats

+41 - 45 Lightning Resistance

Tal Rasha's Wrappings
Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye
Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest
Tal Rasha's Guardianship
Tal Rasha's Finespun Cloth
Tal Rasha's Adjudication
(2) Set: Adds 3% to Fire Damage
(3) Set: Adds 3% to Lightning Damage
(4) Set: Adds 3% to Cold Damage
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit

Set Chest Armor

398 - 472 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)
+416 - 500 Vitality
+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will grant immunity to that element and cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. This only occurs if the Wizard has Meteor on their action bar, and the same meteor cannot happen twice in a row.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 100% for 8 seconds. Attacking with Meteor reduces the cooldown of Teleport by 1 second.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 2000% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Nemesis Bracers

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

Shrines and Pylons will spawn an enemy champion. {c:FF40E0D0}(Emanates)

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Sage's Purchase

Set Gloves

513 - 590 Armor

Sage's Journey
Sage's Purchase
Sage's Passage
Sage's Apogee
(2) Set: +250 Intelligence
+250 Strength
+250 Dexterity
+250 Vitality
(3) Set: Increases Death's Breath drops by 1.
Tal Rasha's Brace

Set Belt

265 - 314 Armor

Primary Stats

+91 - 100 Resistance to All Elements
+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Tal Rasha's Stride

Set Pants

398 - 472 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)
+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will grant immunity to that element and cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. This only occurs if the Wizard has Meteor on their action bar, and the same meteor cannot happen twice in a row.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 100% for 8 seconds. Attacking with Meteor reduces the cooldown of Teleport by 1 second.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 2000% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Sage's Passage

Set Boots

513 - 590 Armor

Sage's Journey
Sage's Purchase
Sage's Passage
Sage's Apogee
(2) Set: +250 Intelligence
+250 Strength
+250 Dexterity
+250 Vitality
(3) Set: Increases Death's Breath drops by 1.

+ 6 Random Magic Properties
Focus

Set Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Restraint

Set Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Unstable Scepter

Legendary Wand

9.8 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

The damage of Arcane Orb is increased by 350 - 450% and its explosion triggers an additional time.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Triumvirate

Legendary Source

Primary Stats

+1.471363E-43 Maximum Damage
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%

Secondary Stats

Your Signature Spells increase the damage of Arcane Orb by 300 - 400% for 6 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.
One of 1 Magic Properties (varies)
+1.443337E-43 Minimum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Stat Priority: Int CHD Skill: Arcane Orb Socket
Shoulders
- Homing Pads
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Reduced Resource Cost CDR
Amulet
- Tal Rasha's Adjudication
- Stat Priority: Cold % CHD CHC Socket
Torso
- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Stat Priority: Int Vit AS Reduced Elite Dmg
Wrists
- Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: Cold % Int Vit CHD
Hands
- Sage's Purchase
- Tal Rasha's Grasp
- Stat Priority: Int CHC CHD Reduced Resource Cost
Waist
- Tal Rasha's Brace
- Goldwrap
- Stat Priority: Int Vit AR Armor +
Legs
- Tal Rasha's Stride
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor +
Feet
- Sage's Passage
- Nilfur's Boast
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Skill: Arcane Orb Armor +
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD CDR
Weapon
- Unstable Scepter
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Reduced Resource Cost
Offhand
- Triumvirate
- Stat Priority: APoC Int CHC Skill: Arcane Orb

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.
- Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Damage you deal is increased by 4% for every 10 yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum 20% increase at 50 yards.
- Boon of the Hoarder
  Boon of the Hoarder
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  25.0% chance on killing an enemy to cause an explosion of gold.
  Gain 30% increased movement speed for 2 seconds after picking up gold. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

In-geom

Legendary Sword

4.2 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Your skill cooldowns are reduced by 8 - 10 seconds for 15 seconds after killing an elite pack.
One of 8 Magic Properties (varies)
+10 - 15% Damage

+(132 - 308) Physical Damage

+(132 - 308) Fire Damage

+(132 - 308) Lightning Damage

+(132 - 308) Cold Damage

+(132 - 308) Poison Damage

+(132 - 308) Arcane Damage

+(132 - 308) Holy Damage

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
In-geom
Goldwrap

Legendary Belt

88 - 107 Armor

Primary Stats

+15 - 16% Extra Gold from Monsters

Secondary Stats

On gold pickup: Gain armor for 5 seconds equal to the amount picked up.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Goldwrap
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%
+152 - 224 Life per Hit

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Damage
Critical Hit Chance
Attack Speed

Defense

Armor
Life
Life Regeneration
Resist All

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

Background:

This build is very glassy!

It has good damage but requires Goldwrap with Boon of the Hoarder to stay alive.

There is also In-geom in the cube to synergise with the Nemesis Bracers to help keep up your 10 second cooldown reduction from elite kills.

You don't have to use Sage's set but for the extra DB it is worth it.

This build centres around doing quick kills especially to elite packs and triggering the 10 second cooldown reduction from the In-geom.

Clicking on shrines and pylons with trigger the Nemesis Bracers and spawn a yellow elite pack which helps with the downtime of In-geom.

Try to ensure that you have gold being picked up at all times (which can be seen in the bottom right corner) to ensure an insane armour bonus and invulnerability from Goldwrap.

Weapon and Offhand:

The Unstable Scepter wand can get up to 450% extra damage as it's secondary ability with an extra trigger. While Triumvirate receives up to 400% Arcane Orb damage increase which can stack 3 times from using signature spells. Together these two items make this build viable with insane Arcane Orb damage with Tal's set.

Armour:

For the shoulders, Homing Pads are used for the ability to teleport back to town at the end of a rift uninterrupted.

Tal's full set is used, either via 5 piece and RORG in the cube or full 6 piece if Sage's isn't used.

Nilfur's Boast boots are used if Sage's isn't due to the increase in meteor damage which hit from the 2 piece bonus from Tal's set.

Jewelry:

Tal's amulet is required for this build. For the rings, Focus and Restraint are used for their damage bonus as a resource generator and spender are used constantly with this build.

Cubed Items:

If you have a ten second In-geom which is better than the Unstable Scepter cube the scepter and use the In-geom instead.

For the armour Goldwrap is required due to the buld being glassy. If you aren't using Sage's set and equip a Goldwrap you could use something else, personally I feel Frostburn gauntlets with their 20% cold skills damage and 50% chance to freeze enemies would be the best choice.

If you don't use Sage's set and have all six pieces of Tal's equipped you could equip an Avarice Band in the cube for better gold pickup.

Gems:

This build is very resource heavy so a topaz is used in the helm to help ensure that you don't run out of arcane power. Topazes are used in the armour and legs and an emerald in the weapon like most Intelligence class builds.

Gameplay:

Once you enter a rift cast your Storm Armour and Familiar so they become active. Then cast each of the other four skills to bring up Tal's 4 elemental skill bonuses.

Make sure to cast Electrocute three times to have the Triumvirate bonus active and at three stacks, then alternate between Electrocute and casting Arcane Orb at enemies. You can use force move along with the left click to quickly cast your signature spell to ensure the stacks for Triumvirate stay at 3 for the duration of the rift.

If there is a gap between enemy packs cast Teleport which with the Illusionist passive skill will add 30% movement speed for 3 seconds. When In-geom is triggered you can cast Teleport a lot more often to get to larger packs or find elite packs to ensure In-geom is always triggered and make moving through the rift and killing the Rift Guardian quicker.

Sometimes you might be standing in the centre of a large group of enemies and casting Arcane Orb killing them all but the gold wont pickup, it is all sitting on the floor, (even your pet wont pickup gold). To fix this you have to move slightly to trigger the gold to be picked up. This happens sometimes and can easily trigger your second chance passive (Unstable Anomaly) as your gold pickup streak will finish and Goldwrap's armour bonus along with it.

When you kill the Rift Guardian make sure to have enemies nearby or gold nearby if your damage is a little low, that way you can pickup a bundle of gold to keep your gold pickup streak going and make it easier to kill the Rift Guardian without dying.

With the skills; it doesn't matter which Signature Spell you use and if you use Hydra or not. I just like the look of Hydra and it is a low cost skill. The main thing is to sure that you have a fire skill and a lightning skill. Arcane Orb's cold rune Frozen Orb does the most damage and it doesn't do it over time so it is more of a requirement. Teleport with Calamity is needed for mobility with Illusionist and for being the only damage dealing Teleport skill, dealing arcane damage.

Storm Armour - Power of the Storm is used for it's 3 arcane power cost reduction. This could be changed to Scramble for it's 25% movement bonus for 3 seconds when hit by melee or ranged attacks but you should have In-geom procced almost all of the rift allowing you to teleport more.

Familiar - Arcanot along with Astral Presence add a lot of arcane power regeneration which is why they are required for ease of playing.

I hope someone finds this build helpful, I was looking for a speed build for rifts for the Wizard and found Flash Fire too low on damage and too intensive to be able to do passively while watching tv.

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