Mage Archon Vyr's Build

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by Deamonheart81 last updated May 5, 2022 ( Season 25 )

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Skills

Storm Armor Shocking Aspect
- 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.
Shocking Aspect

Critical Hits have a chance to electrocute a nearby enemy for 425% weapon damage as Lightning.
Arcane Torrent Static Discharge
- Arcane Torrent
Cost: 16 Arcane Power

Hurl a barrage of arcane projectiles that deal 400% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies near the impact location.

Arcane Torrent damage is increased by 305% weapon damage every second, up to a maximum total of 1010% weapon damage as Arcane.
Static Discharge

Each missile explodes into 2 piercing bolts of electricity that each deal 150% weapon damage as Lightning.
Black Hole Absolute Zero
- Black Hole
Cost: 20 Arcane Power
Cooldown: 12 seconds

Conjure a Black Hole at the target location that draws enemies to it and deals 700% weapon damage as Arcane over 2 seconds to all enemies within 15 yards.
Absolute Zero

Each enemy hit increases the damage of your Cold spells by 3% for 10 seconds.

Black Hole's damage turns into Cold.
Archon Slow Time
- Archon
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Transform into a being of pure arcane energy for 20 seconds. While in Archon form, your normal abilities are replaced by powerful Archon abilities, your damage is increased by 30%, and your Armor and resistances are increased by 150%.

Each enemy killed while in Archon form increases your damage by 6% for the remaining duration of Archon.
Slow Time

Archon form can cast a Slow Time that follows you and your Arcane Blast and Arcane Strike abilities Freeze enemies for 1 second.

Archon abilities deal Cold damage instead of Arcane.
Slow Time Time Warp
- Slow Time
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Invoke a bubble of warped time and space at your target location up to 60 yards away for 15 seconds, reducing enemy attack speed by 20% and movement speed by 60%. This bubble also slows the speed of enemy projectiles by 90%.
Time Warp

Enemies caught in the bubble of warped time take 15% more damage.
Magic Weapon Deflection
- Magic Weapon
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

Imbue your weapon with magical energy, granting it 10% increased damage. Lasts 10 minutes.
Deflection

When you perform an attack, gain a protective shield for 3 seconds that absorbs 4% of your Life in damage.

Evocation
- Evocation
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
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.
Galvanizing Ward
- Galvanizing Ward
As long as you have not taken damage in the last 5 seconds you gain a protective shield that absorbs the next 60% of your Life in damage.
Audacity
- Audacity
You deal 30% additional damage to enemies within 15 yards.

Items

Vyr's Sightless Skull

Set Helm

21 - 24 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Vyr's Amazing Arcana
Vyr's Astonishing Aura
Vyr's Fantastic Finery
Vyr's Swaggering Stance
Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
Vyr's Sightless Skull
(2) Set: Archon gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: Archon stacks also increase your Attack Speed, Armor, and Resistances by 1%.
(6) Set: You gain 1 Archon stack when you hit with an Archon ability and Archon stacks also reduce damage taken by 0.15% and have their damage bonus increased to 50%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Vyr's Proud Pauldrons

Set Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

+51 - 60 Resistance to All Elements

Vyr's Amazing Arcana
Vyr's Astonishing Aura
Vyr's Fantastic Finery
Vyr's Swaggering Stance
Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
Vyr's Sightless Skull
(2) Set: Archon gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: Archon stacks also increase your Attack Speed, Armor, and Resistances by 1%.
(6) Set: You gain 1 Archon stack when you hit with an Archon ability and Archon stacks also reduce damage taken by 0.15% and have their damage bonus increased to 50%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Squirt's Necklace

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+26 - 30% Extra Gold from Monsters
Critical Hit Damage Increased by 31 - 35%

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Vyr's Astonishing Aura

Set Chest Armor

51 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Vyr's Amazing Arcana
Vyr's Astonishing Aura
Vyr's Fantastic Finery
Vyr's Swaggering Stance
Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
Vyr's Sightless Skull
(2) Set: Archon gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: Archon stacks also increase your Attack Speed, Armor, and Resistances by 1%.
(6) Set: You gain 1 Archon stack when you hit with an Archon ability and Archon stacks also reduce damage taken by 0.15% and have their damage bonus increased to 50%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer

Legendary Bracers

17 - 19 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%

Secondary Stats

Increases the potency of your shields by 75 - 100%.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets

Set Gloves

42 - 55 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6 - 6.5%

Vyr's Amazing Arcana
Vyr's Astonishing Aura
Vyr's Fantastic Finery
Vyr's Swaggering Stance
Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
Vyr's Sightless Skull
(2) Set: Archon gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: Archon stacks also increase your Attack Speed, Armor, and Resistances by 1%.
(6) Set: You gain 1 Archon stack when you hit with an Archon ability and Archon stacks also reduce damage taken by 0.15% and have their damage bonus increased to 50%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Fazula's Improbable Chain

Legendary Belt

6 - 7 Armor

Secondary Stats

You automatically start with 40 - 50 Archon stacks when entering Archon form.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Vyr's Fantastic Finery

Set Pants

33 - 38 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Vyr's Amazing Arcana
Vyr's Astonishing Aura
Vyr's Fantastic Finery
Vyr's Swaggering Stance
Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
Vyr's Sightless Skull
(2) Set: Archon gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: Archon stacks also increase your Attack Speed, Armor, and Resistances by 1%.
(6) Set: You gain 1 Archon stack when you hit with an Archon ability and Archon stacks also reduce damage taken by 0.15% and have their damage bonus increased to 50%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Vyr's Swaggering Stance

Set Boots

30 - 35 Armor

Vyr's Amazing Arcana
Vyr's Astonishing Aura
Vyr's Fantastic Finery
Vyr's Swaggering Stance
Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
Vyr's Sightless Skull
(2) Set: Archon gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: Archon stacks also increase your Attack Speed, Armor, and Resistances by 1%.
(6) Set: You gain 1 Archon stack when you hit with an Archon ability and Archon stacks also reduce damage taken by 0.15% and have their damage bonus increased to 50%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Halo of Karini

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

You take 60 - 80% less damage for 5 seconds after your Storm Armor electrocutes an enemy more than 15 yards away.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Chantodo's Will

Set Wand

235.2 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

Chantodo's Resolve
Chantodo's Will
Chantodo's Force
(2) Set: Every second while in Archon form you expel a Wave of Destruction, dealing 4000% weapon damage to enemies within 30 yards. This damage scales with attack speed.
Every time you hit with an attack while not in Archon form, 4000% weapon damage is added to the Wave of Destruction, stacking up to 20 times.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Chantodo's Force

Set Source

Primary Stats

+1.471363E-43 Maximum Damage
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6 - 6.5%

Secondary Stats

+7 - 9 Maximum Arcane Power
Critical Hits grant 5 - 6 Arcane Power
One of 1 Magic Properties (varies)
+1.443337E-43 Minimum Damage

Chantodo's Resolve
Chantodo's Will
Chantodo's Force
(2) Set: Every second while in Archon form you expel a Wave of Destruction, dealing 4000% weapon damage to enemies within 30 yards. This damage scales with attack speed.
Every time you hit with an attack while not in Archon form, 4000% weapon damage is added to the Wave of Destruction, stacking up to 20 times.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Vyr's Sightless Skull
- The Swami
- Stat Priority: Socket CHC Int Vit
Shoulders
- Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
- Stat Priority: CDR Int Armor + Vit
Amulet
- Squirt's Necklace
- Stat Priority: Socket CHD Cold % CHC
Torso
- Vyr's Astonishing Aura
- Stat Priority: Socket Armor + Reduced Elite Dmg Int
Wrists
- Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer
- Stat Priority: Cold % CHC Int Vit
Hands
- Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
- Stat Priority: CDR CHD CHC Int
Waist
- Fazula's Improbable Chain
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + Life
Legs
- Vyr's Fantastic Finery
- Stat Priority: Socket Int Armor + Vit
Feet
- Vyr's Swaggering Stance
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + AR
Rings
- Convention of Elements
- Halo of Karini
- Stat Priority: Socket CHC CHD Dmg range
Weapon
- Chantodo's Will
- Stat Priority: Dmg range CDR AS Dmg %
Offhand
- Chantodo's Force
- Stat Priority: CHC APoC CDR Int

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Stricken
  Bane of the Stricken
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.80%.
  Gain 25% increased damage against bosses and Rift Guardians. (Requires Rank 25)
- 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.

Kanai's Cube

The Furnace

Legendary Two-Handed Mace

15.75 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Increases damage against elites by 40 - 50%.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(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

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
The Furnace
The Swami

Legendary Wizard Hat

150 - 185 Armor

Secondary Stats

+7 - 9 Maximum Arcane Power
Critical Hits grant 5 - 6 Arcane Power
The bonuses from Archon stacks now last for 15 - 20 seconds after Archon expires.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
The Swami
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Ignores Durability Loss
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 3.5%

Secondary Stats

Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 second when you hit with a resource-spending attack.

+ 1 Random Magic Properties
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

The only Legendary Gem that is default included in all variants is Bane of the Trapped (BotT), which is a nice separate multiplier and has some great synergies with Vyr-Chantodo. Specifically the Cold Wave of Destruction applies a slow before the damage instance is calculated, which means that

BotT has permanent uptime on all targets; this means that it's not a necessity to be within 15 yards of an enemy.

For Solo Greater Rift Pushing, Bane of the Stricken must be included to kill Greater Rift Guardians within a reasonable timeframe. As a rule of thumb, one should incorporate Stricken once Rift Guardian fights take longer than two minutes.

The third viable damage option is Zei's Stone of Vengeance, which, in contrary to its description, grants its first stage benefit at 0 yards and not 10 yards.

Bane of the Powerful is an acceptable addition for Speed Greater Rifts or Nephalem Rifts, however, it's not recommended for pushing variants due to its subpar uptime.

For Nephalem Rifts, Boon of the Hoarder is always a default include specifically due to its amazing synergy with Avarice Band.

Lastly, Gogok of Swiftness is a good choice at season start due to Vyr-Chantodo's significant dependency on Cooldown Reduction; however, Gogok should be rotated out for the other options once enough CDR is acquired as long as you're not playing the Elemental Swap variant.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Critical Hit Damage
Critical Hit Chance
Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed

Defense

Armor
Life
Resist All
Life Regeneration

Utility

Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find
Area Damage

The idea of the build revolves around entering and re-entering Archon as soon as possible to build up Archon stacks and overlap them with The Swami. In Greater Rifts you want to click Archon as soon as possible, make sure to activate Storm Armor and Magic Weapon first though, without caring too much for building up Chantodo's Resolve stacks. You are very squishy in your first rotation, and each time you drop out of Archon, which is when Slow Time as well as Black Hole come in real handy as defensive abilities.

After your first rotation you should be fairly comfortable and tanky meaning it should be fairly easy to get up to 20 Chantodo's Resolve stacks without the feel of being threatened. Keep in mind to repeatedly press Button 1 while in Archon(600ms cooldown) due to it granting additional stacks via the Vyr's Amazing Arcana (6) Bonus as well as some decent shielding via Magic Weapon.

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