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Sets and Set Bonuses

• Blackthorne's Set - Preferred Bonus. Protection and damage can't be passed up. Avoid some hurtful monster affixes at 4 set bonus.
• Aughild's Set - Preferred bonus. To many benefits to ignore.
• Tal Rasha's Set - Preferred Bonus. Two piece only, for Meteors. Pieces recommended: Source, Amulet, Hands, Legs.
• Asheara's Set - Optional Set. Boosts defense. 4 piece bonus is interesting option, but not preferred. Would cause the loss of another set bonus.
• Captain Crimson's Set - Optional Set. CDR and RCR combination is good for this build. Belt, Pants, or Boots.
• Cain's Set - Optional Set. IAS and Magic find. Helm, Gloves, Pants, or Boots.

Build Variation 1

• Variation 1 involves little to no CDR requirement. Use the Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac to make up for not having CDR assigned.
• With this setup, you'll be able to use Black Hole and Frost Nova to CC much more often without sacrificing as much gear or passives to CDR.

Build Variation 2

• Variation 2 involves the use of CDR to lower the cooldown on Black Hole (Event Horizon) and Frost Nova (Cold Snap).
• You must be able to cast these at least once every 8 seconds to activate the Tal Rasha Meteors efficiently.
• These Meteors will fall often and destroy most anything in their path, especially when enhanced with % Meteor Damage.

• A CDR of at least 33.34% is recommended. Use the formula below to calculate your CDR:

• The passive Evocation can be used to help attain the CDR required.
• The Captain Crimson's optional Set is recommended.

• The Nagelring is a great ring to get you into lesser torment and up through T6.
• The Fallen Lunatics explode in at least a 10 yard radius for about 10,000% weapon damage, so this ring scales as your gear improves.
• Stone of Jordan or Wyrdward are also good options.
• Proc chance for Wyrdward is based on proc coefficient. So stun chance is multiplied by the 20% coefficient of Arcane torrent (Static Discharge).

Build Variation 3

• Broken Promises allows you to drop all CHC affixes from your gear. If equipping this ring, you want as low as possible CHC (5%).
• This ring scales with attack speed. Increasing attack speed increases the chance of it activating. This causes more buff uptime, and emulates having a higher CHC.
• Try to gain enough Attack Speed for at least 1.8 APS. The more the better though. Use a fast attack speed weapon to match.
• The Cain's optional Set is recommended.
• Legendary gems Pain Enhancer or Gogok of Swiftness should be considered.

• If you have 2 piece Tal's, try to fit in some level of CDR to better match Tal's Meteor activation timings. At least 20% CDR is good to have.
• Assign where defensive affixes are common, such as shoulders, or Diamond in helm.

Build Variation 4

• Rogar's Huge Stone is used in conjunction with Boots of Disregard or Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard.
• This boost in defense allows you to place more offensive affixes on gear, such as ED, CHC, CHD, INT, or Attack Speed.
• Consider Glass Cannon as a passive.
• CDR of at least 20% is recommended to better match 2 piece Tal Rasha's.
• Assign where defensive affixes are common, such as shoulders, or Diamond in helm.

Alternate Weapons

• Any good weapon will work with this build for T1-T6. Here are some preferred alternates:
• Sun Keeper
• Sky Splitter
• Odyn Son
• Schaefer's Hammer
• Furnace

Legendary Gems

• Bane of the Trapped - with all the CC in the build, best option available.
• Wreath of Lightning - scales with Elemental Damage (ED). Good close up damage supplement.

Third Gem

• Mirinae
• Pain Enhancer
• Taeguk
• Gogok of Swiftness
• Esoteric Alteration
• Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard

Offensive Affixes

• Go for ED=CHD, CHC, and INT in that general order.
• IAS can be used to supplement damage, and is required for build variation 3. Static Discharge attack speed breakpoints apply.
• Get %Arcane Torrent Skill Damage on Helm, Boots, and Source.
• Try to get Lightning ED on Helm, Amulet, Bracer, and Belt.
• A good affix for shoulders is Area Damage.
• A good affix for chest is Reduced Damage from Elites or Attack Speed.

Defensive Affixes

• Armor and All Resist should be prioritized and added in equal balance. However, Life Regen/Life on Hit, Stamina, and %Life can be beneficial as well and should not be ignored. I try to aim for at least 275k life to survive some of the harder hits. 350k+ would allow for more flexibility though.

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