[2.3] Shock Trooper Wizard - (Tal's 6 / Woh + Craftables) T7-T8 Speed Farming - Wizard - Diablo III Builds

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[2.3] Shock Trooper Wizard - (Tal's 6 / Woh + Craftables) T7-T8 Speed Farming

by Cratic last updated Nov 2, 2015 ( Patch 2.3 )

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Skills

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.
Shock Pulse Explosive Bolts
- Shock Pulse
This is a Signature spell. Signature spells are free to cast.

Release a medium range pulse of 3 unpredictable charges of electricity that deal 194% weapon damage as Lightning.
Explosive Bolts

Slain enemies explode, dealing 184% weapon damage as Cold to every enemy within 10 yards.

Shock Pulse's damage turns into Cold.
Diamond Skin Sleek Shell
- Diamond Skin
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Transform your skin to diamond for 3 seconds, absorbing up to 40% of your Life in damage from incoming attacks.
Sleek Shell

Increases your movement speed by 30% while Diamond Skin is active.
Black Hole Supermassive
- 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.
Supermassive

Increases the Black Hole radius to 20 yards and damage to 1290% weapon damage as Lightning over 2 seconds.
Magic Weapon Force Weapon
- Magic Weapon
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

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

Increase the damage bonus of Magic Weapon to 20% damage.
Explosive Blast Chain Reaction
- Explosive Blast
Cost: 20 Arcane Power
Cooldown: 6 seconds

Gather an infusion of energy around you that explodes after 1.5 seconds for 945% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 12 yards.
Chain Reaction

Instead of a single explosion, release a chain of 3 consecutive explosions, each dealing 520% weapon damage as Fire.

Evocation
- Evocation
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
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.
Dominance
- Dominance
Killing an enemy grants a shield that absorbs 2% of your Life in damage for 3 seconds. This effect can stack up to 10 times.

Refreshing Dominance will set the shield to its maximum possible potency and each stack will increase its total duration by 0.5 seconds.

Items

Sage's Apogee

Set Helm

Primary Stats

+5 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

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.
Born's Privilege

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Born's Command
Born's Frozen Soul
Born's Privilege
Born's Furious Wrath
(2) Set: +15% Life
(3) Set: Reduces cooldown of all skills by +10%.+20% Experience. (0.2*10|1| % at level 70)
Tal Rasha's Allegiance

Set Amulet

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51.0–100.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
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.
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+220–349 Vitality
Attack Speed Increased by 5.0–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 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.
Warzechian Armguards

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 2.5–3.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
Every time you destroy a wreckable object, you gain a short burst of speed.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Tal Rasha's Grasp

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
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.
Goldwrap

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

+9–10% Extra Gold from Monsters
On gold pickup: Gain armor for 5 seconds equal to the amount picked up.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–23 Dexterity

+18–23 Strength

+18–23 Intelligence
Tal Rasha's Stride

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 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.
Sage's Passage

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

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.
Focus

Set Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

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.
Restraint

Set Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

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.
Born's Furious Wrath

Set Sword

Primary Stats

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Holy Damage
+5 Random Magic Properties

Born's Command
Born's Frozen Soul
Born's Privilege
Born's Furious Wrath
(2) Set: +15% Life
(3) Set: Reduces cooldown of all skills by +10%.+20% Experience. (0.2*10|1| % at level 70)
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare

Set Source

Primary Stats

+(94–118)–(95–142) Damage
+330–524 Intelligence
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
Increases Meteor Damage by 20–25% (Wizard Only)
+3 Random Magic Properties

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.

More Details

Head
- Sage's Apogee
- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Stat Priority: Int Skill: Meteor CHC Socket
Shoulders
- Born's Privilege
- Stat Priority: Int CDR Skill: EB AD
Amulet
- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Stat Priority: Fire % CHD CHC Socket
Torso
- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Socket Skill: EB
Wrists
- Warzechian Armguards
- Nemesis Bracers
- Strongarm Bracers
- Stat Priority: Fire % Int Vit CHC
Hands
- Tal Rasha's Grasp
- Sage's Purchase
- Stat Priority: Int CDR CHC CHD
Waist
- Goldwrap
- Krelm's Buff Belt
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Life LPS
Legs
- Tal Rasha's Stride
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + Socket
Feet
- Sage's Passage
- Nilfur's Boast
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + Skill: Meteor
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Stat Priority: CDR CHD CHC Socket
Weapon
- Born's Furious Wrath
- Stat Priority: Int CDR Dmg % Socket
Offhand
- Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
- Stat Priority: Int CDR CHC AD

Legendary Gems
- Pain Enhancer
  Pain Enhancer
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Critical hits cause the enemy to bleed for 2500.0% weapon damage as Physical over 3 seconds.
  Gain Blood Frenzy, granting you 3% increased Attack Speed for each bleeding enemy within 20 yards. (Requires Rank 25)
- Wreath of Lightning
  Wreath of Lightning
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  15% chance on hit to gain a Wreath of Lightning, dealing 1250.0% weapon damage as Lightning every second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
  While under the effect of the Wreath of Lightning, gain 25% increased movement speed. (Requires Rank 25)
- Boon of the Hoarder
  Boon of the Hoarder
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  +25% chance on killing an enemy to cause an explosion of gold.

Kanai's Cube

Wand of Woh

Legendary Wand

Primary Stats

+128–163 Intelligence
Increases Explosive Blast Damage by 75–100% (Wizard Only)
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

3 additional Explosive Blasts are triggered after casting Explosive Blast.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(32–39)–(39–49) Arcane Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Poison Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Lightning Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Holy Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Cold Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Fire Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Damage
Wand of Woh
Krelm's Buff Belt

Set Belt

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain 25% run speed. This effect is lost for 5 seconds after taking damage.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Krelm’s Buff Bulwark
Krelm's Buff Belt
Krelm's Buff Bracers
(2) Set: +500 Vitality
Krelm's Buff Belt
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Ring of Royal Grandeur

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Affixes
Orange are required. Yellow are preferred. Green are the easiest to exchange or make due without.
Secondary resists are preferred on items. In general, shoot for at least 450k life, 400% CHD, 50% CHC, and 90% AD.

Head: Socket / Meteor% / INT / CHC
Shoulders: CDR / EB% / Int / AD
Amulet: Socket / CHD / CHC / Fire%
Chest: 3 Sockets / INT / VIT / Armor+ or Elite%Red
Wrist: Fire% / CHC / INT / VIT
Gloves: CDR / CHC / INT / CHD
Waist: INT / VIT / Life% / Armor+ or LPS
Legs: INT / 2 Sockets / VIT / Armor+
Boots: Meteor% / INT / VIT / Armor+ or %Movement
Ring1: Socket / CDR / CHD / CHC
Ring2: Socket / CDR / CHD / CHC
Weapon: Socket (Gifted) / CDR / INT / +%Dmg or AD
Offhand: CDR / CHC / INT / AD

CDR
With CDR listed, you will have 66.3% CDR. This allows for a 2s CD on EB, 4s CD on Black Hole, and 3.69s CD on Teleport.
Quicker casts = more Tal Rasha uptime, more damage, and increased CC / survival.

Area Damage
You'll want at least 2 affixes dedicated to area damage. With paragon, this will give you at least 90% AD.
For a bit more info on area damage, see this video. Chain Reaction's fast attack allows AD to proc fairly often.

The Cube
Wand of Woh
Krelm's buff belt - Best option for movement speed. Interchangeable with Goldwrap on gear.
RoRG - Required to meet set bonuses.

Legendary Gems
Pain Enhancer- Bleed is nice for speedy setup. Damage wise I found it to be about equal in power to Bane of the Trapped. So this can be swapped if you prefer. Procs off of Wreath of Lightning.
Wreath of Lightning - Mini-conduit that deals instant damage to all enemies around you when procced. The run speed seals the deal on this one.
Boon of the Hoarder - Provides the gold needed to gain defense via Goldwrap.

Other
May have to assign Inspire and RCR paragon, but should not have any problems with AP regen.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Vitality
Movement Speed
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed

Defense

Armor
Life Regeneration
Resist All
Life

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Core: If you opted for %Movement on boots, roll the extra points into INT.
Offense: After CDR, CHC=CHD in priority, add them in balance.
Utility: RCR>AD in priority only if you are having issues with AP regen.

Build Guide

Purpose

Farm T7-T8 for death's breath or bounties. Shock Trooper boasts high mobility, ease of dealing out damage, and of course, mini conduit.
Easy to gear up to ancient, since you can craft your weapon, and many other pieces as well.
Super fun to play! You don't have to think about teleporting around like you would with In-Geom.

Strategy

Stun enemies with Teleport (Calamity). CC and group enemies together with Black Hole (Supermassive).
Attacking with Shock Pulse (Explosive Bolts) often will help proc Wreath of lightning. Shock Pulse pierces enemies and has a high proc coefficient.
Run over gold to gain defense and speed. Kite the rift boss near other mobs or extra gold and pick up occasionally as needed.
Run speed items and bonuses are a focus of the build - allows you to quickly move between packs.

Sleek Shell - 30% for 3s duration, active approximately once every 5s.
Krelm's Buff Belt - 25% as long as you don't get hit. Shielding from dominance or sleek shell will prevent the buff from going down.
Wreath of Lightning - 25% for 3s.
Boon of the Hoarder - up to 30% for 2s.
Illusionist - 30% for 3s.
Warzechian Armguards - 50% for 4s.

Passives

Audacity - Required.
Evocation - Required.
Illusionist - Allows for high mobility.
Dominance - Shielding allows greater uptime of Krelm's Buff Belt and higher defense.

Configuration

Use Teleport on left click to easily direct your character without activating force move. Use (force stand + teleport) to activate Teleport.
Use the num lock method on Explosive Blast. While the casting is not perfect (I notice ~.3s gap between blasts), it is better than I do in rotation.

Swaps

For More Damage:

Swap Illusionist in favor of Glass Cannon.
Swap Illusionist for Elemental Exposure. Good option for group play.

For more Movement Speed:

Swap Force Weapon for Scramble.

For more Defense:

Swap Force Weapon for Pinpoint Barrier (5% Crit).

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[2.3] Shock Trooper Wizard - (Tal's 6 / Woh + Craftables) T7-T8 Speed Farming

Skills

Items

Head

Shoulders

Amulet

Torso

Wrists

Hands

Waist

Legs

Feet

Rings

Weapon

Offhand

Legendary Gems