Build Guide
***Hey it's MambaShane!***
Basic Gameplay As a Firebird Archon Wizard:
- Keep Ice Armor & Magic Weapon up at all times
- Use Explosive blast for Damage Mitigation (Orb of Infinite Depth in Cube)
- Use Arcane Torrent to reset the Cooldown on Archon (through Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac in Cube)
- Kill as much as possible during 1st Archon Rotation to gain Archon Stacks, these stacks overlap into your second Archon rotation (through Swami in Cube)
- Stay alive by teleporting into large densities to proc Bracers + Halo ring synergy
- Make sure Elite is Ignited to gain 2000% bonus damage buff through Firebirds Set
- In Archon, Left-Click Attack does +11% more damage than Right-Click, but with much less range.
- You have 2 extra lives through (Firebird Set & Unstable Anomaly)
** Important Note**
In order for your Chantodo to Deal Fire Dmg, you must have % Fire Damage as your highest % elemental damage!
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When you say 'make sure Elite is Ignited', can you please explain that process?
What spell do I use on the elite, and do I leave the elite alive and move onto other packs/elites ?
Thanks for a great guide!
Hi Flyguy, thanks for your message. All you have to do is make sure you've done damage to an elite pack to "ignite them". That's as simple as it gets! hope the guide was useful!
How do u check that % Fire dps is your highest % element dps?
Can't figure it out :/
Very Solid Build man. Only thing that would make it tougher is Diamonds in Chest and Legs but then you lose some damage. Yours is my favourite build. Works for everyting pretty much. I know their are more aggro build but this is well balanced. I use the Orb of Infinite Depth/ with Chain Reaction combo. What do you think of switching Familar/Sparkflint instead of Magic Weapon / Deflection and Flameward instead of Statis Discharge for Arcane Torrent. Lots of Fire / FIRE EVERYWHERE hahah
Cheers
Hi Trexik,
AS can be good in certain situations for your arcane torrent, because it'll help reset the CD on Archon even faster, however, in terms of Mainhand, you want 10% CDR > 10% DMG > IAS. Zodiac/Halo variation is fine, equip the better one of course. Thanks
Hi Callemare,
Thanks for your question. You can either see it in your Character Details tab, or simply identify which element % is your highest. For this build, you will only have elemental damage on either your bracers or neck, so you always want Fire% to be your highest hope this helps!
Hey NinjaCat,
I'm glad you're enjoying the build. Personally, I like more damage over tankiness, simply because you want to blow things up ASAP in archon. Survivability with Halo, APDs, Ice Armour + Orb should be enough. An alternative could be to add + 100-200 Vit stats in your Paragon. Interesting point you brought up on Familiar/Sparkflint, but Magic Weapon is too good to give up here- due to boost in both damage and defense!
Of course this build isn't set in stone, feel free to play around with it and do let me know what works best! Thanks again.
Last question for you. FLameward vs Static DIscharge. WHy is this used ins some builds and some builds its not. I read somewhere that it Procs faster but i'm not sure about that. Is it because it splits in two ? And shouldn't the fire damage and damage reduction of Flameward Rune be worth it more than static discharge?
Callemare, use your character's expanded stat sheet. Any damage % bonuses will be listed under offense, given that you have points in it.
MambaShane, Love how you tune towards a bit of survivability instead of glass cannon like most other guides. Just wondering, how much CDR would you recommend aiming for to help return to Archon? I've been struggling a bit with this. Also, what is the benefit of static discharge over flame ward?
Thanks jrandall103. In terms of CDR, you should target 60%. The benefit of static discharge is simply for increased reset for archon through a 2x bolt proc wih obsidian, as opposed to flame ward- which is slower. Enjoy!
Hi there NinjaCat,
The benefit of static discharge is simply for increased reset for archon through a 2x bolt proc wih obsidian, as opposed to flame ward- which is slower. Enjoy!
indeed its most useful spec. dont believe the others. u can try that build and improve your GR lvl easily.
Hi Obtainpain,
I'm not quite sure what you mean? Would you mind rephrasing? Thanks
Thanks jrandall103!