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I tried this build. I suffer greatly from mobility, unlike the other build that you are constantly teleporting. which is very nice.

I tried keeping it, but the lack of survivability form the ID orb kills you fast.

Is it true that Arcane Torrent procs Paralysis more than Electrocute?

Yes you have to use the Illusionist passive to get around, which is adequate considering it's such a tanky build. The Aquila + OID combo is nice. My advice for when your OID drops is to look for density, and teleport in their midst. You'll get more DR from Halo + APD this way, and it will make up for the loss of your OID stacks (temporarily).

I've also added LoH to this build recently. I recommend going for ~30k on gear, 10k from paragon, so ~40k LoH total.
IMO Arcane torrent builds will surpass electrocute in GRs, but only by about 3 GR levels (not by much). They both are great options.

AT can maintain higher tick rates than electrocute, whereas electrocute can affect more enemies with the chains. They both offer different, but good playstyles.

Quote from cmacq»

You have made life much more pleasurable for those of us who don't like the Archon spec. Cheers and Good on Ya!

Thanks cmacq! Glad you're liking the alternate choices. Archon is powerful but can get tedious maintaining archon uptime, and managing the extra spellbar.

Quote from Leafeator»

What is your preferred Follower and its gear?

Templar with Thunderfury, Ess of Johan, and Oculus ring. Be sure to roll AS + CDR on every follower piece you can.

Quote from hiredranger2014»

running out of resource all the time.

What am I doing wrong?

Recommendations for RCR and Max AP are in the guide section.

Did you use MW:Conduit?

APoC on source?

No reason why you shouldn't be able to keep up AP with all of these things in place.

Maybe provide a link to your character?

OID = Orb of Infinite Depth

RG = Rift Guardian

APD = Ancient Parthan Defenders

APoC = Arcane Power on Crit

PE = Pain Enhancer

Note: Added boots of disregard as an alternate boot slot option. Offers better recovery, but we lose out on some mobility with this swap.

Quote from R4st1s»

Thanks for creating and sharing this build, Cratic!

It's the most fun I've had in a long time playing wizard, as I absolutely hate Archon builds. Although they still top the charts performance-wise, this build is highly capable and much, much more enoyable. I seem to be stalling around 86-87 on my toon, however, and came here looking for advice on how and what to improve.

Hi - I'll try and give advice.

I'm assuming you've got an emerald socketed in your DW, that's pretty important. You'll also want life% on shoulder / belt. You'll want to find a better Tal helm. The one you have isn't optimal with not having VIT or LoH. Get a Compass rose with Attack speed. Doesn't matter if all it rolled was AS + RCR or AS + LoH, those are adequate to start out just look for max AS. Long run you really want a better one though.

As you can see on my toon right now I've rolled RCR on source, as I prefer the higher RCR, and I've got Amethyst in pants. This is something you can opt for too, though how you have with the VIT should be good most of the time, this mostly just makes the difference on single target.

Playstyle - I generally spend a little time up front grouping and herding mobs. I run with Ess of Johan on the follower too, so I try and position him where that would work out well. Try to engage near a killable elite too (one with favorable affixes). There are alot you can engage with this build which is good. Kill little mob near elite to proc Oculus ring. Hopefully it's nearby the group, stand in it, proc PE with Blizzard / AT:SD, and hopefully get a lot of damage on the elite (focus elite down). After elite dies, you can clean up some of the trash then move on.

I try not to stand in Oculus ring procs that are too far away from the group. If they at least have some mobs around, then might be worth doing, but I've been focusing on maintaining my PE stacks more as of late.

RGs you want to look for are single target that don't bounce around a lot. RGs like Saxtris, Man Carver, Hammelin, and Perdition are really good for this build. Bloodmaw, Orlash, Crusader king, bone warlock, Perendi, Stonesinger are pretty good too.
RGs like Agnidox, Rime, Ember are really bad, and can potentially ruin your timebox.

Mostly when you're pushing at your highest level, it comes down to getting good rifts. There are only like 2-3 mob sets that let you progress at the higher end, and only 1 when you cap out up top. The map spawn also is a factor, you really want to look for the Drowned Temple (larger map) with Cultist / Berserker / Hellions. If you get a shorter rift level as a starter map, and it's bad, just skip it. Check level 2 and see if it's good.

I typically spent anywhere from 20-50 keys in progressing from GRs 88-92. On 92 i think I spent 50 keys.

This is the group build I run -

so far cleared 99 in 4 man. It works better in 4 man, for 2 and 3 man you might have to swap out the Primus or slow time for Force armor, depending on the group. I typically run with Stricken and take the role of the gen monk, though in 2's and 3's you and lower speed runs you might run with Taeguk.