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[S9] Manald Heal Wiz - Solo 90-100+ [Updated 13 Feb 2017]

by wudijo last updated Feb 18, 2017 ( Patch 2.4.3 )

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Skills

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 Spellsteal
- 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.
Spellsteal

Enemies hit by Black Hole deal 10% reduced damage for 5 seconds. Each enemy hit by Black Hole grants you 3% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Archon Combustion
- 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.
Combustion

An explosion erupts around you when you transform, dealing 3680% weapon damage as Fire to all enemies within 15 yards.

Archon abilities deal Fire damage instead of Arcane.
Energy Armor Force Armor
- Energy Armor
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

Focus your energies, increasing your Armor by 35% but decreasing your maximum Arcane Power by 20. Lasts 10 minutes.

Only one Armor may be active at a time.
Force Armor

Incoming attacks that would deal more than 35% of your maximum Life are reduced to deal 35% of your maximum Life instead.

The amount absorbed cannot exceed 100% of your maximum Life.
Energy Twister Mistral Breeze
- Energy Twister
Cost: 35 Arcane Power

Unleash a twister of pure energy that deals 1525% weapon damage as Arcane over 6 seconds to everything in its path.
Mistral Breeze

Reduce the casting cost of Energy Twister to 25 Arcane Power.

Energy Twister's damage turns into Cold.
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.

Paralysis
- Paralysis
Lightning spells have a 15% chance to Stun all targets hit for 1.5 seconds.
Power Hungry
- Power Hungry
You deal 30% additional damage to enemies farther than 30 yards.
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.
Evocation
- Evocation
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.

Items

Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom

Set Helm

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
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.
Vyr's Proud Pauldrons

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+91–100 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

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 also gain Archon stacks when you hit with an Archon ability.
Tal Rasha's Allegiance

Set Amulet

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51 - 100%
+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 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.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
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.
Ancient Parthan Defenders

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Each stunned enemy within 25 yards reduces your damage taken by 9–12%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength

+626–750 Intelligence

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 also gain Archon stacks when you hit with an Archon ability.
Fazula's Improbable Chain

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

You automatically start with 40–50 Archon stacks when entering Archon form.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 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.
Vyr's Swaggering Stance

Set Boots

Primary Stats

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

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

One of 33 Magic Properties (varies)

Increases Cluster Arrow Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)

Increases Multishot Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)

Increases Elemental Arrow Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)

Increases Strafe Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)

Increases Chakram Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)

Increases Rapid Fire Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)

Increases Impale Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)

Increases Whirlwind Damage by 10–15% (Barbarian Only)

Increases Seismic Slam Damage by 10–15% (Barbarian Only)

Increases Ancient Spear Damage by 10–15% (Barbarian Only)

Increases Hammer of the Ancients Damage by 10–15% (Barbarian Only)

Increases Meteor Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)

Increases Disintegrate Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)

Increases Energy Twister Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)

Increases Arcane Torrent Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)

Increases Wave of Force Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)

Increases Arcane Orb Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)

Increases Ray of Frost Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)

Increases Acid Cloud Damage by 10–15% (Witch Doctor Only)

Increases Spirit Barrage Damage by 10–15% (Witch Doctor Only)

Increases Zombie Charger Damage by 10–15% (Witch Doctor Only)

Increases Sacrifice Damage by 10–15% (Witch Doctor Only)

Increases Firebats Damage by 10–15% (Witch Doctor Only)

Increases Tempest Rush Damage by 10–15% (Monk Only)

Increases Exploding Palm Damage by 10–15% (Monk Only)

Increases Wave of Light Damage by 10–15% (Monk Only)

Increases Lashing Tail Kick Damage by 10–15% (Monk Only)

Increases Phalanx Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)

Increases Blessed Hammer Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)

Increases Blessed Shield Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)

Increases Sweep Attack Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)

Increases Fist of the Heavens Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)

Increases Shield Bash Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)

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 also gain Archon stacks when you hit with an Archon ability.
Manald Heal

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Enemies stunned with Paralysis also take 13000–14000% weapon damage as Lightning.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+37–48 Dexterity

+37–48 Strength

+37–48 Intelligence
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Ignores Durability Loss
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4 - 7%.
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5 - 6%
Reduces all resource costs by 5 - 7%.

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
Starfire

Legendary Wand

Primary Stats

+(6–7)–(8–9) Cold Damage
+27–35 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Lightning damage is increased by 10–15% for every 10 yards you are from the target up to a maximum of 40 yards.
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
- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Vyr's Sightless Skull
- Stat Priority: Int Vit CHC Socket
Shoulders
- Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Life CDR
Amulet
- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD Socket Dmg %
Torso
- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Vyr's Astonishing Aura
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Socket Life
Wrists
- Ancient Parthan Defenders
- Stat Priority: Int Vit CHC Lightning %
Hands
- Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
- Tal Rasha's Grasp
- Stat Priority: Int CHD CHC CDR
Waist
- Fazula's Improbable Chain
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Life AR
Legs
- Tal Rasha's Stride
- Vyr's Fantastic Finery
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + Socket
Feet
- Vyr's Swaggering Stance
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + AR
Rings
- Manald Heal
- Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC CDR Socket
Weapon
- Starfire
- Pig Sticker
- Stat Priority: AS CDR Dmg % Socket
Offhand
- Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
- Stat Priority: Int CDR CHC

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Stricken
  Bane of the Stricken
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.8%.
- Gogok of Swiftness
  Gogok of Swiftness
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain Swiftness with every attack, increasing your Attack Speed by 1% and Dodge by 0.5% for 4 seconds. This effect stacks up to 15 times.
- Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Damage you deal is increased by 4.00% for every 10 yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum 20.00% increase at 50 yards.
  20% chance on hit to Stun the enemy for 1 second. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

Starfire

Legendary Wand

Primary Stats

+(6–7)–(8–9) Cold Damage
+27–35 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Lightning damage is increased by 10–15% for every 10 yards you are from the target up to a maximum of 40 yards.
Starfire

Cubed jewelry should be Ring of Royal Grandeur, cubed armor slot The Swarmi.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Maximum Resource
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Damage
Critical Hit Chance

Defense

Resist All
Life
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find

Build Guide

Overview

This build revolves around the reworked Manald Heal and buffing its damage the most possible. It’s basically a ranged lightning Archon build with four elements (Tal Rasha), however you have to precisely micro-manage your positioning and attacks for maximum effectiveness. It’s quite strong and will rival the Firebird Archon solo build that Wizards have been using in the past couple seasons, but it is fairly difficult to play optimally. The damage output is fairly strong, so much so that this build is able to kill rift guardians properly without Bane of the Stricken, however clearing high tiers will require some fishing for good density because you need to build momentum with your Archon stacks. It's also the strongest farming build for speed GRs below Tier 90.

Itemization

We have to combine 4pc Vyr’s with 6pc Tal Rasha, so you have to equip Vyr shoulders and boots and Tal Rasha amulet, offhand and preferably chest, then fill the rest until you have all set bonuses with a cubed RoRG. There is no weapon that is really necessary, however the best performance will be a Pig Sticker (faster attack speed, more primaries and secondary damage boost) with a cubed Starfire (extra damage based on distance). For speedfarm, In Geom + Starfire is the best choice. You should aim to have good crit chance / damage where possible, elemental damage on ONLY bracers, (elemental and elite damage don't work for MH but we need lightning on one piece to make Archon beam deal lightning damage) and strong CDR rolls on all your items excluding amulet, then fill the rest with defense and perhaps attack speed on your weapon. The equipped rings should be Manald Heal and Obsidian Ring, as they can roll the preferred stat combo, and RoRG should go into the cube. The belt is Fazula, which gives us much-needed Archon stacks along with The Swarmi in the cube. Ranslor's Folly will help us to group up monsters in solo, for speedfarming you should go with Nemesis Bracers.

Optimal item rolls: http://www.d3planner.com/354124517 (solo) | http://www.d3planner.com/692516652 (speedfarm) | http://www.d3planner.com/949751286 (torments)

Playstyle

When you enter a rift, make sure to buff yourself with Force Armor and Magic Weapon, and also remember to rebuff yourself once later on or when you die. This build is very squishy, especially with low stacks you need to be careful, with high Archon stacks you won't have to worry too much. In order to deal any damage at all, you have to keep up your Tal Rasha stacks up to 3 outside of Archon, and then up to 4 when you enter Archon.

For dealing damage, we pretty much only rely on Manald Heal procs, and sometimes you can get very lucky or very unlucky. It is important to note that you CAN proc Manald Heal on targets that are immune to crowd control, so you won't have to worry about your Black Hole or Juggernaut elites. When a skill procs Paralysis, ALL targets hit by that specific cast will be stunned and take damage. If it's a spell like Arcane Torrent - Static Discharge, you will proc Manald Heal EVERY time it deals damage after the Paralysis proc until the next "attack sequence" begins. For example, AT - SD shoots two bolts + one electrified bolt per sequence, and you will proc MH up to 3x with it if you stun on the first hit, or 2x if you stun on the second hit, etc. The “dot” nature of the Archon beam also seems to work similarly and allow up to 10-20 procs per Paralysis stun depending on your attack speed.

It requires some time to get used to, but after a while you will realize when is the best time to nuke and deal good damage. To maximize it even more, try to not kill too many targets outside of Archon, rather just get them to low hp and perhaps spawn an Oculus ring, and try to get the most kills while inside of Archon for the additional stacks.

Variations

There are a lot of possible variations for this build. First of all you can decide if you want to go with Stricken or Trapped on tiers up to 100, because this build is strong enough to kill rift guardians without Stricken until then. For torments and speed GRs, you want to run In Geom + Starfire, and perhaps switch Black Hole to Teleport and Twister to Blizzard or Frost Nova. For a more tanky and easier to play build, you can go with Halo, Ice Armor and Ancient Parthan Defenders, or for a group variation you can go with Convention.

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