Build Guide
build up gogok stacks. use archon just before coe hits lightning.
melt mobs. rince and repeat.
primary attack (cold) can be interchanged with anything you like most.
Rating
MH / CoE Archon Solo 105+ / Grp 110+ (Video)
by
horrax1
last updated Apr 14, 2017
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Patch 2.5.0
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Skills
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Magic Missile Glacial Spike- Magic Missile
This is a Signature spell. Signature spells are free to cast.
Launch a missile of magic energy, dealing 230% weapon damage as Arcane.- Glacial Spike
Cast out a shard of ice that explodes on impact, causing enemies within 4.5 yards to take 175% weapon damage as Cold and be Frozen for 1 second.
Enemies cannot be Frozen by Glacial Spike more than once every 5 seconds. -
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.
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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. -
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.
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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.
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Teleport Safe Passage- Teleport
Cooldown: 11 seconds
Teleport through the ether to the selected location up to 50 yards away.- Safe Passage
For 5 seconds after you Teleport, you will take 25% less damage.
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Galvanizing Ward
- Galvanizing Ward
As long as you have not taken damage in the last 5 seconds you gain a protective shield that absorbs the next 60% of your Life in damage.
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Evocation
- Evocation
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
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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. -
Paralysis
- Paralysis
Lightning spells have a 15% chance to Stun all targets hit for 1.5 seconds.
Items
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- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Set Helm- 398 - 472 Armor
- Primary Stats
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- Critical Hit Chance Increased by 3.5%
- Sockets (1)
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- 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 2000% 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.
- + 3 Random Magic Properties
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- Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
Set Shoulders- Primary Stats
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- +91–100 Resistance to All Elements
- +4 Random Magic Properties
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+416–500 Dexterity
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+416–500 Strength
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+416–500 Intelligence
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- 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.
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- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Set Amulet- Primary Stats
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- Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51.0–100.0%
- +4 Random Magic Properties
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+330–524 Dexterity
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+330–524 Strength
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+330–524 Intelligence
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- 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.
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- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Set Chest Armor- Primary Stats
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- +220–349 Vitality
- Attack Speed Increased by 5.0–6.0%
- +2 Random Magic Properties
- Empty Socket
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+220–349 Dexterity
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+220–349 Strength
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+220–349 Intelligence
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- 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.
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- Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer
Legendary Bracers- 17 - 19 Armor
- Primary Stats
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- Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%
- Secondary Stats
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- Increases the potency of your shields by 75 - 100%.
- + 3 Random Magic Properties
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- Tal Rasha's Grasp
Set Gloves- 309 - 366 Armor
- Primary Stats
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- Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6 - 6.5%
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- 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 2000% 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
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- Fazula's Improbable Chain
Legendary Belt- Primary Stats
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- +4 Random Magic Properties
- Secondary Stats
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- You automatically start with 40–50 Archon stacks when entering Archon form.
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+85–108 Dexterity
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+85–108 Strength
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+85–108 Intelligence
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- Vyr's Fantastic Finery
Set Pants- Primary Stats
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- +4 Random Magic Properties
- Empty Socket
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+416–500 Dexterity
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+416–500 Strength
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+416–500 Intelligence
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- 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.
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- Vyr's Swaggering Stance
Set Boots- Primary Stats
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- +4 Random Magic Properties
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+416–500 Dexterity
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+416–500 Strength
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+416–500 Intelligence
- One of 33 Magic Properties (varies)
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Increases Cluster Arrow Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)
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Increases Multishot Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)
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Increases Elemental Arrow Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)
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Increases Strafe Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)
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Increases Chakram Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)
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Increases Rapid Fire Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)
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Increases Impale Damage by 10–15% (Demon Hunter Only)
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Increases Whirlwind Damage by 10–15% (Barbarian Only)
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Increases Seismic Slam Damage by 10–15% (Barbarian Only)
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Increases Ancient Spear Damage by 10–15% (Barbarian Only)
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Increases Hammer of the Ancients Damage by 10–15% (Barbarian Only)
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Increases Meteor Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)
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Increases Disintegrate Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)
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Increases Energy Twister Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)
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Increases Arcane Torrent Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)
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Increases Wave of Force Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)
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Increases Arcane Orb Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)
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Increases Ray of Frost Damage by 10–15% (Wizard Only)
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Increases Acid Cloud Damage by 10–15% (Witch Doctor Only)
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Increases Spirit Barrage Damage by 10–15% (Witch Doctor Only)
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Increases Zombie Charger Damage by 10–15% (Witch Doctor Only)
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Increases Sacrifice Damage by 10–15% (Witch Doctor Only)
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Increases Firebats Damage by 10–15% (Witch Doctor Only)
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Increases Tempest Rush Damage by 10–15% (Monk Only)
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Increases Exploding Palm Damage by 10–15% (Monk Only)
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Increases Wave of Light Damage by 10–15% (Monk Only)
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Increases Lashing Tail Kick Damage by 10–15% (Monk Only)
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Increases Phalanx Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)
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Increases Blessed Hammer Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)
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Increases Blessed Shield Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)
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Increases Sweep Attack Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)
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Increases Fist of the Heavens Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)
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Increases Shield Bash Damage by 10–15% (Crusader Only)
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- 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.
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- Convention of Elements
Legendary Ring- Primary Stats
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- +416 - 500 Strength
- +416 - 500 Dexterity
- +416 - 500 Intelligence
- Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5 - 6%
- Sockets (1)
- Secondary Stats
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- Gain 150 - 200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This non-static effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
- + 2 Random Magic Properties
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- Manald Heal
Legendary Ring- Primary Stats
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- +4 Random Magic Properties
- Secondary Stats
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- Enemies stunned with Paralysis also take 13000–14000% weapon damage as Lightning.
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+37–48 Dexterity
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+37–48 Strength
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+37–48 Intelligence
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- Starfire
Legendary Wand- Primary Stats
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- +(6–7)–(8–9) Cold Damage
- +27–35 Intelligence
- +4 Random Magic Properties
- Secondary Stats
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- Lightning damage is increased by 10–15% for every 10 yards you are from the target up to a maximum of 40 yards.
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- Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Set Source- Primary Stats
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- +(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
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- 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.
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Head
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Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
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Vyr's Sightless Skull
- Stat Priority: None
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Shoulders
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Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
- Stat Priority: None
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Amulet
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Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Stat Priority: None
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Torso
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Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Stat Priority: None
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Wrists
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Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer
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Lacuni Prowlers
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Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: None
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Hands
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Tal Rasha's Grasp
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Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
- Stat Priority: None
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Waist
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Fazula's Improbable Chain
- Stat Priority: None
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Legs
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Vyr's Fantastic Finery
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Tal Rasha's Stride
- Stat Priority: None
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Feet
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Vyr's Swaggering Stance
- Stat Priority: None
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Rings
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Convention of Elements
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Manald Heal
- Stat Priority: None
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Weapon
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Starfire
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Pig Sticker
- Stat Priority: None
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Offhand
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Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
- Stat Priority: None
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Legendary Gems
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Bane of the Stricken
- Bane of the Stricken
Gem- Secondary Stats
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- Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.8%.
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Bane of the Trapped
- Bane of the Trapped
Gem- Primary Stats
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- Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15.00%.
- Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%. (Requires Rank 25)
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Gogok of Swiftness
- Gogok of Swiftness
Gem- Primary Stats
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- Gain Swiftness with every attack, increasing your Attack Speed by 1% and Dodge by 0.50% for 4 seconds. This effect stacks up to 15 times.
- Gain 1% Cooldown Reduction per stack of Swiftness. (Requires Rank 25)
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Kanai's Cube
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Orb of Infinite Depth
- Orb of Infinite Depth
Legendary Source- Primary Stats
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- +(262–328)–(263–394) Damage
- +626–750 Intelligence
- Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
- +3 Random Magic Properties
- Secondary Stats
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- Each time you hit an enemy with Explosive Blast your damage is increased by 4% and your damage reduction is increased by 15% for 6 seconds. This effect can stack up to 4 times.
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The Swami
- The Swami
Legendary Wizard Hat- Primary Stats
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- +128–163 Intelligence
- Critical Hits grant 3–4 Arcane Power (Wizard Only)
- +2 Random Magic Properties
- Secondary Stats
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- +7–9 Maximum Arcane Power (Wizard Only)
- The bonuses from Archon stacks now last for 15–20 seconds after Archon expires.
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Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
Legendary Ring- Primary Stats
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- Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
- +27–60 Life per Hit
- +2 Random Magic Properties
- Secondary Stats
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- Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+24–29 Dexterity
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+24–29 Strength
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+24–29 Intelligence
cube: the swami
all possible CDR rolls max! on every piece of gear! (yes also neck)
Zeis or Trapped.
Paragon Priorities
| Movement Speed |
| Primary Stat |
| Vitality |
| Maximum Resource |
| Cooldown Reduction |
| Attack Speed |
| Critical Hit Damage |
| Critical Hit Chance |
| Life |
| Armor |
| Resist All |
| Life Regeneration |
| Life on Hit |
| Area Damage |
| Resource Cost Reduction |
| Gold Find |
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Posted Apr 16, 2017you benefit from it during the lightning coe cycle with double archon stacks (that's all that counts dmg wise).
your toughness is also through the roof in the first few seconds in archon.
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Posted Apr 19, 2017the difference between the current top build is that you trust yourself on not dying without an ather walker and gain 20% more damage. I play on with ather walker build and have tried yours. Instead of equipping the walker and teleporting into enemy packs for stun and damage reduction, I teleport myself to get far from the pack when archon almost runs out and then wait for archon to cool. The thing is, I still die from so many things even I am away from the crowd and I dont get the infinite teleport to select/skip group of enemies. The orb does for sure adds impressive damage and defense when in Archon, but out of archon I become really squishy (but this out of archon window is short).
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Posted Apr 19, 2017Thanks for your feedback.
Both variants got pros and cons for sure. I dislike the fact that you make mobs kinda immune before even popping archon due to the teleport spam to survive.
There are some tricks to survive: cast black hole immediately when dropping archon on a small separated pack, to get +25 all res from tal 4piece, in addition to the lingering lightning and the constantly up fire+cold all res buff during the non-archon phase. This way you can stack up orb of infinite depth easily, too + use teleport immediately. don't let the teleport buff fall off but also use it wisely to not get stuck in a pack of mobs where you cant sustain yourself.
I get over 300m toughness like that (the -25% DR from teleport isn't even showing in the charscreen)
Now the main thing is to keep your 120% shield buff (galvanizing ward) refreshing every 5 seconds. You spam your primary with tons of attackspeed which gives you 8% shield on every attack. If you drop your shield once it's kinda hard to refresh galvanizing ward and almost impossible to survive at that point. The shields are kinda like the sustaining tool of this build and it's the first time I actually really miss a visible shield globe so I can actually track my current shield values...
Sure too many soul lashers / ghosts are kinda impossible to handle. But every build has a weak spot
regarding the missing teleport for skipping enemies. hm, I still have so much time to spare inside archon before it runs out and I do no actual damage. So there you have your time for skipping groups you dislike