The following is a comparison of some of the most popular gear setups for wizards that are trying to achieve the maximum DPS potential of the class. These are the BIS (BIS = Best In Slot, best possible rolls on items that you can get) and is not meant to be a gearing guide, but rather to give us a general idea of which setup outperforms the others.
Please take note:
DPS is unbuffed (no glass cannon, no followers, no force weapon, no sparkflint, etc)
Weapon choice explanation:
A weapon can roll up to 6 affixes, we are looking for
Damage range (it is shown in two lines, but it is actually a single affix, a damage range)
Damage %
Socket
Critical hit damage
Intel
Increased attack speed
I have tried the setup with a slower 1 handed axe and it nets an overall DPS loss, hence the faster the base weapon attack speed is - the greater the resulting DPS. The benefit mostly comes from +damage rolls on rings / amulets. Looking at the fastest possible weapons in the game
1 handed dagger = 1.5 APS
1 handed sword and wand= 1.4 APS
There is an innate problem with wands however - out of the 6 rolls on the wand 1 roll always has to be a wizard specific stat I.E. +max arcane power or APoC, hence the wand can only have 5 DPS stats and that is the reason why it is not included in the list. If you are faced with the choice - the least DPS loss is the IAS. With the dagger and the wand coming in quite close.
Further variations:
There is a very large amount of possible variations of the gear setup, losing some DPS gaining some EHP, etc. I do not plan on encompassing every single variation in here. If you wish to experiment on your own, using d3up.com
login with your account (create one for free if you need to)
open the link to the profile that i linked
click on any item in my profile
under the item name click 'copy item'
now the item is in your account list
create a character, go to gear tab, click change / simulate gear
choose the item you just copied from my profile to equip
Now you can experiment with the individual preference in terms of gear. If you do find something that would fit into the list of the DPS above - please do post the profile and i'll add it into the list.
P.S. If i have missed any stat on any item or a roll somewhere - let me know i'll fix it up.
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
I'm personally slowly inching along for your second profile, which is what most wizards run (as we can see, it has the highest potential).
Edit: Actually, have you tried throwing in max average damage for jewelry instead of resistance or vitality? I'm pretty sure that will boost the DPS ceiling even more.
Yea, that was one of the reasons why i was creating these - i did not believe there is a big difference between ice climbers vs 2pcs zuni and i wanted to see the actual difference, as it's visible - the difference is really minimal, i forgot to include the EHP, hang on let me fix this, because Ice climber setup wins EHP by a country mile
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Oh, it's interesting how the BIS wand in your calculator said 1304.1 DPS and crit damage is 98% (why not 100?).
Here's the BIS wand minus 68 intelligence:
One of the top wizards in the U.S. linked me these and asked if I wanted to buy it for 8 billion gold. Unfortunately, I required more minerals... er, gold. Er... cash.
Now it's in the #1 U.S. wizard's hand. He's on my friends list so I get to stare at it every single day...
And btw - there are 2 of those wands, but lets no delve into that topic
You mean owned by HoHo and RaytheonThor? That's because HoHo was the original owner before she sold it to Raytheon. I was there during the transitioning period, haha. DiabloProgress records an item's history as it transfers ownership because it logs the names of everyone who has equipped it in the past (given that the player is listed on DiabloProgress before the item transferred ownership).
That used to be the Chantodo's I found back when the legendaries patch hit. I eventually sold it on AH where now it's currently equipped by that Chinese player.
I wonder how trifecta with max crit damage and high average damage with Int would compare to the trifecta zuni and tal. Just plugging some numbers into my spreadsheet that tals would be about the same for me as a max CC, CD, IAS amulet with 200 int. So that's not counting bonus damage.
I wonder how trifecta with max crit damage and high average damage with Int would compare to the trifecta zuni and tal. Just plugging some numbers into my spreadsheet that tals would be about the same for me as a max CC, CD, IAS amulet with 200 int. So that's not counting bonus damage.
Good point, i completely forgot about the average damage on rings / amulets, i'll re-do it a little in a bit to min/max the DPS possibilities and see how that comes out
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Interesting. Interesting to see that no one's even close yet to the highest DPS profile. And also interesting that the difference between 1H and Skorn is so much...
two things i noticed... your mempo's seems to be missing attack speed. Also, lacuni's can't have 200 int, 200 vit, 80 resist all, and 6 crit chance... Basically you have 5 rolls their when it only gets 3.
The 5 rolls are:
100 int + 100 vit
100 int
100 vit
80 resist all
6 crit.
Choose the best 3.
I think the same thing is going on with your gloves. the 300 int and 200 vit is actually 3 rolls. so you have 7 rolls total on there. there might be issues with other pieces too, but i didnt look that close. let me know if i have something wrong...
I wonder how trifecta with max crit damage and high average damage with Int would compare to the trifecta zuni and tal. Just plugging some numbers into my spreadsheet that tals would be about the same for me as a max CC, CD, IAS amulet with 200 int. So that's not counting bonus damage.
Added the bonus average damage to the ring, Tal's amulet cannot have it neither can Zuni ring
Interesting. Interesting to see that no one's even close yet to the highest DPS profile. And also interesting that the difference between 1H and Skorn is so much...
Many of your items are incorrect mate. Gloves and rare ring seem to have 7 affixes (chc, chd, as, int, int+vit, vit, AR), Lacunis 5 random rolls (int, int+vit, vit, AR, chc) when they only have 3. Missing AS on Mempo (maybe it just doesnt show? ), the wand is weird etc etc.
I'm sure you will polish it, just trying to help. In most cases you will have to remove 100vit.
Gebby just beat me with his post
Fixed the rings + lacuni + gloves + witching
Thanks for the input, if you guys find more - let me know i'll polish it up
Main post updated
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
On the D3 Forums we did a BIS with perfect rolls and calculated the highest DPS achieved with that gear. With buffs we got up to 1.3million. If you want to check it out it's here:
On the D3 Forums we did a BIS with perfect rolls and calculated the highest DPS achieved with that gear. With buffs we got up to 1.3million. If you want to check it out it's here:
That is including buffs and paragon. Sounds strange that it's more than doubled just because of that. I just briefly skimmed the tread, did you actually put this in d3up.com or any other damage calculator/sheet as well and could share this? Not to say that anything you mentioned in that thread is wrong, just curious to figure out why the difference is so huge.
On the D3 Forums we did a BIS with perfect rolls and calculated the highest DPS achieved with that gear. With buffs we got up to 1.3million. If you want to check it out it's here:
That is including buffs and paragon. Sounds strange that it's more than doubled just because of that. I just briefly skimmed the tread, did you actually put this in d3up.com or any other damage calculator/sheet as well and could share this? Not to say that anything you mentioned in that thread is wrong, just curious to figure out why the difference is so huge.
It's a more specialized towards wizard one that most people on the D3 forums use.
If you want to go ahead and put them in you can recreate the same gear. I'm thinking the difference is you're using BIS of gear that exists on Diablo progress, where we are using the actual BIS gear (max rolls for every item prop).
Not to dispute any of the above builds, but it depends on what you are aiming for. Argument can be made for a 300 int, 100 vit, 12% life, 80 all resist, 6% crit, socket helm in place of that mempo, less DPS, way more EHP. Going the other way Int + int/vit + crit chance + crit damage + Attack speed + average damage can probably best that Tal's amulet for DPS.
300 Int
100 Vit
10% crit
100% crit damage
9% AS
(not sure what the average damage cap for a single affix is)
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Please take note:
Weapon choice explanation:
A weapon can roll up to 6 affixes, we are looking for
Further variations:
There is a very large amount of possible variations of the gear setup, losing some DPS gaining some EHP, etc. I do not plan on encompassing every single variation in here. If you wish to experiment on your own, using d3up.com
P.S. If i have missed any stat on any item or a roll somewhere - let me know i'll fix it up.
Edit: Actually, have you tried throwing in max average damage for jewelry instead of resistance or vitality? I'm pretty sure that will boost the DPS ceiling even more.
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Here's the BIS wand minus 68 intelligence:
One of the top wizards in the U.S. linked me these and asked if I wanted to buy it for 8 billion gold. Unfortunately, I required more minerals... er, gold. Er... cash.
Now it's in the #1 U.S. wizard's hand. He's on my friends list so I get to stare at it every single day...
Armory | YouTube | Twitter | Clan Site
And btw - there are 2 of those wands, but lets no delve into that topic
You mean owned by HoHo and RaytheonThor? That's because HoHo was the original owner before she sold it to Raytheon. I was there during the transitioning period, haha. DiabloProgress records an item's history as it transfers ownership because it logs the names of everyone who has equipped it in the past (given that the player is listed on DiabloProgress before the item transferred ownership).
For example: http://www.diablopro...m/item/10318044
That used to be the Chantodo's I found back when the legendaries patch hit. I eventually sold it on AH where now it's currently equipped by that Chinese player.
Armory | YouTube | Twitter | Clan Site
Crusader DPS and EHP Spreadsheet, meant for Crusaders
My Wizard
Good point, i completely forgot about the average damage on rings / amulets, i'll re-do it a little in a bit to min/max the DPS possibilities and see how that comes out
Btw, it seems as if IAS on Mempo is missing?
Crusader DPS and EHP Spreadsheet, meant for Crusaders
My Wizard
The 5 rolls are:
100 int + 100 vit
100 int
100 vit
80 resist all
6 crit.
Choose the best 3.
I think the same thing is going on with your gloves. the 300 int and 200 vit is actually 3 rolls. so you have 7 rolls total on there. there might be issues with other pieces too, but i didnt look that close. let me know if i have something wrong...
edit - rings too
btw, i was looking at this one: BIS Wizard (MH+OH)
Added the bonus average damage to the ring, Tal's amulet cannot have it neither can Zuni ring
AIS on Mempo fixed
Fixed the rings + lacuni + gloves + witching
Thanks for the input, if you guys find more - let me know i'll polish it up
Main post updated
Fixed
WH should have 3 affixes: INT + INT/VIT + AR
Bah, thanks you're right, i'll fix it in a bit
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7199402895?page=1
What if you optimized for max Int,CD, and +%elemental dmg over attck spd?
What about if you added a SoJ to the mix?
What if you add bone chill, time warp, conflag, glass cannon?
With this spec: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#PmSjgY!YWe!aaZaZc
And other class buffs %30dmg WD, %48 monk, %12dmg DH?
This must be answered!
That is including buffs and paragon. Sounds strange that it's more than doubled just because of that. I just briefly skimmed the tread, did you actually put this in d3up.com or any other damage calculator/sheet as well and could share this? Not to say that anything you mentioned in that thread is wrong, just curious to figure out why the difference is so huge.
Yes we put each individual item that we deemed as BIS into my damage calculator here:
http://www.unyieldingvalor.com/D3/calcTool.php
It's a more specialized towards wizard one that most people on the D3 forums use.
If you want to go ahead and put them in you can recreate the same gear. I'm thinking the difference is you're using BIS of gear that exists on Diablo progress, where we are using the actual BIS gear (max rolls for every item prop).
300 Int
100 Vit
10% crit
100% crit damage
9% AS
(not sure what the average damage cap for a single affix is)