With the skill calc update all the old links are broken so here's my updated build. All active skills are online and runed at level 26, the last passive comes at 30.
I will be rocking this build from the start of Nightmare through Inferno, and I won't be slowed down.
Edit: Also with gear comes more arcane power regeneration (theoretically). I may swap the Wave of Force rune to the Exploding Wave rune if I don't need the lower cost/CD on Wave.
With this build you will wreck face and not get your face wrecked. Here's a rundown of a typical encounter:
Doo dee dooo
Frost Armor
Doo dee doooo. OH SWEET TYRAEL there's HUNDREDS of them swarming me! At least I take 20% less melee damage and my frost armor is slowing and hurting them and has increased my armor by 75% after 3 hits and I gain 890 life per second...
WAVE OF FORCE
Oh MORE?
FROST NOVA
ARCANE ORB ARCANE ORB OBLITERRRATAATION!
Oh MORE? I'm below 20% life!
FREE WAVE OF FORCE
Mirror Image
<('.'<) <( '.' )> (>'.')>
Now there's three of me!
Shock Pulse Shock Pulse kills something BOOM explodes lightning damage 10 yards
Mirror Image died <(x.x<)
...
BOOM it explodes and stuns everything!
Guess what? Short cooldown/reduced cost on wave of force and frost nova.
...
WAVE OF FORCE
Oh more?
FROST NOVA
Seriously this build will not stop no matter how many enemies you throw at it, it will just never die and it will keep AOEing everything and stopping them cold. Layers upon layers of explosive redundant offensive defense.
Disclaimer:
I haven't played the beta, I haven't played Inferno, I haven't the slightest clue what I'm talking about, but I'll let you know.
I haven't done the beta either I think blur with ice armor is melee armor overkill. If I were trying to make this work I would be using electrocute with chain lightning and critical mass so I could cast all these spells more often, and I would use paralysis passive whether you use shock pulse or electrocute. That way you get all the boom of the back to the future Delorian and the enemies are standing in awe while your using crits to lower your cooldown so you can do all this stuff more often. I would add calamity teleport in place of mirror image in order to appear next to them and frost nova etc. etc. Only time that Arcane orb seems even worth mentioning if you use the one that pierces and fire it through enemies while your doing all this other stuff, it could, maybe use the critical mass passive to further lower your cooldowns and make you seem even more deadly, by firing these two "crit and forget" spells to charge your frosty force destruction.
No I'm not using temporal flux when I have shock pulse dealing lightning, arcane orb for arcane, wave of force + mirror image rune as physical, and ice armor dealing cold. Temporal Flux makes zero sense in this build, especially since I have so many ways to stop enemies from getting to me.
I get the hunch Glass Cannon is going to be a deathtrap in Inferno. Where you may take Glass Cannon I'll take something that keeps me alive. Familiar with a damage rune is even worse because you lose an active skill that either could fulfill a damage role or prevents something from getting to you. Granted, this is a hunch, but it's based on the idea that we're supposed to get our butts kicked routinely once we get to higher levels.
I didn't specify this in the OP, but this is a build designed to survive solo in Inferno. When I see builds with Glass Cannon I think of a Sorc build in D2 putting more than 1 point in Warmth. I wouldn't take that passive unless I was planning on playing with friends a lot.
It's just so u think it. . . u can hold at 30 sec max, if u will use all skill in right direction by downtime . . . and in the end your AP is lost. . .
Looking forward to getting my hands on the game once it launches, will create a Wizard as my first char and try out different combinations of skills.
Looks like an amazing character
OT... I'm not usually offended by stuff online, but Bandyto, do you mind changing your avatar? I find my heart rate accelerating and guts turning in disgust at the sight of that motherf***er...
I'm saving Temporal flux for disintegrate maybe but will probably go for stun over slow. Bandyto is right about the whole none of your passives supporting your spells and the dps too... but I have talked badly about glass cannon for a long time and totally agree with what you said about it K.
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NONE SHALL PASS!
http://us.battle.net...YWfk!fUh!abZZZb
With the skill calc update all the old links are broken so here's my updated build.
All active skills are online and runed at level 26, the last passive comes at 30.
I will be rocking this build from the start of Nightmare through Inferno, and I won't be slowed down.
Edit: Also with gear comes more arcane power regeneration (theoretically). I may swap the Wave of Force rune to the Exploding Wave rune if I don't need the lower cost/CD on Wave.
With this build you will wreck face and not get your face wrecked. Here's a rundown of a typical encounter:
Doo dee dooo
Frost Armor
Doo dee doooo. OH SWEET TYRAEL there's HUNDREDS of them swarming me! At least I take 20% less melee damage and my frost armor is slowing and hurting them and has increased my armor by 75% after 3 hits and I gain 890 life per second...
WAVE OF FORCE
Oh MORE?
FROST NOVA
ARCANE ORB ARCANE ORB OBLITERRRATAATION!
Oh MORE? I'm below 20% life!
FREE WAVE OF FORCE
Mirror Image
<('.'<) <( '.' )> (>'.')>
Now there's three of me!
Shock Pulse Shock Pulse kills something BOOM explodes lightning damage 10 yards
Mirror Image died <(x.x<)
...
BOOM it explodes and stuns everything!
Guess what? Short cooldown/reduced cost on wave of force and frost nova.
...
WAVE OF FORCE
Oh more?
FROST NOVA
Seriously this build will not stop no matter how many enemies you throw at it, it will just never die and it will keep AOEing everything and stopping them cold. Layers upon layers of explosive redundant offensive defense.
Disclaimer:
I haven't played the beta, I haven't played Inferno, I haven't the slightest clue what I'm talking about, but I'll let you know.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#eZYWfj!Vbg!acZZZc
I get the hunch Glass Cannon is going to be a deathtrap in Inferno. Where you may take Glass Cannon I'll take something that keeps me alive. Familiar with a damage rune is even worse because you lose an active skill that either could fulfill a damage role or prevents something from getting to you. Granted, this is a hunch, but it's based on the idea that we're supposed to get our butts kicked routinely once we get to higher levels.
I didn't specify this in the OP, but this is a build designed to survive solo in Inferno. When I see builds with Glass Cannon I think of a Sorc build in D2 putting more than 1 point in Warmth. I wouldn't take that passive unless I was planning on playing with friends a lot.
Looks like an amazing character
OT... I'm not usually offended by stuff online, but Bandyto, do you mind changing your avatar? I find my heart rate accelerating and guts turning in disgust at the sight of that motherf***er...