my hybrid archon-disintegrate build focus on killing trash with disintegrate-blizzard then activating blizzard-archon while fightning elites
gear requirements:
-20apoc ( for unlimited blizzard+disintegrate cast)
-5disintegrate on gear at least 3 targets, -10 on single target
-+blizzard duration on source to maximize coldblood passive duration while channeling
critical mass - used to reduce cd of archon and teleport/crystal shell archon pure power- to reduce cd of archon evocation - to further reduce the cd of archon
basically with pure power+ evocation the cd of archon is reduced up to 85 secs and critical mass will further reduce them making you almost refresh archon at the next elite fights.
Q> so why not just use the f*cking archon setup all the way?
-well this build uses archon only on elite fights just to hasten the battle. WE'd drop blizzard to enable coldblood and cast archon beams till elites are dead then deactivate archon to run disintegrate-blizz once again
advantage over pure archon setup:
-you don't have to worry about archon timer, you can pick up whatever you want on the ground without thinking "oh no i need to move on otherwise my archon would ran out" or like " im a sitting duck without archon"
-with blizzard you enable coldblood which other archon wiz would love having coldblood+glasscannon on their passive!
-you feel like a boss enabling archon whenever tough situations arise
-for archon refreshers ,living lightning refreshes too long on single targets like ubers which reduces dps , but with this hybrid build you can still do decent dps while out of archon form
Nice build thanks for sharing.! Hmmmm might need to find me a life steal wep now.
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Why not drop Archon completely, change Archon to LL and evo to AD, and use a powered up disintegrate for elites that does more damage than Archon beam? Also, isn't most of the point of Archon that it lets you melt trash fast? Using it just for elites seems like a bit of a waste, not to mention having to sacrifice stats for the APoC that you don't even need for Archon.
I've always felt Archon+disintegrate is redundant and it's just far better to gear for one or the other. If they nerf Archon to the point we can't keep it active 100% of the time, this is something I'd likely switch to, with the LL changes I mentioned, and using teleport over sparkflint, either with DS or EB depending on survivability needs. If CM is nerfed in some way you can use Time Warp and switch CM to illusionist. Basically it's just like a SS build but with disintegrate.
I would recommend Arcane Destruction because if you don't intend to use Archon for more than 15-30 seconds at a time, the 1600% weapon damage (and potential massive crit) will do a lot for taking out elites. I sometimes run AD with SS builds... except you have the addition of Blizzard rather than EB.
Why not drop Archon completely, change Archon to LL and evo to AD, and use a powered up disintegrate for elites that does more damage than Archon beam? Also, isn't most of the point of Archon that it lets you melt trash fast? Using it just for elites seems like a bit of a waste, not to mention having to sacrifice stats for the APoC that you don't even need for Archon.
but then you can't tank that much if not in archon, i designed the archon only setup during elite fights just for that. And yes you can face melt mobs mobs in archon form but disintegrate+blizzard can do just as that bec. of coldblood being activated.
Just one advantage is that, you don't have to worry about archon timers there.
ALso one problem with dynamo is that it takes attack turns for it to activate, you need to keep standing still to keep channeling - and not all elite fights would let you do that . If m only using disintegrate+dynamo i can't just sit there and channel i had to kite a bit bec. i don't have the defense archon gives - not to mention knockbacks ,freeze, arcane lasers i can;t keep channeling like that unless sacrifice more dps for ehp.
Checked some gear required for this build.
Is it just me or are there no hats with disintegrate bonus? Guess if no crit on SC -> instant brimstone lol.
There are loads, but no one picks them up. It's a small market. All Archon wizards go Mempo/Andariel's, all CMWW wizards go Storm Crow. And everyone knows that. Few people search for rare hats, therefore few people pick rare wizard hats up and identify them. Spread the word ;-)
all armor types
bonus to elites 20%
reduction to disintegrate 5 or 4
@Jaetch i tried the arcane destruction and sure is fun specially when u got high crit damage at mid MP's i could almost 1hit some packs. Teleport -> arcane destruction looks pretty cool
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my hybrid archon-disintegrate build focus on killing trash with disintegrate-blizzard then activating blizzard-archon while fightning elites
gear requirements:
-20apoc ( for unlimited blizzard+disintegrate cast)
-5disintegrate on gear at least 3 targets, -10 on single target
-+blizzard duration on source to maximize coldblood passive duration while channeling
ok so lets talk about the important skills:
http://us.battle.net...jXmS!Wgb!Ycaabc
key factors:
critical mass - used to reduce cd of archon and teleport/crystal shell
archon pure power- to reduce cd of archon
evocation - to further reduce the cd of archon
basically with pure power+ evocation the cd of archon is reduced up to 85 secs and critical mass will further reduce them making you almost refresh archon at the next elite fights.
Q> so why not just use the f*cking archon setup all the way?
-well this build uses archon only on elite fights just to hasten the battle. WE'd drop blizzard to enable coldblood and cast archon beams till elites are dead then deactivate archon to run disintegrate-blizz once again
advantage over pure archon setup:
-you don't have to worry about archon timer, you can pick up whatever you want on the ground without thinking "oh no i need to move on otherwise my archon would ran out" or like " im a sitting duck without archon"
-with blizzard you enable coldblood which other archon wiz would love having coldblood+glasscannon on their passive!
-you feel like a boss enabling archon whenever tough situations arise
-for archon refreshers ,living lightning refreshes too long on single targets like ubers which reduces dps , but with this hybrid build you can still do decent dps while out of archon form
sample vid:
sample vid 2 (dynamo setup):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0-iX12W7oA
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-ive also thought around other runes for archon such as arcane destruction or improved archon
-diamond skin can also be replaced with teleport - wormhole or safe passage
-disintegrate-intensify can be replaced with chaos nexus
-blizz-stark winter can be replaced by unrelenting storm or frozen solid (specially on ubers)
this depends mainly on char's preferences
I've always felt Archon+disintegrate is redundant and it's just far better to gear for one or the other. If they nerf Archon to the point we can't keep it active 100% of the time, this is something I'd likely switch to, with the LL changes I mentioned, and using teleport over sparkflint, either with DS or EB depending on survivability needs. If CM is nerfed in some way you can use Time Warp and switch CM to illusionist. Basically it's just like a SS build but with disintegrate.
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just saw that bit as I was typing my response.
All in all, looks to be an interesting build. If only Disintegrate's fire damage and you can run Conflag.
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A LS weapon was one of the best investments I've made for surviveability... In fact, it was hands down the best.
but then you can't tank that much if not in archon, i designed the archon only setup during elite fights just for that. And yes you can face melt mobs mobs in archon form but disintegrate+blizzard can do just as that bec. of coldblood being activated.
Just one advantage is that, you don't have to worry about archon timers there.
ALso one problem with dynamo is that it takes attack turns for it to activate, you need to keep standing still to keep channeling - and not all elite fights would let you do that . If m only using disintegrate+dynamo i can't just sit there and channel i had to kite a bit bec. i don't have the defense archon gives - not to mention knockbacks ,freeze, arcane lasers i can;t keep channeling like that unless sacrifice more dps for ehp.
There are loads, but no one picks them up. It's a small market. All Archon wizards go Mempo/Andariel's, all CMWW wizards go Storm Crow. And everyone knows that. Few people search for rare hats, therefore few people pick rare wizard hats up and identify them. Spread the word ;-)
all armor types
bonus to elites 20%
reduction to disintegrate 5 or 4
@Jaetch i tried the arcane destruction and sure is fun specially when u got high crit damage at mid MP's i could almost 1hit some packs. Teleport -> arcane destruction looks pretty cool