Build:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#aPQjNS!iYeZ!ccZaYZ You could replace Teleport with something else but I like moving around fast when I play and I feel so slow with out it. If you have a lot of damage and want to make the build more tanky you can drop Magic Weapon/Familiar for an Armor, Diamond Skin, or what ever your favorite defensive is right now. 2.0.5 Update:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#mjaONS!SYbZ!aacccZ With the changes in 2.0.5 you can now have an Archon that does fire damage and it goes really well with this build. Replacing Meteor with Archon and using the Spellsteal rune for Black Hole buff this builds damage a lot! I am running Elemental Exposure because with my gear I am able to get all the elements on to the mobs and I save my self some toughness from not having Glass Cannon. My Thunderfury does Cold and Lightning, Black Hole does Arcane, and everything else does Fire. You can also try out Audacity if you cannot do Elemental Exposure or don't want to lose the toughness by using Glass Cannon.
Gear: If you hadn't gathered from the title this build is based around having a Mirrorball off hand(how do I make fancy links to gear on these forums!). I was going to wait and do this build when I got more +% fire damage gear but I messed with it for a while and it was very strong. Try and grab as much + damage to Magic Missile and fire as you can. 2.0.5 Update: Because you can how use Archon getting the Vyr's 4 pc is a huge bonus. With Archon also comes the need for CDR so try and get that anywhere you can. Black Hole makes enemies take increased damage from Strong Arm Bracers so try and find a pair of those. Not having a lot of CDR doesn't break this build because of how good the spells you are using outside of Archon are. If i get the Tal Rasha's helm I would put on the belt and chest, use Vyr's gloves instead of Magefist to see how that Tal Rahsa's 4 pc works out. Hopefully I get a really nice Fire damage Tal Rasha's neck too then I can keep the Magefist or use Shrine gloves if I get a good pair.
Playstyle:The basics of this build are to spam Magic Missile and use Black Hole to group elites and large amounts of mobs together followed by a Meteor. In T2 it only takes a few seconds for an elite pack to blow up. The only reason I am doing T2 to farm and not T1 is because in my gear the Meteor was overkilling most elite packs and I felt like I was wasting it's damage. 2.0.5 Update: Same as before but now you pop in to Archon for elite packs or on CD. The Spellsteal rune from Black Hole helps a lot with incoming damage on higher torments. If you are able to get a lot of CDR you can keep the Spellsteal buff/debuff up almost all the time. I am able to kill a T6 elite pack in seconds by dropping Black Hole and popping Archon near them for the explosion and I have not gotten a good pair of Strong Arm Bracers.
Watch:If you wanted to watch the build I stream most every night and I might start making YouTube videos soon! www.twitch.tv/kamswow Come by and say hello if you would like :) 2.0.5 Update: I recorded a few rifts, my average is about 10-12 minutes but I'm getting faster as I get used to what the spec can handle. Here is a link to one that was pretty quick http://youtu.be/4P_Z5-Mnw1E
Paragon Points for Magic Missile no Archon Core: Movement Speed to 25% > Intelligence Offense: Critical Hit Damage > Critical Hit Chance = Attack Speed > Cooldown Reduction Defense: Resist All > Armor > Life > Life Regeneration Utility: Area Damage > Life on Hit > Gold Find > Resource Cost Reduction 2.0.5 Update Paragon Points for Magic Missile with Archon Core: Movement Speed to 25% > Intelligence Offense: Critical Hit Damage > Critical Hit Chance = Attack Speed > Cooldown Reduction Defense: Resist All > Armor > Life > Life Regeneration Utility: Area Damage > Life on Hit > Gold Find > Resource Cost Reduction
It's a very simple build and does a lot more damage than the other builds I've tried. I always wanted to be a fire Wizard so it has been fun! The hardest part is getting that Mirrorball. Let me know if you guys can think! Edit: Lupita made a great response on some gearing, paragon, and follower choices on page 8 if you wanted to check that out!
I tried out Wave of Force but I'm not a fan of that spell so I changed it back. It's a good recommendation for anyone who likes the spell though. I'm still running the build because I committed big in to fire damage and it is hard to get a whole new set of gear for another element.
I'm using wave insted of meteor. SImply to keep trash clearing speed at it's optimal. It's sort of a time saver compared to single-targetting spread mobs with MM
I'm using the Arcane Orb - Scorch Rune. This has been pretty effective for me. I find that the meteor cooldown just takes too long unless you have lots of good cool down reduction.
So, I found a Mirrorball as well, and I'm thinking of doing tests for all the several elements. Here's an interesting TL;DR:
Don't use Arcane Orb - Scorch with Mirrorball!
I went ahead and did Ghom edps tests with Magic Missile - Conflag and one AP spender/fire support spell. Here's the breakdown (all tests on Ghom Torment 3, facetanking with 1.1m sheet DPS, 73% +fire damage, no resource cost reduction, 25% cooldown reduction, always Magic Missile - Conflagerate + the spell in the list):
Explosive Blast - Chain Reaction: 24s
Explosive Blast - Short Fuse: 24s
Meteor - Meteor Shower: 25s
Meteor - Molten Impact: 26s
(no AP spender but MM only): 26.5s
Wave of Force - Heat Wave: 30s
Energy Twister - Gale Force: 31s
Arcane Orb - Scorch: 34s (yes, it was really that much slower).
Conclusion: WoF, ET, and AO actually decrease your DPS as they are less AP efficient (on single target testing like Ghom) than the triple MM. Especially Arcane Orb is a total waste; Gale Force and Heat Wave might of course be useful if you always run through full-packed areas, like act 5 cemetery rift, but of those two I would prefer Heat Wave because of the much better proc coefficient and less random factor. I was surprised that even on single target Ghom Meteor Shower performed that good, but since I'm doing T1 speed running right now that skill would be pointless (everything's dead before the Meteor lands). So right now I'm running EB - Short Fuse (got some more CDR) and MM only, which means I need no AP at all and have four utility spells.
If anyone wants to repeat these tests be my guest - I did only one round of testing so some of it might be crit RNG or so, especially since everything is so close together - but for Arcane Orb the results are pretty obvious. Which is sad, it's one of my two favorite spells (together with Wave of Force).
I might do the same tests for the other elements later, still waiting for an Azurewrath or Frostburn's ;-)
Wow, I just did some frost testing (Glacial Spike + X)... and it was really bad. Even with 36% frost damage gear (and 0% fire damage gear), as soon as I switch to Conflagrate the damage goes up (didn't run a full test because I was too squishy and died). I'll stop at this point as this doesn't make any sense before I get Frostburn's or Azurewrath... staying fire for now.
I've been running mirroball + conflagrate since 2.0.
In fact, I'm still using my level 60 mirrorball even at level 70, cant find a level 70 one
I'm able to farm t4 comfortably with that build. When I get a level 70 one, I can probably ramp up to t5. I've seen level 70 mirrorballs that increased my damage by 20% and toughness by 15%.
Atm I'm running almost 80% fire dmg, almost 45% magic missile damage and 45% damage to elites.
Also, I already tested this build with a lot of different buffs, and I found out that it works best with magic weapon electrify. The proc coefficient on Magic Missile is really high, so the electrify rune procs on pretty much all hits. It increases the damage a lot on groups of enemies.
For single target, force weapon is still the best.
would this work well with the new wizard set and would the source in that work instead of mirror ball
I don't think so. The strenght of this build is the conflagrate dot stack.
I've seen it stack up to 50m damage per second on t4 ubers.
The point is, with mirrorball, you can get 3 stacks of the dot per cast, stacking it a lot faster.
would this work well with the new wizard set and would the source in that work instead of mirror ball
I don't think so. The strenght of this build is the conflagrate dot stack.
I've seen it stack up to 50m damage per second on t4 ubers.
The point is, with mirrorball, you can get 3 stacks of the dot per cast, stacking it a lot faster.
I got ya, wasnt thinking about the 2 additional magic missiles being the core to the build.
I need to check this more often I didn't expect all the posts! Explosive Blast is a good idea Bagstone, the meteor has just done so much damage, especially paired with Black Hole on elite packs, I haven't tried much else. I'll give it a shot and check back in sooner this time haha.
Jello is right, he is the friend I mentioned before who had come up with it!
Kamswow can I ask how many tries it took you to getMirrorball from gambling? I already spent 1500 anddidn'tget any leg source. Is it much much more that Ihave to spend ??
I spent 6000 blood shards before I got my first legendary from Kadala ever. 9000 if you include beta.
I'm at 10k-11k shards somewhere, almost all of them on weapons, 3 crappy legendaries.
You might spend 100k blood shards and never get a Mirror Ball. Or you might spend 5 and get one. RNG.
Still, Kadala is the way to go if you want a specific legendary. You can't have more than 500 shards anyway, so no possibility to hoard them. Spend them on whichever itemtype you want a legendary of. Preferrably one that only costs 5, way more tries
Not sure how many shards I have spent but Kadala, gives me a lot of legendaries. Have been doing sources so far and have 3 leg sources the most recent one being mirrorball. What I want though is a good trium.
Got my level 70 mirrorball yesterday from kadala... Pretty awesome roll, but........ only +1 to magic missiles, which makes it pretty meh IMO :(. Still sticking to my level 60 Mirroball.
Good thing you don't have ole one ball like Trogi.....Hooray front page. Warning.... late night stream may contain random chats about Past's many hates.
If people do catch the stream and see the arcane wizard teleporting around like a madman dropping meteors like it is going out of style....that would be me :). At work so cannot link profile atm, but Kams is a good dude - check out his stream!
Wow, I just did some frost testing (Glacial Spike + X)... and it was really bad. Even with 36% frost damage gear (and 0% fire damage gear), as soon as I switch to Conflagrate the damage goes up (didn't run a full test because I was too squishy and died). I'll stop at this point as this doesn't make any sense before I get Frostburn's or Azurewrath... staying fire for now.
Yeah, I've done extensive testing after getting my MB, and nothing stacks up (HA GET IT) to conflag.
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Build: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#aPQjNS!iYeZ!ccZaYZ
You could replace Teleport with something else but I like moving around fast when I play and I feel so slow with out it.
If you have a lot of damage and want to make the build more tanky you can drop Magic Weapon/Familiar for an Armor, Diamond Skin, or what ever your favorite defensive is right now.
2.0.5 Update: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#mjaONS!SYbZ!aacccZ
With the changes in 2.0.5 you can now have an Archon that does fire damage and it goes really well with this build. Replacing Meteor with Archon and using the Spellsteal rune for Black Hole buff this builds damage a lot! I am running Elemental Exposure because with my gear I am able to get all the elements on to the mobs and I save my self some toughness from not having Glass Cannon. My Thunderfury does Cold and Lightning, Black Hole does Arcane, and everything else does Fire. You can also try out Audacity if you cannot do Elemental Exposure or don't want to lose the toughness by using Glass Cannon.
Gear: If you hadn't gathered from the title this build is based around having a Mirrorball off hand(how do I make fancy links to gear on these forums!). I was going to wait and do this build when I got more +% fire damage gear but I messed with it for a while and it was very strong. Try and grab as much + damage to Magic Missile and fire as you can.
2.0.5 Update: Because you can how use Archon getting the Vyr's 4 pc is a huge bonus. With Archon also comes the need for CDR so try and get that anywhere you can. Black Hole makes enemies take increased damage from Strong Arm Bracers so try and find a pair of those. Not having a lot of CDR doesn't break this build because of how good the spells you are using outside of Archon are. If i get the Tal Rasha's helm I would put on the belt and chest, use Vyr's gloves instead of Magefist to see how that Tal Rahsa's 4 pc works out. Hopefully I get a really nice Fire damage Tal Rasha's neck too then I can keep the Magefist or use Shrine gloves if I get a good pair.
Playstyle: The basics of this build are to spam Magic Missile and use Black Hole to group elites and large amounts of mobs together followed by a Meteor. In T2 it only takes a few seconds for an elite pack to blow up. The only reason I am doing T2 to farm and not T1 is because in my gear the Meteor was overkilling most elite packs and I felt like I was wasting it's damage.
2.0.5 Update: Same as before but now you pop in to Archon for elite packs or on CD. The Spellsteal rune from Black Hole helps a lot with incoming damage on higher torments. If you are able to get a lot of CDR you can keep the Spellsteal buff/debuff up almost all the time. I am able to kill a T6 elite pack in seconds by dropping Black Hole and popping Archon near them for the explosion and I have not gotten a good pair of Strong Arm Bracers.
Watch: If you wanted to watch the build I stream most every night and I might start making YouTube videos soon!
www.twitch.tv/kamswow Come by and say hello if you would like :)
2.0.5 Update: I recorded a few rifts, my average is about 10-12 minutes but I'm getting faster as I get used to what the spec can handle. Here is a link to one that was pretty quick http://youtu.be/4P_Z5-Mnw1E
Paragon Points for Magic Missile no Archon
Core: Movement Speed to 25% > Intelligence
Offense: Critical Hit Damage > Critical Hit Chance = Attack Speed > Cooldown Reduction
Defense: Resist All > Armor > Life > Life Regeneration
Utility: Area Damage > Life on Hit > Gold Find > Resource Cost Reduction
2.0.5 Update Paragon Points for Magic Missile with Archon
Core: Movement Speed to 25% > Intelligence
Offense: Critical Hit Damage > Critical Hit Chance = Attack Speed > Cooldown Reduction
Defense: Resist All > Armor > Life > Life Regeneration
Utility: Area Damage > Life on Hit > Gold Find > Resource Cost Reduction
It's a very simple build and does a lot more damage than the other builds I've tried. I always wanted to be a fire Wizard so it has been fun! The hardest part is getting that Mirrorball.
Let me know if you guys can think!
Edit: Lupita made a great response on some gearing, paragon, and follower choices on page 8 if you wanted to check that out!
Diablo 3 Characters: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Kams-1962/hero/763380
Stream: www.twitch.tv/kamswow
Twitter: twitter.com/Kamswow
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/squigglemuguffin
I tried out Wave of Force but I'm not a fan of that spell so I changed it back. It's a good recommendation for anyone who likes the spell though. I'm still running the build because I committed big in to fire damage and it is hard to get a whole new set of gear for another element.
Diablo 3 Characters: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Kams-1962/hero/763380
Stream: www.twitch.tv/kamswow
Twitter: twitter.com/Kamswow
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/squigglemuguffin
Nice gear btw
Don't use Arcane Orb - Scorch with Mirrorball!
I went ahead and did Ghom edps tests with Magic Missile - Conflag and one AP spender/fire support spell. Here's the breakdown (all tests on Ghom Torment 3, facetanking with 1.1m sheet DPS, 73% +fire damage, no resource cost reduction, 25% cooldown reduction, always Magic Missile - Conflagerate + the spell in the list):
If anyone wants to repeat these tests be my guest - I did only one round of testing so some of it might be crit RNG or so, especially since everything is so close together - but for Arcane Orb the results are pretty obvious. Which is sad, it's one of my two favorite spells (together with Wave of Force).
I might do the same tests for the other elements later, still waiting for an Azurewrath or Frostburn's ;-)
Wow, I just did some frost testing (Glacial Spike + X)... and it was really bad. Even with 36% frost damage gear (and 0% fire damage gear), as soon as I switch to Conflagrate the damage goes up (didn't run a full test because I was too squishy and died). I'll stop at this point as this doesn't make any sense before I get Frostburn's or Azurewrath... staying fire for now.
In fact, I'm still using my level 60 mirrorball even at level 70, cant find a level 70 one
I'm able to farm t4 comfortably with that build. When I get a level 70 one, I can probably ramp up to t5. I've seen level 70 mirrorballs that increased my damage by 20% and toughness by 15%.
Atm I'm running almost 80% fire dmg, almost 45% magic missile damage and 45% damage to elites.
For single target, force weapon is still the best.
I've seen it stack up to 50m damage per second on t4 ubers.
The point is, with mirrorball, you can get 3 stacks of the dot per cast, stacking it a lot faster.
I need to check this more often I didn't expect all the posts! Explosive Blast is a good idea Bagstone, the meteor has just done so much damage, especially paired with Black Hole on elite packs, I haven't tried much else. I'll give it a shot and check back in sooner this time haha.
Jello is right, he is the friend I mentioned before who had come up with it!
Diablo 3 Characters: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Kams-1962/hero/763380
Stream: www.twitch.tv/kamswow
Twitter: twitter.com/Kamswow
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/squigglemuguffin
I'm at 10k-11k shards somewhere, almost all of them on weapons, 3 crappy legendaries.
You might spend 100k blood shards and never get a Mirror Ball. Or you might spend 5 and get one. RNG.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Sol77-2972/hero/66110450
If people do catch the stream and see the arcane wizard teleporting around like a madman dropping meteors like it is going out of style....that would be me :). At work so cannot link profile atm, but Kams is a good dude - check out his stream!