Hi guys. Just made this video guide for a spec I personally found to be extremely effective. Have a look, and if you will, please read the description and try to tell me if I went wrong anywhere or missed something so I may correct it.
Video description as follows:
A video I made, explaining the "Forever Archon" build for Wizards on Diablo 3. The purpose of the build is to stay in Archon as long as possible, then getting Archon back almost immediately by utilizing melee-Wizard Critical Mass cooldown reductions. This yields amazing results solo or in a group farming/paragon leveling. Act 4 is used as an example in the video; however and while I and many others are fully capable of using this method without problems in Act 4, that was only as a testament to build effectiveness and not a recommendation to farm Act 4 repeatedly. As mentioned, I actually farm Act 3 much more than 4 because it's a lot easier. This build is gear dependent, but scales wonderfully with the right gear.
You need certain stat minimums for this build to be viable. Here is a list of those stats, and what pieces of gear commonly yield them:
- 800+ resist all (fully buffed) [all except weapon]
- 800+ life on hit (for easy time in melee if Archon isn't desired or on CD) [weapon, amulet, ring]
- 30%+ critical hit chance [helm, gloves, bracers, amulet, rings, source]
- 10 arcane power on crit (15 recommended) [helm, source, weapon]
- 30k+ HP (can be done as low as 25k, but as much as 40k may be ideal) [all]
Fill in your DPS by acquiring as much spare attack speed and critical hit damage as you can. Remember, while attack speed doesn't up your DPS as much as crit damage; it does however help you heal through life on hit.
More on gear:
I recommend getting a new Storm Crow wizard hat that has a socket. This is cause it has ~400 life on hit, as well as 9 or 10 arcane power on crit. This gives you a lot of freedom to play around with the rest of your gear. I also use the low-level legendary ring Leoric's Signet for an extra 30% exp boost; however this went unmentioned in the video since it's a bit off topic, as well as costly.
Hi guys. Just made this video guide for a spec I personally found to be extremely effective. Have a look, and if you will, please read the description and try to tell me if I went wrong anywhere or missed something so I may correct it.
Video description as follows:
A video I made, explaining the "Forever Archon" build for Wizards on Diablo 3. The purpose of the build is to stay in Archon as long as possible, then getting Archon back almost immediately by utilizing melee-Wizard Critical Mass cooldown reductions. This yields amazing results solo or in a group farming/paragon leveling. Act 4 is used as an example in the video; however and while I and many others are fully capable of using this method without problems in Act 4, that was only as a testament to build effectiveness and not a recommendation to farm Act 4 repeatedly. As mentioned, I actually farm Act 3 much more than 4 because it's a lot easier. This build is gear dependent, but scales wonderfully with the right gear.
You need certain stat minimums for this build to be viable. Here is a list of those stats, and what pieces of gear commonly yield them:
- 800+ resist all (fully buffed) [all except weapon]
- 800+ life on hit (for easy time in melee if Archon isn't desired or on CD) [weapon, amulet, ring]
- 30%+ critical hit chance [helm, gloves, bracers, amulet, rings, source]
- 10 arcane power on crit (15 recommended) [helm, source, weapon]
- 30k+ HP (can be done as low as 25k, but as much as 40k may be ideal) [all]
Fill in your DPS by acquiring as much spare attack speed and critical hit damage as you can. Remember, while attack speed doesn't up your DPS as much as crit damage; it does however help you heal through life on hit.
More on gear:
I recommend getting a new Storm Crow wizard hat that has a socket. This is cause it has ~400 life on hit, as well as 9 or 10 arcane power on crit. This gives you a lot of freedom to play around with the rest of your gear. I also use the low-level legendary ring Leoric's Signet for an extra 30% exp boost; however this went unmentioned in the video since it's a bit off topic, as well as costly.
My battle tag is Forock#1732
My armory link: http://eu.battle.net...732/hero/111026