On live firebird is garbage, however on the PTR it is quite strong. If you are talking about live the best set is Vyr. The other commonly used high end build is based on stacking CDR and using WoW. You can also merge Vyr and WoW with great success.
im talking about in the Ptr.. im gambling for the full set now, and hope that they'll keep it as it is on the PTR. Im just preparing and am curious about if its worth it.. already got full vyrs
I tested it some and from what I have read firebird does indeed appear to be BiS come 2.1. I am curious to see the new patch notes for the next ptr build and see what they do to meteors. I personally like the flavor of the tal rasha set and so I am hoping mixing tal rasha and firebird will be really strong in 2.1. Depending on patch notes I am planning on serpent sparker, hellfire amulet, tal rasha (head, chest and belt), firebird (shoulder, gloves, legs, boots, source), strongarm bracers, fire Soj and RoRG.
Sounds like a great setup, got full tal with very good rolls, and serpent with 2350 dmg. Only missing a fire SoJ and firebird gloves. Havent played wiz in a while but i hope that 2.1 will make me play it again. How much dmg are ur 3000% dmg ticking for with the set ?
It is BIS, and one of the things that make it so powerful is the new Fireblizzard, you can pretty much do that and the new Gale Force and run away and come back to a pile of loot in a few seconds
+75 fire dmg (magefist, amulet, soj, strongarm bracers), rorg, firebird the rest
for weapon I chose thunder fury because I have 2465 dps and it procs elemental exposure and some free lightning dmg (could be good for tal rasha) and mirror ball for 2 additional shots so yes I used MM with fire blizzard, and it is damn amazing, I killed blue elites on t6 with 3-4 shots... helped with fire black hole
2) disintegrate
also I tried with disintegrate (then I used slorak madness) and since I use FB source, I got additional 18% dmg and I then put cinder coat so with that set I have +110% fire dmg, 26% reduced cost that helps greatly and here and dmg is insane but I don't like play style because I need to be still, but on bosses, I get 130 mil ticks after few seconds, insane, no other class can do it,
My main wizard has a Firebird complete set and some equipment tweak for fire build. You can see a preview of it in my signature. Build fully to get more +fire damage out of every piece possible. It's really good at the moment but it does kick A in the ptr. My other wizard is an Archon build with full Vyr set and at the moment he's more efficient but i guest he will take a hit in 2.1.
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The season is underway. Don't know if I'll make it through.
1) MM + MirrorBall
+75 fire dmg (magefist, amulet, soj, strongarm bracers), rorg, firebird the rest
for weapon I chose thunder fury because I have 2465 dps and it procs elemental exposure and some free lightning dmg (could be good for tal rasha) and mirror ball for 2 additional shots so yes I used MM with fire blizzard, and it is damn amazing, I killed blue elites on t6 with 3-4 shots... helped with fire black hole
2) disintegrate
also I tried with disintegrate (then I used slorak madness) and since I use FB source, I got additional 18% dmg and I then put cinder coat so with that set I have +110% fire dmg, 26% reduced cost that helps greatly and here and dmg is insane but I don't like play style because I need to be still, but on bosses, I get 130 mil ticks after few seconds, insane, no other class can do it,
so fire FB wizz will be the strongest in 2.1
Killing in 3-4 hits, but on which difficulty setting?
edit: Nevermind, just saw that you mentioned t6. derp!
The Pet Dr build is only viable if you have the pet gem ranked up so your pets are unkillable. Or else, on higher tiers, you pets will die almost instantly and you become useless.
Regarding Firebirds, the highest dps set up is still wand of woh (with EB being buffed on ptr) and full Firebirds. But EB setups are difficult to survive on higher tiers which is why you see a lot of hydra setups on higher tiers.
true, with harrington proc, I also have a pet doctor (and jade), 99% MoJ, 44% Tasker, +56% fire (amu, SoJ, bracers), trifecta TMF, and 2465 dps sword, I get around 75mil for doggy standard, but FB ticks that on all mobs until they die, but if you have SMKukri, well, with kukri, wd is winwin
Anyone got a thread about more information about the set mechanics etc. ?
1) MM + MirrorBall
+75 fire dmg (magefist, amulet, soj, strongarm bracers), rorg, firebird the rest
for weapon I chose thunder fury because I have 2465 dps and it procs elemental exposure and some free lightning dmg (could be good for tal rasha) and mirror ball for 2 additional shots so yes I used MM with fire blizzard, and it is damn amazing, I killed blue elites on t6 with 3-4 shots... helped with fire black hole
2) disintegrate
also I tried with disintegrate (then I used slorak madness) and since I use FB source, I got additional 18% dmg and I then put cinder coat so with that set I have +110% fire dmg, 26% reduced cost that helps greatly and here and dmg is insane but I don't like play style because I need to be still, but on bosses, I get 130 mil ticks after few seconds, insane, no other class can do it,
so fire FB wizz will be the strongest in 2.1
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/iGGi-2191/hero/87768679
The season is underway. Don't know if I'll make it through.
Akarat save me !
edit: Nevermind, just saw that you mentioned t6. derp!
Regarding Firebirds, the highest dps set up is still wand of woh (with EB being buffed on ptr) and full Firebirds. But EB setups are difficult to survive on higher tiers which is why you see a lot of hydra setups on higher tiers.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/iGGi-2191/hero/87768679