I've played a Metor Shower build yesterday. So, left click Flame Blades, right click Meteor, rest buffs and teleport.
Questions:Meteor Shower vs Heat Wave: pros and cons of each?
Explosive Blast: Is it worth dropping a buff (Familiar?) to have this mana efficient spell every 6 seconds?
Force Weapon vs the fire rune: Is the fire rune worth it for synergies?
1) Heat Wave is less random than Meteor Shower, there is no delay between attack and damage, it costs less than Meteor Shower. It's main downside is that you have to be in melee range - so if you have enough toughness to face-tank Fire Chains/Electrocute elites then go with Heat Wave. Else, I'd go for Meteor Shower.
2) I didn't do the math, but taking Explosive Blast (Chain Reaction) changes your game flow significantly. Try yourself, I'd take Explosive Blast over a self-buff every time.
3) When you have Flame Blades, Heat Wave/Meteor Shower and Chain Reaction throwing in Magic Weapon/Ignite is a bit overkill, you don't need more burn damage. I think that Force Weapon is the best for my build I listed above,.
I agree that you dont need to really super stack on the fire, unless you have ALOT of +% to fire damage. Especially if you are taking it "easy" and doing a Torment that you just murder everything on anyways. Explosive blast is amazing, i recently got the wand that pretty much makes it do 3 extra blasts. A MAZE ING. and yes, heat wave is preferred because i want mobs dead now, not in a few seconds from when i right clicked.
Hm...I do not like the Hydra. The damage is not very noticeable. I would recommend a buff or another active spell instead. This build looks a little bit melee-like due to Spectral Blades and Wave of Force. Perhaps a Slow Time (Time Warp) bubble would suit this slot better.
Yea thats prolly a good idea, I went with the hydra more to get conflag on as many targets as i could before the first Heat Wave. not so much for the dmg really.
Yea i have like 8% to hydra on shoulders, was really keeping them for the reduced cost. Wish i had mystic to swap some things around, but its not bad making do with what you got!
This is a little build I have been having fun with on the PTR and since 2.0 dropped. It seems to nuke everything without much effort try it out and see what you think, or how it could be improved!
Skills
Passives:
- Conflagration
- Glass Cannon
- Arcane Dynamo
Give the Video a view if you want a better look: Wizard Fire Build PTR