Wizard Builds
Black Hole Wizard
A member of the official forums by the name of Farkon has posted a Black Hole build, which other members seem to really appreciate! It's a nice template for using Black Hole where you can switch up a few skills or passives and still have it 100% working.
Aurora Wizard
Our very own Zero(pS) has been running an interesting build on his Wizard. The primary skill of use is Heat Wave and stacking Fire damage really makes it worth it. Or so he says!
Lowko's Frozen Orb Wizard
Frozen Orb is by far the most requested Wizard build at the moment and Lowko shared his and it seems to work pretty well. However he specifically notes it's not recommended for Hardcore, so be careful!
Casanova's Melee Wizard
Moonlight Ward is a must for Casanova's Melee Wizard build, but by the looks of it it's worth it to find this precious amulet. A lot more details are shared in the forum topic, but if you're not into reading, he also made a video and even a "no-shield" version.
Archon's Stun-Lock Wizard
The build you see below is the one Archon used during his RoS Launch Party Live stream. He admits it counts more on survivability than damage, because the point was helping the group while still having a lot of awesome gear.
Boxsalesman's Frozen Orb Wizard
magier556 aka Boxsalesman has created a nice Frozen Orb build that he has managed to sustain from his first day at level 70 and is still using after upgrading his gear quite a bit. You can check out his video guide here and drop him some feedback in his topic on our own forums.
Mirrorball Fire Wizard
Some of the best builds are formed around a great item. One such case is Kamswow's Mirrorball Fire Wizard Build. He got his Mirrorball from Gambling and as you can see, it's a pretty simple build aside from the Mirrorball obtaining. Our moderator Bagstone is one of the players using this build and he also gives valuable advice in Kamswow's thread.
Meteor Spam Fire Wizard
Even though builds are getting more and more gear dependent, some are really worth it: MeatHeadMikhail showed his Meteor Spam Fire Wizard in a video that includes the build itself, gear, ideal stats per slot, toughness requirements, fire/elite/meteor damage % modifiers, a very strong 2-hand variation with Smoldering Core, and solo T4 Rifting.
Clarsen90's Frozen Orb Wizard
Clarsen90 posted a very detailed Wizard guide that gets constantly updated. The guide is based around Frozen Orb and includes Stats, Paragon Points, Gear, Several Builds, and Leveling. It's very worth reading and the even cooler part is the author replies to questions in the thread. Here you can see one of the several builds, but if you'd like to be sure you're not missing a more suitable one for your specific goals and gear, check the full guide.
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Posted May 28, 2014http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#amOSjN!ebSi!caZZac
1mil + DPS
10mil Toughness
60% + Fire Damage
45/50% + CD Reduction
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Posted May 11, 2014-
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Posted May 2, 2014http://us.battle.net/d3/pt/profile/faelnpaiva-1525/hero/21093076
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Posted May 1, 2014-
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Posted Apr 26, 2014This build should be included, above. I'm running torment 3, with crap gear, and doing very well. Torment two is a breeze with this build. Not even challenging. I hardly ever die. That's due to some sick defensive skills. There are builds that do more DPS. But you can't DPS, if you're dead. Here's the build...
Primary: Spectral Blades [Thrown weapon] If you want to use Audacity, you might want to switch to another rune. It's reach is twenty yards. Audacity is 15 yards
Secondary: Arcane Torrent [Disruption] Additional 15% damage from Arcane.
Conjuration: Familiar [Arconaut] Bonus AP. Enough said.
Conjuration: Energy Armor [Prismatic Armor] Plus 35% armor, and 25% to all resistances.
Conjuration: Magic Weapon [Deflection] Just plain hard to kill, as long as you're attacking.
Mastery: Archon [Arcane Destruction] You can use a different rune, if you like. The only time I use this, is when I'm in a desperate situation. I like the knock-back and slow. If I ever need to use it, it will be to run away, so I can heal and wait for CD on Archon.
Passives
Temporal Flux: Slow-pokes are just easier to kill. You also get plus 15% damage with Disruption.
Prodigy: You will be amazed at how fast your AP replenishes.
Blur: You can't go wrong with 17% damage reduction.
Unwavering Will: Plus 20% to armor and resistance. Plus 10% damage.
Notes on play style.
I created this build to be a pure brawler. I think I've succeeded. Even on torment 3, I can wade INTO a large mob and shred it in seconds. So far, I haven't had any trouble with T2 Bosses either. I've only fought Leoric on T3, so far, so I don't know how I would do against an act Boss. I think I could handle it, just because of the sheer toughness of this build. The only thing that has kill me on T3, so far, was a pair of purples with a large mob attached to it. And I dropped one of the purples before I died.
So. Try this build out, and let me know what you think. I'm sure it could use some slight tweaking, but it's working really well so far. If you can find a way to make it better, I'd like to know.
P.S. The up time for Arcane Torrent, for this build, is over 50%. It takes longer to deplete my AP than it does to replenish it. Four seconds to fill it completely, and about six seconds to deplete it. Three or four hits with Spectral blades will give you about 50%
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Posted Apr 20, 2014-
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Posted Apr 15, 2014if you don't have enough arcane power regen u can you magic missile with split.
it's simple, all you do is holding down one button
Build: http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#NemTjS!YUXS!aaZZaZ
Profile: http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Suzumi-2180/hero/1413779
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Posted Apr 9, 20141) Familar Arcanot (Regeneration) | Magic Weapon Deflection (optional) depending on how much resource cost reduction you got
2) Meteor Meteor Shower (for Kiting or when there's Ground effects too close to Elite Packs held down by your other party members), until you get Wand of Woh then you switch to Explosive Blast Chain Reaction
3/4) Heat Wave (index finger is faster)
4) Energy Armor Pinpoint Barrier / Energy Armor Prismatic Armor for higher Torments | Storm Armor (Power of the Storm especially for faster lower difficulty runs T1 and lower)
LC) Shock Pulse: Fire Bolts
RC) Teleport: Wormhole
Passives: Blur/Dominance(depending on mob density) | Conflagaration | Prodigy | Audacity
Passives when you change to explosive blast via Wand of Woh:
Blur / Astral Presence / Evocation / Audacity
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Posted Apr 4, 2014http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#bcViSO!eTh!ZYZcZc
Bluespartan's Fire & Ice build is similar, but takes Cold Blooded and Meteor (Comet) for more control and an additional damage debuff on enemies.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#bPViSO!eWh!ZbZcZc
Enjoy! Will be trying out arcane builds soon and will share if I find a promising one.
- Scott
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Posted Apr 4, 2014http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#bcYiSO!ZWh!accYZc
This gives a lot of damage and control, especially with cold damage bracers, arcane orb bonus on helm and boots, and shock pulse damage on belt and pants. Handles T1 with ease and you can crank it higher according to gear and taste.
- Scott
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Posted Apr 3, 2014http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#UcjQNm!cWZb!YcZZcb
Paragon Points go into:
Movement speed till 25% with gear, then all into Int
all into CDR
All into All resist (personal prefrence)
Enough LoH that you are comfortable, then all into resource reduction.
gear here:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/TehBuG-1629/hero/5672469
im doing T1 with ease.
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Posted Apr 2, 2014http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#UeXdOm!YSiR!YaZbZc
Basically tons of damage build. Total glass cannon. Big departure from my Diablo II playstyle, very fun. Make sure to get all 4 element types of damage on your gear for 20% more damage!
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Posted Mar 22, 2014-Build-http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#WcjSQk!hdZ!bZcZcb
Found this legendary http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/moonlight-ward and it goes really well with this build and other +arcane damage.
Very fast, very fun build; clears trash and elite packs incredibly fast thanks to the Teleport (Calamity), Mirror Image (Mocking Demise), and Illusionist combination. The more damage you take, the faster you can spam teleport and mirror image to deal extra damage; blur can be replaced if you find yourself taking too little damage or want something else.
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Posted Mar 20, 2014I am running the typical teleport/calamitybuild with Arcane torrent. Its lots of fun, I like being really mobile.
- Electrocute (Arc Lightning) -- I tried to use arcane orb here but I kept running out of mana..
-Arcane Torrent (Cascade)
-Teleport (Calamity)
-Ice Armor (Frozen Storm)
-Magic Weapon (Electrify)
-Familiar (cannoneer)
Blur (cuz my resists are kinda low), Illusionist (so that I can port around and stun stuff), Astral Presence (some extra regen)
Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qyyfpnbtaU&list=PLTMn7jEJjiBYKf60BcwnTQNhdgW2o2KTX
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Posted Mar 14, 2014Wave of Force Heat wave
Spectral blades Flame blades
Familiar Spark flint
energy armor prismatic
Diamond skin prism
Explosive blast chain reaction
With this build u can blow upp wile you use spectral blade for more dmg and u can blow upp wile jumping haha its so much fun,. I put all my skill points in Cd reduction for prism and chain reaction .
passives : Evocation for Cd reduction , Glass cannon for dmg and Asteral presense for mor arcane sustain
Try it and u will have really fun!
Here i am ,http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/GustavXxNorX-2280/hero/910413 Check out the build. if it has uppdated itself
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Posted Mar 14, 2014having a lot of success with this build, can sub in glass over dominance for t4 or lower.
make sure you have good crit and apoc, i dont use a builder, its all torrent nuking.
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Posted Mar 14, 2014Magic Missile w/ Conflagrate 55% Burn
Magic Weapon w/ Ignite 86% Burn
Hydra w/ Blazing Hydra 108% Stacking Burn
Energy Twister w/ Gale Force 15% Inc Fire Dmg
Blizzard w/ Grasping Chill (Any Blizzard will do as its more to group & Control & frost slow)
Last spell is optional. For passives I grab Conflagration, Cold Blooded, Prodigy.
For t5 - t6 I find that Blizzard & Arcane Torrent w/ Cascade allow me to handle most things unless it is some outrageous affix rare/ champ.
Also, if anyone enjoys the spectral blades & arcane orbit build, try and incorporate arcane mines in the build. I find they pair very very well with that build.