Looking at your skills and equipment now, I would suggest to replace your shoulders and chest with Auglid's. This will give you more damage reduction and improved damage against elite. If you like to have cost reduction, captain crimson is a good option. An option would be to replace your belt and either your boots/pants for cap crimson. You can also reforge your gloves to use Asheara so you don't lose out on the set bonuses. You have some nice gears and adding these few should make you fare better at higher torment level.
I have to very strongly disagree with your post about Tal's 4 set bonus specifically. For YOU, it may be cosmetic. But for ME, I do run a meteor build and it works with tals quite well. +30% meteor damage + max damage % bonus to any of the 4 elements will result in main element hitting for 35m + 2m per seconddot for 3 seconds (unless lightning then 8 seconds). The other 3 meteors hit for 15m with 1m per second dot for 3 seconds (except fire which has lower damage over time than the other 3 but hits more times for 6-7m). So lets just do some fun math. For 0 arcane power, every 8 seconds I can do 100m damage to any enemies in the group. Then factor in the utities which you failed to mention comets. Comet has a 20% chance to freeze, and a 100% chnce to slow. Lightning bind has a % chance based on ur crit to immobilize all mobs for 8 seconds. The other 2 runes are just pure damage. Then we add in the 3 piece bonus, +100 all res and AP regen. Then +5% damage for the 2 piece bonus. This set is a power house in torment 6, you just have to learn how to use it.
Even subtracting 30% meteor damage if you don't want to focus on those drops, you still would be getting a total of 60-75m free are ofeffectdamage every 8 seconds. I would love for you to convince me that this set is useless and used only because we cant equip something else. Also you described Archon as the only damage dealing skill. Credibility for your whole analysis is a out the window on that one. And, to make matters worse, Blizzard has already stated numerous times that class buffs are on the way as well as buffs to class sets. So I fail to see the point of your entire, mostly inaccurate, rant.
I totally agree. Tal's set bonus is good on its own even without the Vyr set. The free meteor damage is the only big burst damage that a wiz can get if you are not running EB+WoW assuming you can run at least 3 elements. If you can stack more +meteor damage then the free meteors can kill elite pacts in less than 5 secs for t4 mobs if you time your BH right. Im currently foregoing the free comet meteor as I can't fit all into my build (by adding cold dmg) without compromising my DPS as I'm running pretty much AT+BH+Archon build. I'm running 56% CDR but wish I can get a few more and i'm in need of a Tal's neck. But I love the Tal's set so much that I even ran it without the Vyr build for a long time just to keep up with my T5-T6 group.
I'm interested in the Firebird's new set bonuses though as I already have the full set and is just waiting for it to be reborn (pun fully intended) in 2.1.
Just to vent a bit more.... found my 9th!!!! Mirrorball (3 looted / 6 kalada) with only +1mm... I'm flabbergasted to the point to even express how frustrating it is to feel this way. I am gonna wait for my 10th mirrorball... and if it is +1mm again, I'm gonna send in a ticket to Blizzard to complain if it was lower drop rate of +1mm vs +2mm as it is definitely beyond RNG at this point assuming it's a 50/50 chance.
I would recommend to farm for a RoRG to replace your yellow ring. Then craft an Auglid Shoulder & Bracer to replace what you have on. Strongarm is good if you are running Blackhole. Having a RoRG would also give you the 3 set bonus on your Tal & Cain although Cain is only +XP/MF. Seeing that you are stacking cold, you can also try to forge a Utar's Roar main hand which is better than your starfire. The +20% cold dmg far outweights the reduction in IAS from the slower weapon. In addition, I would swap out glass cannon for Elemental Exposure since you are already running 3 elements (Sparkflint-fire, cold dmg from weapon, electrocute) and you will not be penalised with the 10% loss in armor/resist. Hope this helps.
At the moment I'm running with an amethyst gem in my helmet (the + life% gem), but some of my friends say that a diamond gem would be much better (the cdr gem). Seeing how my pets get tougher too with an amethyst gem, I don't think they're right (but I might as well be wrong, being a not too experienced WD).
So my question is, is it better to use an amethyst or diamond gem with my build?
Thanks in advance.
To make it easier for us to comment, can you link us your gear profile too? We can't really get a good idea until we know the rest of your stats from your gears. Looking at your current skill setup, the only skill that really benefits from CDR are spirit walk, pirahnado and BBV. Looking at your build, you are most likely a pure pets build and stacking physical (since there is no rune on your garg). If you want more survivability for your pets, you can do a switch out of your Grave Injustice for Jungle Fortitude. Grave Injustice will be more effective if you have a Thing of the Deep to extend your pick up radius. Without thing of the deep, 20 yards is not very large. So, if I were you (taking a guess), I would swap out Grave Injustice for Jungle Fortitude (assuming you want more pet survivalbility) and swap your amethyst for a flawless royal diamond for the 12.5% CDR.
I have a RoRG, but it's a slight downgrade from my current rings. And I crafted the Augild's shoulders, but again it's slightly worse than my current shoulder.
And Witching Hour didn't get great rolls either. What can I do about my mainhand other than playing and hoping to get an upgrade?
Thanks!
RoRG strength is not on the ring itself but what it's set bonus gives. Having a good set bonus often outweights the slight loss of DPS. Remember sheet DPS is not in and all about how well your character deals overall damage. If survivalbility is an issue then all the DPS you do is for naught as 0hp = 0dps. As I recommended, Auglid is a great end game set item and the +15 elite reduction / bonus damage is really great. It will not show up on your character sheet or sheet DPS but it does affect it greatly. The same applies to why SoJ is such a great ring and a decent Sun Keeper as well. Don't sneeze at the +% dmg to elite and also +% elemental dmg. They means the difference between T5 and T6 in most cases.
Looking at your most recent setup, I would swap the leoric ring for RoRG, swap your gloves and pants to Cain's set (if you can craft them) and switch your belt to captain crimson. The Captain Crimson pants that you have is not optimal as regen is not as good as armor/all resist. This change will effectively give you +15% reduction/increase dmg against elite, +8% ias, +50% bonus exp/MF, +50 AR, +10% reduce all resource cost which is way better setup than what you have on now.
Best way to test a setup is to play, play, play a lot after each change. Theory is all nice and good but ultimately you know best as each person's play style is different but experiment and try it. That's what makes Diablo fun. Good luck.
A new Photoshop license, probably. RoRG always comes with LoH + IAS, so this is obviously fake.
Is that true? I can't seem to find the info on RoRG on the official website to find details on it's default rolls. I only know that you can drop a bi-fecta by default but was not confirmed if trifecta drops on loot.
And one of my noob clanmates who just had a lvl 70 wiz barely able to do t1 commenting on my chat "at least you got a mirrorball"... I was about to punch his face and kick him from clan...
Part of the problem with the "new generation" of Diablo players (people who weren't in their late-teens when D2 launched) is that many of them seem to think that just by playing the game for 2 hours (exaggeration!) they should have all the best items.
Man! I have been farming T1 for a full day. Life sucks. Blizz, buff drop rates please!
Exactly shaggy... and i think you've nailed it. He played d3v until he finishes hell and stopped there. Then he picked up RoS and played for only 2 weeks casually (most of it levelling from 60-70 and on hard/expert) and he complains not finding any good legendary i.e. Mirrorball...
I should tell him to check our my playing times in profile... and I'm sure he will have an excuse/reason of some sort... Too bad he is a real life friend who lives in the same area otherwise, I would have kicked him out of the clan a looong time ago.
A quick upgrade to this would be to replace your shoulders/bracers with Auglid's set if you find the plan. Auglid bracer can roll +elemental dmg and if will give you a huge boost against white mobs and the elite reduction/boost for 3 set can carry you well into end game.
Personally I would recommend getting a RoRG by just rinse/repeat Act 1 bounty. It's a great ring for those set bonuses like your cap crimson/auglid/vyrs/tal's etc. You have some good arcane gear i.e. Andariels, MLW.
I'm also surprise that you rerolled your Witching Hour IAS instead of your Shock Pulse dmg as the IAS is not rerollable... which is sadness to me
Also, a good jump on DPS would be your main hand. You don't really want anything less than 2200 dps on your main hand unless they start with Wand and end with Woh.
As suggested, your gears should be able to do t3/t4 with some minor tweak i.e. RoRG + Auglids.
Ok thanks for this thread guys. I thought I was alone. There are some sad beats here. I "don't" feel so bad now... I still do feel super frustrated about me getting 4 Mirrorball with +1mm from Kadala and 2 dropped from game with +1mm...
This website/forum is awesome. So many support and so many fellow players who are there to help ease the pain or to celebrate with others.
I just can't shake the feeling that some people in my clan has much better luck as compare to me. I guess in the end it's all RNG. Love it or hate it, it's there but sometimes it feels like they are out there to troll you... like rolling 6 MB with +1mm or gambling hard on armor just to end up with "another" blackthorne...
I got my 7th Mirrorball to drop yesterday from T5 rift.... yup ANOTHER useless +1mm Mirrorball... this game hates me and it still trolls me regularly and yet I'm a sucker for punishment and jump back into another rift and gamble away my shards...
And one of my noob clanmates who just had a lvl 70 wiz barely able to do t1 commenting on my chat "at least you got a mirrorball"... I was about to punch his face and kick him from clan...
Ok thanks for this thread guys. I thought I was alone. There are some sad beats here. I "don't" feel so bad now... I still do feel super frustrated about me getting 4 Mirrorball with +1mm from Kadala and 2 dropped from game with +1mm...
This website/forum is awesome. So many support and so many fellow players who are there to help ease the pain or to celebrate with others.
I just can't shake the feeling that some people in my clan has much better luck as compare to me. I guess in the end it's all RNG. Love it or hate it, it's there but sometimes it feels like they are out there to troll you... like rolling 6 MB with +1mm or gambling hard on armor just to end up with "another" blackthorne...
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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/im2kul-1814/hero/9605564
I'm interested in the Firebird's new set bonuses though as I already have the full set and is just waiting for it to be reborn (pun fully intended) in 2.1.
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I would recommend to farm for a RoRG to replace your yellow ring. Then craft an Auglid Shoulder & Bracer to replace what you have on. Strongarm is good if you are running Blackhole. Having a RoRG would also give you the 3 set bonus on your Tal & Cain although Cain is only +XP/MF. Seeing that you are stacking cold, you can also try to forge a Utar's Roar main hand which is better than your starfire. The +20% cold dmg far outweights the reduction in IAS from the slower weapon. In addition, I would swap out glass cannon for Elemental Exposure since you are already running 3 elements (Sparkflint-fire, cold dmg from weapon, electrocute) and you will not be penalised with the 10% loss in armor/resist. Hope this helps.
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Looking at your most recent setup, I would swap the leoric ring for RoRG, swap your gloves and pants to Cain's set (if you can craft them) and switch your belt to captain crimson. The Captain Crimson pants that you have is not optimal as regen is not as good as armor/all resist. This change will effectively give you +15% reduction/increase dmg against elite, +8% ias, +50% bonus exp/MF, +50 AR, +10% reduce all resource cost which is way better setup than what you have on now.
Best way to test a setup is to play, play, play a lot after each change. Theory is all nice and good but ultimately you know best as each person's play style is different but experiment and try it. That's what makes Diablo fun. Good luck.
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I should tell him to check our my playing times in profile... and I'm sure he will have an excuse/reason of some sort... Too bad he is a real life friend who lives in the same area otherwise, I would have kicked him out of the clan a looong time ago.
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Personally I would recommend getting a RoRG by just rinse/repeat Act 1 bounty. It's a great ring for those set bonuses like your cap crimson/auglid/vyrs/tal's etc. You have some good arcane gear i.e. Andariels, MLW.
I'm also surprise that you rerolled your Witching Hour IAS instead of your Shock Pulse dmg as the IAS is not rerollable... which is sadness to me
Also, a good jump on DPS would be your main hand. You don't really want anything less than 2200 dps on your main hand unless they start with Wand and end with Woh.
As suggested, your gears should be able to do t3/t4 with some minor tweak i.e. RoRG + Auglids.
Check out my arcane build.http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/im2kul-1814/hero/9605564
Good luck
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And one of my noob clanmates who just had a lvl 70 wiz barely able to do t1 commenting on my chat "at least you got a mirrorball"... I was about to punch his face and kick him from clan...
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This website/forum is awesome. So many support and so many fellow players who are there to help ease the pain or to celebrate with others.
I just can't shake the feeling that some people in my clan has much better luck as compare to me. I guess in the end it's all RNG. Love it or hate it, it's there but sometimes it feels like they are out there to troll you... like rolling 6 MB with +1mm or gambling hard on armor just to end up with "another" blackthorne...