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None of my characters have died to lag so far.

My 43 Wizard got owned by a fast elite and his cronies in Act 2 Nightmare - but it was my fault, I got over-confident.

As others have said though - it's part of the hardcore mentality. You die, you try harder.

Dead. 0 dps.

I just died at level 43 on HC. lol. gutted. Had 1300 damage before I died.

Well since I'm playing on HC, Diamond Skin is required. I'm using http://eu.battle.net...RSOX!cYX!aabZaa. For bosses I swap out Hydra with Mirror Images.

So as far as your list goes, I only use Arcane Armor and Diamond Skin. Barely touched on the other skills.

I'm in.

Think it looks very nice. Will be happy to use mine tomorrow when my CE arrives.

No worries I hope the build works out well for you.

You might not need it because the cooldowns are quite long and you'll likely just be spamming your Signature in between - but it's definately something to consider.

Your signature would probably be best being a ranged skill like Magic Missile or Electrocute because during your cooldowns you'll want to be ranged.

Also, your Evocation passive could be switched with Critical Mass. Since you'll be hitting a lot of mobs in one go, you're likely to get a lot of criticals if you decide to go that way. More food for thought.

Cold Blooded is a good idea for this build but only because you're using Comet and Ray of Frost. Explosive Blast and Spectral Blades will only be effected by your Frost Nova rune.

But since you're combining Cold Blooded with Frost Nova's rune you're going to be doing 35% more damage from Comet and Ray of Frost which is pretty good.

One thing to think about is that Meteor and Ray of Frost are quite expensive, so you might need to get an AP generator on your Signature spell, and you will definately need your signature spell to be single target.

If you're really set on keeping Time Bomb you could use your Teleport offensively (since you're already using the Reversal rune).

Teleport in, Explosive Blast, Frost Nova, Meteor, possible a couple of seconds of Ray of Frost with that rune and then Teleport out.

Whatever you go, it will likely work quite well, just be aware you're lacking in defenses so watch yourself.

And no worries, happy to help.

It's 60.

Almost certainly, but then you'd probably be better off going with Obliterate or Chain Reaction rather than Time Bomb because you won't really be getting the mine laying tactic out of the skill.

Teleport in, FN, Expo and then Meteor will do a fair chunk of burst damage, especially with Bone Chill on FN.

Time Bomb might be good if you plan on teleporting in, casting FN, and then running away to Meteor.
But yes, it is a fair strategy for a close range Wizard.

Because it has a 100% chance to get the rare salvage item instead of 14% for the magic. So the legendary is less.

Time Bomb will plant the explosion as a mine. This means when you cast it, it will go off exactly where you stood when you cast it.

So your plan of teleporting after casting it won't hit anything.

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... which would still be the 14th for them and therefore, before the release date. Make sense?

Well for those of us in the UK we're starting at 23:01 because CEST is 1 hour ahead of us.

So it's not impossible for some people to play on the 14th for their time zone.

The EU one isn't updated but the US one is, so change to US if you're in EU.