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Quote from inkumario

Hello,
Seems unfurtonetly today out of nowhere i got an email telling me that i was banned for using third party software wich i thought might be a false sender a joke, but seems not, of course i did not use any or own any, not even legal third party software like that "box" thing to paly multiple diablo`s if u purchased them up to 4 on 1 PC, so then i was sure i`l send a support ticket on battlenet and they will fix it since i know i didnt do such things, well it seems they let me down they say same thing like in the email message some kind of automated message, i reply they send later back the same exact message, hm so since when does blizzard ban random players for no reason saying whatever reasons they might like ? knowing the truth of not doing anything ilegal and get banned like that, how could i ever think of buying any games from them again and have the bad luck to get banned randomly like that ? this is awfull realy, i couldnt belive they could ever do such things, i thought they are a great software/games brand.

Quote from Grabbler

http://eu.battle.net...973/hero/482783
Get stats like this. Cheap and good. No problem with MP5. Well, i'm not playing since 1.0.5, but there weren't any changes.

Quote from Qoffee

I would suggest something along the lines of http://eu.battle.net...iSjO!fXW!YYbcac

Spectral blades do nice dmg and some extra healing ofc helps with the face tanking. Blizzard for some extra damage, same for the venom hydra. Magic weapon - blood magic for some extra dps and healing. Energy armor - prismatic for increased survivability.

Passives - galvanizing ward, mostly so that energy armor lasts longer
Astral presence, less AP problem from blizzard spam
Cold blooded - nice dps increase combined with blizzard

Gear:
I agree with others, blackthorne's pants would be a good start
Get a weapon with LoH instead of lifesteal, lifesteal really only works well with archon for wizards
I have pretty decent LoH/crit/apoc wand (black dmg ) spare that you can have for it if you like.

Shoulder, comparable stats but with +life%/vit (vile ward might be good )
amulet: you should be able to get one with comparable dps stats ( or a bit higher) and quite a chunk of vit on it for not too much
Helm: same stats as this but with a good chunk of armor ( likely end up with tal'rasha's helm )

You'll lose EHP for her on the blackthorne's pants but the LoH will easily make up for that , the rest should increase it.

Quote from Crotazzo

oops... got confused by the fact that she had archon on her profile (my bad :P)

Quote from Crotazzo

Hi, im in a similar place with my wiz. Im no theory crafter but i can tell u my experience.
First i want to state that CM Wicked wind build is the easyest to play. But archon its a lot more fun. So im gonna tell my experience with archon.

The build:
Using archon is a great choice, u melt everything before anything touches u. Its complicated at first because she will have to learn to move fast and leave gold piles behind (i manage to make archon work even picking up all rares). Archon isnt good for "free roam", u need to have a farming route that can keep archon up.
Archon lives with Life steal an movement speed. Life steal u have, but u lack move speed.
When u loose archon and its on cooldown you will have to kite. (unless u have GREAT gear).

SKILLS:
1- Archon.
Rune: Teleport (if you are having trouble keeping archon up) or slow time (if u are having trouble surviving)

2 - Armor skill
Energy is good when u are out of archon, but inst necessary when u are on archon. Energy(force) is ok for now, but she may want to try storm armor(scramble) when she gets the hand on kiting.

3- Magic weapon - blood magic (ok)

Now all the changes:
Kiting phase. This is the combination of skills i find usefull for kiting:
4- Shock pulse (piercing orb)
Great skill for kiting. Decent damage and hits almos every mob in front of you.

5- Hydra (arcane)
I find hydra better than blizzard. You can move around while hydra takes care of everything. Arcane is grat because with temporal flux passive you slow the mobs.

6- Defensive skill of choice.
Here u can try teleport(fracture) or anything else u think can be usefull. Personally i use slow time with any rune.

PASSIVES
1- Critical mass or evocation.
CM its Great for reducing archon cooldown, despite u dont have any heavy CM proc, any crit adds up. (question: CM reduces archon's teleport cooldown?)

2- Temporal flux. Slows mobs with hydra. Archon does arcane dmg too, so its a win-win situation

3- Glass cannon if you have trouble killing stuff or blur if you have trouble staying alive.

ITEMS
You have great gear. Weapon its ideal.
Helmet its GREAT but i think u will be better off with a (no more than 2M) mempo of twilight
You will need an extra item with movement speed. The obvious choice its lacunis (with some pickup radius, so you dont have 0)
Everything else seems about right to give the build a try, i dont think you will need to buy anything else for now.

Hope it helps.

Quote from mystiskem

She has plenty dps, health and resists for mp 1-2 with any common spec. I'd ask her what spells she liked and post them here, that way we can put some of the ones she likes together for a decent spec. This way she'll continue liking playing wizard and not lose interest by being forced into playing a cookie cutter which are often boring and very unpersonal.

Quote from JKlimek

you know honestly I think she enjoys barbarian more tho. Whirlwind is really really fun and doesn't have that many abilities that need to be activated. equipment is pretty cheap too