This is rather alarming. Any idea if this is legit?
Pro tip: when assessing how biased a source is on the internet, try typing the name into wikipedia and see what comes up: http://en.wikipedia....i/Free_Republic
Gee, I THINK Freep may have a slight ideological bias. And probably is not staffed by professional meteorologists. Just a thought.
If so, I just want to give a big fat "well played" kudos to left-wing parties around the world for such a highly successful power grab tactic! Wonder what will happen now...
Why even phrase this thread as a question if you've already picked a team to join and are busy waving their flag around?
Bro, this is all over the internet on multiple websites. Pro tip - when assessing whether a piece of news is biased, try typing the topic into google.
And? Now its on this website and that makes it less biased?
Your logical leap here is that a scientific article becomes biased when picked up by a biased news media? This is highly amusing to me.
This is rather alarming. Any idea if this is legit?
Pro tip: when assessing how biased a source is on the internet, try typing the name into wikipedia and see what comes up: http://en.wikipedia....i/Free_Republic
Gee, I THINK Freep may have a slight ideological bias. And probably is not staffed by professional meteorologists. Just a thought.
If so, I just want to give a big fat "well played" kudos to left-wing parties around the world for such a highly successful power grab tactic! Wonder what will happen now...
Why even phrase this thread as a question if you've already picked a team to join and are busy waving their flag around?
Bro, this is all over the internet on multiple websites. Pro tip - when assessing whether a piece of news is biased, try typing the topic into google.
Melee is working just fine for me, just as kiting works for others. If you go the melee route, however, you need very specific (not necessarily expensive) gear and the Energy Twister > WW / Explosive Blast > Chain Reaction spec. Look around these forums, there is a guide somewhere...
Honestly? I would look into melee wizard; the ability to keep white mobs frozen will give your friend ample room to play a glass cannon DPS spec like tornadobarb.
For spec, gearing, info, look around these forums; I have a thread somewhere, as do others. Post there if you have any specific questions as I will probably forget about this thread...
This is rather alarming. Any idea if this is legit?
If so, I just want to give a big fat "well played" kudos to left-wing parties around the world for such a highly successful power grab tactic! Wonder what will happen now...
i went from kiting to facerolling every champ combo with this build..
this is just the most fun thing evar
(ive put 50 millions into my gear so iam not at the entry level.. but this scales awesomely..)
by the way. iam using this spec in act 1 and 2 without any life on hit and no shield!
(but i see its necessarry in act 4 - allthough i can facetank some packs quite a while)
THIS IS JUST GREAT - i also dont use teleport, but spectral blades, or archon or hydra. whatever i want. thats a prettty free spot
(stats : 1k all res , 50kdps, 27k hp, 30% crit 211%critdamage)
Holy shit 50k DPS lol! Glad you are having a good time!
Curious if you have tried storm armor > shocking aspect instead of prismatic (maybe with a barb ingame for shout). Also, how do you play with Archon, start with the super saiyan > kite, melee, and then super saiyan > kite some more? Actually sounds like a fun way to play!
That or just throw on a decent shield and temp spec for critical mass/blur/x WW with venom hydra and time warp variation. You DO have 900+ resists already, right?
Tried this build. ~750 AR(prismatic)/37.5%crit/+50%critdmg/26k hp/1250 LoH/12 AP on crit/7880 armor with enchantress. My dps now is 10068 and int is only 1187, but i can easily facetank (ok, not really tank, but i can do without dying) whole act 2. I've just swapped frost nova rune to bone chill and changed tele to time warp. Thanks for the build!
Btw, I've spent around 1m to wand+hat+gloves+rings+ammy
You MIGHT be able to do act 3 as well, particularly in a group setting with a barb. Otherwise, I would say try to sneak in a bit more AR and armor; sounds like you may have a few pieces without it. Your crit is far higher than mine, so you are probably fine.
How much EHP should you have to withstand some arcane sentry going your way with this build(in act 3 that is), and does anyone face tank azmodans fireballs with this spec(if yes what EHP to withstand the fireball)? Also how do you guys deal with shielding or invulnerable or things with molten(those are really annoying if your close), and last but not least how much AP on crit and crit chance% to semi perma freeze packs while still casting WW/EP?(with ww/ep build).
I facetank azmodan's fireballs with no problem. Arcane sentries on act 3 and 4 i can ignore, if it's only 1. If you get struck by 2 or 3 together, it can be quite dangerous.
I use teleport to move myself around the arcane on the ground, just like i do with firechains and molten. I don't teleport to the other room, just behind another mob etc, so my energy twisters still hits the mobs, but i dodge the arcane and molten, as well as i can avoid being in the middle of a firechain but next to one with it.
Esle, chainspam frost nova... if they're frozen permanently, they cannot throw arcane, their fire chain stops, and they provide no damage to you at all.
Same thing applies for shielding. Freeze them so they can't apply their shield.
Invuln minions requires a bit more timing, because you don't get procs and life on hit from the minions, only the boss. However, you can still freeze the invuln. minions, so they don't deal any damage to you.
You can facetank double champion pull in act 4 with enough gear, and cleaver use of teleport to make sure you dodge the most dangerous stuff they throw, while still being in melee range.
Edit: i got 15 ap on crit
I'm not quite as geared as awengel; one pass of arcane sentry is generally OK as long as I am not taking a lot of extra damage, but standing in them is not advised, nor is it generally needed with teleport. What I do with anything that drops ground-target abilities is to kite slowly in a diagonal manner, moving a "yard" sideways, or running out for lazer pass and running back in. When you see the sentry going down, just be ready to teleport if the beam threatens you; more often than not it will take at least a few seconds to reach you (likelihood of it spawning right on top of you is statistically low).
For Azmodan fireballs, you should never get hit by them with teleport.
For invul minions; I have had success at pulling them to doorways or other mobs. Unless it's a very dangerous mob type, I can generally tele on top of them and get enough CM procs from the rotation to keep DS up thru the adds; slow down on EB use and just focus on WW / wand spam and KEEP THE BASTARD IN THE WWs. Otherwise, tele out and kite for a bit periodically, preferably to other mobs, or just skip if it's taking too long.
As far as chaining frost nova on elites, you basically need as many targets and CM procs as possible, which means more crit and AP on crit, and that all of that fancy int / crit damage / general DPS gear is not helping you at all (particularly because you kill white mobs too fast!) which is why people like Stuharis are having problems. Also, try slowing down AP use of EB or glyphing Unleashed, as more AP spent on WW = more CM procs.
This build shines against mobs that you would otherwise not be able to kite, like fast/teleporters etc. Otherwise you are better off going with a blizzard/signature spell build, since you can just kite indefinitely, and its infinitely cheaper.
I tried this build and other variations I found on the links provided with around 122k EHP (29k life/6k armor/600 res/6% reduced melee dmg), 23% crit chance, 945 LoH and 20k dps and went for kulle. Huge mistake.
First elite pack, arcane enchanted, molten archers. Long story short, after a full repair bill i got them down.
Second pack, invulnerable minions, molten, arcane enchanted skeletons. After 2 full repair bills I changed my spec to the old blizz/shock spec and got them first try. But still did not wanted to give up the spec with just 2 packs that went wrong.
Third pack, Invulnerable minions, arcane enchanted, frozen, lightning constructs. After 2 deaths with the boss' life not even reaching 75% changed to my blizz/shock spec and got them again first try.
Forth pack, the second guys I managed to kill. Jailer, plagued, extra health, fast archers. Just tele into them and nova'd them so they did not moved the whole fight. The plagues in the ground started being problem after the got down to 30% but with a bit of repositioning I managed to do it.
Fifth and last pack, arcane enchanted, frozen, vortex, extra health dervishes (the spinning guys). After 1 full repair bill I gave up changed to my old spec again and got them pretty easily.
I can honestly tell you this build is totally useless and I suggest new wizards stay far far away from using it. Half the combinations of elite packs are unkillable with my stats and this build while using the simple blizz/shock you can pretty much farm act2 blindfolded (except of course for some fast mobs rolling fast affix or teleporter that will give you trouble).
Maybe if you get 40k hp/8k armor/900 res will be doable but with these stats and 1k LoH you will probably own everything.
Your dps was too high, your resists and armor were too low; in short you were still wearing your glass cannon gear with DPS stats. I got thru act 2 with 8k DPS and 9k armor, to give you an idea; resists were like 900 at the time. Also, you did not specify whether you had any AP on crit, and were you using a shield or source?
So basically you agree with me as I said that will probably need 8k armor and 900 res.
Tbh those stats are expensive to come by and you can kill things faster and without the whole key spam this spec puts you in.
I swapped a shield and a source I have but it did not made any difference really and I had 10 ap on crit.
No, what I said is that you have the wrong gear for the spec, period. Perhaps your gear would allow you to do a standard kiting build, but you need much more durability in order for your Diamond Skin to work correctly. Your options are to (1) either swap 4-6 armor pieces for AR / armor / int and vit as you can get them, or (2) go back to glass cannon. Posting that the build is horrible and does not work, however, is just not correct; it's like complaining that you can't fly without wings.
if auction is closing in a minute you can expect to be outbind in a second so in order to see the real highest bid you have to close AH and reopen it, or you can simply bid a lot more than what it tell you is the highest bid because auction could easily expire while you're refreshing the AH
the whole biding system is not about who is willing to give most money for item but who is gonna place a bid 2seconds before expiration which means you basically need a stopwatch for that last minute >.<
whole system would be a lot better if AH refreshed bids without you having to exit AH and then reopen it
edit: so if i get this right: for an item worth 500k (current bid) i can easily bid 15mil (if i have that much money obviously) and then everyone else wont be able to bid unless the really want to pay 15mil which would be ridiculous and by doing that i basically screwed over everyone else who wanted to bid with me still getting the item for its actual worth?
this seems very broken to me
Sure, but if you bid 15m for something, be prepared to actually pay that as other buyers will still be bidding, and each time someone bids and it is rejected, your cost goes up.
This build shines against mobs that you would otherwise not be able to kite, like fast/teleporters etc. Otherwise you are better off going with a blizzard/signature spell build, since you can just kite indefinitely, and its infinitely cheaper.
I tried this build and other variations I found on the links provided with around 122k EHP (29k life/6k armor/600 res/6% reduced melee dmg), 23% crit chance, 945 LoH and 20k dps and went for kulle. Huge mistake.
First elite pack, arcane enchanted, molten archers. Long story short, after a full repair bill i got them down.
Second pack, invulnerable minions, molten, arcane enchanted skeletons. After 2 full repair bills I changed my spec to the old blizz/shock spec and got them first try. But still did not wanted to give up the spec with just 2 packs that went wrong.
Third pack, Invulnerable minions, arcane enchanted, frozen, lightning constructs. After 2 deaths with the boss' life not even reaching 75% changed to my blizz/shock spec and got them again first try.
Forth pack, the second guys I managed to kill. Jailer, plagued, extra health, fast archers. Just tele into them and nova'd them so they did not moved the whole fight. The plagues in the ground started being problem after the got down to 30% but with a bit of repositioning I managed to do it.
Fifth and last pack, arcane enchanted, frozen, vortex, extra health dervishes (the spinning guys). After 1 full repair bill I gave up changed to my old spec again and got them pretty easily.
I can honestly tell you this build is totally useless and I suggest new wizards stay far far away from using it. Half the combinations of elite packs are unkillable with my stats and this build while using the simple blizz/shock you can pretty much farm act2 blindfolded (except of course for some fast mobs rolling fast affix or teleporter that will give you trouble).
Maybe if you get 40k hp/8k armor/900 res will be doable but with these stats and 1k LoH you will probably own everything.
Your dps was too high, your resists and armor were too low; in short you were still wearing your glass cannon gear with DPS stats. I got thru act 2 with 8k DPS and 9k armor, to give you an idea; resists were like 900 at the time. Also, you did not specify whether you had any AP on crit, and were you using a shield or source?
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Your logical leap here is that a scientific article becomes biased when picked up by a biased news media? This is highly amusing to me.
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Bro, this is all over the internet on multiple websites. Pro tip - when assessing whether a piece of news is biased, try typing the topic into google.
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For spec, gearing, info, look around these forums; I have a thread somewhere, as do others. Post there if you have any specific questions as I will probably forget about this thread...
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This is rather alarming. Any idea if this is legit?
If so, I just want to give a big fat "well played" kudos to left-wing parties around the world for such a highly successful power grab tactic! Wonder what will happen now...
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Holy shit 50k DPS lol! Glad you are having a good time!
Curious if you have tried storm armor > shocking aspect instead of prismatic (maybe with a barb ingame for shout). Also, how do you play with Archon, start with the super saiyan > kite, melee, and then super saiyan > kite some more? Actually sounds like a fun way to play!
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That or just throw on a decent shield and temp spec for critical mass/blur/x WW with venom hydra and time warp variation. You DO have 900+ resists already, right?
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Hahahahaha!
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You MIGHT be able to do act 3 as well, particularly in a group setting with a barb. Otherwise, I would say try to sneak in a bit more AR and armor; sounds like you may have a few pieces without it. Your crit is far higher than mine, so you are probably fine.
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I'm not quite as geared as awengel; one pass of arcane sentry is generally OK as long as I am not taking a lot of extra damage, but standing in them is not advised, nor is it generally needed with teleport. What I do with anything that drops ground-target abilities is to kite slowly in a diagonal manner, moving a "yard" sideways, or running out for lazer pass and running back in. When you see the sentry going down, just be ready to teleport if the beam threatens you; more often than not it will take at least a few seconds to reach you (likelihood of it spawning right on top of you is statistically low).
For Azmodan fireballs, you should never get hit by them with teleport.
For invul minions; I have had success at pulling them to doorways or other mobs. Unless it's a very dangerous mob type, I can generally tele on top of them and get enough CM procs from the rotation to keep DS up thru the adds; slow down on EB use and just focus on WW / wand spam and KEEP THE BASTARD IN THE WWs. Otherwise, tele out and kite for a bit periodically, preferably to other mobs, or just skip if it's taking too long.
As far as chaining frost nova on elites, you basically need as many targets and CM procs as possible, which means more crit and AP on crit, and that all of that fancy int / crit damage / general DPS gear is not helping you at all (particularly because you kill white mobs too fast!) which is why people like Stuharis are having problems. Also, try slowing down AP use of EB or glyphing Unleashed, as more AP spent on WW = more CM procs.
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No, what I said is that you have the wrong gear for the spec, period. Perhaps your gear would allow you to do a standard kiting build, but you need much more durability in order for your Diamond Skin to work correctly. Your options are to (1) either swap 4-6 armor pieces for AR / armor / int and vit as you can get them, or (2) go back to glass cannon.
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Sure, but if you bid 15m for something, be prepared to actually pay that as other buyers will still be bidding, and each time someone bids and it is rejected, your cost goes up.
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Your dps was too high, your resists and armor were too low; in short you were still wearing your glass cannon gear with DPS stats. I got thru act 2 with 8k DPS and 9k armor, to give you an idea; resists were like 900 at the time. Also, you did not specify whether you had any AP on crit, and were you using a shield or source?