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Try rerolling Vitality on a rare amulet to Crit Damage and see how many Vitality rolls come up. I eventually got a 58% roll after many attempts, but should I for some reason want to try for something more, I'll have to fork over 320k gold.

This guy's face is priceless. What kind of silly quote would you put in the blank?

Since it's now called brawling, does that mean people can bitch about not having dueling in the game once again?

I think his character felt weaker as he progressed because he wasn't using the AH, not because Ground Stomp was becoming shorter..

If 1.1.0 contains endgame PvE content, along with the introduction of PvP, we may finally be out of the second beta stage of the game. :3

"In my nearly 100 hours playing Inferno (which have been almost exclusively in Acts I & II)"
"Sure, I also gathered about 15 million gold during the same stretch - enough to upgrade perhaps three of the thirteen items that just one of my characters uses via the Auction House"

Spending 5 million on a single piece of gear is completely unnecessary, unless he was just that bad of a player, was very inexperienced with the ah, or is simply exaggerating.

Sounds like they're taking Kripp's advice.

Whirlwind Barbarians are actually pretty good, too. :3 Not sure about Monks or Witch Doctors though..

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nice vid, I'm also trying a tank Wizard, but my crit chance is still very low, and my armor isn't regenerating fast enough. Also, using Helm of Command with a 29% block shield don't seen to help me not die fast also, dunno what's wrong, can you help me a bit with that?

You're going to want 35-40% crit unbuffed. I have every piece of gear that can have crit on it to reach that. (Helm, Neck, Gloves, Wrists, Both Rings, and Shield.) This allows you your Critical Mass to proc just often enough to survive with Diamond Skin.

The next thing is life on hit. I'd estimate 800-850 is the minimum. I've found wands with 800+ alone (you'll also need ap on crit with it), but the dps is horrible. And since should be able to stand there indefinitely, dps isn't your highest priority. I found a bunch of necklaces with 6%+ crit and 200-300 loh for a decent price.

Then you'll want 15 or more ap on crit. The only two pieces that can have it (while wearing a shield) are your helm and wand, so try to find a [+crit and +ap on crit] helm and a [+loh and +ap on crit] wand.

After those comes the defensive stats. Your shield is most important. There's quite a few with all res, pois or phys res, and 7%+ crit along with 18%+ block, 2k-2.8k or higher damage block. Gearing wise, along with what can have crit, you'll want pieces with all res and pois or phys res. Int and Vit are extras, but reducing damage is a higher priority.

Damage stats, such as Int and Crit dmg are nice extras, but if they're too expensive, just go with a cheaper alternative. The more damage you do have though, the more you health you generate through Enchant Weapon: Blood Magic.

And your Helm of Command may seem nice, but I don't think it can have both crit and +ap on crit, so you'll need to get something else for this build to work.

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Oh wow, looks like the gaming gods are smiling upon me or something.

What happened, was I went to try him out using that tank build, so I ran to the lower corner to get in position. For some odd reason, he bugged out, and got stuck behind the pillar coming after me. So, I swapped in my Piercing Orb, was able to hit him from the corner and just kept going until he was dead. Free pass - nice.

I had that happen once, but I didn't take advantage of that moment.

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I hired help. Got a quick clear for 300k on US server by paying for it. Expensive but its worth it to skip the frustration.

Ghombusters!

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So I was progressing very nicely and even found Act 3 rather a breeze until this guy. Have tried many different methods, but just can't seem to down him. I don't suppose anyone would be able to skip me past him or help me kill him?

Edit to mention that I am NA.

Even tried my method? If you can scrape the gear together (prices have supposedly gone up recently), you, too, can facetank him in a corner without any effort.

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needs more dots


PS - your spec is quite terrible...critical mass with only one cooldown ability? Not sure if that is troll or not.

I'd be eaten alive without Diamond Skin up, lol.

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This is not a tank wizard spec.

There are variations. This is just one out of many.

No, this one is just flat out plain wrong. The lack of frost nova and explosive blast is mind-boggling, particularly when frost nova alone would have made this a 5-10 minute video. Enchant weapon and familiar are completely irrelevant; venom hydra alone would have given more damage output than EW/familiar/timewarp combined. Do some research and find a real spec, lol.

Considering if I mash 2 abilities repeatedly, only 1 will get used. Along with the fact that I don't even have 20 fps and somewhere around 200 latency, I'm lucky if an ability will cast exactly when I want it to.

I doubt Hydra contributes to the life gain of EW. And if you looked at the fact that I'm using Blood Magic, Familiar and Timewarp are used to increase the returns from it. You're welcome to go look at the video I made on Ghom and criticize the build I used there, too.

Researching builds is about as boring as buying gear off of the rmah. I find what works for the gear I have and can afford and go with it. Sure, I see builds others use and try them, but they aren't always tailored to my specific needs.

By the way, if I can soak the damage from all of those spiders without a problem, I think I can consider myself a tank.

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needs more dots


PS - your spec is quite terrible...critical mass with only one cooldown ability? Not sure if that is troll or not.

I'd be eaten alive without Diamond Skin up, lol.

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This is not a tank wizard spec.

There are variations. This is just one out of many.

Here's my 22-minute long attempt on Cydaea (Inferno), using a Tornado tank spec with only 13k dps (buffed). I couldn't come up with a more painful (yet successful) way to do this. But if you can, feel free to share it so I can try it out and look like an idiot while doing so.


0:26 to skip to the fight.