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Warlords of Draenor Beta - Build 18935

V3dun's "Void Ray" Wizard

This week's Play Your Way build pays homage to the deadly Starcraft 2 flying unit, the Void Ray - with a Ray of Frost-based Wizard. Check a snippet below, or the full detailed guide here!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

The prismatic prestidigitation of the Wizard is as impressive as it is destructive. In this week's Play Your Way feature, V3dun#2884 draws a parallel between the Void Ray unit in StarCraft II and his own "virtually eternal power source!"

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About the Build:

Many channeling skills were updated in patch 2.1.0, especially the Wizard's. V3dun#2884 was already experimenting with Ray of Frost and his Light of Grace prior to the patch, and the tools and tweaks that came along allowed him to explore further and climb higher. Today, we're going to dig into his discoveries! 

I'MMA FIRIN' MAH LAZOR!

V3dun chose to name this build after the Void Ray from StarCraft II, pointing out two major comparisons between his build and the Protoss unit. Not only do the Ray of Frost visuals look similar to the Void Ray's Prismatic Beam, but the mechanics are reminiscent—in Wings of Liberty, the longer a Void Ray locked onto its target, the more damage it did over time.  
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The Items:

The Void Ray build is Legendary heavy, and you’ll certainly be looking for a few specific pieces to get it rolling. However, even if you're lacking a few integral items for higher level Torment difficulties or Greater Rifts, you can also make it work at lower gear thresholds by focusing on certain stats as outlined below.
 

V3dun has many of his recommended items, though it's clear there's room to chase just a few more!

Patch 2.1.1 Blood Shard Prices

Linkkitch compiled a spreadsheet that shows the average blood shard "price" of each Legendary when gambling based on the latest patch, and shared it on Reddit. He used the 2.1 Legendary Drop Ratio (spreadsheet) data to put together a spreadsheet that will give you an estimate of how many shards (again) on average it should take for a player to get a specific item, based on its rarity! Check it out by clicking on the banner.

"Hey There Kadala" Parody

dreamreaver23 made an awesome musical parody about the lovely Reaper of Souls' gambling merchant. Not much to be said, other than go watch it!