Quote (Mad1Lee @ Oct 17 2012 08:58pm)

So far I tried different variations of melee wizzard and all of them suck. I want to address optimists in this thread who suggest that we should "adapt". So how is getting to 2,2+ aps, 20+apoc, 45+crit and high res and armor and the same time is "adapting"? It's fucking not. If you got 300-400 millions laying around, than ofc, because decent chantodo's wands are so hyped that only mega rich players can afford them, getting attack speed on jewelry is affordable (althought with int/cc and some resists is still expensive), but lacunis with crit or witching hour with res is like 100 mill a piece (same goes to tal armor with all res), so how the fuck do I adapt if I have 40 millions?

I tried mp4 with mistral breeze - big packs of white mobs still die fast, but a pack of reflect moloks in fields of slaughter demolished me, I just couldn't lock any of them and their damage is pretty insane as it is, even with my 19% block and 20% dodge and fucking huge shield I am still getting destroyed.

The only good thing about this patch is spectral blades healing blades, works very good, I got 60k dps and I heal for 600-1200 per hit. Wizzards with 100k dps and high aps gonna love this.

Gonna try to experiment with shock pulse, let's see what happens.

Quote (Mad1Lee @ Oct 17 2012 09:43pm)

Ok, guys, after some experimenting I found out that Shock Pulse - Lighting affinity does wonders. Somehow battle.net doesn't want to show my profile, no idea why. (http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Mad1Lee-2243/hero/195500)

So I constantly spam 5 buttons: lmb - lighting affinity, rmb - frost nova (had to switch to cold snap), 1- diamond skin (first rune ofc), 2 - explosive blast (switched to chain reaction - more effective unless you got godly aps and cc to spam short fuse), 3 - wicked wind. I switched from storm armor - shocking aspect to prismatic armor, because at mp4 mobs hit super hard, so unless you got godly resists (like ~1k all without prismatic) I suggest leaving shocking armor for some better times.

I've got 1.91 aps, just 15 apoc, no LoH. LoH would be pretty useful I guess, but so far I am doing without it. Key to this build is to spam shock pulse as soon as you see your ap going down, it got amazing proc coeff. (.67) and it restores 3 ap per enemy hit (and it does damage and it's free). It helps to spawn more wicked winds, so as soon as you got 4+ wicked winds rolling you can lock any pack. Been testing for 30 minutes - act 3 mp4, yet to face fast molten occultists.

If anyone tries it, I would appreciate feedback. So far it works.

Quote (markilbaldacchino @ Oct 18 2012 12:02am)

WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT CHANTODO LACUNI OR WITCHING HOUR GENIUS?!?? Q_Q

any bracers can get crit, not only lacuni
theres rare orbs too, not only chantodo you know!
get ias on rings gloves amu




look another player without godly gear who doesnt qq and bothers trying out different stuff

(I suggest you do get some LOH, would help you use shocking aspect / survive better in general, and also try prodigy if you can, it stacks with affinity for more ap returns)

Quote (Mad1Lee @ Oct 17 2012 10:11pm)

I got ias everywhere I could without lacuni/chantodo/witching hour/tal armor, running at 1,91 aps atm. I could squeeze extra aps to get to 2,0 aps, but I just have to find rings amus gloves with perfect ias, not worth it. My point was that to get to 2,2 aps you deffo need a big budget.

Getting LoH would be nice but so far I don't know where can I get it with my 40 million budget. I guess I would wait for good amu or good weapon or something.

Killed act 3 keywarden, died three times (mp4), his cold shower hits hard. But it was my first time, next time I guess I ll be able to lock that guy down without dying.

So far my build works quite good, mp4 act 3 is very doable. With some tweaks like little loh and new weapon I guess I ll be able to run smoothly. But it's nowhere near fun I had with 1.04 storm chaser build. Why does blizzard always have to take fun from us gamers. I hope they won't nerf lighting afinity, pretty amazing skill.

Quote (Neutral @ Oct 17 2012 12:18pm)

my shitty wizard is facerolling mp6 but I have a q:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Neutral-2364/hero/1798486

worth getting ar on rings or keep stacking more loh in those slots? ty guys

Quote (markilbaldacchino @ Oct 18 2012 12:23am)

rings, amu, blackthorne, weapon, storm crow. Quite a choice.

Quote (Mad1Lee @ Oct 17 2012 10:28pm)

Well, weapon is my number one priority, but high damage wand with ias and ap on crit is super rare (mine got 911 dps, 1,51 aps, 50%crit, sock, 6 apoc and some str/vita on top of that), with LoH it would cost gazzilions. Amus and rings are more realistic but again, I ll have to wait few weeks before ias/cc/int jewelry becomes more affordable. Blackthornes with all res are retardely expensive, storm crow doesn't spawn with a socket and crit (or does it now?).

Quote (Gomunkulus @ Oct 17 2012 04:35pm)

anyone else noticed the archon beam on improved archon is flickering when u move it around ? Gaven't tested the other ones . Ping is 50 ms