35 more levels to go ;~;

Hio! Rolling back to CM wiz after trying out WD and didnt like it at all.

How much Apoc would you guys think that is the absolute minimum? I Was thinking of getting either Tals head or mempos, and then get chantodos set with 10apoc on each, think 20 apoc is enough?

twenty is plenty if you have above 2,2 aps, nn more. Mempos is better for melee, you have to stack as much attack speed as you can.

hi! i'd like to start playing my wizzard again and i've got 40mil. to spend. can you give me any advice in items i should invest, like some must have legendarys / sets? (most of the items my wizz uses are from the first weeks of diablo3)

http://eu.battle.net/d3/de/profile/exi-1999/hero/347970

/e: i'd like to play cm wizz

This post was edited by exi7us on Nov 4 2012 10:40am

Asking all cm/melee (math) wizards out there. My new hellfire ring adds 9k dmg it has high int, 39% crit damage and 8 ias (same as old ring). But it lacks crit chance. Can anyone tell me how much am I losing in terms of utility by going down from 48% cc to 44% cc (no scoundrel)? (I have 2,59 aps in bubble). Thanks!

Hello, can someone link/show me some popular wiz builds? I see cm build is the most popular one though I never really liked it. Also, what's with energy twister, how is that powerful? I noticed a lot of builds use it, but the damage doesn't seem too imposing.

I'm on a lookout for suggestions so if you have any, by all means, I'd appreciate if you'd drop one. Here's my wiz: http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Kennoth-2298/hero/4114732

With prismatic armor I have around 800 all resist. Maybe I've gone slightly overboard with it since it doesn't help that much. My main attack skill is arcane orb with tap the source, though since my new offhand doesn't have apoc, it sometimes takes a while for the ap to fill up. Power Hungry helps in that aspect a lot. Any ideas regarding gear/skill setup? I noticed The Witching Hour increases my dps by 10k on average, but I can't seem to afford even the cheapest one at this point. Also, how important is move speed for a wizard? I have only 12% with my boots, was looking for some Ice Climbers, but those with any extra ms on them are extremely pricey. I'm already bidding on some lacuni for extra as/ms. I'll sacrifice some life and resists, but what the hell. Anyway, thanks for any input.

energy twister (particularly wicked wind rune) is probably the best way to reduce your cooldowns. With critical mass, casting twisters that tick multiple times gives you a lot of chances for critical hits that reduce cooldown of spells. that's how the CM/WW build works. Your casting twisters that dont move (WW) and freezing monsters right on the twister so it keeps hitting them. Thus reducing the cooldown of your frost nova and explosive blast, so you can freeze again. The dps really comes from the explosive blast, not as much the twisters or frost nova.

As for your build I see a few flaws.
You have only one skill that does damage, arcane orb. I would get rid of slow time for something that does damage.
You have 0 arcane power on crit, yet you have a pretty decent crit chance. Your passives can be better used if you simply get a wand, helm, or source (or combo) with apoc.
You have 0 increased attack speed.
You have 0 life replenish (life steal, life on hit)
IMO the negatives outweigh the positives with glass cannon. WAY less survivability for a small increase in damage.
think about what skills/passives you are using, and how much they are really benefiting you in battle.

Movement speed is a more of a luxury for wizards, i think you have more important things to focus on. APOC, AS, LOH(or LS).

Thanks for the input mate. I'll try and get my apoc to somewhere between 15-20. The main issue I have with wizard is that signature spells are completely useless (save for piercing orb), but secondary kinda feel like filler spells, arcane torrent being a good example. Does disintegrate crits normally now? I know there used to be a bug with it. I can't seem to find the attacking alternative to arcane orb.

As for the CM build, I've also been looking at some videos online and I think that while it's effective, it's also kinda boring so I'm in a process of experimenting so to speak. Tried using archon build but it's all about killing and finding stuff fast. Even with evocation and CM on I still have to wait for at least 30 seconds to activate it again once it wears off.

This post was edited by kotejebe on Nov 5 2012 03:45pm

Hey guys new to wizard anyone have any ideas what skills and runes to use on an archon wizard?

Thanks in advance.

well, for me it's left click - energy twister/ww, right click - teleport/wormhole, 1- diamond skin/crystal shell, 2- arcon/teleport, 3 - force weapon/blood magic (I gotta say wizzards got SHITTIES LIFE STEAL SKILL AMONG ALL CLASSES <<< FIX THAT BLIZZARD), 4- storm armor/scramble or energy armor/prismatic (depends on how much res and armor you got). Passives are critical mass, evocation, galvanazing ward.