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This post has been edited by phoenixxx: May 22 2012, 04:56 PM

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and you still don't have the game yet.. hohohoho

wizard me XD

any build you guys are aiming when the game starts? i've been lurking around in the official forum. quite a lot build for mage hehe

wizard no.2 here =D

Imma wizard

Haven't really check out the builds... want to try try myself first, experiment

Gonna wizzie here.
What built have u seen ?

gona try wizard when i play

wizard~

box will be coming in an hour time

Wizard here for now. Contemplating between wizard or demon hunter =\

From the short stint I had with the open beta...the wizard feels really different somehow.

Spellcasting was sort of made easy without having to worry what to level, and the stats distribution.

Ah well.

Oh. Hi. Wizzie-to-be here. Always a mage for any rpg played

wil try wizzie once i get my copy....heh

not many ppl seems to be using wizard. we'll be a rare commodity! yey

i wonder why? whats wiz's weakness? i chose wiz as my main coz of the skills.. so cool n badass one.. o.o

i think personal pref gua. actually wizard is not THAT Much behind other classes. in my opinion blizzard did a good job because many ppl very undecided and end up the classes are quite fairly distributed based on several polls i've seen.

no one flocking to any particular uber cool / imba etc class. all class got nice and not nice

how is wizard going? I will be playing tomorrow..

Anyone happy with wizard? Why

and anyone unhappy with wizard? Why?

Magic punya orang reporting in....

I got a weird feeling that Wizard got nerfed in the final release. My wizards spells feels weaker than in beta. Maybe its just me... Hmm

im happy with wizard...massive intel investment..att now 120 / lvl 19

lv 19 too, hard to kill santa b4 it portal away, even there are no other enemies around and able to surround him to the corner, i think my damage maybe too low. Anybody know how to calculate damage for wizard's spells ? ie magic missile and chain lightning.

so far lv19...

Just heavy int invest and you should be fine with wiz in normal at least for not, never use a pot before so far.....

lol i think i spend more than 100 pot d.

Wiz quite strong wor, tho I'm only at level 11

My hubby playing demon hunter keep exclaiming: how come you kill monsters with two swipes only??

haha loves wizard also. nice damage. defense also not bad..

Wizard can use both hand weapon or not?

Damage calculation on the skill itself no? If not just head over to the official D3 site. It'll tell you the percentage of weapon damage a particular spell does.

Yes. The damage is based on weapon

You mean wearing int-boosting items, or have they changed it so that you can personally level up int?

Dual wield? No. Two-handed weapons, yes. The staff is two handed isn't it? Heck, I've equipped a bow before

Oic thanks

Two-handed Axe wielding wizard reporting in.

Btw, the skill dmg is based on weapon izit? Then I gonna wield Axe for the rest of the game coz Axe dmg is pretty high. Higher than those Staff

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wiza...d!Z!Z.a
My build for 1st 13 levels Using Starter Edition while waiting for my CE.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wiza...3;ZX!ZaZa.a
My build for mid-level. (20s)

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wiza...3;cXb!bZYbb
My build for high-level. (30s)

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wiza...;cXW!YYZcbb
My build for Nightmare-level. (40s)

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wiza...;cXW!YcYYcb
My build for Hell-level. (50s)

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wiza...;cXW!YcYYcc
My build for inferno-level. (60)

All this is based to my play style.

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Added on May 16, 2012, 11:33 amhaha for early levels yes... later a wand + orb or tome will give more dmg

This post has been edited by shykull: May 16 2012, 11:33 AM

i think at later levels the wand / staff will start to give more useful boosts to wizard, takkan hold 2H axe all the way lol

Uhmm Wiz level 10 right now.


Why ppl talk bout build instead as the skill only by unlock... Uhmmm.

From wat I see is more into ur set attribute you get tat makes you different.

And player skill....

Wiz damage is higher compare to demon hunter, cause damage calculation of skills is = 100% or even = 200%.

Demon hunter very fast spell spamming like machine gun, but damage calculation of skills is = 40% ~ 60%.

Correct me if am wrong. Is about my observation.

Thn if run away, sure demon hunter win, got a skill like quick foot or dash.

Wiz is give AOE effect while get surronded.

wizard has teleport and slow time

so the spell, ie magic missile or chain lightning is based on the damage the weapon u are using ? i can use sword, staff, club, etc.

^ yeah

slow time good ah ? what it does ? cast liao like nothing happen, i switch back to the aoe freeze

level 10, havent unlock those skill yet ma. only froze the surrounding.

Yeap, even double hand weapon also can.

slow time good for matrix style... esp when lots of range i suppose. i don't find the need for it yet, maybe later will. freeze is still good

what attribute? everytime i level up = skill unlocked, rune unlocked only... then u just choose which skill u wan to use, and choose the rune. tats it

kinda funny a wizard holding a 2 handed axe..

manage to level up my blacksmith to lvl 1. this is a very big gold sink >.< 10k gold for 1 level. and lvl 2 start at 4k

eh equipment attritube lar bang.

let say add 60 life, add 10 vit, add 10 int etc.

dont forget your stash

ooo, i now wear all those give me % finding magic item 1

THE man himself! Thanks for the guide man

Btw, at what levels will we be able to get our hands on the orb/tome. I'd access the D3 site myself, but it seems to be taking forever to load - for some strange reason.


Question regarding MF. Is it advisable to do this from an early stage? Since you'll be sacrificing quite a bit just to get more MF. Should MF gear be saved for a particular level/foe?

BTW, if i see any nice / useful stuff i'll copy pasta into my first post ya. for eg shykull's builds. if u dun want then just pm me i'll remove them

my wizard's holding a shield all the time... hahaha... quite useful when getting mob coz able to block their damage...

i think MF gears are very useful. my aim wearing this is to make sure i get a lot of magic items. after that, i'll salvage all unused item to get the subtle material and tooth. this thing is the material needed to carft later on. so, better start collecting now

yep, i actually ditched the more dmg-centric builds and go for MF and GF now... up until the game starts to get too difficult

I see. Hmmm.. Thanks for the inputs

How much damage you guys deal for Electrocute? Which skills INT affect better?

I only get around 50 damage for Electrocute at lvl 19.

Yes was thinking to create a bash bash bash character just do GF and MF, build up my stash and blacksmith first then proceed

can, u can use any weap and shields, that's why DIII dynamic built is not on stats but on weapons, and their items are all auction markett, DIII planned this so they can earn $$ from real $ auction not old ways of pay to play like WoW. Trend changes

so far at lvl 11, the skill that i like the most is diamond skin. absorbed damage but sadly, only last for 15 second. if use correctly at boss or mini boss fight, you will end the battle without being injured

most hated skill at lvl 11? the electric thing. i cant get it right. the thing goes randomly zzz

what best follower for wiz?

wiz can have few various of build:
u can be dmger or tanker, cooperative player.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/orb/

At lvl 5 you can get orb already if it happens to drop.

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Added on May 16, 2012, 2:13 pmYou can have all 3

This post has been edited by shykull: May 16 2012, 02:13 PM

probably the templar since he can help tank the mobs for u

have all 3 together at the same time?

if can choose only 1 then i sure take templar as tank

sif tank. Go all damage take sorceress!!!

if wizard, go damage alll the way mang . still looking for a pure dmg dealer wizard build

Level 22 wizard reporting in.

Do you guys use shield? I am using a wand and those 3 balls thingy

ya man,if w/o shield, i think i would run like shit after demon hits me

me here for wizarrrrdddd

lol.. i have both WD n Wizzard.. but my wizard looks more Cun! cant wait to use anglic wings on him once my CE arrives!

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Added on May 16, 2012, 7:34 pmmelee wizard here so im using shield + spectral blade + iron skin + ice thingy forgot name

This post has been edited by FrostLance: May 16 2012, 07:34 PM

Diamond skin only last for 6s iianm. 15s is the cd.

diamond skin saved my a55 many times... act 3 area cant go all offensive d.

wizard here!

am I the only one who thinks the male wizard looks like a wuss and sound like a high nose B!tch? Honestly his dialog lines and manner of speech reeks of a snob.

Level 11 now and tried to make him a damager but cannot... not enuf power to cast non stop... not enuf health to even take some damage if i give him sword and shield. so now trying out bow and still have to run away like chicken when there are some tougher enemies....

haha wizard hard to tank la... get the templar to do the job for u (there are some nice +vit rings later that makes him basically cannot die)

for me in SP i realize those channeled spells like ray of frost, disintegration not easy to use, since u basically gotta stand there and let ppl tofusmash u. prefer arcane orb.

Hey is tat anyway to increase the arcane power? low arcane power is bored

Link all error

Haha seduce a Barb?? Haha. Those Barb look so old lol

guys, how you all choose a weapon?

wizard skill based by weapon damage rite?

so should i choose a high DPS weapon, or a weapon with high damage, but slow attack speed (hence lower DPS)

^^ good question, i believe atkspeed affect your casting speed too...

i dont think we can + the stats on our own right? depends on EQ only then? and about skill tree.. quite confusing

yea, just read at their forum seems it atkspeed affect casting speed

hmmm

stats add automatically when level up

skills automatically learn all too, same that you will get all the runes when level up

just that you need to mix and match which skill and which rune to use

The skill tree is not that confusing.
Basically you have a few active skills that you can use at a time.
And on each section have multiple skills to choose from.
Runes on each skill help to improve that particular skill.
Basically you want to choose which skills you like the most to be your active skills and which runes to help improve them

I dont know about +stats but if youre good with hunting and salvaging you can always craft again and again Xd
But that probably will take you much much longer time.
Or get the yellow weapons

i see.. thank you guys for the guides and advices. i have a friend who is now lv30+ and he has alot of yellow eq with him.. eq for us lower level people

Open inventory.. equip it... see the lower left corner of the inventory screen got your DPS performance. If increase leave it equip. Else swap back.

also other stats like increase MF and GF auto equip

This post has been edited by shykull: May 17 2012, 03:18 PM

yea i saw that, but i am thinking, does that affects magic or melee attack lol

seems like should follow it, haha

Anyone have lower EQ for wizard (gold)? I can give it back once i get beter one.

Level 12 Wizard reporting in...

I am using staff + orb... must admit that when facing the bosses or big mobs I have to flee or stand further away... haha...

Currently equipped with mostly blue items and 2 yellow ones. Not using items that adds strength... mostly going for damage, intelli and vitality items...Not sure if that is correct

Am still figuring out the skills build combo as well...

I find that the diamond skin seems too necessary compared to other skills. Not every time there are health globes within reach when my potions are in cooldown and health is low.

But at our level, the diamond skin duration is too short I feel...only 6 secs

diamond skin is more of an emergency resort while you try to escape

try it with the rune that reduces casting cost, u can tank mob while using disintegration... i find it very effective

Hi, anyone here solo-ing all the way to Diablo?

For me. i must party with other to tank all the bosses.... Wiz too soft.
1 grab from Diablo 5/6 hp gone. (i have 1.6k hp)

I solo final boss with wizard using

- Diamond Skin - Activate this when you're in pinch or you want to combo with Disintegrate.
- Magic Weapon -
- Hydra - Bosses hurts alot from this. Really.
- Disintegrate - Main skill to kill boss.
- Archon - When the boss is dieing use this at a far distance and use your laser.
- Teleport - Tele away whenever your diamond skin is on CD

My weapon is a double handed wand around 67dps + 15% increase damage + add life per kill + other stats.

My total damage is 804. (with Magic weapon up) - this is not included my INT. INT is around 700. So, magic has 700% increase damage.

Wiz is of course weak. If you feel like you're dieing too much, throw your INT armor and get those with + VIT (around 60+) which will give you about 1k health.

This post has been edited by Nels: May 17 2012, 08:25 PM

+vit and +str are good too as +str does increase physical resistances.

That's is true that +Str increases your armor. But, wizard have a skill called Energy Armor which increase your Armor by 65% and I still find it useless because I still need Diamond skin to survive.

Just IMO, wizard don't really benefits from the extra armor. It's better for you to go for Shield with a decent 'damage block'. I have over 1500 armor with Energy Armor but I still die easily without Diamond skin.

Well this is for Solo mode btw (:

well for solo, i do not tank, that what are templars are there for althou sometime they are vvery useless, i mostly just hit and run, with freeze and force wave when im in pinch.

i dont think that the wizard is too weak, it just that you have to employs a suitable tactics when using a wizard. since he wizard is quite delicate i used templar most of the time as bait, then cast a spell from afar.. lol

btw, been addicted with the sorcerer during my diablo 2 time i must say kudos to blizzard for making a lot of improvement to the wizard. one of the most notable one is adding an attack spell that did not consume arcane power (back then it is called mana). however the inability to edit the stats did somehow makes it less challenging in building a character.

currently a level 13 wizard, still trying to familiarised with the new game. one thing i hate most is the poison monster, the life drains like crazy. and i cant seem to find any EQ that comes with the poison resistant attribute.. damn

Sorry, nubcake question.... what is MF and GF?

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