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kayzie
post Jun 28 2012, 10:41 AM

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QUOTE(blizzaraetx @ Jun 28 2012, 10:26 AM)
hello new to the forum and this will be my 1st post yoroshiku~

Ive seen the crit build tanking with crit.mass passive and frost nova build and tried it myself. Can face tank most elite but stuck on shielding affix as when the bubble is up frost nova wont freeze them so was wondering how ppl handle these guys. Also had problem with the wasp thing in act 2  cry.gif

My stats currently looks like this
Crit chance:20%
All resist:600 ish after prismatic armor
Armor:6k
DMG:19k~
life /sec:400~
LoH:200

Skill used
Spectral Blade:  the healing rune
Meteor          : Star pact
Prismatic armor
magic weapon: life steal rune
Diamond skin        :double absorb
frost nova            :reduce cd
(sry didnt remember the skill name  sweat.gif )

Crit chance/LoH is low but want to see if i can do this playstyle correctly before investing more gear into this playstyle. Can clear inferno act1 no problem other than the shielding affix type but have trouble in act2 again with the same affix n the wasp , not sure how to handle these guys  sad.gif
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You kite, basically. Shielding aint the worst yet at least there is timer for that. What about Invulnerable minions? Sometimes being tank does not mean stand and whack.

People don't use starpact now, try energy twister > wicked wind + AP on crit helm.

The return AP is so much that you can ignore signature spells totally. (might get nerfed in the near future tho)

I tried and it worked. You won't see the crit dmg but it's there.

Being a wizard tank is awesome and fun. If your gears are beefed up so well, with barb and monk's buffs, you could hit 1500+ resist all. smile.gif
kayzie
post Jun 28 2012, 12:49 PM

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QUOTE(blizzaraetx @ Jun 28 2012, 12:12 PM)
Yeah invulnerable minion is bad, hm guess more practice with this build then since been playing with blizz/venom build for so long now.

Notice u mention that i wont see the crit dmg meaning the dmg will show in white color? but its still crit n procs critical mass? cause notice some spell never show yellow(crit dmg)dmg so thought some spell cant crit.
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Yeap. When energy twister > wicked wind hit targets only white dmg appears. But your AP is filling up fast. You know you're doing crits.

I say at least get around 25 - 30 crit % to be effective.

If you like to experiment, try frost nova > +15 crit % when hit 5 targets rune (Deep freeze rune).

When hitting a large pack of elite/rares, especially those with illusionist, they're basically frozen the entire time while surrounding you because your nova refreshed in a split sec. Lol.

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This post has been edited by kayzie: Jun 28 2012, 01:00 PM
kayzie
post Jun 29 2012, 10:18 AM

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QUOTE(Goblinsk8er @ Jun 28 2012, 05:14 PM)
Is it just me or what?

Seems like every single wizard out there is switching specs to Critical Mass tanking build.

Every wizard in my friend's list is playing that build.
Considering how expensive repair bills cost, tanky build seems like the way to go to avoid unnecessary deaths.

I got a bad feeling that they gonna nerf Critical Mass badly.
Probably implement something like "Critical Mass can only proc every 0.5-1s, cannot proc multiple times within a short period of time"

Currently, i just stand there and tank shit on molten and stuff lika a BOSS in act 3 and the whole game just revolves around how fast you can spam 234234234234234234234 with unlimited AP and without lagging out.
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I have a set of tank gears which I'm comfortable to play with. But I myself don't play much tank since frens of mine are tankers.

I also do not notice many wiz tank in public games.

It's just happened that most of your frens play wizard. smile.gif

Btw, unless you're talking about act 1, act 2 onwards you do need decent quality tank gears lol. Else you'll be paying as much repair bill as the glass canons.

Added on June 29, 2012, 10:19 am
QUOTE(olman @ Jun 29 2012, 06:08 AM)
just reached inferno act 1, aiseh those scums really hit hard.

with resist of around 200-300, ok or not?
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Should be fine if your hp is at 30+, no sweat. Ofcos dps is another thing la. lol.

This post has been edited by kayzie: Jun 29 2012, 10:19 AM
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