would wizards still equip items with AS + some INT

or

high INT items?

which one's better after patch 1.0.3???

this is low already.
with 200-300 resist you might do okay for act1.
beyond act2 u will die horribly unless u're very good at running/kiting.

if u're using energy armor with prismatic rune then you're good.
i have about 600 resist overall and i still couldn't solo ghom properly.

gratz
i had 600+ resist with 6.5k armor, 17k dps. but i was having a hard time.
i did it with a barb. thanks to my diamond skin + evocation passive, i can stand in the poison and dps ghom nicely

4minutes lol..

the golden one (champs) dont go enrage. u can kite them sweet and kill them slowly.

the blue ones have a timer, if u take too long to kill them, they go on enrage. that's when u get the skull curse on you. it will be almost impossible to kill them in enrage mode, unless u have a monk/barb that can tank them without dying.
so you spam on ur diamond skin, get in range to dps like hell till it breaks, then u run off it's aoe until ur diamond skin CD.
use venom for dots.

alternatively if you do not have a good tank (most cases).
let it reset.. go back to ur town get a repair, clear ur bags and get back into the fight, with the boss back to full HP.

well yes, without doing square or the eight figure, it's impossible to solo.
piece of cake before patch 1.0.3.
most wizards that had solo-ed ghom before, they now can't solo ghom after the patch.
the poison is overwhelming.

This post has been edited by paranoid: Jun 29 2012, 01:22 PM

lol if you're soloing you should be killing them fast enough, the mobs in act1 are pretty weak.

if you have ur diamond skin you should be able to dps them a lot before it breaks.
then use teleport fracture to get two decoys to tank for a bit while u dps more. by then ur diamond skin should CD already.

i used to have slowtime but to get into close range and put that orb, it's definite that u need to take 1hit at least most of the time.. it's effective if you go on a party, solo will not give much result coz you need to keep running, having the orb is useless most of the time.

the mirror image with 5clones only worked for me up to hell mode. they are pretty much useless in inferno. use that slot for another skill to aid my gameplay. i only used teleport fracture, it really saves me a lot of time against wallers, jailers or vortex elites. plus the two clones buy me a lot of time to spam dps.

lol of course! oh my you have 50k hp and almost 8k armor.
i have 30k life, 6.5k armor with 600 res all, 29k dps and my gears are still crappy, could get more on dps.
nice tank build lol

oh something new.. gotta try that..
im already tanking A2 with crystal shell

btw that wiz up there.. 1k resist all is damn high..
mine stands at 5xx to 600+ only (am already running on prismatic rune)

someone prismatic rune gives me more survivability compared to force armor rune.. that rune's basically useless coz the idea is to take max of 35% dmg from 1hit, it only works on single target enemies, white and elite mobs comes in huge group.
AND since they nerfed it.. FA rune doesnt work against bosses even they're single target, so imo FA rune is rubbish! they dont work against normal/elite/bosses.

i have 6.5k armor with 30k hp
about 600 resist all on prismatic rune

1k LoH
and about 500hp regen i guess

will do ok in act3 solo, but it's mostly harder to cope if im in a party because most people do not survive, they keep dying and dying, it's a hassle to kite and kill the mobs with extended difficulty if they're not doing their job lol..

also... im not sure if other wizards prefer otherwise..
MS boots is a must have for me lol

crystal shell, force weapon
disintegrate with volatility
energy armor on prismatic
piercing orbs and teleport with fracture

passive on glass cannon, galvanizing ward, evocation

u can switch glass cannon to blur at times.. if u need to deal with hard bosses


some people switch evocation with critical mass, i will only go for that once my crit is higher.. it's only at 28.5% now.
the key to survive for me is my diamond skin, once i have that, i will spam as much as dps until it breaks, then i'll immediately teleport to have 2 of my clones to distract and tank for me while i continue dps.
by the time the clones are gone, my diamond skin is already available again..
this way i can almost take 0dmg all the time even, i find myself having more pots rather than needing to buy pots now.
i use disintegrate because of the damage and it has a high chance to kill all the mobs together at once, plus.. 20arcane is sooo much better than blizzard 45arcane. the other skills are pretty much useless to talk about

hope this helps =)

oh my lol.. every wizard i encounter in act4, they're all with shields and with standard wicked wind + critical mass build.

if u have higher death rates, then you're not doing it right.
but i dont agree for wizards to go on this build permanently. why tank mode? wanna tank please roll a barb or a monk, you'll get 30% less dmg by default. why throw a passive for blur and mess up a wizard's nature for dps.. O_o
it's nice to give it a try but when you're a wizard, you join a public game in act4, people expect you to dps and not tank.

i've joined a few games lately in act4, 2barbs, 2wizards. and i was the only one killing, it's pathetic i kept dying because all when elites hit on me, there's not way i can keep up my dmg to compensate 3 tanks. it's amazing the wizard can tank 2pack of elites in act4, but if i'm not there, 100% the boss will go on rage.
it took so long to kill izual than usual.

my honest opinion, to beat act4, you need 1 good tank and that's enough.

wiz + wiz = tank + dps << this combo is pretty good because this tank freezes the mob all the time, but most wizards cannot tank alone, there has to be a barb with war cry only for them to tank in nicely.

oh btw, maybe i have not met one yet.. wiz tank's dps is VERY PATHETIC. i'd prefer a monk/barb tho.
at least i get dodge buff or armor buff.

This post has been edited by paranoid: Jul 5 2012, 10:59 AM

u can make a lvl60 barb in 3days la..

ahahahaha i included sleeping and eating regular meals in my schedule..
and work too

life on hit

venom hydra with blizzard is a favourite combination.
but it only worked for me up to act2 when i had much lower dps.

end of act3 and act4, the hydra and blizzard is kinda useless for me. everything will be too fast for you to be able to kite

yea haha nice one..
i tried that build ytd.. can never die unless you get spammed by arcane sentry and u got stucked in the corner..

razer keyboard use macro
ahahaha

haha wallers and jailers are good.. coz u know a whole big group is coming to you. it means more crits!
but if they have arcane.. then gg.. probably keep a teleport on right click for this emergency situation.

This post has been edited by paranoid: Jul 6 2012, 03:07 PM

lol dont quit.. just start a new one.
am thinking of making a DH in hardcore..

have u tried the latest build (spamming freeze+twister) put in venom hydra instead of chain reaction explode, i use teleport fracture to have decoys tank a bit for me in case of emergency

btw ur dps is quite low, considering you dont really have high resist and armor, your dps should be quite high.
i think ur dps is the main key for you to kill them