actually i just tested.. got it from the super awesome sparkle cake from pony lvl.. was hunting mats actually.. It only deal damage after the 4 small arcane orbits is around u and when enemy touches u. work similar like arcane orbit rune. but it spawns like almost instant whenever u deal damage.

Tried Frozen Orb in the same difficulty (Torment II)

Even though the AOE is lesser than before, it is still a significant damaging spell to be used for kiting purposes. As always, higher cost reduction and higher AP helps but the gameplay totally depends on how you cast it to the enemies. There were time i 'miscast' to another direction which totally waste the potency of Arcane Orb.

The nerf isn't that bad for me. Still playable and to certain extent....doesn't feel anything changed at all. It just helps me to cast correctly at the right direction. lol

This post has been edited by peinsama: Apr 10 2014, 09:16 AM

I still have the lvl 60 MLW but never bothered to use it until I read this thread.

I never realised that it was that good. I am still new to the game still.

Anyway, I run the cookie cutter FO build and I don't feel nerfed too bad though.

Or I might have neutralised the nerf by equipping Strongarm bracer to complement my blackhole build albeit only a lvl 60 bracer.

Anyway, I am still running wiz as my main though I have a barb and a DH that are decently equipped. wiz too much power yaw~

Frozen Orb is nice but it's only best when enemy is at the area of blast, fast moving enemy usually escapes those.

Sometimes in the midst of heavy action, can't even see where the mouse cursor is at, direction all mixed up and waste arcane.

A well timed black hole could help with that fast moving enemies. But there is a type of monster which eventhough has been caught in the black hole, still be able to leap to you...this is so annoying and I think it should be fixed.

My opinion:

From the way i see it, Black hole potency is to dense the enemies together and if possible one shot them especially when it boost your damage thanks to Spell Steal. I had my fair share of using this skills especially during bounty hunting and nephalem rifting.

As a defence skill, its pretty lame compare to the likes of paralysis and freeze unless paired with Temporal flux which slows the movement speed by 80%. Even then, not useful for melee wizard like me who practical spend 90% of the time and 15 yards in front of enemies. Not to mention its rendered useless against fat ass elite bosses unless you're using it to proc elemental exposure and also indirectly use temporal flux.

However, if you have great cool down bonuses + increase arcane damage skills + increase black hole damage + moderate AP reduction (i dont think it costs a bomb for your AP) + temporal flux (maybe even Arcane Dynamo), then i do agree it can be quite useful. However, not against elite mobs unless u want to proc elemental exposure. Even then, a wastage of passive skills, just for black hole which only helps u against white mobs and champion mobs where you can use Arcane Orbs + frozen storm. I'm considering to use Cold Trifecta skills in the future: Bllizard + arcane orb + frozen storm.

Anyway, i could be jibber jabbering because at the end of the day the items you have will determine the skills you are using. Not to mention, you could just switch skills in the matter of seconds since there's no cooldown when changing active skills. I'm just lazy enough to change lol.

Hi guys,
I luck out and got an SOJ with max lightning roll, stat and 4.5 cc (min).
Should I just go with it and use a lightning build (and save myself a lot of headache).
Using arcane torrent at the moment and you know RNG...
Thanks.

i have been using black hole for the past few days .. and i found it quite useful in the sense of sucking enemy pack together for my ally to finish it fast ( like dh cluster arrow or barbarian avalanche) especially when in your team no other ppl is using similar "pulling skill"

nevertheless, black hole will also provide you crowd stun for 2 sec

however, black hole is less effective to fat and elite monster tough

Some enchantment with my Tal's amulet.

This post has been edited by mavezai1984: Apr 11 2014, 12:06 PM


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The link to your profile brah!

Any wizard here, having fun using Disintegrate?

I think its potentially a great build, not to mention if you increase your AP and reduce the cost of AP

Im a Disintegrate wizard.

Finally ditched my MLW as its less efficient after nerf.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/MaveZai...4/hero/38482157

Hngggg extra 56% for disintegrate laser beam. Why dont you use the Intensity skill rune? Much better yo i believe?

This post has been edited by peinsama: Apr 11 2014, 03:43 PM

Audacity u means? I find Exposure does better but could'nt get a slot there, wait till i found 3rd Tal's.

56% + 23% arcane damage could melt normal mob 1, 2 shot in t2, efficiency for bounty and rift farming.

This post has been edited by mavezai1984: Apr 11 2014, 04:17 PM

no bro, i mean the disintegrate skillz rune. The one u used is chaos nexus right? How about the final skillz runez.

23%? where the 23% come from? Yeah, actually i love elemental exposure. But i was wondering how to identify its full stack. Many people confuse about this.

I can proc it through sparkflint (fire), frozen storm (ice) and arc lightning (lightning) but the problem is my Force weapon (arcane). I'm not sure whether it will imbue arcane damage which will proc EE or not.

If can, i hope Captain Planet submerged and joins my side

18% from bracer and 5% from Tal's bonus. Chaos Nexus i felt hit further and clear faster as the extra beam deal around 3m damage.

oh ya ya.

I think the chaos nexus very good at killing mobs too. At least it auto aim those crazy mobsters who likes to fly, jump or run around.

i bet you're aiming for Grandeur ring?

Seriously and desperately.

Then i can swap familiar to Archon for elites and bosses.

Too bad god of RNG doesn't goes easy on it.

@mavezai

Can your wizard's specification run in T4 comfortably?

Never try solo on t4, rifting with friend however doable at t4.