Snkfanatic
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Beat the game on normal today, now on to nightmare!
Diablo III |OT2| Queues Rise. Servers Fall.
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michaelius
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Can i use any weapon for wizard with as high damage as possible and it will count as basic dmg for my spells ?
I'm doing this right now and I'm doing okay, one some yellows I gotta play a bit more conservatively but most of the time is fine :O Here's the build I use
I just hit Inferno Act 2 with my solo wizard, and I got killed a few times by the normal monsters in the first area outside the town.
I'm thinking of changing up my build substantially. To date I'd been trying to do lots of damage, obviously, but I'd also been keeping myself fairly tanky - with my armor spell on I've got 4k armor and about 320 resists, with 23k HP. Only 21% dodge, though. However, I'm finding that that's not even close to good enough. I still die in just a few normal minion attacks, and elites are frequently doing >50% of my health.
So why not avoid Vitality, take the Energy Armor rune that makes you take at most 33% of your max health in damage per hit, and try to get as much DPS, regen, life-on-hit/lifesteal, and Dexterity as possible? Keep Diamond Skin around for DoTs and emergencies. It's entirely possible that such a build could go toe to toe with a single strong monster and come out ahead, provided I can regen 1/3 of my max hp in the time it takes the monster to attack once (dodge helps too, though obviously it's streaky so I want regen/lifesteal to be doing most of the work). I also haven't tested how runed Energy Armor synergizes with Diamond Skin - does it make Diamond Skin essentially unbreakable as long as your max hp is sufficiently small? And if so can a high-crit build keep unbreakable Diamond Skin on more or less indefinitely with some combination of the extra-duration rune, Evocation, and Critical Mass?
Just with stuff I have in my stash, I can squeeze an extra ~20% DPS by paying no attention at all to survivability, and when I have enough crit gear that switching over is worthwhile that should start to quickly rise. I'm no worse off defensively against the elite mobs that actually give me trouble, and I should be dishing out a lot more damage. I think it's worth collecting some gear towards.
I'm thinking of changing up my build substantially. To date I'd been trying to do lots of damage, obviously, but I'd also been keeping myself fairly tanky - with my armor spell on I've got 4k armor and about 320 resists, with 23k HP. Only 21% dodge, though. However, I'm finding that that's not even close to good enough. I still die in just a few normal minion attacks, and elites are frequently doing >50% of my health.
So why not avoid Vitality, take the Energy Armor rune that makes you take at most 33% of your max health in damage per hit, and try to get as much DPS, regen, life-on-hit/lifesteal, and Dexterity as possible? Keep Diamond Skin around for DoTs and emergencies. It's entirely possible that such a build could go toe to toe with a single strong monster and come out ahead, provided I can regen 1/3 of my max hp in the time it takes the monster to attack once (dodge helps too, though obviously it's streaky so I want regen/lifesteal to be doing most of the work). I also haven't tested how runed Energy Armor synergizes with Diamond Skin - does it make Diamond Skin essentially unbreakable as long as your max hp is sufficiently small? And if so can a high-crit build keep unbreakable Diamond Skin on more or less indefinitely with some combination of the extra-duration rune, Evocation, and Critical Mass?
Just with stuff I have in my stash, I can squeeze an extra ~20% DPS by paying no attention at all to survivability, and when I have enough crit gear that switching over is worthwhile that should start to quickly rise. I'm no worse off defensively against the elite mobs that actually give me trouble, and I should be dishing out a lot more damage. I think it's worth collecting some gear towards.
Seriously. The loot pinata effect might be fun for all of 5 minutes, but it gets really old. Don't even know why they bothered if they didn't want us to pick them up.
Ok I need help. I just got to level 50 (was 49 when I beat the last boss NM and had to level before moving on.) I died like 50 times to the guy before the last boss
before finally being able to kill him by running around like a bitch and going in for a few hits and running some more. Anyways, I went into a public game to get my last level and then proceed to finishing the act again but I keep getting completely destroyed. wtf am I doing wrong? This is super frustrating, I cant attack enemies for more than a few seconds before having to run like hell. :|
Is it my skills? My gear? What the hell? I have 13k hp.
Izual
Is it my skills? My gear? What the hell? I have 13k hp.
Just read about the wizard who soloed inferno Diablo eh?
I don't understand,
Let's say , we both buy the game, we chose a region, but each region has its own characters !? That's fine since I am not gonna change the region.
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Koroviev
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My strategy exactly lol
Pretty much. He's convinced me that Force Armor and not worrying about HP are the way to go. I'm hoping some of the rest works out, though for all I know that's also what he did. I'm also hoping it's successful in going at elite packs. It wasn't clear to me if he was fighting them or mostly skipping them.
I have a character in the Americas region. If I switch to the Europes region to play with a friend, I must make a new character.
Makes sense, thanks.
But if I switch back to my American region, I can continue on that character, right!?
Also, it doesn't matter if I move to another country and use my regular region, right!?
Sorry for the trouble, and thanks.
Everyone is saying different things. You go on barb forums there is posts how it is impossible to Hell with Barb, same with other classes.
It's like playing SC2 where everyone's race is the hardest
Just hit Act II...guess I was wrong about the eastern area before release...lol went right past it.
However this spot looks great, beautiful even (oil painting aesthetic really shines later in act I and here) and I like the music already. New Tristram is a new favorite as well. Dungeon music from Act I was good but not nearly as memorable as Diablo II.
However this spot looks great, beautiful even (oil painting aesthetic really shines later in act I and here) and I like the music already. New Tristram is a new favorite as well. Dungeon music from Act I was good but not nearly as memorable as Diablo II.
BigBlackGamer
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gonna try to finish up nightmare tonight and get to 50.
AnathemicOne
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So I'm just startin Act 4 on Normal with my lvl 29 wizard and in addition to being fragile but it seems I'm below average on damage output.
Is it normal for a Wizard to have 170ish dmge at this point or am I doing something wrong?
Is it normal for a Wizard to have 170ish dmge at this point or am I doing something wrong?
Lol exactly what I was thinking when I read the post.
thetrin
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Tapers off means the opposite of what you said.
You should have more than that. I'm also starting Act 4 and I have ~600 dps. I bought stuff in the auction house in Act 2 though, so that might change things.
The easiest way to boost your DPS is to look for rings/amulets/offhand with +dmg. It has a far bigger effect on your overall DPS than most INT heavy items, at least early on. Try getting a weapon with a socket so you can put a ruby gem in it as well.
I roll with a group, so I went with SW(Jaunt), SH(Siphon), BBW(Slam Dance) and Hex(Jinx). No summons cause I have someone to tank for me and the 30% dmg + 20% on hexed target is really good versus hard hitting demons.
That said, it does feel like I'm juggling cooldowns way too much. Almost feels like an MMO where I watch my rotations (SW, SH and Hex all have 15 second CD) more than I watch the fight. What also sucks is that I use my escape cooldowns to get my mana up, not use them when I actually need it. Stuff like SH and SW can be a life-saver, but they are used in the beginning of the fight to get regen going for batspam.[
Also, Bats(Dire) is a good nuke, but it is imo the only good nuke in Hell and onward. Zombie Chargers only hit one target (with a small aoe), while Zombie Bears require you to be way too close to the enemy. It's probably worth going the Grasp of the Dead/Locust/Zombie Bear build for some up and close damage tho.
Last one is Dart(Splinters) cause I like to have a non-mana option for when I mess up and run out of cooldowns.
AnathemicOne
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I'm currently using wand and offhand combo but my offhand source, pretty much everyone I find, never has the damage up to more than 10 and the highest boost to arcane power I've seen is 5 so far
maniac-kun
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Which Wizzard builds are usefull at Nightmare Act 1? My new PC arrives sometime next week so i cant play atm ;_;
Woo-Fu
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I just hit 60 on my Witch Doctor. Hell is fine if you play a vision quest build. Even without one you can still manage it, you just have to take your time and make the most of the crowd control the class has to offer.
I didn't switch to vision quest until I hit 54, which was this morning. It has been an endless stream of zombie bears running rampage all day long.
I'd like to know this as well, same deal with wizard
Oblivionmancer
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I think the main appeal is the +damage mod and I would assume the possibility of witch doctor specific perks like mana regen. That being said, there's no hidden modifiers or anything, if you have a shield that looks better to you, throw that bad boy on!
BigBlackGamer
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I just unlocked the ferrets as a companion for DH and it's hilarious that they run around and pick up all the gold for you. good stuff.
Oblivionmancer
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Here's my Wizard, doing fine at the start of Hell, just got through the Skeleton King:
Reckless Onion
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Any place i can get a cheap key?
What's your specific build?
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