The LMB attack is called “Arcane Strike and is akin to Wave of Force, although shorter radius, doesn’t knockback enemies and does a buttload more damage than Wave of Force. The Arcane Destruction part applies a massive amount of alpha to the vicinity of the wizard when cast that can easily liquidate any regular mobs in the area allowing the caster to focus solely on the true target, an elite monster. Knowing what Archon’s attacks are ahead of time is a huge advantage instead of figuring it out on the fly! Players shouldn’t let the precious 20 seconds being a demi-god go to waste and users of Archon should properly plan ahead before activating the skill. While in Archon form, your normal abilities are replaced by powerful Archon abilities and your damage, Armor and resistances are increased by 20%.Įach enemy killed while in Archon form increases your damage by 6% for the remaining duration of Archon.Īn explosion erupts around you when you transform, dealing 3680% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 15 yards.Īrchon with Arcane Destruction can dish out some serious damage, both alpha and over time. Transform into a being of pure arcane energy for 20 seconds. The 120 second cooldown makes it prohibitive from use for regular mobs. It provides the wizard greatly increased damage and toughness for dire situations. Other users of this build prefer Bone Chill for the increased damage but I feel the freeze duration of Bone Chill is too short and I’d rather have the monsters frozen longer so I can apply more damage (and so they can’t damage me).Īrchon is reserved for elites and emergencies. The unconfirmed range of Frost Nova is roughly 15 yards and seems to coincide with the damage range of Disintegrate with the Entropy rune, so anything frozen by Frost Nova can be damaged by the wizard that cast it.Ĭold Snap is my personal preference because it increases the usefulness of Frost Nova as a crowd control mechanism. Reduce the cooldown to 7.5 seconds and increase the Freeze duration to 3 seconds (Monk: Cyclone Strike or Wizard: Black Hole, for two examples)īlast nearby enemies with an explosion of ice and freeze them for 2 seconds. When used in conjunction with another party member using crowd control it can really turn the tide of battle. It is useful in keeping enemies from moving so that damage from Disintegrate can be applied to the group. It should be noted that this will effectively turn any wizard into a short range ranged character.įrost Nova is the crowd control ability for this build. The fan damages all enemies caught within it equally. This damage is given to enemies caught within the beam every second.Įntropy changes the damage pattern from a beam to a 90° “fan” that extends 15 yards forward of the wizard, which I will refer to as such for the duration of this article. Right off the bat, disintegrate does a lot of damage but the Entropy rune bumps up the damage another 138%. The beam fractures into a short-ranged cone that deals 649% weapon damage as Arcane. It will be used for the majority of engagements and once a player gets experienced with applying it on the battlefield for maximum DPS, that player will be something to be feared by the minions of hell.Ĭhannel a beam of pure energy forward, dealing 511% weapon damage as Arcane and disintegrating enemies it kills. Here is a screen shot of my current skill selection for my build.ĭisintegrate is the bread and butter attack of this build. While that is the basis of most builds, this one suffers when it runs out… as in it can’t produce any damage at all. Oddly enough, it doesn’t have any active arcane generators built into it. The entire basis for this build is maintaining Arcane Power. Look for our Clan and Community within Diablo 3 and join us on Discord! The “Slice the Pie” Wizard build Looking for a group to roll with in Diablo 3? The Lone Gamers are ALWAYS looking for new players. A lot of players discredit the wizard as being a mid-range damage class when compared to demon hunters or witch doctors, but fail to realize the big picture. High base damage, while helpful, is not required. The class itself inherently has high damage bonuses on all skills when compared to other classes. A Diablo 3 high damage wizard build should not require much. I’ve always been a dedicated wizard player. To explain the math, however, I need to first explain my build. It’s simple math and it is very easy math to boot. Yuka went over an updated version of this build in the first episode of Friday Night Gaming with Yuka.Ī lot of people ask me in my Twitch Stream chat how I have managed to get so much damage out of my wizard in Diablo 3. Expect upwards of 10x damage out of this build easily. The damage rates in Diablo III have increased tremendously since this was posted. UPDATE: The numbers reflected in this build are no longer accurate.
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