There's a few speed run builds around. I use a build that combines fragment of destiny and aether walker for db runs. Main damage dealer is thrown blades. You run tals+sage for the +db drop.
I decided to level a Wizard the other day, and I'm trying to decide which build to go with. I'm currently looking at going with a Tal'Rasha set, but the build that I found is a speedrunning build that seems to rely heavily on the item that reduces cooldowns after killing an elite pack. That may not be a big deal if you have Nemesis bracers, but I've never seen a pair drop on any character (even non-seasonal).
The only bad part about the shield is that it's HIGHLY dependent upon the type of mob that you're fighting. When I fight pure melee mobs, I can watch the cooldown wipe animation just quickly shoot back to 0, but on spellcasters or slow-attacking mobs? It's nearly worthless as it will barely proc.
The only bad part about the shield is that it's HIGHLY dependent upon the type of mob that you're fighting. When I fight pure melee mobs, I can watch the cooldown wipe animation just quickly shoot back to 0, but on spellcasters or slow-attacking mobs? It's nearly worthless as it will barely proc.
Mob, singular? That's your real problem. Thorns crusader should be surrounded, or on their horse. Generally speaking.
Now that I do have all the pieces though seasons have gotten even worse. Now it's just going through rifts or bounties waiting to find that stupid goblin to finish that conquest.
You may want to reread that, because the only singular use was "type of mob".
Interesting weekend. First I was in a GR and had level after level of green crap. First was one with a bunch of the arm dudes which not only does the puddles but aren't great to handle as a thorn build. Then next level every single elite pack and boss had plague affix. Even though poison is my highest resist stat, having each room look like it's been redone with green carpet gets tiresome.
After that things got better. First I picked up a second AA and it even had a slightly better stat roll than the first said it got used. Then I got a second pig and again this had a decent stat pull so finally dropped the ancient flail for it. And then after blowing well into 5 digit shards, finally got a lantern.
With 90% block though you'd wish you could see more CD reduction.
Now that I do have all the pieces though seasons have gotten even worse. Now it's just going through rifts or bounties waiting to find that stupid goblin to finish that conquest.
It's not just quantity of affixes. Pig Sticker can also roll IAS, which I'm thinking Skycutter can't. CDR as well.
If the affixes aren't there for the Pig Sticker, stick with what you have. But we shouldn't have to keep having this discussion every other page.
Which is exactly what I went after. You should have many mobs on you. I've only done maybe one rift where all the mob types were horrible for proc'ing the shield.
Even if they're slower mobs, if you're surrounded enough, it evens out.
I'm kind of confused here. If you're telling me that fighting a lot of mobs at once is a bad idea, that completely goes against everything that I've ever heard for playing a Crusader. If you're telling me that fighting normal mobs isn't worthwhile, then yes, most would agree; however, if my Steed ends around a bunch of mobs, I'm going to just kill them quickly and gain a couple percentage while Steed recharges.
I got myself all excited last night, and then I ended up disappointed. For some reason, I completely forgot about the whole Upgrade to Legendary feature until I saw the Wizard guide recommend using it to get the Wand of Woh. I got a wand that was legendary with pretty decent stats (a low int roll, but acceptable), and I thought it was the one I wanted. Unfortunately, it was the Unstable Wand, which has a similar capability of multiplying the effect of Arcane Orb's explosion instead of Explosive Blast's explosion. Unfortunately, I don't think it's that great. Arcane Orb requires you to be rather good at positioning it well enough for the explosion to really matter.
Was just thinking of something, for the revised sets if you use the cube recipe to transform into a different set piece, assuming you'll get one of the revised stats and not a legacy model like you're cubing?
meant more for set items that were redesigned, although I haven't actual spent any time in non-season to look and see if they were changed on existing items.
I have no idea how you arrived at this conclusion about what I said.
I've found the extra arcane orb blast is better with my wizard. Explosive blast doesn't do enough damage and it's not buffed with Delsere's, so I only use it for the + damage effect from orb of infinite depth. Plus, arcane orb gets a very nice buff from Delsere's.
I ended up following this build with my non-season Wizard and can easily clear 62 solo. With the huge buffs to toughness, taking on even high-damage, slow-attack monsters isn't really a big deal.
It appears that I misread "should" as "shouldn't"... probably because I still can't seem to figure out why you're arguing with me when it looks like we're saying the same thing.
Hm... I was originally working toward a build that mixed Tal'Rasha and Firebird, which mostly just used explosive blast as a means to trigger the fire element. Although, the one big difference is that explosive blast is very easy to place as it occurs around you, which is great when you use the Audacity passive, which both builds do. That's the one problem that I have with the wand increasing the Arcane Orb blasts -- getting the right position puts me far away from the enemies. Maybe I just need to switch runes or something.
It appears that I misread "should" as "shouldn't"... probably because I still can't seem to figure out why you're arguing with me when it looks like we're saying the same thing.
Hm... I was originally working toward a build that mixed Tal'Rasha and Firebird, which mostly just used explosive blast as a means to trigger the fire element. Although, the one big difference is that explosive blast is very easy to place as it occurs around you, which is great when you use the Audacity passive, which both builds do. That's the one problem that I have with the wand increasing the Arcane Orb blasts -- getting the right position puts me far away from the enemies. Maybe I just need to switch runes or something.
I don't have enough pieces of Delsere's yet to create that build, but I'll keep it in mind for when I do. Although, do you run into issues with rift guardians not remaining in Slow Time? I found that rift guardians would just laugh at Black Hole and run away from it without being affected, so I wasn't sure if the same happened with Slow Time, which would be bad since you need it as a DPS boost.