PTR 2.4.1, GR96 with a regular Invoker/Thorns gear... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHdLFqx-phs
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PTR 2.4.1, GR96 with a regular Invoker/Thorns gear... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHdLFqx-phs
Post nerf O_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpU3...ature=youtu.be
This build is the most well-thought I think :
http://www.d3planner.com/774944533
It shows 700+ M toughness with Akarat's Champion, but without Iron Skin. With Provoke he'll be focused on, so he'll block a lot, so he'll maintain up all skills on cooldown. Also the trick is, he's using a Belt of Bombardment just for the 50% damage reduction.
Because of the block thing you can't use this setup several times in a group however.
I havent ever boxed wizards before and was thinking about trying them out next season.... would this be box'able?Quote:
Originally Posted by Devile
With how squishy you are i don't think it'd be all that viable without one of your 4 being dead quite often at high end rifts but it should be possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wrathen
Syncing of archon might not be the easiest though.
I was thinking on having 3 Archon Wizards + support Crusader or support Barb but it's too soon to decide. They will most likely nerf something on the Firebird's Archon spec cause it makes no sense that Firebird's Archon is way stronger than Vyr's which is the Archon set.
This build is based on reducing time between Archon forms, and obviously that time won't be the same for all of the characters, so this is going to be very hard to sync...
Eventually it might be a good idea to use a small DxNothing layer that shows Archon icons for all characters, and trigger Archon when they are all available.
I have been running some tests (on live servers, not on PTR) and right now my most effective combo is a Thorn Crusader (Akkhan/invoker) with 3 zDPS. I'm uploading a GR60 video to show the playstyle, then I ran GR70 after that, so... this is way less than the Meta-Twister combo, but the Twister Wizard will be nerfed to the ground in a few days and most importantly...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53lp8aQMcWw
For a once, video shows a PRE-BUFF combination instead of a pre-nerf. Oh yeah :cool:
There one flaw to this combo however, I can't have my Crusader equip Illusory Boots.
Also, I modified a little my zDPS slaves. Here are the templates...
Crusader DPS : http://ptr.d3planner.com/837755692
Barbarian zDPS : http://ptr.d3planner.com/710269168 (chest and gloves are random)
Monk zDPS : http://ptr.d3planner.com/714625428
WD zDPS : http://ptr.d3planner.com/104562434
Combo is quite easy to play (out of the boots problem), buffs and debuffs synergize well.
I tried other "main DPS", among them...
- Arcane Orbit Wizard : I'm stuck @GR72 with that combo (not enough DPS), and it' won't be buffed in 2.4.1, so, not good enough. However, as usual, I don't have the required ancient weapon...
- Crusader with Heaven's Fury. While this is funny to see, not only the damage output is so-so, but also the character is extremely weak (not enough toughness).
S6 is live on ptr. We will see what they will change.
Damn, Crusaders get Akkhan as starter set, not Invoker (: