blizz sorc

[Jaago]

Hmm, strange, I was browsing some item affixes on diablonut, and there is one that increases the critical hit chance of Ray of Frost. Maybe it's a bug that they cannot hit criticals?

[HardRock]

Ray of Frost and other similar channeled skills have strange mechanics, making it really hard to analyze their damage. I did a short RoF test yesterday against Leoric, and despite my weapon having almost no damage spread the displayed damage was all over the place. I got mostly what I expected, but there was some anomalous damage numbers as well. They could have been crits, although if they were their damage were less than expected. You can read about my findings here: http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/s...t=#post8253670

I know that my arguments aren't exactly conclusive, but I still think that Ray of Frost doesn't crit. I'll do more tests against Leoric tonight, to get a larger damage sample. I will probably create another thread for it though.

[Jaago]

Alright, seems interesting; I haven't seen the yellow damage numbers on these skills either, as far as I remember. Gotta appreciate your effort for this as well.

[TheFarxy]

with the current nerf, in blizzard that you cant stack it in one area. i feel that the blizzard wizzard is allmost dead.

now blizzardz will be more of an : slow/add Cold Blooded then nuke with comet

[Elfik]

with the current nerf, in blizzard that you cant stack it in one area. i feel that the blizzard wizzard is allmost dead.

now blizzardz will be more of an : slow/add Cold Blooded then nuke with comet

Sadly, the blizz wizz was doomed for failure since blizzard was not chosen as a channeled skill. Well, blizzard is still decent, considering the nerfs to other skills, but spamming blizzard is not a good idea.

[ElementEight]

Sadly, the blizz wizz was doomed for failure since blizzard was not chosen as a channeled skill. Well, blizzard is still decent, considering the nerfs to other skills, but spamming blizzard is not a good idea.

It was a fun spell without being channeled back in D2. Besides, if it were to be, I think it wouldn't differentiate from Arcane Torrent enough.

[psyadam]

Blizzard was a great offensive spell in d2, both for PvP and for killing enemies. I have 2 questions:

1. Since no one has actually seen these spells in action, don't you think it's a bit early to judge Blizzard as a "dead spell"?
2. Ok, ok, I get it, it would be stupid of me to go all-out on putting everything into Blizzard. So, what spells are good? I also liked Chain-lightning in d2. Would that spell be good in d3?

[Elfik]

Blizzard was a great offensive spell in d2, both for PvP and for killing enemies. I have 2 questions:

1. Since no one has actually seen these spells in action, don't you think it's a bit early to judge Blizzard as a "dead spell"?
2. Ok, ok, I get it, it would be stupid of me to go all-out on putting everything into Blizzard. So, what spells are good? I also liked Chain-lightning in d2. Would that spell be good in d3?

Blizzard is good it's just not spammable like in D2. You won't be using blizzard as a main attack since it's effects don't stack and its DPS is low, so it's a way to add more DPS and slow enemies in an area of effect. The new chain lightning is a signature skill, so it's spammable, but won't do as much damage as AP spenders like arcane orb, disintegrate, arcane torrent, ray of frost, and meteor. You'll probably want one of the above five spells, but maybe you could do weird builds with energy twister, explosive blast, hydra, blizzard, and not use a spammable AP-spender, but it needs testing. I can't wait for May 15.

[mike20599]

Do crits do 150% of base damage or 200%?

[HardRock]

Without bonuses, 150%.