crtical WIZARD BUILDS

[googlegoogle]

i have 27% critical chance 140 hit damage
i used the guide and my build now are:
Critical Mass , Astral Pressence ,iIllusionist active skills use [Meteor (Star Pact)Spectral Blade (Deep Cuts) Diamond Skin(Crystal Shell) and Frost Nova ](Cold Snap).armor force, teleport(Wormhole)
this build is just good against none valor monsters
i always die against valors . i just moved this build when i read this forum. before that i used
Energy Armor (Force Armor)
Hydra (Venom Hydra)
Teleport (Fracture)
: Diamond Skin)Crystal Shell)
Arcane Orb(Tap the Source)
Blizzard[Snowbound)
and it's worked pretty well(i also died but not like now)
my damage is 38k(2300 iintelligence resistence is 300, armor 4000 life 24k
life regenertion 1000 per secend.

i'm not a male wizard my emphasis is on intellgence vitality and life regeneretion.
does anyone can tell me how can i survive in inforno without dying all the time(with critical build)

[MrNajsman]

Which act are you playing?
Im also not sure of your playstyle, you have a critical mass build but dont play melee. My comments below are regarding melee critical mass.

Three things I notice in your stats:

1. Your all res is a bit low, especially since youre using force armor instead of prismatic. This means you wont survive much if your diamond skin is down and you need to be very careful where you position yourself.

2. Your critical chance is also a bit low, you need 35% for a critical mass build to be really efficient. Its not about the dps, your 38k is strong for this build. Its about proccing critical mass = less cooldown = more spamming diamond skin and frost nova = more survivability.

3. All the crit chance in the world wont save you if youre out of arcane power. How much arcane power on crit do you have? 20+ is advisable.

Try switching Astral pressence to Evocation for less cooldown. You can also try Explosive blast and Wicked winds instead of Meteor and Spectral Blade.
Increase your all res and crit chance, if you cant afford it with your current stats I would cut down on the 2300 Int.
Also check this thread for more info and tips: http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/s...s-Melee-Wizard

[googlegoogle]

I'm playing act 2.
Why should i play male wizard and not kitting wizard?
i get used to play kitting wizard, can't i play with venom hydra and balizard like before if i want to exploite my critical attacks?

1 in other words u say that all ressistance and armor are more important than vitality and life regenertion? cause i build my wizard on that skills. i have 1000 regenersion and 25k life, how much should i have?
how much INT should i have? 1500 int it's ok?

another question
most of the valor monsters put fire/cold/posion on the ground when they fight me as malee
when they do that after 2-3 secend my Diamond Skin are broken,how can i kill that monsters without venom hydra blizzard and kitting?
i'm not strong like barbarian !

[Karth]

That's the problem; you're using skills like a melee wizard but you're not geared like a melee wizard, you're geared for kiting.

You have two choices: change your gear for more all resistance, armor, critical hit chance, and more arcane power per crit, then use a complete melee wizard build. You would drop Illusionist, Astral Presence, and probably Force Armor too so you can use Blur, Evocation, and Prismatic Armor. You'd probably be better off using Wicked Wind and Explosive Blast (Chain Reaction) instead of Star Pact and Deep Cuts.

Or you can change your skills out to become a kiting build of some kind. Keep Illusionist, Wormhole, and Force Armor. Drop at least Deep Cuts, Frost Nova, and Critical Mass in exchange for Blizzard, Venom Hydra, and maybe Cold Blooded. You should probably change other skills but I'm no expert on this and there are guides available.

Currently your build is suffering from a split personality and because of this it cannot be effective.

[magicrectangle]

There are viable ranged critical mass builds. They're not what I'd call "optimal" but you can make them work. One of them that I've played with a bit is:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...ilO!bWg!ZZabbY

You're still a spammy crit-mass type, you just do it from range. I'm not sure what to call the build really, blizz/hydra + star pact? Anyway I don't know if the OP has enough AP-on-crit to make it work, but it is fun and viable. Definitely not as powerful as a wicked wind tank, but it works.

If you're more concerned with power than originality though, then you should go for the cookie cutter build (detailed in my guide linked by MrNajsman). It is the cookie cutter for good reason - it is really freaking good.

[googlegoogle]

The reason i have chosen wizard is not to play malee attack like barbarian and monk,

So what are you saying to me is that i have two choices:

change your gear for more all resistance, armor, critical hit chance, and more arcane power per crit, then use a complete melee wizard build. You would drop Illusionist, Astral Presence, and probably Force Armor too so you can use Blur, Evocation, and Prismatic Armor. You'd probably be better off using Wicked Wind and Explosive Blast (Chain Reaction) instead of Star Pact and Deep Cuts.

Or you can change your skills out to become a kiting build of some kind. Keep Illusionist, Wormhole, and Force Armor. Drop at least Deep Cuts, Frost Nova, and Critical Mass in exchange for Blizzard, Venom Hydra, and maybe Cold Blooded. You should probably change other skills but I'm no expert on this and there are guides available.

The second looks better to me
magicrectangle , you say that it's not optimal
in other word if not malee wizard than sell my items with critical chance and damage and replace them by attack speed all ressistance armor and vitalty items?

[magicrectangle]

No, I mean it works fine, it just isn't as strong as melee critical mass. Nothing is as strong as melee critical mass. Getting any other gear set for any other spec isn't going to make you as powerful as melee critical mass. If that's not the build you want to do, that's fine, but don't expect it to be as strong.

You can absolutely beat everything in the game with a star pact build though.

[googlegoogle]

No, I mean it works fine, it just isn't as strong as melee critical mass. Nothing is as strong as melee critical mass. Getting any other gear set for any other spec isn't going to make you as powerful as melee critical mass. If that's not the build you want to do, that's fine, but don't expect it to be as strong.

You can absolutely beat everything in the game with a star pact build though.

malee wizard can beat bosses and valors better than kitting wizard with blizard and venom hydra?
Frost Nova works on every boss?
i still don't know how can i beat valors who make ice/fire/posion on the ground
for this only barabarian can stand , how come i elusive this without kitting?
and the purple light who spinning is murderous, it would kill me with 1-2 hit also if i have 1000 ressistance.

[Dethklok]

Hey guys, guess what?

googlegoogle is a troll.

Just sayin'.

[googlegoogle]

Hey guys, guess what?

googlegoogle is a troll.

Just sayin'.

Hey guys, guess what?

googlegoogle is a troll.

Just sayin'.

do u mean this? lol
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anyway magicrectangle, u change my mind.
now i decided to became melee wizard with 40 critical hit chance and 400 resistance i better improve it by more
now i trying to buy some wand with critical hit AP with 800 DPS and critical hit damage but i couldn't find cause i only has 600k

i bought this amulet for 500k
6.5 critical chance 45 critical hit damage 6% life 30 lighting resistance and melee take 600 attack per hit
i think i paid too much don't u think?