Diablo® III

Feedback on my build

So this is my build:

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#acYdXQ!TUY!bcaccY

The theory of the build is to spam magic missiles 5 times and then do a arcane orb and repeat.

If I think they are getting to close i can activate diamond skin and then follow with frost nova and wave of force and if I am getting locked in a corner or they are speeding up on me I can teleport away.

Please tell me what you think.
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Well you're not gonna utilize your AP this way, you'd do more dmg if u used your sig to build up AD stacks while actually not having AP. just using a sig spell with full AP to stack up AD is wasted time using sig spells over AP dump spells.

put that aside, you lack a bit of single target dmg, and probably have too many defensive skills.
not that defensive is bad, but you probably don't need so many.
I'd swap one for another usefull skill for single target, such as RoF with Cold blood rune.
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Yes your right, I would be wasting AP not using any AP.

So I switched frost nova with RoF and CB Rune.

And I could maybe switch out AO with Meteor. But then I would only have one arcane dmg spell wich would make temporal flux a waste of passive and not sure what I would replace it with.

It would look something like this:

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#akZdXQ!TUY!babccY

And note I havent replace the temporal flux passive.
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Its not that, generally i think the playstyle of 5 sig spells --> AP spender and repeat is wrong.
Unless ofcourse you actually use your AP in between.
I think AD would be most effective if u play normally and just utilize it when its up with one big AP spender, such as meteor as you said.
With that in mind, i would go with something like this perhaps:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#ackdXQ!TUY!YYYaZY

-I've changed your Magic missle rune to generate AP, as you use your MM when you're out of AP.
-I've changed your Arcane Orb rune to reduce the AP cost, so it'll increase the effectivness on single target.
-Swapped Frost nova with Meteor runed for Comet (You could go molten for a bit higher dmg, but i would always go for comet. while im not ahuge meteor fan, if any atleast get one with some CC. I love CC ;p).
-I've changed your diamond skin rune to reduce AP cost while active by 7, lettin u spam even more Arcane orbs, though thats purely optional as you do have arcane dymano and wanna throw in some sig spells for the stacks.
-and i've changed your WoF rune to increase CC with a 2sec stun (reliably), since u lost frost nova.

Thought behind the gameplay is:
Arcane orb as main attack, combined with diamond skin if you wanna spam it some more.
When you're out of AP, use some MM, could stack 5 for AD.
alternitively, you dont have to run out of AP to start charging AD stacks, just make sure your AP isnt full, thats a waste.
when 5 stacks of AD are up, throw down a meteor.
repeat.
though by then most mobs would likely be dead.

That should utilize your DPS to be effective and still keep the basics of your build i think.
Edited by Mitzy#2591 on 02/05/2012 18:02 BST
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Yes well I could spam my AO and then regenrate some AP by casting MM 5 times and go Meteor and keep some kind of rotation like that.

I will def use impactful wave run on wave of force as I level but somehow exploding wave seems more appealing to me. You could be very lucky with it and do some good chain dmg with it.

And the meteor slow would be synergies better with temporal flux making my build alot of kite as well.

I like the diamond skin prism but I guess I will see later when the game is released if I need 7 AP reduction that much because doing a diamond skin with diamond shard runes and then take teleport with calamity rune and then wave of force with exploding wave could be alot of fun :)
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Assuming calamity doesnt push the mobs out of range for the diamond skin dmg, no idea what the radius on that is.
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