Meteor Wizard Star Pact Variation

For extremely high end pushing, the build branches off into a Star Pact version of the main Firebird build, maximizing damage output but increasing the difficulty of the spec. This variant is considered as optimal for both soloing and 4-man groups (as AoE damage dealer).

Active Skills
Magic Missile Conflagrate Teleport Safe Passage 1 Meteor Star Pact 2 Magic Weapon Ignite 3 Arcane Torrent Flame Ward 4 Ice Armor Crystallize
Passive Skills
Audacity Blur Arcane Dynamo Illusionist

The success of this high end variant is dependent on excellent pulls in the most rewarding rift tilesets and monster compositions (think high density, open maps). The rotation requires you to Ignite (the Firebird set mechanic) elites with Magic Missile Conflagrate and Arcane Torrent Flame Ward, as well as filling your AP reserve and getting 5 Arcane Dynamo stacks prior to casting Meteor Star Pact. Then, resume the ignition rotation as fast as possible, trying to time the optimal 2 full Arcane Power Star Pacts during your Convention of Elements Arcane duration.

The shift from a Fire-based Meteor as your main spender into an Arcane one mandates the following changes:

• As mentioned above, Meteor Shower rune of Meteor will give way to Star Pact due to its overwhelming damage potential when executed correctly.
• The need for a third fire-based skill dictates the removal of Frost Nova. In its stead, you will be including a Signature spell (a.k.a. Primary skill) in the face of Magic Missile Conflagrate.
• Unwavering Will from the default spec will give way to Arcane Dynamo in order to provide a great synergy with the newly introduced Magic Missile.
• Finally, due to the diminished focus on channeling, you will do well to replace Taeguk from your Legendary Gem selection for the all-purpose defense of Esoteric Alteration.

To help you with farming the gear you need for your builds, we have two very useful guides that you can access by clicking the links below: a Salvage Guide to help you quickly check whether or not you can safely salvage a piece of gear and a Legendary Farming Guide to help you efficiently farm legendaries and set items.

For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.

• Cube Weapon Slot: The Grand Vizier
• Cube Armor Slot: Nilfur's Boast
• Cube Jewelry Slot: Halo of Arlyse

Active Skills
Electrocute Forked Lightning Black Hole Spellsteal 1 Meteor Star Pact 2 Wave of Force Arcane Attunement 3 Disintegrate Convergence 4 Storm Armor Shocking Aspect
Passive Skills
Astral Presence Unwavering Will Arcane Dynamo Audacity

Rotation-wise, your group setup will shift slightly to accommodate the changes in skills (since you are solely responsible for AoE damage, and can drop a lot of survival and single target DPS considerations). The most important change you need to keep in mind is the inclusion of Wave of Force Arcane Attunement, and casting it in large trash pulls to empower your Star Pacts. You will still want to pre-Ignite enemies and have full stacks of Arcane Dynamo prior to using Meteor.

You should also make some adjustments in gearing with respect to group composition, most notably trying to hit a 10 frames breakpoint for Electrocute to optimize Arcane Power generation (achieveable with a maximum 10% Attack Speed roll on the weapon plus two other slots, 7 IAS each). Other adjustments include changing your legendary gems from Taeguk to Esoteric Alteration and Bane of the Stricken to Zei's Stone of Vengeance (and retaining Bane of the Trapped). In the Cube, make a swap from Halo of Arlyse to Halo of Karini.

To help you with farming the gear you need for your builds, we have two very useful guides that you can access by clicking the links below: a Salvage Guide to help you quickly check whether or not you can safely salvage a piece of gear and a Legendary Farming Guide to help you efficiently farm legendaries and set items.

For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.

• Cube Weapon Slot: The Grand Vizier
• Cube Armor Slot: Nilfur's Boast
• Cube Jewelry Slot: Halo of Karini

The Kanai's Cube can be used for much more than simply extracting Legendary powers from items. Please refer to our Kanai's Cube guide for more information.