Firebird Wizard

[Guest Matheeseck]

Wow, don't you forget about Etched Sigil IMHO much better then The Furnace don't you think?

[Guest Nilloc2468]

For my build i use the new Etched Sigil with this and Hergbrash you can pretty much cast Disintegrate forever so for my skills i use: Teleport(wormhole) Blizzard(apocolypse) Black hole(blazar) Meteor(meteor shower) and Energy twiser(gale force). With my passives being Evocation, Unwavering will, Unstable Anomoly, and conflagation.

 

For my equipment i use the Firebirds set excpet for the off-hand with my weapon being Deathwish. I use the travelers pledge set and the Ring of Royal Grandeur for my other ring which gives me the opportunity to have 5 pieces of the firbird set but still get the bonus with the Mantle of channeling shoulder.

 

With this build I am able to put out a large amount of AoE fire damage building up firebird stacks to large groups. Black hole is my main source of CC and teleport to get me out of tight spots. Since i have Hergbrash and Etched sigil I am able to stand in 1 spot without needing much arcane power so there is no need for a signature spell. If i were to take a large amount of damage unstable anomoly and the reviving meteor will keep me alive. 

 

Right now i mostly just play on torment 5, havnt done too much of torment 10 with this build so defense might be needed for that.

 

[Thaxorin 0]

I was wondering if you considered Slorak's Madness as main weapon? or in the cube? As it has automatic Disintegrate

[Guest Moophisto]

How do we feel about Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer as a sub for Bracers? Would Works great with Deflection rune on Magic Weapon and also Unstable Anomaly.

[Guest Ron B]

I have been utilizing the Crown of the Primus (slow time gets all rune effects) in my armor cube slot (don't have the recommended yet) and swapped Frost Nova out for Slow Time.  

 

I have to say, it makes it very simple thus far! Slow Time with all the runes is quite powerful.  Being that I am rarely above 90% Arcane Power for long, I think this may be stronger in the end.

[Guest batman]

I've had great success with this build.  I'm up to GR 59, shooting for GR 60 tonight!  My only ancient item equipped thus far is the Firebird Talons.  Great guide!

[Guest Ross]

Hi, thanks for the guide.

 

Most of your guides list 3 sockets for torso and 2 sockets for pants as first in the 'Stat Priorities for Gear Slot'. Can you explain why sockets on armour aren't a priority in this build?

[Guest Vulcano_Joe93]

Hey, so I have been using this build still missing 2 or 3 items tbh. But I was thinking could you use Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac instead of Halo of Arlyse. Because this way you can use your frost nova when you want instead of the 50% chance when you het hit for 10% life. And you will have a nice cdr on your teleport as well. Let me know what you think

[Guest Tony]

Not sure I'm seeing any effect from the Ancient Parthan Defenders. Freeze=stun?

[Guest Galion1]

How does Audacity help this build? won't most mobs be further away?

[Guest huldu]

My gear isn't good but, enough to have all the required pieces along with the cubing. I can do tx fairly safe but it ain't easy by no stretch of the imagination. You do "good" damage against elites, but vs trash mobs, it's really bad. You basically want an elite pack *in* the trash pack to kill them otherwise your damage is just too low. I can see this working somewhat "fine" in high dense rifts but let's be honest here for a second, how often do you see those. You put a pack of mobs on fire and they don't even follow you and things like that really makes you suffer with this set.

 

I might add that some rift guardians will be very tough. I can just imagine how hard this would be in a greater rift when all tiny mobs die and you're left alone with a billion hp boss. The damage I was taking really took me by surprised considering all the items to reduce it. You basically *never* go below 90% mana, at least I never did, my mana was always at 99% when channeling. Mobs still hurts you really bad tho, especially some rift guardians or elite packs. 

 

This was the only set I had on my wizard, working on a few others following the guidance of this site. Personally I would not recommend this, but it might shine with great ancient gear - but then again, what wouldn't. 

[Guest clawcity]

I'm wondering how Disintegrate: Convergence compares to Arcane Torrent: Flameward. On the face of things Arcane Torrent seems to do more damage while also hitting multiple enemies and it costs less to channel. Wouldn't it's higher dam % get you to the max for the 4 part bonus faster?

[Guest nick]

Not sure I'm seeing any effect from the Ancient Parthan Defenders. Freeze=stun?

I'm wondering about this also, can anyone confirm?

[Deadset 108]

 

Not sure I'm seeing any effect from the Ancient Parthan Defenders. Freeze=stun?

I'm wondering about this also, can anyone confirm?

 

 

As noted in the guide, yes. To quote:

 

"...the  Ancient Parthan Defenders, whose unique property triggers off Freeze effects as well (inexplicably missing from the item tooltip). "

[naTpoH 0]

Great build and a great guide. Got a few questions.

 

1) I've got most of the items, still missing Halo of Arlyse. Should I still use Frost Nova? Or is there a substitute?

 

2) Which follower do you think suits best? I run with Templar, simply because I only have his legendary relic.

 

3) That said, as I skip small-ish groups of creeps, my Templar often engages them and dies. Any advice on that? I am playing T7 and doing GR38–40.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

P.S. HOW DO I LOOT THE HALO??? I WANT IT SO BAD :((((((

[loonee2n 0]

Is there a reason why you prefer Disintegrate/Convergence over Arcane Torrent/Flame Ward?  Arcane Torrent deals more damage across the board with less Arcane power used.  The only advantage I see for disintegrate is distance, but the build is set up to go into a pack and stand there.  Just wondering if there's something I'm missing.

[Guest WhippWhapp]

AT doesnt tick as much, and the ramp up isn't ideal.

[Deadset 108]

Great build and a great guide. Got a few questions.

 

1) I've got most of the items, still missing Halo of Arlyse. Should I still use Frost Nova? Or is there a substitute?

 

2) Which follower do you think suits best? I run with Templar, simply because I only have his legendary relic.

 

3) That said, as I skip small-ish groups of creeps, my Templar often engages them and dies. Any advice on that? I am playing T7 and doing GR38–40.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

P.S. HOW DO I LOOT THE HALO??? I WANT IT SO BAD (((((

 

1. You can temporarily substitute it with another utility skill like Black Hole - Blazar or Slow Time - Exhaustion.

2. I'd go with Templar too! He's pretty useful with those clutch heals.

3. You should probably look for the invulnerability relic for the Templar! It is called Enchanting Favor :)

4. You can gamble for rings and / or try to upgrade rare (yellow) rings into legendary rings in the Cube and try to get Halo this way. The recipe is called Hope of Cain and requires 1 rare item (ring in your case), 25 Death's Breaths and 50 of each material (yellow, blue and white).

[naTpoH 0]

 

Great build and a great guide. Got a few questions.

 

1) I've got most of the items, still missing Halo of Arlyse. Should I still use Frost Nova? Or is there a substitute?

 

2) Which follower do you think suits best? I run with Templar, simply because I only have his legendary relic.

 

3) That said, as I skip small-ish groups of creeps, my Templar often engages them and dies. Any advice on that? I am playing T7 and doing GR38–40.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

P.S. HOW DO I LOOT THE HALO??? I WANT IT SO BAD (((((

 

1. You can temporarily substitute it with another utility skill like Black Hole - Blazar or Slow Time - Exhaustion.

2. I'd go with Templar too! He's pretty useful with those clutch heals.

3. You should probably look for the invulnerability relic for the Templar! It is called Enchanting Favor

4. You can gamble for rings and / or try to upgrade rare (yellow) rings into legendary rings in the Cube and try to get Halo this way. The recipe is called Hope of Cain and requires 1 rare item (ring in your case), 25 Death's Breaths and 50 of each material (yellow, blue and white).

 

Thank you very much for your reply! I used exactly this method to get the Halo last week, and it is amazing.

I am now just the amulet away from getting the full set.

 

Further question – do you use Unity with your Templar? I found it quite useful doing GR50+. However, which of the two rings can it replace? Granted, as long as I do not have the Endless Walk Amulet, I substitute out the set ring... Thoughts?

 

Thanks again for your reply!

[Guest Arthur]

What do you think about a variation of this build cubing the Etched Sigil instead of the Furnace? With the rework of Firebird's, elites aren't much of an issue. I'm using Blizzard-Apocalypse instead of Familiar, letting the Sigil autocast it. I just stumbled on this because I don't have a Furnace and the Sigil seemed like the most useful weapon I have that I could cube for this build.

[Guest guest_theN00b]

Why not use Magefist as gloves? I think they give a huge damage buff - unless you rely on the Aquila Cuirass to not die.

[Guest ClyDe]

Very good build ! im running 55 solo at the moment and it is really enjoyable , however i have a lack of recovery but that aint an issue under 55 gr .

[Guest Jaspador]

Have you tried fitting two of the items of Vyr's set into this build so you can set stuff on fire dressed as an Archon? I find that it kills things really fast, but I have trouble getting rid of it's squishyness, especially since I'm used to playing barbarians, mostly.

[Deadset 108]

What do you think about a variation of this build cubing the Etched Sigil instead of the Furnace? With the rework of Firebird's, elites aren't much of an issue. I'm using Blizzard-Apocalypse instead of Familiar, letting the Sigil autocast it. I just stumbled on this because I don't have a Furnace and the Sigil seemed like the most useful weapon I have that I could cube for this build.

 

It is a very strong option, in fact I will likely transition the guide into an Etched Sigil variation (especially considering the buff to the set planned in the upcoming 2.4.1 patch.

 

 

Why not use Magefist as gloves? I think they give a huge damage buff - unless you rely on the Aquila Cuirass to not die.

 

You definitely gain a lot from the Aquila. I don't think I'll survive much without it past GR65.

 

As for the Vyr question, no! :) I'll take a look into mixing the sets.

[Guest SER]

Is Fire Damage type required for the Deathwish weapon?  Or is the weapon damage type irrelevant as long as the numbers are high?