Wizard Leveling and Fresh 70

[Valks 2,375]

Thanks for helping with that Mraist ;)

[Freyja 12]

On 1/9/2017 at 5:03 AM, Guest mraist said:

The archon buildcwith Chantodo's seems to be the go to for end game yes. I've tried experimenting a lot with other builds the last few days for T10+ and haven't found anything that doesn't have a hard time in those difficulties.

I started the season on my wizard so the full firebird set from your chapter completion is very strong using a disintegrate build based around its 6 piece set bonus.  I can easily clear T9 and T10 depends on the map as some enemies can be very deadly. 

Another build that can easily breeze through anything T10 and below is an explosive blast build with the Tal Rasha set. This build is much more survivable then the previous build and does much more consistent damage, as the build I listed above has a much harder time dealing with non elite mobs so you should just avoid them and hunt for elites. This build however feeds off non elite mobs as you will be utilizing the Gold Wrap belt and therefore killing and looting gold before engage an elite will pretty much make you invincible. This build however is not as good in greater rifts as disintegrate because of this fact since gold does not drop in there.

The archon build you are going for is for T10+ and high lvl Grifts, anything under that and up to Grift 50 you should use one of the above builds.

here is my current wizards link for example http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/mraist-1883/hero/83593304

Thank you so much!  I don't play often enough to try Season 9 - I tried to give Season 8 a whirl but since I play so rarely, it was over before I made it out of Act 2.  So I've never received the Set that's awarded for completion.  I only have a couple Firebird pieces, and only a couple Tal Rasha's pieces too for that matter.  I just can't seem to find items from sets I really want: Tal Rasha's, Firebird or Vyr's.

And thank you for posting the link to your Wizard.  It's good to be able to see what other successful players are doing.

[Valks 2,375]

Glad to see that you got the help you needed :)

[Freyja 12]

40 minutes ago, Blainie said:

Glad to see that you got the help you needed :)

If that was for me, thank you :)  If it wasn't, well, thank you for all the help you've given me these past few days

[Valks 2,375]

1 minute ago, Freyja said:

If that was for me, thank you :)  If it wasn't, well, thank you for all the help you've given me these past few days

It was indeed for you. I missed the original comment, so I was happy to see that someone else stepped forward to help!

[Freyja 12]

42 minutes ago, Blainie said:

It was indeed for you. I missed the original comment, so I was happy to see that someone else stepped forward to help!

Do you actually respond to everyone who asks questions and/or needs help?  That's an awful lot of work!  But I'm glad you and the other folks here are so helpful, because even though I've played the different Diablo games for almost 20 years I've never really become expert at it, and I still have a million questions.  So I apologize in advance if I'm constantly asking for help.

[Valks 2,375]

3 hours ago, Freyja said:

Do you actually respond to everyone who asks questions and/or needs help? 

That's pretty much my job around here, yep! It's fine, all of us are here to help, whether we are moderators, users or guests. If you have questions, just ask and I'll do my best!

[Freyja 12]

3 hours ago, Blainie said:

That's pretty much my job around here, yep! It's fine, all of us are here to help, whether we are moderators, users or guests. If you have questions, just ask and I'll do my best!

Thank you so much!  I promise to try not to take advantage of you and your knowledge too much.

[Kaelos 74]

I believe Firebird starting build needs to be updated since set require to have 3 fire spells and I see only 2 here so it doesn't proc set at all. It looks like this build is actually copied from fresh 70 maybe by accident. Links to bnet calculator are also the same

Edited January 19, 2017 by Kaelos

[Guest Lingwisyer]

On 1/19/2017 at 7:44 PM, Kaelos said:

I believe Firebird starting build needs to be updated since set require to have 3 fire spells and I see only 2 here so it doesn't proc set at all. It looks like this build is actually copied from fresh 70 maybe by accident. Links to bnet calculator are also the same

Skills
Disintigrate - Convergence
Magic Weapon - Ignite
Blizzard - Apocalypse

Items
Hergbrash's Binding - Reduces cost of channeling skills
Etched Sigil - Auto-casts Blizzard

[Guest Adhityairvan]

hey i'm new to diablo 3,i see couple of low lvl legendary you recommend on your build,what should i do with it?should i just wear it or extract in on kanai then put on another item?

[Guest toni daili]

don't think passive skill "ilussionist" still exist

[Guest skills]

Hi there 

 

thx for the guide. I just started D3 and im using this guide. In the guide it reccomends some skills to be used, but for conjuration skills it recommends Storm armor and Magic weapon but i can only pick one the skills to be used. The guide states to use both.

did i miss something or is it an old build

 

thx. 

[Deadset 108]

On 7/8/2017 at 11:12 PM, Guest skills said:

I just started D3 and im using this guide. In the guide it reccomends some skills to be used, but for conjuration skills it recommends Storm armor and Magic weapon but i can only pick one the skills to be used.

Heya - make sure you have Elective Mode enabled under Gameplay Options, this will allow you to pick more than one skill of the same type on your skill bar.

[Guest Raevenne]

In the "Skills, Runes and Passives" sections, it would be great if, instead of listing abilities as "Slot 1," "Slot 2" ... "Slot 6," they could be listed as "LMB," "RMB," and then "Slot 1," "Slot 2," etc. It's very confusing (for someone new to the game) the way it is now, considering that in the Build Charts, there is no "Slot 5" or "Slot 6."

Other than that, thank you for all of these guides. I tried D3 years ago and couldn't ever get into it, largely because I just didn't "get it." These guides are great for a beginner to figure it all out, and enjoy playing the game faster!

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, Guest Raevenne said:

In the "Skills, Runes and Passives" sections, it would be great if, instead of listing abilities as "Slot 1," "Slot 2" ... "Slot 6," they could be listed as "LMB," "RMB," and then "Slot 1," "Slot 2," etc. It's very confusing (for someone new to the game) the way it is now, considering that in the Build Charts, there is no "Slot 5" or "Slot 6."

Other than that, thank you for all of these guides. I tried D3 years ago and couldn't ever get into it, largely because I just didn't "get it." These guides are great for a beginner to figure it all out, and enjoy playing the game faster!

Since everybody uses different keys there is no way the guide could use any other description then "Slot 1", "Slot 2"...

It would be way more confusing if he refers to keys lot's of people don't even use.

[Guest Raevenne]

21 hours ago, WedgeAntilles said:

Since everybody uses different keys there is no way the guide could use any other description then "Slot 1", "Slot 2"...

It would be way more confusing if he refers to keys lot's of people don't even use.

Obviously everyone uses different key binds. The point is that the visual charts use icons for the left mouse button and the right mouse button and then move on to 1, 2, 3, and 4, while the verbal descriptions of the Skills just below the chart use 1-6. Confusing, at least for a newer player.

[Arkpit 101]

8 hours ago, Guest Raevenne said:

Confusing, at least for a newer player.

To be fair, neither is relevant. There are 6 slots available and it doesn't matter where they go as long as you feel comfortable with pressing them where they are. If not, swap em ajround until it feels good!

[Kaelos 74]

Firebird starter build still not updated :/ It has only 2 fire skills but set need 3

[JJ77 20]

9 hours ago, Kaelos said:

Firebird starter build still not updated :/ It has only 2 fire skills but set need 3

Well it is the starter build. There is a separate guide when the complete set is obtained. :)

[Kaelos 74]

1 hour ago, JJ77 said:

Well it is the starter build. There is a separate guide when the complete set is obtained. :)

I thought these builds focus on full pieces of sets

[Azryyal 0]

"The Hope of Cain recipe (1 rare item, 25 Death's Breaths, 50 of white, blue and yellow crafting materials) will only produce the type of item you put in (i.e. wands), cutting out all other weapons from the RNG pool that you would have to deal with through regular gambling at Kadala."

 

This doesn't seem to be true now. For my first attempt, I put a wand into the recipe and got a spear out. :( All my other attempts got me the same type. Odd....

Edited March 25, 2018 by Azryyal

[Guest not possible]

On 3/25/2018 at 12:18 AM, Azryyal said:

"The Hope of Cain recipe (1 rare item, 25 Death's Breaths, 50 of white, blue and yellow crafting materials) will only produce the type of item you put in (i.e. wands), cutting out all other weapons from the RNG pool that you would have to deal with through regular gambling at Kadala."

 

This doesn't seem to be true now. For my first attempt, I put a wand into the recipe and got a spear out. :( All my other attempts got me the same type. Odd....

You must've put the spear in it without noticing.

[Guest Raizz]

Could you please update with the appropriate Paragon Point priorities?

 

Thanks!

[Guest iFifa]

this doesnt work at all and its not a "fresh 70 starter build" as suggested. What if you dont have the materials to roll CDR on your gear? What if you dont have the obsidian ring to reset archon cooldown? you have to lower the game difficulty to t1 or t2 for it to work acceptably. And for t1 or t2 you dont need the vyr set, you can do it with any gear....