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brightside229 said:
ok so i have changed my bracer and gloves for ones i had in stash with fire dmg on them, does this look better now?

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Define-2299/hero/552120
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Well, I kind of have to question what you are aiming for with your skill choices.

The multishot and vengeance runes you have are physical element, so arent benefitting from the fire element damage.

Rapid fire is a single target damage dealer but to get full benefit from it you have to stand still. Its also not efficient against anything other than boss encounters really, as anything that has some AE damage will soon overtake it. It has synergy with single out on boss fights, but single out is really useless against anything else as its rare there is just a single mob standing there ready for you to kill. I'd also question the use of steady aim with a skill that makes you stand still whilst attacking. It may boost your sheet dps in town but you are losing the benefit of that passive any time a mob is close. Its really meant for use with mobile kiting builds.

Multishot is great for clearing trash, but rubbish for killing elites. I guess you are using Vengeance on elite packs? But then the cooldown will be killing your effectiveness.

If your goal is to kill fast on low torments you have 3 options really

1) Build around multishot and go physical element. You will still need some decent burst damage spender for elites however as I dont think Vengeance will be off cooldown often enough. Cluster Arrow: Shooting Stars is an option.
2) Build around Cluster Arrow and go fire element. This needs large amounts of resource cost reduction to be effective, and really a Cindercoat.
3) Build around Elemental Arrow:Frost Arrow and go cold element - however you need a Kridershot for this to be truly effective.

After these you are into more esoteric builds like those utilising strafe.
 
Eulogy said:
Some tips from me:

1. Helm - Reroll +Armor for either Vita or a socket, in which you can put a Blue gem. Both should be reasonable toughness boosts.
2. The amulet you had on, if not updated, leaves you very short on DPS stats. Amulet is the only item in the game which can give you up to 100% CHD, 10% Crit. So you should focus on finding an amulet that gives you as close to 100% CHD and 10% Crit as you can, plus your main stat (Int). 4th stat best in slot would be elemental dmg, so +Cold % for Frozen orb spam in your case. +Vita or IAS is a reasonable second place though.
3. Shoulders - Reroll the RCR, for either better RCR %, or something more useful (Cooldown reduction, Skill % on something you use, etc).
4. Chest, not too good, I wouldn't bother re-rolling for more sockets. I would find a better one that has high int, vita, 3 sockets, and all res if you can.
5. Bracers - reroll the all res for Cold % as you are frozen orb.
6. Gloves - not amazing but will do for now.
7. Belt - reroll the life regen to all res
8. Ring 1 - SOJ - I know we talked about this in here last night, but you are using Electrocute (Lightning) and Frozen Orb (Cold). The Arcane % here really isn't doing much for you.
9. Ring 2 - Reroll Area DMG % to Crit Chance %.
10. Wep - Dmg might look high but you are missing your main stat, int. You should find a similar wep that has Int on it, as all pieces should have that on really.
11. Boots - not bad for rares at all
12. Offhand - gamble for a better source. You can get some really easy (Triumvirate, Chantodo's). Mirrorball is best in slot here if you can get one.

On your skills, change Magic Wep to Deflection rune, makes you a lot harder to kill, only lowering your dps a little.
Consider dropping Archon for Black Hole. Good crowd control on a much more available CD. Either Absolute Zero rune for Cold dmg, or Event Horizon to help with elite affixes imo.
Drop Unwavering Will, you're a wizard standing around is not much use. Instead take Blur as it's a good passive for your toughness. It helps to cancel out the Glass Cannon extra dmg taken.
You could swap Energy Armour to Prismatic rune for more defense, but changing some of the stuff above you shouldn't need to, especially Magic Wep with Deflection rune, it makes you a lot tougher.
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Thank you for this. This has been really helpful!

I gambled on everything you suggested so should be a bit more solid now! Also changed my skills to what you suggested.

I replaced my amulet with something much better, just need to work on replacing my weapon now and offhand.

My sheet should have updated now:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/stokietom-2515/hero/43381366

I think I've done everything right. :p
 
Tom_D said:
True! I stayed away from crafting the top gems as I assumed my gear would be easily replaced but that's starting not to be the case now.

Just replaced them with +100int gems. I didn't even know 280int gems existed! Just looked in my bank and got the recipe for it. :D
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Salvage the item when you're done with it and you'll get the gems back for free. This way no gems are ever wasted.
 
Rusty0611 said:
Salvage the item when you're done with it and you'll get the gems back for free. This way no gems are ever wasted.
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I feel like such a noob. I did not know this. Cheers!

Learning so much now. :D

I had 6 mil gold but due to enchanting and making gems it's gone down fast to about 100k. I guess the best way for coin farming is just bounties and rifting?
 
Pretty much. Gold is easier come by than it was. I was on 300m at the start of the expansion, down to 180m at some point and now back to 225m. It's comfortably rising now but I do play T3/T4 and have a nice amount of gold find on gear.
 
Just got Mirrorball from Kadala. :D

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I should re-roll the meteor damage? :)
 
Honestly I wouldn't bother rerolling anything on that. Just keep spending shards and try for one that gives you two extra magic missiles.
 
Hmm not sure what to do!

Just found these also. They look good, especially the 2 set bonus.

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Also now that I have mirror ball would it make sense to switch from frozen orb to magic missiles?
 
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I played this at launch for a month or two but tempted to try it again now the expansion is out. What's a good strong class to play now? Who is overpowered? I want to do good damage but also want a fun class to play. My main was a Monk so I'm pretty much done with this class.

Also, is there a lot of new content with the new expansion? I got kind of bored of acts 1-4 as I've done them many many times now.
 
I'm just at L70 and am struggling dealing with some of the elite mobs on the various bounties on Expert difficulty - is there any downside to going down a difficulty level? (ie. do you get less shards etc for completing them on a lower difficulty?)
 
Tom_D said:
Hmm not sure what to do!

Just found these also. They look good, especially the 2 set bonus.

Also now that I have mirror ball would it make sense to switch from frozen orb to magic missiles?
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Hmm tbh Magic Missile is the best thing to reroll onto your Mirrorball if you can, as you would always use it with Magic Missile it makes the most sense to use that (no matter if cold or fire spec).

Saying that though, sources have a lot of things they can roll, so it can be hard to get the thing you want. In addition your Mirrorball is only +1, which whilst good is obviously not as good as a +2 Mirrorball would be.

So ultimately I would focus elsewhere whilst trying to gamble a +2 Mirrorball...

Reroll the +Dmg on your neck to CHD % and it will be better.

You still need a better wep, one with Int + socket and reasonable DPS is recommended :)

Magic Missile is a generator not a spender, you want to swap electrocute for it. Either go with Glacial Spike rune for freeze/cold dmg, or Conflag rune for fire. Having a set of Fire gear is not a bad idea as a lot of items can roll Fire %.
 
Ayahuasca said:
Anyone who uses witch doctor, the tall mans finger is now fixed and the big dog does way more damage than even 6 small dogs. Trying to find the video of someone showing 45 mil crits for it.
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Ha.
A guy on Diablofans showed it killing T6 ghom on it's own.. it was critting at 240m+ once or twice.. 16 seconds with nothing but the dog attacking :P
 
Eulogy said:
Hmm tbh Magic Missile is the best thing to reroll onto your Mirrorball if you can, as you would always use it with Magic Missile it makes the most sense to use that (no matter if cold or fire spec).

Saying that though, sources have a lot of things they can roll, so it can be hard to get the thing you want. In addition your Mirrorball is only +1, which whilst good is obviously not as good as a +2 Mirrorball would be.

So ultimately I would focus elsewhere whilst trying to gamble a +2 Mirrorball...

Reroll the +Dmg on your neck to CHD % and it will be better.

You still need a better wep, one with Int + socket and reasonable DPS is recommended :)

Magic Missile is a generator not a spender, you want to swap electrocute for it. Either go with Glacial Spike rune for freeze/cold dmg, or Conflag rune for fire. Having a set of Fire gear is not a bad idea as a lot of items can roll Fire %.
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I re-rolled my amulet and got 79% crit hit damage so that's not to bad, even though 100% is possible!

For now I'll keep with my older off hand and won't bother with magic missile until I get a +2 mirrorball.

Yeah I'm really struggling for weapons at the moment, all the ones that do get dropped don't seem to be any good, even the legendary ones. Is their any tip to getting a particular item slot to drop or is it just simply a case of continuing with rifts and bounties? I'm wondering if it's worth spending some shards and trying to get a good 1h that way?

Thanks for the advice, it's much appreciated mate!
 
Eulogy said:
I would still use the mirrorball dude gotta be better than the one you have. Chuck on glacial spike and see how you get on!
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Also got this

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Pretty useless though as can't re-roll any of the ele damages. :/ I could re-roll the familiar damage but not sure if it'd be worth the cash.

This also:

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I don't think I can find anything better than my current equipped. :/
 
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Anyone else get the below email

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Not bad!
 
Ok got this, Kadala.

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Worth replacing over my current one I think. Can't decide whether to put an int or vita gem in though.

Also got 'Sever'. Not sure if it'd be better if I swapped the vita for int?

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