06-11-2012, 11:33 PM
ZeraseLL reporting in. Just hit level 18 and I'm about to take on some cultists at the Khasim Outpost. This started out much smoother than the Demon Hunter. Magic Missile early on, plus a locked in Arcane Orb wasn't a bad combination. Then hit level 11, and stole Magic Missile for Spectral Blade. Oh, man. So I was actually kind of impressed comparing Spectral Blade's damage to Arcane Orb. For no cost it's actually not terrible. Then:
1) Arcane Orb got Obliteration, boosting it's damage
2) I lost Diamond Skin to Slow Time (right before The Butcher, augh!)
3) Mob HP and damage scaled up in Act 2
Yeah, it's not a pretty sight right now. Then about the worst thing happened. I found Fuad, and as the link shows, I'm not the only one who had this issue. I'd slam Slow Time, Force Wave, and Arcane Orb - okay, 1/3rd of his life down. Now I'm out of cooldowns and AP, and he goes all way back up before I get anything back. So, I resorted to terribleness. Enter room, slam cooldowns, leave room. Wait. Enter room, slam cooldowns, leave room. Wait. Repeat. I even got cocky at one point "just one more hit and he's dead!" - lost half my progress. Was more patient after that. Eventually Fuad went down and I continued on to the waypoint.
After seeing this in action, and reading some forum posts, I can see a Spectral Blade + Meteor build being viable. Unfortunately, the build relies on a few skills I don't have and gear (+life on hit) that I'm not likely to get enough of. Oh well, we'll see how far I can go with Arcane Orb.
1) Arcane Orb got Obliteration, boosting it's damage
2) I lost Diamond Skin to Slow Time (right before The Butcher, augh!)
3) Mob HP and damage scaled up in Act 2
Yeah, it's not a pretty sight right now. Then about the worst thing happened. I found Fuad, and as the link shows, I'm not the only one who had this issue. I'd slam Slow Time, Force Wave, and Arcane Orb - okay, 1/3rd of his life down. Now I'm out of cooldowns and AP, and he goes all way back up before I get anything back. So, I resorted to terribleness. Enter room, slam cooldowns, leave room. Wait. Enter room, slam cooldowns, leave room. Wait. Repeat. I even got cocky at one point "just one more hit and he's dead!" - lost half my progress. Was more patient after that. Eventually Fuad went down and I continued on to the waypoint.
After seeing this in action, and reading some forum posts, I can see a Spectral Blade + Meteor build being viable. Unfortunately, the build relies on a few skills I don't have and gear (+life on hit) that I'm not likely to get enough of. Oh well, we'll see how far I can go with Arcane Orb.
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