Crit / meteor build

[Concillian]

You had said with Astral Presence and 10k DPS it was doable against the Butcher, but can you confirm if you switched out Wave of Force (thus giving up Valor)? BTW I completely agree about Astral Presence, the only time I see myself giving this up is if I get lucky with finding gear with perfect rolls for AP on Crit, +Max Arcane Power, and +crit chance.

10k DPS is without any DPS buffing passives, etc... (aside from Astral Presence). They were different times I've faced the Butcher. 1st time I did a lot of trying to maximize DPS uptime and see if 9.6k could cut it. 10.6 cut it but it took several tries. Hardcore you'd probably want 11k + Astral Presence for a guarantee. DPS uptime depends a lot on how the floor fires go. I try to put him against a wall between 2 or three tiles so I can keep him in one place, but it doesn't always work out.

On my kill at 10.6 / no astral presence, I actually survived full floor flare up with diamond skin and the health well for a while before he died.

I don't use pinpoint. I use Prismatic for the resists.
31% crit is 27% on gear with 3% being Lyndon's aura. He's actually probably more damage with the other skill (+10% damage for 3 seconds after crit, can proc every 6 seconds) but I didn't ever re-spec him. Gloves and shield are the big crit % items. Those two are 16.5% alone.