(10-16-2012, 11:02 PM)MonTy Wrote: Dumb me to play on patch night. Not sure if it was me or server lag but got a full 5+ second hang on a Act 3 champ fight.
Your deeds will be remembered. I get spikes like that, I always thought it was my video card overloading.
(10-17-2012, 11:10 AM)MongoJerry Wrote: Spangles, I'm still trying to figure out why you like Explosive Blast. It just seems redundant with Meteor. Why not replace it with another spell like Diamond Skin or even one of the Familiars?
This thread led me to use this build when I decided to move on from kiting. I didn't use Teleport, however. I instead used Blizzard for a ranged attack, and later changed out Blizzard for Meteor.
I continue to use Explosive Blast as another closeup attack with Spectral Blade, augmenting them with Meteor as a finishing move or as a ranged attack. I find these spells complementary and not redundant. I think I can kill frozen mobs faster with three attacks than with two attacks and a DPS buff. Can't be quantitative without a damage meter tho.
Diamond Skin was part of my build until Monty said:
Quote:I'm thinking that Diamond Skin won't be as useful in higher Monster Powers, due to a set amount of damage being negated.
so I substituted Magic Weapon for Diamond Skin, to see what would happen. I was able to farm Infernal Machine keys in 1.05 live on MP5 quite handily.
(10-17-2012, 11:10 AM)MongoJerry Wrote: I think it's a mistake to go without Diamond Skin. That's 20k life right there times every time you get it to come off cooldown. In an elite fight, you probably get over 100k health from Diamond Skin alone and probably much more. It's the combination of Diamond Skin and Frost Nova rolling off cooldown that makes the build work.
When I tried MP6, reflected damage gave problems, so I might switch back to Diamond Skin from Magic Weapon in MP6 to see if that will help.
All of this changing up is getting confusing, so here is the status quo:
LMB: Spectral Blade / Healing Blades
RMB: Meteor / Star Pact
1: Explosive Blast / Chain Reaction
2. Frost Nova / Bone Chill
3: Magic Weapon / Force Weapon (MP5) or Diamond Skin / Crystal Shell (MP6)
4. Energy Armor / Prismatic Armor
Critical Mass, Cold Blooded, Blur.
I think I will dwell in MP5 for a while to farm keys, but one always wants to push the envelope a bit. What I really need for progression is more armor and resists, but new weapons are more fun. Maybe a Skorn with lifesteal...