12-23-2012, 07:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-23-2012, 08:02 PM by FireIceTalon.)
Right now I'm using an couple interesting variations of this build, though one of them is simply a Critical Mass based build w/o the meteor.
On lower mp levels (say mp 5 or below) I use a almost total offensive build with the following:
Diamond Skin - Crystal Shell
Energy Twister - Wicked Winds
Frost Nova - Deep Freeze
Storm Armor - Shocking Aspect
Meteor - Shower
Explosive Blast - Chain Reaction
Passives are Cold Blooded, Evocation, and of course Critical Mass.
I love this build because its so versatile - I have a cold attack, arcane attack, physical attack, lightning attack, AND a fire based attack. Being able to perma-freeze monsters and have little or no cool-downs on frost nova and diamond skin is awesome, with about 50% chance to crit, 221% crit dmg, near instant AP regen, a decent 600+ LOH, and about 850 life regen
I havent tried this exact build on higher mp levels yet, but on mp 5 I have just enough defense for it to be viable against virtually any elite pack. On 6+, I switch out meteor for Slow Time (Stretch Time rune) and I have to use Energy Armor (prismatic) rather than the Storm armor. I think if I can get my resists into the 800's buffed, with 1k+ LOH I might be able to get away with using the offensive build on higher mp levels, yes? DPS is about 120k. It may possibly work now but kinda scared to try, heh. I still die plenty on mp 7+ with the more defensive build, but overall it is quite successful. I'd love to be able to use Shocking Aspect and Meteor Shower on high mp lvls though - playing with offensive skills is more fun than playing with defensive ones (even if the defensive ones work great)
On lower mp levels (say mp 5 or below) I use a almost total offensive build with the following:
Diamond Skin - Crystal Shell
Energy Twister - Wicked Winds
Frost Nova - Deep Freeze
Storm Armor - Shocking Aspect
Meteor - Shower
Explosive Blast - Chain Reaction
Passives are Cold Blooded, Evocation, and of course Critical Mass.
I love this build because its so versatile - I have a cold attack, arcane attack, physical attack, lightning attack, AND a fire based attack. Being able to perma-freeze monsters and have little or no cool-downs on frost nova and diamond skin is awesome, with about 50% chance to crit, 221% crit dmg, near instant AP regen, a decent 600+ LOH, and about 850 life regen
I havent tried this exact build on higher mp levels yet, but on mp 5 I have just enough defense for it to be viable against virtually any elite pack. On 6+, I switch out meteor for Slow Time (Stretch Time rune) and I have to use Energy Armor (prismatic) rather than the Storm armor. I think if I can get my resists into the 800's buffed, with 1k+ LOH I might be able to get away with using the offensive build on higher mp levels, yes? DPS is about 120k. It may possibly work now but kinda scared to try, heh. I still die plenty on mp 7+ with the more defensive build, but overall it is quite successful. I'd love to be able to use Shocking Aspect and Meteor Shower on high mp lvls though - playing with offensive skills is more fun than playing with defensive ones (even if the defensive ones work great)
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"Your very ideas are but the outgrowth of conditions of your bourgeois production and bourgeois property, just as your jurisprudence is but the will of your class, made into law for all, a will whose essential character and direction are determined by the economic conditions of the existence of your class." - Marx (addressing the bourgeois)