Here you should tell us about your build and why it is cool. Keep it brief, leave room for questioning.


I'll start us off:
Barbarian- High CC/CD Two handed Seismic Slam Build w/ a good amount of Life Steal

Demon Hunter- Sentry Tank, High LoH, Attack speed build.

Wizard - Frost Build with Frost Nova, Wicked Wind, and Blizzard.

Witch Doctor- Mule Character because that is all they're good for.


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Wizard - Wicked Wind build with teleport-safe passage. Don't have to run from ground effects/freeze until the last second, and can constantly use it in place for constant 30% damage reduction. Better for high MP versus exp farming.

I'm going to use tomorrow to write up my guide on a meteor wizard build. Someone else can write about the standard Wicked Wind CM if they want, but since I've been working a lot on getting a meteor build to work I for sure want to write about that at least.

Posted by NightCrawler9 at 11/08/2012 11:05 PM

I'm going to use tomorrow to write up my guide on a meteor wizard build. Someone else can write about the standard Wicked Wind CM if they want, but since I've been working a lot on getting a meteor build to work I for sure want to write about that at least.

Sounds like something I'm interested in too... Unlimited meteors for the win :D

Posted by NightCrawler9 at 11/08/2012 11:05 PM

I'm going to use tomorrow to write up my guide on a meteor wizard build. Someone else can write about the standard Wicked Wind CM if they want, but since I've been working a lot on getting a meteor build to work I for sure want to write about that at least.

Would be interested too.
Well I don't have a prefered one at the moment because I'm leveling my WW Barb on US (58 right now) but missing huge life and resists. Gearing up at 60.

@anurian, I thought it would be beneficial to just kick us off. I also didn't know exactly how it was going to work.
I tried my best.

Posted by Buzzell at 11/09/2012 05:36 AM

@anurian, I thought it would be beneficial to just kick us off. I also didn't know exactly how it was going to work.
I tried my best.

I liked it.

Walp I'm all for giving my impressions regarding certain witch doctor skills, and what I think works best so far. So if you need any of that stuff, just holler.

For efficiency, I still believe the Sprint/WW build is aces. However, I did toy around with a 2h build (I found a decent Skorn!) that I was farming effectively on MP7 (and organ runs on MP8).

Here are the skills-I'll be happy to elaborate if anyone has questions.
1)Cleave - Broad Sweep / Reaping Swing (depending on your needs)
2)Rend - Blood Lust (um...AMAZING, rend a group, and run around to gain full health in seconds)
3)Overpower - Crushing Advance (allows you to tank)
4)Battle Rage - Maurader's Rage
5)War Cry - Impunity
6)OPEN TO PERSONAL PREFERENCE (I use Wrath of the Beserker for the "oh [filtered]!" moments, but have had some success with Leap also)

Passives:
A) Weapon Master
B) Ruthless
C) your choice of defensive trait (or offensive if your gear is awesome)

Comments:
As mentioned above, with my gear I am still more efficient using the WW build. But I did find this build a competitive alternative. It took a little getting used to as far as surviving large mobs (especially if you're accustomed to just sprinting around and WW through the group), but I was able to dish out good damage.

Happy Gaming!

I just started playing around with archon after I got me some zuny boots!
archon + fleeting shrine is freakin awesome

so i used my cm/ww base and swapped out diamond skin for sparkflint for some added dps (the reasoning is that you can't use DS when youre in archon mode, and ideally you should be in archon form as much as possible)

i just discovered that storm armor still works in archon mode (thanks @khan for this tid bit), but originally using magic weapon for added dps + life steal

i'm currently on mp3 for pure speed xp (but im such a gold whore that i gotta pick up everything and i have 0 pick up radius and it sucks) so sometimes i lose archon and have to just use nova/ww to get my archon back on

reflect damage is a pain, and you gotta mix in some non elites to get some life back, and try to target just 1 elite at a time so you don't die super fast

a few realizations... please correct me if i'm wrong:
1. IAS is pointless for archon
2. so is arcane on crit
3. movement speed is paramount
4. jailer + frozen = death
5. when things melt on contact, its pretty cool

i'm still new to archon, so i'm still trying a few things out, but thats what i have so far

Posted the Meteor build guide thingy over in the guide section if you guys want to go check it out.