lousiest June 28, 2012 Share lousiest Member June 28, 2012 Was in a pug on Act IV today, and met this Wizard called nickerz. He has this build that made Act IV Inferno into easy-mode. He was able to spam Frost Nova continuously, and enemies would just stay frozen around us all the time. They couldn't even touch us He says the secret is to stack critical hit chance and pair that with the Wizard's passive called Critical Mass. Critical Mass reduces cooldown of skills by 1 second whenever you crit. Since his crit % was so high (he said 60%), he was able to bring down his cooldowns to 0 and just spam his skills. He also used this other skill called Energy Twister that increases crit %. We killed bosses without them even laying a single hit. It was unbelievable His skill build (and runes): 1. Energy Twister (Wicked Mind) 2. Energy Armor (Prismatic Armor) 3. Diamond Skin (Crystal Armor) 4. Explosive Blast (Chain Reaction) 5. Frost Nova (Cold Snap) 6. Slow Time (Stretch Time) Passives: 1. Blur 2. Critical Mass 3. Evocation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest June 28, 2012 Author Share lousiest Member June 28, 2012 But this build doesn't work on elites that have desecrate, plague etc, because for Frost Nova to freeze enemies, the Wizard has to stand right beside the enemy, in which case desecrate, plague, etc killed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling June 28, 2012 Share samurai nightling Member June 28, 2012 (edited) Definitely giving this a try. Now I just have to get the right gear to do it with. Need to increase my critical hit%. Also, so people could maybe see what it looks like. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#VhOXYg!agb!YccaZc Edited June 28, 2012 by samurai nightling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest June 28, 2012 Author Share lousiest Member June 28, 2012 Here's a vid of what this wizard was pretty much doing (warning: Rocky background music) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS4LSZy6qik i-n-s-a-n-e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling June 28, 2012 Share samurai nightling Member June 28, 2012 I'd be willing to bet like the top rated comment says, they nerf this for bosses in the next couple updates lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flitterkill June 28, 2012 Share Flitterkill GC Board Member June 28, 2012 lol all blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan June 28, 2012 Share JackieChan GC Alumni June 28, 2012 (warning: Rocky background music) Whoa whoa whoa, what is wrong with the Rocky music?! lol all blues Epic new loot tables, Blizz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest June 28, 2012 Author Share lousiest Member June 28, 2012 (warning: Rocky background music) Whoa whoa whoa, what is wrong with the Rocky music?! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedah June 28, 2012 Share Sedah Member June 28, 2012 damn it lousiest, now Imma have to level my wizard, my hunter isnt even 60 yet LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest June 28, 2012 Author Share lousiest Member June 28, 2012 do eeetttt~~~ and when you get your wiz to 60, bliz comes out with a nerf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan June 28, 2012 Share JackieChan GC Alumni June 28, 2012 Every class I get interested in playing in any game EVER gets nerfed shortly after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC June 29, 2012 Share VooDooPC Member June 29, 2012 Every class I get interested in playing in any game EVER gets nerfed shortly after. I thought you were playing a Monk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggs June 30, 2012 Share Biggs GC Alumni June 30, 2012 Hah the end makes me want to play the Sims again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling July 1, 2012 Share samurai nightling Member July 1, 2012 Pretty sure this build doesnt really work. Any elite mobs in inferno destroy you. I have my Crit Hit % up to 43.5%, and I can't get enough crits to keep frost nova going constantly. Plus that video on youtube was posted soon after the game had been released, before patches. Not sure exactly what the guy you were playing with was doing differently, but i tried following it with the same skills and i cant do crap. No perma freeze, not enough crits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest July 1, 2012 Author Share lousiest Member July 1, 2012 Partnered another wiz that was able to perma frost and he lead us all the way to Diablo. But like you pointed out, he did have trouble with elites, particularly those that desecrate, plague, and are fast. In those situations, we had to kill them normally (tanks tank, ranges dps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flitterkill July 1, 2012 Share Flitterkill GC Board Member July 1, 2012 I've been sticking with the basic poison hydra and ranged disintegrate/electrocute stuff. Gonna wait a bit and see if any more nerfs happen before starting to build out in different directions. That said, I'm not sure there is a wizard anywhere that doesn't have trouble with fast elites and yellows. If it's fast, it's a problem. Query: Do true named uniques rares (yellows that spawn in certain spots with a true unique name like the caretaker just after you rescue Cain and exit the cathedral, others..., give NV? I don't think they do. And that sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest July 1, 2012 Author Share lousiest Member July 1, 2012 Nope, they dont give NV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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