Wizard Thread - And Boom Goes the Dynamite

[Karak]

i apologize for the thread title

[S.K]

wizard baby aww yeer.

Wizard looks similar to sorceress on D2. I used to be barbarian and struggled immensely whereas the bretherin was the sorceress and lead them through fire whilst meteors reigned down.

Shall not be fooled this time

[toss]

Can't wait to cast blizzards for terrible, terrible damage.

[Dazarath]

Gogo wizard! Probably won't be touching another class until I hit 60.

[Gospy]

Went Sorcerer first in D1, Sorceress first in D2, not gonna change it up now.

[thedirtydirty]

so what is everyone planning on doing for skills? i was thinking something like this:

primary: spectral blade with siphoning blade rune (every hit gives 1 arcane power)
secondary: disenegrate with volatility rune (enemies killed by beam have a 35% chance to explode for 395% wep damage to all enemies within 8 yards)
1 skill: diamond skin with enduring skin rune (increases duration to 8 seconds, 15 sec cd)
2 skill: teleport with safe passage rune (30% less damage after a teleport
3 skill: mirror image with duplicates rune (5 images instead of 2)
4 skill: wave of force with exploding wave rune (40% chance per enemy hit to cast a smaller wave that does half the wave damage and knocks back enemies

passives: illusionist (any hit that takes 15% of your damage or more resets the cooldown on teleport and mirror image)
astral presence (increase max arcane power by 20 and you gain 2 more ap/sec)
arcane power (30 arcane power whenever you pick up a health globe)

[Karak]

Originally Posted by Gospy

Went Sorcerer first in D1, Sorceress first in D2, not gonna change it up now.

[Nofear3838]

Can't wait to spec into glass cannon and run around in hardcore

[Shoe Lace]

Originally Posted by Nofear3838

Can't wait to spec into glass cannon and run around in hardcore inferno

Just a slight modification to your post.

[ryguy2fly]

Originally Posted by Gospy

Went Sorcerer first in D1, Sorceress first in D2, not gonna change it up now.

amen

[dNAssume]

Decided to roll Wizard, pretty awesome!

[S.K]

Question about end of act 1? ...

Spoiler:

Anybody defeated skeleton king yet? Im level 9 and cant kill him..

[BradleyT]

Yes but I was in a group with a barb and something else - maybe a monk. And that's not the end of Act I.

[dNAssume]

Originally Posted by S.K

Question about end of act 1? ...

Spoiler:

Anybody defeated skeleton king yet? Im level 9 and cant kill him..

I had no trouble with SK solo with the Templar. Just waited for adds to come and frost nova'ed close to him then bombed with Arcane Orb. Rinse and repeat

[chondo]

If you're having trouble you probably aren't kiting effectively. Try holding the shift key whenever you attack so if you misclick you don't walk towards the mobs. Then right after the attack animation move a step or two away from the mobs and repeat. I've just been spamming the signature move and use arcane orb when 2 or more mobs are close together and haven't had any trouble. Also use frost nova whenever you're near a crowd obv.

Just beat SK but have to go to work