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Which build for Wizard after FO nerf (2.0.4)?

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Oksehode

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Well, Blizzard royally screwed over my Electrocute/Frost Orb build for my bot and my games pr hour is reduced a lot. :(

Any ideas/suggestions for a new Wizard build after this nerf that can clear trash/elites fast?
 
Yes it is. Its AOE radius dmg is ridiculously low now. Anyway, this would not be a problem if I played myself, but for the bot It is a problem.
 
I'm switching to botting my DH after the patch.

1.4m dps wizard vs 1.4m dps dh at this point, I'm leaning towards the dh
 
Im using Electrocute (Arch Lightning) and Arcane Orb (Spark) seems like a good combo for me tbh.

I also use Archon to handle elite/rares bosses
 
That's an awful lot of CDR stacking considering that they're applied multiplicatively, even assuming he means a 30 second cooldown (20 second duration + an additional 10 seconds).

The pure power rune, evocation passive and flawless royal diamond in a helm only bring the cooldown down to 70 seconds, and since most gear caps at 8% CDR, you would need CDR on TEN pieces of gear (on top of the above listed elements) to reach a 30 second CD. Good luck with that.

EDIT: With 10% CDR from Paragon Points you would only need 9 pieces w/ 8% CDR each.
 
Oksehode said:
Well, Blizzard royally screwed over my Electrocute/Frost Orb build for my bot and my games pr hour is reduced a lot. :(

Any ideas/suggestions for a new Wizard build after this nerf that can clear trash/elites fast?
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Frost orb is fine. Your games per hour dropped because they nerfed the hell out of arcane power regeneration with electrocute.

Read the patch notes, frost orb was bugging to giver higher than intended radius, the 15yards it has is more then enough.
 
naut said:
Frost orb is fine. Your games per hour dropped because they nerfed the hell out of arcane power regeneration with electrocute.

Read the patch notes, frost orb was bugging to giver higher than intended radius, the 15yards it has is more then enough.
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Please don't get in the way of his cry fest... I just got my popcorn out of the microwave. :(
 
naut said:
Frost orb is fine. Your games per hour dropped because they nerfed the hell out of arcane power regeneration with electrocute.

Read the patch notes, frost orb was bugging to giver higher than intended radius, the 15yards it has is more then enough.
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It's clearly both. The previous FO explosion radius improved crowd clearing efficiency, leading to less AP use trying to single out targets. The nerf with electrocute works synergistically against you.

The combined result of those two changes definitely impacted DB efficiency in a pretty noticeable way.
 
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It wasnt a nerf towards FO tho , the radius was a bug in the first place it was never intended to be that large , so basicly everyone that used the FO build was bug abusing......
 
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