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[saillias]

Can't seem to get over that hump between master and T1 with my 70 wizard.

[steveo]

Originally Posted by saillias

Can't seem to get over that hump between master and T1 with my 70 wizard.

whats your build and items?

[saillias]

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/A.../hero/42373579

[Thor]

Any advice on my crusader? T1 is pretty easy, T2 is still doable but go slower and some elites can be scary.

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/T.../hero/38676965

[steveo]

what is your crit hit % and crit hit dmg?

on my wiz i'm able to solo t3 i haven't tried t4 yet because i've been playing on my barb.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/s.../hero/43297736

those are the spells i use and passives. i'm at almost 50% crit hit and 339% crit damage increase on my wiz - i think i'm at about +10 arcane power for crit hit so when a huge mob appears - black hole and hold right click for my arcane torrent cascade which i can pretty much just hold down without running out of arcane power. i have a lot of room for upgrades on my wiz though.

i think if you were to re-roll some stuff (weapon vitality for socket. I think you have more than enough toughness and life you can sacrifice some of that for damage. get a socket to gem it with an emerald.) try to put more of your spells under one type of damage and then you can re-roll some of your items or gamble for items with "increase x type damage by X%" or re-roll some of your spell damage stuff (eg. increase damage to arcane torrent by X%) easier on rare items and cheaper vs legendaries and sets.

if others can chime in to help you that would be great as well because I don't think I am that knowledgeable in this game.

[photon]

Originally Posted by saillias

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/A.../hero/42373579

Yeah gonna go with steveo and ask what your crit hit and damage % are, you should be able to T1 pretty easily but you probably aren't doing enough damage.

I can pretty much faceroll T1

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/p.../hero/41052868

But I've got 250 or something % crit damage and almost 50% crit chance (too high but don't care enough to reroll items, waiting for better items), plus +% damage to electrocute and frozen orb. My electrocutes crit for up to 500-600K or more, and I can crit over 4 million for the frozen orb.

EDIT: Don't know much about Crusader sorry other than I want to try that build I posted.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by Thor

Any advice on my crusader? T1 is pretty easy, T2 is still doable but go slower and some elites can be scary.

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/T.../hero/38676965

I don't know what it is with Provoke and Flame Walker boots on saders, but for some reason the combination of the two (especially if provoke has electrical rune) does MASSIVE burst damage. Way way more than your DPS sheet shows. Should try it out. I was running on Lv 60 boots on my lv 67 and was doing crazy damage. My buddy facerolls T3 with that combo on his.

[Thor]

The healing while standing still is crazy too on those boots, added with my healing I can take quite a beating.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

You also might wanna swap some of those resist gems with strength gems. With that many diamonds, you're going to start seeing diminish returns on the amount of all resist.

[saillias]

Originally Posted by photon

Yeah gonna go with steveo and ask what your crit hit and damage % are, you should be able to T1 pretty easily but you probably aren't doing enough damage.

Originally Posted by steveo

what is your crit hit % and crit hit dmg?

Just checked, 25.5% and 196%.

[photon]

That's not bad, I think I was around there when I started going into T1, probably socketing your weapon and putting in an emerald gem would be the biggest thing then, that's probably the 1 thing that boosted me into being able to stick in T1.

Or could just be the synergy of your +% on items and your chosen skills and passives. I've got +27% for Arcane Orb and +32% for Elecrocute, +18% for Lightning (which reminds me, I should reroll my Amulet until I get a decent one), it adds up.

[Swayze11]

@Thor

first off, upgrade your gems. Makes a HUGE difference.

[saillias]

I've got the socketed Emerald on my weapon now, and I enchanted a couple items into +Arcane Torrent and +Electrocute. Crit chance is now 30.5% and Crit Damage just over 300%.

Elite battles go into 2OT but I can handle Torment now.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by steveo

black hole and hold right click for my arcane torrent cascade which i can pretty much just hold down without running out of arcane power.

I'm interested in your thinking on Arcane Torrent/Cascade vs. Disintegrate/Chaos Nexus. I used D/CN for a while, then flipped over and tried AT/C. I have to admit, it feels to me more like D/CN is the more versatile of the pair.

[steveo]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

I'm interested in your thinking on Arcane Torrent/Cascade vs. Disintegrate/Chaos Nexus. I used D/CN for a while, then flipped over and tried AT/C. I have to admit, it feels to me more like D/CN is the more versatile of the pair.

I was using disintegrate on chaos for a while too but with arcane torrent I can play with my friends in t5/6 and stand behind walls and shoot, as well as fight mobs with wall modifiers. With d/cn if anything gets in my way then the dps doesn't go through the damage was great though but so is the damage on my cascade. I really like the 12.5% proc rate of jumping to an additional enemy so when they are all bunched up and you release a barrage of torrents there is a chance that enemies will get hit multiple times in a second. Just my take on it.

[steveo]

Originally Posted by saillias

I've got the socketed Emerald on my weapon now, and I enchanted a couple items into +Arcane Torrent and +Electrocute. Crit chance is now 30.5% and Crit Damage just over 300%.

Elite battles go into 2OT but I can handle Torment now.

Nice. Hope you find lots of upgrades!

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by steveo

I was using disintegrate on chaos for a while too but with arcane torrent I can play with my friends in t5/6 and stand behind walls and shoot, as well as fight mobs with wall modifiers. With d/cn if anything gets in my way then the dps doesn't go through the damage was great though but so is the damage on my cascade. I really like the 12.5% proc rate of jumping to an additional enemy so when they are all bunched up and you release a barrage of torrents there is a chance that enemies will get hit multiple times in a second. Just my take on it.

That makes sense. I'm developing basically a "solo" vs "team" build, too. AT/C looks like it'd be good for that. Something to keep in mind. Thanks!

[steveo]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

That makes sense. I'm developing basically a "solo" vs "team" build, too. AT/C looks like it'd be good for that. Something to keep in mind. Thanks!

Not sure what your toughness and damage is at but if you take force weapon w deflection and the passive that builds up a shield with kills it's a real force in higher torments on solo. I'm still trying to find the moonlight amulet for this build. Would really set it off.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by steveo

Not sure what your toughness and damage is at but if you take force weapon w deflection and the passive that builds up a shield with kills it's a real force in higher torments on solo. I'm still trying to find the moonlight amulet for this build. Would really set it off.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/m...0/hero/7462200

[photon]

Originally Posted by saillias

I've got the socketed Emerald on my weapon now, and I enchanted a couple items into +Arcane Torrent and +Electrocute. Crit chance is now 30.5% and Crit Damage just over 300%.

Elite battles go into 2OT but I can handle Torment now.

Nice, what's your resists?

I tried T2 last night, normals were easy but elites took too long to make it worth doing, but because I think my resists were too low.

What level of resists do ppl recommend for T2?