Read more about it here. WD had one season when Munds first came out before it was nerfed and now its been nerfed again. Same logic applies to all other effects that leave lasting damage, such as Meteor: one bonus damage on a damaging hit per enemy per cast. (Requires Rank 25). As long as you have not taken damage in the last5seconds you gain a protective shield that absorbs the next60%of your Life in damage. No arguments from me on that. I just cast a twister on me, it sucks in all the mobs, explosive blast triggers the 6 piece and they all go boom. WD had one season when Munds first came out before it was nerfed and now its been nerfed again. Yes, ive read the guide on maxroll.gg but im having some issues with firebirds in general and im wondering if i should continue using this set or switch to something else. However, loot found while playing in a party can be given to other members within2-hour time frame. The Wizard can hold up to 50 stacks of Combustion, but the damage reduction is static, as long as even one is active. Really I shouldve just kept quiet I just was bitter about the WD getting the shaft and wanted to point out what I learned about Firebirds. Just my two cents! * Note: you will benefit from an extra 5% damage increase if the damage range is Cold or Lightning thanks to Elemental Exposure passive. During a fight, you need to hold down 4 buttons: Disintegrate, Explosive Blast, Diamond Skin and Twister. Virtually every set has a placeholder skill thats locked into your build, thats not unique. Even on t15, there are times where i suddenly lose most of my health before i can react. Prioritize Critical Hit Chance to help with resource regeneration due to "Arcane Power on Critical Hit" roll on the offhand. Firebird Twister Wizard is an S-tier build that is exclusive to the console versions of the game. The cooldown of Teleport will be calculated based on number of stacks when it is cast, but no less than 0.5 seconds. Monster hp is just too high and i am too squishy. Wiz has been near the top tier every season since and is easily looking to be top 4 this season. I still have a really bad taste in my mouth from the last dedicated Wizard patch. It deals 3000% of total (with Critical Hits, Attack Speedand Elemental Damage skill bonus) damage per second. When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. Your Ice Armor now reduces damage from melee attacks by. It lasts for 10 minutes, so you need to refresh it again in the middle of the GR + after any death. But. Now, you reworked Firebird, which is great - let me say it again! Youre using Cindercoat and Broken Crown for damage, resource, and gems, but you complain about being squishy. Maximum increase at 40 yards. Can you even play Firebird on PC? It is possible to corner-stack twisters on consoles (a functionality that was removed from the PC version in. Make sure you are following the guide that matches your activity. I dont like Firebirds for anything except GR pushing. Today the damage is so puny, it wont even tickle mobs beyond some point, and Im not even talking about mid tier GR here, the damage of Disintegrate itself is so abysmal that it hurts me. Temporal Pulse to proc Bane of the Trapped. Ashnagarr's is a bracer and would take up the slot that slot that ranslor's folly is usingi dont see how that works. On consoles, it is possible to reduce the cooldown of Scoundrel's skills by rolling CDR on his gear. There a lot of skills that dont work with Firebird, but my problem with Disintegrate is that the skill soly is for igniting enemies and buffing another skill that does the actual damage. Read more about Nephalem Glory in the, Practice corner-stacking on inverse corners, see. Increase the maximum amount of damage absorbed to80%of your Life. Just my two cents! The most challenging thing about this build is the amount of buttons you need to hold!

The enchantress is a very good option all around. This effect has a 60-second cooldown. The stacks are not tied to enemies: instead, every tick of the attack period the Wizard loses one stack after one tick of not adding any to the pool. Lasts 10 minutes.Only one Armor may be active at a time. Due to Crimson's set, it will help your survivability to roll Resource Cost Reduction. This effect has a 60 second cooldown. It just happened to be Disintegrate this time. The only reason you would want IAS is for making for too much RCR and the loss of Taeguk. When you're not in a fight, teleport around:you will be a bit fragile as you don't have uptime on Diamond Skin and you should press EB less frequently as it drains your resources, so be more careful and make sure to tap DS and EB before you land in a pack. While standing still, damage dealt is increased by up to 100%. Honestly, I dont think this is asking for too much and I dont think Im the only one to appreciate Disintegrate itself getting buffed. For reference, this is the build im looking at : https://d3.maxroll.gg/guides/firebird-explosive-blast-wizard-guide. This allows you to gear him similarly to the Templar and reduce the time onNight's Veil's to 10~ seconds. Dude Im sorry I was probably in a bad mood when I replied. Get Life% on your belt and torso/shoulders -- it will help with keeping your Squirt'sup as your shields are based on a percentage of your life. While channeling the beam you become charged with energy and discharge at nearby enemies dealing 115% weapon damage as Arcane. Your follower should 100% be wearing Avarice Band and Goldskin. Wiz was in the 4 man meta as trash killer for one of the longest running periods. This damage over time does not roll Critical Hits, but does take the player's Critical Hits Chance / Damage into account, increasing damage over time accordingly. For others however this is different so my bad. The damage buff ceases to function if the Wizard is too far from a burning foe, but is restored once the Wizard gets back (and the Ignite effect resumes to deal actual damage).

I have already augmented one firebird set item with +INT using a rank 3 soul shard (rank 125 augment). For5seconds after you Teleport, you will take25%less damage. This effect can stack up to 4 times. Spam the crap out of it while maintaining your beam to ignite mobs. Dont misunderstand its not that I dislike the changes to Firebird. You deal30%additional damage to enemies within15yards. Why: a nice multiplicative 10% damage buff (15% if you can get cold/lightning on your Deathwish; see gear priorities section below). Gainincreased damage for 1.5 seconds when you spend resource on a channeled skill. It's inferior to the Star Pact version of this build but still offersformidable firepower. This cooldown cannot be reduced by any means, only being reset by entering a Greater Riftor in case of actual death. Add Goldwrap or drop Hoarder. As of patch 2.7.0, the Ignite effect has been heavily reworked: it is applied by Disintegrate only, regardless of chosen rune and ignoring Proc Coefficient. I can use goldwraps in t16 rifts of course, but thats not consistent when running bounties sadly. The orb leaves behind a wall of Fire that deals 734% weapon damage as Fire over 5 seconds. This effect cannot occur more than once every 60 seconds. And with the changes to Combustion stacks its much easier to maintain your damage buff and teleport cooldown. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. This will deal massive damage and help with your resources as it will proc more critical hits and thus give you back arcane power. Get away from the blast. If so, drop etched sigil and manually cast twisters, if you are console I can give you an exact gear setup, otherwise I don't really want to type it out on my phone tbh.

Teleport around until you find an elite pack/large pack. Right now in t15, explosive blast to proc the 6 piece bonus doesnt one shot elites 100% of the time, i think if i dont get a crit, it just doesnt do enough damage to one shot. Its a pain like any other hero to gear up, but once you do, itll be effortless to farm. Like with Etched Sigil, be it legacy or the Twister version once again, you only use Disintegrate as a means to trigger the set, not as a viable damage source. Applying this debuff by three different skills simultaneously Ignites enemies. Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2). It was that Disintegrate is one of only a handful of skills you cant use with Firebirds to deal ignite damage. Far from it, but Oblivion already stated why I made this suggestion. Night's Veil and Anatomy skills -- both synergize very well with your "arcane power on critical hit" roll on the offhand and will help tremendously with getting your resources back (not to mention the great damage boost). Don't prioritize this over primary stats but if you get it, it's a nice defensive stat. No buff icon appeared, nor did i see my damage increase in the character screen. And you decided have the set bonus tied to Disintegrate. Its unfortunate that you cant use Disintegrate to deal the damage, but its basically the only fire skill that doesnt proc the damage. Enemies hit by your attacks restore up to3Arcane Power. I dont have anything close to that. Your damage is increased by 200% and damage taken reduced by 3% for each enemy that is Ignited. There is no limit of how many targets can be Ignited at a time. Gain 150200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. Crippling Shot vs Powered shot -- ideally you should pick neither if you prefer to reduce the CC effects. This is with no ancient items or augments? One thing bothers me, though. Hilariously enough, the last patch literally destroyed most of our channeling builds. Pick one of these problems: Youre underestimating how much damage reduction Orb of Infinite Depth gives. If an enemy is burning due to three different skills simultaneously, the enemy will Ignite, dealing 3000% damage per second until they die (4/6), The Wizard gains +200% increased damage, and 3% reduced damage taken for each enemy that is Ignited with three different skills. Attack Speedis not a stat you need on gear as it does not make you shoot more twisters. With the new Firebird this channeling skill is only used as a means to trigger some set bonus. In general, there is no item trading in Diablo 3. Dealing Fire damage with one of your skills causes the enemy to take 1000% weapon damage as Fire per second for 3 seconds. Cost: 25 Arcane PowerImbue your weapon with magical energy, granting it 10% increased damage. Wiz has been near the top tier every season since and is easily looking to be top 4 this season. Do i just need more ancient augments or should i switch to another set? Group vs solo. Now compare that to spenders like Twister, Arcane Orb or Meteor.