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[2.4.2] (GR65-80+) FB / Vyr2 Archon - Gem Leveling / XP Speed Build

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Skills

  • Teleport Safe Passage
  • Arcane Torrent Flame Ward
  • Archon Combustion
  • Magic Weapon Ignite
  • Ice Armor Crystallize
  • Frost Nova Bone Chill
  • Audacity
  • Evocation
  • Blur
  • Unstable Anomaly

Items

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  • Legendary Gems

    • Bane of the Trapped
    • Gogok of Swiftness
    • Bane of the Powerful

Kanai's Cube

  • The Furnace
  • Ring of Royal Grandeur

Cube is the Swami.


  • Head: INT / VIT / CHC / Socket (Diamond)
  • Shoulder: INT / VIT / Life% / CDR
  • Amulet: Fire% or INT or CDR / CHC / CHD / Socket
  • Chest: INT / VIT / Life% / Sockets (Topaz)
  • Gloves: INT / CDR / CHC / CHD
  • Bracer: Fire% / INT / VIT / CHC
  • Belt: INT / VIT / Life% / +Armor
  • Legs: INT / VIT / +Armor / Sockets (Topaz)
  • Feet: INT / VIT / AR / +Armor
  • Ring1: CDR / CHC / CHD / Socket
  • Ring2: INT / CDR / CHC / CHD / Socket
  • Weapon: INT / %Dmg / CDR / Socket (Emerald)
  • Offhand: Fire% / INT / CDR / CHC

** secondary affixes: +single resistance, +pickup radius.

CDR on amulet is optional. With Gogok stacks, will provide assured instant reset with only one in-geom proc.

See also:

http://www.d3planner.com/471418312

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed

Defense

Armor
Resist All
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find

Build Guide

FB/Vyr2 build for Gems / XP. Gameplay shown at GR75.

Vyr 2 pc for increased archon form damage and quick / easy ignition with the combustion rune. Mobility as well, as you also get the Teleport rune, and the high CDR in the build allows for quicker archon TP resets.

No Zodiac means you rely on your CDR levels and In-Geom / Gogok procs to stay in archon form. Archon will reset instantly as long as you maintain all of these buffs, and you should be at the GR level where you can maintain this, so most of the time, it won't be an issue.

At most, if Gogok is down, you lose ~5 seconds, If In-Geom is down, you lose 10s. These seem like long times, but you still have significant swami overlap. Overall I find the wait time somewhat comparable to a lower CDR setup with Zodiac.

Halo / APD keep you alive when out of archon. Furnace is equipped for the elite damage.

Swaps:

  • For even more defense, swap Powerful for Esoteric.
  • Calamity in place of Safe Passage. Stun would be useful for proccing APD, but lowers 'always on' defense level.
  • Leorics in place of Swami. Will make up for CDR / allow quicker resets, but lowers damage significantly. Only use if needed or on lower GR runs.

See related TXIII build: