I'm currently using a fairly bog-standard Frozen Orb build in HC. My build is this http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#acNjSO!hZc!Zcbacc and you can see my character, albeit without enchants, in my signature. My buffed sheet damage and toughness is 1,019,309 and 10,327,559 respectively and I play almost exclusively on T1.
Because I'm HC, I have to use Blur and for my sanity, Unstable Anomaly. I also have to use Prodigy to keep enough AP to keep going. So the 4th passive is a bit up in the air.
My toughness combined with Deflection seems to make defensive passives like Dominance and Galvanizing Ward a bit redundant. So I've been trying more offensive passives, like Audacity, Cold Blooded, Unwavering Will and Elemental Exposure. Audcaity tends to get a fairly high up-time as my toughness can cope with being a bit more melee-ish, but I still wouldn't put it at more than 70% up-time (and that might be being generous). I tried Unwavering Will, but I don't stand still enough to get much use out of it and I'm a single element build (besides Sparkflint) so Elemental Exposure doesn't give me much at all.
I even tried Glass Cannon... but... let's not go there.
It's looking like Cold Blooded is still the best, but I'm not really sure if it can win out against Audacity because it's now only 10% - and it doesn't seem to apply to the first hit.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Ta.
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And may the odds be ever in your favour. Emmo#2406
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I'm currently using a fairly bog-standard Frozen Orb build in HC. My build is this http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#acNjSO!hZc!Zcbacc and you can see my character, albeit without enchants, in my signature. My buffed sheet damage and toughness is 1,019,309 and 10,327,559 respectively and I play almost exclusively on T1.
Because I'm HC, I have to use Blur and for my sanity, Unstable Anomaly. I also have to use Prodigy to keep enough AP to keep going. So the 4th passive is a bit up in the air.
My toughness combined with Deflection seems to make defensive passives like Dominance and Galvanizing Ward a bit redundant. So I've been trying more offensive passives, like Audacity, Cold Blooded, Unwavering Will and Elemental Exposure. Audcaity tends to get a fairly high up-time as my toughness can cope with being a bit more melee-ish, but I still wouldn't put it at more than 70% up-time (and that might be being generous). I tried Unwavering Will, but I don't stand still enough to get much use out of it and I'm a single element build (besides Sparkflint) so Elemental Exposure doesn't give me much at all.
I even tried Glass Cannon... but... let's not go there.
It's looking like Cold Blooded is still the best, but I'm not really sure if it can win out against Audacity because it's now only 10% - and it doesn't seem to apply to the first hit.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Ta.
And may the odds be ever in your favour.
Emmo#2406