I use a canon AO build (http://us.battle.net...76/hero/1971094). Instead of glass cannon and arcane hydra, i use frost hydra to slow, and cold blooded for the 20% dps increase.
I like it a lot. It is quit flexible. You can kite/hit and run. Or if the mob is low enough in health, i can just diamon skin, stand and throw AO nonstop. The key is tap the source .. and you can nuke almost non-stop, with any APOC.
I am farming Act 3 with this build without much problem.
It works quite well in Act 2 & 3. You don't need APOC for a AO build.
Have you tried Arcane Torrent (Disruption) or Arcane Torrent (Cascade) in place of Arcane Orb? Compared to tap the source Arcane Torrent is now a similar radius, less arcane power, more damage, and slightly more accurate than Arcane Orb. It doesn't work as well with stutter step kiting as Arcane Orb but the extra damage potential should mean you spend less time kiting and more time nuking anyway.
No I have not. I have not tried AT after 1.04. Good tip. I certainly will check it out.
I like it a lot. It is quit flexible. You can kite/hit and run. Or if the mob is low enough in health, i can just diamon skin, stand and throw AO nonstop. The key is tap the source .. and you can nuke almost non-stop, with any APOC.
I am farming Act 3 with this build without much problem.
No I have not. I have not tried AT after 1.04. Good tip. I certainly will check it out.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#lcXQOS!XWf!bYaYcZ
It works quite well in Act 2 & 3. You don't need APOC for a AO build.