[EveSnow]

Adding on to nirvana post, due to the incoming IAS nerf, I have been changing up my build to a more critical oriented one. Instead of arcane hydra, Im using venom hydra due to poison dmg per ticks benefiting from critical dmg.

Currently I have 230% critc dmg and 25% critc chance (looking to improve to 43%). Critc is the only way for wizard to dish out absurd amt of dps with lower atk speed. The optimal/reachable new atk speed to reach would be 2.3 atk/sec after the nerf.

Why do i need 40% critc? Because IAS stacks with critc chance and gives you a lot more dmg. 2.3 atk with 43% critc chance gives you at least 5k more dmg than 2.3 atk with 42% critc chance assuming you have high base int. With a higher dmg your venom hydra poison ticker will dish out insane dps! With my current pre-nerfed build, 3.0 atk speed with 25% critc (110k dps), I can kill off an elite with 2 hydras without myself shooting.

The potential for mages dominating will not drop due to this nerf, its just that we have to stack a lot more critc chance in order to play PvE properly in Act III onwards now. So! I urge all the mages now to buy more critc chance equips before they get too expensive.

Quick Comments

	nirvAnA:	nice!!
	cruxSpoon:	thats what im doing now! tyring to get 2.00 AS, then crit crit crit!
	Nemo:	Awesome too !