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fire focused dps
I'll explain a bit about these abilities, there are ones you need to max in order for best DPS output and the ones you can be flexible with.
You must max these abilities:
(this will be your main DPS source in this build)
i dont think we need explaination for these lol, fire tree has best damage stats, statistics doesnt lie xD.
these ones don't belong to fire tree, but they're one of the hardest hitter skills, so u need to max at least one of them for a DPS build
, max Ice storm if you prefer a higher DPS with a bit longer casting time and shorter cooldown.. max Thunderbolt if you like being in savage PVP map, this skill has really short casting time, which is very good in PVP.
don't put 5 in each because this will lead to ineffective spirits consumption xD (don't forget u can still blast flame waves to DPS whenever u have cooldown on big damage skills).. so you want to choose and max one of these 2 and ignore the other branch
10% fire/ice/electric damage, yes plz xD (max it as soon as ur lv61 too)
These abilities you don't need to max, but they can be important for certain playstyle, however, you'll need to choose one of these and max them, your choice will depend on your playstyle:
if you have some extra attack speed from gear or if u don't want to drain out spirit too often (some ppl prefer doing that so they can cast big damage spells asap), definitely max this one, because your flame wave will drain out spirit pretty fast, you'll have to DPS with this ability until your spirit comes back up.
Some ppl may say wiz doesn't need attack speed.. well I'm one of those weirdos, so I like this ability XD. Also, some ppl have for eg a belt with max piercing + some attack speed, that's how you might end up with 110% attack speed.. long story short if you have attack speed, max this :V
Some extra attack speed is not bad but donot go for a full attack speed build on your gear XD.. for wiz I wouldn't recommend having more than 110% attack speed
this is an interesting ability XD.. this one stuns everything it hits, but NOT in official PVP mode (again, this hasn't come out yet).. basically it's like a knight's spin stun, except its range XD. you'll want to max this if you're often in savage PVP maps and like to make other people's life harder lol.
Also you can't ignore this ability IMO because you'll need this one for killing adds with fire shield in epic raids, put at least 1 point in it so you can kill them.
if you're a team player and you want your team to do best DPS possible, definitely max this ability, if not well.. its not a must have xD... you can also be flexible and balance this one with magic claw out, but the less magic claw u have, the less DPS you'll have, but don't worry, its not big of a different.
With lvl1 magic claw and lvl10 Focus Seal, I do about 5k-10k DPS less than lvl10 magic claw and lvl1 focus seal.
Since you can still reset skill points for no cost, I normally max magic claw whenever I'm playing alone and switch to max focus/ice spear when I'm in raids for eg, to get the most out of the game.
also, I want to address this skill
this skill doesn't make you a badass tank, but it can save your cute little squishy life xD (in savage PVP maps for eg) xD. You want to activate it at the right time to escape sticky situation and then quickly teleport away from enemies
you don't need to max it because its really not an effective ability, wiz have teleports for a reason.. don't take hits xD
dps for official PVP (not available yet)
it's a sad truth lol, wiz doesn't have any advantage in real PVP.. we're actually one of the worst class in official PVP XD.. our abilities won't affect anyone in any case, it won't slow, won't stun, it just DPS, and because of that, you want the best single target DPS possible, max mana claw
but IMO, wiz isn't really a class for PVP xD.. if it's not effective, I wouldn't do it lol
hard hitter elemental skills focused DPS (not recommended for after awaken, you'll need to max out either fire and focus seal/elemental master or ice/storm and focus seal/elemental master)
Noticeable things about this build:
- This is the one build where you'll do most dps, you'll need to hold down magic claw alot for this because you'll be casting this skill a lot, to save up spirit for the big damage abilities, which are Ice Storm, Tornado, and Thunderbolt, these abilities will be your main DPS source. Whenever your spirit is close to 100%, hold down flame wave macro to do the best possible DPS
- This skill tree has a lot of DPS (about 20k-25k more DPS than the one above with my gear), but you shouldn't build your gear with fire/ice/electric damage attributes with you have this build.. because it only boost specific type of damage, while you constantly use all types of elemental.. just build with piercing/magic piercing/boss damage or piercing/crit damage/boss damage you'll be fine
- Whenever you have extra skill points, invest in Elemental Master first, then Focus Seal
I'll explain a bit about these abilities, there are ones you need to max in order for best DPS output and the ones you can be flexible with.
You must max these abilities:
(this will be your main DPS source in this build)i dont think we need explaination for these lol, fire tree has best damage stats, statistics doesnt lie xD.
these ones don't belong to fire tree, but they're one of the hardest hitter skills, so u need to max at least one of them for a DPS build
, max Ice storm if you prefer a higher DPS with a bit longer casting time and shorter cooldown.. max Thunderbolt if you like being in savage PVP map, this skill has really short casting time, which is very good in PVP.don't put 5 in each because this will lead to ineffective spirits consumption xD (don't forget u can still blast flame waves to DPS whenever u have cooldown on big damage skills).. so you want to choose and max one of these 2 and ignore the other branch
10% fire/ice/electric damage, yes plz xD (max it as soon as ur lv61 too)
These abilities you don't need to max, but they can be important for certain playstyle, however, you'll need to choose one of these and max them, your choice will depend on your playstyle:
if you have some extra attack speed from gear or if u don't want to drain out spirit too often (some ppl prefer doing that so they can cast big damage spells asap), definitely max this one, because your flame wave will drain out spirit pretty fast, you'll have to DPS with this ability until your spirit comes back up.
Some ppl may say wiz doesn't need attack speed.. well I'm one of those weirdos, so I like this ability XD. Also, some ppl have for eg a belt with max piercing + some attack speed, that's how you might end up with 110% attack speed.. long story short if you have attack speed, max this :V
Some extra attack speed is not bad but donot go for a full attack speed build on your gear XD.. for wiz I wouldn't recommend having more than 110% attack speed
this is an interesting ability XD.. this one stuns everything it hits, but NOT in official PVP mode (again, this hasn't come out yet).. basically it's like a knight's spin stun, except its range XD. you'll want to max this if you're often in savage PVP maps and like to make other people's life harder lol.
Also you can't ignore this ability IMO because you'll need this one for killing adds with fire shield in epic raids, put at least 1 point in it so you can kill them.
if you're a team player and you want your team to do best DPS possible, definitely max this ability, if not well.. its not a must have xD... you can also be flexible and balance this one with magic claw out, but the less magic claw u have, the less DPS you'll have, but don't worry, its not big of a different.
With lvl1 magic claw and lvl10 Focus Seal, I do about 5k-10k DPS less than lvl10 magic claw and lvl1 focus seal.
Since you can still reset skill points for no cost, I normally max magic claw whenever I'm playing alone and switch to max focus/ice spear when I'm in raids for eg, to get the most out of the game.
also, I want to address this skill
this skill doesn't make you a badass tank, but it can save your cute little squishy life xD (in savage PVP maps for eg) xD. You want to activate it at the right time to escape sticky situation and then quickly teleport away from enemies
you don't need to max it because its really not an effective ability, wiz have teleports for a reason.. don't take hits xD
dps for official PVP (not available yet)
it's a sad truth lol, wiz doesn't have any advantage in real PVP.. we're actually one of the worst class in official PVP XD.. our abilities won't affect anyone in any case, it won't slow, won't stun, it just DPS, and because of that, you want the best single target DPS possible, max mana claw
but IMO, wiz isn't really a class for PVP xD.. if it's not effective, I wouldn't do it lol
hard hitter elemental skills focused DPS (not recommended for after awaken, you'll need to max out either fire and focus seal/elemental master or ice/storm and focus seal/elemental master)
Noticeable things about this build:
- This is the one build where you'll do most dps, you'll need to hold down magic claw alot for this because you'll be casting this skill a lot, to save up spirit for the big damage abilities, which are Ice Storm, Tornado, and Thunderbolt, these abilities will be your main DPS source. Whenever your spirit is close to 100%, hold down flame wave macro to do the best possible DPS
- This skill tree has a lot of DPS (about 20k-25k more DPS than the one above with my gear), but you shouldn't build your gear with fire/ice/electric damage attributes with you have this build.. because it only boost specific type of damage, while you constantly use all types of elemental.. just build with piercing/magic piercing/boss damage or piercing/crit damage/boss damage you'll be fine
- Whenever you have extra skill points, invest in Elemental Master first, then Focus Seal
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Also I hear there's animation cancelling with the macros so you want to set up 3 macros 1flame wave alone 2tornado+claw+blast 3claw+blast and only use those with your buff on another key.
I tested them all out dw
but i would suggest just go for the fire focus DPS build lol.. because there really not much of a difference between the 2.. besides in a boss fight, if u make mistakes and miss a hit or two sometimes, ur DPS will go down more or less anyway... long story short, its too much effort for just a small improvement with a higher chance of failing in hits and timing spirits usage.
In PvE you're casting flame wave most of the time in macro stop cast style.
I don't think you want to stop casting flame wave for anything else besides tornado or claw when oom.
That 1016%/16s=63.5%/s from thunder bolt will never beat that 292%+39%/s=331%/s from flame wave and that's before you take into account the macro stop casting which makes flame wave's effective cd drop down to 0.5s or close to 662%/s in other words more than 10x as powerful as that meager 63.5%/s
In your build you also remove 9 points from focus seal which is a straight up loss of 5.4% m.att buff that applies to all your dmg output.
I don't have a single dummy to test this out properly even including the repositioning required with macro stop casting but we're talking about at least 30% total dmg output difference here I think with pure fire and mana free spells.
huh but the fire focus tree have everything fire related maxed? xD. and flamewave cost 20spirit, while ice storm for eg cost 30 spirit for alot more damage, thats more damage efficiency on spirit, so it would actually increase dps, i tested everything dw haha
Yes it's only 5.4% and even less if you have someone else casting it so that you can still benefit from the buff.
It is more about you casting something else other than wave/tornado/claw/(blast in some situations when oom and claw does not reach ie:fd holes) which are the most effective in dps and casting anything else would gimp your dmg.
Which is why you in any case just max focus seal for that extra 5.4 or 2.3% and put the rest in blast that you won't cast that often in the end but which will be part of the oom rotation!
I got like 40-60m in chaos raid (alot more if I have to kill adds lul), but with the fire focus build tho.. when it comes to chaos raid, it depends alot on ur gear xD.. ive never tried the elemental build on anything besides boss dummies XD...I guess it should be like a bit more dps if I perform perfectly.
but tbh, i wouldn't recommend this build for anyone LUL. It is kinda fun to have different elemental skills and to do a slight bit more dps in exchange for a bit effort, but it is in the long-term gonna be a waste of skill points because, after the awakening update, u'll have to choose either only fire or ice/lightning, u wont have enough for both
fire imo has more advantage, not only because u have more dps but also u have more extra skill points u can utilize to max out other stuffs (because it is only essential to max one fire tree lul)
ice/lighting has more cc, and spells cast alot faster (some are even almost instant cast), these things are good in savage PVP maps
if ur more interested in what happens after the awaken, i found a post on this forum awhile ago... dont remmember the link sorry T.T... but im sure u can find these infos somewhere lul, its not hard.