Imajica~60 Wizard (Genie)

[Avissar]

As promised, I posted this so ppl can see my current build. I have two wizards I use now. Both wizard builds are in this post.



This is my current wizard, x3 demi, 74 int and styg robes. This is a hells wizard, my Aboleths and Elysium wizard is in the second post. The insta killing power of this toon is very impressive. Disintegrate, CoD, Weird and Wail rack up a lot of kills quickly. Don't forget to use energy drain too boost your power even farther. I tend to favor the area damage spells i.e. freezing sphere and violetric sphere over orbs for most mobs. However, for mobs like ichors and worms, I load up on empowered orbs and nuke away!

Human-Genie
Str 8
Dex 12~14
Con 16~18
Int 18~24
Wis 8
Cha 8


Genie starts me with Spell penetration and Greater Spell penetration

1. Human Feat~S Foc Evoc
1. G. S Foc Evoc
3. S Foc Necro
5. Bonus Wiz Feat (BWF)~ G S Foc Necro
6. Extend Spell
9. Empower Spell
10. (BWF) S Foc Illusion
12. G S Foc Illusion
15. S Foc Trans
15. (BWF) G S Foc Trans
18. Silent Spell
20. Maximize Spell
21. Epic Spell Pen
23. (BWF) G INT 1
24. G INT 2
26. (BWF) G INT 3
27. G INT 4
29. (BWF) G INT 5
30. G INT 6
32. (BWF) G INT 7
33. G INT 8
35. (BWF) G INT 9
36. G INT 10
38. (BWF) Epic S Foc Evoc
39. E S Foc Necro

Read a book of Conjuration to get epic focus

42. E S Foc Trans
45. E S Foc Illusion
48. Legendary Spell Pen
51. L S Foc Necro
54. L S Foc Conjuration
57. L S Foc Trans
60. Greater Ruin
Specialize in Necromancy, barred enchant and divination.



This is my old build. The build is still great, especially for Ely and Aboleths. With ESF Abjuration + specialization my banish DC is very strong. I also hoard Abjuration Draughts to boost my DC even farther.

Human-Genie
Str 8
Dex 12~14
Con 16~18
Int 18~24
Wis 8
Cha 8

Saves
Fort: 52
Ref: 50
Will: 53
Genie starts me with Spell penetration and Greater Spell penetration

1. Human Feat~S Foc Evoc
1. G. S Foc Evoc
3. S Foc Necro
5. Bonus Wiz Feat (BWF)~ G S Foc Necro
6. Extend Spell
9. Empower Spell
10. (BWF) S Foc Illusion
12. G S Foc Illusion
15. S Foc Trans
15. (BWF) G S Foc Trans
18. Silent Spell
20. Maximize Spell
21. Epic Spell Pen
23. (BWF) G INT 1
24. G INT 2
26. (BWF) G INT 3
27. G INT 4
29. (BWF) G INT 5
30. G INT 6
32. (BWF) G INT 7
33. G INT 8
35. (BWF) G INT 9
36. G INT 10
38. (BWF) Epic S Foc Evoc
39. E S Foc Necro

Read a book of abjuration to get epic focus

42. E S Foc Trans
45. E S Foc Evoc
48. Legendary Spell Pen
51. L S Foc Necro
54. L S Foc Illusion
57. L S Foc Trans
60. Greater Ruin

Specailize In Abjuration. Barred Enchantment and Divination.



I'll have so many skill points I am not bothering to list them. Max Concentration and Spellcraft at least. Lore too. The rest goes where you want them. I put max cc points into at least appraise, craft armor, craft weapon, discipline, parry, spot, search, pick pocket, and maybe a few others too.


With this wizard (and probably most other wizards out there), it is important to watch your positioning. Ghostly Visage is your BEST friend. I really like spell slots, thus I use a TIA ring. That means I usually don't have a breach ring on. When certain baddies charge up, it's either GV or start buffing...after you get raised that is lol.

Gear set up (for both wizards)
Helm: Scint Scarf (+14 INT and 25- to all exotics, added Lions aug for fear immue)
Armor: Styg Robes
Bracers: Aboleths Bracers
Belt: TIA Wizzy
Cloak: Tia Wizzy
Amulet: TIA Wizzy
Boots: TIA Wizzy
Weapons: TIA Wizzy
Shield: UR Ward
Mote: Ely Magic mote (plan to put Abo's wellspring of power here when I get a few)
Ring 1: TIA Wizzy
Ring 2: Ring of choice

[Rain]

You made a mistake on ur feats. since u read tome of abjuration at lvl 41+ why do u still have 3 feats for Epic spell focus: abjuration. so with the 3 feats, u can choose 2 pre-epic feats and another epic feat.


This is my build for my wizard, hope it helps ya:



Race/Subrace:
Human/Genie

60 Wizard

Starting stats at lvl1 :
Str:8
Dex:16 (18 after subby change)
Con:12 (14 after subby change)
Int:18 (24 after subby change)
Wis:8
Cha:8

Stats at double demi:
Str:24
Dex:32
Con:30
Int:72
Wis:24
Cha:24


Feats:

before Epic:
Toughness
Great Fortitude
Extend spell
Empower spell
Spell focus: Illusion
Greater spell focus: Illusion
Spell focus:Transmutation
Greater spell focus:Transmutation
Spell focus: Evocation
Greater spell focus:Evocation
Spell focus: Necromancy
Greater spell focus: Necromancy


from lvl 20-40:
Epic spell focus:Transmutation
Epic spell focus:Evocation
Epic spell focus:Illusion
Epic spell focus:Necromancy
Epic spell penetration
Greater intellegence I-VIII


Legendary feats:
Epic spell: Greater ruin
Legendary spell focus:Transmutation
Legendary spell focus:Illusion
Legendary spell focus:Necromancy
Legendary spell penetration
Greater intellegence IX - X

Tome: Abjuration
Pandect: Shield Proficiency
Consumed artifact: Eyes of Vecna (int arti)


Skills:
Max: Concentration, spellcraft, lore, parry, appraise, craft armor, tumble, spot, pick pocket, bluff, taunt, heal.

Saves at lvl 60 non demi:
Fortitude: 51
Reflex: 51
Will: 52


AC at lvl 60 non demi with girding of faithful is 121.



my Gear setup currently as a non demi is:

Helmet: Crown of uncanny stability
Main hand: Tia wizard staff
Off hand: Ur-Ward
Armor: Shimming robe of silvermoon (switch to dim mak in tia)
Cloak: Tia Wizard cloak
Amulet: Tia Wizard amulet
Belt: Tia wizard belt
Boots: Legendary Boots of Defense
Rings: switch it a lot depends on which layer it is.


robe and boots covers elemental/exotic resistance and poison/fear immunity. other gears covers +12 to all stats.


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Genie has lev ability too so pretty easy to gear in LL runs like desert/uroboros. i never worried about dex check like advespa(kd), erinyes(dom) , canolth(kd) since dex is not bad. personally i think dex is more important than con cuz most death for a mage is problly when u get domed/kded otherwise with ghost visage and high concealment i canot think of anything that can kill ya on 1 or 2 hits easily. and i DO actually care about my ac on wizard. once u can get 120+ac, that means normal hell mob will have the chance not able to hit u even if they can penetrate the 85% concealment.

[Rain]

the tome of abjuration u found in sisthrak grants ya free: Epic spell focus: Abjuration. with it there's no need to spend another 3 feats to get epic spell focus again, and yes it gives 50% when u cast energy immunity considering u read the tome of abjuration.

[Rain]

Epic spell focus: Abjuration(from the tome) = spell focus: abjuration + greater spell focus: abjuration + epic spell focus: abjuration.

[Rain]

Personally i think for a mage, you need to make sure u have the best commonly used spells first (ie. weird/wail/cod/disintegrate/ed/enervation) then if u still have extra feats u can consider another epic arcane spell at the cost of 3 feats.

a pure wizard is a bit feat tight in Epic feats although it's rather loose in pre epic. without LSF:necro/illusion/transmu and maxed intellegence i wouldnot consider adding another epic spell.

[jonuhey]

My build is almost like Rain's
The only difference being I started with more con, and took luck of heroes instead great fortitude.

[jonuhey]

I remembered one more difference, so I decided to post it here. I took silent spell cuz I still dont have THE one ring, but will certainly drop it when I manage to put my hands on one.


Race/Subrace:
Human/Genie

60 Wizard

Starting stats at lvl1 :
Str:8
Dex:14 (16 after sub)
Con:14 (16 after sub)
Int:18 (24 after sub)
Wis:10
Cha:8

Feats:

before Epic:
Luck of heroes
Silent spell
Extend spell
Empower spell
Spell focus: Illusion
Greater spell focus: Illusion
Spell focus:Transmutation
Greater spell focus:Transmutation
Spell focus: Evocation
Greater spell focus:Evocation
Spell focus: Necromancy
Greater spell focus: Necromancy


from lvl 20-40:
Greater Int I-X
Epic spell penetration
Epic spell focus:Illusion
Epic spell focus:Necromancy


Legendary feats:
Epic spell focus:Transmutation
Legendary spell focus:Transmutation
Legendary spell focus:Illusion
Legendary spell focus:Necromancy
Legendary spell penetration
Epic spell focus:Evocation
Epic spell: Greater ruin

Tome: abjuration
Pandect: shield proficency (still waiting on one )


Saves at lvl 60:
Fortitude: 51
Reflex: 51
Will: 54


Note: One thing that I noticed about not having Leg evocation is that clenched (with AB 78 in my toon) dont hit often as it did on mobs NOT cursed. But after cursing everything is good.

Note2: I consider Will the most important save for mage, thats why I started with 10 base wis, to get 1 more will save.
Still, this is far from good will save.

[Rain]

I donot have LSF:evocation on both my sorcerer and wizard. pretty sure i never actually ever had once failed on bigby clenched hand. However i never played them to aboleth yet so not sure of the mob there. Anyway, if there's really something that DOES need that 6 more ab, evocation draught is always there. tbh, in hell i seldom use bigby clenched hand except for pf/male/serpent/ichor/bueroza/any boss. all the other stuff can either be ed/enervated to death or weird/circle of death/stf/disintegrated, or simply greater ruined as for those randoms. my dc is maxed, insta-kill is more of my style than bigby them to death.


I donot worry about will save too much. before demi/elysium tagged, stay away from para amnizu till they're ruined/ed'ed to death. after demi or elysium tag, asmo boots or elysium ring is the way. the only place that really was anoying is avernus. personally i just switched to dim mak robe. however, i donot think i'll do tia again before i hit demi. there're a few other mob that have will check like maelephant/ichor/narzugons. the first 2 are just confuse which int arti can protect. for narzugon, i always found them die fast to my cod or ruin before they can actually get closer. it's a cone range so stay outa their straight sight will protect ya from their death gaze.

[Avissar]

Updated with the build I plan to reinc into. Saves suck, AC sucks. Spells good.

[Yojimbo]

I dont have any of the tomes nor have I gotten to where I can use one so here is the question Enchantment boost GMW but like in this build he chose to bar enchantment not an issue in that he can cast GMW but can you read the tome to increase the potency of your GMW or are you barred from the book.

[Avissar]

I'd assume barred from the book. Or, if you used the book, it just wouldn't do anything since you can't cast spells from that schol anyways.

It was a hard choice to specialize. In the enchantment spell school, the only two spells I would use is mind fog and rebuke. Neither would be that great without the focus feats, which I don't have. As for conjuration, the only spell I use there is Black Blade of Disaster. I CAN, however, use it off an item, just not scrolls. No true loss IMO as I've rarely had to use it. Mostly BBoD was used in lower levels as a distraction while I did other things. In the hells, it's great in a few places, but too few. There are many levels I would not use it just because of the type of creatures that spawn there (specifically Machine, winds/fumes, ect...)

[Rain]

Personally i wouldnot suggest a wizard being specilized in any school. wizard is not like sorcerer cuz you'll be able to access to any spells at ur command depending on what situation ur in. HG is growing pretty fast so u wonot know what good enchantment/conjuration spells will be added after next update. even without any spell focus on it, there're lots of spells which simply donot use DC check. just my thought.

[jonuhey]

But.... for what spell you want the evocation specialization???

Good wizards can do everything anywhere =) Even a mind fog with -6/-8 DC (from someone with epic/legendary ench) can still help.

[Avissar]

I choose evocation for all my hands; I use them extensively. Alternatively, I might specialize in Necromancy. Energy drain boosts ALL my spells so it's worth it, not to mention what it does to the enemies. Without the spell focus feats I don't consider Mind Fog worth casting, the dc is too low and I'd rather spend my spell slots elsewhere.

So either Evoc or Necro.

[Delfestra Ruinvorn]

I would never specialize as a wizard, for the exact reason Balthazar states. And while one only needs attack hands for evocation *now*, there are always future changes to consider. Plus the fact that for the nasty crit immune monsters and bosses in Hell that cannot be oneshotted, attack hands are 1) excellent damage and 2) about all you can do. So I personally like having LSF Evo.

I also think one needs to have as many spell lines available as one can. Which is why I have 5 epics, 4 of which are LSF. There are days I want to have LSF Trans instead of Greater Ruin, but, there you go. Of course I have LSF Evo/Necro/Ill/Ench and ESF Trans, which means my willsave based spells (including banish, which I would prefer had more feats behind it honestly) can really land well thanks to a full DC mindfog. But I'm also an elf, so I have 1 less feat to work with anyway.