Maxing out is cheap with crystals. If you don’t max out you will cry a lot when you waste precious gems 
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Same here! It is hard to max them both out using a diamond, and my technique is I max my items to it’s quality by 25% and inserting an Obsidian on it. If that cyan affix in on max while my legend affix is not, I remove it by using Kyanite and reroll it again by spending rubies. But I’ve observed that in some rare legend items like an Eternal Flintlock, and the Cognition (Wizard items) you can max it’s elemental DMG but you can’t max the cyan affix like this:
After maxing out Dodge in the amulet I switched its nature to “Haste” (I should max out Specialist too but I don’t have enough crystals and time to do that effectively) and now the total attack speed is 74.2%. The remaining 0.8% will wait a bit until I have enough crystals and time to max out the head slot as well.
Does anyone have a better suggestion than Meteor Proc (that is the only affix which is not mandatory for the build) for the last affix in the head item?
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it all depends on whether you want a different Proc or some other affix that improves your Build in some way.
you would have to consider which is better, a different Proc for better DPS or an affix that improves defense or offense in some way that keeps you from dying too much or increases damage/DPS.
@Golem Considering the fact that the build is practically glasscannon and deals close to zero damage (something around 10k-100k compared to the billions HP of the mobs) without CB, defense/offense affixes (except the ones that are already maxed out) are quite useless at the level I use the build. The only defense still improvable is block chance (45% from the shield).
I think I’ll try and get Storm Proc instead… seems more effective than meteors together with CB/CF
There it is, already maxed out in less time than I thought: 20 rubies, around 20 diamonds, one garnet and zircon (and kyanite) plus a couple Obsidians for the maximum blue affix.
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I know spending all those Crystals kind of makes you feel dizzy 
(I feel the seam way), but it sure feels good to have affixes maxed out 
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I always feel like something is missing and that my Build isn’t performing as well as it should or could, but lack of Crystals means waiting & farming.
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How about the Aftermath sets?
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In this build the main special is Blinkstrike, so not really viable for going Aftermath… but I really like that kind of build too, I have one in my stash.
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More procs in one so you save more slots bro
@Golem Do you think it is worth it trying to max out amulet’s “Specialist” from 24.7% to 25% as I’ll probably lose for a big while the maxed out 25% Blinkstrike Proc?
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I think if you don’t have the Ruby’s for the Blink Strike, and are willing to wait until you do, and really want the Specialist +25%, go for it. otherwise, better to wait until you can have both maxed.
then there is which one will benefit your Build in the short term if only one is at +25%.
and then you have to remember, Specialist has a 1 second delay after you cast your Special, and Blink Strike Proc Proc’s when you cast your spell… if it Proc’s.
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1 second delay? That’s why I have that rarely the super-duper six jumps with one cast… but it’s really worth it seeing your wizard crossing half the map only with one spell.
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Elements Set, Mirrorcast & Specialist affixes, all have a 1 second delay.
Clearcast affix doesn’t have a 1 second delay, but has a 0.5 second cooldown.
there are some posts on builds that use 2 or more of these, with or without Proc’s, for lots of attacks.
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Storm proc is working pretty well, I got into floor 1800+ with ease. Here’s the full build again (amulet is not updated though: I already maxed out Dodge and switched nature to Haste):
[Luck affix on the orb could be replaced by Clearcast +25% and the staff will get All Procs +10% instead, for a total of +30%; I don’t see any better ideas for immediate improvement. At the moment it’s like it is because of the possibility to switch to a more farming build.]
Staff spells are overridden by “Scoundrel”, which gives “Blink Strike” special skill. [Maxing out CB is not really mandatory.]
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it might not be worth putting a third All Proc on your Build. with Epiphany (5), the Cap only goes up to +22.5%. or you could keep it on until you get the Ruby’s to get your Proc’s with max values, and then replace it with something else.
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Oh… I didn’t know the cap was so low… Too late, I already did it 
Any better idea, anyways? I feel like there isn’t much else I could put there…
Btw cap is 25%… Which isn’t that bad at all
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lol, I did the math based on 10% instead of 20%, shows that I’m really paying attention. that +5% added to the cap would really be worth it… now that I think about it, I wondered about some Builds with +25% All Proc awhile ago when I was thinking of some nice Proc Builds.
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