I don't really like the staggernick essence. I was thinking of using ray of frost as an alternative with head, shoulder and armour piece. Leg and main hand remain the same. Siphon and thunderbird bite for lightning nova over teleport and another essence for for ice armour the create a violent storm. Not sure how well it will fare. Set item likely 2pc grace and 4pc montebank
They need to fix Dh daring swing! Why it gets cancelled by Necro etc. Its Dh only escape, Necro & bk , Sader, Monk, Wiz teleport cant be interrupted all can become immune to damage for more than 5 seconds!!! Dh
Lilybug is sooo cute, 2:39 like a small kid when next to you. LOL. Also, why skip viewing Temujin's stats since he is the MVP? He should be having quite strong stats.
What are you talking about, man? Are you "the whale channel" now? *It absolutely is a problem.* I don't know what happened to you, dude. You used to be the wiz advocate. Nobody was more supportive of your content than I was. Whenever you used to do videos about idiots making stupid comments to say their build was better than yours or whatever, I'd always tell you to ignore the trolls. And say you're the man. And keep telling it like it is. And you KNOW that. I am NOT trolling you, dude. This is getting weird. I'm happy for you that your res is at the point where you're using the mb set in BG. But that's for people who want to spend real money in the game. And for the rest of us... Wiz is now the worst class in PVP. And Bliz is STILL nerfing it. It's mindblowing. I'm not a negative person. I am just being honest. You had a completely different outlook on Wiz and Blizzard... and the way they were balancing the classes. You criticized them for the lack of necessary tools in the wiz arsenal. Which has not changed since Inferno was added. So why did you stop criticizing bliz when they did nothing to help the class?? Why don't you talk about how stupid the new skill that freezes opponents until they take a single tick of damage is? It's indefensible. Completely useless. When bliz announced that they would be taking wiz in a support direction, while OBVIOUSLY being nowhere near as effective as Necro... who also has triple the dmg (minimum) per second... why aren't you saying this? The Apolly of 6 months ago would have made 3 vids a WEEK about that nonsense. I get the concept of "access journalism." You don't want to burn bridges with Bliz. But you can say SOMETHING. You can very nicely say "currently wiz is 1/3rd as effective as Necro in dmg and support for PVP and Gauntlet level pve." You can say, "While I appreciate Bliz attempting to come up with original cc mechanics for Wiz... Frostfield really doesn't help because any scenario in PVP or Guntlet means the opponents are guaranteed to take some kind of damage. And the cooldowns aren't worth it anyway. " Look, it's fine, bro... I'm not gonna call you a "shill." It's your life. Your choice. I understand you don't have millions of followers to generate the revenue to not care what the community managers think about your content. But it's just disappointing to see you not call them out for COMPLETELY and UTTERLY dropping the ball with Wiz. I honestly wouldn't care if any other content creator did. But I don't tell people to watch their channels. I tell people to watch YOURS, if they want to learn the ropes with wiz! But I won't be able to do that now unless they want to spend the money to get well above 3k res. And even then... why should they bother unless they're bored of playing Necro, BK, Sader and monk? If I were you, I'd switch to Necro and do vids blowing everyone's mind what someone with your skill level can do with an atom bomb like Necro is right now. It certainly would be honest. And nobody could fault you for that... GGs, friend... this will be my first time hitting the dislike button here
You do realize that whatever I do here as a content creator is not going to please everyone watching it, right? I have voiced my concerns to Blizzard both on this channel and elsewhere, emphasizing the need for improvements in the wizard class. However, what happened afterward was that other prominent content creators tried to silence my critique, and even some viewers on this channel accused me of incessantly complaining about Battlegrounds. When I switched to the Blood Knight class upon its release and expressed that it was much more viable than the wizard or even the barbarian, some, including you at the time, claimed that I was merely trying to appease Blizzard and that the class wasn't that good. Yet, after a few weeks, it became apparent that the Blood Knight excelled in both PVP and PVE, outperforming other classes. I spoke about its strengths, and you disagreed once again. Now, instead of constantly voicing my concerns, I've been making use of the tools available to me as a wizard and have managed to perform reasonably well in both PVE and PVP. While it may not be the most powerful class, it's the one I enjoy playing the most, and I won't switch to other classes unless I become bored with it. Regarding your comment about me not criticizing Blizzard, that's completely inaccurate. I've been doing that consistently for a while now, even though some people take issue with it. In contrast, there are other creators in the partner program who have never offered any feedback and are not transparent with their viewers. At least I do my best to relay community feedback to them, and some of that feedback has had a positive impact on the game, such as the Warband change, Catch Up System, the introduction of 10 Load-outs in the Armory, and the ability to quickly upgrade the Paragon tree." Sure, I'm not perfect, but it's important to remember that I'm just one person. At the end of the day, I'm also a player who simply wants to enjoy the game without constantly having to deal with negative feedback solely because I've chosen to be a content creator.
@ApollyonGaming I'm going to address the rest after I do something IRL... but first, I'm going to make something absolutely CLEAR WITH YOU. *The ONLY critique I gave about your BK comparison to Wiz was about SPEED FARMING TRASH MOBS. And you KNOW that. So don't pretend otherwise. And you also KNOW for a fact that when I gave that honest criticism... I said SPECIFICALLY that "speed farming is the ONLY area where wiz DOESN'T need help." Which is the point I maintain today.* Outside of speedfarming mobs under CR lvl, Wiz has completely fallen behind all classes where it matters... in PVP and Gauntlet. We don't need help to move faster than BK in a circle farm. We need damage and survivability. And if Bliz wants to add *useful* support mechanics... great! But that is secondary to what this game comes down to in any areas considered challenging. But you didn't make a video about how wiz sucks compared to BK in Gauntlet. You didn't make a video about how wiz sucks in PVP compared to BK. You made videos about how great BK was. And you made a video about how wiz isn't as good as BK in speedfarming. I still don't understand that choice. But whatever. I don't care. Bliz could make wiz TWICE as fast in speedfarming, and it *would not matter.* Because speedfarming is a small part of the game without anything challenging or competitive aspects whatsoever. Don't twist my words. Don't group in my very specific criticism with anything or anyone else. We are talking about the absolute failure of Bliz to balance Wiz in PVP and Gauntlet level PvE. Not for whales. For low to mid lvl res. Mid lvl res meaning the absolute highest a player can reach while F2P. Which is 3k AT THE MOST.
@ApollyonGaming OK now for the rest. First.. if you are making clear criticisms about wiz in BG and Gauntlet level PvE and "other prominent content creators" are trying to silence you... (which I'm not sure how they could actually silence you) ...you should put them on BLAST here bro. I don't care how many followers someone has... if you're making honest valid points about the lack of balance for Wiz specifically, then all anyone can do is lie. So expose their lies. You KNOW what's real and what isn't. Just tell the whole truth. Don't leave anything out. And the community will know it's the truth. Asking for improvements for the wiz class in PVP and Gauntlet is VERY different than pointing out how good another class is at speedfarming. You can do either. But it's not the same thing. And THAT is the #1 issue with wiz. Which is the #2 issue in class balancing. #1 issue in class balancing being how absurdly overpowered Necro is in PVP AND PvE. Talking about Blood Knight does NOT address either of these concerns. Though I'm sure many Necro players would love for the conversation to shift in that direction. Because they want to have their cake and eat it too. I have made it crystal clear, day after day, with ALL the data that anyone would ever need to make that case. The most obvious data we have in PVP is how currently, in case you haven't noticed... almost every defending team wins today by the time expiring (when they actually do win). And not by reaching the kill quota. Why? Because overpowered Necro spam can make it impossible to push the idol. And the fact that a full Necro team is unbeatable by any non necro team. Even with 1k higher res per player on the non necro team. And you're not dumb. You KNOW that's true. I have been asking why you aren't saying that yourself... I have also stated that Wiz should be buffed to the level that BK performs at in PVP and Gauntlet. As well as the other classes falling behind like DH and Barb. If Monk needs love, give it to them as well. That is the only class I don't play at all at that level. But my point is "we need to specify where the line is. And demand that Blizzard bring EACH and EVERY class to that line in PVP and Gauntlet. No exceptions." But I'm not hearing that from you. Not anymore. And not for a long time. Certainly not since you switched back to Wiz from BK. I have directed you to specific vids. Keeping in good faith that "oh, maybe Apolly doesn't actually know about that." You've been very careful what you pick and choose to reply to. And how you reply. But it's a PROBLEM. It's BEEN a problem. And it's getting worse. And as far as I can tell... YOU, and ONLY you, are the RU-vid bliz partner with a line to Bliz ABOUT the Wiz class. You are THE wiz guy. *Obviously, it's not your fault that Bliz has completely dropped the ball, making wiz almost unplayable in PVP for anyone under 3k res. But we don't have a better chance to make Bliz understand what they have done to the class for everyone who isn't high res. We do actually need you to use your platform to make it abundantly clear what that is like. But maybe you don't know, now that you're close to 4k res. Which is why I suggested that you drop to under 3k and run 10 BG's in a row live on stream with wiz to see what kind of experience someone could expect with a mid-res Wiz that's perfectly tuned. Maybe the results will shock you. But they shouldn't. Because I've been giving you every bit of feedback I can.* Please respond to ALL of this. And be prepared if you make anymore vague accusations about anything I have said. I have always supported your honest reporting about the Wiz class, prior to that bizarre speedfarming comparison to BK. It didn't seem accurate to me. It didn't seem accurate to a lot of people. Big deal. It doesn't matter. Speedfarming doesn't matter today like it used to in the Hell era of the game. I'm not saying we shouldn't give Bliz credit for other additions to the game. They do a lot of great stuff. But right now the game is broken. That's a problem. And that problem is, unless you're a whale... you shouldn't bother playing any class except Necro, BK or Sader. Which is why the majority of the players are currently in those 3 classes. YOU... are the Wiz guy. THE wiz guy. Talk about why such a small % are playing wiz. I'm like you. Wiz is my favorite class. I don't want to have to play BK, Necro or Sader forever. I'd like to be able to play wiz again sometime without constantly waiting for my resurrection or hiding in the corner because I'm under 3k res. Or being an immobile ice block everyone can easily avoid. It sucks man. But it's up to you if you don't want to tall about it. Just like it was up to Bliz if they want to nerf Arcane Torrent 9% on top of the targeting while they let Necro quadruple the average wiz damage. But I hope you do. And I hope they listen to you. Because they aren't listening to us. But it is most definitely NOT FINE.
You are being way too hard on Apollyon imo. You have to remember that Blizz is balancing based on China where huge money is spent and the number of maxxed out players is way more than here in the USA and other countries. While mid to low level wiz players aren't a problem, it was obvious a problem with maxxed out whales. Rather than nerf something that helped lower res players to compete, they should have scaled it by res. In the end, I think it is great Apollyon is helping people to make a bad situation better rather than incessantly complaining about it.
