Dongom

Cipher Cipher

Wizard is for CC, if you want higher spell damage recruit a Cipher/Druid. Cipher dps can be built significantly higher than Wizard, and some items basically give him unlimited resource to spam them forever.

Barb for more damage done, by far, no matter the weapons.

Wood Elf Wizard.

So like the IE games, only this time you can't just solo and do that.

Aka not enough actual dmg classes to help your Wizard feel useful as he CCs stuff

They usually ramp up faster than in PoE though. I think the Wizards in all IE games were quite a bit stronger from start to finish. IMO. Don't get me wrong, Wizard in PoE is still one of the top 5 classes and no where near subpar (Cough Monk/Ranger).

Original Chill Fog a crutch spell? Meh, Druid and Cipher have better. That nerf wasn't really called for IMO. All the nerf does is slow down the group after an encounter. I think the OP was mostly talking about low level stuff though, he mentions he had to restart after new patch. Wizard does have a relatively slow start. Chill Fog did help with that. Slicken was super OP though, I agree with that nerf.

It's a crappy design sure, but not even remotely a reason to stop playing this great game.

Put a knockdown ward on him if there are teleporting enemies. Otherwise leave him in the back and he shouldn't get hit. Use him to completely lock down the battlefield if things might reach him anyways.

I disagree with this. I play on hard and my enemies usually die before my Chanter can get off a 3-Phrase chant, much less a 5-Phrase drake. It might seem OP, but if you run a party with a Druid/Chanter/Wiz combo who just blows up the entire screen before your chanter can even get 2 phrases....well...lol. So what are you disagreeing with.... You can kill faster than 6 Chanters would? That's fine, but it's still OP as hell. I love people who seldom think before they post. I'm just saying I don't think it's that OP. It takes that setup 2-4x longer to kill stuff than a real party, that is a major drawback. Just my thoughts.

Hold on to yer butt for a few levels and just speed recruit 6 members. Chill Fog nerf was overboard btw, for the already slowest starting class.

I can confirm they do NOT increase the damage TOOLTIPS of any of my Wizard or Druid spells. The actual damage output I have not tested, however.

I disagree with this. I play on hard and my enemies usually die before my Chanter can get off a 3-Phrase chant, much less a 5-Phrase drake. It might seem OP, but if you run a party with a Druid/Chanter/Wiz combo who just blows up the entire screen before your chanter can even get 2 phrases....well...lol.

I agree, it seems better off being a Moony, Amua, or Hearth Orlan.

I haven't tried yet but does leech effect from a Weapon also count towards carnage, riposte, or retaliate attacks?

Was he fire godlike?

tidefall is greatsword with 20% leech

Just chiming in to ask wtf this has to do with the op's topic?? The guy above me was mentioning that he felt Ranger and Barb were the weakest classes currently. Ranger and Monk would be more accurate. Barb can be built to be quite devastating.

Yes the best CC class in the game by far, Wizard T4+ starting with Confusion. (1.03)

What would be a nice stat spread for a retal barb, I'm sure it has to be a bit more tankier than regular builds.

I disagree, as I could faceroll solo BG/IWD. I can't do that with PoE. And it wasn't just becaue of Multi-Class and Rest spam, but some base classes got pretty nuts later on (Monk).

They take huge dumps on Wizard , except for the one or two fights where you might really need Petrify/Sleep/Confuse. I beat PoTD as a Wizard, but I woulda swore Grieving Mother was my Player! I shoulda swapped portraits with a mod.

When I take the Scion or Rime, my tool-tip for appropriate spells stays the same. Is that just a tool-tip functionality issue, or are the spells not benefiting?

It seems like a bug, it should only be enemies. Also I hate this spells range, Any spell that does dmg close to Druid requires you to be a bit too close for comfort Also neither this or the big cone frost spell seem to benefit from Secrets_of_Rime....what the heck