DMO Arcane Orbit Wizard BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points
Below, we detail the items and gems that you should use for your DMO Arcane Orbit Wizard in Diablo 3 and why. We also list your paragon points and Kanai's Cube items. Updated for patch 2.6.10 and Season 22.
Best in Slot Gear and Alternatives
The build incorporates the complete Delsere's Magnum Opus set, taking all six
available pieces and opening up the jewelry for the Endless Walk set and its
damage multiplication bonuses. Area Damage is important for the Arcane Orbit
Wizard and is a recommended roll on Fierce Gauntlets (along with both Crit
stats and Intelligence) and
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair (along with
Intelligence, Vitality and Life %).
Harness of Truth and
Leg Guards of Mystery should remain pure Toughness slots.
Shrouded Mask and
Striders of Destiny can roll Arcane Orb
%, and it is recommended to seek the skill bonus on both. Note that stacking Armor
benefits you because of the balancing of sources of mitigation, as All Resistance
is already abundant on an Intelligence-based character.
Not skipping on any of the six available set pieces to obtain the full
Delsere's Magnum Opus set bonus allows you to split between offense and defense
in the jewelry slots. One of the 2.4 reworks, the Endless Walk set —
The Compass Rose ring and
The Traveler's Pledge amulet — adds a
unique mechanic that slowly increases your damage by up to a 100% if you remain
stationary, and drains it away and increases your damage reduction while moving.
This is identical to the DMO Arcane Orbit playstyle, which teleports long
distances into a favorably dense area and then transitions into a stationary
Spectral Blade and
Arcane Orb rotation (see this build's skills page for more information). Your other
ring slot will be taken by the pure damage boost of
Convention of Elements, whose rotation of elemental bonuses you will need
to learn and time to maximize the benefits of the short-lived Arcane cycle.
Introduced in Patch 2.4, The Shame of Delsere belt is an Arcane Power
regeneration powerhouse that speeds up your signature spells by 50% and restores
up to 12 AP per hit. This bonus will be vital in Greater Rift pushes in order to
maintain the damage reduction of a cubed
Aquila Cuirass.
In progression, the cubed Halo of Arlyse finds a synergistic companion
in the
Ancient Parthan Defenders, whose unique property triggers off Freeze
effects as well (inexplicably missing from the item tooltip). With the chain
triggers of
Frost Nova from the ring, diving into massive fights turns
from a suicide tactic into a survival tool through the numerous damage reduction
procs of the bracer. An important playstyle tip to remember is to stay on the
move, as crowd control on the same monster diminishes with each successive
application — so always seek out fresh packs to reduce damage with.
The mandatory weapon of the progression build is the Unstable Scepter,
a 2.4 addition that not only increases Arcane Orb damage, but also has a unique
property that detonates
Arcane Orbs twice — effectively doubling the
spec's damage output.
Triumvirate is best-in-slot source for the progression
Arcane Orb build, whose unique bonus stacks
Arcane Orbit damage
in three increments, achieved by an easy triple attack from
Spectral Blade.
Orb of Infinite Depth can be used in the slot interchangeably (provided you
are not using the
Magic Weapon
Deflection variant of the push spec),
depending on your better rolled item.
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Torso |
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Wrists |
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Hands |
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Waist |
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Legs |
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Feet |
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Amulet |
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Ring #1 |
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Ring #2 |
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Weapon |
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Off-hand |
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To help you with farming the gear you need for your builds, we have two very useful guides that you can access by clicking the links below: a Salvage Guide to help you quickly check whether or not you can safely salvage a piece of gear and a Legendary Farming Guide to help you efficiently farm legendaries and set items.
Paragon Points
Slot | Paragon Points |
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Defense |
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Utility |
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Gems
Bane of the Trapped is a potent source of additional damage, as it is
its own multiplier in your total damage calculation. The gem procs itself with
its level 25 property when in melee range, perfectly suitable to the
Arcane Orbit playstyle.
Esoteric Alteration is the strongest mitigation gem available, and
its impact is noticeable in this close range caster build. Improving your
elemental resistances with every gem level and adding an emergency toughness
spike through the level 25 property,
Esoteric Alteration ensures that
enemies will have a hard time bursting you down.
Introduced in Season 4, Bane of the Stricken occupies the third and
final jewelry socket. Building up your damage multiplicatively in prolonged
fights and with a level 25 bonus specifically targeting Rift Guardians, this gem
is designed to assist AoE heavy builds in their struggle against single target,
high HP enemies.
Slot | Gems |
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Jewelry | |
Helm |
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Torso and Pants |
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For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.
Kanai's Cube
The default recommendation for the weapon slot in the Cube is
Orb of Infinite Depth, which turns every
Explosive Blast detonation
into a multiplicative damage increase and damage reduction bonus. Getting these
bonuses up as soon as possible dictate the choice of the
Chain Reaction
rune. If you run the
Magic Weapon
Deflection variation of the progression
build you can cube
The Furnace for the 50% additional damage against
elites, greatly speeding up Champion and Rift Guardian fights.
Aquila Cuirass will halve incoming damage as long as Arcane Power
does not dip below 90% of its reserve, which is an uncompromising teaching tool
on using
Spectral Blade with
The Shame of Delsere during GR progress.
Be mindful of your AP spending if you are using the
Explosive Blast
variation of the build to progress, as it consumes slightly more AP on a regular
basis than the
Magic Weapon variation.
As a build that regularly stands toe to toe with monsters,
Halo of Arlyse will occupy the jewelry cube slot by necessity during GR
progression.
Halo of Arlyse will multiply the effectiveness of your
Ice Armor mitigation, and provide additional crowd control. As long as
the requirements of the ring are met (and they are calculated pre-mitigation),
it will release a constant streak of
Frost Novas, unhindered by internal
cooldowns. For the progression spec, the jewelry cube slot is interchangeable
with
Convention of Elements depending on your better rolled item.
In Season 22, you can add another considerable source of DPS in the form
of The Furnace, whose increase of elite damage will prove indispensable
in the toughest fights of Greater Rifts — champions and Rift Guardians.
The Kanai's Cube can be used for much more than simply extracting Legendary powers from items. Please refer to our Kanai's Cube guide for more information.
Follower
For more information regarding followers, we advise you to read our Follower Guide, which contains detailed advice for choosing the skills and the gear of your follower.
Changelog
- 20 Nov. 2020: Added Cube recommendations for Season 22.
- 01 Jul. 2020: No changes required for Season 21.
- 12 Mar. 2020: No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 22 Nov. 2019: Reviewed for Season 19.
- 23 Aug. 2019: Reviewed and approved for Season 18.
- 17 May 2019: Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 18 Jan. 2019: Added suggestions for the baseline Ring of Royal Grandeur for Seasonal characters.
- 27 Oct. 2017: A few wording changes. Build remains unchanged for Patch 2.6.1.
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