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Welcome to our build guide for DMO Frozen Orb Wizard in Diablo 3. Here, you will learn everythingyou need to know to play this build at the highest level. This build is updated for Patch 2.7.7 andSeason 32.
For more information regarding followers, we advise you to read our follower guide, which contains detailedadvice on choosing the skills and the gear of your companion.
1.
Introduction
Calling back to powers as ancient as the Sorceresses in Diablo II, theFrozen Orb Wizard emerges as one of the strongest builds in Patch 2.6.1. Usingthe powers of Delsere's MagnumOpus set, this build bends and slows time itself, while hurlingdevastating orbs of arctic destruction. This bursty, control-heavy spec isstrictly oriented at Greater Riftprogression.
2.
Quick Reference
2.1.
Skill Setup
The basic skill setup of the DMO Frozen Orb Wizard is displayed below. Readthe dedicated Skills page for detailedinformation on choices, alternatives and build customization.
DMO Frozen Orb Wizard Skills and Runes
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2.2.
Gear Setup
The required gear setup for the DMO Frozen Orb Wizard is listed below.Check the Gear page for detailed informationon choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube and Paragondistribution.
DMO Frozen Orb Wizard Gear and Stats
- Helm:
Shrouded Mask
- Shoulders:
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
- Gloves:
Fierce Gauntlets
- Chest:
Harness of Truth
- Belt:
The Shame of Delsere
- Pants:
Leg Guards of Mystery
- Boots:
Striders of Destiny
- Bracers:
Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer
- Amulet:
Squirt's Necklace
- Ring 1:
Unity
- Ring 2:
Convention of Elements
- Weapon:
Unstable Scepter
- Offhand:
Triumvirate
With this Season's addition of Ethereal Weapons as a theme, your idealweapon during Greater Rift solo pushing will be:
- Weapon: Wizardspike
2.3.1.
Altar of Rites
The former Season 28 theme, the Altar of Rites, has been revised andre-added to Diablo 3 as a permanent character progression mechanic. — Forvirtually all builds and players of all skill levels — from casual toadvanced — we recommend progressing through the Altar tree using the pathoutlined below. The suggested path is geared towards maximum quality of lifefirst, then amplifying damage, and then mopping up the tree with defensive andedge case utility nodes.
Note that while they require reaching them with a Seal, Legendary PotionPowers are not part of the Seal cost system; Potions unlock with a separateresource called Primordial Ashes, obtained from salvaging Legendary or Setitems of Primal (red bordered) quality. Upgrade them as soon as possible, andin the order shown below (courtesy of Caleko's Altar of Rites planner).
You can read more on the Altar of Rites, Seals and Legendary Potion Powersin our dedicated Altar of Rites Mechanics guide.
Altar of Rites Explained
2.4.
Legendary Gems
- Legendary Gem 1:
Bane of the Trapped
- Legendary Gem 2:
Zei's Stone of Vengeance
- Legendary Gem 3:
Bane of the Stricken
2.5.
Kanai's Cube
- Weapon Slot:
Wizardspike
- Armor Slot:
Ranslor's Folly
- Jewelry Slot:
Halo of Karini
3.
How to Get This Build Going?
In this section, we will briefly go over how to kickstart this build intoreality; which items you should aim for with priority when farming andgambling, and what is their relative priority for the functioning of thisspec. Note that these suggestions are exclusively aimed at getting you up andrunning into endgame farming, and might not reflect the gear you need to wearfor high-end Greater Rift solo or group pushing. This section also assumes afresh Season's start, which usually is the point where most players work onassembling their first build with a particular set.
If the DMO set is part of the Haedrig's Gift for the Season, yoursimplest and most straightforward path to assembling the build is to completethe Seasonal Journey chapters up to Chapter IV. The Seasonal Journey chapterswill gradually give you a complete class-specific set, giving 2-3 pieces forChapters II, III and IV.
From the pre-game menu, choose and do this week's Challenge Rift.When successfully completed, this weekly event will grant you 5,1 millionGold, 475 Blood Shards, 370 Reusable Parts, 350
Arcane Dust, 125
Veiled Crystals, 35
Death's Breaths, and15 of each Bounty cache material:
Khanduran Rune,
Caldeum Nightshade,
Arreat War Tapestry,
Corrupted Angel Flesh, and
Westmarch Holy Water. This will allowyou some early Seasonal leeway to extract and reforge items in Kanai's Cube,speeding up the assembly of this build with the items recommended below.
Having some materials at your disposal, either from farming or theChallenge Rift, is particularly important when you get duplicate pieces ofyour desired set. When you do, you can use Kanai's Cube Skill of Nilfurrecipe (10x Forgotten Souls, 10x
Death's Breaths, 1x Setitem) to convert into another item from the same set. You should neversalvage duplicate pieces of a desired set before you have it assembled.
In order to assemble a DMO Frozen Orb Wizard, you should to thefollowing.
- Gather the full 6-piece DMO set using the advice above, or by spendingBlood Shards at Kadala. In order of gamble chance, you should spendfor: Shoulders, Boots, Pants, Gloves, Chest, and Helm. A trick you can alsouse is to gamble for duplicate pieces with an easier gamble chance (i.e.,Shoulders) and convert them into another piece from the same set using theSkill of Nilfur recipe in Kanai's Cube.
- Gamble Off-hands or upgrade rare (Hope of Cain recipe in Kanai's Cube)Wizard Sources for
Triumvirate. This source will be a tremendousdamage increases to the build.
- Gamble or upgrade rare Belts for
The Shame of Delsere; attack speedis a major source of damage in the build, while resource stability will helpyou maintain skill spam and possible buffs like
Aquila Cuirass.
- Gamble or upgrade rare Bracers for
Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer, a solidprotective piece for the build. Gambling/upgrading rares in the Bracer slotcan also net you other valuable pieces like
Nemesis Bracers or
Ranslor's Folly.
- Craft lvl 70 Wands at the Blacksmith and use the "upgrade rare" recipe toobtain
Unstable Scepter, one of the biggest damage pieces in the FrozenOrb build. Gambling is also possible, but undesirable due to the high BloodShard costs of weapons.
- Craft lvl 70 Daggers at the Blacksmith and use the "upgrade rare" recipeto obtain
Wizardspike, the other cornerstone damage piece in theFrozen Orb build. Gambling is also possible, but undesirable due to the highBlood Shard costs of weapons.
- Do Act I bounties to attain the act-specific
Ring of Royal Grandeurfrom Bounty caches. This will be helpful either in completing the basic setbonus, or mixing other helpful sets in (Cpt. Crimson, Aughild...) as describedin the DMO Frozen Orb Wizard Gearpage. Bounties will net you the craftable set recipes to begin with, soyou will be killing two birds with one stone. Bounties will also net you
Avarice Band (Act III), another farming-oriented staple for most buildsand classes, this one included.
- While largely undesirable due to high costs, gambling or upgrading rareJewelry is also possible; the Endless Walk set (
The Traveler's Pledge and
The Compass Rose),
Convention of Elements,
Unity, and
Squirt's Necklace will all bring massive damage bumps to the build, withother standout pieces like
Oculus Ring and
The Flavor of Time foryour Follower.
4.
Changelog
- 10 Jul. 2024 (gear page): Added Season 32 advice for ethereal weapons.
- 10 Jul. 2024 (skills page): Skills and passives reviewed for Season 32.
- 10 Jul. 2024 (this page): Added Season 32 advice for ethereal weapons.
- 10 Apr. 2024 (gear page): Added Season 31 advice for the unbound Kanai's Cube slots.
- 10 Apr. 2024 (this page): Added Season 31 advice for the unbound Kanai's Cube slots.
- 10 Jan. 2024 (gear page): Revised guide for the permanent addition of the Altar of Rites, and added Season-specific Soul Shard recommendations.
- 10 Jan. 2024 (skills page): Skills and passives reviewed for Season 30.
- 10 Jan. 2024 (skills page): Skills and passives reviewed for Season 31.
- 10 Jan. 2024 (this page): Revised guide for the permanent addition of the Altar of Rites, and added Season-specific Soul Shard recommendations.
- 13 Sep. 2023 (gear page): Added Season 29 Paragon Cap and Gearing recommendations.
- 13 Sep. 2023 (skills page): Skills and passives reviewed for Season 29.
- 13 Sep. 2023 (this page): Added Season 29 Paragon Cap and Gearing recommendations.
- 22 Feb. 2023 (gear page): Added Season 28 Altar of Rites recommendations.
- 22 Feb. 2023 (skills page): Skills and passives reviewed for Season 28.
- 22 Feb. 2023 (this page): Added Season 28 Altar of Rites recommendations.
- 26 Aug. 2022 (gear page): Added Season 27 Angelic Crucible recommendations.
- 26 Aug. 2022 (skills page): Skills and passives reviewed for Season 27.
- 26 Aug. 2022 (this page): Added Season 27 Angelic Crucible recommendations.
- 14 Apr. 2022 (gear page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 14 Apr. 2022 (skills page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 14 Apr. 2022 (this page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 06 Dec. 2021 (gear page): Added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
- 06 Dec. 2021 (skills page): Reviewed for Season 25.
- 06 Dec. 2021 (this page): Added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
- 22 Jul. 2021 (gear page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
- 22 Jul. 2021 (skills page): No changes required for Season 24.
- 22 Jul. 2021 (this page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
- 02 Apr. 2021 (gear page): Revised items and added follower recommendation.
- 02 Apr. 2021 (skills page): Revised skill and passive lineup.
- 02 Apr. 2021 (this page): Revised skills and items and added follower recommendation.
- 20 Nov. 2020 (gear page): Revised item and Cube recommendations for Season 22.
- 20 Nov. 2020 (skills page): Revised skill and passive recommendations for Season 22.
- 20 Nov. 2020 (this page): Revised skill, item and Cube recommendations for Season 22.
- 01 Jul. 2020 (gear page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 01 Jul. 2020 (skills page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 01 Jul. 2020 (this page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (gear page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (skills page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (this page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 22 Nov. 2019 (gear page): Reviewed for Season 19.
- 22 Nov. 2019 (skills page): Reviewed for Season 19.
- 22 Nov. 2019 (this page): Reviewed for Season 19.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (gear page): Reviewed and approved for Season 18.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (skills page): Reviewed and approved for Season 18.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 18.
- 17 May 2019 (gear page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 17 May 2019 (skills page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 17 May 2019 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 18 Jan. 2019 (gear page): Added suggestions for the baseline Ring of Royal Grandeur for Seasonal characters.
- 18 Jan. 2019 (skills page): Information was reviewed and approved for Season 16 with no changes required.
- 18 Jan. 2019 (this page): Guide was revised with additional recommendations for Season 16.
- 20 Sep. 2018 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 15.
- 14 Jun. 2018 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 14.
- 12 Nov. 2017 (gear page): Revised the item selection to improve the endgame pushing potential of the build.
- 12 Nov. 2017 (skills page): Revised the skill selection to improve the endgame pushing potential of the build.
- 12 Nov. 2017 (this page): Revised the guide to improve the endgame pushing potential of the build.
- 30 Oct. 2017 (this page): Guide added.
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