Reduces the Arcane Power cost of all skills by three while Storm Armor is active Periodically shocks a random nearby enemy for 175% damage as Lightning. Required as the third source of Fire damage. Also, Familiar damage type is changed to Fire This companion cannot be targeted or damaged by enemies and lasts 10 minutes Summon a Familiar that attacks for 240% weapon damage as Arcane. Used as a mobility skill, and for the damage reduction buff Grants 25% damage reduction for 5 seconds after using Teleport Teleport to the selected location up to 50 yards away With the Etched Sigil equipped, channeling Flame Wards will auto-cast Meteor spell You take 15% less damage from attacks while channeling, increasing by 5% every second up to a maximum of 25% damage reduction.
Hurl a barrage of arcane projectiles that deal 400% weapon damage as Arcane on impactĪrcane Torrent damage is increased by 305% damage every second, up to 1010% weapon damage
This makes this build extremely powerful and easy to master.
With Etched Sigil equipped Meteors will be cast automatically, and the summoned Familiar will act as your third Fire damage source. This build allows you to ignite monsters by using simply channeling the Arcane Torrent - Flame ward skill. There is a popular strategy to always keep an Elite alive and "carry it along" when Rifting to have 100% uptime on the maximum buff.
Each ignited enemy increases your damage by 200%, stacking up to a total of 4000% increased damage, while Ignited Elites grant the maximum buff instantly. Applying this debuff by three different skills simultaneously Ignites enemies. The Firebird's set causes different sources of Fire damage to apply a stacking debuff on enemies.
An Ignited Elite monster grants full 20 stacks (6/6)
It has not received any changes in Patch 2.6.4, which was apparently required to keep a greater balance between classes and their sets. Firebird's Finery was, and still remains, one of the most powerful Wizard sets in the game.