D3 Wizard Leveling Guide S28 | 2.7.5

HI! and welcome to our Wizard Leveling Guide! Leveling up Wizard is a struggle in the early part right up until a certain ‘tipping point’! This leveling build revolves ENTIRELY around abusing Disintegrate – once you have it… It’s a snap to 70!

I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU OPEN our D3 Leveling Process (all classes). It answers the usual leveling questions. “Leoric’s?” “Grinding?” There’s a ton of supplemental info there.

S28’s Altar of Rites VASTLY affects leveling

S28 is the ‘Season of Massacre Leveling’ due to Node A in Alter of Rites:
“Double massacre exp bonus and duration”.
Every other method is made worse by this. Also, Node C is “no item level requirement”…

First of all, see our Altar of Rites guide / order to get a clearer picture of what I’m talking about. Basically, this hinges around “Opening your first Challenge Rift Cache”, and if you want to take it ASAP. Also, there couple notes on Node C there, specifically how to get Node C with or without the cache.

I’ll be pasting this reminder in all leveling related content. GL leveling your wiz in S28!

Wizard Leveling – Quick Navigation:
FULL Leveling Build | Summary, Reminders | Leoric’s Crown? | Notes | Fresh Level 70!

!!! Challenge Rift Material Spending !!!

As mentioned in our general all classes leveling guide, you SHOULD be doing the Challenge Rift and WISELY be spending the resulting materials from it. TLDR: Challenge Rift -> Attempt Deaths Breath upgrade and Blood Shard gambles for a good legendary.

For a leveling Wizard, you have the worst chances compared to other classes to “cash out” of this process…

Death’s Breath

Upgrade 1h Wands for a 44/22/33 chance of something god/ok/suck. You’re looking for Wand of Woh, Unstable Scepter, Fragment of Destiny, or Serpent Sparker. Also, Starfire and Aether Walker are acceptable. Then there are three throwaway wands. Cross your fingers.

Blood Shards

If you somehow lucked out above, then you’re free to try Level 1 Bracers for Ashnagarr’s –  to shore up defenses. Otherwise, if you got a GARBAGE wand, just wait until L33 for Sources hoping for Etched Sigil.

Wizard Leveling: FULL BUILD per Level

This build is not SUPER optimized for MASSACRE (S28, you should be doing it)|
but it doesn’t need to be, given how easy it is to level.

Put your level in the box on the upper right – or hit back / next found in the bottom right! This build is very easily editable to accommodate any legendary you might have gotten. Mainly, swap out Disintegrate.

Saved you from a bit of struggle, ey? Support us, don’t be an Arcannot!

Wizard Leveling: Skills & Reminders Summary

Wizard Leveling & Leoric’s Crown – When, and is it worth it?

Review our D3 Leveling Process (all classes) for more notes on this. Summary:

Worth it! || You must be minimum L16 (to be safe)
You must beat him in Campaign Mode || You must not have beaten him previously

Wizards aren’t very mobile so it’s difficult to speed this up! Personally I do this every season as a change of pace. You won’t lose any time by taking this detour – likely the reverse!

Make sure you’re 21 at least. Pre-Disintegrate SUCKS, and you don’t wanna slog through Campaign with that. Equip Evocation (Passive) to reduce cooldown on Teleport.

I dislike opening seasonal characters by rushing to Leoric then switching to adventure. Imagine having to deal with that without Teleport or Disintegrate…

Wizard: Leveling Notes

Playing the Build

Disintegrate – Our whole build basically stacks passive effects which empower it! Needless to say, the short life pre-Disintegrate is noticeably worse for you.

Teleport is essential for SPEED. Much more so in basic BOUNTIES (Wormhole rune, especially). It’s too good to pass up, and should be in your hotbar at all times.

Hydra (Lightning) shines against Elites and bosses – generally another pseudo passive source of damage! Don’t be lazy to summon it whenever you’re swarmed, too. 

Familiar, Magic Weapon and Storm Armor are just there purely for passive bonuses. Between Disintegrate and Hydra – you have all the tools you need!

Aside from that, there’s nothing fancy goin’ on here. Seriously – Disintegrate2Win.

Followers – Hire them!

Get your Templar out with you! Templar takes care of any healing you might need. More importantly – increased Arcane Power regen. Choose all of the left skills!

Crafted Yellow Weapons

Craft the best 2H Yellow Axe (Level 8 onward). The difference is huge. What I do is just check if there’s a new one available to make whenever I’m in town after a few levels. Don’t forget to upgrade the Blacksmith as you go along.

Disintegrate and 2H weapons synergize well in the sense you do much more damage per mana spent – it’s really obvious seeing the difference in channeling spells!

At level 61 it is IMPORTANT you craft a new weapon since the stat difference is gigantic compared to pre-60 weapons. Oh, do this for armor too if you can.

Wizard: Gems while Leveling up

Ruby (red) gems should always be combined as much as possible as it’s the best gem to put in BOTH your Helmet and Weapon during the leveling up phase.

Topaz (yellow) gems in all other open sockets, for increased Intelligence (damage).

Fresh 70 Wizard, now what?

Congratulations on reaching Level 70 Wizard! A quick reminder – Craft a level 70 2-handed mace and any other outdated items you may have. We highly suggest you check out:

>> Fresh Level 70 Wizard Guide <<<

Here’s a list of all our Wizard Guides.

• Wizard Leveling
• Wizard Fresh Level 70
• Wizard Speedfarming General
• Wizard Best Speedfarm Build
• Wizard Support Build
• Delsere’s Magnum Opus | Delsere’s Set Dungeon
• Firebird’s Finery | Firebird’s Set Dungeon
• Tal Rasha’s Elements | Tal Rasha’s Set Dungeon
• Vyr’s Amazing Arcana | Vyr’s Set Dungeon

For other D3 info, go click on this link –> D3 Directory Guide.

Wizard Leveling – Quick Navigation:
FULL Leveling Build | Summary, Reminders | Leoric’s Crown? | Notes | Fresh Level 70!

Thank you for visiting our Wizard Leveling Guide. Hope our leveling guide helped you overcome the struggles of the early game. Congratulations Disintegrating your way to max level.

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