Rb Gamma Questions

HP should be gotten through sharding and that's it. Just finished a gv last night actually. I had ~2100 hp unbuffed and we did fine. The gv squad is really dependant on the barb and to a lesser degree the other DD. If the barb doesn't know how to keep agg off of you then it's a guarenteed loss every time.

The ea comes into play if the barb dies. Then it's time to play agg tag. Lots of appo pots are a must. Dmg absorbtion, reduction, event pots, instant hp, etc. You should get a mana aura first so you can keep your db and the ea can rain arrows all day. Get db to lvl 10 if you're pure because you need to do as much damage as quick as possible since we can't survive the waves as well.

Get chi aura, hp aura, and mana to 2 after the first boss. Most of the time you will be getting beans during bosses. If you dont have holy path get it because it's a long trek back. I wouldn't do it until at very least 77 so you have most of your 7x gear. Have ~2600 pdef minimum with just your earth shield.

Again, level your db and find a barb who keeps agg off you. DO NOT run with squads who have wiz take agg EVER. When the last boss comes stay out of it's range. This goes for any robe wearers. It will one shot you over and over. Just try and DD the best you can and when its almost dead watch the others do the work.

Bring ~100 of ea hp/mp pots your level and store them for the next run (I think I've used 20). Remember sometimes things go wrong (like horseman) and you need to tank for a minute. Enjoy the spamming of the 38232 different kinds of pots you have...and tree. Watch everyone sweat when you have 20 hp left and everyone gets awesome stories when you complete it.

Just remember as a pure build we need damage...all of it. Don't worry about agg that's the wb's job and to a lesser degree the wr.

OH and I forgot I do this totally charmless...so those are optional ^.^

From my experience, wizards under lvl 75 get autokicked from rb-squads if they aren't uber cs-wizzies and friends of someone else inside the squad. If you have a good faction, you could be lucky but at current charm costs it's pretty unlikely.
After 75, LA wizards are prefered due to higher hp/phy defense but again it depends mostly on your gear, so you got enough chance as pure as well.
After 80 every average geared wizard should have no problems getting into a gv squad.



Oh and some sidenotes that helped me alot and still help me:

Always get the highest dragon breath/fire mastery possible and, obviously, best weapon.

If you got space on your genie/got an additional genie: Add cauterize and put some points into dex/str. RB mobs can stack a huge chunk of bleed on you. The only reasons I die in RBs now is either when the barb dies or he poorly holds aggro and when cauterize is on cooldown the mobs bleed me too much.

Get tree of protection/second wind. I have none of them but some people told me it helps.

Pop a dew of god protection before the double wave and then restart DB.

Not really a help, but... get either BT or BIDS to lvl 9. Single sparked , undined, extreme poisoned crits on a dragoned/amped boss in there = pure awesomeness b:dirty

The reason why you won't find squads seeking level 70s for gamma is because gamma starts at level 71.

That being said, if you're arcane just pump your armor full of pdef and HP shards. I started gamma as an arcane at level 73 or so and I haven't died unless the barb is extremely terrible at holding aggro. You just have to learn to control your own aggro with DB (different weapons ,etc etc).

For example, I use both Sak's light and Endless Ambiguity in gamma. Mostly, Sak is for the waves and EA is for bosses/lanterns, though I occasionally unequip my weapon while DBing to not steal too much aggro.

EDIT: I have level 10 fire mastery. For an arcane, don't up your DB beyond 5 or 6, or you'll almost DEFINITELY pull aggro from the barb, due to the damage output. LAs, afaik, should have both at 10.

I am currently LA but I did do Gamma's as an arcane and here is what I learned.

1) You NEED at least 1.5k phys def unbuffed if you want to survive with low HP.

2) If you can't get 1.5k phys def unbuffed you NEED 3k hp unbuffed (some wizards will disagree with me but this is what I have learned).

3) Apothecary items are a MUST. Dew of God Protection is the most valuable item you have in a gamma because it absorbs 3k damage.

4) For genie Wind Shield is a good skill to have, it lowers all damage you take for a certain amount of time.

5) An hp charm is required for any build, LA or arcane. You will die without one, sometimes even with one depending on the barb.

6) Finally, leveling up Dragon's Breath to 10 is a smart thing to do. If the barb knows what he is doing you still wont take much aggro until later stages but after you start taking a lot of aggro you switch weapons.

This is my two cents, this is just my experience in gamma as an arcane wizard. But I would advise considering going LA for gamma then pure at 90+. LA helps greatly with survivibality.