Archon - zero cooldown exploit

[Saph22]

Hello Guys,

I have seen, that this exploit will be fixed in 1.0.5, but still working now. It allows to use the Archon form without the cooldown of 100/120 seconds - so you can run around as Archon forever - very good for high damage wizards.
I have wasted a lot of time to find out how it works, but finally i've got it.

I don't know if this exploit exists in the elite section, so I will post it after a moderator or someone similar gives me green light to post it. So please be patient


PS: Sorry for my bad english


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So this is how it works for me, but I'm sure it could be done other way. I think the key here is the diamond skin and zero arcane power.

This is easy to reproduce this way:
Step 1: equip familiar and magic weapon with +dmg to the shortcut key 1 and 2
Step 2: equip diamond skin to key 3. Personally I'm using the rune with the arcane lower cost
Step 3: equip Archon to key 4 - I'm using the better Archon rune
Step 4: now spam the Keys 1+2+3 untill you completely run out of arcane power. In this time diamond skin should be still active.
Step 5: Now quickly spam the Archon key 4 until you turn into Archon

After the Archon is gone, your cooldown should be at zero again. Repeat Steps 4 and 5.

Have fun!

Feel free, if you have questions or my method doesn't work for you

[Thunderofnl]

It's in elite. Thanks for wanting to share though.. Here have some rep!

[Saph22]

Thank you!

So it shouldn't be made public?

[urge2012]

Cool exploit!

[Thunderofnl]

Nobody forbids you to make it public since as you say you found it yourself. As long as you really found it yourself

[Saph22]

I don't found this exploit, but I figured out how it works by myself. I just found a post in Blizzard forum, but there is no explanation how it's work,
The only one hint I had was the skill "diamond skin".

So I will make it public, because it will be fixed in the next patch. So everyone should have fun with it

[Saph22]

Explaination added to the first post. Have fun

[DoichinMitrev]

So, I did the 5 steps exactly as said, then after the archon wears down, the cooldown is still there? What am I doing wrong?

[Kumba]

thanks for sharing this.
I also had problems with the first tries.
and my problem was step 5.
you really have to spam archon very quickly, then it works pretty fine

[DoichinMitrev]

Tried again, spammed archon key as fast as I could - still doesn't work for me :S

Anyway, this seems like a rather useless exploit to me, as with 47.5 crit chance and storm chaser you can refresh your archon cooldown in 2-5 seconds with several mobs nearby.

[Saph22]

Well it works really fine. Worked for me just with the diamond skin with the reduce arcane power cost rune. Just spam the keys down to zero arcane power, then quick spam archon until you have enough arcane and turn into one. After some practise you will do it every time right. It's really easy

[nergoza]

Well it works really fine. Worked for me just with the diamond skin with the reduce arcane power cost rune. Just spam the keys down to zero arcane power, then quick spam archon until you have enough arcane and turn into one. After some practise you will do it every time right. It's really easy

Did as you said and it didn't work

[anon667]

My current setup is
LMB: Electrocute (Chain Lightning)
RMB: Disintegrate (Intensify)
1: Familiar (Sparkflint)
2: Magic Weapon (Blood Magic)
3: Diamond Skin (Prism)
4: Archon (Improved Archon)

In order to make it work, I spam 1-2 non stop till my arcane power goes (almost) empty, at that point you press 3 to activate DS and then spam 4 till archon kicks in. When Archon's up, it's CD should be clear and you can use it again with the same technique.

[Saph22]

Here I found a video that shows how it work:
Diablo 3 - EXPLOIT : INFINITE ARCHON! Arconte Infinito - Arcanista [WORKING] - YouTube

[Kumba]

doesn't work anymore on eu =P