Should I Start A Wizard in Diablo III?

Should I roll Wizard in Diablo 3?

Thnx : Lvl 60 Wizard

I found this following post at diablo3tips.com it help answer this question, it has a couple of great tips if you are thinking about rolling a Wizard. My experience starting my Wizard in Diablo III was that it felt slow in the beginning, and like I had no customization of what spell to use. That quickly changed. In Diablo III, the Wizard eventually has the most damage types of any class to choose from, so after hitting 60 and gearing up a bit the options are abundant!

"I’ve long passed the threshold of farming for items for my Barbarian as I’m Lev el 60 and aren’t able to clear Act 2. So for now, I’m moving on to my next favourite class, the Wizard.
At first, it may seem rather drastic as I was playing a Barbarian and am yet able to familiarize with being the squishiest class in the game. Of course, I only say that because the friends I play with in Inferno who are Wizards need to be hit only once to die. It doesn’t mean Demon Hunters and Witch Doctors can take more damage, just that I tend to see the Wizard dying more often.
Since I decided to start leveling a Wizard, I noticed several things that weren’t apparent while playing the Barbarian.

• 1. Holding down <Shift> while attacking is a god send. This isn’t obvious to a Barbarian user as most of the fighting is in melee. Even if it isn’t in melee, as a Barbarian you tend to click on enemies, walk toward them and THEN begin to melee. As a Wizard (typical Wizard, not the melee ones), you want to stay as far away from enemies as possible and holding <Shift> down ensures you don’t move forward by accident.
• 2. Binding your “Force Move” key to “~”, the keystroke next to the “1″ on your keyboard works wonders. As a Barbarian, most of the time a melee Skill is assigned to my left click so a mis-click on enemy will still move me in that direction. For the Wizard, if your left click is assigned to a Skill like Magic Missile, mis-clicking on an enemy will cause you to launch a projectile instead of moving. And this can be a serious issue at times while kiting.
• 3. Learning from my previous games, although this isn’t Wizard specific, I now tend to check the Jewel Vendor (Not Covetous Shen) for ring and amulet upgrades. If you haven’t noticed by now, rings and amulets are a very expensive piece of equipment to upgrade and are in low supply at the lower levels. Only recently, at level 15, upon entering Act 2, I managed to pick up two 17 Int/5% Attack Speed Rings which were huge upgrades for my Wizard at the time.
• 4. Stats – For leveling, I’ve found that I prioritize Vitality>Intelligence. Of course, if there are both of the stats on the item itself, I won’t complain. This goes to extreme cases as well. For example, I picked up a 2-h Bow with Intelligence and Vitality on it. I immediately dropped my 1-h Wand and Offhand for it. Beyond those two stats is variable. Personally, I do value +Exp per Monster and it’s the 3rd most stacked attribute I have after Intelligence."

Here is the direct link to this article: Rolling a Wizard Tips – Things You Need to Know