The wizard's Archon form has a couple of different attacks:
Arcane Strike: Hits for 250% dmg
Disintegration Wave: Hits for 300% dmg
From the skill description, its simple to just choose Wave which hits harder and has a long range as well. But I remember reading elsewhere that the strike can also have stun or interruption effects to help with stun locking enemies.
What are the occasions when I should be using Arcane Strike as a wizard in Archon form?
Update 1:
@dianod: I do know that AS is AoE around the area while DS is a straight line AoE, but thanks for bringing it up, it does affect which attack to use in some cases.
@Resorath: Found out about Knockback earlier by accident, that's more like the kind of info I'm asking here – e.g. I could knockback Fallen Lunatics to save myself, what other mods does AS have and when are they useful?
Best Answer
Arcane strike's big winner is it also acts as a knockback. You can chain knockback non-elite enemies to death, effectively trivializing large packs of dangerous monsters which your disintegration wave may not kill off immediately.
Basically, a safety in case something dangerous gets too close.