I have been playing with the same build for 2/3 of the game and have not seen any reason to deviate from what I use. I'm currently in Act II NM and play exclusively with friends.
I typically Leap into a group of enemies and Cleave them causing AOE damage. I use Revenge every time it comes up and is completely responsible for keeping me alive. I will use Earthquake in the event I jump into a group of unusually strong enemies or bosses. I use Hammer of the Ancients to hit single targets (bosses, elites) and is designed for single targets in mind (Smash rune).
I sometimes tweak my passives, but stick with these 90% of the time.
The only changes I plan on making is getting the Call of Arreat for Leap at Level 44 and Provocation for Revenge at level 52.
I have tried 4 other builds I've found getting a lot of praise but seemed inferior to mine (in my opinion).
With my gear + War Cry up, I have 800 life/sec (4.44% of total per sec) , ~150 life/hit, 18000 health, 1900 DPS.
This is just as I'm starting Hell A1, but so far it's been working great. All I had to do for SK was switch Cleave to Frenzy w/ Sidearm and dodge his WW. Adds just died from the massive Revenge spam and Rend damage. Rare and elite packs aren't a problem either (or if you have my terrible luck, getting two at the same time isn't that bad either, unless they have stupid affixes (freeze, arcane, and molten chains, anyone?)
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I typically Leap into a group of enemies and Cleave them causing AOE damage. I use Revenge every time it comes up and is completely responsible for keeping me alive. I will use Earthquake in the event I jump into a group of unusually strong enemies or bosses. I use Hammer of the Ancients to hit single targets (bosses, elites) and is designed for single targets in mind (Smash rune).
I sometimes tweak my passives, but stick with these 90% of the time.
The only changes I plan on making is getting the Call of Arreat for Leap at Level 44 and Provocation for Revenge at level 52.
I have tried 4 other builds I've found getting a lot of praise but seemed inferior to mine (in my opinion).
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
With my gear + War Cry up, I have 800 life/sec (4.44% of total per sec) , ~150 life/hit, 18000 health, 1900 DPS.
This is just as I'm starting Hell A1, but so far it's been working great. All I had to do for SK was switch Cleave to Frenzy w/ Sidearm and dodge his WW. Adds just died from the massive Revenge spam and Rend damage. Rare and elite packs aren't a problem either (or if you have my terrible luck, getting two at the same time isn't that bad either, unless they have stupid affixes (freeze, arcane, and molten chains, anyone?)