You obviously have realy high HP, but no resistances. In terms of EHP, after a certain point resistance / armor is definitely more valuable than vitality, and even more so because of how health potions work. It's not a huge deal and I'm sure AH prices and the times you got the gear had a lot to do with it. But for anyone who watches this, know that you want your stats to be roughly equal (EHP wise) in order to have the most efficient defense.
The rate at which you kill things in A3 is pretty slow for having 150k damage. I mean that's an insane amount of damage to have, but yet you really don't kill things incredibly fast compared to other classes. Also, it's honestly pointless to focus on killing white mobs, they don't drop good loot and collecting gold is going to be a waste of time usually.
Why not use Locust Swarm and simply run past mobs to elites / champions? I don't really understand why you use Bears with Darts either. I can see how it might be useful for killing champions when you switch to MF gear (maybe) but doesn't seem necessary.
To be honest, even though I like Splinter specs the most for WDs (and LS especially), once you have 150k damage (or way lower really) you should probably be using Dire Bats (or Bears exclusively) if you want the best damage. Not that Bats are good for all parts of A3. But the point is that once you have high enough damage, you should be farming fast enough that the whole Splinter + BBV/FA thing isn't as useful. For areas like Breached Keep I'd still prefer LS / Splinters though.
Zombie Wall isn't a great skill either, but I can see how it might be needed against certain packs since you can sit behind doorways with it though. I guess it seems reasonalbe to use Zombie Wall once you have such high DPS if you're still using a Splinter build since BBV, FA and SH become less useful. Honestly... I might use Provoke the Pack if I had that much DPS lol.
But like I said, for people who stack a ton of damage with no MF, Dire Bats is usually better after a certain point since you should be farming stuff really fast and the long cds for BBV/FA won't be as useful as shorter ones.
Also... you use SA instead of JF which doesn't make much sense. The increased mana regen is really small compared to what you can get on items.
To be honest, even though I like Splinter specs the most for WDs (and LS especially), once you have 150k damage (or way lower really) you should probably be using Dire Bats (or Bears exclusively) if you want the best damage. Not that Bats are good for all parts of A3. But the point is that once you have high enough damage, you should be farming fast enough that the whole Splinter + BBV/FA thing isn't as useful. For areas like Breached Keep I'd still prefer LS / Splinters though.
look at his gear, it's pure damage gear, nothing else. He won't be able to use just bats/bears because he has not enough mana regen also he can't use just bears because he has 0 resistances.
Yeah, I just meant for people in general who have huge damage you would ideally switch over to Bats or Bears (if you have defense too) once you get high enough that FA and BBV aren't helpful.
I actually think Pile On would be really good with that much damage. Assuming you stuck with darts (that's what I would do because I don't like VQ), I would get Darts / SW / Grasp / LS / Pile On / Probably Stalker or Face of Death depending on how it worked out.
I wonder about ZDs + Provoke the Pack instead of Pile On + Horrify though, might be interesting.
Anyways, this stream is really underwhelming, that was the point of my post. It's a real letdown to see 150k DPS and realize that the spec you're using isn't optimal, you don't farm very fast and your EHP is pretty awful considering you have no resistances.
look at his gear, it's pure damage gear, nothing else. He won't be able to use just bats/bears because he has not enough mana regen also he can't use just bears because he has 0 resistances.
You don't need mana regen or any resistances on gear to use bears/bats, especially with that much damage.
look at his gear, it's pure damage gear, nothing else. He won't be able to use just bats/bears because he has not enough mana regen also he can't use just bears because he has 0 resistances.
You don't need mana regen or any resistances on gear to use bears/bats, especially with that much damage.
Of course you can put Bears / Bats on your skill bar and use it with no regen. And of course you can survive A3 if you have massive vitality with no resistances. The point is that it's dumb and inefficient.
You really don't want to use Bears or Bats without +30 regen from gear, and most likely Honored Guest / Swallow Your Soul depending on your damage, playstyle, etc.
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You obviously have realy high HP, but no resistances. In terms of EHP, after a certain point resistance / armor is definitely more valuable than vitality, and even more so because of how health potions work. It's not a huge deal and I'm sure AH prices and the times you got the gear had a lot to do with it. But for anyone who watches this, know that you want your stats to be roughly equal (EHP wise) in order to have the most efficient defense.
The rate at which you kill things in A3 is pretty slow for having 150k damage. I mean that's an insane amount of damage to have, but yet you really don't kill things incredibly fast compared to other classes. Also, it's honestly pointless to focus on killing white mobs, they don't drop good loot and collecting gold is going to be a waste of time usually.
Why not use Locust Swarm and simply run past mobs to elites / champions? I don't really understand why you use Bears with Darts either. I can see how it might be useful for killing champions when you switch to MF gear (maybe) but doesn't seem necessary.
To be honest, even though I like Splinter specs the most for WDs (and LS especially), once you have 150k damage (or way lower really) you should probably be using Dire Bats (or Bears exclusively) if you want the best damage. Not that Bats are good for all parts of A3. But the point is that once you have high enough damage, you should be farming fast enough that the whole Splinter + BBV/FA thing isn't as useful. For areas like Breached Keep I'd still prefer LS / Splinters though.
Zombie Wall isn't a great skill either, but I can see how it might be needed against certain packs since you can sit behind doorways with it though. I guess it seems reasonalbe to use Zombie Wall once you have such high DPS if you're still using a Splinter build since BBV, FA and SH become less useful. Honestly... I might use Provoke the Pack if I had that much DPS lol.
But like I said, for people who stack a ton of damage with no MF, Dire Bats is usually better after a certain point since you should be farming stuff really fast and the long cds for BBV/FA won't be as useful as shorter ones.
Also... you use SA instead of JF which doesn't make much sense. The increased mana regen is really small compared to what you can get on items.
Ha. Bagstone.
Yeah, I just meant for people in general who have huge damage you would ideally switch over to Bats or Bears (if you have defense too) once you get high enough that FA and BBV aren't helpful.
I actually think Pile On would be really good with that much damage. Assuming you stuck with darts (that's what I would do because I don't like VQ), I would get Darts / SW / Grasp / LS / Pile On / Probably Stalker or Face of Death depending on how it worked out.
I wonder about ZDs + Provoke the Pack instead of Pile On + Horrify though, might be interesting.
Anyways, this stream is really underwhelming, that was the point of my post. It's a real letdown to see 150k DPS and realize that the spec you're using isn't optimal, you don't farm very fast and your EHP is pretty awful considering you have no resistances.
You don't need mana regen or any resistances on gear to use bears/bats, especially with that much damage.
I sure hope he does. We don't need any more threads from the "world's highest dps WD" begging for viewers.
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Of course you can put Bears / Bats on your skill bar and use it with no regen. And of course you can survive A3 if you have massive vitality with no resistances. The point is that it's dumb and inefficient.
You really don't want to use Bears or Bats without +30 regen from gear, and most likely Honored Guest / Swallow Your Soul depending on your damage, playstyle, etc.