So I was away from the game due to a new baby and being distracted by Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm. Now I'm back and wanting to (eventually) start doing Greater Rifts.
The issue I seem to be facing now is that I have kind of stagnated trying to get into a T1 rift. I CAN do T1, but it is very slow going to the point where I can only pull small packs and my dps keeps me just slowly chipping away. I was running Master level rifts last night (quickly with no issues), but after 20 runs had NO upgrades to any gear. I was looking at crafting recipes and thinking Immortal King and Raekor pieces could be nice, but my luck with Blood Shards seems non existent. Before my disappearance in game I was working on a lightning build hoping to eventually dual wield Odyn Son, Thunderfury, or Shard of Hate. The Whirlwind is fun, but at this point I'm not sure it is still a viable build.
So....couple of questions here...
1. Are there issues with my build? Should I abandon how I'm currently fighting and go with something else (considering I don't have any current barbarian sets I can craft and limited gear.)
2. Am I better off running Campaign mode to try farming recipes or keep plugging away at Master level Rifts and hopefully my luck will get better?
3. Are there glaring issues with my gear (bad enchants or gems) where I am gimping myself with too much survivability and not enough dps?
4. Am I going the wrong direction with Paragon levels? What should I be focusing on moving into Torment?
I guess I'm just looking for advice where to head from here? It seems that I have just stagnated without being able to continue progressing. Any ideas or recommendations would be very appreciated!
Ok....let me retry this in a simpler way with no wall of text.
Basic questions...
1. Do blacksmithing plans have the same drop rate in Campaign and Rifts?
2. Is there a build on the forums here that is for beginning Torment? (Not as gear dependant)
I feel like I've read through guides until my eyes bleed and they are all wanting sets that I haven't found yet. I'm not expecting to be uber here...just trying to figure out how to proceed.
Anyone have any ideas?
I made my biggest gains by crafting aughilds and then working towards the IK set. The IK set bonus may not be end game elite, but its sure good enough to let you play around in T6 until you can find your Raekors gear. Left click frenzy and have WotB and CoTa on your bar and just use them whenever they are up. Hope that helps some. I pretty much just copied what other smarter/more successful barbs were doing.
Your gear looks fine, I don't see why you can't cruise through T1. You mentioned damage problems but you've got 500K damage. I would say 2 mill toughness seems a bit small for a barb, but thats just me, is survivablilty an issue for you? Its been a few days since you posted so I'm assuming your rifting better now.
In terms of farming, I'd stick with adventure mode, bounties and rifts are still the way to go for items, exp, and money.
I can't see your paragon, but always remember you want a 10:1 critical hit damage to critical hit chance ratio for maximum damage. So use paragon to optimize those.
Anyway, its been a while since I've played as a barb to be honest, but thats my 2 cents. Good luck!
UPDATE: So my crit damage was WAY too high compared to my crit %. I tweaked that some and got it closer to 10:1. (27.5%:322%) I also switched my spec a bit to include HotA for a primary damage source and that seems to bump it a substantial bit. After those tweaks I was able to run T1 without it being a slog and got some Trial stones. My speed seems to be decent (not good but I'm not dying or having to kite to stay alive.
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS:
Aughilds seems to specifically be a survival set of armor. I do have it as a recipe so I will craft it if it is worth it, but would it be an improvement for me if I seem to be surviving fine? (Only time I've died is with a bed set of elite affixes with multiple packs - frozen with molten explosions)
I'm staying in Adventure now and Legendaries are definitely falling. Still nothing that is an upgrade but I'm still hoping for set plans. Are there any plans that require higher than T1? Sets that are only in Bloodshard casino?
I've adjusted my Paragon (run speed, crit chance, life regen, life on hit). I was doing strength instead of run speed but enchanted speed off of boots and added +HotA damage instead. That seemed to really boost the Hammer crits more and be pretty devastating against bosses. (Nice to not be using only to kill a boss.)
Legendary gems - Do you just have to keep enchanting your rings to get the sockets, or is there some other new way of using those legendary gems.
I cant look at your build here while at work, but I have a WW build that isnt 100% dependent on equipment. The equipment will dictate how high of a level you can run...
Frenzy - Smite
Whirlwind - Windshear
War Cry - Impunity
WotB - Insanity
Battle Rage - Marauders
CotA - Together as One
Adjust your passives as needed, but I run Weapon Master, Rampage, Unforgiving, Superstition, Bloodthirst. I used to use 100% defensive passives until I got good enough gear to survive, then perma-ancients with Together as One helped a lot.
I dual wield with this setup and started with Aughlids for most of my gear. I slowly farmed booldshards and got lucky grabbing IK gloves from Kadala. Next was the IK helm, then finally got a couple of pieces of Reakors. Im still WW with a focus on lightning and having perma-ancients. I can run through T5 pretty easy and my max grift is 23 right now. However I do NOT have optimal weapons... Devil Tongue and Fulmintator is best I have right now, with a Thunderfury and Odyn Son, my damage output would be much higher. I have a burst DPS of 1.4mil and EHP of 16.1mil according to Diablo3Ladder.com. But with this same setup, I was running T1 with much lower quality gear. You could swap out the CotA for Hammer of the Ancients until you get enough IK with a RoRG to get perma-ancients. I ran that for quite a while like that too. For legendary gems, Im running Wreath of Lightning and Mirinae, both are around level 18 right now.
Yes WW does not hit like vilecharge or even leapquake, but it much more fun to play on the lower levels. With enough Lightning procs, it can look like a lazer light show on the screen. Are you going to run GR30? Probably not. Will things melt on T4? Most certainly with a little better gear.
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The issue I seem to be facing now is that I have kind of stagnated trying to get into a T1 rift. I CAN do T1, but it is very slow going to the point where I can only pull small packs and my dps keeps me just slowly chipping away. I was running Master level rifts last night (quickly with no issues), but after 20 runs had NO upgrades to any gear. I was looking at crafting recipes and thinking Immortal King and Raekor pieces could be nice, but my luck with Blood Shards seems non existent. Before my disappearance in game I was working on a lightning build hoping to eventually dual wield Odyn Son, Thunderfury, or Shard of Hate. The Whirlwind is fun, but at this point I'm not sure it is still a viable build.
So....couple of questions here...
1. Are there issues with my build? Should I abandon how I'm currently fighting and go with something else (considering I don't have any current barbarian sets I can craft and limited gear.)
2. Am I better off running Campaign mode to try farming recipes or keep plugging away at Master level Rifts and hopefully my luck will get better?
3. Are there glaring issues with my gear (bad enchants or gems) where I am gimping myself with too much survivability and not enough dps?
4. Am I going the wrong direction with Paragon levels? What should I be focusing on moving into Torment?
I guess I'm just looking for advice where to head from here? It seems that I have just stagnated without being able to continue progressing. Any ideas or recommendations would be very appreciated!
Gractan
Basic questions...
1. Do blacksmithing plans have the same drop rate in Campaign and Rifts?
2. Is there a build on the forums here that is for beginning Torment? (Not as gear dependant)
I feel like I've read through guides until my eyes bleed and they are all wanting sets that I haven't found yet. I'm not expecting to be uber here...just trying to figure out how to proceed.
Anyone have any ideas?
In terms of farming, I'd stick with adventure mode, bounties and rifts are still the way to go for items, exp, and money.
I can't see your paragon, but always remember you want a 10:1 critical hit damage to critical hit chance ratio for maximum damage. So use paragon to optimize those.
Anyway, its been a while since I've played as a barb to be honest, but thats my 2 cents. Good luck!
UPDATE: So my crit damage was WAY too high compared to my crit %. I tweaked that some and got it closer to 10:1. (27.5%:322%) I also switched my spec a bit to include HotA for a primary damage source and that seems to bump it a substantial bit. After those tweaks I was able to run T1 without it being a slog and got some Trial stones. My speed seems to be decent (not good but I'm not dying or having to kite to stay alive.
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS:
Aughilds seems to specifically be a survival set of armor. I do have it as a recipe so I will craft it if it is worth it, but would it be an improvement for me if I seem to be surviving fine? (Only time I've died is with a bed set of elite affixes with multiple packs - frozen with molten explosions)
I'm staying in Adventure now and Legendaries are definitely falling. Still nothing that is an upgrade but I'm still hoping for set plans. Are there any plans that require higher than T1? Sets that are only in Bloodshard casino?
I've adjusted my Paragon (run speed, crit chance, life regen, life on hit). I was doing strength instead of run speed but enchanted speed off of boots and added +HotA damage instead. That seemed to really boost the Hammer crits more and be pretty devastating against bosses. (Nice to not be using only to kill a boss.)
Legendary gems - Do you just have to keep enchanting your rings to get the sockets, or is there some other new way of using those legendary gems.
Frenzy - Smite
Whirlwind - Windshear
War Cry - Impunity
WotB - Insanity
Battle Rage - Marauders
CotA - Together as One
Adjust your passives as needed, but I run Weapon Master, Rampage, Unforgiving, Superstition, Bloodthirst. I used to use 100% defensive passives until I got good enough gear to survive, then perma-ancients with Together as One helped a lot.
I dual wield with this setup and started with Aughlids for most of my gear. I slowly farmed booldshards and got lucky grabbing IK gloves from Kadala. Next was the IK helm, then finally got a couple of pieces of Reakors. Im still WW with a focus on lightning and having perma-ancients. I can run through T5 pretty easy and my max grift is 23 right now. However I do NOT have optimal weapons... Devil Tongue and Fulmintator is best I have right now, with a Thunderfury and Odyn Son, my damage output would be much higher. I have a burst DPS of 1.4mil and EHP of 16.1mil according to Diablo3Ladder.com. But with this same setup, I was running T1 with much lower quality gear. You could swap out the CotA for Hammer of the Ancients until you get enough IK with a RoRG to get perma-ancients. I ran that for quite a while like that too. For legendary gems, Im running Wreath of Lightning and Mirinae, both are around level 18 right now.
Yes WW does not hit like vilecharge or even leapquake, but it much more fun to play on the lower levels. With enough Lightning procs, it can look like a lazer light show on the screen. Are you going to run GR30? Probably not. Will things melt on T4? Most certainly with a little better gear.