I've been working on Inferno for a week or two, mostly joining Skeleton King groups, but after the patch I'm feeling stuck and unsure what I need to do to progress. I feel like my gear is just barely good enough to be in Act 1 of Inferno, but I can't find a reliable way to find gold or upgrade my items. Any upgrade in the AH costs several hundred thousand gold, and with the increase to repair costs I can't afford to just plow through Act 1 with lots of deaths. I currently have about 800K, enough to buy a few items but not enough to make the leap into really great equipment. Everything is different when a single death costs 2-3K.
My stats:
11,984 DPS
39,000 HP
2690 Armor
200 Physical Resist
80-150 all other Resists
I don't know what to do. I can't really solo elite packs in Act 1 Inferno, but Act 4 in Hell doesn't seem to produce enough gold to be worth farming. Should I just keep joining Skeleton King groups even though it's slow and half the time it's just a few deaths and a group disbanding because of a difficult pack? Buy a bunch of gold find gear and go back to Act 4 in Hell? Is there some place where I can farm gold easily given my stats and then upgrade my stuff via the AH to actually compete in Inferno?
Your DPS is way too low. Stacking vit and resists is fine for the survivability but you shouldn't sacrifice too much DPS for it. I would say right now your HP is too high, try trading off some vit for DPS stats and you should see yourself being able to solo Inferno Act 1 soon. With Act 1 dropping ilvl 63 items now (albeit very rarely) you can potentially gear yourself up purely in Act 1 alone.
As a comparison - I have been largely too lazy to farm a survivability set and decided to try and go for full glass cannon instead, I first cleared Inferno Act 1 solo with approximately 20k HP and 70-80k-ish DPS with sharpshooter. Right now I'm sitting at 14k HP, 105k DPS (after IAS nerf), 3000 armor and barely 50 all resist and I'm demolishing everything in Act 1.
Thanks for all the advice, I really appreciate it! I am working on swapping out my Vitality and Resist gear for higher Dex. Crit or Crit Damage would be ideal but most of that stuff is out of my price range, so I'm starting with an All-Dex plan until I can handle Act 1 well enough to farm for better stuff.
DPS is definitely your downfall. I had similar stats going into Act 1, but I had about 34k health and 19k dps. By the time I was out of Act 1 I was over 25k dps and had dropped to around 27k health. You should definitely look into purchasing a blue 900-1000 dps weapon as soon as possible. I don't know what dps is on your current weapon, but I'm imagining it's pretty low. Worst case scenario you can farm Act 3 Hell for gold for a night or two.
I stopped using the AH when I got to inferno, and I'm able to clear pretty easily into Act 3 with the above gear/setup.
If you're gearing tanky (which isn't bad), it just means you need to play smart. Permaslow builds like the one above are going to go a long way for you, as because your damage is so low, it means you won't have to kite as far back (stuff moves slower...).
I'll also just add, make sure you're using the terrain to your advantage. Clear our circular/square areas in dungeons so you can bring elite packs back to them for the forever kite + return to health globes.
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My stats:
11,984 DPS
39,000 HP
2690 Armor
200 Physical Resist
80-150 all other Resists
I don't know what to do. I can't really solo elite packs in Act 1 Inferno, but Act 4 in Hell doesn't seem to produce enough gold to be worth farming. Should I just keep joining Skeleton King groups even though it's slow and half the time it's just a few deaths and a group disbanding because of a difficult pack? Buy a bunch of gold find gear and go back to Act 4 in Hell? Is there some place where I can farm gold easily given my stats and then upgrade my stuff via the AH to actually compete in Inferno?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
As a comparison - I have been largely too lazy to farm a survivability set and decided to try and go for full glass cannon instead, I first cleared Inferno Act 1 solo with approximately 20k HP and 70-80k-ish DPS with sharpshooter. Right now I'm sitting at 14k HP, 105k DPS (after IAS nerf), 3000 armor and barely 50 all resist and I'm demolishing everything in Act 1.
17k dmg (600dps 2h bow...)
55k hp
300 all resists
I did an act 1 clear last night in about 2 hours, picked up a lot of great stuff. This is what I'm using:
http://us.battle.net...jgdV!cYe!aZYYbb
I stopped using the AH when I got to inferno, and I'm able to clear pretty easily into Act 3 with the above gear/setup.
If you're gearing tanky (which isn't bad), it just means you need to play smart. Permaslow builds like the one above are going to go a long way for you, as because your damage is so low, it means you won't have to kite as far back (stuff moves slower...).
I'll also just add, make sure you're using the terrain to your advantage. Clear our circular/square areas in dungeons so you can bring elite packs back to them for the forever kite + return to health globes.