Personally, I'm going wd. Really fun speedfarm builds (with the buff to arachyr you can pretty much be 100% in chicken mode) + I consider jade harvester one of the best designed sets in the game without those retarded dmg multipliers.
Spin to win isnt back ): charge barb is still nr 1 yeah whirlwind is better then it was but not for ladder
there is a 96 gr sub 10 min clear on softcore and a 91 on hardcore on ptr, its at the very least equal in gr potential, maybe even higher with the right rift
All that rests to see now is if they are going to do any set balance or we will be stuck with the same shit for 3 season in a row ( personally I believe we will see no set balance at all ).
Trying to decide between Barb or Monk. IK has an easymode set dungeon + I like playing LQ but I havent played Monk since s4 while I have been playing Barb the last seasons. Still a week to to make that decision...
This will be most likely the first season I will skip and since I see no point in non season I will just skip the whole patch in general.
With WoW prepatch coming in a couple weeks and considering that s7 sees no changes at all to my beloved classes (barb/crus) or to be exact to no classes at all I see no point spending any time in D3.
The damage should be cut by 1/3 (100% is 2x multiplier, 500% is 6x multiplier). Every 7 tiers, the mob's hp triples. So with the nerf, you should be able to do 7 tiers less than what you did before. That means the 70 tier completion that manner's group did, should still be able to do 63.
It's fine, stop qq'ing.
Its not only the IK that got nerfed though. IKBB got nerfed also as well as they removed the hidden mechanic that was left there from a previous set version ( the extra 500% weapon dmg that the ancients were doing and one of the main reasons that the set was performing so well ).
So all in all,the 500% to 100% nerf shouldnt have happened considering all the previous things I mentioned.
Imo it should have gone to either 300% or 250% and I still believe they will buff it to these % before the patch goes live because atm with 100% the 6set bonus isnt worth it.
Each enemy hit by your Sweep Attack increases the damage of your next Sweep Attack by 30-40%, stacking up to 5 times
I hope the stack time won't last for 3 seconds as Roland...
Anyhow I'm waiting for video coverage from MannerCookie.
The shield is still shit cause it only increases the dmg of the next sweep attack.Sure it will be good against large packs but single target its going to be so meh.
Best option in PTR right now is WW6 + IK4 and it got me to 43 max. Most gear is Ancient + well rolled. Before I could kill 51 or 52. Why pretending to do something for WW barbs and fucking them hard afterwards? 300% would be fair enough.
IK 6p + Raekor 4p = easy gr 45
Which spender did you use to dump rage for perma wrath?
37.5% cdr is what you need to be able to insta refresh when hitting 3 targets. Ofc if you can get to 40% it will feel a lot more fluid but still at 37.5% you will see your charge refresh just fine.
ok just did a quick test since i got in this buggy laggy ptr.. i cleared a gr42 in 2min 42sec lol.. and this was with non ancient iK set, hexing pants and my ancient stalgard 4591 damage and gems bane, pain and taeguk and without the new wrath berserker bracers so this is just crazy i can push easy over 45 with my set once the patch goes live haha... i wonder if they will nerf the set before update goes out..
i dont think boulder is that good i only have a crappy 3600 damage i like more the stalgard the piercing axe deals huge damage and the dust devils and pain enhancer gem with taeguk buff its crazy amount of damage.
Boulder is good because it lets you use both IK and Wrath of the Wastes,so ye, we are pretty much bound to using IKBB if you go with ww/rend build and don't forget the new affix on IKBB ( not retroactive ), 75-100% cota dmg. Even non ancient IKBB is going to be better than an ancient Stalgard.
Personally, I'm going wd. Really fun speedfarm builds (with the buff to arachyr you can pretty much be 100% in chicken mode) + I consider jade harvester one of the best designed sets in the game without those retarded dmg multipliers.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301
All that rests to see now is if they are going to do any set balance or we will be stuck with the same shit for 3 season in a row ( personally I believe we will see no set balance at all ).
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301
Trying to decide between Barb or Monk. IK has an easymode set dungeon + I like playing LQ but I havent played Monk since s4 while I have been playing Barb the last seasons. Still a week to to make that decision...
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301
I dont play seasons for the stash space, I play it because NS has no point imo.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301
This will be most likely the first season I will skip and since I see no point in non season I will just skip the whole patch in general.
With WoW prepatch coming in a couple weeks and considering that s7 sees no changes at all to my beloved classes (barb/crus) or to be exact to no classes at all I see no point spending any time in D3.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301
Its not only the IK that got nerfed though. IKBB got nerfed also as well as they removed the hidden mechanic that was left there from a previous set version ( the extra 500% weapon dmg that the ancients were doing and one of the main reasons that the set was performing so well ).
So all in all,the 500% to 100% nerf shouldnt have happened considering all the previous things I mentioned.
Imo it should have gone to either 300% or 250% and I still believe they will buff it to these % before the patch goes live because atm with 100% the 6set bonus isnt worth it.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301
The shield is still shit cause it only increases the dmg of the next sweep attack.Sure it will be good against large packs but single target its going to be so meh.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301
Which spender did you use to dump rage for perma wrath?
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This is an overnerf. I believe they did that just for testing purposes and they will buff it again at some point to around 200-250%.
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Switch rorg to something else since you have 5set bonus anyway. A soj or even a bul kathos wed. band will be better.
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This is what I have been checking about the cdr breakpoints and I saw the 37.5% cdr
http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo3Barbarians/wiki/vile-charge
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37.5% cdr is what you need to be able to insta refresh when hitting 3 targets. Ofc if you can get to 40% it will feel a lot more fluid but still at 37.5% you will see your charge refresh just fine.
Take a look here for more info
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16200990962
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301
IKBB for GRs, Bul Kathos set for t6 speed farm
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301
Boulder is good because it lets you use both IK and Wrath of the Wastes,so ye, we are pretty much bound to using IKBB if you go with ww/rend build and don't forget the new affix on IKBB ( not retroactive ), 75-100% cota dmg. Even non ancient IKBB is going to be better than an ancient Stalgard.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fordragon-2878/hero/9763301