I've actually planed the same gear setup and after 5K shards some random elite droped IK belt. I went ahead and mixed IK+Raekor then decided to itimize for fire dmg to benefit from 360% weapon dmg on Ancients hit (since it's a single target that Raekor have problems with and Vile Ward won't fix it). Imagine my surprise when i saw Ancients doing less dmg then my WD's fire dog aoe aura (and she's far from being top geared)... Worth mentioning that fetishes pump out the same dmg numbers but faster and single 15 sec Gargantuan is worth more then Ancients wailing on enemy for a minute.
Rage on hit rune is essentially useless since Raekor provide insane amount of rage.The only usefull rune is probably 50% dmg split complimented by gem turning pets immortal, but then again why we would want to spend essentially 4 gear slots (3 IK + Rorg) and gem for something we can get with a simple unity?
tldr: Without a proper buff to ancients (they deserve it imo) mixing them with Raekor or Earthen Might will be complelty useless.
Main reason to do MP10 is when you stomp everything else so hard it's not even fun anymore. Myself i'm playing MP10 when in mood or MP8 when cba to pay attention. Overall feels like MP8 is sweet spot for exp, but i imagine that after few upgrades i'll be stomping MP 10 almost as hard as i do MP8 atm.
Hey guys ! I'm playing The "Batman" Build too and i would like to know what you think of my Witch Doctor, cause i'm struggling in MP10 and i would like to know what to upgrade on my Witch
I also have a Skorn :
1342,5dps
1113-1572
235min
305max
50%damage
324 int
196%crit
4,70 life steal
socket (100% crit or 130/130 ruby)
when equip= -8k life / +10k dps
Thx !!
You can switch to scorn, change pants for solid vit/int/resistance to increase ehp, pick spirit vessel (it's really good on mp10). 170-180K dps with scorn, 60K hp and 700 resistances, more lifesteal will work wonders for your safety and will allow you to farm MP 10 reliably.
Get Blackthorne's set (Jousting Mail and Duncraig Cross).
That's probably the best advice for your budget - Dungain Cross with 180+int/9 AS/8cc+ will cost you ~80 mil and real good Jousting Mail can be picked for ~ 60 mil. Alltogether you can expect 300+ vit, 24% live, ~400 int and ~900 LoH, extra armor.
After i would seriously consider droping APS to 2.73 breakpoint and picking Chantodo WIll with socket - it's single highest dps increase aviable and will be even better with new gem tier. Then Chantodo Force - your one is lacking APoC, so you're probably using Storm Crown to fix APoC and LoH issues and whille suggested Blackthorne parts will fix LoH, new 8+ APoC Chandoto Will should allow you to switch to Mempo (and even cheap no crit Mempo blow Storm Crown in both EHP and DPS vallues by a mile).
Also droping APS to 2.73 you can get rid of lacunis and buy 120+ vit 160+ int 4.5+ cc 60+ allres and armor/phys res for like 15-20 mil that'll once again upgrade your EHP and DPS by a lot. Ofc Lacunis are still a good choice if you are pushing for 24% movement speed, but i avoided MS alltogether with picking teleport as my skill of choice. Also with LoH fixed you can look for a better rings.
After this basic improvements you'll be simply upgrading items to same better items (like int/cc/cd/ias rings/gloves). Unfortunatly we've not much choice as CMWW becouse fixing LoH without Blackthorne is almost impossible since to use best helm (Mempo) we need APoC on both weapon slots, and without chantodo it's almost impossible to even get 2.73 APS with socketed wand, and without socketed wand we loose too much dmg and meanwhille chantodo wand can't roll both socket and LoH and so on.
Actually from what i saw so far only new Lineage (still as development) can outshine D3 in hack&slash genre with aditional features it'll have as MMO. Gameplay looks similar - tons of mobs dieing, flyghting in all directions and stuff. Pretty strange choice from devs since it doesn't resemble previous Lineage games at all. In path of exile only character building feels like fun, whille game dynamic and visual effects are lacking. If they would actually buy a new engine and addapt game to it then it would be hit no doubts, but leading engines (cry, unreal etc.) cost a lot.
But anyway PoE shows how great ideas can't be realised to their full potential without insane cash investments.
Yep. Every monk should us it. One of the best skills in the game, both for solo and multiplayer.
i'd actually argue that it's the best, esp. for multiplayer.
though i'm not a fan of superlatives, i can't imagine a party not wanting this over anything else
Frost nova is nothing to sneeze on in Wizards stunlock build. Actually monk for MoC and wiz for CC are #1 utility classes (dmg is there too tbh), can't really tell what's better becouse both are too good.
Is TR farming fun? The only way I could see it being fun is if it’s a noticeable exp increase over mp4 farming.
With around 120K base dps i'm pulling around 65m/hr with 1 hellfire ring (just got back to game and rng on parts hates me), when i get it and leorics signet for my follower i might get to ~70. Legendary drops are lacking thought, during keywarden runs (mp 5) i see few times more ledendarys / time spent.
Nyaldee, what a party pooper!
Didnt he say he is having fun with the build?
Shouldnt that be all enough of a reason to be happy?
Is efficiency so important that we cant do what's fun, just whats efficient?
I think its great he found something he likes, instead of copying every1 else out there. His build may not be the best, but this game never was about setting up the best build ever (that's maybe why I always die in hc).
He said "Check it out" and so i did. Simply shared my opinion on build, nothing wrong with that ^^
Short check if you don't mind:
1. No +int buffs.
2. 2 mana spenders with similar purpose.
If you droped 1 mana spender you'd significantly improve your dps through soul harvest, gargantuan provides more dmg then manitou (and restless giant actually hurt elites a lot), gruesome feast is way ahead of vision quest for bear build (still got to have +15-20 pick up range) becouse of stackable +int buff. Ofc i realise to each his own but 2 mana spenders is overkill no matter what.
P.S. Through Soul Harvest and Gruesome Feast you'd often see your dps jumping up to ~55-60K and that matters when you're nuking elites down.
- 3. player at lvl 100
- 50 to 60 mill xp per hour
- no Leorics
- no gear for billions of gold
Seriously doubt that exp rate is possible to achieve by WD (since it's a WD forum anyway), since we've to stop for ZB casts and even with cd reset passive spirit walk is still inferior to sprint/WOTB as a speed booster. Also i don't think that skiping elites is worth it since killing elites in my 55K dps gear takes few seconds anyway, better geared WDs probably don't even notice them.
P.S. Going to try your farm route thought since it's quite often that i've only 3-4 stacks by core and tower.
I don't understand why people do not do Azmodan. Does it take too long?
I can kill him in less than 30 seconds, so there is absolutely no reason not to kill him.
Also it does matter on which order you get the stacks.
You answered your question yourself - killing Asmo or not depends on your route. Myself i start from Areat Core zone so killing asmo with 1-2 NV stacks or returning later on feels like a waste of time. Also i never once got a worthy loot from bosses so leaving them alive doesn't bother me in the slightest.
About 30-33m / hr as WD with ~700 resists/40K hp/200 MF/55K dps unbuffed.
I'm using this build http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/witch-doctor#fPUdTY!TYe!caacZc - in high populated zones fetishes are ready for almost every elite pack and droped on top of elites fetish ambush does insane amount of dmg. Constantly reseting spirit walk provide extra immunity and run speed, zombie bears clear everything in seconds and soul harvest runed for 230% dmg nuke trash pretty good. Actually i still die in 1 of 4-5 runs simply becouse i drop my attention and overcommit, but generally it's almost impossible to die unless you're tired and doing stupid things. Also i'm doing baracks lvl 3 to waypoint for 3 elite spawns, even though i'm sure it's exp loss this zone blessed me with ~50 mil in past couple of days so i feel bad avoiding it now )))
P.S. Don't have leoric signets, with them on me and mercenary could probably reach 40M/hr.
Btw thnx for mentioning areat crater 1, never tried it.
so many views, just curious...has anyone tried my build, liked it, and stuck with it?
Don't see how you can call it "your build" when its a common build for 2H since patch, just comes in many variations. Using DW is gimping yourself with Rend based build.
Also i have a question: what for you need 2.5K LoH when you're already using IP/Rend/Revenge for self healing?
Nice idea and with upcoming CC buff it'll be only stronger. A thing to mention - much prefer Flash Fire rune for Firebomb, not only it clears trash extremly fast, but also its bounce range is a lot higher explosion range for Firebomb in general (Ghost Bomb 30% dmg explosions is weak IMO, especially when in comes to dealing with spread out elites). Also it bounces of the ground so you can nuke some really nasty affixes outside screen or shift click inside the door and clear wholle room.
P.S. Playing on SC had double your dmg, about same resistances/armor and 28K live only and didn't die once so you're in for a safe clear. Only thing to beware is a Ghom enrage, dunno how your dps will deal with it but you can probably build change and zerg him down with army/big bad vodoo and Restless Giant Gargantuan (just resummon when enrage ends). GL with clearing on HC.
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Rage on hit rune is essentially useless since Raekor provide insane amount of rage.The only usefull rune is probably 50% dmg split complimented by gem turning pets immortal, but then again why we would want to spend essentially 4 gear slots (3 IK + Rorg) and gem for something we can get with a simple unity?
tldr: Without a proper buff to ancients (they deserve it imo) mixing them with Raekor or Earthen Might will be complelty useless.
You can switch to scorn, change pants for solid vit/int/resistance to increase ehp, pick spirit vessel (it's really good on mp10). 170-180K dps with scorn, 60K hp and 700 resistances, more lifesteal will work wonders for your safety and will allow you to farm MP 10 reliably.
That's probably the best advice for your budget - Dungain Cross with 180+int/9 AS/8cc+ will cost you ~80 mil and real good Jousting Mail can be picked for ~ 60 mil. Alltogether you can expect 300+ vit, 24% live, ~400 int and ~900 LoH, extra armor.
After i would seriously consider droping APS to 2.73 breakpoint and picking Chantodo WIll with socket - it's single highest dps increase aviable and will be even better with new gem tier. Then Chantodo Force - your one is lacking APoC, so you're probably using Storm Crown to fix APoC and LoH issues and whille suggested Blackthorne parts will fix LoH, new 8+ APoC Chandoto Will should allow you to switch to Mempo (and even cheap no crit Mempo blow Storm Crown in both EHP and DPS vallues by a mile).
Also droping APS to 2.73 you can get rid of lacunis and buy 120+ vit 160+ int 4.5+ cc 60+ allres and armor/phys res for like 15-20 mil that'll once again upgrade your EHP and DPS by a lot. Ofc Lacunis are still a good choice if you are pushing for 24% movement speed, but i avoided MS alltogether with picking teleport as my skill of choice. Also with LoH fixed you can look for a better rings.
After this basic improvements you'll be simply upgrading items to same better items (like int/cc/cd/ias rings/gloves). Unfortunatly we've not much choice as CMWW becouse fixing LoH without Blackthorne is almost impossible since to use best helm (Mempo) we need APoC on both weapon slots, and without chantodo it's almost impossible to even get 2.73 APS with socketed wand, and without socketed wand we loose too much dmg and meanwhille chantodo wand can't roll both socket and LoH and so on.
But anyway PoE shows how great ideas can't be realised to their full potential without insane cash investments.
Frost nova is nothing to sneeze on in Wizards stunlock build. Actually monk for MoC and wiz for CC are #1 utility classes (dmg is there too tbh), can't really tell what's better becouse both are too good.
With around 120K base dps i'm pulling around
65m/hrwith 1 hellfire ring (just got back to game and rng on parts hates me), when i get it and leorics signet for my follower i might get to ~70. Legendary drops are lacking thought, during keywarden runs (mp 5) i see few times more ledendarys / time spent.Edit: Adjusted my route and it's around 75m/hr +-
He said "Check it out" and so i did. Simply shared my opinion on build, nothing wrong with that ^^
1. No +int buffs.
2. 2 mana spenders with similar purpose.
If you droped 1 mana spender you'd significantly improve your dps through soul harvest, gargantuan provides more dmg then manitou (and restless giant actually hurt elites a lot), gruesome feast is way ahead of vision quest for bear build (still got to have +15-20 pick up range) becouse of stackable +int buff. Ofc i realise to each his own but 2 mana spenders is overkill no matter what.
P.S. Through Soul Harvest and Gruesome Feast you'd often see your dps jumping up to ~55-60K and that matters when you're nuking elites down.
Seriously doubt that exp rate is possible to achieve by WD (since it's a WD forum anyway), since we've to stop for ZB casts and even with cd reset passive spirit walk is still inferior to sprint/WOTB as a speed booster. Also i don't think that skiping elites is worth it since killing elites in my 55K dps gear takes few seconds anyway, better geared WDs probably don't even notice them.
P.S. Going to try your farm route thought since it's quite often that i've only 3-4 stacks by core and tower.
You answered your question yourself - killing Asmo or not depends on your route. Myself i start from Areat Core zone so killing asmo with 1-2 NV stacks or returning later on feels like a waste of time. Also i never once got a worthy loot from bosses so leaving them alive doesn't bother me in the slightest.
I'm using this build http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/witch-doctor#fPUdTY!TYe!caacZc - in high populated zones fetishes are ready for almost every elite pack and droped on top of elites fetish ambush does insane amount of dmg. Constantly reseting spirit walk provide extra immunity and run speed, zombie bears clear everything in seconds and soul harvest runed for 230% dmg nuke trash pretty good. Actually i still die in 1 of 4-5 runs simply becouse i drop my attention and overcommit, but generally it's almost impossible to die unless you're tired and doing stupid things. Also i'm doing baracks lvl 3 to waypoint for 3 elite spawns, even though i'm sure it's exp loss this zone blessed me with ~50 mil in past couple of days so i feel bad avoiding it now )))
P.S. Don't have leoric signets, with them on me and mercenary could probably reach 40M/hr.
Btw thnx for mentioning areat crater 1, never tried it.
Don't see how you can call it "your build" when its a common build for 2H since patch, just comes in many variations. Using DW is gimping yourself with Rend based build.
Also i have a question: what for you need 2.5K LoH when you're already using IP/Rend/Revenge for self healing?
P.S. Playing on SC had double your dmg, about same resistances/armor and 28K live only and didn't die once so you're in for a safe clear. Only thing to beware is a Ghom enrage, dunno how your dps will deal with it but you can probably build change and zerg him down with army/big bad vodoo and Restless Giant Gargantuan (just resummon when enrage ends). GL with clearing on HC.