I spend almost 30 000 000 gold for my 3 build (3 times nerfed) and now what ? Im supposed to be happy with that ? Im farming act 1 inferno since 60 hours and cant get into act2 because Im not doing 70k dps like DH... (btw im doing 30k dps)
While I feel your pain - it was pretty obvious this was going to be nerfed - I even said the day I posted it to NOT spend your gold on it. As soon as you saw videos of people stun locking Inferno Diablo to lolololvictory..
Good news is - we can still kill rare packs in Act 3 by kiting.. it just takes a LONG time and you can't get hit at all.. heh
I'm going to post up a guide in a second that will allow you to farm a room with a Treasure Goblin, Resplendent Chest and 1 Rare Pack - then kill an easy boss with 1 buff. In Act 3.
I did it several times last night with a "regular" build - works pretty well as long as you dont get a bad rare pack (then you simply reset).
I wanted to highlight that this build is NOT foreveryone It can cause your hand to cramp - 4 button non stop spam - it can be pricy to start up - and it is VERY weak against ranged mobs (Dragons and Gobil Resurectors in Act3) unless you have MASSIVE health and Massive Resitances.
I have had alot of people friend invite me in game to say they are frustrated that it wont work when they only have 12-15K damage and 30-40K health.
So please dont try this unless you want to risk it -- of course keep in mind this will be hot fixed soon
Lots of questions between when I looked last and now - first let me say my recolection of my numbers were off when I wrote this at work earlier - my DPS only approches 30K when I have the 15% buff from Nova - so unbffed my Damage is only at 23K (16K if I use a shield / hasn't been too nessecary)
Second - Poison weapon is indeed INSANE - I had not tried it untill I read the above post - but it makes your crits some how increase in effectiveness 10fold So take Poison weapon, probably instead of Wave of Force or Blast.
Lastly - I again stress that if you have a small amount of gold - DO NOT go all in on this build - its really good for some one who has enough life to take hits (I have 55K) but not so much if you dont have the gold to get to that point / saved gear. I saved ALOT of vit/int gear while I was farming act 3/4 the last few days with Force Armor so I was ready. If you dont have good gear (I would say 15-20K damage AND 45-50K health) then may be best to try somthing else untill you can afford it. PLUS this is likely going to get nerfed.. especialy the poison weapon thing.. crazy.
1000ish spear, 56ish-350ish damage orb remeber, stacking +crit dam increases you damage stat by A LOT! Also, a purple gem, high quality, does wonders for your health in your helmet.
I'm scared to try this out because Blizzard just warns shit without warning ~_~
I agree, and as I said above - I recomend not dumping millions of gold into gearing for this. Becasue who knows?
I would just get some decent Crit gear / some Vit / a good / decent fast 1 hander and then go to act 4 of hell and see if it works for you / you like it before investing.
EDIT** Poison Magic Weapon is a must
EDIT 2** I think it is best for people to stop trying to imulate this build - I have had alot of people friend request me in the game who have tried to use it and fallen short of what is IMO minimal DPS / Health to successfully do this in Act 3 - so PLEASE do not try this if you dont have gold / gear to do it. I think you need UNBUFFED 20K+ damage and 45-50K Health - Then a Significant amount of ALL RESISTS so you can take a few hits from ranged mobs in act 3 with out dying. Otherwise - this build will crush your sole. SO please be warned - this build is not for everyone.
EDIT#3: Now Nerfed!
So - my guide about the ever popular Force Armor build is now obsolete - as it was nerfed last night (or so I'm told - havent tried it yet).
So - I wanted to post up this guid to the build I was using to farm act 3 WITHOUT force armor last night (to prepare). It works and its fun - it will likely be nerfed as well.
Here is the build: http://us.battle.net...YdOh!gVT!caYaZc
Ok - this will not be really pretty - buty should give you a good idea of what to go for. We'll start with stats.
Int > Crit Chance > Vit / All Resists / Life on Hit / Dex > Attack Speed > Crit Damage > Armor
Weapon - Super Faster 1 Hander - Probably a shield (though I used an orb last night and was okish)
LMB Skill: Shock Pule: Living Lighting
Spam Spam Spam Spam - do not stop spamming this. With Paralysis you will be stunning on 8% of every little hit these things do. With fast attack speed, you'll have so many of these up - you should stun ALOT of stuff.
RMB Skill: Diamond Skin: Crystal Barrier
This will have near 100% up time - keep spaming.
1 Skill: Frost Nova: Deep Freeze
Its freezes stuff - you'll have up time nearly 100% once you get into a fight (because of Critical Mass) and the rune increases your crit chance, and so increases Critical Mass efectiveness.
2 Skill: Magic Weapon: Venom
Dont know why, it makes Critical Mass go crazy - you have to take this.
3 Skill: Explosive Blast: Chain Reaction
Again, Critical Mass makes this have almost 100% uptime once you get going. Take this rune for 3 extra chances at crits.
4 Skill: Energy Armor: Pinpoint Barrier
Makes you tougher to kill (if you get hit) and increases crit chance! Awesome.
Passive 1: Critical Mass
The bread and butter - every crit has a chance to reduce your CDs - with all the crits from living lighting and Chain reaction Blasts and Waves of Force you will basically be spaming Nova, Blast, Diamond Skin and Wave of Force.
Passive 2: Paralysis
Makes all your lighting stun stuff. 8% doesn't sound like much but when you have a never ending spam fest of living lighting - it stuns ALOT.
Passive 3: Arcane Dynamo
With all the spam of Lighting you'll have 75% increased damage on Blasts and/or Wave of Force all the time! Great for hitting stuff hard!
Play Style:
Well - last night - I got back up to around 55K HP and unbuffed 27% Crit Chance (THIS WAS MISS LEADING - this is after Nova effect). The play style is - Pop diamond skin, run into the monsters and SPam lighting. As soon as they all get in range - Spam Nova - Diamond skin might be off CD already because of Critical mass triggers - if so hit it again (basically hit dimond skin at all times) - Next start spaming Blasts and waves of force. With high crit chance and enough monsters - you can stand and just melt stuff. EDIT** I discovered LIFE REGEN ON HIT is great for this -- all the little lighting hits heal you nicely.
The things I'm not sure of - with enough HP - Force armor might be better than Pinpoint barrier. Even after the nerf. Now that you are stacking some VIT again - If you take less than 55K damage in one hit - you would be reduced down to only 35% - but - I honestly never got hit except when I got sloppy with rare packs. Diamond Skin was almost always up/being refreshed.
For that reason, and with enough Crit - it may be best to forgo Vitality all together and instead stack Dex for added dodged (to avoid soaking your sheld). So - not sure yet about Vit vs Dex (dodge).
I would say - don't spend massive amounts of gold to gear up for this - as it will likely be nerfed - but last night I did a run from the start of Act 3 to Seage Breaker in about 2 hours, dieing only a few times. Full stack by the time I got to him.
Unbuffed Shoot for (if you dare try this) 20K + damage 50K+ health(or 1000+ all resists) and 15% unbuffed Crit chance. Please be warned this build is frustrating and can lead to hand cramps.
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Good news is - we can still kill rare packs in Act 3 by kiting.. it just takes a LONG time and you can't get hit at all.. heh
I'm going to post up a guide in a second that will allow you to farm a room with a Treasure Goblin, Resplendent Chest and 1 Rare Pack - then kill an easy boss with 1 buff. In Act 3.
I did it several times last night with a "regular" build - works pretty well as long as you dont get a bad rare pack (then you simply reset).
I wanted to highlight that this build is NOT foreveryone It can cause your hand to cramp - 4 button non stop spam - it can be pricy to start up - and it is VERY weak against ranged mobs (Dragons and Gobil Resurectors in Act3) unless you have MASSIVE health and Massive Resitances.
I have had alot of people friend invite me in game to say they are frustrated that it wont work when they only have 12-15K damage and 30-40K health.
So please dont try this unless you want to risk it -- of course keep in mind this will be hot fixed soon
Lots of questions between when I looked last and now - first let me say my recolection of my numbers were off when I wrote this at work earlier - my DPS only approches 30K when I have the 15% buff from Nova - so unbffed my Damage is only at 23K (16K if I use a shield / hasn't been too nessecary)
Second - Poison weapon is indeed INSANE - I had not tried it untill I read the above post - but it makes your crits some how increase in effectiveness 10fold So take Poison weapon, probably instead of Wave of Force or Blast.
Lastly - I again stress that if you have a small amount of gold - DO NOT go all in on this build - its really good for some one who has enough life to take hits (I have 55K) but not so much if you dont have the gold to get to that point / saved gear. I saved ALOT of vit/int gear while I was farming act 3/4 the last few days with Force Armor so I was ready. If you dont have good gear (I would say 15-20K damage AND 45-50K health) then may be best to try somthing else untill you can afford it. PLUS this is likely going to get nerfed.. especialy the poison weapon thing.. crazy.
1000ish spear, 56ish-350ish damage orb remeber, stacking +crit dam increases you damage stat by A LOT! Also, a purple gem, high quality, does wonders for your health in your helmet.
I agree, and as I said above - I recomend not dumping millions of gold into gearing for this. Becasue who knows?
I would just get some decent Crit gear / some Vit / a good / decent fast 1 hander and then go to act 4 of hell and see if it works for you / you like it before investing.
I had no problems - DS has no AP cost - Nova has no AP cost - so your only spending on Wave of Force and Blast (20 and 25)
EDIT 2** I think it is best for people to stop trying to imulate this build - I have had alot of people friend request me in the game who have tried to use it and fallen short of what is IMO minimal DPS / Health to successfully do this in Act 3 - so PLEASE do not try this if you dont have gold / gear to do it. I think you need UNBUFFED 20K+ damage and 45-50K Health - Then a Significant amount of ALL RESISTS so you can take a few hits from ranged mobs in act 3 with out dying. Otherwise - this build will crush your sole. SO please be warned - this build is not for everyone.
EDIT#3: Now Nerfed!
So - my guide about the ever popular Force Armor build is now obsolete - as it was nerfed last night (or so I'm told - havent tried it yet).
So - I wanted to post up this guid to the build I was using to farm act 3 WITHOUT force armor last night (to prepare). It works and its fun - it will likely be nerfed as well.
Here is the build: http://us.battle.net...YdOh!gVT!caYaZc
Ok - this will not be really pretty - buty should give you a good idea of what to go for. We'll start with stats.
Int > Crit Chance > Vit / All Resists / Life on Hit / Dex > Attack Speed > Crit Damage > Armor
Weapon - Super Faster 1 Hander - Probably a shield (though I used an orb last night and was okish)
LMB Skill: Shock Pule: Living Lighting
Spam Spam Spam Spam - do not stop spamming this. With Paralysis you will be stunning on 8% of every little hit these things do. With fast attack speed, you'll have so many of these up - you should stun ALOT of stuff.
RMB Skill: Diamond Skin: Crystal Barrier
This will have near 100% up time - keep spaming.
1 Skill: Frost Nova: Deep Freeze
Its freezes stuff - you'll have up time nearly 100% once you get into a fight (because of Critical Mass) and the rune increases your crit chance, and so increases Critical Mass efectiveness.
2 Skill: Magic Weapon: Venom
Dont know why, it makes Critical Mass go crazy - you have to take this.
3 Skill: Explosive Blast: Chain Reaction
Again, Critical Mass makes this have almost 100% uptime once you get going. Take this rune for 3 extra chances at crits.
4 Skill: Energy Armor: Pinpoint Barrier
Makes you tougher to kill (if you get hit) and increases crit chance! Awesome.
Passive 1: Critical Mass
The bread and butter - every crit has a chance to reduce your CDs - with all the crits from living lighting and Chain reaction Blasts and Waves of Force you will basically be spaming Nova, Blast, Diamond Skin and Wave of Force.
Passive 2: Paralysis
Makes all your lighting stun stuff. 8% doesn't sound like much but when you have a never ending spam fest of living lighting - it stuns ALOT.
Passive 3: Arcane Dynamo
With all the spam of Lighting you'll have 75% increased damage on Blasts and/or Wave of Force all the time! Great for hitting stuff hard!
Play Style:
Well - last night - I got back up to around 55K HP and unbuffed 27% Crit Chance (THIS WAS MISS LEADING - this is after Nova effect). The play style is - Pop diamond skin, run into the monsters and SPam lighting. As soon as they all get in range - Spam Nova - Diamond skin might be off CD already because of Critical mass triggers - if so hit it again (basically hit dimond skin at all times) - Next start spaming Blasts and waves of force. With high crit chance and enough monsters - you can stand and just melt stuff. EDIT** I discovered LIFE REGEN ON HIT is great for this -- all the little lighting hits heal you nicely.
The things I'm not sure of - with enough HP - Force armor might be better than Pinpoint barrier. Even after the nerf. Now that you are stacking some VIT again - If you take less than 55K damage in one hit - you would be reduced down to only 35% - but - I honestly never got hit except when I got sloppy with rare packs. Diamond Skin was almost always up/being refreshed.
For that reason, and with enough Crit - it may be best to forgo Vitality all together and instead stack Dex for added dodged (to avoid soaking your sheld). So - not sure yet about Vit vs Dex (dodge).
I would say - don't spend massive amounts of gold to gear up for this - as it will likely be nerfed - but last night I did a run from the start of Act 3 to Seage Breaker in about 2 hours, dieing only a few times. Full stack by the time I got to him.
Unbuffed Shoot for (if you dare try this) 20K + damage 50K+ health(or 1000+ all resists) and 15% unbuffed Crit chance. Please be warned this build is frustrating and can lead to hand cramps.