Nope, I didn't have much experience so I went in with Wrath - Insanity and Cota - The council rises.
With worse affixes I think I would of got floored. I think together as one is probably a safer choice.
So due to some more testing on bosses using Tier40 as a reference. Pure single target with 100% uptime on the boss, I generate about 6.25bil/minute damage without ruthless kicking in, 8.75bil with ruthless (sub 30%).
I've done around 14 or 15 Tier40's today and I have around a 60% or so success rate. Couple of them being 9-10minute boss kills without conduit, others failing within a couple of minutes. 60% success may not seem too great but it relies heavily on the boss you get. All of my clears had at least 4 minutes to kill the bosses which cuts it close for majority of them. I understand 40 is not exceptionally high but its enough to really see the potential of your damage and see how far you can really get.
Note that the setup I'm running with is Bul-Kathos Wedding Band as it appears to do about 25-40mil/sec while directly near bosses/mobs. While that may not seem like much, when our boss fights last as long as they do, its a huge portion of damage. So Unity + BK Wedding Band means no leorics which to me is a huge hit as I was a big supporter of the 50%+ cdr. I now sit at 43.58% meaning I have a couple of seconds downtime on Ignore Pain which is a huge painful experience in a lot of cases. Another change which people may have been aware of is Ancient Parthan Defenders becoming active during the drag portion of Furious Charge. You take the 20-30% damage hit from Strongarms, but it just gives some incentive to drag more mobs together to hit that critical mass.
With all the conduit or bust hate going out there, I thought I'd show some light at the end of the tunnel.
First ever try with a Tier 43 and I managed to pull out a win.
There's so many FC guides and builds out there with many many variations it's hard to generalize them all. So all I'd like to suggest as far as advice is really learn to abuse vile wards the best you can. Always always always make dragging packs into other packs a priority. Hitting the critical mass of mobs is really exciting to see them all explode. I know certain mobs have terrible hit boxes and certain tile sets can be a nightmare to travel. But learn the angles and learn to adjust. Don't be afraid to skip champ packs or bad affixes. The more distance you travel, the higher chance you'll hit the end of the rift, the higher chance you'll end up getting a pylon. Though in this case it didn't seem to require it.
Give yourself as much time for bosses as possible and never give up. Don't go in with the expectation of losing, even if the time runs out, think of all the gem upgrades you could get! All that aside I doubt you'll be able to get higher than 45 without conduit. But who knows with how much changes on a day to day basis.
The deaths at the end were pure inexperience with the difficulty as I didn't expect to be 1 shot. Learned my lesson fairly quickly and made it a very very close race.
I think a lot of people can agree this is a great change for later seasons and a great change for the game to really improve competition overall. That being said these drastic changes should never be made mid season for any reason and should be reverted until the end of the season. It's unfair for people willing to compete for the top spot.
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With worse affixes I think I would of got floored. I think together as one is probably a safer choice.
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I'll have to look into it. I've been keeping an eye on any good rolled ones but never had one worth keeping. But I'll definitely have a look into it.
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I've done around 14 or 15 Tier40's today and I have around a 60% or so success rate. Couple of them being 9-10minute boss kills without conduit, others failing within a couple of minutes. 60% success may not seem too great but it relies heavily on the boss you get. All of my clears had at least 4 minutes to kill the bosses which cuts it close for majority of them. I understand 40 is not exceptionally high but its enough to really see the potential of your damage and see how far you can really get.
Note that the setup I'm running with is Bul-Kathos Wedding Band as it appears to do about 25-40mil/sec while directly near bosses/mobs. While that may not seem like much, when our boss fights last as long as they do, its a huge portion of damage. So Unity + BK Wedding Band means no leorics which to me is a huge hit as I was a big supporter of the 50%+ cdr. I now sit at 43.58% meaning I have a couple of seconds downtime on Ignore Pain which is a huge painful experience in a lot of cases. Another change which people may have been aware of is Ancient Parthan Defenders becoming active during the drag portion of Furious Charge. You take the 20-30% damage hit from Strongarms, but it just gives some incentive to drag more mobs together to hit that critical mass.
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Yea I find I feel naked without frenzy and mirinae, even though you lose out on an amulet affix and a free skill.
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First ever try with a Tier 43 and I managed to pull out a win.
There's so many FC guides and builds out there with many many variations it's hard to generalize them all. So all I'd like to suggest as far as advice is really learn to abuse vile wards the best you can. Always always always make dragging packs into other packs a priority. Hitting the critical mass of mobs is really exciting to see them all explode. I know certain mobs have terrible hit boxes and certain tile sets can be a nightmare to travel. But learn the angles and learn to adjust. Don't be afraid to skip champ packs or bad affixes. The more distance you travel, the higher chance you'll hit the end of the rift, the higher chance you'll end up getting a pylon. Though in this case it didn't seem to require it.
Give yourself as much time for bosses as possible and never give up. Don't go in with the expectation of losing, even if the time runs out, think of all the gem upgrades you could get! All that aside I doubt you'll be able to get higher than 45 without conduit. But who knows with how much changes on a day to day basis.
The deaths at the end were pure inexperience with the difficulty as I didn't expect to be 1 shot. Learned my lesson fairly quickly and made it a very very close race.
EDIT:
43 vod: http://youtu.be/S7Bs3VriiD4
44 attempt vod: http://youtu.be/sk-jhAdCJ_I
44 binder kill vod: http://youtu.be/LDUOnxZpFjY
Profile: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Freezy3-1374/hero/51711286
Twitch(Been streaming all my 43+ attempts, only do 5 or so each day): http://www.twitch.tv/freezythree
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