Lots of people in hell and inferno already. I'm making my way through hell now, my monk build + 300dps fist weapon with 150 dex is hilarity.
Can't wait for inferno.
Lots of people in hell and inferno already. I'm making my way through hell now, my monk build + 300dps fist weapon with 150 dex is hilarity.
Can't wait for inferno.
hardcore nightmare belial down, that was *way* easier than it was in normal. As in, I just held down left click, waited, and he died. As soon as I took any damage it was regen'd up to full instantly.
For anyone looking to do hardcore easymode, here's the build I've been using on my barb since around level 20: Frenzy (with the heal rune), Revenge (with the +heal rune), whirlwind (with the heal rune) war cry (with the heal rune), leap (with the armor rune), ignore pain (your choice, I like the 7 sec duration one). Pick up all the defensive passives, plus either weapons master or ruthless depending on which gives you more dps (or weapons master if youre using axes and want to max out the whirlwind heal). Switch the dps passive out for Superstition for nasty fights (belial last phase, or if you have time before engaging scary shit like frozen/arcane elites).
Gearwise you want Vit > Str > Int > Dex, and the main "tertiary" stat youre looking for is life on hit, as well as standard +regen and later +%hp steal.
Plays kinda like the classic D2 HC concentration barb except on steroids. Spam frenzy and maintain 5 stacks throughout the fight (with good +hp on hit gear this is your most reliable heal). Burst whirlwind when at high fury (remember not to use too long or you'll lose frenzy stacks), and use retaliate at every opportunity. Use leap whenever its off cooldown unless you know you'll need it as an escape - that +300% armor is absolutely huge. Don't use ignore pain at the same time as leap's armor buff unless you really need it - youre much better off staggering them.
At the very least with this build and decent defensive gear you'll never die, and be useful enough to other players for taking a lot of the heat. Splash out on a really nice weapon though and you'll be laughing - it's no demon hunter but the absolute safety of the build makes the dps loss completely acceptable. You can lose connection and in all likelihood not be killed.
So yeah obviously don't use for softcore. But if you're looking to get a footing in HC then I highly recommend this as a way to safely get through the difficulties and build a bankroll to finance more aggressive alts. Just remember that this build is gear dependent and you will need to hang around and farm up nice gear if you want to be leaping happily into champion packs in nightmare+
Last edited by Cerzi; May 20 2012 at 04:22:28 AM.
having a really hard time enjoying my Witch doctor.
Demon Hunter, on the other hand...
Can anyone suggest good Monk solo builds for Nightmare Act 3 - onwards (lvl 48~)? A friend of mine is getting utterly raped, I played around with his monk and changed a ton ofo abilities/runes and 1-2 passives, much better now but he still doesn't feel right. He will be farming some gear on act 2 NM for the time being. Please help :P
Not entirely sure what my buddy is using but he can be pretty damn unkillable. He is doing some constant "wind" area damage around him and gains spirit on crit, then spams the spirit on some mantra I think that gives him and groupmates close by a shield of damage based on % of their health. He can usually sit in groups in Hell, only really has issue with packs that knockback or fear.Originally Posted by Tyrehl
Really enjoying Witch Doctor. Locust swarm has to be the most overpowered thing ever, killing 100+ mobs with 1 click?
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...iXQ!ZYX!YaaZbbNot entirely sure what my buddy is using but he can be pretty damn unkillable. He is doing some constant "wind" area damage around him and gains spirit on crit, then spams the spirit on some mantra I think that gives him and groupmates close by a shield of damage based on % of their health. He can usually sit in groups in Hell, only really has issue with packs that knockback or fear.
Abuse Quickening while you can for amazing spirit regen.
The reason why the crafting mats are so cheap at the moment is that people salvaged like crazy in normal, then got to nightmare and realised "Oh shit, I need a whole new set of mats in this difficulty" so set all their normal mats to the auction house. Same happened when people reached hell so nightmare mats are cheap as well. I don't know when the price will stabilize but the price for mats really should be higher.
Saying that I have stopped leveling my blacksmith and instead I am buying gear off the auction house. Have seriously pimped out my level 18 monk with +dex gear practically everywhere and a ruby in his helm. I've been hunting down cheap rares and using the buyout, gold isn't exactly rare at my stage in the game so I don't mind spend 1k on stuff.
Given how truly pants-on-head retarded the AH design is, prices for many items will never stabilize in a meaningful way. That they decided to implement...this... after all of Blizzard's game experience, is my one true sore spot with Diablo III. Its like an intern C++ programmer slammed it out in a weekend 5 years ago and they never bothered to :iterate: on it again.
Almost perfect, but switch out breath of heaven (you already have two heals) for blinding flash, either with the increased duration or increased damage one, depending on level.http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...iXQ!ZYX!YaaZbbNot entirely sure what my buddy is using but he can be pretty damn unkillable. He is doing some constant "wind" area damage around him and gains spirit on crit, then spams the spirit on some mantra I think that gives him and groupmates close by a shield of damage based on % of their health. He can usually sit in groups in Hell, only really has issue with packs that knockback or fear.
Abuse Quickening while you can for amazing spirit regen.
If and when quickening gets nerfed (it supposedly gives more spirit than it should), switch to Dodge rune on fists of lightning, possibly replace blade storm with a lower cost spirit spender and use the dodge mantra that increases armor by 20%.
Also, the passives that you want are Seize the initiative, transcendence and one with everything. Resolve is good too, but not as good as any of the above three.
Lastly, cyclone strike is okay in group play, but I must admit I'm not the biggest fan. Your ranged players should watch their positioning, and you should be using the dash as right click for instant battlefield repositioning. It's pretty much one of the best abilities the monk has.
Last edited by Roam; May 20 2012 at 11:03:49 AM.
I currently do use Blinding flash but it's not needed until Hell and breath of heaven gives a dps buff. One with Everything isn't good until you have enough resists on your gear to make it usefulAlmost perfect, but switch out breath of heaven (you already have two heals) for blinding flash, either with the increased duration or increased damage one, depending on level.http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...iXQ!ZYX!YaaZbbNot entirely sure what my buddy is using but he can be pretty damn unkillable. He is doing some constant "wind" area damage around him and gains spirit on crit, then spams the spirit on some mantra I think that gives him and groupmates close by a shield of damage based on % of their health. He can usually sit in groups in Hell, only really has issue with packs that knockback or fear.
Abuse Quickening while you can for amazing spirit regen.
If and when quickening gets nerfed (it supposedly gives more spirit than it should), switch to Dodge rune on fists of lightning, possibly replace blade storm with a lower cost spirit spender and use the dodge mantra that increases armor by 20%.
Also, the passives that you want are Seize the initiative, transcendence and one with everything. Resolve is good too, but not as good as any of the above three.
Lastly, cyclone strike is okay in group play, but I must admit I'm not the biggest fan. Your ranged players should watch their positioning, and you should be using the dash as right click for instant battlefield repositioning. It's pretty much one of the best abilities the monk has.
Also I really wish the dash would let you move for than 3 feet if you don't have anything targeting. Kind of annoying that it's completely useless unless you are using it to get on top of a mob.
Edit: I'm currently using EP:TFiW instead of cyclone strike for extra dps output since i duo with a DH. Maybe I'll think about giving Dashing Strike another try.
Last edited by Zilulil; May 20 2012 at 11:24:11 AM.
am really enjoying my wizard though struggling to remember to press shift
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Almost a week after launch, and I still get error 37, 3007, 395000 and 300008... Tried for half an hour to log in today - 30 minutes wasted staring at the login screen and character screen..
The title of this thread is remarkably accurate except for the (almost).
yeah they have fucked up the bnet servers again on eu your ok if you logged in before 1.00pm but no one has been able to log in since cause they are working on some "issue" in saying that though I have had zero problems getting in since the clusterfuck of the first 2 days until today.
Achievments are still fucked up, a friend of mine was missing some (we were still on guest pass accounts) and he couldnt progress further (blacksmith upgrades etc). Today all of his achievments disappeared (can not obtain achievment data on his profile). There are a LOT of people with this problem, I think it happened on the 15th. Thats one of the things that they are supposed to fix, the other is probably the problem with the login server.
Blizzard have decided to delete all tags and Real ID friends and disable realID access all of the sudden, really really annoying. I can enable Real ID access again but I have to rebuild my realID friends list.Achievments are still fucked up, a friend of mine was missing some (we were still on guest pass accounts) and he couldnt progress further (blacksmith upgrades etc). Today all of his achievments disappeared (can not obtain achievment data on his profile). There are a LOT of people with this problem, I think it happened on the 15th. Thats one of the things that they are supposed to fix, the other is probably the problem with the login server.
Took a shower, still down. Gonna walk my rats for a bit.
Vulnerant omnes, ultima necat.
WhatBlizzard have decided to delete all tags and Real ID friends and disable realID access all of the sudden, really really annoying. I can enable Real ID access again but I have to rebuild my realID friends list.Achievments are still fucked up, a friend of mine was missing some (we were still on guest pass accounts) and he couldnt progress further (blacksmith upgrades etc). Today all of his achievments disappeared (can not obtain achievment data on his profile). There are a LOT of people with this problem, I think it happened on the 15th. Thats one of the things that they are supposed to fix, the other is probably the problem with the login server.
+1
Got both WD Class-specific Legendarys of AH last night, for combined 12K or so. For the cost of three "trainings", not even one level, of Journeyman Blacksmith training.
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