fluffydelusions
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I ran into similar issues with my DH. I pumped too much stats into dex and my armor was lacking. It worked for a while but once you get to like act 4 in nightmare you start regretting it. I upped my armor and got through it.
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I ran into similar issues with my DH. I pumped too much stats into dex and my armor was lacking. It worked for a while but once you get to like act 4 in nightmare you start regretting it. I upped my armor and got through it.
POWERSPHERE
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How is the mac version going? They patched it yet?
So I upped my magic find to 47%, tried farmingon nightmare and Skeleton King on Hell, still only got shitty bluesDiablo.
How much magic find you need to make it worthwhile?
I have more luck getting yellows from yellow and blue mobs than bosses, this is especially true on hell, that being said some of the champions are harder than the actual bosses.
Pretty much all classes are screwed in Inferno as it is now. Even if you are a range class, many mobs have a bonus that allows them to get within melee range easily from jailer, vortex, teleport, waller, fast the list goes on. Getting separation as a range class in inferno is almost a game in itself.
Try Elemental Arrow w/ Ball Lightning. Total wreckage.
Yea I am on Windows 7 and I have tried that. Thanks for the suggestion though, appreciate any help I can get.
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toastyToast
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Thanks, I went back and doodled around before you posted and had a bit more luck i.e. almost easy when I switched to this build
Never thought to use Smokescreen to run in and do shit. I'm surprised and ashamed at myself. So what I'm doing is running in, setting down the bombs and then a calatrop running away to a safe distance and firing away. Works pretty damn well so far
Also switched to a Hand Crossbow and Shield. Probably overkill since I have 7.5K health, was a little taken aback by the difficulty jump. Now it's pretty comfortable
Crippling Wave > Concussion
Sweeping Wind > Blade Storm
Mantra of Healing > Circular Breathing (I like going into fights with full Spirit; Boon is overall better probably with how much you'll Mantra spam eventually).
Breath of Heaven > Infused with Light
Cyclone Strike > Implosion (Group with Wizard and WD primarily so it's useful here)
Serenity > Ascension
Transcendence, Seize the Initiative, and One With Everything for passives. Dual Wield with Life Steal and Life on Hit for the weapons rather than +Damage.
The only real DPS increase you get from DWing is because you have more Spirit to spend. Granted, that's the majority of your DPS but Shield Monk is better survivability, no loss in per hit damage (most likely greater), and you still have good Spirit generation via skills. That said, with enough Spirit regen, I'd probably DW for the skill spam in the end (so, basically, you were right Opiate!)
Monks get to cheat with Seize the Initiative giving +1 Armor per DEX :x
I really want Toads to be viable. They look cool.
Somewhat. I like the build i'm using now but disappointed I can't make a viable Summoner build like I had for my d2 necro. Agree about Darts though, I like Fire Bomb but with the amount of damage the Splintered Darts do, there is really no reason to use Fire Bomb. Gargantuan is really the best summon spell but it doesn't really scale well in the late game, Dogs are useless and cool down to slowly to use as bombs, Fetish army is solid but the cool down is way to slow unless you waste a passive and rune on it. All AOE spells are pretty much inferior to Dire bats as they cost more and do less damage for the most part.
Pretty much all my issues with the WD as of now (lvl 51 beginning of Hell)
I love the backlash against Blizzard for Inferno difficulty from the same community that was bitching about the game being too easy in Normal difficulty in the beta. If Inferno had been "balanced" enough to be doable within the first week of the release, there would be an enormous uproar that the game was too easy. Just enjoy Inferno for what it is, a horrifically difficult game mode based on unbalanced, RNG champion packs. This brings me back to the days of early PC gaming before AAA titles catered to casual gamers that just want to be handed everything on a silver platter.
picklecannon
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Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
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Rentahamster
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So after a day of my group being stuck on(act 4 boss spoiler) on inferno for a day I thought I would go ahead and test my luck solo on my DH. And to my suprise the fight was alot easier without 3 other people. Managed to down him in a couple and tries and even took downRakanoth(act 4 boss spoiler) without any bigger diffuculties. Now there's just the last boss of act 4 left and I imagine that fight will give me abit more problems.Izual
This is my current gear and build setup after getting a new weapon from act 4.
As you can se my Vitality is not the highest meaning that pretty much any mob after act 1 in inferno will 1-shot me. This makes playing all the more tense and I can't even relax for a second, but the damage output makes it all worth it.
You know, this picture made me realize another thing about the new rune system that I don't like. Why did they have to get rid of the previous graphics and names? I have no idea what runes are in those skills without looking them up. They all look like a bunch of squiggly lines. At least the previous incarnation of runes was helpfully color coded.
I was just about to post this. I don't have the skill yet but it seems like it has more mana cost and less range than Dire bats. Dire bats also goes through targets and continues to damage enemies behind the initial target not sure if Bears do this.
Yeah SS is awesome for the offense. Saying this since day1, basically a 30 second godmode.
Use it(3), then wait 2 seconds until mobs are near and you get hit, then use it again. Thats 15 seconds with one charge of discipline > Prep and you got 30 seconds of non stop shooting arrows. You can even prolong it with the Prep rune that gives discipline over time.
Smh Inferno, now you give me crap like this: Jailer Teleporter Avenger Knockback. Didn't even break a sweat. Dropped crappy loot too >_>
Yeah but melee has to get in the thick of it to attack. Ranged have the possibility of going class cannon and praying that the monsters die before they do
Yeah but melee has to get in the thick of it to attack. Ranged have the possibility of going class cannon and praying that the monsters die before they do
PoweredBySoy
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I'm in Nightmare and have been running an almost strictly Spirit build for the past dozen or so levels. It's a really fun build, but I will admit, since it is almost entirely single-target DPS, it's tough to play and needs a lot of fine tuning to work.
Spirit Barrage - mana return
Haunt - slow movement
Spirit Walk - 3 seconds
Soul Harvest - lasts 60 seconds
Horrify - increased radius
Gargantuan - poison cloud
The key to making the build work though are the passive skills. I forget their names, but the one that lowers cooldown for Horrify/Spirit Walk is essential, as is the one that returns 30% mana costs for spirit spells. With these I rarely ever run out of mana.
As I was saying though, it's a tough build to play, needs constant precise clicking, but still fun. I wish I didn't have to run with the Gargantuan, but he's almost necessary while playing solo to help mop up aggro. This build plays better in a group, using the very strong single-target DPS to take down elites. With a solid Soul Harvest buff up my damage leaves the other people I play with in the dust.
I think soon though I'll try to come up with a frog-heavy build. That sounds fun.
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Really? So you just click on stuff and get everything automatically, your dude just changes automatically as you play too? I thought this was a dungeon rpg type game?
Mana issues means we either go VQ (which is also horribly clunky to use) or we spam splinters for 60 levels. :/
ViewtifulJC
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Seize the Opportunity is a good passive to have at higher levels, increases your armor 100% by your DEX.
Fragamemnon
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If you are pre-inferno you should move into one of the FoH+Quickening/Mantra of Healing+Boon of Protection builds as soon as you hit 42. That will literally carry you up until Inferno if you keep your gear decent. Before 42 I think you can just use any random available skills and succeed without too much issue provided that you have enough of a vitality buffer so you don't get gibbed.
After that what you roll with for Act I Inferno is largely dependent on if you are going to solo or group it, and if in a group do you have glass cannon ranged DPS or not.
Any monk at Inferno not running 1H+shield is doing it wrong. There's very little DPS loss vs. dual-wielding and the survivability upside (your big issue) is huge.
Your customization is in what you actively equip for your skills rather than a tree system.
ThatStupidLion
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Hungering Arrow has been good to me. I think i'll continue using it for now w/ Puncturing Arrow. Can't wait to unlock the Shatter Shot rune for it
its not that good in my opinion.
I used it for awhile. only 1 of the 3 subsequent arrows continues to pierce and home in. I also hoped that it would continue to scatter after every continuous pierce. it doesnt. maybe youll have better luck with it in your build. thought puncture arrow was the way to go as well but it is just too slow for my taste. slow after the first pierce. it travels through and takes a good while to turn around and hit a second time. so using a skill that just improves the puncture % is a bit of a waste to me. but all skills seem to work differently for everyone and their respective builds.
my build's main attack is actually impale/overpenetration
hoping devouring arrow is good. looking to use that rune instead of cinder.
There's no skill tree, but you build your characters 6 skills from over 20 skills (varies per class) and each skill has 5 different runes. And you can customize your character stats with gems. This leads to hundreds of billions of possible (not viable) builds.
There's no visual customization (unless you count dyeing your armor).
I posted the build I am using a few pages back and it works pretty well with Vision Quest for the most part. Soul Harvest, Spirit Walk, Hex, Grasp of the Dead. All of those are skills you probably use anyway and you should pretty much always have them on cool down to trigger VQ mana regen. This is the best VQ build I have tried so far because it doesnt involve loading up on skills with long cooldown times (Fetish Army,Big Bad Voodoo, Mass Confusion etc) and because these are all skills you will use regularly and not try to save for stronger mobs.
Technosteve
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Barbarian GAF is it true that we have to tank past nightmare difculty or we are majored fucked?
half way through nm on my wizard and i've been experimenting with builds. i've settled on:
LM: Electrocute w/Lightning Blast
RM: Arcane Orb w/Obliteration
Mouse Button 4: Teleport w/Wormhole
Mouse Button 5: Mirror Image w/Duplicates
A: Diamond Skin w/Prism
D: Hydra w/Venom Hydra
Passives: Glass Cannon, Prodigy, Illusionist
I suspect I'll drop Diamond Skin eventually for Energy Armor w/Force Armor, and drop one of my passives for Galvanizing Wizard. But i really like this build because I can cruise through normal mobs, and I have enough defensive and kiting abilities to deal with champion packs.
LM: Electrocute w/Lightning Blast
RM: Arcane Orb w/Obliteration
Mouse Button 4: Teleport w/Wormhole
Mouse Button 5: Mirror Image w/Duplicates
A: Diamond Skin w/Prism
D: Hydra w/Venom Hydra
Passives: Glass Cannon, Prodigy, Illusionist
I suspect I'll drop Diamond Skin eventually for Energy Armor w/Force Armor, and drop one of my passives for Galvanizing Wizard. But i really like this build because I can cruise through normal mobs, and I have enough defensive and kiting abilities to deal with champion packs.
Barbarian GAF is it true that we have to tank past nightmare difculty or we are majored fucked?
I went straight strength/damage bonuses with a 2h mace. I tore threw normal and nightmare, only dying here and there because I played lazily. I entered hell last night for the first time and the first yellow mob I found 2 shot me and had 600k+ health.
Gonna strap on a shield and go again this evening.
I also had all my skills built around fury generation/damage bonuses. Skills were, leap with +armor, ground shake (I forget what it's called) with the rune that pulls everyone in, overpower with +crit, the damage reduction shout with health regen, frenzy with stun or sidearm, hammer with the rune that makes it hit harder but a smaller area.
fluffydelusions
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Saw this on reddit
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Haunt has no range?? I'm constantly Haunting targets that are off-screen. It also has a mild aim-bot effect to it, so you don't even need to click directly on the target for it to attach. Plus it goes through motherf'ing walls. I open any engagement with a handful of Haunts, a lot of times to targets I can't even see yet. Love it.
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If I buy the US version, can I play in the EU servers?
In the beta you could switch them in the options, is it still like that?
In the beta you could switch them in the options, is it still like that?
I usually just spam Elemental Arrow so it works well for my needs. You're right, though. It really depends on one's play style/build. I think i'd still be using Bola Shot if my current follower was the Templar, but i'm using the Enchantress so I don't have a tank to draw in the enemies for Bola's splash damage.
What's a good spot to farm money and blues if you are still on Act 1 - Nightmare?
I finished the game yesterday with no help from ze internets... and I put all of my money on the jewelcrafter and blacksmith. Now I just realized I screwed up and should of just checked the AH which is so populated atm... >.<
Now I'm getting boned in the butt by rares and elites even though I roll monk. D:
I finished the game yesterday with no help from ze internets... and I put all of my money on the jewelcrafter and blacksmith. Now I just realized I screwed up and should of just checked the AH which is so populated atm... >.<
Now I'm getting boned in the butt by rares and elites even though I roll monk. D:
My current DH build. Love it so far, not only does it work really well... it's a lot different than any other DH builds I've seen.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/demon-hunter#UPkXTV!Yge!YZYZZY
My only issue is grenades are really.... finnicky when firing. If you're on ledges/stairs and stuff... it's a pain.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/demon-hunter#UPkXTV!Yge!YZYZZY
My only issue is grenades are really.... finnicky when firing. If you're on ledges/stairs and stuff... it's a pain.
My friend (US) was playing on the EU and Asia servers when the US servers were down last week.
yea, you can switch servers. Blizzard CM actually recommended people play on Asia servers while the US ones were down.
Fists of Thunder - Bounding Light (if you don't have it yet, go with Way of the Hundred Fists with the Spirited Salvo rune)
Blinding Flash - Faith in the Light (if you don't have it Blinding Echo)
Serenity - Peaceful Repose
Breath of Heaven - Blazing Wrath (or Infused with Light if you're having trouble generating spirit)
Mystic Ally - Air Ally
Mantra of Healing - Boon of Protection
Transcendence
Exalted Soul
Guiding Light (or Guardian's Path for extra spirit regen for 2hander monks like myself)
The Boon of Protection rune for Mantra of Healing is the star of this setup. While the mantra itself speeds up life regen when activated, the rune also gives the user and its allies a shield that aborbs damage eqaul to 15% of the enemies health. While it does cost 50 spirit to activate, you should be generating spirit like crazy (with Air ally and Infused with Light if you have it not to mention Guardian's Path).
Faith in the Light (attacks are empowered to do 30% addition weapon damage as Holy), Blazing Wrath (increases damage of your attacks by 15%) , and Guiding Light (16% dmg increase for member and allies after healing them [BoH]) still makes you a force to be reckoned with.
Not to mention with Transcendence all of your moves that cost spirit heals you as well. So pop Serenity when things get intense, and either use Mantra of healing if your party needs aid or Breath of Heaven and Blinding Flash to bring the pain. Hope this helps.
Just cleared Hell mode with CcrooK earlier this morning with this setup. Hope it helps.
fluffydelusions
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Smoke screen, preparation, and bat companion are must haves IMO
FlutterPuffs
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I just farmed on the road leading to the graveyard. 15k in 10-15 minutes.
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