Fenderputty
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This is exactly what I need. Enchantress it is.
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This is exactly what I need. Enchantress it is.
"I pulled that Treasure Goblin for you! I'M USEFUL!"
"Why the fuck have I not removed your Charge yet."
In that case, I might as well mention this in case someone doesn't know: Followers get 2.5 times the listed +Attributes. +100 INT/VIT is actually +250 INT/VIT to them, for instance. It's pretty easy to get them well into the ~1500 or higher VIT and STR/DEX/INT range.
jessecuster
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I am in pretty much the same boat as the first guy. I use the same Hungering Arrow/ Ball Lightning, but I also use Bat Companion to regenerate Hatred quicker.
ThatStupidLion
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time to say goodbye to my templar and hello to a scissor sister... (i'm a female DH)
It especially sucks when they pick a Goblin while you are in mid pack full of angry monsters.
Edit: Beaten by scy.
Switched all my +aspd gear to +int one, got some vit on a few items and bought a more powerful 2 hand weapon. I've also changed my skills to the arcane build (I was using it before, but Belilal was much easier with the venom hydra/blizzard one).
Here's my current gear/stats (with buffs):
My defence for choosing Cold Blooded is as follows - I thought it boost the damage of all attacks on a chilled/frozen target. ;d
Here's my current gear/stats (with buffs):
Of course elite Soul Ripper pack is still impossible for me, but I can really imagine any of the ranged classes winning against those guys when they're fast/have teleport etc.
My defence for choosing Cold Blooded is as follows - I thought it boost the damage of all attacks on a chilled/frozen target. ;d
cpp_is_king
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Desecrator will kill you no matter what. Move out of it
He's also great for Gold Find or Magic Find.
By the way, I'd say Scoundrel is better for DHs. Get him some +Crit%/Crit Damage% Gear with ridiculous amounts of DEX and then both you and him can keep Hysterics (+10% Damage Buff) practically permanently going. He also does good damage himself and he can Smokescreen to heal :X
@Bullshit 550 Resists: Don't know what to say, really. They don't hit one-shots at reasonable ArmorDR%/ResistDR% and you get better HP returns by not stacking extremes in either direction. I'm also saying 5500 Armor/550 Resists as a baseline, it'll probably need to be 6000/600 unbuffed. But, again, that's not all that hard to achieve. And as a bonus, all that extra DEX should help get that 75% Evasion going.
I've pulled some crazy ass shit chasing after accidental goblin aggros. Like giants lines of dudes, as I run willy nilly after the goblin. I get super salty when one gets away. I wish there was some super secret way of creating one of THEIR portals and going to their awesome secret treasure world.
Mr. Luchador
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So my account is locked apparently. Interesting.
Finally finished Act 3 Inferno solo late last night. Took a break from the game because of how damn frustrating it was. Had to reset a few times due to ridiculous Champion/Elite packs. The spider lady was actually harder than Azmodan.
My Monk's done pretty well for such little Life on Hit and IAS. The first boss in Act 4 is giving me big problems though.
My Monk's done pretty well for such little Life on Hit and IAS. The first boss in Act 4 is giving me big problems though.
Worst treasure goblin moment...
Found a treasure goblin in Act 3 Inferno. Saw a pack of monsters before it. Approached slowly, carefully, cautiously. Tried to draw the pack of monsters without scaring the treasure goblin.
We succeeded. And then, one of the monsters ran away, and as he ran, he triggered an attack animation (at us? at goblin?) IN THE DIRECTION OF THE GOD DAMN TREASURE GOBLIN. Basically, it looked like the monster got pissed we killed his buddies, and in retreating, he was going to fuck with us by aggroing the goblin.
We chased afterward, ran into one of those "lol inferno" elite packs, ate it.
Found a treasure goblin in Act 3 Inferno. Saw a pack of monsters before it. Approached slowly, carefully, cautiously. Tried to draw the pack of monsters without scaring the treasure goblin.
We succeeded. And then, one of the monsters ran away, and as he ran, he triggered an attack animation (at us? at goblin?) IN THE DIRECTION OF THE GOD DAMN TREASURE GOBLIN. Basically, it looked like the monster got pissed we killed his buddies, and in retreating, he was going to fuck with us by aggroing the goblin.
We chased afterward, ran into one of those "lol inferno" elite packs, ate it.
Logging in from a different IP?
LumpOfCole
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Yeah, I run with my Scoundrel when I play DH. Extra Crit %? I'll take it. Everything one shots everything when I run Inferno Whimsyshire anyway - might as well kill things quicker with the one asset I have - DPS.
Fenderputty
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It's scary how long it took for me to discover this. I think back at all the goblins that got away .... such a terrible thing.
Templar - 2000+ STR, VIT, good Shield, get him Resists. Or just don't use him anymore except for having 5 slots to stack Gold Find/Magic Find.
Scoundrel - 2000+ DEX, 1000+ VIT, ~15% Crit Chance, 250%+ Crit Damage. Or just drop the Crit Chance on him entirely if you think you can keep Hysteria up enough without him. Attack Speed is nice here as well but we'll see how nice post-patch.
Enchantress - 2000+ INT/VIT, slow Weapons to beef up her Weapon Damage for Forceful Push and Erosion. You basically want her actual Weapon Damage as high as possible, not artificially boosted due to +Crit%/+Crit Damage%/+Attack Speed%.
Just my thoughts. 2000 for their stats is basically aiming for 150+ in every slot so some of those (Rings, Amulet basically) might be ridiculously expensive :x
Mr. Luchador
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Not really, but I don't have a static IP Address assigned to me, so it could be that.
MisterAnderson
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I used that move for most of the game so far but have since switched to 100 fists + fists of fury to give that a try. It has a similar short teleport/dash move and does some additional damage. I'm kind of liking it so far.
I had to change my battlenet password a week ago, because I reset my router.
Gaming Truth
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Inspired by GAF (and the useful Inferno posts), I fixed my broken no-resist monk on Friday for 50k:
1. Assume you're running OWE
2. In the search for gear, search for:
- Resist All
- <Something> Resist (pick only one, but please don't pick Poison, that's what I picked)
- Your favorite stat (optional)
3. Repeat #2 until you're at your budget
I went from, eh, 15 resists to 650. I could have gone futher, but all I had at the time was 50k. Your Resist All is A, your picked <Something> Resist is B. Your total resist is A + B as long as you made sure that <Something> is the same for all your gear.
Mr. Luchador
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Yeah, seems like this could be it. How... finicky.
As long as you don't sacrifice too much else for it. Resists are good, yes, but the reason they seem to make such a difference is that most people are going from "practically none" at Inferno entry to a few hundred. It's basically just another Armor so having both of them high is the ideal, not just one of them being really high.
SnakeswithLasers
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Like most people I'm not doing well in Act II Inferno. Here's my current stats. I need to up my resists right? Maybe some more vitality? I'm made about 30 runs on Jailer and Butcher will a 5 stack. Found 1 rare that was mildly better than what I had. I really want to start farming Act II. I can survive one on one with the enemies, anymore and I'm toast.
I'm not super great at recognizing the skills from the bar, but are you not using Revenge?
While your stats aren't insanely great, what is your build? You may want to try something a bit more tank-centric; although, I'm not sure what the "minimum dps" is that is acceptable as a barb in A2.
I really like Krip's build and variants:
Frenzy (Sidearm)
Leap (Iron Impact) --- Can be substituted with Furious Charge (Dreadnought)
WotB (Insanity)
Revenge (Provocation)
War Cry (Impunity)
Threatening Shout (Intimidate)
Superstition | Tough as Nails | Nerves of Steel
Gaming Truth
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True. I didn't read about the (1 - armor red.) * (1 - resist red.) post until after I did what I did, so I kinda overdid my resists (I was in Act III Hell). I just wanted to demonstrate that you can completely fix your monk for way less than you think.
But ... I also can't hurt things anymore. That's up to the numerous DHs, Wizards, and WDs that hide behind me.
You can try Celestial Orb over Tap the Source if you feel comfortable with the cost. I like Tap a little better (four Orbs > two Orbs). Astral Presence over Illusionist is a thought if you need the better AP Regen and +20 AP.
Prismatic Armor is worth a try but it might not be enough for Act 3 with those stats. I'd give it a shot in, say, Act 1 to see the difference. It's why I don't run Illusionist anymore, really. I found that I don't get hit for >15% of my Health often enough to warrant the spot :x The same applies to Force Armor a bit (that and enough Armor/Resistances to make it just better to have Prismatic).
Just a thought for the future, more +Crit Chance% and Arcane Power on Crit. The build is a bit more AP taxing than the kiting builds that spammed free spells.
Like most people I'm not doing well in Act II Inferno. Here's my current stats. I need to up my resists right? Maybe some more vitality? I'm made about 30 runs on Jailer and Butcher will a 5 stack. Found 1 rare that was mildly better than what I had. I really want to start farming Act II. I can survive one on one with the enemies, anymore and I'm toast.
Why do you not have Revenge? Or Furious Charge? Are you using War Cry with impurity? Why are you using Call of the Ancients? (very very poor skill)
Also, you have no Life on Hit OR Lifesteal, and your resistances are very low. You have very little in personal defense, and the only thing going for you is your surprisingly good damage. I'm kinda surprised you made it past Act 1 even.
SnakeswithLasers above offered a pretty good build, and this guide itself is great for Barbarians. I recommend reading it.
cpp_is_king
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I'm past Siegebreaker Act 3 and I don't use Furious Charge either, so it's not really crucial as some people would have you believe. That's just my opinion.
But yea, the rest of the skill bar needs some serious work. Lose Earthquake and Call of the Ancients and replace with a) Revenge, and b) either Ignore Pain, Threatening Shout, or Leap.
those changes are actually *required*. You can do some other stuff like trading WotB for Ignore Pain, Threatening Shout, or Leap as well. But I've done fine into Act 3 with Stomp, Revenge, WotB, [Leap/Ignore Pain/Threatening Shout], Frenzy, Warcry. Actually killed Diablo and Azmodan with that build too, but I still lose it at some of the champ packs right before Azmodan without a few more upgrades.
After that, try again and you'll probably still get crushed because additionally you need about 200-250 more all resist. After Warcry and Enchantress (make sure your Enchantress is at 60 and geared to do decent dps) you should be fine for resists.
Furious Charge isn't crucial, but he has no defensive skills on his bar pretty much. Putting that on (with the healing rune) would likely help significantly in Act 2.
Earthquake itself isn't bad when pared up with Wrath of the Berserker, but Call of the Ancients is the second most useless skill a Barbarian can have - The only one more useless is Ancient Spear. Even just ditching that and taking any of your suggestions (Ignore Pain, Threating Shout, or Leap) would improve his gameplay significantly.
Holy shit that's expensive even by Apple's standards.
cpp_is_king
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Yea, totally. You can't do jack squat in Inferno without Revenge. I'm actually surprised to see someone made it through Act 1 without Revenge. Pretty impressive.
I could probably do it without Revenge if I went Furious Charge + Earthquake + Wrath of the Berserker. It wouldn't be ideal however.
sorijealut
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You need revenge, coupled with at least one "getaway" move for general purposes (such as armor leap, lifesteal charge).
In group play, your main concern is to stun and slow the enemy as much as possible for your mates.
In group play, your main concern is to stun and slow the enemy as much as possible for your mates.
Well with that build you pretty much suicide with your cooldowns once every two minutes. It works but it sucks.
Even so I'm surprised it got him through act 1 at all with those stats but yeah that won't fly in act 2.
Warrior_Keoni
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It has saved me more times when I'm getting swarmed. I can't imagine playing without Revenge honestly.
Nope, but you get a dot on you that ticks for a lot eventually. Just zone out to reset the timer.
It got so bad that I would die a few seconds after spawning without a chance to get away.
fizzelopeguss
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