At the moment I like 5xIK+3WW for solo Grifting, IK /w Hota for groups.
Hey! Why? I saw ur last 59gr/miriane setup and i tried too. It was more powerfull thn 5ik/3ww am i right? Anything change? Wotb/slaughter procs is fine dd procs is fine for miriane? Please tell me why 3xww better thn oath? And which gems?
@mannercookie - patiently waiting you're next update for Barbs. Still flip flopping between Barb and Crusader for season three. Hoping you're next video can help sway me one way or the other.
Question: would you say Barbs are in a better place for HC than Crusaders in 2.2?
@mannercookie - patiently waiting you're next update for Barbs. Still flip flopping between Barb and Crusader for season three. Hoping you're next video can help sway me one way or the other.
Question: would you say Barbs are in a better place for HC than Crusaders in 2.2?
I was planning on making a short summary video similar to the crusader video before ptr goes down but unfortunately it went down before I had a chance to record.
I did record something really basic last night that I can use but at this point probably best to just wait until Patch hits tomorrow and see what the exact official changes are.
Just bookmark this thread and keep an eye on updates and you'll stay up to date as patch goes live
HC BARB and HC CRUS are both fine, barb performs much better though.
Thanks so much for all the testing! That's a pretty insane # of builds. I'm liking the look of the t6 and 5 x IK 3 x Wastes GR build. Pretty hyped for Barb this season.
For the softcore meta it just makes it really annoying doing grifts because you have to fish for the 55-56+ clears and your gonna be dying much more frequently. But strictly DPS-wise just lost Insanity or Slaughter depending on what kind of setup.
I'm still making a barb for S3 and it'll still be a huge improvement to S2.
I just can't figure out if I want to make a Barb first or a Crus first in terms of who will farm faster and more efficiently in the first 150-250 hours. for Hardcore.
I think for Softcore Barbarian will most likely have more snowball potential in the early stages.
That's a good solution, although I'm not holding out too much hope. So unbelievably bummed about this. I spent thousands of shards like a moron trying to get them as well, which is like the cherry on top.
Hey! Why? I saw ur last 59gr/miriane setup and i tried too. It was more powerfull thn 5ik/3ww am i right? Anything change? Wotb/slaughter procs is fine dd procs is fine for miriane? Please tell me why 3xww better thn oath? And which gems?
And group? Hota with miriane right?
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Yes that setup is stronger, but I'm assuming it will be hotfixed.
@magier556
BK-Oath, I'll do a summary vid for barb like the crusader one if there's time before PTR goes down.
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@MC can you post your final thoughts on:
Solo Build / Gear
Group Build / Gear
Thanks! Haven't been able to follow your ideas through all the patch tweaks!
I'm gonna try to put something together sometime tomorrow, like a brief 5 min vid that just summarizes the patch for barb.
Not gonna go into too many details of all the different builds, for that I suggest you look at the Original Post of this thread.
It's kind of a mini-compendium and you can look for what your seeking info about.
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@mannercookie - patiently waiting you're next update for Barbs. Still flip flopping between Barb and Crusader for season three. Hoping you're next video can help sway me one way or the other.
Question: would you say Barbs are in a better place for HC than Crusaders in 2.2?
In my opinion they will be in 2.2 / season 3. More damage, toughness and healing with an easier gear curve.
I was planning on making a short summary video similar to the crusader video before ptr goes down but unfortunately it went down before I had a chance to record.
I did record something really basic last night that I can use but at this point probably best to just wait until Patch hits tomorrow and see what the exact official changes are.
Just bookmark this thread and keep an eye on updates and you'll stay up to date as patch goes live
HC BARB and HC CRUS are both fine, barb performs much better though.
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@mannercookie - Big thanks for your videos! What about start built for barb? When u dont have any sets, good leg weapons and low paragon lvl.
Thanks so much for all the testing! That's a pretty insane # of builds. I'm liking the look of the t6 and 5 x IK 3 x Wastes GR build. Pretty hyped for Barb this season.
So with the removal of Mortick's bracers,do you think that for non season 5WW/3IK is going to be the best option right now?
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Hi thanks for this
There are so many different builds you have tested
What would be the best WW one for high G rifts?
also hyped for WW barb in season 3!
will you update your WW build on the build pages as well?
thanks so much for all your info. huge help!
GUYS THE NERFED BRACERS = NOT THAT BAD
Yes it's annoying and yes it sucks.
For the softcore meta it just makes it really annoying doing grifts because you have to fish for the 55-56+ clears and your gonna be dying much more frequently. But strictly DPS-wise just lost Insanity or Slaughter depending on what kind of setup.
I'm still making a barb for S3 and it'll still be a huge improvement to S2.
I just can't figure out if I want to make a Barb first or a Crus first in terms of who will farm faster and more efficiently in the first 150-250 hours. for Hardcore.
I think for Softcore Barbarian will most likely have more snowball potential in the early stages.
more thoughts and discussion on bnet here
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16953975373
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http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie
I really do hate the fact that the toughness runes are reeeeeeeeep
I think this tweet to JY is very reasonable request that can be easily implemented before S3 starts and it doesn't make Barbs over-perform too much.
Just balances it out a bit better and keeps build diversity for HOTA or SS
Re-tweet this
https://twitter.com/MannerCookie/status/585593068725919746
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That's a good solution, although I'm not holding out too much hope. So unbelievably bummed about this. I spent thousands of shards like a moron trying to get them as well, which is like the cherry on top.
Thoughts and changes to my Season 3 Plan
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can't decide what to go first for Season 3
whatever I end up doing first I'll prolly be making content for first in Season 3.
vote on what you guys would like to see
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I'm still hoping that Blizz will do something about this Mor situation, so Barb all the way!
got enough 2.2 time to update your WW build yet?