I don't have a thread here in the barb section that's active so thought I'll create this thread to share some of the things I've been testing on PTR and a place to discuss like over in the Crusader Forum.
This is a very big patch for the barbarian since Perm Berserker was removed and ROS came out.
Have been spending a lot of time enjoying the PTR and the new changes.
Here's everything I've tested thus far and links to the highlights of the stuff I tested.
What a great pool of information and testing done so far. I used to main barbarian for a long time until they removed permanent wotb; I can't wait to put another 700+ hours into it now. Ultra hype.
The funniest thing on your stream yesterday was how you did GR60-65 SPEED RUNS to upgrade keys. So unreal.
I'm kind of reminded of the insanely overpowered DH in November 2014 on the 2.1.2 PTR. I'm pretty sure the barb will get nerfed before this patch goes live; but even if the DPS is reduced by 80% they'd still deal more damage than any other class... sick.
Not surprised that the key problem (trials...) ended your progression yesterday, it's a major problem in 2.1.2 and it's even going to get worse in 2.2 - I really hope they talk about this in the Tavern Talk and do not postpone this until 2.3.
Awesome theorycrafting you did on PTR, thanks for all that.
Sure there may be a nerf in store for barbs just like what happened to crusaders and rolands. My estimate is the nerf on Roland bracer and change to F+R droped Crus about 6 levels of Grifts from what they could do first patch of ptr.
However, Rolands actually works now so it's still a huge improvement and considering the same for IK set. No one used this set so anything is a big improvement over the current live servers.
I sound like a broken record but I've been saying trials is the most cancerous thing to be introduced to this game and a completely broken concept.
The fact that it may be more efficient to make a lower level key and then try and speed clear that into the lvl of key we need just comes to show how retarded the system is and how over time it's just gonna get worse and worse.
The first 50 waves of trials is pretty much pointless after 100 hours of gameplay now
PSA 04/07 (Mortick's Brace deleted, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFq4BoTfnoM)
Hi Guys,
I don't have a thread here in the barb section that's active so thought I'll create this thread to share some of the things I've been testing on PTR and a place to discuss like over in the Crusader Forum.
This is a very big patch for the barbarian since Perm Berserker was removed and ROS came out.
Have been spending a lot of time enjoying the PTR and the new changes.
Here's everything I've tested thus far and links to the highlights of the stuff I tested.
Builds
[OUTDATED] 2.2 - Bul'Kathos Oath Set for T6 (SC/HC)
[OUTDATED] 2.2 - Fire/Physical? HOTA /w Smite Gem
[OUTDATED] 2.2 PTR - Seismic Slam Barb (GRIFTS)
[OUTDATED] 2.2 - Whirlwind/Rend (5x IK / 3x Wastes)
PTR 2.2 - Version #1
46 GRIFT /w Wastes Set
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OnvgdS1_r4
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3845054
PTR 2.2 - Version #2
61 GRIFT /w 5x IK + 3x WW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaOO3wonhIM
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3887575
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New Bul-Kathos Dual-Wield Set for Barbarian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWxjhLq8Mog
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Seismic Slam Build
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iHWoL-NX6w
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3900811
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19Billion Damage Per Second on RG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDHNJKnPSrc
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Perma Freeze/Stun Trial Support Barb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxuYFcW8Fag
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New Support Barb Meta (60 GRIFT /w 4x BARB)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MF8pGCwQuU
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/thedeadset/v/3902726
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Barb High Trials Keys Setup (Groups)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJelPRa7Qwc
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3907471
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Support Barb Rotations (Grift 61 /w 3x Barb)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u0xWMeR8Ks
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3907471
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDf0-Ui79D4
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66 GRIFT /w Seismic Slam in 4 man group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-n0Sn95dfU
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68 GRIFT /w Seismic Slam in 4 man group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1OgUacPX4s
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3916795
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3918264
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70 GRIFT /w Seismic Slam in 4 man group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMkJhi76RYE
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3922143
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3923634
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WW/Rend 5xIK+3xWW (POST NERF)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6KcHDmcfMw
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3929190
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Charge/Toss 5xIK+3xRaekor (POST NERF)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5HPJVMYwLQ
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3929190
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Seismic Slam (POST NERF)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjN9C-Z8wYs
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3929190
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Elemental Barb (POST NERF)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtexCJp-SnE
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3929190
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Demon Hunter / Barbarian Comparison GRIFT 65
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhgVO493q6o
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3937822
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5X WW / 3x IK (POST NERF)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySQPaIln3Ao
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3929190
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Bul-Kathos Oath Set for T6 (SC/HC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6aqoeBliJQ
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3940900
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Fire HOTA /w Smite Gem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFTTqwLFn3M
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BK Oath Grifting + PTR 2.2 Summary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs1ivd6hKJA
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3967753
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Holy Barb (Bulkathos /w Swords of Plougshares)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCIbbVvZNUs
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3979722
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3981354
http://www.youtube.com/mannercookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie
I was getting huge rend ticks with Full IK partial Wastes.
IK also plays really nice with new procs. My sash of knives and Schaeffer's were proccing huge.
Barb High Trials Keys Setup (Groups)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJelPRa7Qwc
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3907471
http://www.youtube.com/mannercookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie
Support Barb Rotations (Grift 61 /w 3x Barb)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u0xWMeR8Ks
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3907471
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDf0-Ui79D4
http://www.youtube.com/mannercookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie
Wow, you've been busy!
Thanks for organizing and sharing this. Will be interesting to see what changes between now and deployment (hopefully soon).
After playing on the PTR, I really think they need to permanently increase the drop rates a bit. Way more fun
Greatly looking forward to more build options for all classes. This was sorely needed... especially my favorite: Barb!
Here's a dfans template of the support barb that I will be updating as I conclude testing on the setup.
2.2 Support Barb for Grifts
@Gnada
PTR life is best life
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Great ptr testing, thank you.
66 GRIFT /w Seismic Slam in 4 man group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-n0Sn95dfU
http://www.youtube.com/mannercookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie
What a great pool of information and testing done so far. I used to main barbarian for a long time until they removed permanent wotb; I can't wait to put another 700+ hours into it now. Ultra hype.
wow nice how can SS be that powerful ?
"Do you guys not have phones?"
but how im confused ? what about solo SS isnt that good then ?
"Do you guys not have phones?"
Glad to see everyone excited about new possible builds such as Seismic Slam, it's been a fun build to use for both solo and in groups.
Put a team together and managed to get Grift 68, will update later with a highlight.
For now I started a dfans build for those that have been looking for this setup without having to watch the video.
[OUTDATED] 2.2 PTR - Seismic Slam Barb (GRIFTS)
http://www.youtube.com/mannercookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie
68 GRIFT /w Seismic Slam in 4 man group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1OgUacPX4s
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3916795
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3918264
http://www.youtube.com/mannercookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie
Haagrid made a dual pov version of the run, pretty cool stuff check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwTvJ6A3hwc
http://www.youtube.com/mannercookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie
70 GRIFT /w Seismic Slam in 4 man group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMkJhi76RYE
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3922143
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3923634
http://www.youtube.com/mannercookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie
The funniest thing on your stream yesterday was how you did GR60-65 SPEED RUNS to upgrade keys. So unreal.
I'm kind of reminded of the insanely overpowered DH in November 2014 on the 2.1.2 PTR. I'm pretty sure the barb will get nerfed before this patch goes live; but even if the DPS is reduced by 80% they'd still deal more damage than any other class... sick.
Not surprised that the key problem (trials...) ended your progression yesterday, it's a major problem in 2.1.2 and it's even going to get worse in 2.2 - I really hope they talk about this in the Tavern Talk and do not postpone this until 2.3.
Awesome theorycrafting you did on PTR, thanks for all that.
Sure there may be a nerf in store for barbs just like what happened to crusaders and rolands. My estimate is the nerf on Roland bracer and change to F+R droped Crus about 6 levels of Grifts from what they could do first patch of ptr.
However, Rolands actually works now so it's still a huge improvement and considering the same for IK set. No one used this set so anything is a big improvement over the current live servers.
I sound like a broken record but I've been saying trials is the most cancerous thing to be introduced to this game and a completely broken concept.
The fact that it may be more efficient to make a lower level key and then try and speed clear that into the lvl of key we need just comes to show how retarded the system is and how over time it's just gonna get worse and worse.
The first 50 waves of trials is pretty much pointless after 100 hours of gameplay now
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This is the first of 5 specs I tested on stream.
WW/Rend 5xIK+3xWW (POST NERF)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6KcHDmcfMw
Stream/Testing related to video
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/v/3929190
[OUTDATED] 2.2 - Whirlwind/Rend (5x IK / 3x Wastes)
http://www.youtube.com/mannercookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie
Wasn't there a belt that gave WOTB every rune? Wouldn't that be really good for the IK setup?
It's now a bracers not pants
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