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At 01:17:00 or so he says that they are also removing perma CC (wd fear).

He does say later on that they'd probably do other adjustments mainly reduce incoming damage to help players because of the removal of perma CC, they don't want to nerf everyone without enabling us to clear high GR or higher as was previously possible.

Please post a link that works or type down the name of the broadcast or the episode number something.

Edit: Cool thanks for sharing.

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@Jamoose

When the top left skellies icon counts to four, then disappears, you know it has just transformed.

Yeah noticed that while testing again yesterday. For some reason the damage from the CA does not show up as damage numbers / crits... Not sure why.. I tried a few GR 50-54 solo on wiz tal build and it felt like running with a random 2 handed weapon. I'm sure there is a way to utilize this weapon properly but it's just not working for me. And as others said, during the rift it ususally procs when everything is already dead, and on RG's it doesn't proc at all (depending on the RG)... I don't know, i need to do some testing on Ghom i guess - Let him spawn those slimes, untill it procs then see.

Iceblink gives you a chill that you don't need since you are using frozen orb. It gvives you more slow which is nice i guess but not really needed since you have slow time i guess. The 10% extra crit chance is cool but nothing special imo. The crit can't be "constant" because it depends on the crit chance you have from gear + paragon. Afaik, Zei's damage is added on top of most other damage calculations therefore it is usually valued very highly by dps builds. Personally, without providing you with proof, i would say go for Zei 100%.

If your crit chance on gear is low and you feel that the extra slow from iceblink helps as it gives you mroe crowd control, then by all means, go for the Iceblink gem. Other than that, Zei is most likely the better option.

Last night, one rift guardian on 4p GR60 dropped two ancient weapons.

An ancient Furnace and an ancient Maximus.... LOL

The Furnace is not the best but i'm still happy. The Maximus is kinda useless for me but i'll jsut keep it in stash forever...

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Don't you see the number of skeletons at your portrait? Think they count as pets.

I might have missed that because i was busy not dying on GR 54 solo wiz

Will test again later today and update.

I logged on my Carnevil WD, equipped with pre 2.2 gear. Just put on some gems and cleared a 45 without even having to focus on the rift while watching some shit on Twitch... The build is so much more powerful now it's insane. I'll get to farming some of the new pieces after i'm done with my wizard and then probably go for 50+ attempts (Orak watch out i'm coming for ya ).

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So i cleared a 50 quite easily - I was very well ahead of time but the last pack before the RG had the worst affix combo ever and i wasted like 2 minutes on it so my total clear was like 14:xx in the end.

Anyway i wanted to ask you Orak, how the hell did those guys on the leaderboard clear 54+ ? I tested some 55 and the fetishes just die so fast... Not sure if it's even possible. I guess it's just fishing for an extremely easy rift with nothing but melee mobs and no elite packs...

Also, has Zei been tested as a replacement for enforcer? If it works with fetishes it might be superior since people are clearing 54+ anyway, it means you don't really need the extra toughness on fetishes that comes from enforcer. I'm guessing that Zei's only works for your dart but it might not be the case as similar to the DH where sentries gain a bonus from Zei's also.

I have done some testing with an ancient CAB on my wiz and it wasn't that great. I did see some damage spikes when the proc was on but not sure if it was enough damage and if it's worth it to give up on something like 50% elite damage r 20% elemental damage for that proc...

I tried to aim it so i kill a lot of white mobs and when it procs i move on to an elite pack but the problem is that the duration of the proc is also very short. Maybe in a perfect rift it could work well but i'm not sure how to utilize it properly to be honest.

Also, i have no idea how the skeletons work exactly, you can't even see them while in the middle of a fight in a GR... They need to add buff icons for this shit (fix the limited buff icons issue first obviously).

Yeah pretty much what Untolddust said.

I recommended a Lenovo Y510P to a friend and he's loving it. It's a bit cheaper than what was recommended above but still way over 300$...

Actually, i don't think a "gaming" laptop for 300$ even exists.

@Mannercookie: Haven't had the chance to get on your stream for a few days now so thanks for sharing the YT vids, cheers

As i previously stated, this item cannot be found in one specifc place in the game. There are no places that have a higher chance to drop certain items, it's just not how the game works.

Your best chance to get those shoulders is to run T6 rifts and gamnble for shoulders at kadala.

I like the idea of buffing jade and spirirt walk that way but to be honest, it would make the build overpowered if you were automatically casting spirit walk after every harvest. You can already achieve a really high uptime on spirirt walk and if they make it automatic it might even go to perma serenity monk levels. On the other hand, jade is capped at a certain level because the burst damage is not high enough which means that your uptime on ss is so low... I guess it all comes down to whether Blizzard wants jade to be competetive with the new zunni and the new wd set in 2.3... Who knows.

Pretty much any build in the game will be able to do 40-45 in 2.2, it will no longer be an achievement i'm afraid.

Oh when i tested a bit of WD on ptr i was under the impression that only the color of the dagger changes according to the element i.e green for poison, red for fire, etc. But now i see those cold fetishes and i'm like

Afaik APD never updated your sheet toughness.