Just got 6pc Marauder on my DH. This is possibly more hilarious than 6pc TR on the Wizard, if only for the fact that it is literally a one-button spec. Bwahahahaha.
Iāve been struggling with my Witch Doctors (struggling in the relative sense.) My wizard, with equipment from last season, makes running through T10 feel easy. The witch doctors on the other hand either are so tanky they donāt die but things take a while to kill, or I increase their DPS but die to random mortar shells. Trying to find that balance has been tricky. Iāve been stubborn too by trying essentially to force a pet doctor spec into a DPS one - and I can say that doesnāt work. I caved and made a spec (gear and skills) very close to the ones listed at Diablo III fans- and yes, itās more effective. But so frenetic as to be for me entirely not fun.
OTOH my generator monk is effective (maybe not to the extent an EP monk is) but god I hate some rift compositions so, so much. The tiny mobs running around or the knockback interrupt ones. Without the mantra that slows everything to 80% it feels like torture.
Oghier
4603
Have you tried leveling a Bane of the Trapped? Itās an outstanding gem, and it procs itself.
Hereās my 7-sided Uliana monk build. Cooldown is a little over 47%, plus Gungdo, Fist of AzāTurrasq, and Flow of Eternity let me spam it every few seconds for good dps. Need pants that add dmg % to primary attack, will cube slot RoRG back. Gonna keep rerolling that staff until I get an ancient version of it, burned up all my bounty resources getting it from a 3100 dps drop with 46% time reduction for 7-sided to what it is now.
Yes, virtually all my characters use it. :)
Thereās a very noticeable difference at 80% speed reduction though. Mobs canāt run away.
Thatās an interesting build. I see youāre not using Focus/Restraint - is that by choice or necessity?
Bateau
4607
Looks like a non-season character, so he doesnāt have access to all the items needed for a proper Ulianaās build. Iām not sure about the rings though.
My monk is my least played toon and she hasnāt laid hands on a good pair yet.
What is a proper Ulianaās build though? One with the Lionās claw fist weapon?
Bateau
4609
So letās talk about the DH.
Six-piece Unhallowed, plus the Multishot bow and the Multishot quiver, is basically the dumbest thing ever. You burn through Hatred, itās true ā I have Reaperās Wraps equipped, the Hatred-on-health-globe passive, and the Vengeance rune that gives me Hatred all running and I still have to watch it.
Boy, do you just slaughter all the enemies forever though. Multishot clears out entire screens at a time, and shoots homing rockets that blow up whateverās left. By far the best AOE damage Iāve ever seen in any action/RPG, and the single-target does just fine between the rockets, Vengeance, and the Single Out passive (25% crit chance vs monsters more than 20 yards away from other monsters). This clears way faster than my TR6 wizard, and itās not particularly close. Safer, too, probably - Vault is basically unlimited as it costs 4 of my 64 discipline.
Other thing that made a huge difference: Switching to the Enchantress from the Templar. I have the unique Focus (50% reduced cooldown for all her skills), but her other equipment is only okay (the 2H sword with a big blind chance, Nagelring [meh], the amulet of charming things all the time, and the ring with decent fear chance on it), but she is an unbelievable CC machine. Her AOE chicken is on a 9-second cooldown with the unique focus. Hilarious.
More things!
The weird part about relying on health globes for regen is that thereās a hard inflection point for when youāre killing fast enough. Like, I can clear T6 without a care in the world and basically never run out of hate. T7, not that much objectively harder, is a grind, especially if I get the worst rift ever like I just did (blood marsh, tons of the stupid hellhide tremors. Yuck).
Wildegizzard gem lvl 25 was a huge turning point for my kill speed. I rely (too much!) on Prideās Fall to keep hatinā, and the 100k or so shield keeps little incidental damage like trash archers from knocking the buff off. And, coincidentally, the Krelmās Buff Belt extra movespeed, which I also adore.
If I could just find a Restraint, Iād be able to go to town. Really just missing that and Cindercoat to kick the build into high gear.
Gil102
4612
If only Ulianaās set included a belt, I would be happy. :(
LMN8R
4613
When you say multishot bow / quiver, do you mean items which specifically enhance the multishot ability? Can you link me to your build? Curious to see it.
Separately, I recently got two Mauraderās items: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/LMN8R-1553/hero/67011898
When it says ācompanion calls all companions to your sideā that soundsā¦incredible?? Does it really summon everything including all of their abilities with no compromise? Raven + Bat + Spider + Boar + Ferret + Wolf?
It seems like you only get the single active, but my demon hunter looks like sheās in a Disbey movie
Bateau
4615
Why? The 3-3.5 damage reduction for each hit of your SSS is better than anything else you can come up with :P.
Pretty much this build.
Adam B - if you havenāt already, make sure you slot Cindercoat into the cube armor slot - then your hatred issues will fade away (mostly).
This build slaughters T8 and my best is a GR50 in about 11 minutes. Still a bit of work to do - missing a couple of ancient pieces and the current belt is a placeholder after realising Hunterās Wrath is a poor choice.
I laid hands on a mediocre set of rings for my monk, helps a bit. But getting 7-sidedās cooldown to around 3 seconds is huge. Ran a lvl 60 GR last night with a good pickup group and only died once.
Banzai
4618
Iām running a hardcore shield bash crusader and finally got my third piece of rolandās set and wow did my damage go up like mad. Iām already tough as nails, and now rather than slowly scratching T1 elites, I two shot T3 elites. Good times.
I should point out a couple of things as well. I was running Hunterās Wrath for the belt, which gives a large bonus to Primary skill attack speed and damage. The damage bonus is not that handy as it only applies to the builder (not MS), but the attack speed can help with resource building. But I have come to the conclusion any number of other belts are probably better. The Saffron Wrap is not actually a bad alternative, given the resource cost and cc effect reductions, but I will probably farm for a Witching Hour for the additional crit damage.
I also only run the Nems bracers when farming and survivability is less of an issue. Otherwise it is Wraps of Clarity when running higher GRās, where Blood Vengeance passive is also swapped out for Awareness.
Itās a fun and pretty easy to play build. The Natalya set scales a little further with the right gear affixes, but is a lot more involved to play. And DHās still suffer from glass cannon syndrome when running solo. Grifting is much easier when grouped with a decent WD or Monk tank.
Did my first greater rift yesterday, on the lvl just below Torment. Wellā¦ Lets just say it will take me quite a while longer to even get close to beating the timerā¦ :-)
Did manage to finish the rift in the end, but I was wondering: if I drop out of the rift early, before beating the riftguardian, do I get any reward at all? Or do you only get something when completing the rift (and more when doing it within the timer)?
