When played correctly you can gather and delete entire rooms of monsters in a single attack. It’s probably because rogues are great one on one and absolutely rubbish. 99 at GameStop. . I noticed this for max fury on barbs, didn’t realize it was across the board. Go back and play like. . Really regretting that I chose barb right now. You're still starving for fury in 4 player 40-60 nightmare dungeons because Sorcs and Necros absolutely mop everything up. You can actually find a -4 HotA cost SoJ for ~25m the. and with a HOTA build you use fortify aspects so undaunted would get you the boost you need. 0. Which things would you want to see changed for a game like this? AI?…Hoping my firewall/fireball enchant sorc can still clear NM dungeons. There’s just no contest fighting them, it’s so brain dead of a play style and nothing counters it. Legion needed a nerf 4 patches ago; this hero is so polarizing in pubs it's not even funny. I simply disable/restrict them in my own games (along with. The damage isn’t even comparable to builds such as WW or HotA barbarians and those aren’t overperforming either (Minus exploits). 00 #17. The history of barbarian persecution is long. 1 Patch HotA Barbarian Nerf Analysis / PvP Gear Update. 99 at Best Buy $69. Sorcerers and Necros are definitely at the bottom for the D4 global launch tier. btw curious about your current clear with the HOTA nerf. It can be difficult to get going in early levels, and the lack of mobility in early levels asks you to be very mindful of how to use your evade and know which attacks from enemies will or will not stun lock you. Barb RIP. Literally impossible to change your mind. Partoutatix. It’s just awful to play. Upgrade with Supreme to gain Fury, slow enemies, and increase your Damage / Attack Speed even further. But we’re talking about WW and it buffs WW single target damage significantly I don’t know what your argument is, are you saying barber doesn’t increase WW single target damage? Also WW still clears faster than HOTA dump even after nerfs. The movement speed is nice, but 1I'm experimenting w/ swapping in Challenging Shout for more consistent Fury gen instead. Notably nadoWW, grizzly rage, and bone spear. This grants you basically invulnerable for 10 seconds since HOTA barbs can't attack 11 times within 10. As a result, Blizzard has. Diablo 4's latest patch notes are now live. There’s much better builds right now than HoTA. 3. a decent geared rogue with poison comes and hit you. 1. 7/28/2023 4:30:03 PM. AFFIXES. Premium. You could also do NM dungeons over and over to level it. I'm level 100, following this guide to a T, have pretty much everything in terms of BIS gear, i have all affixes, fully upgraded glyphs, etc. Also, it’s not about ‘being the most OP spec’, it’s that, without unlimited uptime shouts the entire class feels AWFUL to play. 99. Lighthades • 1 mo. [+] A new creature bank, the Wolf Raider Picket, has been introduced. This particular barbarian on /p8 in D2 LoD clears Chaos (not seal rushing) in about 6 to 6. Get instant notifications when the latest news is published via the Wowhead Discord Webhook! Get Wowhead. 0 Patch Notes Season of the Malignant Official Blog Post HOTA Needs a MASSIVE nerf. with all necro skills being halves, this being said they still have some really powerful options and can still mass skeletons if you choose a hero for it To be honest the only reason they're this high up is just becuase of vampire lords. Nerfs are negligible but I’d still consider it the games hardest class, at least for leveling, not sure about endgame. Patch Notes for Barb. T. Then we would have had 3 to 4 builds that would be at the same level. Is a HOTA nerf coming soon? Because getting 2 shotted by a level 80+ HOTA barb sure is BS. 1 mo. Frenzy, Upheaval, Rally Cry, War Cry, Death Blow, Call of the Ancients. Barb nerf comapred to other classes - Twitch. Hota and ww are playing just fine in tier 60 nightmare dungeons. Possibly quitting due to Barb's nerfs and lack of other things. I have acquired nearly legendary aspect at 95 and perhaps I missed this but what is the one called that has 3 steel grasp charges, because it definitely isn’t the garbage unique that only adds extra chains. Na dude. I sincerely believe it is not intended and they are not addressing it while they were so quick to nerf the whole bunch of stuffs. PC General Discussion. I wonder why Blizzard isn't only friendly to barbarians. 95%. Thrustmaster. Golem attack damage increased by 10 percent. The arsenal system also felt unnecessarily cumbersome and doesn’t seem to add anything meaningful to the class. s. Just saying. Heartstopper-11246 June 24, 2023, 6:38pm 7. They said it won't be balanced. Fraktal-1850 June 9, 2023, 11:41am #6. Posts: 12,721. 59K views 1 month ago #barbarian #quake #diablo4. 5. Skalgard-1465 June 9, 2023, 12:02pm #7. Here’s a simplified table outlining the key aspects of the HotA Barbarian playstyle in Diablo 4: Powerful AOE attack skill that forms the foundation of the build, maximizing damage output. Item has not been added to your Basket. But we’re talking about WW and it buffs WW single target damage significantly I don’t know what your argument is, are you saying barber doesn’t increase WW single target damage? Also WW still clears faster than HOTA dump even after nerfs. 0. Would be interesting to see. I really wished most skills would be useful to push up to NM100, but. With either Warcry or Rallying Cry up, it's usually two lunges then HotA. We've identified the issue and the team is working on a hotfix for this. If Necropolis needs anything - it is definetely not a buff. People who play hota barb and don't understand how. The u/Fluid_Conflict1242 community on Reddit. It's a buff to whirlwind build; offset by the fact it won't allow you to just abuse berserking AND the ancient call aspect. Which means that balance is very important. The following endgame builds will help you optimize your character from Level 50-100. All builds should be brought to that level. 2. View community ranking In the Top 5% of largest communities on Reddit Returning hero looking for tips. Check Price. SeÐïtïonïst-1796 June 8, 2023, 10:17pm #20. Havent noticed a difference yet at 70. With a reduction of 75% to 125%, WW / Rent would be on par with Slam and Hota. Honestly I expect a HotA nerf which means the only good/viable Core Skill is going to be Rend and Double Swing. Go right ahead Blizzard, show us how anti-fun you are by nerfing the one thing Barb can do that’s comparable to other classes. Unconstrained: This build requires plenty of Berserker rage. Literally every core skill can be used in NM pushing builds and almost every utility skill is able to be used. State of barbs compared to other classes when fighting uber lilith. SeÐïtïonïst-1796 June 8, 2023, 10:17pm #20. Which means that balance is very important. HOTA needs to catch a pvp nerf. Basically 3 shouts, berserker, and flay/rend. nah 100% you will play new expansion or other dlc in the new seasons. Completely min-maxed gear, 6 glyphs at 21, 9k base armor, 11k health, 42% crit, 512% crit dam, like 400% vuln, 370% core, and so on… It's already happening, someone complained (rather cried) about HotA damage in PvP and Adam said on Twitter that the team is investigating HotA quake damage. There wasn’t much reference. Barbarian nerf from Diablo 2 I wanted to change the barbarian in Diablo 4, but it is the same. Smokezound-1312 June 25, 2023, 3:31pm 8. Already clearing nm 57 and i have a lvl 333 amulet on lol. Best Barbarian Hammer Build For End Game Is NUTS! 50+ Guide - Diablo 4 Livestream: Discord server: T. So for people who wants to play hota with pre-nerf diplomacy, heres a little "guide": Hop into "RMG Template Editor", open your favorite template (for example, JebusCross), i suggest you to create a backup copy of the original one, just in case, but after you opened the template, you'll see a map like stuff. Don’t jump to conclusions. I have acquired nearly legendary aspect at 95 and perhaps I missed this but what is the one called that has 3 steel grasp charges, because it definitely isn’t the garbage unique that only adds extra chains. Pls nerf rogue and hota in PVP. Martial Vigor - 10% damage reduction nerf against elites. (hitting tens of millions per hit using the HotA). 130. 2 casts, 20 damage over 6 seconds. I don’t know about other classes but this ONLY affects HotA damage for barbs, by no means OP after the quake bug fix. Show off your character, talk about some wacky build. Nerfing something to the ground is so dumb when a middle-ground exists and Blizzard usually goes too far with the nerf hammer and spoon feed buffs, which triggers a lot of drama whenever there is a big patch. ”The HOTA nerf obviously makes a huge difference but that’s because it was a bug so it’s good they fixed it. . Enjoy an ad-free experience, unlock premium features, & support the site!Thorns offers a unique twist on the melee-oriented playstyle that the Barbarian tends to excel at. 0 but before Forged in the Barrens goes live. Most of the unique from Barb is garbage, like pure garbage. Unable to pick another stat because only pick one. I have gone through HOTA and WW builds extensively slotting gear as I go spending every penny I have to make it better in the 80's level. No Mercy officially deleted from the game, affecting all barbarian builds instead of HOTA. Cove General. Bad news, Barbarians: The big Diablo 4 patch that went live today has brought an untimely end to one of your most powerful endgame builds by. F: Resistence/Interference, Ballistics, Learning, Eagle Eye. Jul 3 2023 04:38pm. Walking arsenal feels like how barb is supposed to be. I got the barber heart on the way to the boss room in the NM difficulty. RRP $99 $47. This build will focus on a core combat loop that consists of a few different "rotations". Afterwards, you should use an endgame build guide to allocate Paragon points and equip gear with the best stats and Aspects. People been crying too much about sorc to notice that Barb is probably the bottom class now after HotA nerf. Sorcs need a buff. 0. Leveling Guide. Hota is just flat out better than Whirlwind now. Enjoy!Support us on Patreon: Three Channel Shop: ahead, Nerf it. They already addressed pvp. 3. Nothing in the patch notes. 12 Likes. Ran into some Rouges, Necros and Sorcs, collected shards, even started a little fight club in front of town entrance where everyone was respectful when people were doing 1v1. this nerf if not a mistake is a joke, you take out the ONE viable end game build for barbs. Rogue poison nerf (pvp) As a Barbarian being doing pvp since start before and now season, playing against every class a lot and if you did too you know that rogue’s poison is a main issue there and its not like we seeing now, rogue’s poison has being a main problem to pvp since the start. The nerf to fury generation hit the rend build almost as hard as it did WW, there are quite a few different rend builds but ultimately all of them include some form of shout and likely had both fury gen shout aspects in them, 1 of which was nerfed to reduce shout uptime. With shouts I can usually spam HOTA for 8 seconds non-stop and even more if I shout in sequence rather than all at once. Healing done reduced by 20%. Necro pre-nerf was stupid . Any other HotA barbs noticing way less damage done today? EDIT: PezRadar. ago. Nothing needs to be nerf, but if HoTa gets nerfed, rogues and necro needs to follow suit with the nerfs while the sorcs stay put. On top of the other barb targeted nerfs one after another, while other classes can kill lilith in 30 seconds with no adjustments. Hota is just flat out better than Whirlwind now. . This HotA IK Barbarian Build used to have a Raekor variation, but it eventually grew into a competitive build of its own, before turning into a Boulder Toss Raekor build, which you can access using the link below. 3. Addressing particularly how it effects the Barbarian class HOTA build and the effect of cumulativ. Support Tab. 289 subscribers. I already hit 100 so gg. Opinion Usually play with a few buddies of mine, and one of them is a barb playing HOTA, not even 100 level, with half leveled glyphs and still working on optimized gear, can dish out 50+ million smashes. 25 sec. For the most part it was fun. The Diablo IV team has been diligently monitoring your feedback. Overpower HOTA is an taking Barbarian to the next level. xROLLxTIDEx-1592 July 31, 2023, 9. The player will have to battle 50-75-100-150 Wolf Raiders for a reward of 4-6-8-12 Cyclopes RMG: value is 9500, density is 80. Nylream-1574 July 10, 2023, 9:38am 5. 2b Build #47240 (PC) - November 15, 2023. Alkaizer gave his opinion today : r/diablo4. Uploading daily clips from Diablo IV. Then they also nerf the WW Unique dead, but other classes like Sorc have shoes where they have 100% crit rate and there is no nerf, but at the Barb WW they still nerf the aspects for crit rate to death. s. Zekn-1792 June 20, 2023, 2:18am #1. If you put it on 2hander it dealt 100% more. E: First Aid, Luck, Mysticism_S. He bellows intimidating war cries and unleashes ground-shaking slams to send approaching hordes reeling. 1 Patch HotA Barbarian Nerf Analysis / PvP Gear Update. LOD Hota; R6 Hota; WW / Rent (hopefully) Fire MotE; Too bad that the developer WW / Rent had to give such a hard nerf. Diablo 4's warrior-like barbarian class has been causing a bit of a stir, however, owing to some viral endgame builds that transform them into whirling storms of death. Toxmedic29. Using any of the other skills; you don’t have those effects to stack. With these 3 items my HotA costs 6 fury to use, allowing for infinite HotA spam at 100% fury, thus we won't need anymore RRC on our gear and can then gear for CDR. Finally got one!! Random dungeon elite drop. General experience is that HotA is better for leveling but whirlwind is better late game. Boulder Toss Raekor Barbarian Build. 02 update hotfixes rolling out overnight to help polish up Blizzard’s long-awaited RPG game as it takes over all our free time. Bigbazz-2623 June 24, 2023, 1:34am 1. Iron Skin. 1 patch notes, detailing the nerfs and buffs that have already hit Diablo 4’s classes, along with changes to neutral elements of the game. Yes, it was nerfed because there is a big focus on PvP in HotA. I wouldn't necessarily say that. Overpower in Diablo 4. HotA is so much more enjoyable than Whirlwind. 1 Like. . #Diablo4 #Barbarian #BuildAfter finishing most of my goals on my hardcore Rogue, I decided to roll a Barbarian and try something more off meta with a Walking. . Those 2 are still the strongest towns, but not banned any more. Build:. Unstoppable plus hota go brrr. You will have a blast! Dont tell anyone <3. The barb isn't even that "tanky" compared to other classes. ago. gg for people to try out! It is designed to clear high-tier content by having high defense and damage boost from Malignant Hearts! The build is updated from kGAULT's original Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeon Thorns Build. Anivia. 1. Feel free to discuss mods,. This monster just dropped in WT3. Excludes bulky items. 12. So, about Rage of Harrogath's Lucky hit being not applicable. not atm due to two aspects WW really needs as well as some uniques nerfed. Enhances HotA, enabling massive AOE damage. From 8% down to 3% damage. Barb nerf comapred to other classes - Twitch. btw curious about your current clear with the HOTA nerf. Which are still incredibly busted. ”. 3% crit chance as a start point I got sacrifice bonus 20% crit chance for 6 sec after corpse tendrils and top it up with bone storm and paragon boards. Group: Member. I think that blizzard or rather the Blizzard developers should nerf other mounts, such as the pandaren phoenix that runs but doesn’t touch the ground and they added legs for what Run the pandaren phoenix mountDiplo has been nerfed since last Hota 1. Alk F. 2 Likes. 0 Barbarian Changes. 6. 12. Yet again can’t stress enough the build remains the same. So then i figured wth use upheaval. 5. ) blizzard’s ice spike build gets adjusted. Originally posted by. Blizzard has released another hotfix, this time reverting the unintended nerf to Hammer of the Ancients as well as fixing a bug which caused infinite monster spawns! Diablo Patch 1. It is pretty easy to build and straight forward. Dominating T4 PvP with Barb HotA build. Welcome to Vancouver's most active nerf community! As a group we aim to host and promote regular Nerf Wars for all ages in Vancouver BC. Addressing particularly how it effects the Barbarian class HOTA build and the effect of cumulativ. Take 3 shouts Call of the ancients (switch to wrath of berserker when you have gear) Lunging Strike (replace with Iron Skin when geared) For the last skill you get to pick what kind of barb you want to play. The lucky hit nerf wasn't as significant as the glyph changes, and depending on what the paragon boards offered will nerf some builds more than others. This aspect is the best weapon aspect for the Hammer of the Ancient build because of it’s unique passive: “Hammer of the. With healthy balance of range and melee on the field, the defense gets more diversified and makes the field more interesting to play (no pun intended). This list contains all noticeable additions concerning gameplay. Been experimenting and I therefore conclude that it's easier to build HOTA barb vs WW barb. Arlen639. Diablo 4 Patch 1. Fully functional visual template editor that allows to create and edit Random Map Generator templates of the new extended HotA format. if the devs keep their word, skill balancing in consideration to pvp will never be a thing. Literally every Barb is HotA and one-shots every class. This is a Season 2 Berserking HotA endgame build for Barbarian in Diablo 4 (D4) that focuses on Overpower and Berserking uptime with Hammer of the Ancients to deliver unending blows to enemies. Barbarian’s in Diablo 4 are in a spot of bother after one of their most powerful builds just died due to a bug fix. This PvP Barbarian build hits all the right notes: Bleed damage, slows. WE PROTECT THIS WEBSITE. Only HoTA is viable but due to being melee class and spec even shouts wont help you there against poison ect. Don't get me started on things like the HotA nerf or the state of the Sorceress class. Sorc has a few other options besides arc spamming, rogue has a ton of options that are all relatively high tier builds, necro has two very boring but very powerful builds that don’t use summons. I used to play an MMO that got ruined because of complaints from PVP players. After that nerf it’s really the only viable build other than a rend build which lacks pretty bad. It’s just the weekly Barb nerf… you shouldn’t have fun you know that, right? BTW for over a week now. This class is non-stop on full fortified and immune. So if a class does too much in pvp then they’ll nerf it in pve as well. players, its not fair…90% ppl in pvp are rogues and hota barbs…they have crazy combination of survive, utility and dps and they totally spoil pvp. Both Mage and Rogue felt unique and powerful. HOTA scales extremely well without needing tons of gear, possibly even outscales WW if you party play. 0. . Join. Even with the most powerful barbarian build i can’t really touch her health bar before. Get the unique helm that turns earth skills into bear skill. That way the barb could have only 2 viable build compared to 4. r/Asmongold. HotA is in no way connected to WoG. Quick Reference. I wanted to avoid spamming shouts, Wrath of the Berserker, and Whirlwind. They can’t just buff everything constantly. Opinion. There are more nuance to this build so just look up Pulverize bear druid. The benefits of talented berserk are too good to pass up. Diablo IV. . You literally would not be able to play any other town but necro, that's how strong they were. Otherwise a reduction to 20/30/30 feels suitable to me Slayer is a Mass spell at Expert Town Portal always has the Basic effect, movement point reduction 300/200/200 > 300/150/0 I'm not sure how on earth to balance DD and Fly. I got home from work and I do a NM50 dungeon, I’ve been farming this tier of dungeon like it was nothing for the last week and a half, suddenly I’m barely making it through the dungeon, my damage seems like it’s at times 1/10 of what it was before. Instead of dealing 50% of its damage with the quakes it dealt 50% MORE than its damage with the quakes. All classes are affected by this change. Developer Note: We do want to forewarn that Druid players with these weapons already equipped will still be able to use them, but you will not be able to re-equip them if removed from your weapon slot. SUPERMAN-15513 June 26, 2023, 5:04pm 1. Even with maxed poison rogue build is hard, almost impossible, to kill it, and Barb HOTA. Hypertrophy-3111 June 19, 2023, 7:03am #3. Title says it all. Summoner Sever Necro. You can check out the written build HERE: In this video, we'll be discussing the Barbarian Endgame build Hammer of the Ancients - As. Courtney's first book, published in May 2018, is entitled. Only now. Yooo guys, today we talk about the most recent hotfix, as well as a new way to play whirlwind barbarian! Configure your own elite gaming PC today and use cou. ago. Darkdream-11723 June 24, 2023, 6:24pm 3. 0. Boo hoo. Once the HoTa player cant kill with the initial smashes, they’re as good as dead with their nerfed to trashed cooldowns. Lunge with bleed for normal attack, Rend for single targets and bosses, whirlwind for mobs, stomp and iron skin for control and survivability. 3. #diablo4 #barbarian #hammer #quake. 2 Likes. Take to the skies with the HORI HOTAS Flight Stick for PlayStation 4. ) bone spear aspect gets toned down (the multiplier is insane). 20 Flat fee shipping. No video game company in existence would ever let that go live. Not sure how it’ll do at higher end stuff, but I’m trying to make it work. . Lunge with bleed for normal attack, Rend for single targets and bosses, whirlwind for mobs, stomp and iron skin for control and survivability. Check Price. HOTA/DB here, which is the best basic attack? Currently running frenzy with the unique amulet I need more vulnerable procs, was thinking about switching to bash? Maybe flay if there’s a reason to add bleed? Is there a point where we don’t need basic attacks at all? Perhaps swapping out Frenzy for Ground Stomp/Charge/Leap for fury gen00:00 Start01:10 Build Credits02:08 1 Handed Weapon04:16 Build Planner05:53 Ramaladni’s Magnum Opus06:55 What makes this build so go. The best weapon for this Barbarian build is the Mace of Ancestral Force. They nerf main. Enjoy!Timecodes0:00 Overview3:14 Gameplay8:18 Gear & S. Developer Note: Earlier today, we pushed out Hotfix 12 which included stability and. 1. However, long-time Diablo fans knew that the class would find its way once the game really started to open up. Iron Skin. 4 is out! As previously announced, it is predominantly aimed at solving issues pertinent to the original game and Horn of the Abyss. HOTA nerf, most welcomed. So I should spec my barb. Thorns. HOTA QUAKE NERF REVERTED & General Balance State Diablo 4. I got home from work and I do a NM50 dungeon, I’ve been farming this tier of dungeon like it was nothing for the last week and a half, suddenly I’m barely making it through the dungeon, my damage seems like it’s at times 1/10 of what it was before. Add a Comment. ago. You went way overboard on the hota nerf atleast for its end game power, I hear ppl like it for leveling though so might sit fine as is, just need something in our kit toward late game to give it some extra punch. Nothing in the patch notes. If its fixed it not like it was. New terrain for the Conflux town - Highlands. instead of nerfing hammer of the ancients, they nerfed HAMMSTRING and BLEED damage. Yes since WW endgame is still great, just need to pay attention on crit rate a bit more now. State of barbs compared to other classes when fighting uber lilith. HoTA barbs were farming me. Horn of the Abyss version 1. A new variation of HoTa that takes full advantage of all of the incredible changes in Season 2.