My Walking Arsenal & Death Blow/HotA Build. Even with my sorcerer I haven’t found the nerfs to be a big deal. We eventually scale its power even more with the use of a powerful Unique item, Ramaladni's Magnum Opus. 😡🤬 [deleted] • 26 days ago Rosetwin90 • 26 days ago I think it has to be a damage mod interaction bug because hota and the quaking aspect are both nerfed. Add a Comment. Barb last HoTA nerf. 0. For Necro, Galthran is back in the game (in HotA Ranloo used to replace him), it is hard to beat that speed bonus on skeletons. I got the barber heart on the way to the boss room in the NM difficulty. There isn't a safe answer just yet and will take a few days to flesh out. Bone spear isn’t op though. Lol. Barb nerf comapred to other classes - Twitch. Group: Member. 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. All classes are affected by this change. They already addressed pvp. % Total Armor affix has been increased by 160%. C Tier. Whoever designed and balanced Rogue needs to be promoted and whoever worked on sorc needs have the ability to use a computer stripped from them. Brag about the latest giga drop. . This PvP Barbarian build hits all the right notes: Bleed damage, slows. Blizzard’s day one Diablo 4 patch notes have rolled out, with a small number of key updates making the list including nerfs to several Diablo 4 classes. 2 Likes. This build has incredible damage, survivability, and speed. The problem is the nerfs to Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind and Gohr’s Devastating Grips and to a lesser degree, the nerf to Challenging Shout damage reduction. Don’t worry, Barbarian is doing fine despite the nerf, solo play, Elias, Hatred’s Remnant boss fight to unlock Tier 4. Those 2 are still the strongest towns, but not banned any more. 12. I was critting an elite for my base damage. . 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. It was so fun and still not on druids level but competitive. 1. 289 subscribers. instead of nerfing hammer of the ancients, they nerfed HAMMSTRING and BLEED damage. TheBigPointyOne • 2 yr. instead of nerfing hammer of the ancients, they nerfed HAMMSTRING and BLEED damage. Videos included for gameplay examples. Ganndz. HOTA is more like for NMD pushing and endgame content. Comment by Nevcairiel on 2023-06-04T17:34:33-05:00. ) blizzard’s ice spike build gets adjusted. By Adam Barnhardt - June 15, 2023 12:03 am EDT. Nerfing things post acquisition is probably the least fun feeling in an mmo. Conflux and Necropolis were the most powerful towns by far in SoD, so they got hit the hardest to balance them with the. 99 at GameStop. At level 90 I see 300k rend crits and I one shot most everything. Diablo 4 developer Blizzard has launched a couple of in-game hotfixes in quick succession that see the return of Uber Unique item drops in Helltide chests. 276 billion total monsters killed. Smokezound-1312 June 25, 2023, 3:31pm 8. What barb needs is The hamstring was a huge nerf and they fixed the broken Hota aspect which was the only viable barb stuff for end game pushing really. Even with maxed. ago. Every nerf Blizzard have done for Barbs have been so harsh that it was like finding a strand of hair in a haystack to make. Developer Note: Earlier today, we pushed out Hotfix 12 which included stability and performance improvement changes that affected Hammer of the Ancients. Amumu. Currently in right hands it is among the strongest towns on most popular templates and arguably THE strongest on Jebus in current meta. everyone got nerfed with this patch but druids it seems. 0. 1. Is a HOTA nerf coming soon? Because getting 2 shotted by a level 80+ HOTA barb sure is BS. Whirlwind Build - But again another unexpected twist, 84. Thrustmaster. Too much survivability and damage. Sorc can at least grow into deleting screens of near-level trash quickly, barb never comes to excel at anything. This is a casual game. ago. They should reverse the HoTA "nerf". Weapon Masteries get an additional charge – This gives you two charges on Death Blow which can mean two big hits in a row or more chances to reset the cooldown on. Join. Posts: 12,721. This server-side update is a. It is pretty easy to build and straight forward. Overall, this seems like something that's either going to get nerfed soon or reworked into a nerf soon because there is no reason not to use this, especially compared to most of what's coming soon. Ww barb still s tier after that tiny nerf to one single item. This list contains all noticeable additions concerning gameplay. How many legit “nerfs” have actually occurred and not aspect “fixes”? So much of the barb play has been just following broken aspects as “builds. ago. 1. . Joined: May 16 2023. Really regretting that I chose barb right now. Nowadays, Hammer of the Ancients is one of the few Barbarian skills making use of the Legacy of Dreams setup as the Immortal King's Call. its silly I try to recreate some of strongest bone spear builds and got to 48. 2 hotfix, as the community now scrambles to find the best alternative to leveling up in Diablo 4. I suspect that the hota big right now stems from an intended nerf yet nothing was reported. 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. If spinning sounds like your idea of a good time, then let out your loudest Rallying Cry as we Whirlwind our way through this Endgame Barbarian Guide. Healing done reduced by 20%. And no, especially with a leader board or season. . With either Warcry or Rallying Cry up, it's usually two lunges then HotA. Rend, the main damage skill, is a frontal cleave with a very short range…WW and hota deserve no more love, as a matter of fact they are the core reason barb got trashed and nerfed. HotA especially better against single targets. BadKarma_JT posted. A Month. On HOTA Necro is still the best town tied with conflux - post nerf for both of themThese “HOTA pvp” threads are implied callouts to nerf something that will hurt PVE players. Steel Grasp. 100% damage reduction nerf. Iron Skin. Here is how to build your barb. I used to play an MMO that got ruined because of complaints from PVP players. Paragon. It's simple, use Escape Artist legendary aspect and put it on your amulet. The new release does not feature any significant new content, and players should not expect anything major to be out around New Year. I also 2 shot a level 120 butcher with “nerfed” hota. Upheaval can do damage, but requires too much to make it work compared to HotA which requires a lot less setup in combat and from itemization. Leap. On HOTA Necro is still the best town tied with conflux - post nerf for both of them These “HOTA pvp” threads are implied callouts to nerf something that will hurt PVE players. Reply replyI was expecting the HOTA nerf, but everything else. After that nerf it’s really the only viable build other than a rend build which lacks pretty bad. I’ve been 100 for a while now, probably two weeks or so. 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. The Barbarian Unique weapons “Overkill”, “Hellhammer”, and “Ancient’s Oath” will no longer drop for Druid players. You cast it, then cast it again 1 second later. HOTA does have holes in it so it would be a disaterous mistake to nerf it like WW. $199. Hota is just flat out better than Whirlwind now. Alkaizer gave his opinion today. Blizzard is killing barb with all of these nerfs to the point where they are almost unplayable in the endgame. generation is a major problem early on, but once that's solved this build can clear massive waves of. 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. Yeah, I beat pre-nerf, can confirm they just got one shotted, it was awesome! haha #11. 3. HoTA barbs were farming me. Best D4 S1 Post Nerf Necromancer Endgame Build - D4 1. Sorc is the best class to start the new season. 6. Playing around with the idea of making a prototype inspired by Heroes III. This Wowhead build guide for the Whirlwind Barbarian in Diablo 4 Season 2 covers the best skills for leveling from 1-50, including skills, rotations, and and choices for the Barbarian unique class mechanic, Weapon Expertise. Reason for quitting that Barbs take a very long time to get to end game thus making them destroy everything. 4. Yoo guys, lets talk about whirlwind barb post nerfs!Configure your own elite gaming PC today and use coupon code MOXSY at checkout for 3% off! is in bad shape. Upgrade with Supreme to gain Fury, slow enemies, and increase your Damage / Attack Speed even further. 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. Necropolis They got nerfed, hard in the Hota. if the devs keep their word, skill balancing in consideration to pvp will never be a thing. damage bonus per stack increased from 3% to 5%. 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. Perhaps I got this heart because the. Go back and play like. Gold: 34,115. . WW is good but HotA is currently better to my understanding. PVP players are the first to complain and the. However, like two years ago, some. 0 Barbarian Changes. As a well known fact, it is not applicable with weapon Expertise System of two handed swords. WW and HotA seem to be the two mainstream endgame builds today and only HotA is really good for pushing nightmare content & bosses. Cooldown reduction is now capped to 3 targets, for a maximum of 9 seconds of Cooldown reduction. Barb is dog water. They can’t just buff everything constantly. Nerfs are negligible but I’d still consider it the games hardest class, at least for leveling, not sure about endgame. 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. Even with a bugg that added 100% dmg it was still worse. Conclusions. Sorcs need a buff. Singularity-11212 June 9, 2023, 2:12am #5. 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. Nerf. RRP $99 $47. a decent geared rogue with poison comes and hit you. The problem is the nerfs to Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind and Gohr’s Devastating Grips and to a lesser degree, the nerf to Challenging Shout damage reduction. The exact same character and build takes more than. I’m sure none of the devs are playing barbarian, otherwise you’d be nerfing rogue and necro long before you nerf the barbarian. I play Rend Barb. On top of the other barb targeted nerfs one after another, while other classes can kill lilith in 30 seconds with no adjustments. This effect in conjunction with Solanium and the special Critical Hit Chance buff from HotA allowed the zBarb to produce countless Health Globes in order to generate Resource for the damage dealer. #diablo4 #barbarian #whirlwind #nerf TLDR: We have not seen other Classes in Endgame at level 100 yet, so it is not possible to judge anything based on the p. Necro pre-nerf was stupid . 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. FC: 0361-6999-4252. Just like there's a world first race to clear MMO raids, Diablo 4 also has a race of its own: to reach level 100, the highest possible character level in the game. Valdrane: Eternal realm is where you will be playing the expansions and any DLC they put out. Horn of the Abyss version 1. The burst Fury from Leap is often wasted because Berserking Fury bonuses or Rally cry help build quickly. r/Asmongold. 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. Subscribe. Actua. These changes were strictly for backend performance, but unintentionally also affected. Join. 79. 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. Blizzard. 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. 8. Partoutatix. Conflux and Necropolis were the most powerful towns by far in SoD, so they got hit the hardest to balance them with the others. Enj. But Upheaval can crit on average for 3-5 million. Can’t even call it a preemptive nerf for the new sorc super heart because it’s gone after s1. TheChemicals-1408 June 14, 2023, 2:08am 5. 6. i’d rec hota. Too much survivability and damage. 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. Barbarian Leveling Tips for Diablo 4 Best Barbarian Leveling Builds For players new to Diablo 4, the Barbarian may not be the best choice. I wonder why Blizzard isn't only friendly to barbarians. that been said well done. 2 Likes. Hota Barb nerfed? General Discussion PC. The. 105%. Both Mage and Rogue felt unique and powerful. If this isn’t addressed all PvP is gonna be is HoTA barbs seeing who can smash the hardest. Reply reply. . <style> body { -ms-overflow-style: scrollbar; overflow-y: scroll; overscroll-behavior-y: none; } . Hammer of the Ancients (HotA) Barbarian is super fun and is built around CotA. All the HOTA and PVE players coming in being salty that im dissing SOMETHING about their game. Add a Comment. For the most part it was fun. Avantasian-1260. Unstoppable plus hota go brrr. My crits dropped significantly from averaging 6m down to 1-2m. The problem is, that bugged damage was the only reason HotA was viable. Basically 3 shouts, berserker, and flay/rend. The thing that really sucks about the shout and shout ring nerfs is that you're forced to use a basic skill (which feels like dogshit) until you have perfect gear/high level. Hope it’s a mistake and not because people got salty during the 5 mins of pvp they play a day dying to hota. Fury on items was reduced (ghost nerfs) by 20-30%. This particular barbarian on /p8 in D2 LoD clears Chaos (not seal rushing) in about 6 to 6. Barb HoTA nerf to completely make the class useless. Yooo guys, today we have a full in-depth breakdown of my endgame whirlwind barbarian build. (Before the nerfs the “strong” build aka HOTA was only strong due to a bug). Smokezound-1312 June 25, 2023, 3:31pm 8. 0. No views 1 minute ago #Diablo4 #Patch #Update. 3 Likes. But the chance to CONTINUALLY proc an ancient is a hell of a buff. 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. Most of those using HOTA for lilith use the bug showcasing how large the radius is. No video game company in existence would ever let that go live. This is your comprehensive guide for building a titan that shatters the earth with Hammer of the. Martial Vigor - 10% damage reduction nerf against elites. This change is a nerf to make Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable Damage comparable to other dame increase options. Also, it’s not about ‘being the most OP spec’, it’s that, without unlimited uptime shouts the entire class feels AWFUL to play. From 8% down to 3% damage. A Tier - Infinimist Necromancer, Ice Shards Sorcerer, Blizzard Sorcerer, Stormclaw Druid, Penetrating Shot Rogue. Listen, if you don’t PvP, you just don’t know. PLEASE Like & SubscribeFollow The streamer featured belowYour Clips TODAY to be f. btw curious about your current clear with the HOTA nerf. Current Stock: Features. Here is how to build your barb. Get the latest gaming news, reviews, and deals sent to your inbox, FREE. If you’re a HOTA barb in PVP ( don’t care about pve, so whatever the fuck you want to ), then I simply question how you can actually have more than five minutes of fun with this god forsaken play. Whirlwind keeps getting nerfs over and over and over and over again. Read on to learn all the Gears, Skills, Aspects that you will need and how to play the build. Singularity-11212 June 9, 2023, 4:20am #11. And for. If you’re a HOTA barb in PVP ( don’t care about pve, so whatever the fuck you want to ), then I simply question how you can actually have more than five minutes of fun with this god forsaken play. All classes are affected by this change. The HOTA nerf to Slow, if you know how to implement it. 63. Honestly I expect a HotA nerf which means the only good/viable Core Skill is going to be Rend and Double Swing. awayawaythrownaway • 21 min. Show off your character, talk about some wacky build. If you don’t run triple shouts you are going to get punished on higher nightmare dungeons. nah 100% you will play new expansion or other dlc in the new seasons. 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. Class specialization. Barb RIP. Fully functional visual template editor that allows to create and edit Random Map Generator templates of the new extended HotA format. Ben kills uber lilith in HC with an ethical build. HOTA QUAKE NERF REVERTED & General Balance State Diablo 4. They nerfed hammstring lol. With 2 gap closers it is out of control right now. Outburst - More big nerfs to thorns, 50% nerf to amount of thorns and 50% increase to HP amount needed to increase thorns so is like a double whammy large nerf because now you lose 50% thorns and need 50% more HP than before per increase. But at the time, the HotA build was the only one known to be viable for Barbs, which is why Blizzard brought back a bug for it just to keep its damage numbers as high as they are, when they hotfixed HotA back in June. A lot of damage pulverize used in the glyph trees was gutted supposedly. 6+ aspects for WW, bugged yet remains active thus oneshotting everyone in pvp hota. Blizzard confirmed the nerf via patch notes for the latest 1. Reverting a performance change that inadvertently reduced the damage for “Hammer of the Ancients”. The nerf only really affects late game when you've already stacked vuln/crit dmg. Hamstring now only Slows Healthy enemies, and Slow amount increased from 10/20/30% to 20/40/60%. Talk about anything. 4. Discussing the patch notes for Diablo 4 on July 18th 2023. Golem attack damage increased by 10 percent. I mean, I think sometimes an interaction occurs that changes a functionality or process and it's not always intended. $2. This wasn't just a WW nerf, the class was decimated. Yes highly recommend going hota barb for s1. Gushing Wounds. Sorcerers and Necros are definitely at the bottom for the D4 global launch tier. 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. Its like skills are costing double fury. That means for a short period of time, Standard play will have a wonky and likely overpowered meta. #diablo4 #barb #nerfsSlight nerfs /adjustments to every class but with the most impact on the Barb! EVERY build of the is affected by this, due to Numbing Wr. That way the barb could have only 2 viable build compared to 4. If you want to feel like youre playing a broken build, this is the one for you! Big Crits and unlimited fury for an amazing Mid Game Build! The priority for this build and getting it online is going to be the earthstriker aspect. ReplyBlizzard Entertainment. I will say they did the sorcerer class dirty though lolCritical strike Nerfs, vulnerable dmg nerf by 40%, cooldown reduction nerf by 30% hits all classes, not just melee. What’s stupid about the barb nerf is they don’t really bring up alternate options, either. works amazing in most matchups. If you put it on 2hander it dealt 100% more. I don’t know about other classes but this ONLY affects HotA damage for barbs, by no means OP after the quake bug fix. Zeus-2333 November 21, 2023, 12:29pm 3. Bleazy-11235 July 31, 2023, 9:20pm 16. The best weapon for this Barbarian build is the Mace of Ancestral Force. Doson-11823 July 27, 2023, 4:42pm 19. . D4 1. The bug will eat through any amount of hp, armor, barrier, or dam reduction Reply. You and I know that shouts WILL get nerfed. If hota barb gets nerfed, might as well be compared to butterbean at this point. HotA is its own expansion, based on the original Shadow of Death, without leveraging any material or know-hows from WoG. These “HOTA pvp” threads are implied callouts to nerf something that will hurt PVE players. PvP playable now? PC General Discussion. 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. And a majority of my time has been spent in PVP zones. is a writer, health coach and mama who is most proud of the stamps in her passport, her fierce loyalty and her ability to cook in any sized kitchen. hi guys, i was searchin the internet for how to counter rogue in pvp, i have only founds how rogues counter hota barbs:D…is there a weaknes? rogue seems to me like crazy survive - dodge, healing etc, crazy burst dmg output, unmatched utility skills… definitely needs some nerf in terms of disabling some abilites in pvp…Barbarian's Hammer of the Ancients Ability Bugged - Hotfix Incoming. HOTA QUAKE NERF REVERTED & General Balance State Diablo 4. 130. Give me my money back, thank you, and please also compensate me for my lost hours, please… I bought this game to play the barbarian introduced to me in the beta, rofl. It’s just the weekly Barb nerf… you shouldn’t have fun you know that, right? BTW for over a week now. Not sure that there is a way to cheese the endgame and not sure why you’d want to. If its fixed it not like it was. E. this isnt true at all. 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. Diablo IV Posted 2023/06/23 at 3:30 PM by Jezartroz. HotA and WoG are in no way compatible: no WoG features are available when playing HotA, and vice versa. Thorns Barbarian, HotA Barbarian, Arc Lash Sorcerer, Bone Spear Necromancer, Penetrating Shot Rogue, Shred Druid: C: Pure Summoner Necromancer, Pulverize Druid, Blood Lance Necromancer: D: Landslide Druid, Companion Druid, Double Swing Barb Get the passive Earthern might. fun detected, u know the rest. PC General Discussion. Boo hoo. Honestly, the cooldown nerf isn’t the problem. . General experience is that HotA is better for leveling but whirlwind is better late game. You need to nerf the sorc ability to survive in pvp. ago. With an emphasis on Beserking, Overpower & Attack Speed this build will have you folding bosses in half in no time. Probably the same for the rest beside Rend. The hammer fell on Hammer of the Ancients after. 5% using the Hammer of the Ancients now. HOTA scales extremely well without needing tons of gear, possibly even outscales WW if you party play. Diablo 4 Nerfs Most Popular Dungeon. you are grinding people's hours of playtime into the ground for NO good reason when EVERY OTHER class is melting at barb lvl pre-nerf. I got flamed harder when i was pvping with the cookie cutter meta builds tbh. Yeah, after nerf they shouldnt be so op. GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. . 1. P. Danoniero-2851 June 23, 2023, 8:15pm 25. Chaddly7-1515 July 28, 2023, 7:17pm #1. instead of nerfing hammer of the ancients, they nerfed HAMMSTRING and BLEED damage. Barb needs to be removed lol. The goal of this was to make an off-meta build to introduce some diversity into Barbarian builds for clearing end game content. Discussing the patch notes for Diablo 4 on July 18th 2023. . You can start playing like this but also look for the unique chest that turns you into a bear all the time.