SeÐïtïonïst-1796 June 8, 2023, 10:17pm #20. 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. Patch 1. which is the armor and physical damage nodes. I don’t know about other classes but this ONLY affects HotA damage for barbs, by no means OP after the quake bug fix. <style> body { -ms-overflow-style: scrollbar; overflow-y: scroll; overscroll-behavior-y: none; } . 8. New terrain for the Conflux town - Highlands. Alkaizer is reporting seeing less than half damage from a few hours ago on his Lilith kills earlier today. Raise Skeleton. The history of barbarian persecution is long. This isn't reflective of bone spear itself, but end game synergies with it. Instead of dealing 50% of its damage with the quakes it dealt 50% MORE than its damage with the quakes. Even with my sorcerer I haven’t found the nerfs to be a big deal. Diablo 4 Best barbarian build. Sorc can at least grow into deleting screens of near-level trash quickly, barb never comes to excel at anything. If Necropolis needs anything - it is definetely not a buff. For the same reason, some towns got buffed. Read on to learn all the Gears, Skills, Aspects that you will need and how to play the build. Although hota is a beast i dont like relying on it because its obviously bugged and will see a nerf bat soon. Probably the same for the rest beside Rend. Well, HotA barb is definitely S Tier so I’d keep smashing my friend. . Posted: Jul 19, 2023 3:42 am. On top of the other barb targeted nerfs one after another, while other classes can kill lilith in 30 seconds with no adjustments. They already addressed pvp. nerf any class that can clear nm 100 dungeons in under 15 minutes or uber lilith in under 10 minutes (suck it blizzard sorcs) Not the only 2 things, personally would like to see Exploit glyph removed as well and then maybe reduce duration for Vulnerable to 2 or 2. 2. I almost didn’t believe they fixed the issue. My HoTA barb after the hotfix to fix the accidental nerf felt strangely weaker. 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. 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. Yeah several aspects were fixed so infinite bleed isnt a thing but Hota still can probably reach those numbers. no class should be able to do this, maybe urgent need for a big nerf . 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. pc. 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. X does 10 damage over 5 seconds, which is 2 damage per second. 25 sec. Key-Substance2473. Atleast increased damage reduction cap, even on cap of 80 you still get oneshots on SURVIVOR difficulty. Patch Notes for Barb. It felt bland and comparatively weak to the other 2. Posts: 12,721. 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. After that nerf it’s really the only viable build other than a rend build which lacks pretty bad. 0. HOTA QUAKE NERF REVERTED & General Balance State Diablo 4. You need to nerf the sorc ability to survive in pvp. F: Resistence/Interference, Ballistics, Learning, Eagle Eye. SCRSCRSCR-2415 July 18, 2023, 5:34pm 18. Hope it’s a mistake and not because people got salty during the 5 mins of pvp they play a day dying to hota. This monster just dropped in WT3. Lookin’ for the easy way out eh? Well, HotA barb is definitely S Tier so I’d keep smashing my friend. Really important to nerf player power in a mostly PVE game where PVP is just a minigame with cosmetic rewards. Sorcerers and Necros are definitely at the bottom for the D4 global launch tier. This Diablo 4 Highest Damage HoTa Barb Build Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian Endgame Build Guide for Leveling 50-100 sets you up in Diablo 4 for OP Big Dama. Discussing the patch notes for Diablo 4 on July 18th 2023. . This server-side update is a. Yet again can’t stress enough the build remains the same. from my 3k + kills in fields of. Its really sad, i had so much fun playing on engineer/archon facetanking everything like gigachad. Been experimenting and I therefore conclude that it's easier to build HOTA barb vs WW barb. Yes, it was nerfed because there is a big focus on PvP in HotA. HOTFIX 13 - JUNE 23, 2023 - 1. nerf any class that can clear nm 100 dungeons in under 15 minutes or uber lilith in under 10 minutes (suck it blizzard sorcs) Not the only 2 things, personally would like to see Exploit glyph removed as well and then maybe reduce duration for Vulnerable to 2 or 2. There is a massive imbalance with HOTA. 49,000,000+Yeah what the heck. Even before this bug, HOTA barb took almost 15 minutes of perfect play to kill lilith, while necro kills it in 30 seconds with bad gear. 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. Over time this build evolves from a 3:1 rotation with 3 basic skills for each HotA to a 2:1 rotation, a 1:1 rotation, and we'll even get to the. The final and 6th second does 2 damage. Heroes HD on steam and play necro after playing HOTA. You cast it, then cast it again 1 second later. Really regretting that I chose barb right now. 0 Patch Notes Season of the Malignant Official Blog Post. Steel Grasp. Here's the Wowhead article with that new blue post: the HoTa Barbarian out there : the HotA "nerf" isn't intended by Blizzard, it's a bug and devs are looking into itIt's reported that Diablo 4 has earned more than $666 Million dollars in the first 5 days of sales, setting a new Blizzard Record. There’s just no contest fighting them, it’s so brain dead of a play style and nothing counters it. And Diplo belongs from map, maybe there all creatures has been set to savage status (do not join your army) Reply. • 10 days ago. With 2 gap closers it is out of control right now. 99. 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. 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. I will have a written follow along planner in my discord posted l. Aspects have been re-enabled. Nothing in the patch notes. Didn’t see anything about it in the hot fix notes. . 00 #17. The good: leapquakes and ground slam quakes stack the 10 upheaval charges, meaning in big groups you can get max stacks almost instantly. Also, it’s not about ‘being the most OP spec’, it’s that, without unlimited uptime shouts the entire class feels AWFUL to play. 00 #2. HOTA QUAKE NERF REVERTED & General Balance State Diablo 4. Melted Heart Of Selig = super OP. Barb last HoTA nerf. 1. If this isn’t addressed all PvP is gonna be is HoTA barbs seeing who can smash the hardest. Paragon. not atm due to two aspects WW really needs as well as some uniques nerfed. I'm really enjoying the. The bug will eat through any amount of hp, armor, barrier, or dam reduction Reply. Caged heart of focused rage with a good enough roll, like 60-70 fury spent on a HotA build will be permanently active pretty much, as HotA with. Massive nerf. ago. Alkaizer gave his opinion today. Let's look at some other staggering #'s they've reported. D4 Post Nerf Tier List. That way the barb could have only 2 viable build compared to 4. Diablo 4's latest patch notes are now live. Season 1 Barb = Nerf, dead, worst class Season 2 Barb = 1 Shot everything, immortal, best in both PvP and PvE Season 2 Barb = Guessing somewhere in between, balanced. You can't tell me its disrespectful to nerf things mid race while technically not lying about a day one patch. HOTA scales extremely well without needing tons of gear, possibly even outscales WW if you party play. I play Rend Barb. Reply reply. Barbarian. Alk F. My crits dropped significantly from averaging 6m down to 1-2m. rend also works but hota is better imo. I even like the change to gores with the fire explode going off while channeling. Welcome to the Diablo 4 Upheaval Barbarian Leveling Guide! This is a brand new skill to the franchise and is the best ranged option for Barbarians. Do your best to keep each aspect. Patch 1. ago by Synapse7777 HotA damage nerfed 50-75% overall. The best weapon for this Barbarian build is the Mace of Ancestral Force. Class specialization. He shared it over on Reddit and D4Builds. People who play hota barb and don't understand how. General experience is that HotA is better for leveling but whirlwind is better late game. 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). it would make. HunterSP-11598 November 21, 2023,. This change is a nerf to make Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable Damage comparable to other dame increase options. 75 seconds long or HOTA 1-2 times to repeat. 130. Unconstrained increases the. While HotA. 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. Gasmic-11993 July 7, 2023, 7:42pm #12. Rage resets stack with marshall and the shout ring; that’s where Rage gets it’s value. Check Price. 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. 4. So in the most recent leaked gameplay there was a "tips" loading screen that talked about how Crit damage is colored in yellow, Overpower is colored in blue and Overpower Crits are colored in dark orange. Here is how to build your barb. 0. Iron Skin. Diablo IV. I noticed this for max fury on barbs, didn’t realize it was across the board. 2 Likes. everyone got nerfed with this patch but druids it seems. The mistake was calling for nerf’s early in the beta. This was the only build barb could use since the previous hotfix to kill lilith. You can use these after the latest patch 1. 0. Edit: Blizzard confirms its not intended, they are looking into it. HoTA barbs were farming me. 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. 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. 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…Actual fix not a nerf. 1 Patch HotA Barbarian Nerf Analysis / PvP Gear Update. Notably nadoWW, grizzly rage, and bone spear. She provides a very decent army for the beginning. There are 2 towns that show consistent week 1 Jebus breaks in pro games and one of those is Necro (the other is Conflux). This class is non-stop on full fortified and immune. Druid and Necro must be nerfed before S01. Really need transparency on what changes are being made. It's time for NERF. to try and balance endgame progression. . . . Diablo IV Forums Barb Does Damage = Nerf. Which means that balance is very important. The enemies start to get noticeably more dangerous around level 42~ and you don't really start to overcome it and feel strong until you get to WT3 and start getting much better gear. So when a barbarian has to use exploits to quickly kill Lilith and do a lot of damage there. Pulverize is supposed to be one of the builds that was fairly impacted by the changes. Please don't nerf bone spear, go ahead and nerf the amount of stackable synergies associated to it tho. 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. Bigbazz-2623 June 24, 2023, 1:34am 1. Nothing in the patch notes. Barb nerfs only effected very late game clearing and shouldn't effect you at these levels. Subscribe. Barbarian. . TheBigPointyOne • 2 yr. 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. Build: her second form, take 2 points out of Martial Vigor into Concussion to stagger her. You and I know that shouts WILL get nerfed. This change is a nerf to make Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable. Very fun to play and very smooth leveling experience. Quote (labeletteaumiel @ Jul 3 2023 04:23pm) CHANGE MY MIND. The arsenal system also felt unnecessarily cumbersome and doesn’t seem to add anything meaningful to the class. Anivia. Gold: 282. . Fraktal-1850 June 9, 2023, 11:41am #6. 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. I was fine with this because bug fixes are necessary and important to the games help. 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. 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. HOTAS (Image credit: Windows Central) The best way to enjoy. 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. They have two more equipped weapons than me, meaning they do double the damage! Barbarians exist, pls nerf and delete. I can’t tell if HOTA is smaller than before though. 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. 1 mo. HOTA Needs a MASSIVE nerf. ago. You can still get 100% or almost 100% uptime. Generate Fury with Rallying Cry and Lunging Strike to unleash Rend on density, Elites and Bosses. 3. 6. Using any of the other skills; you don’t have those effects to stack. Yeah, after nerf they shouldnt be so op. The following endgame builds will help you optimize your character from Level 50-100. (Before the nerfs the “strong” build aka HOTA was only strong due to a bug). Diablo IV. But Upheaval can crit on average for 3-5 million. 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. I’m still convinced that HOTA nerf was just out of habit from Blizzard of nerfing Barbarians and they didn’t realize at first they did it. 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. Too much survivability and damage. Hamstring now only Slows Healthy enemies, and Slow amount increased from 10/20/30% to 20/40/60%. Blood GolemThis Diablo 4 Highest Damage Barb Build Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian Leveling Build Guide for Leveling 1-50 or 50-100 sets you up in Diablo 4 for OP Big. While HotA naturally has a very small area of effect, we solve this by using the Aspect of Ancestral Force (which, conveniently, can always be imprinted via the Codex of Power). Feel free to discuss mods,. . Nerf Earthen Bulwark and HOTA Barb. Whirlwind keeps getting nerfs over and over and over and over again. All the HOTA and PVE players coming in being salty that im dissing SOMETHING about their game. errorContainer { background-color: #FFF; color: #0F1419; max-width. Fury gain increased from 25 to. Blizzard has unfurled 6,600 words worth of 1. a decent geared rogue with poison comes and hit you. . I’ve been 100 for a. Valerin_Bizonov • 2 yr. 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. Current Stock: Features. . boltbane-1510 August 8, 2023, 2:24pm #2. Overpower in Diablo 4. 8 million total deaths. You can check out the written build HERE: In this video, we'll be discussing the Barbarian Endgame build Hammer of the Ancients - As. There are more nuance to this build so just look up Pulverize bear druid. 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. 79. Ww barb still s tier after that tiny nerf to one single item. Developer Note: Earlier today, we pushed out Hotfix 12 which included stability and. 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. $2. D4 1. barbarian players can use items and abilities to deal damage and kill mobs, and frankly, that is just unacceptable, pls nerf. Diablo 4 Patch 1. btw curious about your current clear with the HOTA nerf. Bone spear isn’t op though. This is what makes the HotA build so strong and is the most important aspect to. Pulverize Druid. Opinion. Don’t jump to conclusions. Terri-21271 June 4, 2023, 4:55pm #10. This moderately. I haven’t even fixed my paragon board yet and the numbers being output are pretty good. 5% using the Hammer of the Ancients now. 1 Like. Literally every Barb is HotA and one-shots every class. Donut: hopefully rend thorns is at the bottom of the list so it gets nerfed last. Heroes HD on steam and play necro after playing HOTA. Blizzard has unfurled 6,600 words worth of 1. Blizzard. 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. Excludes bulky items. 2d. This aspect is the best weapon aspect for the Hammer of the Ancient build because of it’s unique passive: “Hammer of the. While leveling, the lower quake damage isn't really all too game breaking, and you. HotA damage nerfed? PC Bug Report. I even ran into a two HotA party running from ritual to ritual. Diablo IV Posted 2023/06/23 at 3:30 PM by Jezartroz. ) bone spear aspect gets toned down (the multiplier is insane). Players complain in pvp because they may get hit by that random crit but the is a PVE game and it will break the class completely to change HOTA s current state. Hota and ww are playing just fine in tier 60 nightmare dungeons. Really need transparency on what changes are being made. instead of nerfing hammer of the ancients, they nerfed HAMMSTRING and BLEED damage. 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. You can actually find a -4 HotA cost SoJ for ~25m the. The benefits of talented berserk are too good to pass up. Addressing particularly how it effects the Barbarian class HOTA build and the effect of cumulativ. B4m0r1z0r-2800 June 24, 2023, 5:51am #2. 16. Conclusions. This barbarian build has incredibly high survivability and damage potential, allowing you to power through nightmare dungeons. This particular barbarian on /p8 in D2 LoD clears Chaos (not seal rushing) in about 6 to 6. There are only 3 Aspects you really need and a bunch you can play with. Enter captcha to continue:The player will have to battle 50-100-150-200 Iron Golems for a reward of 1-2-3-4 Giants RMG value is 3500, density is 80. The Rend Barbarian is a fantastic leveling build in Diablo 4. Havent noticed a difference yet at 70. Horn of the Abyss version 1. . 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. T. Not sure how but somehow. The first successfull attempt in adding the new terrain in. 11,362 views - Mon, Jun 14 at 23:03. Go back and play like. 99 at Best Buy $69. 5. 0 but before Forged in the Barrens goes live. #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. 8. Diablo 4. But when I was looking into the patch. Barb last HoTA nerf. This build has incredible damage, survivability, and speed. Marwins. 3. Reply replyI was expecting the HOTA nerf, but everything else. 79. Patch Notes for Barb. Sorc can at least grow into deleting screens of near-level trash quickly, barb never comes to excel at anything. ago. In WW barb there are very certain equips for WW to be good unlike HOTA mediocre equips can kill Lilith in WT2. I got flamed harder when i was pvping with the cookie cutter meta builds tbh. 105%. Yes highly recommend going hota barb for s1. Honestly I expect a HotA nerf which means the only good/viable Core Skill is going to be Rend and Double Swing. Any other HotA barbs noticing way less damage done today? EDIT: PezRadar. HotA is TierB WW is TierC Double Swing is TierD Upheaval Barb is TierD. Once you loot 3 utopias in one day, right under your opponents nose, you start to appreciate the movement points properly - +100k gold and 10 relics for having just 1 day advantage. If you play the fight out, the clerics take very little damage from the gargoyles and do decent damage back if you use smite evil. 1. its silly I try to recreate some of strongest bone spear builds and got to 48. With a reduction of 75% to 125%, WW / Rent would be on par with Slam and Hota. Barb nerf comapred to other classes - Twitch. Read on for the complete list of Vampiric Powers, Skills, and Aspects you need and how to play the build for Season 2. Heartstopper-11246 June 24, 2023, 6:38pm 7. Unconstrained: This build requires plenty of Berserker rage. 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. In WW barb there are very certain equips for WW to be good unlike HOTA mediocre equips can kill Lilith in WT2. 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. You could also do NM dungeons over and over to level it. ago. Alkaizer is reporting seeing less than half damage from a few hours ago on his Lilith kills earlier today. Barb now in S2 (from perspective of someone playing WW) feels good once you reach. Brag about the latest giga drop. The goal of this was to make an off-meta build to introduce some diversity into Barbarian builds for clearing end game content. 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. I dont run fireball anymore but they have stealth nerfed a bunch of dungeons as well, theres a transparency problem rn. 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. Barb is nothing without it’s shouts. SKU: 21008326. This grants you basically invulnerable for 10 seconds since HOTA barbs can't attack 11 times within 10. And if you need the greatsword expertise for your build, just select it as the weapon technique in your expertise tab. HOTA. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. The new 1. The nerf barb meme lives on. TinyPanda3 • 1 mo. ”. Hammer of the Ancients (HotA) Barbarian is super fun and is built around CotA. Not only that, you shouldn’t be able to slaugther players 20 levels below you to make your tiny epeen feel bigger. Once the HoTa player cant kill with the initial smashes, they’re as good as dead with their nerfed to trashed cooldowns. 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. Diablo 4 Well, we're back in the world of Diablo 4, and we have confirmation from the devs that the Barbarian class is being looked at once again. ceefbakes72 • 1 mo. . I tried WW, but still no fury. The nerf reverts will take place with Patch 20. Ground Stomp. Outrageous to completely destroy a build without saying anything. 15% of the top 593 barbarians are still using Whirlwind to an overwhelming majority, so only 14. Rend. Its like skills are costing double fury. 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. It’s supposed to be fun. The next 4 seconds, it does 4 damage per seconds for a total of 16 damage. Avantasian-1260. Is a HOTA nerf coming soon? Because getting 2 shotted by a level 80+ HOTA barb sure is BS. 2h axes have pretty good stats, except the attack speed is nerfed. #diablo4 #barbarian #hammer Get ready to smash your enemies with the Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian. Its just something to keep working. On top of the other barb targeted nerfs one after another, while other classes can kill lilith in 30 seconds with no adjustments. Gameplay Fixes. 1. Barbarian Leveling Tips for Diablo 4 Best Barbarian Leveling Builds For players new to Diablo 4, the Barbarian may not be the best choice. by berethon. 0 Barbarian Changes - HotA Nerf, Weapon Mastery Skills Buffs. Afterwards, you should use an endgame build guide to allocate Paragon points and equip gear with the best stats and Aspects. Diablo 4 got its long-awaited pre. . Not a hota build.