Spin to win was great, but I was spinning for too long and not killing enough. Discussing the patch notes for Diablo 4 on July 18th 2023. Asmongold said he would "donate $10,000 to charity" to watch a AAA designer, who is critical of Elden Ring, play the game (clip in comments). B4m0r1z0r-2800 June 24, 2023, 5:51am #2. 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. Barb nerf comapred to other classes - Twitch. xROLLxTIDEx-1592 July 31, 2023, 9. 289 subscribers. Take to the skies with the HORI HOTAS Flight Stick for PlayStation 4. 2 casts, 20 damage over 6 seconds. NzNOOGAzN • 22 min. New Diablo 4 patch notes are here with a pair of Diablo 4 1. Probably need a discovery of another interaction before another top tier build materialises, it at all. 5K subscribers. But in general, builds here are being judged off on how well they can accomplish this on average. Maugan’s Works Elite Nerf Announcement. Try to walk into a pvp zone. Blizzard confirmed the nerf via patch notes for the latest 1. But Upheaval can crit on average for 3-5 million. Fraktal-1850 June 9, 2023, 11:41am #6. Avantasian-1260. Sorcs need a buff. I’m currently putting aside gear for HoTA, because in all my Lilith pulls — it’s a miserable experience. Yup true, and this is not a satisfying situation. Chaddly7-1515 July 28, 2023, 7:17pm #1. They should reverse the HoTA "nerf". 95%. Currently in right hands it is among the strongest towns on most popular templates and arguably THE strongest on Jebus in current meta. B Tier - Bone Spirit Necromancer, Ark. You can start playing like this but also look for the unique chest that turns you into a bear all the time. Finally got one!! Random dungeon elite drop. Imo everything in the beta wasn’t complete, we didn’t have all the aspects, skill points, paragon boards, and glyphs to understand if a class would over or underperform. Thrustmaster. Blizzard is currently enrolled in. The hamstring passive was actually vital for all builds and that’s gone now. I got the barber heart on the way to the boss room in the NM difficulty. There’s much better builds right now than HoTA. boltbane-1510 August 8, 2023, 2:24pm #2. zBarb. 0 Patch Notes Season of the Malignant Official Blog Post. Probably the same for the rest beside Rend. Discussing the patch notes for Diablo 4 on July 18th 2023. The barb isn't even that "tanky" compared to other classes. 0 Barbarian Changes - HotA Nerf, Weapon Mastery Skills Buffs. Courtney's first book, published in May 2018, is entitled. 8. HOTA has 50% (I think) lucky hit chance and pressure point is 10% chance per point on lucky hit. These changes were strictly for backend performance, but unintentionally also affected. -Nerfed EXP gain by ~20% for ALL players, even SSF, when their goal seemed to be to only nerf power-lvling-Nerfed Overworld mob-lvls in the endgame (which was never a problem), so now activities in the Overworld don't give you any EXP on higher lvls. Barbarian starting out is very very bad. Whirlwind Build - But again another unexpected twist, 84. Notably nadoWW, grizzly rage, and bone spear. wonder why they haven't nerf storm wolf yet, maybe coming in the big patch later. 4. Also, it’s not about ‘being the most OP spec’, it’s that, without unlimited uptime shouts the entire class feels AWFUL to play. HotA is its own expansion, based on the original Shadow of Death, without leveraging any material or know-hows from WoG. #Diablo4 #tierlist #patch1. HOTA Needs a MASSIVE nerf. HotA Barb. This PvP Barbarian build hits all the right notes: Bleed damage, slows. Golem attack damage increased by 10 percent. Yes it resets all of those CD’s; but it’s not designed for that use case; so it’s going to be sub-optimal when you don’t need the resets on those other skills. I’ve been 100 for a while now, probably two weeks or so. Sorc can at least grow into deleting screens of near-level trash quickly, barb never comes to excel at anything. (Before the nerfs the “strong” build aka HOTA was only strong due to a bug). BadKarma_JT 3 months ago #1. TheChemicals-1408 June 14, 2023, 2:08am 5. Barber ruins lucky hit builds. 100%. (Before the nerfs the “strong” build aka HOTA was only strong due to a bug). 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. There are 2 towns that show consistent week 1 Jebus breaks in pro games and one of those is Necro (the other is Conflux). awayawaythrownaway • 21 min. 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. 20 Flat fee shipping. 3. The next 4 seconds, it does 4 damage per seconds for a total of 16 damage. The Rend Barbarian is a fantastic leveling build in Diablo 4. You can still get 100% or almost 100% uptime. So I should spec my barb. Show us that when barb deals this amount of damage. Going into the 1. ReplyBlizzard Entertainment. . Barb is dog water. But in general, builds here are being judged off on how well they can accomplish this on average. SKU: PS4-144U. Melted Heart Of Selig = super OP. PVP players are the first to complain and the first to leave, even when they get what they want. You're still starving for fury in 4 player 40-60 nightmare dungeons because Sorcs and Necros absolutely mop everything up. . She provides a very decent army for the beginning. Not only that, you shouldn’t be able to slaugther players 20 levels below you to make your tiny epeen feel bigger. Gameplay Fixes. 1. Heroes HD on steam and play necro after playing HOTA. Iron Skin. Really regretting that I chose barb right now. Diablo 4 Nerfs Most Popular Dungeon. On top of the other barb targeted nerfs one after another, while other classes can kill lilith in 30 seconds with no adjustments. No Mercy officially deleted from the game, affecting all barbarian builds instead of HOTA. This is your comprehensive guide for building a titan that shatters the earth with Hammer of the. Welcome to the Diablo 4 Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian Endgame Build Guide! This is a fan-favorite skill that returns to the franchise for Barbarians. He shared it over on Reddit and D4Builds. 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. It definitely needed the Nerf because it was way too strong. 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). Unconstrained increases the. Below you will find the optimal setup for Legendary Aspects for the Shout HotA build. Been experimenting and I therefore conclude that it's easier to build HOTA barb vs WW barb. Toss Thorgrim in the mix and battle. PC General Discussion. It's time for NERF. It is pretty easy to build and straight forward. its silly I try to recreate some of strongest bone spear builds and got to 48. 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. HotA especially better against single targets. . Use Steel Grasp to group up enemies and greatly increase your damage output. The best weapon for this Barbarian build is the Mace of Ancestral Force. Learn all there is to know, including the best farming spots, to level up fast in Diablo 4. So the dev note below that patch note basically says “yeah we know. 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. Go back and play like. I'm really enjoying the. It's simple, use Escape Artist legendary aspect and put it on your amulet. Stealth HotA Nerf? Alkaizerx - Diablo IV. Diablo 4's latest patch notes are now live. mjoe-2802 June 23, 2023, 8. Well they promised PVP in Diablo 3, and promised PVE in Overwatch 2. pc. Ninja Hotfix, not in patch notes. HI, So far barb class is able to maintain shouts full time, spin freely, do tier 100 sigils, 1 hit world bosses with HOTA, so my question is: When it gonna be nerfed? all the other classes are not at this level, even at PvP it is praticly unbeatable due to the amount of stuns, unstopable, berserk, etc… i understand that some random dev play barb, but im. The Tank HotA is a PVE build in Diablo 4 (D4) that lets survive Uber Lilith's attacks while trading damage. 8 million total deaths. What I think is the builders need to pump out a LOT more Fury, so we can do a lot more core attacks, but lower the damage of the core attacks to compensate. HotA and WoG are in no way compatible: no WoG features are available when playing HotA, and vice versa. Steel Grasp. NEW: Hota Barbarian Season 1: Nightmare Dungeon TIER 70 (Patch 1. Pls nerf rogue and hota in PVP. PVP players are the first to complain and the. You cast it, then cast it again 1 second later. Whirlwind keeps getting nerfs over and over and over and over again. 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. If Necropolis needs anything - it is definetely not a buff. FC: 0361-6999-4252. Opinion. You will have a blast! Dont tell anyone <3. They nerfed hammstring lol. 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. This was done after the 1. 4. ones you can do pretty easily without using your best weapons/optimized gear. Diablo IV. 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. nah 100% you will play new expansion or other dlc in the new seasons. 3 Likes. ago. Watch all of Rob2628's best archives, VODs, and highlights on Twitch. 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. 1 Best Dungeons to Farm XP Solo - D4 S1 Solo XP Farm After Patch. . Too much survivability and damage. I noticed this for max fury on barbs, didn’t realize it was across the board. So why not prepare a build beforehand that’s more. Alkaizer is reporting seeing less than half damage from a few hours ago on his Lilith kills earlier today. PvP playable now? PC General Discussion. E: First Aid, Luck, Mysticism_S. Swapped from Whirlwind to Hammer of the Ancients 2 days ago and it’s way more fun IMO. Stack those on dwarves/battle dwarves and its 70/90% chance to be immune to spells vs just taking 90% less damage. #diablo4 #barbarian #hammer Get ready to smash your enemies with the Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian. Alkaizer gave his opinion today : r/diablo4. Hammer of The Ancients. Alkaizerx - Path of Exile. Necro pre-nerf was stupid . gg uses the phrase "once your fury issues are solved" to describe when you should spec into ground stomp and stop bothering with lunging strike. ago. $45 at Amazon $69. Enjoy!Support us on Patreon: Three Channel Shop: ahead, Nerf it. Leveling Guide. I really wished most skills would be useful to push up to NM100, but. 100%. 0. I added a whirlwind barb from my D2 LoD character files to my D2R character files and discovered a significant weakening of the character when added to D2R. 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. This grants you basically invulnerable for 10 seconds since HOTA barbs can't attack 11 times within 10. 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. I mean, I think sometimes an interaction occurs that changes a functionality or process and it's not always intended. They nerf main. Barb last HoTA nerf. For the same reason, some towns got buffed. 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. all the stuff they BUFF is crap no one cares about 2 more seconds of berserking on double swing or half sec on vul from steel grasp. My crits dropped significantly from averaging 6m down to 1-2m. Most of those using HOTA for lilith use the bug showcasing how large the radius is. I honestly am liking the changes. F: Resistence/Interference, Ballistics, Learning, Eagle Eye. Support Tab. 2 Hotfix 13 - Infinitely Spawning Monsters and. 0 but before Forged in the Barrens goes live. Since this hotfix is server-side, players don't have to worry. 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. and with a HOTA build you use fortify aspects so undaunted would get you the boost you need. 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. Posted: Jul 19, 2023 3:42 am. B Tier - Bone Spirit. 8 Likes. 2 Likes. 0. I wanted to avoid spamming shouts, Wrath of the Berserker, and Whirlwind. People been crying too much about sorc to notice that Barb is probably the bottom class now after HotA nerf. Hota Barb nerfed? General Discussion PC. instead of nerfing hammer of the ancients, they nerfed HAMMSTRING and BLEED damage. 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. 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. A titan that shatters the earth with a godly hammer. Revert Back Please. Developer Note: Earlier today, we pushed out Hotfix 12 which included stability and. 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. Even with a bugg that added 100% dmg it was still worse. This monster just dropped in WT3. Galactic-1116 June 28, 2023, 12:43am 3. Currently in right hands it is among the strongest towns on most popular templates and arguably THE strongest on Jebus in current meta. At the maximum level and with all the Renown gathered, players will have 58 skill points to invest. Reverting a performance change that inadvertently reduced the damage for “Hammer of the Ancients”. . The nerf barb meme lives on. 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. This build is defined by some items, such as Cindercoat and legacy SoJ/Skull Grasp with -HotA cost. Check Price. Apr 4, 2022 @ 3:51am fix a stupid boss, but completely ignore all the glaring performance issues #12. The tool tip is showing 10k dmg less then it was before and I can tell its not hitting like it was. 59K views 1 month ago #barbarian #quake #diablo4. State of barbs compared to other classes when fighting uber lilith. 00 #17. 102. Diablo 4 patch 1. While other Barbarians are charging into battle and ripping their foes to shreds with Whirlwind, or sending shockwaves across the ground with their Hammer of the Ancients, we take a much more relaxed approach - the strategic "do nothing" tactic. Possible stealth nerf to Barb's HotA aspect. It was actually smaller than druid’s seismic pulverize. With an emphasis on Beserking, Overpower & Attack Speed this build will have you folding bosses in half in no time. . Add a Comment. Xorn-1696 July 17, 2023, 9:48am 5. The burst Fury from Leap is often wasted because Berserking Fury bonuses or Rally cry help build quickly. . Iron Skin. HotA is in no way connected to WoG. SKU: 21008326. On June 5, 2023, Adam “PezRadar” Fletcher, Community Manager of Diablo 4, announced on Twitter and the official Blizzard forums that they rolled out a server-side hotfix for Diablo 4 to balance and adjust a few details about the game. You could also do NM dungeons over and over to level it. LOD Hota; R6 Hota; WW / Rent (hopefully) Fire MotE; Too bad that the developer WW / Rent had to give such a hard nerf. I suspect that the hota big right now stems from an intended nerf yet nothing was reported. This change is a nerf to make Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable Damage comparable to other dame increase options. <style> body { -ms-overflow-style: scrollbar; overflow-y: scroll; overscroll-behavior-y: none; } . It felt bland and comparatively weak to the other 2. Patch 1. Afterwards, you should use an endgame build guide to allocate Paragon points and equip gear with the best stats and Aspects. All the HOTA and PVE players coming in being salty that im dissing SOMETHING about their game. 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. . so like an extra 180 armor and 18% more physical damage. Uploading daily clips from Diablo IV. Posts: 12,721. ive 1 shot every build lvl 100 with my lvl 100 hota barb. Let's look at some other staggering #'s they've reported. For seasons I am pretty sure all power loss is going to be easily offset by power gained from Hearts. 2Skulls • 20 days ago. Hota Barb nerfed? General Discussion PC. Lol first they nerfed WW, now HOTA. HOTAS (Image credit: Windows Central) The best way to enjoy. HOTA. Smokezound-1312 June 25, 2023, 3:31pm 8. Skill Setup. Bone spear isn’t op though. Join. . Barb is dog water. Your Two-Handed Slashing weapon determines the DPS for Rend. 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. As a well known fact, it is not applicable with weapon Expertise System of two handed swords. 99 at GameStop. Barbarians, Rogues, and Druids are definitely at the top of the D4 post nerf tier list and rankings. The best solo dungeon is going to be Iron Hold, the reason for this is that not only do you get a very good amount of XP, but it actually seems to have the best loot opportunity out of any of the dungeons, it is one of the best XP farm locations in Diablo 4. . ago. Jun 23 2023 02:53pm. S Tier - Bone Spear Necromancer, HotA Barbarian, Werewolf Tornado Druid. InfamousCRS. Most of the unique from Barb is garbage, like pure garbage. Raise Skeleton. s. Really need transparency on what changes are being made. No video game company in existence would ever let that go live. Really regretting that I chose barb right now. This class is non-stop on full fortified and immune. 1) : While I knew there was going to be some sort of patch coming before the release of season 1 of Diablo 4 in July, I wasn’t quite expecting this one. I wonder why Blizzard isn't only friendly to barbarians. 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 Damage Endgame and is the best BARB build currently! The HoTa Barbarian Build in Diablo 4 Post Nerf is amazing and super OP and is great to run through the game with on every. After that nerf it’s really the only viable build other than a rend build which lacks pretty bad. 1 mo. 49,000,000+Yeah what the heck. 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. New terrain for the Conflux town - Highlands. ago. Logged into play and saw the nerf to HoTA (which I was gonna switch to end game), and quit the game. There is a reported nerf to Hammer of the Ancients for Barbs can you confirm? 7:31 PM · Jun 23, 2023. Also hota is better. A Tier - Infinimist Necromancer, Ice Shards Sorcerer, Blizzard Sorcerer, Stormclaw Druid, Penetrating Shot Rogue. Unable to pick another stat because only pick one. 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. If you don’t run triple shouts you are going to get punished on higher nightmare dungeons. ) blizzard’s ice spike build gets adjusted. This is a casual game. Hota and ww are playing just fine in tier 60 nightmare dungeons. 25 sec. 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. Gameplay Fixes. 2b Build #47240 (PC) - November 15, 2023. Yet again can’t stress enough the build remains the same. No nerfs for HotA! 23 Jun 2023 22:07:03Especially the HoTa build nerf it to the point this is not a good Build for PVE content. Hypertrophy-3111 June 19, 2023, 7:03am #3. ago by Synapse7777 HotA damage nerfed 50-75% overall. instead of nerfing hammer of the ancients, they nerfed HAMMSTRING and BLEED damage. The nerf barb meme lives on. 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. 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. that been said well done. Nothing needs to be nerf, but if HoTa gets nerfed, rogues and necro needs to follow suit with. Not much faster, but it was a base attack nonetheless. So i main barbarian and don’t have a build that can burn down Uber Lilith in under 2 min and the fight just seems too RNG to be fun. . I would be interested to see the season 1 ladder by end of this week. This particular barbarian on /p8 in D2 LoD clears Chaos (not seal rushing) in about 6 to 6. Before you guys jump into conclusion, know that the hpta nerf being looked into and Adam fletcher was not aware of this so it’s more likely a spaghetti code mess up rather than a stealth nerf. It costs $20 to join and $5 to rent a Nerf gun, but you can bring your own, too. Gasmic-11993 July 7, 2023, 7:42pm #12. We eventually scale its power even more with the use of a powerful Unique item, Ramaladni's Magnum Opus. Yooo guys, today we have a full in-depth breakdown of my endgame whirlwind barbarian build. . SeÐïtïonïst-1796 June 8, 2023, 10:17pm #20. I got flamed harder when i was pvping with the cookie cutter meta builds tbh. Diablo IV Forums Barb Does Damage = Nerf. Avantasian-1260. Key-Substance2473. 1. The damage isn’t even comparable to builds such as WW or HotA barbarians and those aren’t overperforming either (Minus exploits). 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. . No one gonna tell you on here man blizzard gonna nerf that shiz quick. 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. Increased Critical Strike / Vulnerable Damage affixes are now additive with other damage increases instead of being multiplicative. Here's where it gets fun. Player-1127826 August 9, 2023, 3:23am #1. If this isn’t addressed all PvP is gonna be is HoTA barbs seeing who can smash the hardest. WW is good but HotA is currently better to my understanding. C Tier. Blizzard will probably nerf barbers and just for good measure they’ll nerf barb again. 0.