No Mercy officially deleted from the game, affecting all barbarian builds instead of HOTA. Hammer of The Ancients. What happens is that when the HOTA barb hits you, it procs the Escape Artist effect and you can dodge the next 11 attacks (max roll on amulet) for the next 10 seconds. The endgame HotA build from maxroll. damage bonus per stack increased from 3% to 5%. . Maybe a nerf to the multi-scaling CC aspect sorcs have (the /25-35% scaling damage to. Alkaizer is reporting seeing less than half damage from a few hours ago on his Lilith kills earlier today. ago. Developer Note: Earlier today, we pushed out Hotfix 12 which included stability and. Barbarian Leveling Tips for Diablo 4 Best Barbarian Leveling Builds For players new to Diablo 4, the Barbarian may not be the best choice. Available in store and online Available in store and online. Nothing in the patch notes. Developer Note: Earlier today, we pushed out Hotfix 12 which included stability and performance improvement changes that affected Hammer of the Ancients. Vulnerable duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds. 2 casts, 20 damage over 6 seconds. Regular and Pre-Order items cannot be purchased in the same transaction. . Quick Reference. 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. Premium. . 25 sec. 79. No video game company in existence would ever let that go live. 4. g. 2-3 annoying things to go against but. Add a Comment. 99 at GameStop. As you level, you can focus on Vulnerable Damage/Core Damage. I already hit 100 so gg. No views 1 minute ago #Diablo4 #Patch #Update. HOTA does have holes in it so it would be a disaterous mistake to nerf it like WW. TheChemicals-1408 June 14, 2023, 2:08am 5. For the first second, it does 2 damage. from my 3k + kills in fields of. 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. Not only that, you shouldn’t be able to slaugther players 20 levels below you to make your tiny epeen feel bigger. zBarb. I mean, I think sometimes an interaction occurs that changes a functionality or process and it's not always intended. I honestly am liking the changes. The good: leapquakes and ground slam quakes stack the 10 upheaval charges, meaning in big groups you can get max stacks almost instantly. 0 patch for Diablo IV aims to balance much of the endgame content ahead of the Seasons of the Malignant launch, but it seems to hamper the fun. D: Leadership, Water. #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. Currently messing around with a berserk/arsenal build. Avantasian-1260. 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. 276 million total hours played. HOTA QUAKE NERF REVERTED & General Balance State Diablo 4. Barb nerf comapred to other classes - Twitch. wonder why they haven't nerf storm wolf yet, maybe coming in the big patch later. WW is good but HotA is currently better to my understanding. ARAM nerfs and buffs for League of Legends champions in the aram game mode. Would be interesting to see. Technically, there are two. Pathfinding and Navigation are too overly situational to rank and can be S or F or anywhere, Diplomacy is pure cheese tier, Necromancy is a bit of both. 67. Learn all there is to know, including the best farming spots, to level up fast in Diablo 4. Melted Heart Of Selig = super OP. That way the barb could have only 2 viable build compared to 4. Joined: May 16 2023. Fixed an issue where Virtual Currency values. Leveling with HotA feels clunky after the CD nerf. There are only 3 Aspects you really need and a bunch you can play with. 2 Likes. Do your best to keep each aspect. And what's a better place than a cozy inn, right? Added a spoiler tag if people want to comment on story stuff. Barbarian HOTA is ️. Looks fun tho idk how good it’ll be. $45 at Amazon $69. There wasn’t much reference. 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. Hota players intentionally missed to deal damage with the quakes rather than directly. Nerf. Yooo guys, today we have a full in-depth breakdown of my endgame whirlwind barbarian build. 2 Likes. 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. ive 1 shot every build lvl 100 with my lvl 100 hota barb. D4 1. Well, HotA barb is definitely S Tier so I’d keep smashing my friend. HotA is TierB WW is TierC Double Swing is TierD Upheaval Barb is TierD. This change is a nerf to make Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable Damage comparable to other dame increase options. Fury gain increased from 25 to. I wouldn't necessarily say that. The best weapon for this Barbarian build is the Mace of Ancestral Force. Excludes bulky items. IIGhrimII-1726 July 18, 2023, 10:35pm #1. Horn of the Abyss (HotA) is a global add-on for Heroes of Might and Magic III that extends (and fixes if needed) classical gameplay elements and adds some of its own. Lol first they nerfed WW, now HOTA. Instead of dealing 50% of its damage with the quakes it dealt 50% MORE than its damage with the quakes. Which was already treated as the default leveling build for barbs. 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. Fully functional visual template editor that allows to create and edit Random Map Generator templates of the new extended HotA format. a decent geared rogue with poison comes and hit you. Cooldown reduction is now capped to 3 targets, for a maximum of 9 seconds of Cooldown reduction. Rob2628. HOTA needs to catch a pvp nerf. Boo hoo. -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. 0. Barbarian feels weak? I tried all three classes and i gotta say the barb felt quite disappointing. Robs more defensive setup on his gear means you can just stand in any damage in the game and never take a single hp of damage. Ben kills uber lilith in HC with an ethical build. 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. 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. (hitting tens of millions per hit using the HotA). They already addressed pvp. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. to try and balance endgame progression. With an emphasis on Beserking, Overpower & Attack Speed this build will have you folding bosses in half in no time. Skeleton Warrior attack damage increased by 10 percent. Nerfs are negligible but I’d still consider it the games hardest class, at least for leveling, not sure about endgame. The quaking. 3. As you level, you can focus on Vulnerable Damage/Core Damage. 6. 5. Nerf Ultra Select Fully Motorized Blaster. And you can still focus on vampires early and have a fairly insane army. It felt bland and comparatively weak to the other 2. Class specialization. E: First Aid, Luck, Mysticism_S. The exact same character and build takes more than. Yes, it was nerfed because there is a big focus on PvP in HotA. This is a video series of a former AAA designer critically analyzing Elden Ring's design. Upgrade with Supreme to gain Fury, slow enemies, and increase your Damage / Attack Speed even further. Best Barbarian Hammer Build For End Game Is NUTS! 50+ Guide - Diablo 4 Livestream: Discord server: T. 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. So the dev note below that patch note basically says “yeah we know. Once the HoTa player cant kill with the initial smashes, they’re as good as dead with their nerfed to trashed cooldowns. B4m0r1z0r-2800 June 24, 2023, 5:51am #2. Whirlwind keeps getting nerfs over and over and over and over again. i’d rec hota. Even with maxed. The hamstring passive was actually vital for all builds and that’s gone now. Blizzard is currently enrolled in. Subscribe. The nerf barb meme lives on. Patch 1. HotA is its own expansion, based on the original Shadow of Death, without leveraging any material or know-hows from WoG. no class should be able to do this, maybe urgent need for a big nerf . 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. You literally would not be able to play any other town but necro, that's how strong they were. Like, barb doesn’t have anything besides whirlwind. They somewhat compensate it with cheaper Mausoleum (4 sulphur instead of 10, to guarantee liches on the 4th difficulty), making their early game on higher difficulties not as painful as it. By Adam Barnhardt - June 15, 2023 12:03 am EDT. 0. s. Heartstopper-11246 June 24, 2023, 6:38pm 7. And for. 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’m running a HOTA build (love it, plz don’t nerf) and I watched some guides for paragon boards, everyone uses disembowel. It is pretty easy to build and straight forward. Hammer of the Ancient doesn't hit like it used to. End game you stack Overpower and Vulnerable Damage. Alkaizer gave his opinion today. Notably nadoWW, grizzly rage, and bone spear. E. Sorcs need a buff. With 2 gap closers it is out of control right now. Uncertainty is pretty unattractive to me for a game like diablo. 0 Barbarian Changes. D4 1. Pulverize Druid. My HoTA barb after the hotfix to fix the accidental nerf felt strangely weaker. Reverting a performance change that inadvertently reduced the damage for “Hammer of the Ancients”. I really wished most skills would be useful to push up to NM100, but. , best viewed with JavaScript enabled. 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. 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. On top of the other barb targeted nerfs one after another, while other classes can kill lilith in 30 seconds with no adjustments. 289 subscribers. Pulverize is supposed to be one of the builds that was fairly impacted by the changes. 5. So, about Rage of Harrogath's Lucky hit being not applicable. 1. . Hota barb is still good in nightmare. "The Diablo 4 team has been diligently monitoring your feedback," Blizzard explains in a blog update that details the changes introduced in patch 1. They nerfed hammstring lol. All classes are affected by this change. 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. The bug will eat through any amount of hp, armor, barrier, or dam reduction Reply. Its really sad, i had so much fun playing on engineer/archon facetanking everything like gigachad. Ben is literally the chosen one for aRPGS. Sorcerers and Necros are definitely at the bottom for the D4 global launch tier. Would be interesting to see. They have two more equipped weapons than me, meaning they do double the damage! Barbarians exist, pls nerf and delete. Revert Back Please. 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. expert resistance skill (+20%). All builds should be brought to that level. Diablo 4 Patch 1. Never buff only nerf, the blizzard way. For the most part it was fun. 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. Discussing the patch notes for Diablo 4 on July 18th 2023. It was actually smaller than druid’s seismic pulverize. 8. Nothing needs to be nerf, but if HoTa gets nerfed, rogues and necro needs to follow suit with. A Tier - Infinimist Necromancer, Ice Shards Sorcerer, Blizzard Sorcerer, Stormclaw Druid, Penetrating Shot Rogue. 1 Like. SUPERMAN-15513 June 26, 2023, 5:04pm 1. For seasons I am pretty sure all power loss is going to be easily offset by power gained from Hearts. 1 Bone Spear Necromancer Build for Endgame. not good. No one gonna tell you on here man blizzard gonna nerf that shiz quick. 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. WW and HotA seem to be the two mainstream endgame builds today and only HotA is really good for pushing nightmare content & bosses. I noticed this for max fury on barbs, didn’t realize it was across the board. The goal of this was to make an off-meta build to introduce some diversity into Barbarian builds for clearing end game content. Yes highly recommend going hota barb for s1. Even with the most powerful barbarian build i can’t really touch her health bar before. Yikes Increased Critical Strike / Vulnerable Damage affixes are now additive with other damage increases instead of being multiplicative. 0. You can still get 100% or almost 100% uptime. Not much faster, but it was a base attack nonetheless. 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. He shared it over on Reddit and D4Builds. 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. Barb is dog water. Here's where it gets fun. this isnt true at all. umm lol. All classes are affected by this change. 0 Barbarian Changes - HotA Nerf, Weapon Mastery Skills Buffs. Any other HotA barbs noticing way less damage done today? EDIT: PezRadar confirmed this was not intended and they're looking into it. You can try looking for uber lilith video before HOTA nerf then compare it to 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. Figured we could have thread for more casual conversations about our adventures in the game. Subscribe. Call of the Ancients is also a good burst. The burst Fury from Leap is often wasted because Berserking Fury bonuses or Rally cry help build quickly. 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. 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. . You can use these after the latest patch 1. . . Leap. Well they promised PVP in Diablo 3, and promised PVE in Overwatch 2. Diablo IV. Using any of the other skills; you don’t have those effects to stack. Group: Member. There’s just no contest fighting them, it’s so brain dead of a play style and nothing counters it. B Tier - Bone Spirit Necromancer, Ark. Hope it’s a mistake and not because people got salty during the 5 mins of pvp they play a day dying to hota. I even ran into a two HotA party running from ritual to ritual. There is zero overlap between the developing teams of the two mods. Each aspect is listed with its matching gear slot. Heroes HD on steam and play necro after playing HOTA. 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. It was weird and still sometimes no visible dmg to elites. if HOTA nerfs go through I'm done with this game. This is what makes the HotA build so strong and is the most important aspect to. Other than that, juggernauts Q could use a duration / damage nerf for the early game and. 1. 2 Likes. Confirmed HotA is doing basically no damage now. No Mercy officially deleted from the game, affecting all barbarian builds instead of HOTA. Yeah several aspects were fixed so infinite bleed isnt a thing but Hota still can probably reach those numbers. 00 #2. The Rend Barbarian is a fantastic leveling build in Diablo 4. Chaddly7-1515 July 28, 2023, 7:17pm #1. You can check out the written build HERE: In this video, we'll be discussing the Barbarian Endgame build Hammer of the Ancients - As. 0 but before Forged in the Barrens goes live. 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. F: Resistence/Interference, Ballistics, Learning, Eagle Eye. PC General Discussion. PVP players are the first to complain and the. Really regretting that I chose barb right now. Iron Skin. 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). ago. 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. 2h axes have pretty good stats, except the attack speed is nerfed. If anything, the nerfs to Serration and Grim Harvest should be reverted. The following endgame builds will help you optimize your character from Level 50-100. 4 hotfix 1 and 2 have rolled out to live servers, with a key Necromancer nerf that even players who favor the undead-raising class can be happy with. Don't get me started on things like the HotA nerf or the state of the Sorceress class. 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. Smokezound-1312 June 25, 2023, 3:31pm 8. Alkaizer gave his opinion today. This setup is more offensive, and you can take damage, but you can also easily mitigate that damage through gameplay which is more engaging. HotA is its own expansion, based on the original Shadow of Death, without leveraging any material or know-hows from WoG. But Upheaval can crit on average for 3-5 million. Golem. I simply disable/restrict them in my own games (along with. ) bone spear aspect gets toned down (the multiplier is insane). Diablo 4 got its long-awaited pre. 2d #Maxroll #Blizzard 00:00 Introduction00:55 Necromancer02:42 Rogue04:44 Sorcerer05:58 Druid06:35 Barbarian09:44 Summary-----. . Rage resets stack with marshall and the shout ring; that’s where Rage gets it’s value. TheBigPointyOne • 2 yr. BadKarma_JT posted. Let's look at some other staggering #'s they've reported. Check Price. A titan that shatters the earth with a godly hammer. So then i figured wth use upheaval. Diablo 4's latest patch notes are now live. 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. . So if a class does too much in pvp then they’ll nerf it in pve as well. Yes since WW endgame is still great, just need to pay attention on crit rate a bit more now. #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. S Tier - Bone Spear Necromancer, HotA Barbarian, Werewolf Tornado Druid. Singularity-11212 June 9, 2023, 4:20am #11. Apr 4, 2022 @ 3:51am fix a stupid boss, but completely ignore all the glaring performance issues #12. BadKarma_JT 3 months ago #1. Raise Skeleton. As a well known fact, it is not applicable with weapon Expertise System of two handed swords. Flight HOTAS X. I noticed this for max fury on barbs, didn’t realize it was across the board. and with a HOTA build you use fortify aspects so undaunted would get you the boost you need. btw curious about your current clear with the HOTA nerf. You can start playing like this but also look for the unique chest that turns you into a bear all the time. State of barbs compared to other classes when fighting uber lilith. 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. Pls nerf rogue and hota in PVP. ) nerfs to barb unbreakable duration uptime. Hota Barb nerfed? General Discussion PC. HOTFIX 13 - JUNE 23, 2023 - 1. 3. It’… 31: 13300: August 19, 2022 [Guide] Zodiac Rend (Season 20) Introduction This build guide explains in painstaking detail the Zodiac Rend build, our strongest and most versatile Rend and Whirlwind build. FC: 0361-6999-4252. They should reverse the HoTA "nerf". Yes, it isnt about damage, and barb got everything else AND their damage nerfed by like 60%. If you put it on 2hander it dealt 100% more. For the HotA Leveling build, we will be focus on using a two-handed axe for the increase to Vulnerable damage, as well as getting a head start on leveling up this skill to. 5. Current level of weapons are dropping low DPS. Right now, their weekly all-ages Vancouver Brawl happens on Sunday afternoons at Trout Lake. 2 Likes. Show off your character, talk about some wacky build. Some PVP Balancing. 99 at Best Buy $69. 1 mo. 0. 127. 130. This change is a nerf to make Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable. HotA is so much more enjoyable than Whirlwind. WE PROTECT THIS WEBSITE. Gold: 282. 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. boltbane-1510 August 8, 2023, 2:24pm #2. Na dude. If hota barb gets nerfed, might as well be compared to butterbean at this point. Unconstrained increases the. What’s stupid about the barb nerf is they don’t really bring up alternate options, either. This PvP Barbarian build hits all the right notes: Bleed damage, slows. I play Rend Barb. 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. But Rend is easy, the core attack applies vulnerability and you got loads of Fury to keep stacking, unlike. Alkaizer is reporting seeing less than half damage from a few hours ago on his Lilith kills earlier today. The barb isn't even that "tanky" compared to other classes. Hota Barb nerfed? General Discussion PC. I dont run fireball anymore but they have stealth nerfed a bunch of dungeons as well, theres a transparency problem rn. 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. Hamstring now only Slows Healthy enemies, and Slow amount increased from 10/20/30% to 20/40/60%. 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. This class is non-stop on full fortified and immune. Current Stock: Features. HOTA nerf, most welcomed. Item has not been added to your Basket. A lot of damage pulverize used in the glyph trees was gutted supposedly.