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. Listen, if you don’t PvP, you just don’t know. Patch 1. 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. Diablo IV Posted 2023/06/23 at 3:30 PM by Jezartroz. Generate Fury with Rallying Cry and Lunging Strike to unleash Rend on density, Elites and Bosses. The good: leapquakes and ground slam quakes stack the 10 upheaval charges, meaning in big groups you can get max stacks almost instantly. Honestly, the cooldown nerf isn’t the problem. Developer Note: Earlier today, we pushed out Hotfix 12 which included stability and performance improvement changes that affected Hammer of the Ancients. Whirlwind keeps getting nerfs over and over and over and over again. Developer Note: Earlier today, we pushed out Hotfix 12 which included stability and performance improvement changes that affected Hammer of the Ancients. Hota Barb nerfed? General Discussion PC. Anyone with a slow attack like some druid builds were impossible to 1v1. Even with maxed poison rogue build is hard, almost impossible, to kill it, and Barb HOTA. Probably the same for the rest beside Rend. Those 2 are still the strongest towns, but not banned any more. Uploading daily clips from Diablo IV. 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. This build guide explains in painstaking detail the Raekor-HOTA (R6 HOTA) build, a powerful variant to the IK- or LOD-based HOTA builds. 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. Arlen639. Amumu. 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. 2 Gameplay Fixes Addressed an issue with how monsters could infinitely spawn in Cellar Events. 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. Addressing particularly how it effects the Barbarian class HOTA build and the effect of cumulativ. Otherwise a reduction to 20/30/30 feels suitable to me Slayer is a Mass spell at Expert Town Portal always has the Basic effect, movement point reduction 300/200/200 > 300/150/0 I'm not sure how on earth to balance DD and Fly. Confirmed HotA is doing basically no damage now. Barb now in S2 (from perspective of someone playing WW) feels good once you reach. 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. 100%. . He shared it over on Reddit and D4Builds. Xorn-1696 July 17, 2023, 9:48am 5. Fury on items was reduced (ghost nerfs) by 20-30%. You can use these after the latest patch 1. D4 Post Nerf Tier List. Below you will find the optimal setup for Legendary Aspects for the Shout HotA build. HOTA QUAKE NERF REVERTED & General Balance State Diablo 4. Blizzard has unfurled 6,600 words worth of 1. HOTA. Even with the most powerful barbarian build i can’t really touch her health bar before. The Tank HotA is a PVE build in Diablo 4 (D4) that lets survive Uber Lilith's attacks while trading damage. ago. Barb nerf comapred to other classes - Twitch. Even with maxed. Stack crit chance, crit damage, vuln, STR, and core. Alkaizer gave his opinion today. . They nerfed hammstring lol. Read on to learn all the Gears, Skills, Aspects that you will need and how to play the build. Barbarian (S Tier) From the beginning everyone was talking about barbarians are going to have yet the worst early game leveling experience, but their end game is clearly going to be the strongest. It costs $20 to join and $5 to rent a Nerf gun, but you can bring your own, too. Title says it all. 12. Broad strokes, but here are my guesses: 1. . They nerf main. Diablo 4 got its long-awaited pre. This list contains all noticeable additions concerning gameplay. Check Price. pls nerf both Rogue and HoTa barb, just make some crucial aspects not working vs. Barbarian. SKU: 21008326. s. Ben kills uber lilith in HC with an ethical build. The bug will eat through any amount of hp, armor, barrier, or dam reduction Reply. Darkdream-11723 June 24, 2023, 6:24pm 3. g. Originally posted by. It's a buff to whirlwind build; offset by the fact it won't allow you to just abuse berserking AND the ancient call aspect. Ben is literally the chosen one for aRPGS. 0. Blizzard is currently enrolled in. My defense feels good and my builds feel strong. Diablo 4 patch 1. ) nerfs to barb unbreakable duration uptime. . Listen, if you don’t PvP, you just don’t know. They have two more equipped weapons than me, meaning they do double the damage! Barbarians exist, pls nerf and delete. WW is good but HotA is currently better to my understanding. B4m0r1z0r-2800 June 24, 2023, 5:51am #2. . A lot of damage pulverize used in the glyph trees was gutted supposedly. 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. 0. PC General Discussion. You can check out the written build HERE: In this video, we'll be discussing the Barbarian Endgame build Hammer of the Ancients - As. Class Changes Barbarian Reverting a performance change that inadvertently reduced the damage for “Hammer of the Ancients”. 5. As a well known fact, it is not applicable with weapon Expertise System of two handed swords. Can’t even call it a preemptive nerf for the new sorc super heart because it’s gone after s1. Its just something to keep working towards friend. Skill Setup. So then i figured wth use upheaval. 16. Even with my sorcerer I haven’t found the nerfs to be a big deal. 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. D4 1. Leveling with HotA feels clunky after the CD nerf. With 2 gap closers it is out of control right now. 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. Next takes infinite amount of gold to for one affix on a weapon or gear. 02 update hotfixes rolling out overnight to help polish up Blizzard’s long-awaited RPG game as it takes over all our free time. Patch 1. The best weapon for this Barbarian build is the Mace of Ancestral Force. Ww barb still s tier after that tiny nerf to one single item. ago. HotA damage nerfed? PC Bug Report. 0. 1. Opinion. PVP players are the first to complain and the. But we’re talking about WW and it buffs WW single target damage significantly I don’t know what your argument is, are you saying barber doesn’t increase WW single target damage? Also WW still clears faster than HOTA dump even after nerfs. 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. 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. Lol first they nerfed WW, now HOTA. Really regretting that I chose barb right now. . They can’t just buff everything constantly. 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. 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. Here is how to build your barb. Any other HotA barbs noticing way less damage done today? EDIT: PezRadar confirmed this was not intended and they're looking into it. 12 Likes. PC General Discussion. HOTA barbs in PVP needs a nerf. If hota barb gets nerfed, might as well be compared to butterbean at this point. Developer Note: Earlier today, we pushed out Hotfix 12 which included stability and. 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. The. There’s much better builds right now than HoTA. This build is defined by some items, such as Cindercoat and legacy SoJ/Skull Grasp with -HotA cost. #diablo4 #barbarian #hammer Get ready to smash your enemies with the Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian. 59K views 1 month ago #barbarian #quake #diablo4. If you don’t run triple shouts you are going to get punished on higher nightmare dungeons. As a result, Blizzard has. WW is better at clearing mobs and speed farming/dungeon clearing. Bigbazz-2623 June 24, 2023, 1:34am 1. This Diablo 4 Season 1 BEST Rend Barbarian Build Guide After the Nerf for Leveling 1-50 sets you up in Diablo 4 for OP Big Damage Endgame and is the best BAR. At level 90 I see 300k rend crits and I one shot most everything. 5K subscribers. -nerf to Armor mitigation -nerf to main stat damage multiplier -nerf to all forms of damage reduction -nerf to hamstring It's like they took all of our class strengths and nerfed it without any offsetting buffs. No Mercy officially deleted from the game, affecting all barbarian builds instead of HOTA. 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. Got smacked by tons of HoTA barbs along the way, but at 100 reworked my build/gear for pvp, and have yet to find any real threats in pvp. 5K subscribers. Sad but true - Metallica. 4 is out! As previously announced, it is predominantly aimed at solving issues pertinent to the original game and Horn of the Abyss. . This is an absolutely crazy setup though. I mean the leashed dog thing is annoying but whatever I understand why, but why nerf guns?! If this must be a thing, why not water guns, or at least. You can't tell me its disrespectful to nerf things mid race while technically not lying about a day one patch. No one gonna tell you on here man blizzard gonna nerf that shiz quick. It’s supposed to be fun. . Excludes bulky items. 0. 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. Your Two-Handed Slashing weapon determines the DPS for Rend. You will have a blast! Dont tell anyone <3. 130. 15% of the top 593 barbarians are still using Whirlwind to an overwhelming majority, so only 14. ago. Conclusions. Apr 4, 2022 @ 3:51am fix a stupid boss, but completely ignore all the glaring performance issues #12. ceefbakes72 • 1 mo. 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. Really important to nerf player power in a mostly PVE game where PVP is just a minigame with cosmetic rewards. I have no issues with Barb post patch. It's time for NERF. s. [deleted] • 20 days ago. 1 Like. Alkaizer gave his opinion today : r/diablo4. With either Warcry or Rallying Cry up, it's usually two lunges then HotA. WW is only good for speed farming it has horrible damage scaling against uber Lilith or high NM pushes. W with the hota nerf. Diablo 4. ago by Synapse7777 HotA damage nerfed 50-75% overall. Ninja Hotfix, not in patch notes. btw curious about your current clear with the HOTA nerf. They said it won't be balanced. 8 million total deaths. Then we would have had 3 to 4 builds that would be at the same level. . . Massive nerf. You could also do NM dungeons over and over to level it. For the most part it was fun. Most of the unique from Barb is garbage, like pure garbage. With shouts I can usually spam HOTA for 8 seconds non-stop and even more if I shout in sequence rather than all at once. 5 minutes on average. 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. Partoutatix. There are 2 towns that show consistent week 1 Jebus breaks in pro games and one of those is Necro (the other is Conflux). 1. 102. Barbarian HOTA is ️. Increased Critical Strike / Vulnerable Damage affixes are now additive with other damage increases instead of being multiplicative. It's fair to say that overpower will be a common way of dealing [extra] damage in D4. 79. And no, especially with a leader board or season. I noticed this for max fury on barbs, didn’t realize it was across the board. The HOTA nerf to Slow, if you know how to implement it. I have 102% crit chance on my hota barb with mortal draw and caged heart of focused rage btw. Valerin_Bizonov • 2 yr. Rend. 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. Diablo 4 Nerfs Most Popular Dungeon. NEW: Hota Barbarian Season 1: Nightmare Dungeon TIER 70 (Patch 1. This is a video series of a former AAA designer critically analyzing Elden Ring's design. 99. 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. Quick Reference. People been crying too much about sorc to notice that Barb is probably the bottom class now after HotA nerf. Notably nadoWW, grizzly rage, and bone spear. All classes are affected by this change. Posts: 12,721. RIP HOTABuild by Huxley#diablo4 #lillith #barbarian #hotaSummary. 0 Patch Notes Season of the Malignant Official Blog Post. ”. The final and 6th second does 2 damage. I used to play an MMO that got ruined because of complaints from PVP players. I think that both Diplomacy and Necromancy are fine now - Diplomacy is still one of the best method to spend surplus of money, both in early game (I usually pick Cyra on mirror templates because of possibility of attracting to your army some neutral Gremlins) and late game (As an exemple Firewalk and similar. This monster just dropped in WT3. 2 Likes. P. Much like Druids, Barbarians struggled during Diablo 4‘s betas. . 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. 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. The nerf barb meme lives on. The movement speed is nice, but 1I'm experimenting w/ swapping in Challenging Shout for more consistent Fury gen instead. Haha the one 100 i killed in the few hours of doing this thought it was hilarious. Nothing needs to be nerf, but if HoTa gets nerfed, rogues and necro needs to follow suit with the nerfs while the sorcs stay put. Anivia. 12. 276 million total hours played. Necro pre-nerf was stupid . This build has incredible damage, survivability, and speed. But we’re talking about WW and it buffs WW single target damage significantly I don’t know what your argument is, are you saying barber doesn’t increase WW single target damage? Also WW still clears faster than HOTA dump even after nerfs. The Barbarian has unparalleled strength and expertly wields an entire arsenal in battle, with a weapon for every occasion. 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. Fury gain increased from 25 to. Honestly, the cooldown nerf isn’t the problem. TheChemicals-1408 June 14, 2023, 2:08am 5. Gold: 34,115. 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. Sorc can at least grow into deleting screens of near-level trash quickly, barb never comes to excel at anything. Any other HotA barbs noticing way less damage done today? EDIT: PezRadar. This was the only build barb could use since the previous hotfix to kill lilith. The arsenal system also felt unnecessarily cumbersome and doesn’t seem to add anything meaningful to the class. 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. Class specialization. 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. 1-25 is Upheaval/Death Blow, at 25 Repsec to HOTA/Death Blow into Walking Arsenal. Its like skills are costing double fury. . E: First Aid, Luck, Mysticism_S. 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. Theophan-11651 July 8, 2023, 12:59am #13. 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. Regular and Pre-Order items cannot be purchased in the same transaction. Not much faster, but it was a base attack nonetheless. It was so fun and still not on druids level but competitive. B Tier - Bone Spirit Necromancer, Ark. Singularity-11212 June 9, 2023, 4:20am #11. 1. 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. gg for people to try out! It is designed to clear high-tier content by having high defense and damage boost from Malignant Hearts! The build is updated from kGAULT's original Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeon Thorns Build. Subscribe. HoTA barbs were farming me. everyone got nerfed with this patch but druids it seems. Horn of the Abyss version 1. Melted Heart Of Selig = super OP. 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. You can check out the written build HERE: In this video, we'll be discussing the Barbarian Endgame build Hammer of the Ancients - As. We've identified the issue and the team is working on a hotfix for this. Find their latest Diablo IV streams and much more right here. Sadly, they do nothing to mitigate these nerf effects on early/mid game leveling which makes the class feel bad until you’re decently geared at endgame. Yes, it was nerfed because there is a big focus on PvP in HotA. I wonder why Blizzard isn't only friendly to barbarians. Legion needed a nerf 4 patches ago; this hero is so polarizing in pubs it's not even funny. Toxmedic29. HotA is its own expansion, based on the original Shadow of Death, without leveraging any material or know-hows from WoG. I would be interested to see the season 1 ladder by end of this week. She provides a very decent army for the beginning. . InfamousCRS. 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. Would be interesting to see. errorContainer { background-color: #FFF; color: #0F1419; max-width. ago. New terrain for the Conflux town - Highlands. . Thrustmaster. % Total Armor affix has been increased by 160%. Tactical Vest for Nerf Guns, holds nerf darts and accessories, comes with two packs of darts ,I have 10 in stock. Nothing needs to be nerf, but if HoTa gets nerfed, rogues and necro needs to follow suit with. Try to walk into a pvp zone. GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Barrage Rogue. Gameplay Fixes. 1 Patch HotA Barbarian Nerf Analysis / PvP Gear Update. However, like two years ago, some. The Barbarian Unique weapons “Overkill”, “Hellhammer”, and “Ancient’s Oath” will no longer drop for Druid players. Walking arsenal feels like how barb is supposed to be. IF it was nerfed, which does not seem to be the case. 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). Kinda disappointed was hoping to see some compensation to the massive hota nerf (bug fix) as well as ghors getting a rework (getting rid of attack speed for crit chance or something) and removing the two second mandatory damage burst which makes them useless. Very fun to play and very smooth leveling experience. 16000M FCS Hotas. It’s probably because rogues are great one on one and absolutely rubbish. I’ve been 100 for a. Alkaizerx - Path of Exile. instead of nerfing hammer of the ancients, they nerfed HAMMSTRING and BLEED damage. Initially challenging, but once resolved, significantly boosts the build’s potency. Learn all there is to know, including the best farming spots, to level up fast in Diablo 4. Posted: Jul 19, 2023 3:42 am. 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. Available in store and online Available in store and online. Literally every Barb is HotA and one-shots every class. Most of the unique from Barb is garbage, like pure garbage. Confirmed HotA is doing basically no damage now. I was critting an elite for my base damage. Patch 1. . 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. Group: Member. Barbarian nerf from Diablo 2 I wanted to change the barbarian in Diablo 4, but it is the same. The new 1. There are 2 towns that show consistent week 1 Jebus breaks in pro games and one of those is Necro (the other is Conflux). 2 Likes. Don't get me started on things like the HotA nerf or the state of the Sorceress class. You need to nerf the sorc ability to survive in pvp. 63. Probably need a discovery of another interaction before another top tier build materialises, it at all. ive 1 shot every build lvl 100 with my lvl 100 hota barb. 2. People been crying too much about sorc to notice that Barb is probably the bottom class now after HotA nerf. Using any of the other skills; you don’t have those effects to stack. 128. Afterwards, you should use an endgame build guide to allocate Paragon points and equip gear with the best stats and Aspects. Valdrane: Eternal realm is where you will be playing the expansions and any DLC they put out. There is a massive imbalance with HOTA. 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. Na dude. General experience is that HotA is better for leveling but whirlwind is better late game. I simply disable/restrict them in my own games (along with. 1. I definitely think people shouldn't be immortal, but also 80% should have an impact, and 80% definitely should. Also hota is better. You literally would not be able to play any other town but necro, that's how strong they were. 95%. Enhances HotA, enabling massive AOE damage. 100% damage reduction nerf.