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Enjoy work today you modern slaves!

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https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofdiablo/comments/bhgybi/high_rune_hr_system_for_currency_and_trading_in/

Has this changed significantly? Everyone I'm messaging for trades is about half of the value listed in old post? Does anyone have a rough guide for current HR values?

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Can i play it on mobile windows emulator?

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I haven't played path of diablo for a couple years now, so I am basically a newbie again. I'm having an issue, I can create a game and play all I want, but as soon as j save and exit to get back to the main screen, the game locks up and has to be forced closed. Has anybody had this issue or have any tips to fix it? Thanks

if currency wasn't an issue what is the easiest bis for this?

Anyone have any idea why for some reason dropped items don't show as they would normally. The items only show when I mouse over them, strange.

Does Shockwave druid need max block rating for dclone and ubers?

I maxed MS and its synergy (Fend) on a budget-geared Javazon and the MS damage was actually pretty good and has pretty good AOE. (Fend is still terrible, as far as I can tell). Not sure what the best way to build around it would be.

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GAMEPLAY VIDEO

Below is a link to a 1-minute video of the build in action in a 700% density T3 map (that was the densest map I had when I made the video).

https://youtu.be/Z1n0tis96AY

INTRODUCTION

I decided to write this guide because I’ve been having a lot of fun with the WA barb, it’s a great solo mapping character, it can start mapping with budget gear, and it has a smooth gear progression to GG gear.

WA is a passive skill. Every time you hit an enemy, you have a chance to proc 5 axes that spin out from the enemy you hit and pierce through enemies. The axes usually do NOT hit the enemy that they proc off of. The axes are (as I understand it) treated like a physical spell (like Druid wind spells). So they do not work with crushing blow, leech, deadly strike, etc. Physical facets do work.

WW attacks 6 times per second. With decent gear, WW deals about 5.5k dmg per hit, each hit has a 70% chance to proc WA (reduced to 23% by the WW penalty to CTC effects), and each WA does about 3k.

My barb is level 94 and I could easily take it to 99 if I wanted to. It can solo any map without a merc, runs full clear 900+ density T3 maps in ~35 min (including a couple trips to town to ID/unload gear), and the only map mods I avoid are Attacker Takes Damage (can’t run it) and %PDR (can run it, but it’s often not worth it).

PROS

Great mapper. Most maps don’t have physical immunes. Maps that do usually only have 1 immune enemy type, the immunes can be broken with Grim Ward, and if you’ve gotten -%PDR facets, broken immunes go down reasonably fast.

Easy to get started mapping. You can run maps in the IK set, which you can buy for oocs. You might have to pay a mid rune (e.g., Um or Pul) to get the armor.

WW keeps your defense (unlike running) and you can’t be put in hit recovery while spinning. I don’t think decrepify slows your attack rate either.

Pretty tanky with ~3k life, 15k defense in Fort, and lots of leech.

CONS

You may die if you unexpectedly hit undead dolls while in WW. You can’t pot while in WW, which can put you in dangerous situations if you aren’t careful and run into a dangerous pack (particularly a pack of physical immunes you can’t leech from) – this is more of an issue in lower gear.

Single target damage is pretty good but this build is not going to work well for Ubers or DClone.

Not a great build for leveling (WW and WA are level 30 skills and WA takes a lot of skill points and doesn’t do much single target damage).

Will never delete screens the way a fully GG javazon with -90% Enemy Light Res and infinity will.

LEVELING (pre-IK)

You can level however you want, but my advice is Double Swing/Frenzy to level 30 (ideally with 2x Civerb’s Cudgel, alternatively with 3os flails with gems or runes like Ral/Ort) and then respec for War Cry from 30 until you get the IK set and hit level 76 to use it (dual spirit swords, Myth, and Lore will get you there).

Once you hit 76, buy the IK set, socket 2 Eth runes in the maul, and (ideally) get Angelic amulet and rings, you’re ready to respec to WW/WA and start mapping.

STATS

Str: Enough for gear.

Dex: WA gets 1% dmg for every point of Dex. If you’re running IK or eBOTD, you may just want to put enough for gear. If you’re running Grief/SS (or another shield), you probably want enough Dex for max block.

Vit: The rest.

Energy: None.

SKILLS

20 WA

20 War Cry (WA synergy)

20 Double Swing (WA synergy)

1-20 in Grim Ward

1 in all the other Warcry skills (8 total: Howl, Taunt, Battle Cry, Shout, BO, Battle Command, Find Potion/Item.

1 WW (plus 3 prereqs)

1 in the Masteries (7 total: Weapon Mastery, Counterattack, Increased Stamina/Speed, Iron Skin, Natural Res, Puncture)

This is the core build.

With 1 point in Grim Ward, that’s 80 skill points, doable at level 69 with the skill quests. Until you get -%PDR, you’ll want to max Grim Ward, as broken immunes will still have quite a lot of PDR. If you get a lot of -%PDR gear, you may want to put some of those points elsewhere, particularly if you have a way to proc decrep or amp (like Reaper’s Toll on a merc). I’m currently running 20 in GW because I like the radius, duration, and additional -%PDR.

Physical immunes are like lightning immunes in that they have 100%PDR, so even 1 point GW is enough to break them. However, champions can spawn with Stone Skin and have an unbreakable immunity. Bash can deal with these (if it’s worth the effort).

Alternative places to put the points are WW or Weapon Mastery for more AR. Or BO for more HP/Mana, though with 1 point and plus skills I’m getting a 19% increase, and another 19 points would add another 19%. Or Battle Command for +2 to all other skills.

GEAR (after IK set)

After IK, the first upgrade is to get Fortitude, eBOTD, and Arreat’s Face.

The next big upgrade is to get a 3os Arreat and put -5% PDR jewels in it.

After that, it’s up to you if you want to switch to sword and board, probably Grief and 4os Stormshield (though I haven’t tested that).

Weapon:

eBOTD Warpike – great stats, reach, leech, and damage

Grief – WW damage is about half of eBOTD, but you can wear a shield and get max block, providing a lot of defense. Also, with SS, max block means about 85 more dex, which is about 1/3 more damage for WA. You can also socket -%PDR jewels in the SS or use diamonds (res) or skulls (flat damage reduction) until you can afford the jewels. If you run Grief and give up eBOTD’s leech, you’ll need to compensate elsewhere.

Rune Master - WW damage is going to be low, but if you want to use a shield (like you've got a SS already), and can't afford Grief yet, this could be a good budget option. It has guaranteed sockets, so you can put 3-4 Eth runes in it and Amn runes for leech. CBF and 5% max Cold res are an added bonus. Like Lightsaber, however, (see below) it is going to have pretty low single target WW damage.

I’ve seen people suggest Lightsaber because you can socket -%PDR jewels in it, but I wouldn’t run that. It takes your single target WW damage down to 1k, which is going to be a problem. And you should have plenty of sockets available if you're running a shield. GW will take any non-immune down to 0 PDR or close to that on its own. And -%PDR jewels are expensive.

Shield (if you’re using one):

Stormshield. You know why.

Phoenix isn’t necessary for sustain, as you will leech a ton of life.

Weapon Swap:

Two +3 Warcries sticks (shop from Hell Malah).

You could prebuff more with items like Medusa's Gaze (though Fort will proc you shiver armor already) or Demon Limb.

Helm:

3os Arreat with -%PDR jewels

Armor:

Fortitude. The ED helps your single target a lot. In the right base it has a lot of defense and Shiver Armor adds a lot more defense – enemies will have a hard time hitting you (<20% chance to hit). And the res is nice.

You could run something with +skills to increase WA damage (like COH or Arkaine’s) but I think Fort is BiS.

Belt:

Verdungoes is the tankiest.

If you’re not using eBOTD, you may want String for added leech.

TGods is unnecessary – you’re already very tanky and Fort gives you 5 max light res.

Boots:

Nothing is really required here. I’m running War Travs, but mostly for MF. The added damage is negligible. If you’re having res issues (especially before you get a torch/anni), res boots are a good option. You could use Goblin Toe or Gore Riders for Crushing Blow against map bosses, but they go down fast enough already.

Gloves:

Laying of Hands is okay for the resists and boost to WW damage to demons, but I don’t think the damage buff applies to WA and WW doesn’t use IAS.

Souldrainers are probably better – dual leech and -50 enemy defense per hit. The -enemy defense will be more important if you are not using Angelic jewelry. Ignore target defense doesn’t work on champs/bosses, so a way to whittle down their defense is great. That said, you can always use Battle Cry against them.

Dracs are a good option for the Life Tap proc. I'm running this now as insurance for if I WW into a pack of immunes.

Lavagout is decent for the Enflame proc to help with AR.

Jewelry:

I really like Angelics for the AR. If you’re running ITD (like Grief) and Souldrainers for champs/bosses, you may want to swap to 2x Bulkathos for the leech and +skills and a skill amulet like Maras (or a good rare/+3 masteries magic).

Charms:

Torch – the plus skills is the most important part. I bought a low BTorch for Gul.

9x Mastery charms. Cost 1-5 oocs each. Charms with plus life would be ideal, but those do get expensive.

Anni

Other:

I don’t bother with Cannot Be Frozen. It hasn’t seemed worth it. I’m pretty sure WW attacks at the same speed regardless, and you don’t stay chilled very long. If you want it, use a Ravenfrost or pop a Cham in somewhere (though I would not give up a socket for Cham unless I was running a shield -%PDR is much more valuable if you’ve only got 3 available sockets).

After getting IK, I would prioritize getting Mastery Skillers and a BTorch. Then upgrading to Arreat/Fort/eBOTD. Then either Anni or the 3os Arreat with facets.

Gear Progression/Costs:

To give you an idea of the relatively low costs involved to get started:

Getting the gear to start maps (IK set) cost me 0.7 HR (Um for the armor and 5 oocs for the rest).

A low Fort will run you 1 HR and a low eBOTD 0.5 HR. CNC Arreat sells for oocs. (Note that even the worst rolled %ED eBOTD does 90% of the damage of a max roll %ED.)

This is a very solid setup. Getting the PDR jewels will be a noticeable upgrade, but it isn’t a massive improvement. You can run any map without them, it just might not be worth your time to kill the physical immune enemies.

3os Arreat is about 5HR and -5%PDR jewels with low +%physical damage are about 2-3 HR each.

MERCENARY

You don’t need a Merc. Damage auras don’t affect WA damage. And I haven’t found a setup that keeps the merc alive (I’ve got Steelshade, Vamp, Eth Upped Shaft, and Eth GBane, so if anyone has suggestions, please comment)

If you want one, the best options are probably:

A5 with a Cleansing aura weapon (Silence or Plague), though I find the A5 merc harder to keep alive because he wanders off farther away.

A2 Combat (Prayer), Defensive (Defiance), and Offensive (Blessed Aim) auras would all be useful if he could stay alive in 900+ density maps, ideally with a Cleansing aura weapon, Doom (Holy Freeze), or Infinity (for the Conviction -% defense).

MAPPING

You can run any map, but Attacker Takes Damage mods are a no go and %PDR mods are often slower than it’s worth (reroll these with PSkulls).

The Redemption Aura mod can be annoying if the map has physical immunes (it consumes the corpses you need for GW), but it's just an annoyance. The aura pulses, so you can still get corpses in between pulses.

When in IK gear, immunes will be more difficult to deal with, so you’ll probably want to just run to the boss on the maps that have them and full clear the others. For example, Icy Cellar has immune Blood Lords. They’re dangerous and you’ll be slow to kill them. Just WW past, get to the boss (you may want to kill any that follow you into the boss arena), kill the boss for the relic and move on. Once you get some -%PDR, you won’t have trouble killing them after you break their immunity with GW.

The Hell Swarms in Baleful Alcazar seem very hard to kill even with broken immunity and -%PDR. I’m not sure what that’s about, but I just ignore them in that map.

Does Boi still destroy Ubers this season or did it get nerf?

First of all I want to thank GreenDude again for his time and everyone being there yesterday. It was a lot of fun amd I'm looking forward doing it again in the future.

Now about the bad part: I fucked up and I have to apologize. I recently had to change my setting and exclude some audio from the vod (music), little did I know that my curremt settings actually exluded everything but my voice and I was only aware at the very end. Again I'm very sorry.

Luckily however mackanmusic was streaming himself while listening so we have his vod to save the day. It does include in game sound and some people of his own here and there but it's still better than nothing. Thank you!

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2115801399

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I am playing a throw barbarian and using an a5 merc with plague in a legend sword for the might and cleanse aura. My main goal is for my merc to be able to survive dense t3 maps. I also have a 4os shaftstop and a 3os andys. Based on the ias calculator I am looking to hit 75 ias. plague and andys totals to 50, so i need 2 15ias jewels. I will do one ias fire restist jewel and one ias splash jewel. I will also do one um for resist. That leaves 4 open sockets. Im thinking maybe some ber runes? Maybe some ED jewels for better leech? I dont know how the ED bug works so I am hesitant to use those. What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance!