Which I've been saying the entire time on PTR and reddit yet only a few people seem to understand. Don't worry though, with Blizzard's high IQ dev team they will nerf rend into the ground and keep the 500 ks rgk Angel's and this technique in S19. 🧐
Taking advantage of the new pandemonium buffs is an awesome idea. I am at P700 and GR90 was my limit. Now, I am making progress again! Also, the explanation of combining damage reduction from ring of might and wrath of the berserker really helps me survive a lot more now. I always wondered how other people could avoid being one-shotted. I've been doing it purely by dodging attacks LOL!
*I really wish they would reinstate the inspect function!* yes I know you can view their profile and do it from there but who wants to take five extra steps??
Raxx, Awesome advice. Now I am not exactly to your build. I am using BK weps, whirlwind rune that pulls everything to me, bloodbath, stomp, charge, Rend, wraith, and Rage. The tip you provided that really got me passed 90's GR to 100 so far, was using boon, and enchanting my gear what I could to reduce cooldowns so I can run Wraith all the time, so I am not depending only on the ring for cooldown reduction. Now, that I have Wraith up all the time, I am mowing down monsters with ease, especially using the Seasonal mechanics you suggested as well. Thanks again, great job!
From what I can see from the numbers: Nados do 100T per tick but stick around long time (this seems fine) Geysers do 400-500 Quadrillion so really doesn't matter if they're super short duration *(OP as all hell)* couldn't tell on exploding chickens. Treasure Chests do 200T (this seems fine)
Thank you. My first time running barb. I'm struggling getting going on the new class, and this is great info--particularly tailored for this season! The seasonal theme should affect gameplay... This is one of Blizzard's better themes for this reason.
Currently, I'm using a Whirly-Barby, Cpt. Crimson Ed. With only a couple of Ancients and no Augments, I cleared GR106, handily. Unfortunately, GR107 proved to be the limit, and I had to start augmenting. Currently, I'm pushing GR108, Solo. It's the highest I've achieved, so far. Thanks for these guides.
Raxx, thanks as always. I visited the forums on the blizzard page the other day and saw a bunch of people calling for a nerf for this. I'm not even in the ptr, but realize that with the vendor you can get primal and ancient gear easily. I also realize that most people are playing barb, sader and monk since they are the ones that got new gear. You should go over there and give your feedback and tell them why it should not be nerfed. Even if it IS powerful, is it OVER powered? As in, is it more powerful than 2 seasons worth of Vyrs? Oh and how about bazooka wizards? Barbs have been forced into being support for sooooo long, I really hope they don't screw up by nerfing this.
At first glance console is at a major loss with this seasonal buff because we're forced to drop streaks to maintain nephalem glory damage but if dropping killstreaks to focus on the damage from killstreak powers remains the meta playstyle then console may benefit from the buff afterall
Seems like the monk build and new sader gear is tuned to the seasonal buff streak. Even though monk is WAAAY squishy with no 4 piece toughness like most other sets.
@@steven007covert the sader and monk are just bad. Monk has no where near enough damage or toughness. 1 of saders damage buffs only apply to cc'd enemies which they become immune to quickly and lacks damage
Nice video. Thank you for the explanation about the strategy and game play. I don't think I'll play that high in season, but I want to try this in the nonseasonal.
Love your build, I do have a slightly different one. Instead of cheating death passive I run rampage, feeling confident with all that DR and armor that I wont be one shotted when I reach the RG. Anyway it just there are too many options to the barb nowadays and that is good.
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wotb gives 10% crit would you drop it from the rings and go for something else instead? I mean going for 40% crit on sheet should work since you are in wotb the whole time putting you up to 50% anyway. just a thought. this guide was very clear thank you
What changes would you make if you're running with a support barb? For example, you wouldn't take ancient spear because the support barb would group things.
A support barb would take care of your survivability and pulling stomping needs. Could potentially wear focus and restraint and be more aggressive with damage options, like overpower killing spree. Might even be able to drop band of might. I’ve never tried double barb before!
Possible stupid question kitted out as per your recommendations but when i switch from bul kaloths oath to the little rogue set i have not fury at all when I enter a rift?? sorry for the somewhat newbie question. paragon is 605 and i have all the required gear and cube recommendations except for a band of might using skull grasp in ring 1, your tutorials are amazing my gameplay has improved so much. Any chance you can do a more detailed in depth on how to level up the paragon points the best way, legendary gems and augmentation soon and how to clean up after the end of the season 19 journey thanks.
When you use little rogue and slanderer, you need to take Whirlwind - Wind Shear and hit monsters to get your fury up. You can get your initial fury by hitting ground stomp :). That is a great idea for a video and I will make it
@Rax season 19 was my first season. I’ve played the entire season and can’t seem to get a socket for flavor of time farming or rolling. WTH am I doing wrong. I’ve made GR 95 with basic waste set, @600 paragon, crap stats, and can’t seem to progress any further. I don’t understand what I’m missing. I can’t seem to come even close to the rolls you have? Thanks for all the help and information your provide
nice game play show case video. Actually looking forward to next season when the patch deploys (this coming from someone who has not played season since like Season 6 or 7 something).... i only did this past season just for the damn stash tab (ya ya i know.... just been lazy).
Could you do a video on wizard gr 100+ and how to get from gr50 700 paragon to gr 100+. As I returned from the game about from 3-4 years ago and completely lost on how these people are somehow surviving in these levels when a gr 55 mob can 1 shot me and survival isn't so easy. Before I go onto seasonal char, trying to get my main char back into play. Used to be able to fight on leaderboards, but not anymore. Gear to difficulty really doesn't make sense now. And my gear isn't by no means low tier as well.
Like Raxx said at 16:50, you need perfect roll of CDR on every piece of gear to obtain perma Berserker, doubt people can get that starting out. So Crimson is an option at the start.
Hi Raxx, thank for the video. This build help me make a lot of progress this season. One question I have since we don’t use furious charge, how do we get out of wall and jail? I get often corner by those obstacles and end up in a non desirable situation or simply die. Keep up the great work. 😊
hi raxx!!! is something changed about this? or its gonna be like that? i really wanna play this build for HC (maybe switching the hook for something like warcry) im bored of grinding paragons whit ratruns so maybe double WW barb/suppmonk/znec is gonna be the new vyr runs? or maybe atleast near as good? the build for groups is same? ty so much!
same here, this season is kinda unlucky for me... 925 para and 0 primal... only get 1 from the 70 rift. I didn't even get any good ancients to use... this season the rng is not on my side
You keep asking about the play style and well, after watching you and Fluff and Rhykker, I would suggest these movements are towards catering to console players.
Hey Raxx! Is this build still relevant as mentioned in the video? It seems like a fun build to try out inbetween my tempest rush monk and meleemancer. On console I might be dropping Ancient Spear, depending on how it handles.. Do you have a notable recommendation to replace it with?
ancient spear is what pulls monsters for us. there isn't a direct replacment, but you could take over power killing spree for more damage, or warcry for more survivability
@@Raxxanterax I understand. I fear it's utility will diminish with finnicky console targeting but I'll definitely try it out. On a side note, your content is really well done and it actually made me enjoy Diablo more. Chasing higher GRs is fun, however past 130s/135 it drops a bit flat (solo/duo) since rift RNG gets very impactful on progression. My compliments!
Hi, How do you whirlwind and gather monsters and not do any damage, UNTIL you decide when u want to (time it). Please explain! Thanks for the video too!
Hello my friend, I don’t do any damage until I stop because when you pull a GR level high enough, you barely make a dent in their health until there’s enough mobs around to smash them :)
Doesn't it make more sense to cube any of the other two rings since you get the full bonus without having to roll for it or get a primal? Zodiac seems like a waste to be cubed unless you roll the other two perfectly.
If this is what Blizzard intended with the seasonal theme then we might see a bit of an upset in the usual solo meta. Builds that are good at grouping up enemies seem like they'll have an advantage over ones that can't. Guess we'll have to see what kind of tuning they do after the PTR.
Yes, if Blizzard wanted to shake up the meta this season they certainly will have done so. Who knows what the highest will be if said theme is this way. Sure WW/Rend has an advantage but we could see a trash killer build that blows chunks on the RG the top clear with this lol. The multiplier on those themes is absolutely bonkers. Nados and Geysers especially do *way* too much for how easy they are to get. You see 100 Quadrillion crits casually in this video with them!
name one class that cant grp..... oh maybe necro necro's i dont own the expansion so i dont know their skills tbh But sors can grp barb can grp DH can grp ( yes! bola's boiz) Monk can grp crusader can grp
Great video. Do you have any tips for starting a WW Barb? A while back I did, and I died so quickly, and could never generate enough fury, as soon as a mob wasn’t near me it was trouble because of the lack of fury. I also play on console so I’m not sure if I have that item for the weapon in kanai’s cube. Also would you say that WW is more difficult than IK HOTA?
You get the full wastes set from the season journey next season, and that alone will carry you through T16. just get that and the set of weapons and you will be MOWING. I will also be starting barb in S19 so if you have any questions feel free to stop by and chat twitch.tv/raxxanterax
Thanks. I guess my issue before when trying this build was I died so much, and I just could never generate fury, again I play on console so I won’t have access to that cubed item just yet I don’t think
Thank you for the great guide Rax! :-) Hope Bliz sees, if a top player can solo 125 only with precise usage of season theme it proves barb is NOT OP. Oh, and did you try stone gauntlets instead of aquila? I think they protect better and don't hinder since you have perma wotb.
@Raxx - Damn it, Lamentation nerf really got to me :( so now with 800paragon, no augs, good rolls what can I expect - gr 90 in 5 minutes and under? If the lamentation nerf goes live, what do u think of Seismic slam vs Whirlrend? btw, cannot waith more vids on s19, esp. on the AoV sader.
Hey Raxx, since the damage from Wastes shifted to Rend, how about using a 2-hander? Could Furnace or Executioner be better than dual wielding? The damage numbers on D3planner are very promising
I tried that with furnace as the first thing of the season, but it did far less damage because you're missing the 2nd CHD gem as well as a 2nd set of stats from having 2 weapons
I get that you have manually use rend to proc your AD for enough damage at higher rifts. The AD gives huge damage boost for large groups in a radius of 10. But how long does the damage boost last if you do proc the AD from using rend? I guess im asking how much I need to cast rend compared to WW
If both whirlwind and rend are affected by the waste set bonus, could you please explain how whirlwind does no damage? I don’t understand this. Thanks in advance.
im on lower levels (gr70) and one-hit the mobs..my build.is complete. the problem.is that i cant maintain fury for the death of me and tend to get oneshot once i stop whirling. I have all the recommendes skills and runes but for some reason you seem to generate it way more excessively than i do
Hey mate sorry for another question. If I copy your exact Build/Gear I usually have 0 rage which makes sene, how do you start into the rift to gain rage / maintain it? I always use the Bulkathos weapons and got used to that luxury. Probably a noob question but that`s what I am.
You have to continuously hit monsters with the whirlwind wind shear rune. As long as you're attacking monsters you'll have full fury all the time using little rogue and slanderer :)
@@Raxxanterax Alright but the first attack on someone with 0 rage you just leftclick to get the first rage going for WW right? Also another big question came in my head. When do you switch from leveling the 3 main Legygems to gems to upgrade your ancient items? I am currently at Level 80 of my main Gems and they have 30% to upgrade. Appreciate your time to answer all my questions.
@@Raxxanterax Alright but the first attack on someone with 0 rage you just leftclick to get the first rage going for WW right? Also another big question came in my head. When do you switch from leveling the 3 main Legygems to gems to upgrade your ancient items? I am currently at Level 80 of my main Gems and they have 30% to upgrade. Appreciate your time to answer all my questions.
quick question rax, at 15:05 i see that you mention rend cannot crit. I think this is a big deal for item optimization then, has it been confirmed that rend cannot crit? If so then just crit hit chance would be useful in order to crit since your whirlwind this patch effectively does no damage and is only there to apply rend. This can open up more main stat, cd, and %dmg on rings,amulets,etc. as possibly even life for gems in your weapon.
Rend cannot crit, but you have to stack both CHD and CHC because they work together to form a multiplier to increase rends damage (even though it can't crit). It's weird, but you need both everywhere
How about HotA barbs? I know the fury of the ancients piece got reworked and it seems they get a new hammer. Wondering how it compares to the traditional use of Little Rogue and Slanderer for weapons.
What do you prioritize on your weapons? dmg % or CD? Without CD on weapons that's a 20% loss of CD if i'm not mistaken. Wouldn't that be a massive blow to WOTB?
@@Raxxanterax I noticed you're hitting trillions and I never go past billions and I'm decently geared with my barb build I'm wondering what it is I'm missing maybe
For solo yes, for rift clears no. Rift/bounties will use Bul Kathos and the WW rune that sucks in mobs 35 yards. I mean there's a lot of variety though, speeds can even use EF + Ambos with Reavers in cube and F&R instead of OroTZ. This could be the most varied build in the game which is a nice breathe of fresh air.
@@Operations1000 Hi. And what is the reason because of IB better for sol push? I've tried on PTR BoBK and IB as well and I prefer BoBK much. I found that it is easy to survive with them.
@@babdeli5189 Rend damage scales from your weapon damage and multipliers. While Bul Kathos makes you move faster, it does not actually increase your damage or armor like the Blades.
@@babdeli5189 I don't think attackspeed gives you much damagewise, anything above 2.0 attacks per second while spinning seems wasteful since Rend stacks twice and does the damage in 1 second.
How useful is this guide on console? I know some of the abilities are different, but I’m having a hard time rolling anything you suggest on gear. Am I missing something?
@@Raxxanterax Everything is worthless in comparison to the seasonal kill streaks lol, we're just along for the ride while they do all the damage. Rend ticks are cute in comparison XD
I love playing whirlwind barb but I was using the Bul- Kathos set for weapons because early on I was struggling to keep up my fury with slanderer/little rogue. Maybe I didn’t have the right setup? You seem to be able to spin forever WHILE using fury to pull enemies how do you sustain so well?
Raxxanterax my gear isn’t the best right now so I’m not sure how great my CDR is, is there a big loss in damage to just use bul-kathos though? Seems to give attack speed and infinite fury
Question: I do have the zodiac and elemental ring mixed. You have the zodiac ring cubed and wear the elemteal ring. I have the elemental ring cubed and wear the zodiac ring, does that have an effect or is it the same?
convention of the elements can roll better stats, while the zodiac will always have: AS, CHC, CDR, RCR. 2 of those (AS and RCR) are pretty worthless for us. For this reason, its better to cube zodiac and wear COE, as long as you have a good COE
Hi, thanks for the video, have all my stuff almost %95 like you said, made my gear´s primarys´ little bit different than yours, i see you focused on CDR on most gear. I have the same skills and my fury doesnt keep filled for some reason, i need to have alot of monsters like around 50 ahead of me to keep my fury alive then i goes down very fast. Why is that? im at GR95 right now, killing elites are taking abit time but its ok. I am at Paragon 737 and havent seen any primals yet also. tia
Hi Burak, if you're using focus and restraint, you need to cube obsidian ring of the zodiac instead of convention to bring your wrath of the berserker back. As long as that's up all the time and you're hitting enemies, your fury will stay up
Yeah usually when one becomes triggered by another one, all effects to it from all your items, passives and runes still apply to it. While gearing up I used the belt that makes ground stomp make avalanches. Threw on a ring of might and the passive that gives 30+ fury per avalanche stomp. I could pick any perk of avalanche so long as it was a chosen skill. Never needed a single primary.
Rax i have a quesiton, how does rend damage scale? I thought it was based off of your MH weapon and scales with CHC and CHD, even though it doesnt crit itself. And someone told me it does not scale with the crit, could you go ahead and debunk this for me please ty!
@@Raxxanterax also i haven't been able find out how much Paragon levels really help with pushing. My effective Paragon is 1350 and me highest rift is 103. My gear isn't that great and my gems are low level
Hey rax! Im here on season 20, trying this build. U got any aditions to it? Any gear you would change or add since the season bonus unlocks the cube for any type of gear?
hey Rax, do we need Rend (Bloodbath) to be be an equipped skill? I thought Ambo's Pride applies it automatically and we do not need to manually cast rend ever.
Hey raxx, I am a newer player looking to push more in s19. Is there any good websites or guides to know where to find/get the gear you are using? Recently found your channel and love your videos keep up the good work!
all gear (with the exception of things that are crafted or are only available in bounties) has an equal chance to drop everywhere. The best way to get the gear is to grind greater rifts efficiently and gamble for what you're after. I have a video called "How to farm Primal Ancients and Paragon Levels" that will explain this in further detail if you're interested!
Yo Rax - so if the seasonal buff order is different now what break points do you use now? Or can you do a cheese combo still at all? Do you just keep the seasonal buff rolling then?
Something I'm curious about that I can't seem to find a direct answer to is how is every single Barb cubing Stone Gauntlets without using an Invigorating Gem and not getting slowed to all hell? Best info I've found is a comment below about being able to keep wotb up constantly but even then, isn't that just a 20% increase? Not that I know how to get your cooldown that low anyway.
hey , i tried doing this build and i cant even generate Fury....its confusing me. Why are you always at 100%.... i cant even get any going to use WW i use ww for like 2 secs and my fury is gone....can you please clarify how your doing this. Its really frustrating me....
I believe it is the Whirlwind rune that he is using. It allows you to generate 1 fury per mob hit, so you need to make sure to use WW mainly on high-density areas so that it will refund itself.
I kind of wish you would give comparisons once in a while to alternative versions of the build. You speak so matter-of-factly, kinda like any of my friends that take adderall, but it would be nice if there was a reference to compare to... like with Waste + Crimson, it would be cool to hear how or why this is better than that instead of just, well I don’t use it. I still like and support the channel, and I watch most of your vids, just wanted to give some constructive feedback.
Appreciate that, I usually don't take the time to discuss what doesn't work or what doesn't work as well, I try to do the testing on the PTR so other people don't have to, but I could very easily just mention the other things I tried. crimson isn't a bad option, it's the very first thing I tried
Not taking credit for this but feel free to copy this summary of the gear/skills
Thank you Rax for these awesome guides
Wrath of the Wastes Set
• Head- str, vit, crit% (diamond)
• Shoulders- str, vit, CDR, Rend dmg
• Chest- str, vit, Rend dmg (diamonds)
• Hands- str, crit%, crit dmg, CDR
• Legs- str, vit, all res (diamonds)
• Feet- str, vit, all res, armor
Accessories
• Neck- Flavor of Time(Taeguk): Phys dmg, crit%, crit dmg, CDR
• Wrists- Mortick's Brace: Phys dmg %, str, vit, crit %
• Waist- Lamentation: str, vit, all res, life %
• Ring 1- Band of Might(Trapped): crit %, crit dmg, CDR
• Ring 2-CoE(Striken): crit %, crit dmg, CDR
Slanderer & Little Rogue
• Weapon 1- Phys dmg, dmg %, str, CDR
• Weapon 2- Phys dmg, dmg %, str, CDR
Cube
• Ambo's Pride
• Aquilla Cuirass
• Obsidian Ring
Skills
• LC- Ancient Spear (Rage Flip)
• RC- Whirlwind (Windshear)
• W- Battle Rage (to the Ploughshares)
• A- Wrath of the Berserker (any)
• S- Rend (Bloodbath)
• D- Ground Stomp (Wrenching Smash)
Passives
• Boon of Bul-Kathos
• Berserker Rage
• Ruthless
• Nerves of Steel
Pinned, thank you!
@@Raxxanterax rax, the lamentation 200% was removed. what u think about that :c
Thank you for doing this, this is God's work here
Why the ancient spear?
@@midnightrider2804 the rage flip rune lets you pull champs and trash around the map to control mob density
So basically, WWBarb is NOT OP, rather the seasonal bonus gives us a big advantage.
exactly
Which I've been saying the entire time on PTR and reddit yet only a few people seem to understand. Don't worry though, with Blizzard's high IQ dev team they will nerf rend into the ground and keep the 500 ks rgk Angel's and this technique in S19. 🧐
Or the WW barb is OP and the seasonal buff gives more advantage. 👍😎
Anyone know when season 19 is going live?
@@drewwalters3442 15th or 22nd
Taking advantage of the new pandemonium buffs is an awesome idea. I am at P700 and GR90 was my limit. Now, I am making progress again! Also, the explanation of combining damage reduction from ring of might and wrath of the berserker really helps me survive a lot more now. I always wondered how other people could avoid being one-shotted. I've been doing it purely by dodging attacks LOL!
*I really wish they would reinstate the inspect function!*
yes I know you can view their profile and do it from there but who wants to take five extra steps??
Yeah incredibly annoying that they removed it. It was so practical when checking the gear of others in public rifts!
Raxx, Awesome advice. Now I am not exactly to your build. I am using BK weps, whirlwind rune that pulls everything to me, bloodbath, stomp, charge, Rend, wraith, and Rage. The tip you provided that really got me passed 90's GR to 100 so far, was using boon, and enchanting my gear what I could to reduce cooldowns so I can run Wraith all the time, so I am not depending only on the ring for cooldown reduction. Now, that I have Wraith up all the time, I am mowing down monsters with ease, especially using the Seasonal mechanics you suggested as well. Thanks again, great job!
From what I can see from the numbers:
Nados do 100T per tick but stick around long time (this seems fine)
Geysers do 400-500 Quadrillion so really doesn't matter if they're super short duration *(OP as all hell)*
couldn't tell on exploding chickens.
Treasure Chests do 200T (this seems fine)
500Q?? thats like a free bazooka shot thank you.
Thank you. My first time running barb.
I'm struggling getting going on the new class, and this is great info--particularly tailored for this season!
The seasonal theme should affect gameplay... This is one of Blizzard's better themes for this reason.
Your very technical with how the game mechanics work. You did a excellent job at explaining why you do it the way you do it too...great work sir.
Thank you my friend!
nice. like how you explained the game play on this build for the season.
Stomp not where the monsters are, but where the monsters to be you want *chuckles in yoda*
Currently, I'm using a Whirly-Barby, Cpt. Crimson Ed. With only a couple of Ancients and no Augments, I cleared GR106, handily. Unfortunately, GR107 proved to be the limit, and I had to start augmenting. Currently, I'm pushing GR108, Solo. It's the highest I've achieved, so far. Thanks for these guides.
I would love to see you push the Crimson version and compare the two, in a video :)
Raxx, thanks as always. I visited the forums on the blizzard page the other day and saw a bunch of people calling for a nerf for this. I'm not even in the ptr, but realize that with the vendor you can get primal and ancient gear easily. I also realize that most people are playing barb, sader and monk since they are the ones that got new gear.
You should go over there and give your feedback and tell them why it should not be nerfed.
Even if it IS powerful, is it OVER powered? As in, is it more powerful than 2 seasons worth of Vyrs? Oh and how about bazooka wizards?
Barbs have been forced into being support for sooooo long, I really hope they don't screw up by nerfing this.
great point my friend, I'll check out the forums
after watching this it almost seems like they'll nerf the seasonal buff and not ww barb
At first glance console is at a major loss with this seasonal buff because we're forced to drop streaks to maintain nephalem glory damage but if dropping killstreaks to focus on the damage from killstreak powers remains the meta playstyle then console may benefit from the buff afterall
@@Dinosaurd123 I agree. With this gameplay style especially
Seems like the monk build and new sader gear is tuned to the seasonal buff streak. Even though monk is WAAAY squishy with no 4 piece toughness like most other sets.
@@steven007covert the sader and monk are just bad. Monk has no where near enough damage or toughness. 1 of saders damage buffs only apply to cc'd enemies which they become immune to quickly and lacks damage
@@Dinosaurd123 yea sader and monk definitely need a buff, i'm just hoping they dont nerf the barb and instead buff the others
In case your follower has a "Your Follower Cannot Die."-token, you can just hide behind him when fighting against Raziel and he starts his ultimate ;)
Read the patch notes, they changed the order of the seasonal buff so tornados no longer spawn at 15kills
Dude, I think your play-style is solid! I, really, enjoy your videos for their precision of information.
I appreciate that!
Great guide. Helped my clear my first ever GR 100
Thanks for this. It's helped out tremendously, especially since this season is my first time playing barb. ever
Nice video. Thank you for the explanation about the strategy and game play. I don't think I'll play that high in season, but I want to try this in the nonseasonal.
In nonseasonal, you'll just want to go ham with whirlwind and not stop to reset stacks like I did, because there won't be any seasonal stacks :)
Hey, Rax, nice going! Thanks for the tips! I just don't see Blizz logic here: we don't want Vyrtodo to do 140+, we want Barb to do it! WTH?
Love your build, I do have a slightly different one.
Instead of cheating death passive I run rampage, feeling confident with all that DR and armor that I wont be one shotted when I reach the RG.
Anyway it just there are too many options to the barb nowadays and that is good.
Hatem Elassar the problem with rampage is we keep resetting our stacks and it takes a bit to kill something, that’s why I dropped it for pushing
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Much love my friend!
wotb gives 10% crit would you drop it from the rings and go for something else instead? I mean going for 40% crit on sheet should work since you are in wotb the whole time putting you up to 50% anyway. just a thought. this guide was very clear thank you
You could, but crit is so good, even over 50% :)
And everything makes sense again! Thanks for this
What changes would you make if you're running with a support barb? For example, you wouldn't take ancient spear because the support barb would group things.
A support barb would take care of your survivability and pulling stomping needs. Could potentially wear focus and restraint and be more aggressive with damage options, like overpower killing spree. Might even be able to drop band of might. I’ve never tried double barb before!
Possible stupid question kitted out as per your recommendations but when i switch from bul kaloths oath to the little rogue set i have not fury at all when I enter a rift?? sorry for the somewhat newbie question. paragon is 605 and i have all the required gear and cube recommendations except for a band of might using skull grasp in ring 1, your tutorials are amazing my gameplay has improved so much. Any chance you can do a more detailed in depth on how to level up the paragon points the best way, legendary gems and augmentation soon and how to clean up after the end of the season 19 journey thanks.
When you use little rogue and slanderer, you need to take Whirlwind - Wind Shear and hit monsters to get your fury up. You can get your initial fury by hitting ground stomp :). That is a great idea for a video and I will make it
@@Raxxanterax thanks so much
@Rax season 19 was my first season. I’ve played the entire season and can’t seem to get a socket for flavor of time farming or rolling. WTH am I doing wrong. I’ve made GR 95 with basic waste set, @600 paragon, crap stats, and can’t seem to progress any further. I don’t understand what I’m missing. I can’t seem to come even close to the rolls you have? Thanks for all the help and information your provide
Weird, why its seems you're immortal on gr140 while my singular mage necro got 1 shotted at gr90s
nice game play show case video. Actually looking forward to next season when the patch deploys (this coming from someone who has not played season since like Season 6 or 7 something).... i only did this past season just for the damn stash tab (ya ya i know.... just been lazy).
i normally use life per fury expent on my belt so i never place points on reduce skill cost at paragon, it would make me heal less...
Could you do a video on wizard gr 100+ and how to get from gr50 700 paragon to gr 100+. As I returned from the game about from 3-4 years ago and completely lost on how these people are somehow surviving in these levels when a gr 55 mob can 1 shot me and survival isn't so easy. Before I go onto seasonal char, trying to get my main char back into play. Used to be able to fight on leaderboards, but not anymore. Gear to difficulty really doesn't make sense now. And my gear isn't by no means low tier as well.
Hey Ace, I have a chantodo vyr guide for wizard on my channel. It's one of the strongest builds in the game and is easy to play, check it out!
Have you tried the Capt Crimson's set for CDR yet? Looks interesting, not sure about high GRift viability.
With Crimson you lose both COE and aquila.
Since you don't have much resource cost reduction (unlike UE demon hunter) you lack too much protection.
Like Raxx said at 16:50, you need perfect roll of CDR on every piece of gear to obtain perma Berserker, doubt people can get that starting out. So Crimson is an option at the start.
Rank 1 has crimson I think.
Hi Raxx, thank for the video. This build help me make a lot of progress this season. One question I have since we don’t use furious charge, how do we get out of wall and jail? I get often corner by those obstacles and end up in a non desirable situation or simply die. Keep up the great work. 😊
Hey Sebastian, with wrath of the berserker always up, we'll never be jailed. And I use a potion of Kulle Aid which can break walls for me :)
Thank for the info. I’ll try the Kulle Aid when one drop 👍🏼
Great video as always! This build will be the best for all game modes so there's no need to build LON HOTA for anything?
hi raxx!!! is something changed about this? or its gonna be like that? i really wanna play this build for HC (maybe switching the hook for something like warcry) im bored of grinding paragons whit ratruns so maybe double WW barb/suppmonk/znec is gonna be the new vyr runs? or maybe atleast near as good? the build for groups is same? ty so much!
This build is the same, unfortunately blizzard nerfed it, but they said they will release another patch before it goes live so maybe it will be back
How are people getting primal ancient set items and set weapons? I've had zero luck with it this season.
I'm doing solo GR100+
same here, this season is kinda unlucky for me... 925 para and 0 primal...
only get 1 from the 70 rift.
I didn't even get any good ancients to use... this season the rng is not on my side
Best way is to simply spam speed GRs. They will drop eventually!
I farmed each item i need twice or upgraded rare items in kadala recept 3rd... to switch in kadala recept 2nd... all u need is mats from bountys
Interesting seasonal buff. I think many builds on all chars will run high solo this season. I wonder how high exploding palm will do?
whats the cooldown range?
I have always wondered what was minimal cooldown reduction that we should go for annd what was the max that was needed?
You should play with at least 45% CDR to keep WOTB up
You keep asking about the play style and well, after watching you and Fluff and Rhykker, I would suggest these movements are towards catering to console players.
In this build where do u get fury from? I use it now and 90% of time i have no fury to whirlwind.
with the rune on whirlwind, basically everytime you hit an enemy you get 1 fury point, with big density you get tons of fury
@@bioshockz I get tons of fury when i have tons of mobs... with 3-5 mobs or on boss i run out of fury in 10 sec and die...
Also if you use bulkathos weps you'll be max fury 100% of the time
Hey Raxx! Is this build still relevant as mentioned in the video?
It seems like a fun build to try out inbetween my tempest rush monk and meleemancer. On console I might be dropping Ancient Spear, depending on how it handles.. Do you have a notable recommendation to replace it with?
ancient spear is what pulls monsters for us. there isn't a direct replacment, but you could take over power killing spree for more damage, or warcry for more survivability
@@Raxxanterax I understand. I fear it's utility will diminish with finnicky console targeting but I'll definitely try it out.
On a side note, your content is really well done and it actually made me enjoy Diablo more. Chasing higher GRs is fun, however past 130s/135 it drops a bit flat (solo/duo) since rift RNG gets very impactful on progression.
My compliments!
Hi, How do you whirlwind and gather monsters and not do any damage, UNTIL you decide when u want to (time it). Please explain! Thanks for the video too!
Hello my friend, I don’t do any damage until I stop because when you pull a GR level high enough, you barely make a dent in their health until there’s enough mobs around to smash them :)
Doesn't it make more sense to cube any of the other two rings since you get the full bonus without having to roll for it or get a primal? Zodiac seems like a waste to be cubed unless you roll the other two perfectly.
No, because zodiac always rolls with bad stats (resource cost and attack speed are guaranteed and we don't want those)
@@Raxxanterax Didn't realize, thanks for the answer!
@@SaladFingers_ You bet :)
If this is what Blizzard intended with the seasonal theme then we might see a bit of an upset in the usual solo meta. Builds that are good at grouping up enemies seem like they'll have an advantage over ones that can't.
Guess we'll have to see what kind of tuning they do after the PTR.
Yes, if Blizzard wanted to shake up the meta this season they certainly will have done so. Who knows what the highest will be if said theme is this way. Sure WW/Rend has an advantage but we could see a trash killer build that blows chunks on the RG the top clear with this lol. The multiplier on those themes is absolutely bonkers. Nados and Geysers especially do *way* too much for how easy they are to get. You see 100 Quadrillion crits casually in this video with them!
name one class that cant grp..... oh maybe necro
necro's i dont own the expansion so i dont know their skills tbh
But
sors can grp
barb can grp
DH can grp ( yes! bola's boiz)
Monk can grp
crusader can grp
Great video. Do you have any tips for starting a WW Barb? A while back I did, and I died so quickly, and could never generate enough fury, as soon as a mob wasn’t near me it was trouble because of the lack of fury. I also play on console so I’m not sure if I have that item for the weapon in kanai’s cube. Also would you say that WW is more difficult than IK HOTA?
You get the full wastes set from the season journey next season, and that alone will carry you through T16. just get that and the set of weapons and you will be MOWING. I will also be starting barb in S19 so if you have any questions feel free to stop by and chat twitch.tv/raxxanterax
Thanks. I guess my issue before when trying this build was I died so much, and I just could never generate fury, again I play on console so I won’t have access to that cubed item just yet I don’t think
Thank you for the great guide Rax! :-)
Hope Bliz sees, if a top player can solo 125 only with precise usage of season theme it proves barb is NOT OP.
Oh, and did you try stone gauntlets instead of aquila? I think they protect better and don't hinder since you have perma wotb.
didn't try stones, but I didn't have perfect CDR to keep WOTB up all the time
@Raxx - Damn it, Lamentation nerf really got to me :( so now with 800paragon, no augs, good rolls what can I expect - gr 90 in 5 minutes and under?
If the lamentation nerf goes live, what do u think of Seismic slam vs Whirlrend?
btw, cannot waith more vids on s19, esp. on the AoV sader.
Lamentation nerf is confirmed :*(. You can still do GR90 in under 5 minutes though
Hey Raxx, since the damage from Wastes shifted to Rend, how about using a 2-hander? Could Furnace or Executioner be better than dual wielding? The damage numbers on D3planner are very promising
I tried that with furnace as the first thing of the season, but it did far less damage because you're missing the 2nd CHD gem as well as a 2nd set of stats from having 2 weapons
I get that you have manually use rend to proc your AD for enough damage at higher rifts. The AD gives huge damage boost for large groups in a radius of 10. But how long does the damage boost last if you do proc the AD from using rend? I guess im asking how much I need to cast rend compared to WW
I only cast rend after I’ve made a giant pack of stuff, then I cast it all the time until it’s dead
If both whirlwind and rend are affected by the waste set bonus, could you please explain how whirlwind does no damage? I don’t understand this. Thanks in advance.
Because ambos pride + lamentation buffed rend insanely beyond the wastes bonus, so far so that the whirlwind damage becomes insignificant
Raxxanterax right right right , thanks man. Keep up the great vids, loving your work.
im on lower levels (gr70) and one-hit the mobs..my build.is complete. the problem.is that i cant maintain fury for the death of me and tend to get oneshot once i stop whirling. I have all the recommendes skills and runes but for some reason you seem to generate it way more excessively than i do
With little rogue and slanderer, as long as you continuously hit enemies, you’ll always be at full rage
Raxx, Do we have to have Rend on the bar because it will not apply a rune with WW unless one is selected?
Exactly, if you don't put rend on your bar with a rune it'll just use the base rend
@@Raxxanterax Thank you for taking the time to clarify
Has the number of buffs trigger the effects changed? Kinda seems so.. or i am just pure blind
They did get flipped around a bit in the final patch notes
How big of a deal is it if I have a Primal Little Rogue with a secondary stat of chance on hit to freeze?
Hey mate sorry for another question. If I copy your exact Build/Gear I usually have 0 rage which makes sene, how do you start into the rift to gain rage / maintain it? I always use the Bulkathos weapons and got used to that luxury. Probably a noob question but that`s what I am.
You have to continuously hit monsters with the whirlwind wind shear rune. As long as you're attacking monsters you'll have full fury all the time using little rogue and slanderer :)
@@Raxxanterax Alright but the first attack on someone with 0 rage you just leftclick to get the first rage going for WW right? Also another big question came in my head. When do you switch from leveling the 3 main Legygems to gems to upgrade your ancient items? I am currently at Level 80 of my main Gems and they have 30% to upgrade. Appreciate your time to answer all my questions.
@@Raxxanterax Alright but the first attack on someone with 0 rage you just leftclick to get the first rage going for WW right? Also another big question came in my head. When do you switch from leveling the 3 main Legygems to gems to upgrade your ancient items? I am currently at Level 80 of my main Gems and they have 30% to upgrade. Appreciate your time to answer all my questions.
quick question rax, at 15:05 i see that you mention rend cannot crit. I think this is a big deal for item optimization then, has it been confirmed that rend cannot crit? If so then just crit hit chance would be useful in order to crit since your whirlwind this patch effectively does no damage and is only there to apply rend. This can open up more main stat, cd, and %dmg on rings,amulets,etc. as possibly even life for gems in your weapon.
Rend cannot crit, but you have to stack both CHD and CHC because they work together to form a multiplier to increase rends damage (even though it can't crit). It's weird, but you need both everywhere
Hey Rax, nice Taylor! I used to work at Taylor guitars.
Awesome! I need a new one, had that one for like 12 years :)
How about HotA barbs? I know the fury of the ancients piece got reworked and it seems they get a new hammer. Wondering how it compares to the traditional use of Little Rogue and Slanderer for weapons.
HOTA will be amazing in Season 19
i know WW is probably the efficient way of casting rend now but i'm still looking for a good plain rend build lol
Rax but the isivans need u to use primary abillty and the ww is secondry so how u apply the set bonus?
You don’t need to use primary for istivans
What do you prioritize on your weapons? dmg % or CD? Without CD on weapons that's a 20% loss of CD if i'm not mistaken. Wouldn't that be a massive blow to WOTB?
Prioritize CDR over damage for sure
Does rend need to be on the skills bar to activate when you whirl, even though you have ambos in the cube?
Manually activating it will let it proc your area damage which is helpful in solo
What is the sword buff you're getting that goes super high? Not the little rogue/slander buff
The season 19 buff for killstreaks
@@Raxxanterax I noticed you're hitting trillions and I never go past billions and I'm decently geared with my barb build I'm wondering what it is I'm missing maybe
Hello Raxx - one question regarding Rend: does it still work now (season 21) the way that Rend applied via WW does not trigger area DMG? Thank you.
Yes, same mechanic
@@Raxxanterax thanks!
Do we get the "Wrath of the wastes" set only on Torment difficulty? Is there a chance for it to be dropped in Hardcore Greater Rift as well?
Hey raxx. What do you Think about the captain karmesin set for the rend/ww barbarian?
Thanks for the Guid.. it helps a lot :)
Its not a bad option at all, I just think not using it is a bit better. But if you like the way it plays go for it!
@@Raxxanterax thanks for the fast answer. :)
Whats about STONE GAUNTLETS for the cube?
Istvan's blades are better than Bul Kathos's?
For solo yes, for rift clears no. Rift/bounties will use Bul Kathos and the WW rune that sucks in mobs 35 yards. I mean there's a lot of variety though, speeds can even use EF + Ambos with Reavers in cube and F&R instead of OroTZ. This could be the most varied build in the game which is a nice breathe of fresh air.
@@Operations1000 Hi. And what is the reason because of IB better for sol push? I've tried on PTR BoBK and IB as well and I prefer BoBK much. I found that it is easy to survive with them.
@@babdeli5189 Rend damage scales from your weapon damage and multipliers. While Bul Kathos makes you move faster, it does not actually increase your damage or armor like the Blades.
@@Vegetsu101 Well BK sword gives you 45% AS when you whirlwinding. So it is a constans AS bonus. IB gives only 30% if stacked. So -15% AS.
@@babdeli5189 I don't think attackspeed gives you much damagewise, anything above 2.0 attacks per second while spinning seems wasteful since Rend stacks twice and does the damage in 1 second.
How useful is this guide on console? I know some of the abilities are different, but I’m having a hard time rolling anything you suggest on gear. Am I missing something?
It should work exactly the same on console, no weird PC only mechanics in this build that I'm aware of
Raxxanterax ok cool. I can’t add rend to my abilities. I also can’t seem to roll any of the stats on gear. I’ll keep at it
not having area damage on items or paragonned shouldn't make any difference no? AD has a flat proc rate regardless of if you have any extra?
Rend proc'd from WW doesn't apply area damage, so its worthless unless you manually cast
@@Raxxanterax Everything is worthless in comparison to the seasonal kill streaks lol, we're just along for the ride while they do all the damage. Rend ticks are cute in comparison XD
I love playing whirlwind barb but I was using the Bul- Kathos set for weapons because early on I was struggling to keep up my fury with slanderer/little rogue. Maybe I didn’t have the right setup? You seem to be able to spin forever WHILE using fury to pull enemies how do you sustain so well?
Its due to always hitting monsters with whirlwind wind shear, and keeping my WOTB up all the time with high CDR
Raxxanterax my gear isn’t the best right now so I’m not sure how great my CDR is, is there a big loss in damage to just use bul-kathos though? Seems to give attack speed and infinite fury
Question: I do have the zodiac and elemental ring mixed. You have the zodiac ring cubed and wear the elemteal ring. I have the elemental ring cubed and wear the zodiac ring, does that have an effect or is it the same?
convention of the elements can roll better stats, while the zodiac will always have: AS, CHC, CDR, RCR. 2 of those (AS and RCR) are pretty worthless for us. For this reason, its better to cube zodiac and wear COE, as long as you have a good COE
@@Raxxanterax Good to know I keep an eye of the rings from now and will change them, Appreciate your time. Enough newbie questions from me for today.
Hi, thanks for the video, have all my stuff almost %95 like you said, made my gear´s primarys´ little bit different than yours, i see you focused on CDR on most gear. I have the same skills and my fury doesnt keep filled for some reason, i need to have alot of monsters like around 50 ahead of me to keep my fury alive then i goes down very fast. Why is that? im at GR95 right now, killing elites are taking abit time but its ok. I am at Paragon 737 and havent seen any primals yet also. tia
for my rings i used focus and restraint like most of the people. in my cube i have ambo, convention and band of might. maybe thats the problem?
Hi Burak, if you're using focus and restraint, you need to cube obsidian ring of the zodiac instead of convention to bring your wrath of the berserker back. As long as that's up all the time and you're hitting enemies, your fury will stay up
@@Raxxanterax thanks for the answer. I am actually using zodiac ring , made a mistake earlier.
how can i cancel the stacks of the seasonal buff? to apply the tornados and the follow up again?
just stop attacking or killing for 5 seconds
OK thx so it is like the exp boost thing for killing mobs
@@ALEXZBOT yeah just like ur XP killstreak
Would a perfect SoJ not be better than a CoE? I figure 20% phys/30% elite up constantly would outscale esp for rgk
They're both good, but COE is better
noobie here..rax can you explain why you have rend in your skill bar if rend is automatically applied by Ambo's? Thanks
Ambos applies the base rend unless you put it on your bars with a rune. If it's one your bars, it applies the bloodbath rune for big DPS
Why did you take rend as second skill, doens't it apply automatically with Ambo's Pride?
You get the rune from rend applied from ambos if you put it on your bars, and we need the bloodbath rune b/c its big DPS
it applys the basic rend you can add the rune
Yeah usually when one becomes triggered by another one, all effects to it from all your items, passives and runes still apply to it.
While gearing up I used the belt that makes ground stomp make avalanches. Threw on a ring of might and the passive that gives 30+ fury per avalanche stomp. I could pick any perk of avalanche so long as it was a chosen skill. Never needed a single primary.
Hey all, rend rune mutilate for double +10% dmg is not good at all?
RohamBilly it’s fine, but nothing beats bloodbath
@@Raxxanterax Maybe it could give some dmg buff to kill trash in group, thx for the answer.
Is the effect from Flavor of Time strong enough to outweigh another neck that's rolled well? Getting a good FoT is really difficult.
John Kendall yes, you can’t compete with double conduit and double power
thats why ppl put it in the cube 90% of the time
Instead of waiting for the season buff to fall off, can't you just right click it off like other buffs?
Feinne tbh I didn’t try that, but I don’t think that works
Rax i have a quesiton, how does rend damage scale? I thought it was based off of your MH weapon and scales with CHC and CHD, even though it doesnt crit itself. And someone told me it does not scale with the crit, could you go ahead and debunk this for me please ty!
It was exactly as you said. Whoever said otherwise, remove them from your friends list promptly. Stack CHC and CHD :)
How much stronger will this build be than vile charge? With just average gear stats
Hard to say without testing the 50% nerf, but I'd still say several GR tiers better
@@Raxxanterax also i haven't been able find out how much Paragon levels really help with pushing. My effective Paragon is 1350 and me highest rift is 103. My gear isn't that great and my gems are low level
So now that they changed what procs when, is it still go to 50 for corpses then reset? or go all the way to 100-150 for tornadoes and geysers?
Have to use geysers, they're way too strong to pass up
Hey rax! Im here on season 20, trying this build. U got any aditions to it? Any gear you would change or add since the season bonus unlocks the cube for any type of gear?
Hey Altair, for season 20 you can wear the focus and restraint rings, just make sure you cube band of might :)
@@Raxxanterax thanks a lot! Big fan of yours btw.
hey Rax, do we need Rend (Bloodbath) to be be an equipped skill? I thought Ambo's Pride applies it automatically and we do not need to manually cast rend ever.
Yes, because if you don't have the skill with the rune on your bars, ambos applies non-runed rend
Raxxanterax thanks man, i will re-equip then ;-) really appreciate your quick feedback. Keep these awesome guides coming and congrats!
Hey raxx,
I am a newer player looking to push more in s19. Is there any good websites or guides to know where to find/get the gear you are using? Recently found your channel and love your videos keep up the good work!
all gear (with the exception of things that are crafted or are only available in bounties) has an equal chance to drop everywhere. The best way to get the gear is to grind greater rifts efficiently and gamble for what you're after. I have a video called "How to farm Primal Ancients and Paragon Levels" that will explain this in further detail if you're interested!
can we drop obsidan ring if we were crimson sen if yes why not using it ?
obsidian is too good for keeping our cooldowns up, think we have to take it
Is this build doing that good post season 22?
Yo Rax - so if the seasonal buff order is different now what break points do you use now? Or can you do a cheese combo still at all? Do you just keep the seasonal buff rolling then?
Check out the 150 clear I just posted abusing the seasonal buff. same concept in solo
Is there a better choice for stricken if I play in 2man and my friend uses the new crus set so he will kill the rg?
You could take bane of the powerful, that would work nicely as well
Okey thx and good luck for the season 19!
Hii i love your guides videoos i play now barbarian and its fun ☺️
I dont think I seen you hit rend once is just having it on bar use its ability?
You only manually rend if you're using area damage, otherwise I never rend
@@Raxxanterax got ya Thanks
why are so many people using area damage on rings in the leaderboards if it doesn't make rend hit any stronger?
It makes rend stronger if you manually rend, but it doesn’t work with WW + ambos pride
Something I'm curious about that I can't seem to find a direct answer to is how is every single Barb cubing Stone Gauntlets without using an Invigorating Gem and not getting slowed to all hell? Best info I've found is a comment below about being able to keep wotb up constantly but even then, isn't that just a 20% increase? Not that I know how to get your cooldown that low anyway.
Barbs are inmune in berseker mod, cdr at +48% Will allow u to be in berseker mod 100% of time.
Try a 6 min 3 man 150 and angels spawn on 98.2% and we had to rip as we had no other way to kill boss, that happened the other night. :(
hey , i tried doing this build and i cant even generate Fury....its confusing me. Why are you always at 100%.... i cant even get any going to use WW
i use ww for like 2 secs and my fury is gone....can you please clarify how your doing this. Its really frustrating me....
I believe it is the Whirlwind rune that he is using. It allows you to generate 1 fury per mob hit, so you need to make sure to use WW mainly on high-density areas so that it will refund itself.
Sorry also when i stick ground stomp in mouse one it doesn't seem to work? Not sure why any other skill is fine
you have to use ground stomp on enemies by clicking them, or hold force stand still and then hit it :)
I kind of wish you would give comparisons once in a while to alternative versions of the build. You speak so matter-of-factly, kinda like any of my friends that take adderall, but it would be nice if there was a reference to compare to... like with Waste + Crimson, it would be cool to hear how or why this is better than that instead of just, well I don’t use it. I still like and support the channel, and I watch most of your vids, just wanted to give some constructive feedback.
Appreciate that, I usually don't take the time to discuss what doesn't work or what doesn't work as well, I try to do the testing on the PTR so other people don't have to, but I could very easily just mention the other things I tried. crimson isn't a bad option, it's the very first thing I tried
How to get the stacks for the tornados and the raining corpses ?
That was the season 19 buff, that’s gone now unfortunately
@@Raxxanterax ah okay thank you
I have seen people use %damage or area damage is there a specific reason you pick damage % or is it a toss up
Area damage doesn't work with ambos pride, do not take area damage