Vulnerable duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds. 100%. nerf any class that can clear nm 100 dungeons in under 15 minutes or uber lilith in under 10 minutes (suck it blizzard sorcs) Not the only 2 things, personally would like to see Exploit glyph removed as well and then maybe reduce duration for Vulnerable to 2 or 2. Gushing Wounds. 105%. And you can still focus on vampires early and have a fairly insane army. This particular barbarian on /p8 in D2 LoD clears Chaos (not seal rushing) in about 6 to 6. barbarian players can use items and abilities to deal damage and kill mobs, and frankly, that is just unacceptable, pls nerf. New Diablo 4 patch notes are here with a pair of Diablo 4 1. 11,362 views - Mon, Jun 14 at 23:03. 5. And a majority of my time has been spent in PVP zones. This wasn't just a WW nerf, the class was decimated. Add to Cart Instore Only Instore Only-+ ×. So if a class does too much in pvp then they’ll nerf it in pve as well. Posts: 12,721. PC General Discussion. 4. Golem. D4 1. This aspect is the best weapon aspect for the Hammer of the Ancient build because of it’s unique passive: “Hammer of the. HoTA barbs were farming me. Ganndz. The goal of this was to make an off-meta build to introduce some diversity into Barbarian builds for clearing end game content. It was so fun and still not on druids level but competitive. Really regretting that I chose barb right now. New terrain for the Conflux town - Highlands. SeÐïtïonïst-1796 June 8, 2023, 10:17pm #20. 75 seconds long or HOTA 1-2 times to repeat. You literally would not be able to play any other town but necro, that's how strong they were. 0 patch for Diablo IV aims to balance much of the endgame content ahead of the Seasons of the Malignant launch, but it seems to hamper the fun. instead of nerfing hammer of the ancients, they nerfed HAMMSTRING and BLEED damage. Below you will find the optimal setup for Legendary Aspects for the Shout HotA build. Galactic-1116 June 28, 2023, 12:43am 3. There are only 3 Aspects you really need and a bunch you can play with. HotA is its own expansion, based on the original Shadow of Death, without leveraging any material or know-hows from WoG. ago. Arlen639. Hammer of The Ancients. Playing around with the idea of making a prototype inspired by Heroes III. Most of those using HOTA for lilith use the bug showcasing how large the radius is. 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. 1. Gold: 282. . Watch all of Rob2628's best archives, VODs, and highlights on Twitch. Barb now in S2 (from perspective of someone playing WW) feels good once you reach. I have 102% crit chance on my hota barb with mortal draw and caged heart of focused rage btw. I haven't had any trouble killing things up to 23 levels higher than me, but I am level 91 now and the paragon board is. RIP HOTABuild by Huxley#diablo4 #lillith #barbarian #hotaSummary. Diablo 4 1. By Adam Barnhardt - June 15, 2023 12:03 am EDT. 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. For seasons I am pretty sure all power loss is going to be easily offset by power gained from Hearts. Chaddly7-1515 July 28, 2023, 7:17pm #1. WW requires way too many aspects / uniques to work as efficiently as HoTA that only really requires 1. Blizzard has promised to address “feedback” from players on Diablo 4’s latest patch following backlash from the community. Subscribe. NEW: Hota Barbarian Season 1: Nightmare Dungeon TIER 70 (Patch 1. HOTAS Flight Stick for PlayStation4. 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. My Walking Arsenal & Death Blow/HotA Build. 0. 67. Title says it all. you are grinding people's hours of playtime into the ground for NO good reason when EVERY OTHER class is melting at barb lvl pre-nerf. if the devs keep their word, skill balancing in consideration to pvp will never be a thing. 1 patch notes, detailing the nerfs and buffs that have already hit Diablo 4’s classes, along with changes to neutral elements of the game. Today you learn about a very powerful Diablo 4 barbarian build that will take you through the game with big damage, decent movement and survivability too! Th. And for. It's still viable on large maps, you just need more time to build up skeletons now. P. Alkaizer gave his opinion today. Literally every core skill can be used in NM pushing builds and almost every utility skill is able to be used. horrible-1697 June 23, 2023, 7:25pm #1. . Thrustmaster. Supreme iron maelstrom reduces its cooldown by 1 second every time you swap weapons and deal direct damage. instead of nerfing hammer of the ancients, they nerfed HAMMSTRING and BLEED damage. 59K views 1 month ago #barbarian #quake #diablo4. These changes were strictly for backend performance, but unintentionally also affected. The Season 1 Thorns Barbarian build is made by kGAULT. Hota Barb nerfed? General Discussion PC. Discussing the patch notes for Diablo 4 on July 18th 2023. 79. #diablo4 #barbarian #hammer #quake. Would be interesting to see. Notably nadoWW, grizzly rage, and bone spear. How many legit “nerfs” have actually occurred and not aspect “fixes”? So much of the barb play has been just following broken aspects as “builds. Addressing particularly how it effects the Barbarian class HOTA build and the effect of cumulativ. -Nerfed EXP gain by ~20% for ALL players, even SSF, when their goal seemed to be to only nerf power-lvling-Nerfed Overworld mob-lvls in the endgame (which was never a problem), so now activities in the Overworld don't give you any EXP on higher lvls. PC General Discussion. Stack those on dwarves/battle dwarves and its 70/90% chance to be immune to spells vs just taking 90% less damage. I’ve been 100 for a while now, probably two weeks or so. 7000 gold to Irabeth at the camp and level 1 armies go puff in autoresolves. My defense feels good and my builds feel strong. 2d. HOTA Needs a MASSIVE nerf. Patch Notes for Barb. The exact same character and build takes more than. . 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. Completely min-maxed gear, 6 glyphs at 21, 9k base armor, 11k health, 42% crit, 512% crit dam, like 400% vuln, 370% core, and so on… It's already happening, someone complained (rather cried) about HotA damage in PvP and Adam said on Twitter that the team is investigating HotA quake damage. 4. Check Price. 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. SUPERMAN-15513 June 26, 2023, 5:04pm 1. Toss Thorgrim in the mix and battle. Those 2 are still the strongest towns, but not banned any more. Only now. You can use these after the latest patch 1. This Diablo 4 Highest Damage HoTa Barb Build Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian Endgame Build Guide for Leveling 50-100 sets you up in Diablo 4 for OP Big Dama. still ww cuz of speed. It costs $20 to join and $5 to rent a Nerf gun, but you can bring your own, too. Asmongold said he would "donate $10,000 to charity" to watch a AAA designer, who is critical of Elden Ring, play the game (clip in comments). Subscribe. Use Steel Grasp to group up enemies and greatly increase your damage output. You want to watch a “one shot” video, look up any one of the many HOTA videos. 1. After that nerf it’s really the only viable build other than a rend build which lacks pretty bad. 1-25 is Upheaval/Death Blow, at 25 Repsec to HOTA/Death Blow into Walking Arsenal. 1. This class is non-stop on full fortified and immune. HOTAS (Image credit: Windows Central) The best way to enjoy. Best Barbarian Hammer Build For End Game Is NUTS! 50+ Guide - Diablo 4 Livestream: Discord server: T. Bone spear isn’t op though. Diablo IV. Don’t jump to conclusions. Gems and Hearts. I have gone through HOTA and WW builds extensively slotting gear as I go spending every penny I have to make it better in the 80's level. Smokezound-1312 June 25, 2023, 3:31pm 8. People been crying too much about sorc to notice that Barb is probably the bottom class now after HotA nerf. When played correctly you can gather and delete entire rooms of monsters in a single attack. Barb nerfs only effected very late game clearing and shouldn't effect you at these levels. . I'm level 100, following this guide to a T, have pretty much everything in terms of BIS gear, i have all affixes, fully upgraded glyphs, etc. The barb isn't even that "tanky" compared to other classes. from my 3k + kills in fields of. So the dev note below that patch note basically says “yeah we know. ago. It's simple, use Escape Artist legendary aspect and put it on your amulet. This is a casual game. Yikes Increased Critical Strike / Vulnerable Damage affixes are now additive with other damage increases instead of being multiplicative. Initially challenging, but once resolved, significantly boosts the build’s potency. I was critting an elite for my base damage. PvP playable now? PC General Discussion. Rend. My crits dropped significantly from averaging 6m down to 1-2m. Each aspect is listed with its matching gear slot. Barb HoTA nerf to completely make the class useless. That means for a short period of time, Standard play will have a wonky and likely overpowered meta. Group: Member. Alkaizerx - Path of Exile. Barbarian. All the HOTA and PVE players coming in being salty that im dissing SOMETHING about their game. I really wished most skills would be useful to push up to NM100, but. P. Barbarian nerf from Diablo 2 I wanted to change the barbarian in Diablo 4, but it is the same. Yes since WW endgame is still great, just need to pay attention on crit rate a bit more now. Barbarian HOTA is ️. 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. HI, So far barb class is able to maintain shouts full time, spin freely, do tier 100 sigils, 1 hit world bosses with HOTA, so my question is: When it gonna be nerfed? all the other classes are not at this level, even at PvP it is praticly unbeatable due to the amount of stuns, unstopable, berserk, etc… i understand that some random dev play barb, but im tired of every single diablo release. 127. Increased Critical Strike / Vulnerable Damage affixes are now additive with other damage increases instead of being multiplicative. I suspect that the hota big right now stems from an intended nerf yet nothing was reported. Enjoy!Support us on Patreon: Three Channel Shop: ahead, Nerf it. Not much faster, but it was a base attack nonetheless. Rogue poison nerf (pvp) As a Barbarian being doing pvp since start before and now season, playing against every class a lot and if you did too you know that rogue’s poison is a main issue there and its not like we seeing now, rogue’s poison has being a main problem to pvp since the start. 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. ago. 6. No one gonna tell you on here man blizzard gonna nerf that shiz quick. If you don’t run triple shouts you are going to get punished on higher nightmare dungeons. BadKarma_JT posted. There are 2 towns that show consistent week 1 Jebus breaks in pro games and one of those is Necro (the other is Conflux). No views 1 minute ago #Diablo4 #Patch #Update. HotA is its own expansion, based on the original Shadow of Death, without leveraging any material or know-hows from WoG. , best viewed with JavaScript enabled. r/Asmongold. All builds should be brought to that level. ”. It’s probably because rogues are great one on one and absolutely rubbish. Blizzard has fixed an issue regarding which will result in a hefty damage nerf for one of the most popular Barbarian builds, while other abilities like , , and have received meaningful buffs. They nerfed hammstring lol. #diablo4 #barbarian #whirlwind #nerf TLDR: We have not seen other Classes in Endgame at level 100 yet, so it is not possible to judge anything based on the p. B Tier - Bone Spirit Necromancer, Ark. Logged into play and saw the nerf to HoTA (which I was gonna switch to end game), and quit the game. Already clearing nm 57 and i have a lvl 333 amulet on lol. to try and balance endgame progression. Look where those promises have. Barb RIP. And no, especially with a leader board or season. Atleast increased damage reduction cap, even on cap of 80 you still get oneshots on SURVIVOR difficulty. 2b Build #47240 (PC) - November 15, 2023. Diablo IV. Hypertrophy-3111 June 19, 2023, 7:03am #3. From 8% down to 3% damage. Hota is just flat out better than Whirlwind now. 6. Nothing in the patch notes. The best solo dungeon is going to be Iron Hold, the reason for this is that not only do you get a very good amount of XP, but it actually seems to have the best loot opportunity out of any of the dungeons, it is one of the best XP farm locations in Diablo 4. There wasn’t much reference. Particulars vary but HOTA builds favor using the core ability Hammer of the Ancients. Nerfs are negligible but I’d still consider it the games hardest class, at least for leveling, not sure about endgame. Alkaizer gave his opinion today. BadKarma_JT 3 months ago #1. 2-3 annoying things to go against but. 5K subscribers. Here is how to build your barb. 3. $199. 1. Rend, the main damage skill, is a frontal cleave with a very short range…WW and hota deserve no more love, as a matter of fact they are the core reason barb got trashed and nerfed. 0. The nerf reverts will take place with Patch 20. Class Changes Barbarian Reverting a performance change that inadvertently reduced the damage for “Hammer of the Ancients”. . 8 Likes. Druid and Necro must be nerfed before S01. Zeus-2333 November 21, 2023, 12:29pm 3. Raise Skeleton. Lol first they nerfed WW, now HOTA. Gasmic-11993 July 7, 2023, 7:42pm #12. Joined: May 16 2023. Heroes HD on steam and play necro after playing HOTA. Barrage Rogue. Toxmedic29. D: Leadership, Water. Horn of the Abyss (HotA) is a global add-on for Heroes of Might and Magic III that extends (and fixes if needed) classical gameplay elements and adds some of its own. 3. The hammer fell on Hammer of the Ancients after. . Not sure how it’ll do at higher end stuff, but I’m trying to make it work. Yeah, I beat pre-nerf, can confirm they just got one shotted, it was awesome! haha #11. The nerf barb meme lives on. You went way overboard on the hota nerf atleast for its end game power, I hear ppl like it for leveling though so might sit fine as is, just need something in our kit toward late game to give it some extra punch. I have gone through HOTA and WW builds extensively slotting gear as I go spending every penny I have to make it better in the 80's level. 2 Likes. Skalgard-1465 June 9, 2023, 12:02pm #7. 99 at Best Buy $69. Nylream-1574 July 10, 2023, 9:38am 5. You will have a blast! Dont tell anyone <3. Blizzard is currently enrolled in. WW and HotA seem to be the two mainstream endgame builds today and only HotA is really good for pushing nightmare content & bosses. You can check out the written build HERE: In this video, we'll be discussing the Barbarian Endgame build Hammer of the Ancients - As. Then we would have had 3 to 4 builds that would be at the same level. Lol. Barbarian. D4 1. 12. 20 Flat fee shipping. . 4. Hamstring now only Slows Healthy enemies, and Slow amount increased from 10/20/30% to 20/40/60%. The bug will eat through any amount of hp, armor, barrier, or dam reduction Reply. Barb last HoTA nerf. Generate Fury with Rallying Cry and Lunging Strike to unleash Rend on density, Elites and Bosses. Hamstring now only Slows Healthy enemies, and Slow amount increased from 10/20/30% to 20/40/60%. Also hota is better. Diablo IV Forums Barb Does Damage = Nerf. nerf Barb! Even this 6min kill is probably like # 1000+ because the number of rogue/sorc/necro/druid kills between 4:00min and 6min is in the 100s Barbarians need a build that is high single target DPS but low AoE that can be used for boss fights as currently all other classes have options for reliable sustained single target DPS. 0. HotA and WoG are in no way compatible: no WoG features are available when playing HotA, and vice versa. A titan that shatters the earth with a godly hammer. Rob2628. Fury on items was reduced (ghost nerfs) by 20-30%. 0. g. Unstoppable plus hota go brrr. Martial Vigor - 10% damage reduction nerf against elites. Confirmed HotA is doing basically no damage now. 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. 16. There is a massive imbalance with HOTA. Would be interesting to see. Sivira-1814 June 19, 2023, 7:12am #4. Patch 1. A Tier - Infinimist Necromancer, Ice Shards Sorcerer, Blizzard Sorcerer, Stormclaw Druid, Penetrating Shot Rogue. 0. This monster just dropped in WT3. Diablo 4 Best DPS Build Tier List - Top 10 Highest DPS Builds For Season Starter after 1. Theophan-11651 July 8, 2023, 12:59am #13. Possible stealth nerf to Barb's HotA aspect. TheChemicals-1408 June 14, 2023, 2:08am 5. As a well known fact, it is not applicable with weapon Expertise System of two handed swords. Discussing the patch notes for Diablo 4 on July 18th 2023. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. What barb needs is The hamstring was a huge nerf and they fixed the broken Hota aspect which was the only viable barb stuff for end game pushing really. For the most part it was fun. 0. 11,072 views - Thu, May 13 at 9:28. Available in store and online Available in store and online. Is a HOTA nerf coming soon? Because getting 2 shotted by a level 80+ HOTA barb sure is BS. ARAM nerfs and buffs for League of Legends champions in the aram game mode. This means it's actually 5% chance per HOTA use per point in pressure point. Leap. ago. We’ll have to see what’s getting buffed or nerfed in the upcoming patch if you want a meta pick. The u/Fluid_Conflict1242 community on Reddit. It could drastically increase difficulty and for rewards do nothing but increase drop rate of Ubers, this would solve multiple things in one go. If you’re a HOTA barb in PVP ( don’t care about pve, so whatever the fuck you want to ), then I simply question how you can actually have more than five minutes of fun with this god forsaken play. 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. There is a massive imbalance with HOTA. 2. But Upheaval can crit on average for 3-5 million. 8. So then i figured wth use upheaval. Here is how to build your barb. PLEASE Like & SubscribeFollow The streamer featured belowYour Clips TODAY to be f. <style> body { -ms-overflow-style: scrollbar; overflow-y: scroll; overscroll-behavior-y: none; } . Barb is very unexciting right now. #diablo4 #barbarian #hammer #quake #balance. it would make. Listen, if you don’t PvP, you just don’t know. ReplyBlizzard Entertainment. You need to nerf the sorc ability to survive in pvp. For the first second, it does 2 damage. 0. HOTA is more like for NMD pushing and endgame content. Diablo 4's latest patch notes are now live. Any other HotA barbs noticing way less damage done today? EDIT: PezRadar confirmed this was not intended and they're looking into it. No video game company in existence would ever let that go live. D4 Post Nerf Tier List. Once you loot 3 utopias in one day, right under your opponents nose, you start to appreciate the movement points properly - +100k gold and 10 relics for having just 1 day advantage. Nerfing things post acquisition is probably the least fun feeling in an mmo. Massive nerf. This build guide explains in painstaking detail the Raekor-HOTA (R6 HOTA) build, a powerful variant to the IK- or LOD-based HOTA builds. If Necropolis needs anything - it is definetely not a buff. The thing that really sucks about the shout and shout ring nerfs is that you're forced to use a basic skill (which feels like dogshit) until you have perfect gear/high level. that been said well done. My hota does zero dmg now wtf? PC General Discussion. 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. HOTA needs to catch a pvp nerf. The Diablo IV team has been diligently monitoring your feedback. . PVP players are the first to complain and the. players, its not fair…90% ppl in pvp are rogues and hota barbs…they have crazy combination of survive, utility and dps and they totally spoil pvp. Once the HoTa player cant kill with the initial smashes, they’re as good as dead with their nerfed to trashed cooldowns. 2. Rob2628. No Mercy officially deleted from the game, affecting all barbarian builds instead of HOTA. InfamousCRS. #Diablo4 #Barbarian #BuildAfter finishing most of my goals on my hardcore Rogue, I decided to roll a Barbarian and try something more off meta with a Walking. For the HotA Leveling build, we will be focus on using a two-handed axe for the increase to Vulnerable damage, as well as getting a head start on leveling up this skill to. Barbarian’s in Diablo 4 are in a spot of bother after one of their most powerful builds just died due to a bug fix. . Spin to win was great, but I was spinning for too long and not killing enough. With an emphasis on Beserking, Overpower & Attack Speed this build will have you folding bosses in half in no time. From 8% down to 3% damage. 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. The burst Fury from Leap is often wasted because Berserking Fury bonuses or Rally cry help build quickly. Probably need a discovery of another interaction before another top tier build materialises, it at all. HOTA nerf, most welcomed. 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. I simply disable/restrict them in my own games (along with. The movement speed is nice, but 1I'm experimenting w/ swapping in Challenging Shout for more consistent Fury gen instead. 3 comments. 128. You cast it, then cast it again 1 second later. if HOTA nerfs go through I'm done with this game. . Where other classes melt just as fast… it ruins it for the pve factor to on endgame grinding the class. Barb last HoTA nerf. 95%. The arsenal system also felt unnecessarily cumbersome and doesn’t seem to add anything meaningful to the class. SKU: PS4-144U. . W with the hota nerf. Any other HotA barbs noticing way less damage done today? EDIT: PezRadar. Honestly, I think Hota’s base should be the quake and ancestral force turns the very center of it into the current (bugged) nuking mechanic. Figured we could have thread for more casual conversations about our adventures in the game. HOTA would be the only other build I’d try on barb. Edit: Blizzard confirms its not intended, they are looking into it. 100% damage reduction nerf. If anything, the nerfs to Serration and Grim Harvest should be reverted. 2d #Maxroll #Blizzard 00:00 Introduction00:55 Necromancer02:42 Rogue04:44 Sorcerer05:58 Druid06:35 Barbarian09:44 Summary-----. Yea it seemed still broken to me. E. Hota Barb nerfed? General Discussion PC.