Finally after using close to 150 keys I got a festering woods full with spiders and 2f was battlefield. Even though people say not to use esoteric over pain gem I used it and practically immune to ground effect. Got it beat in roughly 14 minutes. ![:grin:](https://d1hnj6esvk269c.cloudfront.net/en/d3/images/emoji/twitter/grin.png?v=6" ":grin:")
1800para_seasonal. Area dmg gear
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Gratz on your 117. Esoteric is a good option for S6, especially if you have a lot of physical resistance secondaries on your gear.
Glad to see more people using it.
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Grats!
117 is my highest for DH this season as well.
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Grats now ![:tropical_fish:](https://d1hnj6esvk269c.cloudfront.net/en/d3/images/emoji/twitter/tropical_fish.png?v=6" ":tropical_fish:")
for that 118 ![:smiley:](https://d1hnj6esvk269c.cloudfront.net/en/d3/images/emoji/twitter/smiley.png?v=6" ":smiley:")
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Ill probably fish for 118 soon using pain enhancer when I farm more keys. I have a fully augd rapid fire but Iām terrible at playing it. I have no patience to sit still as dh and end up dyingā¦ obviously the poison spiders + 2 good pylons (conduit/power) helpedā¦ In season 1,2,16 I never got on the leaderboard by end of season so hopefully Iāll at least be top 200 by end of season. Last seasons lowest clear was 117. So weāll see how things go.
Itās looking like a solid 118 should have you pretty well set in the top 200 this season. GL.
Not going to lie, stumbling onto this was a game changer. Iāve been pushing more than I ever have this season for fun and have been loving my impale build again. Still felt a bit squishy and was annoyed at how frequently I had to change positions to avoid effects. I saw the esoteric quote above and thought Iād give it a try. Unreal how powerful I felt, stuff hit the ground and Iād just hold my ground and keep beating down the elites. I went from 111 GR completed to 114 one after another, no rift fishing, and like 1 death in 3 runs. Finished a 114 last night in 12:33 (thatās not crazy amazing or anything, but how much easier it is to survive and keep dpsāing is amazing). Iām actually excited to try a high rift and take off awareness and use leach instead. Going from 8-9k LPH to 35k LPH could make it just silly.
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You guys should give Moratorium a try with SM6, I personally believe itās much better than Esoteric. Moratorium takes 35% of any incoming damage and staggers it over a period of time (that you can increase through gem levels). The fact that it works with even physical damage is very helpful, youāll be able to shrug off wasps, spear throwers, ect, but you still get some dmg reduction vs magic, albeit not as much.
Also, even though the incoming damage gets staggered and isnāt truly āgoneā, once the gem is a high enough level you can easily negate it with all your LoH and wait for a monster to die to remove it entirely. The 20% chance to remove all staggered damage is not affect by proc coefficients, so 1:5 kills will reset the damage. Itās a really powerful gem and often over looked gem, but only works if you have a lot of LoH, which even basic SM6 already does.
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I hadnāt thought about Moratorium, Iāll give it a shot.
Moratorium works well. Use it often in season (not pushing there - no augments)
Iāve been saying this for quite some time - defense is really important. Even double unity works (no coe) - I think I could last season do 109 without CoE at paragon 900 without augments (with nemesis). Unity is not for pushing but nice for gem upping without death.
Itās also possible to drop ambush for Leech (keep numbing traps) - invest some paragon points into vit and you can keep BotP.
If you vault to much - youāll do no damage. Nemesis might work better than strongarms with tanky version - but youāll need a strategy for when popping a pylon - like never pop rcr shrine if you are already fighting an elite.
With shield, power and conduit whirlwind dudes are not a big problem - keep enough distance with power and conduit. Can be tricky sometimes.
Super high tankiness also allows for higher Oculus uptime - 85% is a lot.
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Grats on the 114.(s) I always try different strategy. Hence the 115_117 clears using esoteric. My dh is pretty much maxed. I havenāt found a good coe/elusive but my compass rose and travs are both Trifecta ancient. Cold/c/cdā¦7atk/cc/cd. And have 2 sets of gloves and shoulders one with AD one with atk speed. Only1900 Paragon but most of my augs are 115-125. Iāve been told with my gear that the right rift could easily do 119. Again. Mob types are a huge factor+map for fishing which is why I donāt push unless Iām really in mood to spend a bunch of keys and hours of getting annoyed by maps/mobs/lack of pylonsā¦but then thereās always that one juicy map with good situation that makes up for all of it. GL.
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Various different tweaks help. I did 118 HC EU with about 1200 Para a few weeks into the season, mostly 100 caldesans. There is no reason why you shouldnt be running 120+.
Silly little things like squeezing 7 vaults instead of 6 between mobs, learning which mobs should be skipped or kited (eg Juggernauts or Illusionist). Finally AoE can help you greatly. 100% AoE vs 50% AoE is a huge dps boost, and can help grearly agains the mobs named previously.
Life on Hit is also a huge bonus, especially if you can snapshot it at the start of the rift map.
Iām definitely going to have to give moratorium a try, hadnāt thought of that one. I have about 45,000 LPH if I drop awareness for leech which I tried last night and was able to complete back to back 115 GRs. First one was with Nemesis bracers and I literally completed it with 1 second remaining, the next run I put on a pair of āokā strong arms and got through it with about 45 seconds remaining. I tried 116ās but maps werenāt super great and I made it to the rift guardian with about 10-15 seconds remaining which put me probably at 16 minutes to a dead rift guardian.
I appreciate the discussion on here and itās great to see people talking and helping people push. So often the forums in Diablo just feel dead.
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Impossible - you have 60k base LoH (if you activate Shadowpower once).
With Leech you should have 110k+ LoH (with some LpK rolls).
With LpK pretty much all slots - you can reach 140k+ Since it scales with attack speed (and there is also regen and LpK) - you can get to 500k life per second.
I wouldnāt drop awareness, though. Itās a melee build and you canāt really avoid the hit that kills you.
Drop a ambush or maybe Numbing traps for it. However - super high LoH wonāt do nothing with low vit. You can have to much heal - aka āoverhealā.
Like if you get 300k per sec or 400k per sec, wonāt mater if you have 450k life total.
I was referencing my sheet LPH standing in town with nothing activated.
Iāve been grinding hard and had some good drops. Hilarious noob move this morning and realized i havenāt had rattling roll as my passive. Put on moratorium, swapped to rattling roll and set it GR to 117. Banged it out first try with like 1:40 remaining.
One big change was i finally got a quiver with crit and impale, it was lightning though. I had lightning gear saved but have always played cold, gotta say, lightning plays nice.
edit update: Set it to GR 118 last night and did one, made it to the boss with 35 seconds left, missed it. Ran a 2nd and beat it with 15-20 seconds left, my highest GR ever last night. Used Esoteric.
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gratz on the 118!!!
Thanks PMG,
Tried some 119 last night. Brutal the difference of one level. Just doesnāt feel like i have the dps. Might have to try the pain enhancer, survivability worries me with that though.
I ran Eso with 2900 phys resist and was practically unkillable, i had near 100% success rate with GR 120s, it made the outcome feel much more about the map/mobs served as opposed to human error.
For the solo player, itās definitely the best setup for bringing up gems right before augmenting. In the pushiest push, youāll want to swap out Eso.
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Iāll have to see if I can get some more physical resist. I tried some more 119ās tonight and it felt nothing but frustrating. Mobs in my COE cycle would go down pretty quick, but i struggled with even hitting the elites. So much trash all the time to the point where youāre standing in a pile of garbage to try to hit the elite you want. But the little guys are getting in your way eating your daggers and running down the clock. Then the piles grows if you try to kite and drag and you end up with an overwhelming pile of trash that puts out so much damage you canāt stand still more than 4 seconds. UGH
I tried every combo of gem tonight i could come up with to try to stay survivable and keep the dps up. I just couldnāt manage a 119, 17 minutes I think was my best completion.
Side note, is cold much better than lightning? I havenāt been able to muster a good cold quiver yet this season, or a very good amulet. My lightning pieces have been much better.
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I feel yaā¦I was sitting at 107 and going to 108 for my hybrid was a complete fail on multiple attempts - just not enough damage, was getting to the RG with only around 1 min or less on the timer. Got a decent primal shoulder to drop, popped a 100 augment on it, swapped to a couple emeralds in pants and managed to finally down a 108 by about 30 seconds. I know Iām going to need a helluva lot more dps to go higher but I donāt have good enough gear that warrants augmenting yet.
I may try some S6 runs ā¦ fam is on a college tour end of next week so iāll have extra time to grind!
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