Autocast on cooldown?

[Meteorblade-2266]

@Mathalamus-1829

also, please roll the physical damage to lightning on that amulet.

In the WW/Rend build, Whirlwind accounts for almost none of your damage. It’s there purely to apply Rends to mobs, either automatically as a result of Ambo’s Pride (which does not benefit from Area Damage) or by being manually cast (which does benefit from Area Damage). Well over 95% of your damage comes from Rends, not from Whirlwind. Rend is runed with Bloodbath, which is a physical rune. That’s why both my amulet and bracers have +20% Physical damage on them, as it’s giving a 40% damage buff to the primary damage dealing ability in the build.

Might I suggest that before you make any more claims about what’s possible / impossible, beneficial / non-beneficial, for a WW/Rend Barbarian you have a read through this thread…

[Guide] Zodiac Rend (Season 20)

Introduction This build guide explains in painstaking detail the Zodiac Rend build, our strongest and most versatile Rend and Whirlwind build, for pushing solo Greater Rifts and speed-farming T16. If you’re familiar with the Barb class, skip down to Part 1. If you’re new to this build or the Barb class, or just trying it out for Season 20, please read the primer below.

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Scattered throughout that thread you’ll see posts from myself and others with our personal bests with the build, both seasonal and non-seasonal, some with screenshots or videos. So far, my highest solo push with WW/Rend, non-seasonal, is a GR130. I’m pretty sure I know what I’m talking about when it comes to the build but if there’s something you think isn’t covered in that thread, just ask, and lots of very knowledgeable Barbs will help you out.

[DeathMonger-1471]

There are different ways it could be:

1. Cast it as soon as it comes off cooldown
2. Cast it as soon as it expires
3. Cast it every so many seconds

WotB as an example you can cast before it drops. If you NumLock it that’s what it does. Can be advantageous to wait until it’s actually expiring.

@Murzerker-1900

Missing that recast by even a second when you have half the mobs in a rift on you is no Bueno.

This comment triggered me to think about that ideal - timing the cast to when it’s about to drop rather than when it’s coming off cooldown.

Might be considered to be the game doing too much for you rather than relying on player skill to cast things at the ideal time, but on the other hand with some skills you have to spam it becomes a real health issue with carpal tunnel.

[Rasalom-1811]

The problem with the numlock trick, is that for it to work, you need to stop channeling. And WW really never does… and neither do lots of skills.

[Mugsy-6765]

@Rasalom-1811

The problem with the numlock trick, is that for it to work, you need to stop channeling.

Yes, with the numlock trick, you need to still keep an eye on skill’s cooldown so you can let go of your channeling in order to pop WotB, etc.

@Rasalom-1811

I mean we’ve been asking for it for years, and most characters have at least one skill they want to recast as soon as it’s off cooldown.

Yep, I’m sure if I bothered to look, I’d be able to find my post from a few years back suggesting this. I remember getting into a debate with someone who was of the mindset that having to press a skill every 15-20sec when it comes off cooldown was part of the skill with this game. My argument is that there are those who can only play one handed (which my brother’s friend’s younger brother falls into due to a physical impairment) and playing with all 6 skills on a mouse is not a fun experience. If they were to spec up with 4x cooldown skills that could auto cast upon cooldown, it would be a lot more enjoyable.

Anyway, really hope they add this feature before patching of the game ends.

[Indian-2161]

Numlock the little bugers.