🏹 DH Balance Proposal - Come Look

[dmkt-1267]

The new build(s) are so defense starved you’ll probably equip CC3 and cube Hunters Wrath instead of Depth Diggers.

[MicroRNA-1507]

3 old necromancer sets had changes to their bonuses. As such, it might not be crazy to continue to suggest this also for demon hunters.

[Iria-1342]

We’re about to discuss the patch notes on Dieoxide’s stream if you want to tune in.

[Merlin-1161]

Please give UE some love!!!

[Childe-1683]

Listening in, but no Twitch account. Funny as you’re talking about Ninth Cirri that’s what I’ve just been calculating. In terms of Weapon Damage, the 600% increase and guaranteed pierce** means that Devouring Arrow across its first two hits deals the equivalent of 2,929.5% Weapon Damage (pierce 1 and rebound).

**At the maximum number of pierces (5) by its range of 120 yards if we assume the guarantee applies to all hits, it will deal 13,020% Weapon Damage before any other multipliers, but that requires point-blank range to minimize range wasted before the first hit.

EDIT: It’s probably unlikely, but it would be nice if Hungering Arrow fired with the 4-piece bonus inherited the pierce from Valla’s Bequest.

EDIT 2: The new Odyssey’s End effect exists purely to mock Marked for Death.

[Woogmoog-11780]

Things can change, remember the “Don’t you guys have cellphones?” or “Is this an out of season April fools joke?”.
All it took was 1 person questioning and basically speaking for thousands of players. And I still believe things will change while PTR is going. So yeah they might be able to tweak the set to be par with other classes. It’s a shame though that we didn’t get much more than a few tweaks on some items. We do need some passives to be revisited and some skills still needs fixing AKA spike traps that still have the bug since vanilla and sentry chain of torment that doesn’t cast skills with M6.

[MicroRNA-1507]

Here is how the number of changes stack up between classes. It remains unknown how classes that are being changed in patch 2.6.9 will have their top GR clears affected (presumably crusaders and WD will come down and necromancers and DH up).

Class	New 6 Piece Class Set	Updates to Old 6 Piece Class Set	Updated Items	Top Current Solo GR Clear Worldwide	Rank #50 GR Clear
Witch Doctor	2.6.8		6	150#	146#
Crusader	2.6.7		3	150#	145#
Barbarian	2.6.8*	1 [2.6.7]	9	147	140
Monk	2.6.7		2	145	137
Wizard	2.6.8*		3	143	135
Demon Hunter	2.6.9		8	141 &	130 &
Necromancer	2.6.9	3 [2.6.5, 2.6.9 (x2)]	6	139 &	127 &

"# Nerf in initial patch 2.6.9 PTR notes
'& New Set 2.6.9

[TheTias-1192]

@Iria-1342

We’re about to discuss the patch notes on Dieoxide’s stream if you want to tune in.

I sure hope you’ll give us a rundown of the juicy bits of the stream here. I don’t mind reading text, but sitting and watching (and waiting) for people to get to the point is why I don’t like videos as much as text. YouTube burnout FTL.

[Pe3eWe3e-21492]

It does not matter that much. Because it is not table for 4 man groups.

[MicroRNA-1507]

You know me… I leave no stone unturned. I don’t update until the end of seasons but you know S20 meta

4 Man Meta Historical Perspective and Request for Changes

Hi all, I checked the history of the 4 man leaderboards. I wanted to summarize and give highlights of the available information. As we know, greater rift clears of 4 man groups are significantly higher than solo players. As such, inclusion in the 4 man meta greatly increases that classes ability to get higher level legendary gems as well as XP/paragon levels. Please find below the classes and seasons which they are part of the dominant 4 man meta. Barbarian 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,1…

[Gegeforce-2680]

@dmkt-1267

Defensive Legendary Upgrades

Zoey’s Secret
You take 9.0% less damage You take 10.0% less damage and deal 10.0% more damage for every Companion you have active.

Wraps of Clarity
Your Hatred Generators reduce your damage taken by 50% 75% for 5 seconds. Each enemy hit by your generators increases your damage by 10% for 5 seconds up a maximum of 50%.

Elusive Ring
After casting Shadow Power, Smoke Screen, or Vault, take 60% 80% reduced damage and gain 50% attack speed for 8 seconds. Attack speed is reduced by 5% each second for the duration of the buff.

Fortress Ballista
Attacks grant you an absorb shield and armor bonus for 3.0% of your maximum Life. Stacks up to 10 times.

Really hope they could fiddle in some DR increases to the above mentioned items. Even if only the DR values are adjusted, then it would be much appreciated. Elusive Ring to 80% DR, Wraps of Clarity to 60-75% and Zoeys up to 10% per Companion. Make it happen, please.