From the Barb Community: DO NOT NERF REND

[Basshead-11137]

FYI I heard on Bluddshed’s stream he said he talked to Nev today and patch notes are coming Monday or Tuesday next week so everyone cross your fingers our war cry has been heard!

[DieHarder-11668]

I’m worried about’em.

If we don’t hear something soon, there might not be much of him left.

[Shiki-2698]

@MuTayShuN-1687

But you guys do realize you can use witching hour that has a 50% increased damage and IAS, right?

That’s not how Witching Hour works.

The 7 GR nerf (loss of a 200% multiplier) is very accurate.

[Khaelos-1753]

I have looked at the new crusader set but that hasn’t hit live and I wouldn’t be surprised if blizz nerfed that as well. I am hoping it isn’t though. But blizz loves their nerf bat.

[Hadd-1524]

He is joking. I think.

[MuTayShuN-1687]

How does witching hour work then? Real question, not being sarcastic.

[Prokahn-1764]

Ok guys. I am out of meme ideas finally

[Basshead-11137]

Its only critical hit damage increase not a flat rend damage multiplicative increase like the lamentation belt was.

[Aspirine-2366]

Not even sure if Rend can crit…

[Basshead-11137]

Rend does not crit but it damage does scale from crit damage and crit chance.

Rend mechanics 2.6.7

Tested everything I could think of to test about rend. Here is the summary: Rend’s base duration is 6 seconds, not 5 (the tooltip is straight up incorrect). Rend’s selfcast damage is only calculated off mainhand. The off-hand can be any off-rolled weapon for supporting purposes (CDR, AD etc.). WW, and therefore Ambo’s, oscillates between mainhand and off-hand. Rend scales with CHC & CHD but CAN NOT crit. Each Rend tick has (1 + CHC * CHD) as a separate multiplier. Only CHC and CHD that you s…

[BagboyBrown-11183]

It can’t. Not when applied with whirlwind.

[Laevathein-2157]

Nope but it benefits from the critical chance and critical damage I think.
And for Lamentation, it is a huge nerf: you lose 200% more damage on your first Rend, and you lose 200% more damage on the second Rend you apply on your target, that’s 400% total damage.
That’s not something you can get anywhere else.

[Konotaro-2414]

Indeed CHC and CHD is a direct up for rend damage it’s like AS for necro it up the mage damage not their AS

[PMG-1510]

@Nemiroth-21587

I almost spit my coffee when I reached “Rend to the hills”

One my favorite Maiden tunes of all time…still holds up after nearly 40 years!!

Dust (Devils) in the (Whirl)wind…

all we have is dust(devils) in the (whirl)wind…

[BagboyBrown-11183]

There any baileys in that coffee?

[Bassdude-1227]

Last time I checked, if something was broken, it did not work at all.
Appreciation of anything seems to be limited to the ability of the person to understand what crap truly is.
‘Could work better’ perhaps, but broken, no.

[Zymurgeist-1185]

My air conditioning is broken on my car but it still runs. You see how that works? Things can be partially broken. I broke the handle off my coffee mug but it still holds coffee and I hate to get rid of it.

[MuTayShuN-1687]

The ptr lamentation belt did not allow rend to be applied twice

[Bassdude-1227]

Good point - I suppose broken does depend on the ability of something to be fixed - or not.

[Stormbeard-11359]

@Basshead-11137

FYI I heard on Bluddshed’s stream he said he talked to Nev today and patch notes are coming Monday or Tuesday next week so everyone cross your fingers our war cry has been heard!

I can confirm. They are polishing the patch notes and blog so now we just have to wait.