Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
Ideally: shoulders, gloves, both weapons, both rings.
So thereās no point at all having elemental damage on a weapon for any class?
Correct.
When a weapon says, for example, ā1740-1860 Arcane damage,ā the part that reads āArcaneā means nothing. All you need to worry about is the damage range, and it needs to be as high as possible. Small tip: never roll the damage range to maximize it unless there are no better options!
If, however, a weapon comes with multiplicative elemental damage, thatās a different story. The Axe of Sankis, for example, comes with ā20% Fire damage,ā and that elemental damage affixājust like the ones found on bracers and amuletsāacts as a separate multiplier to aligned skill runes. This is why IK HOTA stacks Fire damage on bracer and amulet.
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Hi Basshead,
Iām using Pain Enhancer.
Is it mandatory to use 7% IAS on both Remorseless and Echoing Fury? I have 7% + 6% currently.
If Iām using Bane of the Powerful instead, do I still want to roll for IAS in weapons?
Thanks!
Hey w4nk,
I havenāt seen Basshead around for a while, so Iāll try to answer your question.
EF always rolls Dmg% - AS - Str, so you have a pretty limited range of stats on that weapon. At lower paragon, I think Dmg% - Str - Area Damage is going to be your best bet, and at higher paragon, Dmg%-AS-AD.
For Remorseless, I would definitely not roll AS. I think your best bet is going to be Dmg%-AD-Str.
Hi Rage,
Thanks so much for the answer! 
Hey Rage thanks for answering. Sorry I havenāt been around much but have had my RL turned upside down with all thatās going on in the world so havenāt had much time for anything outside of work, family and other RL stuff. I hopefully should be back more active soon.
Hey man, no problem. Glad youāre doing ok- hadnāt heard from you for a while!
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As of right now I donāt see this build changing at all for S21 but will update the title once the patch notes go officially live.
Hi!
Seems, we need to correct 1st post in CHC section.
Right now with remorseless setup max fury is 174 (100 base + 50 paragon + 10-12 IK belt + 10-12 remorseless).
My barb has 170 right now = 34% CHC.
In result, we donāt need all perfect rolls on gear.
With all perfect rolls and buffs our total CHC is 101%.
Hi Yzer. I donāt suggest max fury on remorseless if you look at the d3planner hence why the fury rolls are suggested on other pieces of gear. You are of course welcome to roll fury on remorseless if you wish and then you donāt need it elsewhere to achieve perfect CHC.
Hello, I dont post often (or at all ) but im a regular lurker, and have been for years. I play in EU, so my US acct is irrelevant for info.
Thank you very much for this very well detailed and argued build.
I have 2 questions:
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The proposed setup on D3 planner has a damage resistance score of 80%. I wouldnt rate myself highly as far as skilled gameplay goes, but even then, I cannot comprehend how so little damage resistance could ever fly above gr 90 if even that far. Sure there is nerves of steel but, if every elite affix one hits you, i wouldnt think that a valid substitute for some damage resistance. Did I miss something?
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I have spreadsheeted, then geared, then tested a variant of this build integrating 2 pieces of the Savage set. Guven my paragon i replaced coe with the necessary rorg. Double bloodshed , dbl dmg on ccāed enemies, and dbl war cry has done incredible wonders for me, and t this stage I definitely wont go back to a pure ik setup. What do you guys think of this variant? Is there something im missing at higher gr tiers 8 (i push to 125 atm) that would make this variant invalid?
Cheers
80% from BoM, 50% from Together as one (rune on Call of the Ancients) and 50% from striding giant rune on Wrath of the Berserker granted through wearing Morticks brace is the baseline.
DR=1-(1-.8)(1-.5)(1-.5) = 1-(.2*.5*.5) = 1-(.05) =. 95 =95% DR
I canāt speak to working in 2H90 as I havenāt tried it, but interesting idea.
Thanks Insidious! For the savages set itās something that I would need to test. Maybe give it a whirl whenever the PTR rolls around.
Iām hopeful weāll get some buffs to IK and HotA supporting items for this coming PTR! Want to dust off my HotA barb!
I would def say that build is better then the COE/old variat without even testing it. When the build lost istvans for remorsless and EF is took a slight defensive nerf but gaine a good chunk of offense. With this version double warcry more then makes up for that loss. So lets say we are even in regards to defense from the previous variant(istvans/COE). On the offensive side double battle rage is massive and in density more then makes up for the loss of COE just on its own. I miss bloodshed!!!. Then you bring in double damage from CCd enemies and now EF has a purpose. I am curious to know what your paragon is for the 125 you did?
Depending on what balance changes we get double bloodshed is absolutely massive in density and this build will be used for fishing top IK clears if its even close to WW power. Also something to keep in mind when I was lower paragon I could not drop warcry as some had suggested for either spear or threatening shout. At high paragon war cry will be dropped for double threatening shout if its possible.
Iām playing off season this season (unrelated reasons). And my anemic paragon is 2100. I pretty much only play solo, so para leveling has always been tough, and have therefore given up leaderboards since season 5 (if i recall correctly).
Anyhow, para 2100 and lvl 505 caldesanns on all the gear except endless walk, which i dont have ancient.
Thanks for the replies. You should check the link to the planner. There indeed is ToE, but no morticks, as cube has Magefist.
So BoM, ToE and crazy paragons. Is that enugh?
Edit: I use a primal echo fury, which i believe is relevant considering the 20% chance to fear. And my IK belt has 4% chance to freeze. Thats it for cc unfortunately atm.
Edit 2: I donāt believe I have properly thanked all you guys and the wonderful Barb community for the wonderful work that has been done - and upkeeped - to keep the d3 knowledge alive and kicking. I donāt main Barb, but DH and Sader, but I have always enjoyed the change of pace shouting fury offered, ever since I first tried ww/skorn way back when. So, thank you, especially to the guide contributors, and special mention to Free.
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only worry I would have here is fury starvation from dropping the fury of the ancients shoulders for the savages shoulders. I will have to test.
PTR notes up. Nothing for IK but EQ got a Blade of the Tribes buff.
Sort of disappointing since IK could really use some love, but happy we got the Tribes buff.
hey bud I did a little testing of your variant but has some fury issues. How are you keeping fury up without using the shoulders? Especially in density. Using the savage shoulders it just seems to drop in density and thats a major CHC and DPS loss.