An update:
엔류 up to GR 138, using the setup I suggested (any notes on how well it worked, 엔류?)
About 9k paragon. Rank 1 on Raekor board by (lol) 23 tiers.
I’ve been trying R6 HoTA with the new patch. I haven’t played R6 since charging was a thing. Overall? My biggest issue is not being able to get stacks fast enough to keep the DPS going. It would be easier if it was charges per enemy hit as opposed to per charge cast.
maxroll.gg/d3planner/958952278
Crimson is not “the” recommended best guide for pushing.
Rage has the recommendations at the top of the forum here.
Play what you want, but the build shown is probably inferior to the standard R6 build…
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Well, Free wrote the guide. And I believe it’s actually based on an original version in Portuguese by Lucio. I just added a few updates…
I love crimson with these kinds of builds. Damage, toughness and cooldowns are all there. The bottleneck for me is getting stacks.
Are you wall-charging? That definitely helps with getting stacks faster. Totally agree btw that they need to change the stacking effect to a per-enemy-hit system.
there arent always walls, lol.
You found the hidden rift level that is just the void of outer space?
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What’s, um . . . . what’s going on in here?
So, over in a different thread, we got into a discussion about Maxroll and their reliability with regards to Barb builds. They have the Crimson variant listed for speeds, not pushes, and . . . okay, sure. I mean, speed GRs with this build don’t really need Crimson’s, but okay. Not the end of the world.
Obviously you don’t push with the Crimson’s variant because taking RoRG means you can’t take the Endless Walk set, and Endless Walk = more damage than Crimson’s + RoRG. All good so far.
What I don’t like is their lack of emphasis on wall-charging, which is–literally–the only thing that truly elevates this build’s damage output over an IK/LoD HOTA build. Wall-charging is essential to pushing with this build, something I emphasize several times in the guide:
This is something Maxroll never does. They don’t sufficiently emphasize a build’s core, the thing that truly makes it tick.
If you’re pushing with R6 HOTA and you’re not wall-charging, you’re not pushing. You’re wasting time.
Im just having some fun with the set. I dont want to aug anymore wastes or mote sets im not going to keep after the season ends. I really like charging all over the place. Fastest set by far. You guys can debate the items. I have found so far in my limited playing the glaring bottleneck is getting stacks (even with wall charging). If you could pump and dump hota 100% of the time this would be a gr140 set.
엔류 up to 146 in 12:10 so far (at roughly 12k paragon) in the very young Era 15. He dropped EW set, and is using RoRG + Crimson, as well as the Ess of Johan amulet. I’d be shocked if we don’t see at least 148 from him.
If anybody should happen upon this thread, please note that Raekor has been reworked to only buff Ancient Spear. Raekor HOTA no longer exists.
The guide for Raekor Ancient Spear is here:
[Guide] Raekor Ancient Spear - Barbarian - Diablo 3 Forums (blizzard.com)
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