105 at 696 
Just missed the leaderboard.
EU Rank 1000 was a 107 when I looked last night.
I guess I’ll try and get on there today.
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Rank 1000 now needs a GR110 on EU.
Question on the build RE:weapons.
In terms of pure output damage, is rolling AD better than Damage %? As far as I know (but I might be wrong) AD is just a chance to deal area damage on hit - as for this build, only when using Hard Cast rend, while weapon % damage should be used always, right? Or I’m getting something wrong?
AD Should scale better when grouping hell of density, but is it still better than a constant damage output?
Sorry if this was discussed before.
AD is a guaranteed proc from HC rend and as it states has an area effect so the scaling from large pulls is alot more then damage%. Damage % will be better in speeds when you have less density. Either way hardcast should be done in order to get cooldown help. Take what you can get is my rule.
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GR107 with Paragon 811…
https://i.imgur.com/kgXoH5o.jpg
GR108 with Paragon 815…
https://i.imgur.com/I6kuzWU.jpg
GR109 with Paragon 823…
https://i.imgur.com/N1TuYlV.jpg
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Hi Dallo,
WW alternates weapons, so 10% damage on your swords isn’t really 10% more overall damage. Meanwhile, our AD procs are massive because they scale based off our compressed Rend damage and all its subsequent modifiers. This is why hard-casting in density is the key to pushing your limits.
So, for pushing GRs, AD is far superior to 10% damage on weapons. But for speed-farming T16 or low GRs where the goal is to one-shot everything, 10% is the preferred stat, because at those levels, we’re not stopping to hard-cast Rend.
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Dang chris, your barb gear is pretty GG as is, what else are you hunting for? I’m still on the search for quad gloves/shoulders and all res chest + bracers. A long way to go! And I want 6K more paragon too… lol.
Any NS players looking to add a new barb friend, please feel free to connect!
Seras#11432
Season 20, shall now be known as the Season of the Long Troll lol
Still no Solemn Vow, although I have not had any further BK swords drop yet. I now have 1 BK sword, and 1 IPB sword 
So I am still doing T16 with a 2 hander, and I actually managed to collect all the H90 pieces before completing either of the sword sets.
Not a huge fan of the H90 play style, really need another sword 
Reminder
If you push, RECORD VIDEO.
I want to see those beatiful Zodiac Rend clears, you glorious animals.
Love,
Free
Here are some video’s of all my BK Solemn Vow drops:
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So I finally got the gear I needed for this build and dayum is it powerful! I went from farming T10-T12 to instantly killing everything at T16. Wow. My sheet damage isnt really any different either from my previous build which was IK6 WOTB WW.
Still getting used to the play style. Btw is ancient spear mainly used for GRs? I find myself not even needing to use it so far. Not good with it at all but everything still melts.
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At easier GR levels, you’ll be killing trash mobs so quickly there’s no need for it, so you can substitute it for something like Sprint / Marathon. Once you get to higher GR levels, you need to gather up multiple screens worth of mobs into a pack, usually next to a useful pylon, e.g. power or conduit, which will give massive progress.
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GR110 with Paragon 861…
https://i.imgur.com/rLh4wFb.jpg
Why do you say to use lightning gear and skull grasp when farming t16 please ?
Everything is already dying fast and i thought it was rend which does all the damage, so why does it matter to increase ww damage ?
thanks
Hey Mania. Great question.
Adding Skull Grasp into the mix isn’t make or break for the build. Basically, everything should be getting one-shot by Rend at T16 if you have the correct gear. But if your Paragon is very low or your gear is very bad, having that extra damage from WW and Skull Grasp can make T16 that much smoother and easier. Again, most players won’t need it, but it is an option.
As for the Lightning damage, you can opt to stack it and use Lacerate on Rend for a higher base damage bleed, but I–and many players–prefer to stick with Bloodbath better AOE. Lacerate was kind of popular last Season, but its use has waned since then, and I updated the guide to reflect that.
Hey there, Fist!
Sheet damage is misleading because it doesn’t reflect multipliers plugged into your build; don’t pay attention to sheet damage.
Yeah, IK Whirlwind is an incredibly outdated build–many Seasons ago, Zodiac WW was still vastly out-performing it. And the current Zodiac Rend build is light years ahead in terms of power, toughness, and versatility.
As Meteorblade noted, yes, Spear is used in GR pushes when things don’t die quickly. The OP covers this in greater detail.
Spin to Rend (and win)!
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I must say Rend is amazing for season play. Strong and well rounded. Keyfarm, Bounties, Conquests, Speeds, Push you name it, Rend does the job perfectly.
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I see it’s gonna be one of those kinds of eras:
Missed 126 by a second.
Floor 1: Hallway to Butcher, terrible elites, Shield Pylon.
Floor 2: Battlefields with friggin’ Bogans, 7 elite packs, and no Conduit. Took a Power to hard-cast down the final 5 elite packs, then barely missed shredding the Spider Lady in time.
Pushing 17-18k main stat to its breaking point while I farm gear/gem ups on the side in groups. I think I can snag up to 128 with my current gear and main stat if I fish and play with skill. I don’t think 130 is possible with my main stat, but I might just try it anyway.
Why?
Because I’m obviously insane and in love with Zodiac Rend. This build is so dang satisfying to play.
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We need to get you some 120+ augments. hehehe!!!
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Well my season of the long troll has partly finished.
After getting my 20th BK sword drop, you guessed it, another Warrior Blood I also dropped another IPB sword, you guessed it as well, the same one I already had.
I was bemoaning my lack of good fortune to my clan mates, when one jumped into my game to help me out. First T16 Normal, bang, he drops a Solemn Vow for me within a minute.
By the time we’d finished running together he’d given me two.
So technically I still haven’t had a Solemn Vow drop this season, but I have now at least got a complete set so I can start farming mats again to play around with my gear and rolls.
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Hey, thanks for the reply and the guide by the way. Sorry for not being polite in my first post !
In your speedfarm option, i think you could add rechel ring. I am using it with a zodiac ring and BK weapons and it seems to be quite broken for speedfarming. Even with not good ancient BK weapons, i’m flying at high speed through T16 Rifts at 1k parangon with this gear www.d3planner. com/983677909
I don’t know if i should use an EF since it seems to proc very often with just the ring . And i would lose the BK set bonus MS if i would use it. Since i am playing non seasonal, i have to put a ring in the third cube slot, i chose pandemonium loop but i don’t know if it procs rechel’s MS. Otherwise, i will follow your idea and take the molten necklace which is very good indeed
Would you happen to know about pandemonium loop and rechel ring ?
Sorry for the bad english
Thanks again for the great guide (and the season 20 updates!). I was able to clear a 110 pretty easily with the basic setup (IB). I noticed that everyone is using F&R in s20 as noted by you in the guide. I equipped them and went in for a 111 and found myself instantly dying constantly. BoM proc is up and I have about 900k health.
Is there a key gameplay mechanic I am missing, or is this really just from losing 25% damage reduction from dropping Mantle of Channeling in the cube?