Well done, Blayze.
Grats on the top 100 ranking.
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Congratulations! 
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Awesome job congrats!
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Awesome job, Blayze. Hopefully you’ll manage to hang on to a top 100 spot!
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Congratulations! Awesome job.
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congrats man, great job
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Hi everyone, it seems that I am doing something very wrong here. While this should be my strongest setup, I feel that playing with BK swords would get me higher clears. I cleared GR115 with BK setup, but when i changed to Ambo+Doom, I kept dying and timed out in GR115. The fury management and slow movespeed made things tedious too.
Please enlighten me on how I can improve. Is it the gear, or I simply lack the skills to wield Ambo+Doom?
Thanks!
To use Ambo’s/Doom, or IPB swords you need to change Whirlwind rune to Wind Shear, and Battle Rage rune to Swords to Ploughshares.
That way you can drop Weapon Master for Rampage.
You have more paragon than me so should be able to do 115 easily.
With those changes if you’re not dying so much, you can swap Nerves of Steel for a more offensive passive, like Berserker or Brawler.
If you check my seasonal Barb you can see my set up. I run IPB swords, but the skill set up is the same.
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First of all, BK to Ambo/Doom is a big jump in terms of required skill so don’t feel bad that you’re dying. Most people transition to Istvan (which is a lot easier to play) before ultimately going to Ambo, but given your paragon I think it’s fine and going straight to Ambo will force you to become a better player faster.
The Ambo setup requires more CDR to play smoothly, so the one single change (other than using the right runes for WW/BR as mentioned above) you can make that will help you the most is adding one more CDR slot to your shoulders. Get a pair with CDR + Rend - easy to find. For now, just reroll the Rend to 8% CDR which will help you big time until you can get a decent shoulder. Also don’t hesitate to add more paragon into vitality until you get the hang of things.
Eventually you’ll wanna replace that primal Ambo with an ancient one since it’s got a wasted stat line (Attack speed is not doing anything for you). The Doom - eventually you’ll reroll the 6% to Area Damage, but if you’re lacking main stat right now I wouldn’t hesitate to reroll it to Vitality for the time being.
Finally - practice, practice practice! With your gear you should be able to get to 120+ easily.
Been playing more zbarb and have some questions:
- What’s the optimal allocation of paragon between Vitality/Strength?
- Rank these in priority: All Res, Life, Elite Dmg Reduc, Vitality, Strength, Armor
- Istvan vs Pig/Storm - which and why?
- On Stormshield - what’s more important, stats or 35% (max) block?
- Rank these: Sword/Board, Superstition, Relentless, Nerves, Inspiring, Pound Flesh
Thanks!
Question might be better here…
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I looked at that guide - it’s a bit outdated.
See notes for my take on your questions.
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Thanks Phoenix and Blayze for the tips!
I’ve cleared GR120! Mission accomplished for Season 20!
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Thanks for taking the time to answer all the questions, very helpful!
I started with Istvan (which was fine, never felt weak), but switched to Pig/Shield for the tankiness. The CDR difference is only 2% so I figured all the extra defensive stats from pig/shield + blocking was worth the 30% Armor tradeoff, but the top barbs in 4 man are all rocking IB so I must be missing something.
Wow that was quick! Well done man, congratulations.
Looking for suggestions on my current build on what to prioritize upgrading or any swaps I should make, Currently on GR113 but haven’t quite gotten it ran out of time on boss.
https://www.d3planner.com/941906721
136 NS down in 14:13. NA rank#25/World rank#158 when it gets updated.
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Gratz again, I was there… sort of! 