H-Bomb by Harnor for Patch 2.7.0

Crusader
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Hey Etelen, Wudijo has a great video explanation of the mechanic:

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Thx amBASS.

cool, so if I understood correctly do a potion reset 5 seconds before coe (whatever the desired) cycle begins. And pay attention to zoning desync.

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Hola amBADASSador,

Amazingly, the key to all my problems lay in the following point which you brought up:

I had been doing this for so long that it seemed natural to stutter step. And there was a reason for this. In my semi-armorless variant of the build, the only way I could move without being instantly killed was by stutter-stepping at virtually all times. This led to missing on Oculus circles, neglect of cooldown pacing on Condemn…etc. Once you put it in print as an area of concern, I actually started to analyze the “why” of it…

Then I did some experimenting…then some more…

And once I equipped Aquila Cuirass in place of the Heart of Iron, all of a sudden I had all the time in the world to calmly consider my combat options, then make the sound tactical decisions.

And presto - results! I smashed my previous best on the first go. I mean literally - once I arrived at the current configuration of equipment, I did one test run. No more, no less. Festering Woods zone. Three pylons only: Power, Channeling, Speed, in that order. Perendi RG.

I am glad that you initially created confusion with a bit of controversy regarding your last season’s achievements. Without that bit of a stir, I would not have engaged in dialogue with you…and not have gained this new insight.

Thank you genuinely and sincerely.

–H

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That is indeed a nice clear! No conduit and a bad RG as well. I would not be surprised if you get close to GR150. I also happened to improve my personal best with a GR146 clear. Lacuni huntresses + exarchs on a Festering Woods with a speed + conduit pylon. Hit and ran through trash on floor 2 with a entry power pylon and finished on floor 3 with Perdition.

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Hey dmkt,

Thanks for coming up with the 7 variants. I experimented with them and then some additional tweaks of my own as well. My favorite combination is basically 5 which I used for my new best clear.

{edit: I previously thought that Andariel’s Visage may be bugged. I was just playing it a bit wrong it turns out (I’ll skip the fine details). Bottom line, I figured out the issue. Tested ok. It works fine now}

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Interesting, perhaps an isolated test is the way to confirm it?

Thorns damage is very easy to measure since it doesn’t vary much.

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Heart of iron is actually pretty garbage. Check it out on maxroll, it basically adds nothing to your damage by comparison. Perhaps more on the LoD version, but obviously Aquila’s is much more worth. The way I’ve always looked at it is, if you’re only sacrificing a little bit, maybe a bit more, it’s a lot better to survive then it is to do max damage. Especially with wiz. If you’re unable to live or sit there and focus damage, constantly running around, you’re going to lose more dps from that then just removing an item.

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Heart of Iron tends to be ~8-10 more damage.

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Let’s say I wanted to do speed runs, what build variant would you recommend?

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Those are push builds more than speed builds. There is a nice maxroll guide for speed LoN bomb that works pretty well. I have been using it and it does the job.
https://maxroll.gg/guides/lon-bombardment-crusader-guide check the speed gr build

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I use that build as well myself. Was wondering if there might be a more powerful version available.

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I do #1 LoN + CoE with In-Geom and Squirts,

#6 work as a base works quite well too.

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this is what I have put together so far:

maxroll.gg/d3planner/413639700

besides a better hellfire amulet, what else should I change?

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I believe you are golden! My only question is regarding your heal-per-hit. Is it sufficient? You could always change the resist on your bracers to that, if needed.

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Thanks for the quick response. I could roll LpH on gloves, helm, bracers and amulet I’m just not sure how much I will need. I haven’t decided yet what to roll on the chest, but I guess it should be VIT->Bombardment?

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Definitely, on your Chest piece ideal is STR, VIT, Bombardment, with Thorns as secondary.

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400 hellfire amulets later… what’s best to roll here, all resist to?

imgur .com/a/guExFiI

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Reroll Resistance to All into an Elemental Damage bonus of choice.

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