Hi all,
When I play with some Pro players, they give me hints on how to avoid lag. One told me that, if I experience lag when entering into a map, this is because I was connected to the community chats, and thay I should switch them off.
The other day, I was playing as ZDH, and a guy told me to change the secondary property of my oculus ring. I guess he was referring to the Sanctified Strafe. I have checked on Maxroll guide for ZDH and, yes, it says it may cause lag.
Is there a list of all the small tips you can follow to avoid lags?
As z, avoid any stat rolls that have ad (area damage) that includes paragon, only trash killers require it, if you run with them.
Also, if you play on an Americas server, try to have your game hosted by someone who is overseas. They will likely be connected to a less populated server, your ping impact should typically be impacted minimally ~150 ms (just like rng your mileage may vary) compared to starting a game on a very active server.
Not at all required but it seems to help occasionally.
Always disable an area damage then you play on supports. Try to have 0 AD on this positions.
Try to not get very large packs of creeps on some maps such as Briatorn.
Certain skills can also cause temporary lag spikes/instant disconnects regardless of area damage. in particular marked for death (when applied via the calamity hand crossbow), and crusader’s fist of the heavens (particularly the fissure rune) in dense clumps of monsters. as stated above, only run area damage if you are playing the trash killer in a group. one roll of area damage is as bad as having it everywhere, it’s more small damage number calculations that don’t need to be there, as they do little to no damage. i’d also recommend setting the “display monster hp bars” setting to a keybind you’re familiar with, or just outright disabling it at all times. having this enabled can not only cause lag, but cause your skillbar and/or hp/mana globes to partly or completely disappear when playing through dense rifts.
most other instances of lag are just crappy servers, or due to the game not properly handling area damage calculations in the case of builds like firebats witch doc, or when bringing multiple Wave of Light Monks or Firebird Wizards into the same party on NA-West servers. just have to sort of deal with those, or migrate to Australian or South American host if you can (you can set your preferred server in the battlenet app)
But that is the fun with playing Z, gathering mobs untill the computer melts down.