Need help with how to play Focus + Restraint WW at high GR

Rasalom-1811 · March 28, 2020, 1:06pm

From Free’s excellent post here:

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d3#Part2B

Optimizing Armor for Season 20

If you’re playing Season 20, you’ll have access to the most powerful possible version of this build. This will require you to use the Core Zodiac build. Use the table below to determine how you should set up the build.

Paragon Range Cube Slot 1 Cube Slot 2 Cube Slot 3 Equipped Weapons Equip Focus and Restraint?

0-1500 Ambo’s Stone Gauntlets Worst ring Istvan’s Paired Blades No

1500-2500 Ambo’s Mantle Worst ring Istvan’s Paired Blades No

2500-9000+ Band of Might Zodiac CoE Ambo’s + Doombringer Yes

Note that the final configuration also requires you to take the Weapons Master passive and have Ambo’s equipped in your main hand to generate Fury. Even then, you may run into problems generating enough Fury, and may have to conserve your use of Ancient Spear. You will also use Bloodfunnel on Whirlwind, and Into the Fray on Battle Rage. If you have frequent problems generating enough Fury, you can swap your runes to Wind Shear and Swords to Ploughs respectively.

This configuration will use Ground Stomp to proc the generator buff of Focus and Restraint, but since Stomp eats Zodiac procs, you have to be careful when you use it. Only Stomp when you’ve gathered density and are prepared to DPS on your Physical CoE cycle (via hard-cast Rends). Make sure you keep up Wrath 100% of the time against RGs, and only cast Stomp when you are able to without interrupting Wrath cooldowns.

In all other respects, pushing Greater Rifts in Season 20 is handled in exactly the same fashion as it is in non-Season play.

Paragon Range	Cube Slot 1	Cube Slot 2	Cube Slot 3	Equipped Weapons	Equip Focus and Restraint?
0-1500	Ambo’s	Stone Gauntlets	Worst ring	Istvan’s Paired Blades	No
1500-2500	Ambo’s	Mantle	Worst ring	Istvan’s Paired Blades	No
2500-9000+	Band of Might	Zodiac	CoE	Ambo’s + Doombringer	Yes