Do not do this CR before season start if you want to keep the cache for leveling or the altar!!!
Americas/Console:
The build I had in the original upload got changed, updated with the revised one:
This is a relatively easy, straightforward Typhoon Hydra build.
I recommend after you enter the rift, turn on the armor and immediately place 2 Hydras, so you maximize your defense (and offense).
After that just put new Hydras in front of you and let them clear the mobs. Use Energy Twister to group mobs if needed from time to time.
Europe:
A pretty straightforward LoD Twister build this time around.
Get up your Ice armor and you kinda can use Ray of Frost till the end of the CR.
For those who play on the Asia server: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdrUxOb_23k
Big thanks to Cpt D, Mad Tom, Jesse and all the ones who make these.
I’m so glad this post was up on the forums. I watched the youtube videos and then logged in to mess about with the challenge rift, just to find it was a different build. I thought I had lost my mind…or i was some how not at the right spot.
i did the challenege rift they first put out for this week, prior to S32 starting and left it thnking i could use it when season starts. I guess i was dumb, but thats so annoying as the challenge has zero to do with what you did that season so if the reward is sitting their unclaimed, why do away with it prior to the new season ?
I didn’t even bother with that part and still beat the rift. Did the armor/hydras, but ignored energy twister because honestly it just ended up slowing me down. Once you get the rhythm of stutter stepping + hydras, RoF is all you need. You won’t even need the generator unless you get down to nothing by accident.
Feels weird playing with D3’s teleport after playing D4’s sorcerer for a while. Movement feels a LOT slower in D3 than it does in D4, something I noticed pretty massively with this build.
You don’t need to focus on filling up Shenlong’s, if it happens, it happens, you have enough damage anyways.
Group up mobs with Cyclone Strike, use Allies on Cooldown, win!
Europe:
Very squishy Uliana build this time around. Due to the fact it has In-Geom and you should spam Seven Sided Strike to stay alive you should focus on elite hunting.
I mainly used manual Exploding Palm as well, since 3 Primary attacks to autoproc EP was very often to dangeorus.
Group up mobs with Cyclone Strike, EP them (either auto or manual) and SSS them.
The Channeling Pylon helps a lot with the above mentioned playstyle.
Great job
If anything, I can wait untill next week. Already got a lot of good nodes unlocked including Father (random shrine effect) and several Tal Rasha builds that can run 90+ and T16 visions effortlessly. I didn’t bother running any chapters to get Haedrig’s gift either (Vyr’s isn’t that great).
Not saying this to brag but to say that if running this week’s CR is too much, time can be spent collecting the stuff needed for going beyond node 15… like Staff of Herding.
A possible help which I saw in Cpt Honorseeker’s video’s comment section is this:
“that was surprisingly easy helped knowing where the packs were, thanks did it with 25% time left.
Just dont apply exploding palm with the actual skill, let the main attack do it every 3rd hit (happens fast), then there is no resource issues :)”
A link to the video (link just inserted in order not to bloat the thread):
helped knowing where the packs were, thanks