americas challenge build is a punishment for forcing blizzard to fix the issues
im sure they spite D3 players
but honestly i have seen MUCH worse builds but from different perspective worse, in public games on eu there is a guy who plays the same stupid demon hunter build for many years and he cant even solo gr 85
Unnerving, but so true.
I… what…
HUH?!
How??
eta - why??
I would say both CR397’s I posted are clearly “troll” attempts, considering, NA has almost 1,8K paragon and EU almost 2,3K paragon…
I mean, it was my first try on both, so definitely doable, but still…
griefer griefing all the time thats why
didnt know he actually finished gr 90 this year, on 6k paragon after 5k hours played rofl
@MadTom EU one at least is a build
There was CR a long while back that was missing a weapon and so they changed it. The build and GR level of CR when they changed it was a Full Firebird’s and GR 14.
I take it was someone just running low GR’s to get the legendary gems and not actually level them up.
Anyway, it sort of proves that they do take builds from actual players.
Filthy Casual posted a video on the EU and NA challenge rifts this week, and he provided a tip that made NA real easy: Your cubed bracers increase Tempest rush damage when the enemy gets crowd controlled.
To do that, simply hit them with your resource generator 3 times, which freezes them. Now you just tap Tempest Rush (or hold it for a sec or two or three). No need to actually ‘strafe’ this one and keep the TR button pressed all the time.
GL
/edit: Sorry, I cannot post without editing… just don’t have it in me, apparently. What I wanted to add:
With this approach, the CR becomes more about elite hunting than mowing every easy trash mob down (unlike Asia, which I tried and then decided it wasn’t for me… and I’ll level the first Asia char without cache this season).
I also remember a case where the CR was from the end of the previous season and had the season theme active, then the season ended Sunday and the CR went live Monday and it was impossible to complete without the theme.
Could be the same one actually, if it was the ethereal season and the weapon poofed. I don’t remember the specifics, I just remember them needing to do change the CR because it was impossible after the season ended and the theme was no longer active.
I remember thinking it was weird that the CR didn’t snapshot the theme and was actually affected by whatever theme was live at the time the CR went live, not when the original clear was actually recorded.
I believe this was Challenge Rift 216 on console. It was reported here:
Blizzard responded here:
I don’t know, there are a lot of very, very noob players in this game (some with over 1000 paragon in a season) who have no idea what they are doing. There are more than enough players out there to choose runs from.
Numerous times I have seen someone in chat crying because class X sucks because it does no damage and dies all the time and can’t clear GR70(most of the time, plvl chat). Inspect their build and it looks like a CRift build or worse.
CHALLENGE RIFT 398
Witch Doctor this week.
AMERICAS/CONSOLE:
Pretty straightforward no-set pet and Zombie Bear based build.
When you enter the rift, press Gargantuans and Zombie Dogs. Use Wall of Death for monster control purposes.
Otherwise blast all down with Zombie Bears!
I recommend you to run to the Shield Pylon on Floor 1, as the mobs are pretty dangerous on that Floor.
EUROPE:
Helltooth set pet based set-up. Has “Turbo chicken” for fast movement.
When you enter the rift, activate your Gargantuans and Zombie Dogs. Press Wall of Death to activate your set defenses.
Press Hex and chicken your way from Elite to Elite (or bigger Density). Use Wall of Death on the Elite/Group and Locust Swarm for good measure. Rinse and repeat!
Good luck!
PSA for the noob who made this week’s NA CR:
all wd builds use Lakumbas
all wd builds use soul harvest/languish
all wd builds use piranha/piranado
all wd builds use spirit walk/jaunt (at least this build had the spirit walk)
not a hard CR (finished with like 3 minutes left) just an annoying CR.
For anyone getting frustrated by dying so many times in the first floor, don’t give up. Get to the shield pylon, and then the conduit. Second floor you will make up for lost time. I was seriously way behind, almost gave up, then was like “Nah, already here, will just practice I guess.” Ended up finishing with a couple minutes to spare. Wasn’t pretty, but got the cache.
Also… salvage that potion and never use it again.
CHALLENGE RIFT 399
No set Crusader this week.
AMERICAS/CONSOLE:
This looks like a complete build and is fun to play. Blessed Shield with enough multipliers, horse and Fist of the Heavens Sanctified Power.
Horse around, blast down elites/groups with Blessed Shield, move on.
You don’t need to manually cast Fist of the Heavens.
EUROPE:
This set-up lacks mobility. Main damage dealers are Bombardment (auto cast from belt), Heaven’s Fury and Blessed Shield.
Try to rotate skills on groups/elites, fill up Wrath with Punish (Primary skill) if needed.
Good luck!
Both done on first try.
CHALLENGE RIFT 400
Demon Hunter this week.
AMERICAS/CONSOLE:
This is a pretty squishy Marauder set-up.
Plant Sentries whenever you can, use Smoke Screen for protection, alternate between Primary and Secondary skill.
EUROPE:
A strange no-set Chakram based build.
Use Chakram whenever it is off Cooldown. When approaching groups “Mark them for Death”. Use Vault to activate the defense from Elusive Ring.
Spam left click…
Good luck!
Quite strange and boring build at EU this week. Maybe first time we just need to spam melee attack for dmg.
At least it’s fairly easy to pass.
CHALLENGE RIFT 401
Necromancer this week.
AMERICAS/CONSOLE:
A pretty straightforward no set build, mainly based on Corpse Explosion.
Keep your Bone armor up, usually one Bone Spear is enough to get your first corpse and then chain kill with Corpse Explosion.
Use Curse on groups/elites for faster kills.
EUROPE:
Pretty straightforward Rathma build.
When you enter the rift get your Bone armor up, Command Skeletons on an enemy press Army of the Dead. Get up 10 minions with Revive.
There is no real multiplier in the cube for Siphon Blood, but keep it up if you can.
If your Command Skeleton has no target, re-target it, use Army of the Dead on Cooldown. Keep your Bone armor up, rinse and repeat.
Good luck!
CHALLENGE RIFT 402
Barbarian this week.
AMERICAS/CONSOLE:
It’s a Savages/Frenzy build with pretty long cooldown.
You can use Wrath of the Berserker few times through the rift though.
The combination of Ground Stomp with Avalanche is great for groups/Elites. Also use your shout on groups as it buffs your damage due to the 2-set bonus.
Rend is not really needed.
Otherwise spam Frenzy and win.
EUROPE:
It’s a Wrath of the Wastes Set-up. If you get Fury starved use Bash (I didn’t have to use it).
Cooldowns are pretty long, so I recommend using Wrath of the Berserker/Ancients max 2 times during the rift so you have them ready for the Rift Guardian kill.
When you enter rift press Battle rage and War Cry.
Refresh War Cry whenever you can, as it also gives you Fury.
Good luck!
CHALLENGE RIFT 403
Wizard this week.
AMERICAS/CONSOLE:
A pretty straightforward Firebird build. Damage from set bonus to burn is usually enough to burn most of the enemies, on others (elites/RG) it is enough to tap them with Electrocute.
When you enter the rift, activate your Storm Armor, Magic Weapon, Sparkflint, move forward, ignite enemies with Disintegrate. Win.
EUROPE:
A no-set more or less magic missile/Hydra build.
My playstyle was to group up enemies with Black Hole, send one Arcane Orb in, and always place a Hydra in front of me. And hold down Magic Missile and go forward.
Good luck!
This has to be one of the easiest CRs we’ve gotten for NA. It really is as simple as activating the three CDs at the beginning and basically just incinerating non-elites and black holing the elites + one electrocute tap + burn city. It’s a welcome reprieve vs. the usual hardly functional builds.