I am pretty confident that:
The top clear of WD with the new set/build in era 13 will be higher than the current solo non-season GR era record. I suspect that it will be at least GR 147. (I actually think it will be even higher but wanted to be conservative here to increase my odds of being right).
Even with the AoV nerf, the top crusader worldwide will still clear at least GR 146. I think it most likely will be above GR 146.
Barbs will clear at least GR 146 in era 13 as illustrated by rend in era 12.
Wizards got the short end of the stick this PTR with nerfs and a weak newly introduced build.
DH and necromancers need buffs that hopefully will come in patch 2.6.9
Correct. They were not part of the meta in season 1, 2 , or 3. As zDPS, they have been part of the meta in seasons:
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 18, 19
So they have been part of 100% of the 4 man meta from the fall of 2015 until now (~4.5 years).
Clearing GR 120 @ under 1400 paragon is pretty decent. At about the same paragon, what was your top ww/rend clear?
Is this accurate? Was this with ~3000 paragon? I could not locate your name on the EU non-season leaderboard that goes down to GR 123. I might have missed it, but as I was saying h90/frenzy is not as weak as some people are making it out in comparison to rend. Also, Blizzard strengthened the build post-PTR by making stuns work for the 2 piece set which has advantages over freeze/fear.
How are you counting season 19 meta? 8 of the top 10 seasonal 4 man clears used 2 barbs and the majority of the top 200 teams.