I noticed looking at guides that people temper defensive gear slots to get +crowd control duration. Anyone know why? I cant figure out where the CC is in the build. Not getting any replies in the barb forums
Is the build using Challenging Shout?
Yes they pretty much all do.
On purpose? Perhaps they partially bricked it and thought meh it’s usable and went with it. The dust devils build I had had no CC at all.
Your dmg mitigation from challenging shout should last as long as the debuffed mob is present. Cc duration increases that and coupled with challenging shout cd reduce, you can gain 100% uptime on your dmg mitigation
Watching some videos they aim for crowd control duration. I understand challenging shout, but thought the DR only applied to the duration of the actual shout and not the duration that monsters run to you which in my opinion is kind of insignificant. I just assumed that barrier generation for iron skin would be the better choice, but the top builds call for CC duration.
DR from challenging shout applies as long as there is at least 1 debuffed mob.
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That’s interesting and good info to know. Thanks!
np. I like that you are questioning and trying to understand the setup in a build guide rather than blindly following it.
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Hmm that’s interesting. I never had an issue with needing the damage reduction to last any longer. Survival with the DD build wasn’t the issue it was doing enough DPS to the pit bosses.
I didn’t follow a build outside of reading about how dust devils generate, etc. But now that I’m getting items with multiple GA’s I started watching videos so I could make the most of them. None of them mentioned the reasoning for it.
@ pmulgrew612 - I haven’t had survival issues yet, but since I play hardcore I always try to be balanced because ya never know lol
On my Whirlwind Barbarian the CC comes from using a one-handed mace, then having both Wallop & Concussion on Skill Tree.