Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

This is the build I followed, which is pretty close to the top build on Diablo Fans as well.

Wizard Manald Archon Hydra Build (Patch 2.5 / Season 10)

It does take some very much getting used to compared to DH. But the difference is, with Vengeance up, and Aquilla Cuirass buff, and then evasive ring, it's very easy to hit like 350M toughness or something crazy like that. I think I hit 150M or so with 200 Archon stacks? And vault is so much nicer than teleport IMO, that it's just easy to avoid affixes as well. Add to it of course that your face f'ing the screen with Impale, and it makes for an extremely easy build. Up to GR80 or so on my DH.

Wizard? You gotta stay in Archon to make it work, and then when out of Archon, very precisely use Teleport to stay alive. It's a LOT more work than DH, but it's sure fancy AF doing it. Lightning and fire, etc etc looks way cooler than DH Impale. haha!

The chantados will or whatever that set is has some cool builds as well. They aren't as good this season but still destroy everything on the screen sub 80

Post 80s is probably better to reach for this season, if you can at all make a build for that (or post 90s).

If you really want to do higher grift stuff, it is probably best to pick a solid class and build and stick with it, get ancients for most slots, aug those ancients (with 80+ level gems) and level your socketed gems to 80+ if they don't cap out earlier. By the time you do this, you should be near or around 800 para. If you don't concentrate on one thing, you won't be able to find as many ancients per build (never mind getting augs for most slots). YMMV.

Mudcrush Durtfeet said:

If you really want to do higher grift stuff, it is probably best to pick a solid class and build and stick with it, get ancients for most slots, aug those ancients (with 80+ level gems) and level your socketed gems to 80+ if they don't cap out earlier. By the time you do this, you should be near or around 800 para. If you don't concentrate on one thing, you won't be able to find as many ancients per build (never mind getting augs for most slots). YMMV.

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This 100%. I started off as a DH which I got geared quickly (thanks Mudcrush). Then I went to a witch doctor and got him geared well with ancients and even a primal. Hit a brick wall in grifts with this class even though was able to do higher ones with lesser gear on my DH. So I hung up my mojo and playing a monk and plan on sticking with this class. I regreted playing 3 different classes to find one that I will keep playing.

One minor hitch: if you want Guardian, the conquests for this season are pretty awful so Years of War = GR55 with 6 different 6pc set bonuses is probably the 3rd least shitty (after gem leveling and boss speed run, which is very doable with Impale DH solo). That requires 2 classes.

Still agree with Mud that if you want GR progression, the vast majority of your time should be on one class w/ one build that you ancient/primal/augment.

Necro beta back on yet?

Deathwing said:

Probably next Tuesday.

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Is this open to everyone? Or do they send you some kind of invitation?

Nola said:

This 100%. I started off as a DH which I got geared quickly (thanks Mudcrush). Then I went to a witch doctor and got him geared well with ancients and even a primal. Hit a brick wall in grifts with this class even though was able to do higher ones with lesser gear on my DH. So I hung up my mojo and playing a monk and plan on sticking with this class. I regreted playing 3 different classes to find one that I will keep playing.

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Went monk last season and did pretty well with the LoN LTK build, but the way I played it gave me bad carpal tunnel. No joke, I was constant clicking hotkeys and mouse buttons because the way I played I could never hold down LTK. And the rest of the monk abilities had to be spammed on short cool downs.

Not sure what it was about LTK that made me click it so much, because DH I actually hold down shift and left mouse to spam impale with a vault thrown in every once in a while. Much less chaotic.

Crone said:

Went monk last season and did pretty well with the LoN LTK build, but the way I played it gave me bad carpal tunnel. No joke, I was constant clicking hotkeys and mouse buttons because the way I played I could never hold down LTK. And the rest of the monk abilities had to be spammed on short cool downs.

Not sure what it was about LTK that made me click it so much, because DH I actually hold down shift and left mouse to spam impale with a vault thrown in every once in a while. Much less chaotic.

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LTK is my farming build but I'm using Shenlong's spirit generator rainment build for pushing Grifts. Way less button mashing.

GR100+ R6 Gen Monk (Solo 2.4.2) - Monk - Diablo III Builds - Diablo Fans

Nola said:

LTK is my farming build but I'm using Shenlong's spirit generator rainment build for pushing Grifts. Way less button mashing.

GR100+ R6 Gen Monk (Solo 2.4.2) - Monk - Diablo III Builds - Diablo Fans

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I wish that's what I had started with! Lol

Monk is the perfect class for the new armory too. Last season they had so many builds that were viable.

Hatorade said:

It is a fun class, can't imagine it will launch without more significant changes to almost everything.

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So season 11ish?

Haven't tried the necro class yet (have the beta) or been keeping up it. Has anyone who has played it think it's ready for launch or will be releasing an untuned class like they did with the crusader.

Deathwing said:

New PTR patch notes are up. Some of the set tuning looked a tad disapponting and nothing really stood out(doesn't mean it's not good) except for this:

Lornelle’s Sunstone

• Your damage reduction is increased by 0.75-0.95% for every 1% Life you are missing

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That coupled with the pants where you do more damage with missing life? Seems like a solid combo.

The Necro was back last night. Trying to get pieces for the blood set which has the D2 name.

Is anyone still playing non beta S10 and doing higher GRifts here? Looking to run tonight if anyone is still playing and has room.