Ugh... Skull Grasp is such a tease piece of trash ring. 325% increase WW damage? Wow, that sounds like it is really good. Nope, it isn't.
Agreed.
I found that he best ring combo for my WW Barb was not Bastion's but actually an ancient RORG and ancient Convention of the Elements, in the 4 set IK/ 6 set Wastes RORG configuration.
Speed rifting
2 piece IK
6 pieces wastes
Rorg Coe ancient hellfire
bk swords
Running Taeguk, pain enhancer, and Gogok
Not the best weapons but 81% IAS is nice.
Convention is 5% rotating bonus, so you're not getting it 100% of the time. Focus set gives you 50% for 5 seconds after using a skill that generates resource or spends resource (so it is always up with WW build). Plus, you get the added bonus of using something like the Bul-Kathos set (30% increased movement speed, etc) or any other weapons of choice outside IK axe. You do lose the hexing pants, but that is 25% compared to the 50% you'd normally get. Having WoTB up 100% might end up being better in the long term (with 4p IK), but I find having ~50% up time on Ignore Pain to help with survivability more. (Belt that adds 6s, with the increase to 7s rune).
I am also running a my 3rd gem as a defensive gem (well, the stacking damage and AR is kind of both, but whatever). I don't even have full ancient pieces, but am hitting some problems with solo kill speed in 44+ g rifts.
Link to build?
5%? It's a 200% +elemental boost that rotates every few seconds. Barbs only have a few elements (not the full list in affix description) available to them. Where is the 5% coming from?
I know you don't get a constant bonus. Hence, why I said effective.
It is 5%. Unless I read it wrong, it gave me 5% rotation bonus.
read it again
Looked it up on my phone, it is 150-200% for 4 seconds. On a barb, you can do 4 elements (physical, lightning, fire, cold). So, about 1/4 of the time you're getting 200% elemental damage increase, as opposed to 50% all damage increase. I am not sure if they are the same thing.
I'm playing a fire crusader. Roland's set, ancient Maximus with 44xx dps :awe: With Focus+Restraint I'm doing 1.3 billion shield bash crits on single targets (with that SB bracer) :awe: 700-800M AOE crits. It's sick sick sick... Over 5 billion crits with Power Pylon and a Channeling Pylon is just total madness :awe: Higher GRs (45+) need Unity + RRoG (and I switch chest for Cindercoat), but sadly I have crap versions... Also the AOE Shield Glare shield + Roland's is crowd control madness - cooldown takes less than 4s (Roland's defensive cooldown decrease per hit + cooldown gear), so it's pretty much all screen of blind mobs most of the time :awe:
Good fun! Don't remember this much fun in Diablo 3 in a long time...
Why would you run multiple elements? And I simply meant I am not sure how damage is calculated in "increased damage" and "elemental increase". If it is a simple (weapon damage * skill percent) * (all damage increase percentage) or something more complex.EFFECTIVE has always been the key word. And that's honestly only if you run purely one element.
EDIT: deleted some wrong stuff.
Why would you run multiple elements? And I simply meant I am not sure how damage is calculated in "increased damage" and "elemental increase". If it is a simple (weapon damage * skill percent) * (all damage increase percentage) or something more complex.
I am at work now but my build semi changed last night.
Found an absolutely beastly ancient furnace see profile Paulnan.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/SirPaulsio42-1949/hero/18413671
How do you generate Fury aside from health globes?
Get the bombardment belt and weapon. Or at least the belt.
Why would you run multiple elements? And I simply meant I am not sure how damage is calculated in "increased damage" and "elemental increase". If it is a simple (weapon damage * skill percent) * (all damage increase percentage) or something more complex.