Median2017 - What Char Will You Start With

[Zennith]

From Sorc, to Pally thanks to 6 second duration timer on Solar Flare.

[Goodkidscc]

" Guys is soulshatter a good skill?™ "

Do you know how long I was waiting for someone to ask that?

Lol

[krex87]

after briefly reading the patch notes here is what im thinking
bear claw on striking on quivers.. what's the ctc ?

Amazon

looks interesting for lvl1 fire arrow - 30pts gives 10 fire arrows.. seems pretty cool
storm tree - interested to see what new thunder hammer looks like, and magnetic field

Assassin

I could never figure out how to play the bat strike well and never found nocturnal that good but interested to see how changes look
Throw tree improvements look interesting too
so does trap skill tree with no ND
Obliterate as reward skill.. also interesting

Barbarian

throw skill tree looks more appealing

Paladin

bored of paladins from previous patches/ladders.. but holy skill tree looks interesting now and damn it if ctc bear claw on striking is high enough might just do tantrum again

I'm leaning towards assassin now.. limpet is always solid for ubers, seems interesting enough changes to other skill trees could make more viable assassin builds to try

But also want to see what hammer of zarae looks like on storm zon caused i loved hammerdins in clod

[NurseJared]

Not much love for the TrapRat this patch - nothing favorable in the changelog either. In fact, a huge hit will be the reduction of 10skill buff from berry due to weaker elixir of power, and on top of that removal of flat health increase each level. One could argue increased ele damage from uber skill will help, but not so much for TR as they're primary DEX builds and that's STR bound.

Why the traprat hate?

[iwansquall]

Dual-wield Summoner Barb

Claw + Caster Sin (sentry or magic)

Spearzon / Bloodzon


At least that what i thought when I saw the changelog. Not interested with other classes changes for now.

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melee and throw barb

[krex87]

Not much love for the TrapRat this patch - nothing favorable in the changelog either. In fact, a huge hit will be the reduction of 10skill buff from berry due to weaker elixir of power, and on top of that removal of flat health increase each level. One could argue increased ele damage from uber skill will help, but not so much for TR as they're primary DEX builds and that's STR bound.

Why the traprat hate?

trap rap was already a very strong build with (swap several cheap gear options) items. Maybe with the emphasis on scaled damage reduction and reduced impact of -enemy resistances the physical damage output of trap rat didn't need to be increased and will still be a solid, strong and cheap build. I was too lazy to buff with +10 skill elixir (plus didn't that not exist in recent patches?) and I still rolled with trap rat when I played it.

At least the enemy trap rats got damaged reduced..

[HechtHeftig]

I went from totemancer to wildfire/psn flash treewarden. I mean... wildfire was already strong enough in the last version and now it got buffed even more. I just HAVE to steamroll with druid now.

[DeaTh]

Change Log says it's time to Solfege's melee sorc.

[Atlzac]

Throw Barb most likely unless you can axe in 1h and sword in 1h to whirl and thunder slam without wpn switch