SSF WW Barb

Hey,
First off, thanks so much for the guide, this is the first build I'm trying to do on Median.

I've got a question. At the skill planner you don't mention SoR but at the strategies for Bossing you mention using it, alongside WW.
So for sure I've got to put 1 point on it but do I have to max it out?

Thanks in advance

Love the build and the play style, just hit 110 and basically hit a wall near enough. Following things pretty closely (first time in MedianXL), struggling soon as I got to Andariel in Hell.
Everything else has been an absolute Breeze to beat but soon as I got here I am literally dropping like a fly and doing 0 Damage. All res at 75%, sat at 1.4k str at the minute.

zeru1927 wrote:Hey,
First off, thanks so much for the guide, this is the first build I'm trying to do on Median.

I've got a question. At the skill planner you don't mention SoR but at the strategies for Bossing you mention using it, alongside WW.
So for sure I've got to put 1 point on it but do I have to max it out?

Thanks in advance

SoR is already maxed with a single point. It's Aftermath that makes it do high dmg (it adds flat magical dmg on SoR based on your str, and SoR hits 20 times per cast).

kemdo wrote:Love the build and the play style, just hit 110 and basically hit a wall near enough. Following things pretty closely (first time in MedianXL), struggling soon as I got to Andariel in Hell.
Everything else has been an absolute Breeze to beat but soon as I got here I am literally dropping like a fly and doing 0 Damage. All res at 75%, sat at 1.4k str at the minute.

your dmg slows down in hell because monsters overall got a difficulty increase. its like that for all classes that just hit hell diff. for bossing in hell+ content, youll need to keep your gear optimized and to incorporate SoR into your single-target dmg rotation:

sor-3ww-sor-3ww

I just made some Anak axes and the damage increase over t4 greatswords is marginal.
I'd skip it and wait until you find a better weapon or can make gharanic.
Unless you waste some good resources on the anaks they won't really outshine the T4 greatswords.

Opgedronken wrote:I just made some Anak axes and the damage increase over t4 greatswords is marginal.
I'd skip it and wait until you find a better weapon or can make gharanic.
Unless you waste some good resources on the anaks they won't really outshine the T4 greatswords.

anak arent resource-intensive. for 2 of them, they require 6 random jewels (6 shards) and 2 HHA sacred bases (even 40ed is fine). you probably forgot to mo ed% in your weapon before socketing the runes in.

anak with 300ed (40 base, 75 MO, 185 rw) will reach 234-285 dmg (259.5 avg).
tu4 gs (200ed, 5x max dmg mo, 6 eld runes) is 114-281 dmg (197.5 avg)

thats a dmg increase of 30%. very major imo.

One came out just under 300ed, one just over, so they're in a good range.
I just feel I'm chasing stragglers way more with the anaks than with the greatswords.
Then again I have a fair amount of elq runes in the greatswords so I'm sure that helps close the gap.

Opgedronken wrote:One came out just under 300ed, one just over, so they're in a good range.
I just feel I'm chasing stragglers way more with the anaks than with the greatswords.
Then again I have a fair amount of elq runes in the greatswords so I'm sure that helps close the gap.

errrr im not sure what youve done (probably traded or something), but youre not supposed to still be using tu4 great swords if youre at a point where you have several elq runes. anaks are supposed to come in as soon as you hit torajan jungles. you might find some elqs here and there, but not like 12

anaks is a temp weapon anyways. youll find better soon enough ♥

amazing road map. i will start following and hopefully its smooth ! enjoy your vacation

Any idea if gale force counts and another "Melee attack" regarding procs ?

LtWolf wrote:amazing road map. i will start following and hopefully its smooth ! enjoy your vacation

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Ethario wrote:Any idea if gale force counts and another "Melee attack" regarding procs ?

it doesnt. only weap swing during ww, not the procs resulting from it (gale force is a 100% proc on atk, just like "Area of Effect" orange text)