Diablo III: Don't Forget To Eat Today

[Metahuman1]

So, I have the game for PS4. And I come here for some build Advice.


I'm thinking of doing a Monk. Whatever class, I wan to be able to do 3 things well.

1: Heal party members. Ideally, in and out of combat.

2: Buff Party Members, again, ideally, in and out of combat.

3: Crowd Control, blocking off or mowing down rapidly the smaller fodder monsters to make it easy for the rest of a party to focus on the big guy were fighting.



Can any of the classes do all three things, and if so, which one, and how should I go about building them for those three tasks?

[Gnoman]

1. Not a thing in this game.

2. Crusader

3. Every class has some degree of crowd control, with the Demon Hunter being particularly good about it.

[Metahuman1]

Huh, that's, odd, I could swear the Monk could do healing. Is it self only for them or something?


That said, Sounds Like I'll be stating up a Crusader.

[Anxe]

Monks have a self healing ability that has a rune to extend that healing to party members the Monk is close to. It's a decent amount of healing too, but the ability has a long cooldown (15 seconds?). It's not viable at higher torments, but it is fun to do it at lower levels and say, "Saved your life!"

Monks also get Mantras for the buffs thing.

And yeah, everyone gets CC.

I'm biased towards Monks, but Crusader will probably be just as fun.

[Metahuman1]

Crusader it is then. Next question, what skills should I be investing in and how much, and what stats should I be investing in and how much?

[Gnoman]

You don't directly increase skill ranks or stats the way you did in Diablo II. You get equal access to all skills (gated by level) and can swap them out whenever you're not fighting (there's a option in the menu to allow assigning any active skill to any active slot, otherwise they're category locked) with the caveat that a few kinds of skills allow only one from that category. Just try them all and use whatever seems most effective.

The only way to change stats is via equipment, and a Crusader should be focusing on +Str (for damage multiplication) and +Vit (for more HP). Both +Int (boosts resistances) and +Dex (increases dodge chance) are useful, but only as bonus abilities.

[Kerrin]

Woo, got a third piece of Firebirds for my wife's wizard. I was trying my luck with Kadala and happened to get the amulet. Happy holidays to me!

[Anxe]

I thought they ditched dodge chance? Doesn't Dex just give Armor now too?

[huttj509]

I thought they ditched dodge chance? Doesn't Dex just give Armor now too?

Aye. Made my monk MUCH more consistently tanky.

[NineThePuma]

Monk and Crusader have very different playstyles, despite being fairly similar (holy warriors who fight in melee). The Crusader is a Tank, built around being tough and in the mix and punching people in the face; it's about being in the thick of the fight and drawing aggro. The Monk is comparatively squishier feeling and its style of play is more about hit and run, jumping in, blowing your CDs, and then jumping out, usually leaving the enemy drawn together or scattered about. Note that I am not an expert on high torment play and merely commenting on my experiences playing a Monk and Crusader.

[Kerrin]

We've been playing RoS (PS3) on T3 for some time now with our variety of characters - our highest characters are level 70 with about 60-80 paragon levels.

What we're finding difficult is getting over the hump to be effective in T4. We're just not generating enough damage so enemies are taking forever and a day to defeat.

Playing on T3 we've been item hunting running our parties with as much + to magic item find as we can muster to hopefully find some gear that'll help us out.

Any suggestions on other things we should be doing in general?

[Anxe]

What are your builds?

I wasn't getting into T4 regularly until I got Paragon 160. The points help, but it was more about finding a few more pieces for my build along with adding life per hit in.

[Derjuin]

Build and current gear matter a lot; do they have a profiler thing for PS3 accounts?

Something I noticed about progressing up through torments is to match your build with your gear. If you don't have anything buffing Companion for DH, then it might be a better idea to use something else (for example). If you have, say, Cloak of the Garwulf, then it suddenly becomes a much better skill.

A few big "things": getting a decent/socketed RoRG from A1 bounties (assuming console adventure mode is the same as PC) and 2 pieces of the Aughild's set (usually bracer + shoulder). You get damage reduction and increased elite damage from those, and RoRGs will make future sets much easier to complete. If you have access to them, legendary gems help immensely - especially Mirinae + Wreath of Lightning + Pain Enhancer (if you can fit 3) for melee types. For ranged, it's a bit more nebulous; I use Zei's and Bane of the Powerful on my DH, for the damage buffs.

[Kerrin]

What are your builds?

I wasn't getting into T4 regularly until I got Paragon 160. The points help, but it was more about finding a few more pieces for my build along with adding life per hit in.

Aye, we do try to match our builds / gear as much as we can, for example taking advantage of re-enchanting a property on an item as needed. For example, my witch doctor is a poison build and I try to use gear that pumps that up.

Hmm, we have only about half the paragon levels you mentioned, so maybe some more paragon levels will eventually help out too.

Thanks!

[Kerrin]

Build and current gear matter a lot; do they have a profiler thing for PS3 accounts?

Something I noticed about progressing up through torments is to match your build with your gear. If you don't have anything buffing Companion for DH, then it might be a better idea to use something else (for example). If you have, say, Cloak of the Garwulf, then it suddenly becomes a much better skill.

A few big "things": getting a decent/socketed RoRG from A1 bounties (assuming console adventure mode is the same as PC) and 2 pieces of the Aughild's set (usually bracer + shoulder). You get damage reduction and increased elite damage from those, and RoRGs will make future sets much easier to complete. If you have access to them, legendary gems help immensely - especially Mirinae + Wreath of Lightning + Pain Enhancer (if you can fit 3) for melee types. For ranged, it's a bit more nebulous; I use Zei's and Bane of the Powerful on my DH, for the damage buffs.

Hmm, sometimes I do have difficulty sorting out info about the game as to what is available on the PS3 vs the PC version that a lot more folks seem to play.

We've been doing A1 bounties on T3 to try to find a RoRG, but no luck yet - though we've probably only done 50 or so of those bounty runs. Well keep looking.

We haven't seen any legendary gems (or potions) yet. I'm wondering ... Are those usually found in the deeper levels of the rifts? We've only been going into the rifts far enough to kill the rift guardian.

Thanks!

[Psyren]

Season 1 ending, here's what to expect.

Honestly, unless they make the seasonal legendaries extremely tantalizing I see no point in bothering with the mode for S2. None of them were even close to being game-changers the way that ladder-only runewords were in D2, and even if they have every season 2 legendary/set become BiS, none of that will justify the time spent re-farming artisans, paragon and lesser gear to obtain them. Seasons simply don't work the way Ladder did in D2, and they certainly aren't needed either.

[Dhavaer]

We haven't seen any legendary gems (or potions) yet. I'm wondering ... Are those usually found in the deeper levels of the rifts? We've only been going into the rifts far enough to kill the rift guardian.

Legendary gems are only dropped by the guardians of greater rifts.

[Kerrin]

Legendary gems are only dropped by the guardians of greater rifts.

So far I don't recall seeing anything called a "greater rift" while playing on our PS3 at T3 just a "rift". Do "greater rifts" exist in the PS3 version? Where are they found?

[ShneekeyTheLost]

So far I don't recall seeing anything called a "greater rift" while playing on our PS3 at T3 just a "rift". Do "greater rifts" exist in the PS3 version? Where are they found?

Run through a Rift, kill the Rift Guardian, and you get something like a Runestone of Trials. Use THAT in the pylon thing, and you get your Greater Rift.

[Psyren]

So far I don't recall seeing anything called a "greater rift" while playing on our PS3 at T3 just a "rift". Do "greater rifts" exist in the PS3 version? Where are they found?

Greater Rifts are available to PS4 and XB1. I'm not sure if last-gen got the update too. My understanding is that PS3 and 360 are on a slower patch cycle and may possibly not even get some updates at all.

[Anxe]

Starting up a stream now where I finish leveling my Season Barbarian up to 70 to unlock the transmog. Come check it out at: http://www.twitch.tv/gocorral

[Psyren]

Just successfully farmed my first RRoG on my wizard. I also completed my Vyr's set and got 3 pieces of Tals - with the ring, enough to gain the full bonuses from both sets. Once I've gemmed up to full Flawless Royals in all of them and upgraded my belt, I'll feel more comfortable running T5, and start making possible forays into T6 on this character.

One annoyance I hadn't anticipated - due to the inability to remap the full Archon skills, I had to move my teleport in human form to the same button as the teleport in Archon form to avoid accidents. Fortunately, farming Act 1 bounties for the ring gave me plenty of opportunity to retrain my muscle-memory.

For the curious, here's my skill setup: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...QO!bdVS!YYbbZc

[HMS Invincible]

You haven't found enough pieces of the firebird set? That and augilds set are the two easiest routes to t6.

[Psyren]

You haven't found enough pieces of the firebird set? That and augilds set are the two easiest routes to t6.

I have full firebirds. But (1) everyone and their mother uses firebird and my inner Johnny wants me to do my own thing, (2) lightning is central to my build and playstyle, (3) I have other fire damage characters and the Vorthos in me wants unique elements for each one if I can, and finally (4) birds is getting nerfed next patch anyway so I don't want to get too dependent on it even if it is BiS.

[HMS Invincible]

http://www.diablofans.com/builds/293...l-rasha-vyr-t6
If you insist on lightning, you can still cram augulds set in there as the build above shows. Since defense above a certain amount isn't needed, at some point u can change your armor to storm armor.
Any reason why you aren't going elements exposure? Its half the reason to go tals. The starpact is just gravy. I'm guessing you don't have gals amulet.

[Psyren]

Oh I have nothing against Aughild at all, it's Firebird I'm avoiding. I actually just switched from Storm to Force and the additional defense has been helpful so I'll need better gems/gear before I think of changing it back. (Also I'm not running Blur so I'm a bit squishier without FA than the linked build, though again paralysis is an active defense that reduces my incoming damage considerably.)

For the ammy I currently run a +Lightning Ess of Johan. The vacuum effect + paralysis makes me a great support and solo player, and also makes handling multiple elite packs even more of a breeze. Melee enemies basically can't touch me, even really fast hard-hitting ones like Lacuni and Anarchs - they end up stacked in the corner, standing on their heads and drooling

I am single-element (minus the familiar, which is there for nigh-infinite primary and to add a little extra damage in Archon form) so Elemental Exposure doesn't do much for me. All the skills I run continue to function in Archon form, thus for me Black Hole is a waste of space (and Ess does the same thing for free anyway.)

[Kerrin]

Yippee, found our first RoRG today, in Act IV of all places. No socket, but at least one of our characters can now wear multiple overlapping sets.

Onward into danger!

[Psyren]

Indeed, Act 4 has no unique cache legendaries of its own but has a chance to roll any of the legs from the other acts (including Act 1, home to the RRoG.)

If you run T4+ Act 1 bounties though, you're nearly guaranteed a legendary from the cache - do enough of them and you will have plenty of RRoGs. Now that I understood that, I have 3 and counting.

Also, since grabbing it my Wizard has been doing quite well in T6. I still need to craft some Aughild's pieces though.

[ShneekeyTheLost]

I have been unable to find a copy of Aughild's plans, for some reason. Is there a particular act they tend to drop in? Currently wearing blackthorns in lieu.

[Psyren]

I have been unable to find a copy of Aughild's plans, for some reason. Is there a particular act they tend to drop in? Currently wearing blackthorns in lieu.

I got mine so long ago I barely remember, but for a while there I was getting at least 1 plan per run in T4 rifts. I definitely got way more plans in rifts than doing bounties if that helps.

I'm holding off on making mine until I get the tal belt, then I can drop Tals helm for Aughild's helm and shoulders. Then I can get a nemesis bracer and I'll be all set, the perfect offensive support character with three full set bonuses.

I'll add that Paralysis + Ess + Illusionist has been a godsend in T6, especially for escaping those gorram Vortex and {ice} mobs.