i've also been answering questions in pms. for context i was exploring the portal barb for about a week prior to making this post. i was just wondering if others had realized the new buffs to it given the sling ring. the pre-rotw portal barb had some power but the finite limitation of 416 casts really hindered its ability to be a end game choice. i was mfing on my cold sorc last week and found a Sling which made me immediately set up a barb (all visible in my trade and post history got a barb grush) to test the theory on. big credit to SinsOfTheSun for theorycrafting and explaining the mechanics behind it and proint for the refinements. I am seeing a lot of members in the Big Barbarian Club respeccing their barbs towards portal so i assume proint had something to do with that since i wasn't in that discord.

yeah sins has been solid at figuring out and/or communicating mechanics in d2r for the community. Its crazy how efficient the build is... especially at latent sunder farming since you can hork the herald. Who needs bots when you can print FG with the portal barb.

Until the bots start printing with portal barbs haha

One problem with this build is that it clears entire areas instantly so you often draw multiple ire of heralds at same time and spawn multiple heralds too close to each other without upgrading their tier lvl cuz you end up killing them all at same time.
I just had a game with 2x tier 1, 3x tier 2 and 2x tier 3 before I could finally start getting better drop chance from t4 and then t5.

I mean… not gonna complain as my overall drops are at least 3-4x better than on other high end meta builds. But if anyone figures out a way to somehow control this excess of clear speed lmk plz

Jsp is The ultimate trollchamber

I just want to add I was asked about this at work today.
Keep up the good work!

Has anyone tested a full game of portal barbs portal barbing yet?

I would try it but I dont have any friends...and I fear the glitched loot won't be worth melting my integrated graphics card.

Where do you work that your coworkers talk about D2. Are you hiring ? Lol

Trades.