So, I Finally Completed my baba.
I went for the "all in" and actually crafted an eCOH (wire flee 15ED) while giving away a normal one.
A couple of notes on my experience and stuff I till disagree with Exo :rofl: on the eBOTD variant.
Gface
It s a fantastic QoL to me. It does let Emilio kill stone skin super elites by himself 95% of the time, unless SUPER nasty affixes are involved. On top of that, it does provides a gazilion of FHR. 30 FHR moves our pet from a gargo 15recovery frames to a much more suitable 10. It's just the best helm to combo with an eBOTD: given the 60ias provided by our weapon don't need to improve our 9fpa Jab attack on a GT base with anything else honestly, at least not at the cost of all the utility this insane set helm gives to us.
armor slot:
coh is indeed the "bis" armor that does not require blue base/top end jewels combo. It is, sadly, very costly in this economy. Hades with 2x/1x Um/Ral (or 1/2 ratio) is totally fine. The extra DPS is not a big factor and coh makes you just a bit more tanky overall. Since we run with max Shout I would rather suggest to use a NORMAL coh, the extra Def of eth is basically a "collectable" if you do want to main this char but totally NOT needed. It's hard to beat 200ED to Undead, 2 skills, 8%DMR and 25MF (for hybrid versions) tho, but NOT required by any means. Normal COH gives you the option to play other chars/resell it if you so wish, very valuable thing and a sweet middle ground if you want to craft an HR armor. Again, do NOT use Forti.
Here is the char Completed (1zerk/grief switch variant)
The AR/GF charms are a complete overkill, I just happen to be able to play WW if I want to respec. All they do in this set up is to doable up my Demonlimb charges since I don't buff myself, very minor QoL. Of all the double affix charms, to me a big QoL one that doesn't involve 1 Warcry/resist is MANA. Nice to have 1 GC with this affix around, especially if u don't have mana on ammy.
I'm till debating if I should drop Grief for Cta, since I switch to Zerk very rarely, if ever. Grief 13k DPS vs CTA 5k DPS is till nice to have if I'm annoyed by multiple stone skin monster with heals to speed things up, plus I don't need extra BO buffer so why bother to find a decent CTA in scourge when I got my sweet Grief ready to go :rolleyes:
https://d2.maxroll.gg/d2planner/lo0106lsLoving it, thx for all the contributions wich point me in the right direction. On the plus side EG baba is super custom and you can really find the playstile / budget that suits your needings!
The build is solid, close to how i play my gf barb also but there are lots of room for improvement here. It just depends on how much you are willing to spend.
overall main QoL is basically to sit there do as little as needed and collect maximum gold in the shortest amount of time.
just to get you thinking some, why fhr doesnt matter as much as you would think on your merc. 1. you wc stun mobs already based on your build. 2 you already soak up the hydra as you should for your merc. 3. you probably already killing fast enough on p1 that you are under the 90sec and dont need the ds and cb from guli. probably better off just running cot cham with that coh setup.
fyi coh is not bis, its at best mid tier. bis is still wealth....when you reach end game with a god tier rare weapon, wealth is bis
D2:R