Quote (m12wh1t3 @ 8 Dec 2021 05:38)

Would a Ebotd + coh works well too? My ebotd is bad rolls so Im guessing im would be able to sell it for anything good lol, hoping to keep it

Quote (battlecat @ 8 Dec 2021 05:46)

I’m thinking about running the act5 merc

Andys or 3 os lamprey
Coh or black hades with 15 ias demon Ed jewels
Headatriker or grief.

My main concern is the physical immunes. I do not run a gavel

Quote (m12wh1t3 @ Dec 8 2021 11:34am)

It seems like everyone swear by COH here. Im nt sure if i wanna take the leap of faith yet as im trying to keep my barb on a tight budget. But better survivability ( due to stacked resist ) and faster clear time is a good QoL for me that is worth investing.

However, I'm not sure why COH eth arioc would out damage Fort and Ebotd as fort and ebotd seems to give much more pure dmg due to the ED alone. Able to enlighten me on tis aspect

Quote (mcielak @ 8 Dec 2021 08:39)

Needle has deadly strike and 5,56 hits from jabs, i think that does The difference, also psn dmg is nice due to no immunes.
And Yes, on paper botd has much higher dmg, but less frames and No deadly strike.
Comming to price: i Sold my ebotd 411ed for over a Ber, so was able just to swap items with No additional cost.
I tried to use Forti but Andy without jawel ias+fr was killing Waheed by fire dmg.
Needle is also much cheaper than botd.

Quote (Banjoco @ Dec 6 2021 04:07am)

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/lo0106ls

Loving 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!

Quote (Davoider @ 9 Dec 2021 07:51)

Great guide OP, love the detail, very well done!




Interesting build, also love that you mention Hades, I've actually been rocking this with a 40%DD/15ias gface (still gets to ebotd BP & keeps fire/light/cold res capped) & ebotd mostly just because I'm anti-cookie cutter to a fault and so avoided Fort & COH haha. Has been working very well

https://i.imgur.com/LxAzNqx.png

Quote (Exokek @ Dec 9 2021 07:59am)

My Merc is using Black Hades with 15@/30goldfind and 2x 40ED/30 goldfind atm, with an upped Hone Sundan with Lems.

When the timer is at like 90s, I might as well push the goldfind :rofl: