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I think when you crash a game with a portal barb it closes the server instance so there's no risk of HC pking by disconnecting everyone, but there might be some sweet spot where the lag is enough to crash people's PC before the server, I think the main risk of hardware damage is playing offline where there's no safeguard


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I think when you crash a game with a portal barb it closes the server instance so there's no risk of HC pking by disconnecting everyone, but there might be some sweet spot where the lag is enough to crash people's PC before the server, I think the main risk of hardware damage is playing offline where there's no safeguard


That's the best part. Portal barb is basically just a more fun version of the dropbarb from 1.11/1.12. It's always amusing once you've hit 350~ ish portals in a single baal run and have basically stolen all the spotlight.
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That's the best part. Portal barb is basically just a more fun version of the dropbarb from 1.11/1.12. It's always amusing once you've hit 350~ ish portals in a single baal run and have basically stolen all the spotlight.


precisely. everything is good with the build until another portal barb with a red TP rolls up and portalmogs the fuck out of you. that's the only thing i've seen defeat my portal barb so far but it was more a spiritual defeat. the combined dps was astronomical.
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precisely. everything is good with the build until another portal barb with a red TP rolls up and portalmogs the fuck out of you. that's the only thing i've seen defeat my portal barb so far but it was more a spiritual defeat. the combined dps was astronomical.


Imo having 2 portal barbs in the same game completely defeats the purpose of the build. Especially, because we all know the optimal strategy is to have everyone together in a party and then the portal barb in a party by itself. Otherwise people will accidentally click on your portals and they won't get exp from your hard work. I've had many people complain before because their PC will lag from my portals, but they sure stop complaining after we finish each baal wave in under 1-2 seconds each.
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Mar 12 2026 09:56am
precisely. everything is good with the build until another portal barb with a red TP rolls up and portalmogs the fuck out of you. that's the only thing i've seen defeat my portal barb so far but it was more a spiritual defeat. the combined dps was astronomical.


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Hey guys, just a quick warning. I was running my portal barb today casting portals like crazy and something went wrong. Pretty sure the FCR portal spam overheated my CPU and fried my motherboard. Just got back from the Best Buy Geek Squad and they think the CPU might need replacing. Use this build with caution so you don’t end up where I did.
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legendary. me on the left (blue portal) getting portamogged by a guy who spent 8k fg to identify everything to get a red portal
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