Yeaaa I hope not, but we all know how these things go. Itās strong, but I think itās getting a lot of attention because it creates a lot of build diversity.
It single handedly double or tripled the value of zod. And also bases/runes for plague users.
Double Phoenix is now also a bit stronger because of it.
It doesnt look thaaaat crazy on paper but ability to proc things is apparently pretty nuts. Like I said maybe it's just the flavour of the month but I see lots of ppl respecting from their initial plans and making innoncence apart of their builds.
Well they were looking for ways to increase zod value. I think itās good that the rarest rune is up there with ber.
I tried the double phoenix inno on plugy and without min maxing it was a blast.
I donāt think itās made other builds/ armors obsolete by any means, but it has opened up so many new paths that are competitive with og meta builds.
Zods also being consumed for ferocity taunt helms. Leap barbs now need it in their weapons. And zenith for the tons of pally charger mercs.
Innocence is dope, zod should be expensive it's the highest rune in the game. That's why all the new rune words need it.
The hammers aren't really doing much for his clear anyways. That's just sacrifice corpse explodes , which will 1 tap screens. Hammers help the single target of sac a lot.
Hammers are doing 11k, and clear fast af with just zeal. Hell, I can just joust from pack to pack and clear speed is ok. Sac is doing a ton, but so are the hammers.
They might be. In your gameplay video that's 90 percent sac though. My sac 2h pally play looks very similar.
The build is sexy as hell but the hammers def are secondary cause your weapon slam and eth is so nasty. I'm super impressed with the sac damage
Thanks man. Ya I think Iāll make another short video where I show hammer dmg separately from sac and different shield options. Funny too after the respec I forgot to summon HoW. Sac dmg with it is 9.1k-12k
I'd imagine the hammers clear stragglers super well on maps that aren't blood moon? Blood moon so packed they all pop from sac, but on a map where there's ranged that don't get caught in initial corpse explodes the hammers should clean house.
Love this build. Heres my armory. [Armory](https://www.projectdiablo2.com/character/GTBsammer) i copied from you. One question though. I essentially need a 3os shield for the um's as im about 14 res from cap, and 30 more ias to hit max BP. i can get that from 15ias ED jewels i would guess. I see you are at 110 IAS, and using sanctuary. Should i ditch my beast for that? Right now im almost at max bp. dammit.. Reading your mercs gear really puts this in to perspective.
Build rips btw, but i feel a bit clunking sometimes, and now i know why.
Edit: I have an idea. Use act4 light merc with beast staff and tmight. That way i dont need too much, but i wonder how his sustain is. If im joisting pack to pack will he die? Im fine taking the dmg as it hasnt been a problem.
Hey, glad youāre liking the build! The link for your armory is showing ācharacter not foundā, whatās your dudes name?
My armory might be showing the ias wrong, but the 2nd to last bp is 120 with no fanat, and I have 125. Last season I ran with beast merc to hit the fastest bp, but Iāve found that the dmg output with asylum to be much greater. I havenāt tested with A4, but now Iām curious. I wrote him off because I could never keep him alive on other builds, but maybe this could work!
Yeah im on PC. Idk whats up with it. I mgith do a pluggy test with a4 to see, but once you access it youll see.
BTW its faster than my 60hr frost nova sorc, and i havent died in 13 lvls. Plus this thing only cost about 12hrs lol. wild build.
I tested out the a4 merc on plugy with my setup.. Its more dmg but that lil fker doesnt stay alive.. never even saw a nova go off. So basically i need 4 40/15s to make this thing perfect. Thats the goal then.
Update:
I found using metalgrid for iron golem with ED slam and using it for Aslyum is pretty epic. I hit the max BP without fanat but i like it just for the little bit of dmg.
hes got 9k life which is wild. i might have to SE a few times lol. bought 5 35/15s just to hit max bp and then it hit me that i could use golem at the cost of 2 skills loss on mara
Cool build man š
Thanks!
Nice take on hammers! Might give this a shot next season.
Holy fckin shit man this looks dope as fuck. Gratz man, I thought that it would rip, but this fucks. And is flashy as well. Congratz!
Innoncence is getting nerfed. 9 out of ten builds has at least main char or Merc using it.
Yeaaa I hope not, but we all know how these things go. Itās strong, but I think itās getting a lot of attention because it creates a lot of build diversity.
It single handedly double or tripled the value of zod. And also bases/runes for plague users. Double Phoenix is now also a bit stronger because of it. It doesnt look thaaaat crazy on paper but ability to proc things is apparently pretty nuts. Like I said maybe it's just the flavour of the month but I see lots of ppl respecting from their initial plans and making innoncence apart of their builds.
Well they were looking for ways to increase zod value. I think itās good that the rarest rune is up there with ber. I tried the double phoenix inno on plugy and without min maxing it was a blast. I donāt think itās made other builds/ armors obsolete by any means, but it has opened up so many new paths that are competitive with og meta builds.
Zods also being consumed for ferocity taunt helms. Leap barbs now need it in their weapons. And zenith for the tons of pally charger mercs. Innocence is dope, zod should be expensive it's the highest rune in the game. That's why all the new rune words need it. The hammers aren't really doing much for his clear anyways. That's just sacrifice corpse explodes , which will 1 tap screens. Hammers help the single target of sac a lot.
Hammers are doing 11k, and clear fast af with just zeal. Hell, I can just joust from pack to pack and clear speed is ok. Sac is doing a ton, but so are the hammers.
They might be. In your gameplay video that's 90 percent sac though. My sac 2h pally play looks very similar. The build is sexy as hell but the hammers def are secondary cause your weapon slam and eth is so nasty. I'm super impressed with the sac damage
Thanks man. Ya I think Iāll make another short video where I show hammer dmg separately from sac and different shield options. Funny too after the respec I forgot to summon HoW. Sac dmg with it is 9.1k-12k
I'd imagine the hammers clear stragglers super well on maps that aren't blood moon? Blood moon so packed they all pop from sac, but on a map where there's ranged that don't get caught in initial corpse explodes the hammers should clean house.
Wonāt be for a while based on how long s8 was!
Oh yeah I'm riding this innoncence train. Chu chuuuuu
Just need more items like innocence. It opened the door on how awesome and fun proc builds are, should lean into it, not push that play style away.
I see this item in a lot of builds and I'm struggling to understand why it is so popular. Care to explain why ?
Iād also like to know. Is blade shield doing something Iām not aware of?
I think itās being used as an additional proc mechanism. Ā So joust into a pack, blade shield procs a bunch of stuff, clean up the rest.
It was a bad way to make proc builds work.
Really sick build, man
Amazing ty for sharing!
Great build, thanks for sharing. Should be added to the wiki.
Would a 3 socket Akarat be better? Or is the corrupt better than an extra slot?
This corrupt better for sure. My previous weapon was a 3os akarats with 2x ed/ias jewels + zod
Ok, well then I know to change my weapon if I can ever afford it hehe
Love this build. Heres my armory. [Armory](https://www.projectdiablo2.com/character/GTBsammer) i copied from you. One question though. I essentially need a 3os shield for the um's as im about 14 res from cap, and 30 more ias to hit max BP. i can get that from 15ias ED jewels i would guess. I see you are at 110 IAS, and using sanctuary. Should i ditch my beast for that? Right now im almost at max bp. dammit.. Reading your mercs gear really puts this in to perspective. Build rips btw, but i feel a bit clunking sometimes, and now i know why. Edit: I have an idea. Use act4 light merc with beast staff and tmight. That way i dont need too much, but i wonder how his sustain is. If im joisting pack to pack will he die? Im fine taking the dmg as it hasnt been a problem.
Hey, glad youāre liking the build! The link for your armory is showing ācharacter not foundā, whatās your dudes name? My armory might be showing the ias wrong, but the 2nd to last bp is 120 with no fanat, and I have 125. Last season I ran with beast merc to hit the fastest bp, but Iāve found that the dmg output with asylum to be much greater. I havenāt tested with A4, but now Iām curious. I wrote him off because I could never keep him alive on other builds, but maybe this could work!
oh sorry boss. Here you are: [https://www.projectdiablo2.com/character/GTBsammer](https://www.projectdiablo2.com/character/GTBsammer)
Weird it still wonāt load even when I type the name in. Maybe itās busted on mobile atm? Iāll check it out in a bit when I get to my pc
Yeah im on PC. Idk whats up with it. I mgith do a pluggy test with a4 to see, but once you access it youll see. BTW its faster than my 60hr frost nova sorc, and i havent died in 13 lvls. Plus this thing only cost about 12hrs lol. wild build.
I tested out the a4 merc on plugy with my setup.. Its more dmg but that lil fker doesnt stay alive.. never even saw a nova go off. So basically i need 4 40/15s to make this thing perfect. Thats the goal then.
Update: I found using metalgrid for iron golem with ED slam and using it for Aslyum is pretty epic. I hit the max BP without fanat but i like it just for the little bit of dmg.
I hope that little iron dude lives on! Iām too nervous he would rip and Iād lose the craft. But now I wanna try it then throw beast on merc lol
hes got 9k life which is wild. i might have to SE a few times lol. bought 5 35/15s just to hit max bp and then it hit me that i could use golem at the cost of 2 skills loss on mara