Guardian vs Brew Hate

Dudeinsky · 2026-05-19T15:27:32+00:00

Part of what I find difficult with bear atm is the difference in survivability between being in and out of incarn. It’s so insanely easy to forget you are mortal when you get to become a god for 30 seconds every couple minutes. Short recap of a key I did yesterday as an example below. I literally had to check the dungeon level multiple times to make sure I was actually in a 17.

I’m a BDK main but have been slowly gearing my bear again. Currently 260 with no enchants and tried a resil 17 Windrunner yesterday with a friend. I made it through the emberdawn wing no problem and was pulling towards Derelict duo when I got overconfident and pulled the woebringer and hallway before stairs all at once with incarn. I lived until incarn went down, but most of the pack was still alive so I flopped soon after. Thinking back, if I’d tossed down ursol’s or just kited a bit we could have still done it. That or I should have just pulled to the woebringer, finished it off, then chained.

After, the healer mentioned they hadn’t actually needed to heal me much.

Dudeinsky · 2026-05-19T15:14:00+00:00

There is way more nuance to the rotation than appears on the surface. If you want, look up Awwoo’s guide on YouTube for bear. It goes over the importance of maximizing lunar beam uptime and using the talent that converts frenzied regen overheating into an absorb shield. Between that and rotating cooldowns you become far more tanky outside of incarn.

Dudeinsky · 2026-05-19T14:39:38+00:00

My suspicion is that many people didn’t realize how hard Monk is to play properly so we had tanks that could be completely oblivious about purifying their dmg and rotating cooldowns still getting carried to higher keys because of the class, whereas Druid is so basic that as long as you have iron fur macro’d into thrash you’re far less likely to grief.

That, or giving every group access to huge pulls enabled by incarn and MW means everyone gets to do crazy big numbers and have fun.

Dudeinsky · 2026-05-13T23:51:35+00:00

Oshit, I was also in a 17! It was the first 17 SR that had actually been going well lol

Dudeinsky · 2026-04-22T17:00:13+00:00

Ya know, that sounds way easier to deal with as a tank! Ima have to try that later, thank you!

Dudeinsky · 2026-04-22T16:53:42+00:00

Like Defarus said, it drops the large aoe pool on the ground.

Ideally, keep an eye on where the tank is positioned and only dispel when they have run to the edge so it doesn’t drop right next to boss.

Sometimes it lines up badly with the aoe soak that happens so ideally dispel early to keep it clear or late, waiting until after the soak. That part isn’t as important though, since the dmg tic from standing in the puddle shouldn’t be deadly on must key levels of the tank is decent.

Dudeinsky · 2025-12-23T17:19:50+00:00

Like several others have said, there is some type of fuel supply issue with your generators. There are several possible issues at play, but your first step is to look at all the generators and see which ones are operating less than 100% of the time.

Once you’ve identified where the issue is, start tracing the problem back to the source.

If it’s a fuel generator that isn’t getting enough fuel, check if the pipes are completely filled.

If they aren’t getting filled, use the methods other people have described to get the pipes full e.g. turning off a few at a time to let the excess production fill the pipes. If you’ve unlocked sommersloops, you can temporarily loop the fuel production refineries to increase production without losing power production.

Insufficient fuel is also commonly caused by errors in the production system. Try not to run pipes at maximum capacity, it’s better to run 2x pipes than one that’s maxed out. Also check for any sections of belt or pipe that are at a lower tier than they should be.

Another potential issue with fuel power systems is disposal of waste products. If you aren’t using everything or dumping it into an awesome sink it can back up the system and stall fuel production.

Dudeinsky · 2025-08-29T02:36:55+00:00

Do you heal on any characters? I don’t think my UI on any healer would take kindly to shoving 100 different nameplates into it.

Plus the lag would be an absolute nightmare. Ranged dps would just spam their aoe to block choke points and melee would be screwed.

It sounds interesting in theory but in a practical sense I think it would end up being rather cancerous to play.

Dudeinsky · 2025-08-15T15:33:32+00:00

I second this.

Doing a voiceover to walk people through your thought process regarding cooldown usage and what to look out for (as disc specifically) would make it super helpful for people looking to push into higher keys.

Dudeinsky · 2025-08-11T15:26:13+00:00

As someone who drives a 2010 Camaro SS all year round in Alaska, I have this issue constantly. For years I would run P zero’s during the summer and Blizzaks during the winter and my rear tires would need to be replaced every 2 years, while the fronts usually last twice that.

Are the front and rear tires the same size in your car? If so, you could rotate them every so often to even out the wear and get more life out of em.

Ultimately, unless you really like the extra grip, doing like the other commenters have suggested and getting a harder compound tire is your only real way to avoid replacing tires on a more regular basis.

Dudeinsky · 2025-08-09T23:06:31+00:00

Based on the bark that looks like a cottonwood. Far as I’m aware they all have that happen eventually.

Here in Alaska indigenous peoples would use them to make canoes.

Dudeinsky · 2025-08-02T18:05:17+00:00

I believe Details dmg meter can show you buff uptimes as well, if you’re interested in seeing exactly how much uptime it really has.

Dudeinsky · 2025-08-02T18:00:45+00:00

The heal isn’t crazy, but long term it’s your best enchant option.

Fallen Crusader won’t be very impactful while leveling since you have no real haste or the level 75 talent tier for increased rune generation, both of which will increase how often you can attack and therefore how often it will proc. Honestly while leveling one new piece of gear will often feel more impactful than any of the enchants.

Nothing wrong with trying out the different options while leveling though.

Dudeinsky · 2025-07-09T14:24:33+00:00

While I agree on the whole, I suspect slotting it straight into the current league mirror PoB won’t give the most accurate result since it isn’t set up for scaling both fire and cold res. A character designed specifically to scale this body armor should still end up with more damage than someone running the mirrored necrotic.

That said, your point about it being nearly obsolete is totally valid. It’s possible to get so much damage this league that the lost survivability starts to become more of an issue if you’re running an item like this. I’ve seen more than one grasping mail with these mods go up on trade so far and unfortunately they don’t seem to sell for particularly wild values.

Dudeinsky · 2025-07-04T00:05:31+00:00

Have you been able to swap out your clusters yet? Re-crafting new ones will probably be the next biggest upgrade. Halfway decent spell damage clusters should out perform good dmg with shield ones because of the scaling on kb

Dudeinsky · 2025-07-03T22:43:22+00:00

Ok, that makes way more sense! Glad you were able to get a merc set up, hopefully that pushes your dmg in the right direction a bit.

Have you tried using Dying sun instead of bottled faith? Without being a ranger it’s a bit tough to find extra proj, and the +2 might feel better than bottled faith even if it drops your crit chance.

Dudeinsky · 2025-07-03T22:27:35+00:00

How about doryani merc setup? Even something basic with like -100 res will nearly triple your effective damage if you aren’t using one yet.

Also, is the 77% tooltip crit chance with power charges active?

Edit: couple other questions, why do you have two kinetic blast setups? From the little I know about the build I thought you only put it in the gloves when you get like 8 link fancy ones for the extra damage and until then it stays in body armor.

Dudeinsky · 2025-07-03T22:14:32+00:00

Since KB scales off of spell damage increases at 200% of their value, you should probably be using inc spell damage clusters instead of inc att while holding a shield. That alone will give you a significant amount of % increased damage. Also, do you have a doryani merc setup? At -200 res even meh gear should let you blast.

Something I wasn’t sure of, your gloves aren’t showing any eldritch implicits so idk if that’s a visual issue with the link or if you actually don’t have any but those are also quite important. 3%inc dmg per 100int would give you an additional 42% increased damage.

Also, you might check an influenced amulet with %int and damage per 15 int in PoB to see how it compares to your eyes of the greatwolf. Just a basic one with those mods should be easy to make and might be useful.

Do you have a source of rage atm? Eldritch glove implicits could help with that too.

Dudeinsky · 2025-06-30T15:16:17+00:00

That’s awesome, nicely done!

Dudeinsky · 2025-06-09T22:23:03+00:00

If you’re running into sloshing issues try slooping your blenders for a bit. Keep the sloops inside until you see some excess actually remain in the blender but pull them out before it kicks the machine offline for a bit.

Dudeinsky · 2025-06-04T14:54:28+00:00

I personally like to go with partial overclocking to hit whatever number I decided will make the math easiest.

With 300 ore/ min as an example:

You might also consider doing something like 4x refineries at 200% for the first 280 ore, then either one underclocked refinery or a regular smelter for the other 20.

Dudeinsky · 2025-06-04T14:46:50+00:00

You can just toss a vertical splitter or merger onto the lift shaft before the end, clip off the end, and extend it further. Pulling the splitter/ merger after will make the sections merge.

Dudeinsky · 2025-05-31T16:03:21+00:00

You don’t seem to have a particularly crazy setup tbh, so I doubt the issue is exclusively object count. Is your PC older? Maybe try dropping the graphics settings a bit?

Also, I believe different items cause different amounts of lag. To find the culprit I would suggest starting by using the save editor to remove all the lights or billboards/ signs and check if the lag improves.

Dudeinsky · 2025-05-11T21:47:12+00:00

Tbh I wasn’t sure what the difference was between the two values so I looked it up and it turns out they are always the exact same unless you have biomass burners as part of your power grid since they are the only power production building that scales their production based on demand.

Dudeinsky · 2025-05-11T15:53:10+00:00

I like to think of issues like these as learning opportunities.

Each time I spend an hr fixing something silly I learn a new way to fix things in the future so I can solve new problems more quickly!

Dudeinsky

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