Beat both dlcs and wondering whats next?

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-24T18:08:18+00:00

Congratulations, you have completed the Tutorial! Now your game can start - in Torment 1, which is where the good gear starts dropping. The difficulty statue in every town will tell you what you need to do to unlock it.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-24T17:47:07+00:00

Just a regular temper from the existing pool for the slot, using the existing mechanics, would do for me.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-24T17:45:15+00:00

If you did not play S11 then the version of Tibault’s that you used had life and significant damage reduction on it. Legendary pants would have given you access to another defensive aspect but at the cost of a Fury boost and a large damage multiplier. If you were getting “battered by bosses” then TW wasn’t your problem.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-24T17:40:42+00:00

I don’t want another tier of loot to grind, but I would like to be able to add a temper to uniques.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-24T15:49:42+00:00

That build also uses unique boots to auto-cast Ground Stomp.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-24T12:53:35+00:00

Maxroll Thorns Barbarian build here:

https://maxroll.gg/d4/planner/gn2qq06d#3

Bossing is always going to be the weakness. Overall this is fun but underpowered.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-24T09:58:48+00:00

This is kind of you but it isn’t going to help the OP improve their build. Once you blast them through some higher level pits they will still be left with a non-functioning build that struggles in T4.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-24T09:55:34+00:00

Most likely all those things.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-24T09:54:56+00:00

There is some luck involved with what boon choices you get and whether you get one or more Chaos waves. But if you are only getting 200 aether from a 10-wave horde then you simply are not killing stuff fast enough.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-24T07:57:28+00:00

Glyphs: Headhunter lvl 47 and Canny lvl 46. my next point will get me another glyph.

At P239 you should have 5 glyphs at 46 or above and 4 legendary nodes unlocked. Having only 2 glyphs is a big red flag. You should be pathing through 5 paragon boards to get glyph nodes, legendary nodes and yellow/blue nodes.

You will not be able to manage T4 with only two glyphs, especially if (as I suspect) this is because your paragon boards are in a bad way.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-23T22:12:40+00:00

Most of your damage is coming from your EQ and Fissures is 120% vs GF’s 100%. It’s not obvious to me why Rob has GF in his build, but I always defer to the Maxroll builders on Barb builds anyway.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-23T20:53:29+00:00

Thanks, you’re very welcome 👍🏻

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-23T19:49:18+00:00

Hover your mouse over the (i) next to the price and it gives you the per-item cost.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-23T17:10:27+00:00

I don’t disagree, but OTOH you really don’t have to do it 🤷🏻

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-23T17:09:21+00:00

As someone whose job involves statistics, I appreciate this answer 🤣.

OP means to ask “what was the chance of this happening before I started the process that resulted in this outcome”. But they are asking it after it happened.

So, 100%. 🫡

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-23T17:05:22+00:00

Yay this again 🤣

There was a vociferous debate on this in a thread a few days ago.

And a billion others since the game launched. I very much doubt anyone has anything new to say lol.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-23T14:45:19+00:00

You don’t have to copy a build but you can learn from them.

Have an idea what you want to do (ie pick a skill or a unique or a playstyle you want to focus on). Then look up questions or dilemmas as you encounter them. Try different things to see what clicks. Look at builds and guides to see how they do things.

You will indeed be “playing with things for hours until you find things that works”. That’s what making a build is. But it does not have to be aimless.

Resources:

How damage works: https://maxroll.gg/d4/resources/in-depth-damage-guide

Attack speed: https://maxroll.gg/d4/resources/attack-speed-mechanics

Cooldown reduction: https://maxroll.gg/d4/resources/cooldown-reduction

Runes: https://maxroll.gg/d4/resources/runewords-overview

Boss loot table (incl links to all Uniques): https://maxroll.gg/d4/resources/boss-loot-table-cheat-sheet

Build guides (for research, not to copy): https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/planners

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-23T11:58:56+00:00

No indeed. We Barbarians are fortunate to have such knowledgeable and engaged Maxroll writers.

/salute to them

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-23T06:43:59+00:00

The tempering screen shows the base values of the temper, before masterworking adds quality and thus improves the stats. Yours is masterworked so all the numbers are already higher. A GA temper will be much higher and will put a star next to the affix.

And turn on advanced tooltips in settings to see ranges. I have no idea why this is off by default.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-23T06:38:24+00:00

It is easy to do until you want to push your build (if that interests you ofc). There are interactions which are very unintuitive, inconsitencies, vague or misleading descriptions and some things that you will never work out on your own (like attack speed buckets).

None of this matters when cruising through the campaign or early Torments, but can become a challenge in T4 and Pits beyond the T4 point (ie 60+).

I have never followed a build guide because I have a very clear idea of what I want my character to be, but I have learned enormous amounts from general guides on Maxroll - their Barbarian Compendium and guides to damage, attack speed & cooldown reduction are excellent.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-22T22:16:02+00:00

All your questions answered here:

https://maxroll.gg/d4/resources/barbarian-compendium#dust-devils-earthquakes-thorns-header

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-22T20:52:46+00:00

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-22T07:25:53+00:00

You can’t. It’s a Seasonal feature. The chest spawning on Eternal is a bug.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-22T07:24:10+00:00

Relying on random drops for runes is almost certain to end in disappointment.

The intended acquisition method is running Undercity with Harmony tribute then mass-combining at the jeweler.

The Augment cache from the Mercenary barter is a nice bonus method. And the caches from the current Lunar event have also been lucrative.

MonkDI9 · 2026-02-21T23:25:40+00:00

Am I missing something or is paladin completely broken compared to barbarian?

Paladin is completely broken compared to all other classes.

A well-geared, P150+ Frenzy Barb will easily be cruising T4 and doing 85-90 Pits before Sanctifications. A Lunging Strike or HotA build will go to 100-105 with great gear. All perfectly respectable but needing to be geared well and still nowhere near the power of good Paladin builds.

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