These 1 billion Firebird dot ticks keep happening in party of four. Which multipliers cause this? (Screenshots)

7:15 pm, October 17, 2014 Few screenshots (difficult to stay at max range for Zei's Stone of Vengeance, and capture damage numbers at each fight) My Bnet Profile Elemental Elite Damage: 3 118 471 I have Poison, Zei [..] View

2.1 Witch Doctor Proc Coefficients

7:15 am, October 2, 2014 X-Post from /r/Diablo3witchdoctors Hi! Since ZzEzZ stopped figuring out proc coefficients because of the loh change I decided to take things into my own hands and tried his proposed method of using [..] View

Firebird 6-piece Confusion

7:15 pm, September 29, 2014 So after running around with 6-piece Firebird bonus for a couple of weeks now I still have some confusion as far as how the damage from the set bonus effects the overall damage you are doing. Once the [..] View

Items/Skills and behind the scenes mathematics/calcs

7:15 am, September 28, 2014 Hi guys After researching quite a bit recently about things like the Wizard's Firebird 6pc effect (ie. how dot snapshotting and other stats effect the ticks) and how legendary gems, like Zeis, [..] View

This jailer/thunderstorm talk on GR30+ shares a lot of the same discussion we've had back in 1.0.1: Inferno difficulty, Force Armor Wizards and why it was changed for the greater good of the game.

7:15 am, September 10, 2014 All this talk about jailer/thunderstorm and one shot mechanics in higher greater rifts brings back memories of the 1.0.1 Inferno discussions. What would happen if they made something like jailer do le [..] View

Legendary Gems and Proc Coefficients

7:15 pm, September 2, 2014 Hi! Today I noticed that some of the legendary gems are proccing from one of my Witch Doctor's non-damaging abilities (Horrify) which hat no proc coefficient: Legendary Gems that proc off Hor [..] View

Firebird's Finery "Fixed"

7:15 am, August 27, 2014 I use the term loosely. The hotfix is live. On the PTR wearing the same gear, my firebird dot ticked for 60-80 million damage on elites. It now ticks for 20 million. This is without using the Apocalyp [..] View

PTR 2.1 - Witch Doctor Theorycrafting - Tall Man's Finger 200-300m Crits on Elites (Video)

7:15 pm, August 22, 2014 Today I want to theorycraft on a fully optimized fire Tall Man's Finger zombie dog. I stack elemental damage, skill damage, elite damage, ideal pet gear, Hellfire amulet, all zombie dog passi [..] View

Why only Frozen Pulse gets a visual update if Mortar is harder to see and hits harder?

7:15 am, August 11, 2014 The enemies shoot Mortars totally randomly and you have little time to react (if you can even see the circle) and if the middle hits you, it just oneshots you (at least with DH), otherwise it barely d [..] View

Firebird 6pc bonus not working while other DoTs are active

7:15 am, August 6, 2014 Seems that the new PTR has broken the FB 6pc bonus... the extra damage from the 6pc won't tick while any other DoTs are active (Hydra trails, Conflag ticks, meteor ground DoT, etc). It&#39 [..] View

Suckerfred1's "Lead Foot Lacerator" Barbarian

7:15 pm, June 26, 2014 Barbarians are visceral warriors, reveling in the adrenaline produced by their violent displays of physical prowess. Often bathing themselves in the blood of their foes, either willfully or as a bypro [..] View

%Life damage on followers

7:15 am, May 26, 2014 I started using 4-piece Asheara on my ZDPS support monk recently, but there were some questions about whether it was worth it. Upon further testing, it seems that gearing my followers for %life damage [..] View

PSA : Focus and Restraint (Bastion of Will set) - How to get it working properly

7:15 am, May 22, 2014 Made a post and posted in a few similar threads about this item after I found my set a couple days ago. Figured I'd do a fresh one on reddit to get the word out. I'm still seeing peopl [..] View

[Mechanics Question] Attack Speed and Damage over Time Abilities

7:15 pm, May 21, 2014 So I've searched and searched and came up with the question so many times, but never a definitive answer on how the Attack Speed affects DoT. First off, it seems there's a difference i [..] View

Questions on Focus + Restraint set rings.

7:15 am, May 13, 2014 Hi, I picked up Restraint last night and was pretty interested in the set bonus. Researched it as much as I could but there wasn't too much solid information about it since the rings had been [..] View

Is it just me or is elemental damage from monsters not tuned properly?

7:15 pm, May 5, 2014 This is based off T6 play. With 46m toughness I can take hits from monsters all day long but if a Thunderstorm or Frozen Pulse ticks on me once my HP goes to 20-30% from one tick. I mean realisticall [..] View

Best weapons for an EQ barb?

7:15 am, May 5, 2014 I have seen people using different weapons - devastator, burning axe, thunderfury etc . What are the best possible weapons for an EQ barb? Does the thunderfury proc work on earthquake ticks? submitte [..] View

Leap and Earthquake Mechanics Guide

7:15 am, April 17, 2014 I recently completed my Might of the Earth set, which releases an earthquake every time I cast leap. This works particularly well with Lut Socks, boots which allow me to leap 3 times in a row within 2 [..] View

Crusader mechanics and their affect on build variety. My strategy to maximize the effectiveness of the game's most unique class.

7:15 am, April 3, 2014 After close to 45 hours with the Crusader and testing with numerous builds for the class I've determined a few key things about him that I feel are essential for using the class effectively. [..] View

FAQ for New/Returning Wizards (Especially Ex-CM/WW Players) [Wizard X-Post]

6:15 pm, March 10, 2014 I've have tried to limit my comments to the general consensus and avoid anything too contentious. If you think something is blatantly wrong please feel free to PM or comment below. If you woul [..] View

Improving Itemization with Unlocked Affixes and Caps

6:15 pm, February 4, 2014 Have you played much of the PTR? Chances are you have replaced your bracer with something similar to this: Bracer 15% <Element> Damage 200 Main Stat 200 Vitality 6% Crit Chance Why? [..] View

What's the best way to calculate DPS with the new legendaries?

6:15 am, January 31, 2014 Been playing my monk on the PTR and got lucky with a few drops. I got a monk helm that increases lightning dmg by 15% as well as a monk fist with %dmg increase to lighting. I then found shoulders that [..] View