The actual demonstration helped the most. I am a more casual player and this was gold. I get in my head about trying to min/max and waste so much time trying to figure out the best gear only to do it all over again 30 min later.
Rax, you are the perfect example of thinking in first principles. The way you explain concepts and how you make us think about the why behind each decision sets you apart from the rest. Thank you.
As someone who returned to D4 in s4 those guides are actually very helpful. My firewall sorc is blasting in tier 4 while leveling. Always to the point and very specific. Love the guide.
It was nice how you put everything in order and how you look at the game. I just watched you do the last speed run and I had to watch some more of your stuff and this is the first time it was explained in detail how to set up stuff and what to watch out for.
Such a good video because Rax is not just giving you some guide you need to follow like you are braindead but explains how you should approach thinking about your build. Absolutely perfect for beginners like me
This whole video will help me. I'm super casual and just hit 72 this weekend. I haven't tempered any of my gear, nor enchanted, but did use aspects. I've been in T4 since 64 but man, it would have been much, much easier and nicer if I had this video a week ago. I'm glad you put it together and this is going to save me tons of time now and later. I might actually hit lvl 100 this season! Appreciate ya!
Thanks man. All of this was very helpful. I tend to not play for months at a time ,and when I return I totally do not know what to do, and the game feels 'not fun'. you have a keen sense of what that feeling is, and why it is happening so it made me pay attention to your guide.
This was super helpful. I just pounded through nightmares to get to 100. Plus now all my glyphs are at least 15. Now to figure out how to get the best gear at 100 my gear is solid but still need a little more.
May I ask a completely stupid question? Did you open holes in your hoodie to listen to your headset or you just up the sound? I tried to do that to be more confortable in the winter but the sound is so bad...
Also, if you listen closely to this here, take notice on certain leaderboards that most of the high end players have their profiles set to private is because they dont want to share their recepits. Rax just gave it too us at 13:42. I love him much more for this. I also think certain things apply on POE too but im guessing on that. Again, thanks Rax.
@@Zooral45 No, I retract my statement. I just watched his stream and he gave his personal fire gloves to a viewer to help him! I think the beginning of this video gave me a bad first impression.
I know it went longer than you may have wanted, but it's a game changer for me. You often joke about middle-aged dads who can't devote the time to min-max everything and understand every system and synergy. I am that dad. This tutorial broke it down in easy to chew bites and gave me a good 10 tier jump with ease on nightmare dungeons immediately. Thanks Raxx
same here :) I am clearing very easly NMDs 10-12 levels above my character level ! thanks Raxx, you presented everything very logic and straight forward, very easy to understand even for a very casual player (full time dad & job :D) ! I purely loved and enjoyed your explanations !
God damnit Rax, this is THE FIRST Guide that gives me as a casual some real tools in my hands. May I bag you for making a guide in this style for "casual" Endgame progression?
This right here Raxx is what sets you apart from the other content creators my dude. Your viewers were saying how they feel they suck and it can be a feels bad moment sometimes (I was one of them). And you make a video in response to try to help that segement of the audiance that watches your content.
Missed opportunity to pull an asmon and just alt F4 the game before launching PoE and just continue blasting with his tornado shot deadeye as though nothing happened
What helped me specifically is the part about not min-maxing until level 100. At WT4 I spend a lot of time in town changing gear when a slightly better one drops.
I know basically all this info, but you explaining your thoughts behind it is so insightful. Really appreciated it. I always understand things better when i know the "why" behind it.
Hi Rax, thanks for the video been watching since your D3 stuff. Biggest part for me was how simple terms and showing on the screen at the same time. Like we used to do in school here in the uk - show and tell! I dont know how possible it is, but videos like this for "how to sorcerer" or "how to barb" in this way would be great for alot of casual gamers like my partner. 10 mins here is the load outs you need for sorc fire/ice/lightning here is the tempers you want for x y z I think it would help alot of people not just myself I play only couch co-op with my partner, we did the same with D3 and moves into D4 when that came, we have watched you every season and all the information has been so helpful that by season 3 we were very confindent in what we were doing and able to get to 75+ nightmare dungeons and kill duriel several times etc so just wanted to say thanks and i'll look forward to your stuff in season 5 and beyond
For me, I liked to hear your thoughts and thinking process behind the choices you do. And you did great simplifying the process of what to do during the different phases to 100. So now the leveling seems more easy and approachable, and I can actually think for myself instead of braindead follow a guide. (Guides are great, but I also like to understand the why). Demonstrating and showing during the explanations are very valuable, easier to follow along and see what you are talking about. Awesome work Raxx!
Too true. 'Damage to distant' has become my greatest nemesis. If only that was my preferred stat I would have never bricked an item. I believed I rolled it 9 nine times in a row once.
It's funny he jokes about going to PoE, but this experience also exists in much of PoE crafting. 90% of PoE's crafting mechanics exist to improve odds of hitting mods you want. Nothing feels worse than missing multiple consecutive attempts in the 40-60% chance range. Missing even 3 or 4 coinflips in a row feels like the entire world is against you lol.
@@discrep Playin' with a friend 2 days ago, needed any res other than cold. Rolled Cold res 6 times in a row (on 2 pieces of gear, obviously). Not sure what the world is trying to tell me. 0.2^6.
If you role the same affix 2 times in a row, put a new item on the tempering box and temper it then switch back and continue it helps to get bad roll luck out of the way on a useless item, i keep a similar item for my bad rolls.
Great info Raxx! I consider myself a "Casual Try-Hard Dad Gamer". I play more than a lot of casuals but not enough as hardcore players with life and kids and all. I feel I understand the new systems and theories behind them but when you explain the magnitude of Tempering and how you go about it as you go up in World Tiers, it really helps me realize it is not a waste to temper or mess with those things prior to WT4. Its not just a small boost to your build but truly a massive power increase. Videos like this are where you really excel comparing to a lot of the other content creators for D4. Keep up the hard work man!
Guys if you make new alts as soon as you get yellow or legendary items you can put max level tempers you earned on you max level character on your new characters gear. For example say you get a legendary chestplate at level 15 you can put the temper that gives you max life and it’s between 300-500 which is insane amounts of health for level 15 do this on all gear that can take health you’ll be able to tank everything in the early game. Something I discovered is max level Elemental surge is insanely good early game. Use a basic skill that has a high lucky chance and put elemental surge on all weapons. On two handed you get a chance to do 8000 damage and 4000 damage on one handed which is insane damage early game. This should carry you until level 60-70 then you should start transitioning to your end game build once you start getting ancestral items.
I like how you went step by step. What you do first, second, etc., and the thought process behind your decisions. Makes it easy to duplicate. Thanks Raxx!!
I've searched high and low across RUclips and Reddit for any in depth advice on efficient levelling as well as understanding certain core mechanics of the game; not once however has anyone compiled, compressed and relayed such a vast wealth of knowledge in the way that you have. I honestly feel that my understanding of the game has increased tenfold and has bought to light many mistakes and errors I've made across a plethora of previous characters. I cannot thank you enough for this video, you've gained a sub and I'll be sure to look out for any future videos. Top stuff my guy
Can’t stress how informative this video was, don’t usually comment. But man the step by step was fantastic. New to D4 ( played D3 for 10k hours). Still was very confused with all the broken information. The biggest thing was every RUclips video assume I know what the hell they talking about when it comes to tempering and other mechanics. Keep it up 🎉
Diablo 4 season 4 was the first time I have ever played a diablo game. I have been so lost on how to get stronger. All my friends just kept telling me to get better gear and I just couldn't figure out what makes gear "better". This video is the first thing I've seen that I actually understood. Please make more "diablo for dummies" guides like this. You broke down everything I needed to know in a way I can understand. Great video please keep up the good work.
The tempering section of this video had me laughing irl. The funny part is that I imagine the only people who can't intuitively receive a recipe, see it offers a crap ton of damage, and proceed to go x9 their damage at the blacksmith, blows my mind. I imagine it's just the 5 year olds who haven't been doing that by default. Of course, it's very detailed; Raxx did a great job explaining. It just made me chuckle that people have to be told to do this when the tooltips show you'll do substantially more damage, if you go do this easy task. 🤣
The most helpful thing for me was seeing how you quickly make decisions on stats - tempering & enchanting. Seeing you hit that exception case and hearing your thoughts with the poison & lighting res was awesome. Thank you!
This video captivated me from start to finish - I usually skip around until I find the info I need, but this one was different. I'm new to your channel, but this barb video was truly amazing. It taught me so much about being more efficient, and I was surprised by how much I learned. I never thought I could be so productive! The video was well-organized and easy to follow, and the presenter was engaging and knowledgeable. I'm definitely going to subscribe to your channel and watch more of your videos. I was particularly impressed by the way you explained complex concepts in a clear and concise manner. The examples were relatable and easy to understand. I also appreciated the presenter's enthusiasm and passion for the subject. It was clear that they genuinely cared about sharing their knowledge with others. Overall, this video was a valuable learning experience for me. I feel more confident in my ability to be efficient and productive, and I am excited to apply the tips and techniques that I learned from the video. I would highly recommend this video to anyone who is looking to improve their efficiency and productivity.
Wow you just broke down this so easy and smart is crazy I just learned to play 300 hours and it took 40 mins to learn a lot, I like how you showed what you would do and what not to do really help me , thanks rax your a legend shine on brother 💯 U think I can make a good rouge build video ?
Great vid Raxx! Seeing the order and methodology as well as the reasoning behind the choices was extremely helpful. Would love to see something very similar covering the ins and outs of the paragon board. I think that is one aspect that is not explained very well for new players. See you on the streams!
4x rolls in a row to Damage to distant on a an amulet: "I'm gonna install POE 4x times in a row, what is wrong with you Blizzard" :D:D Haha, I lauged hard :D Great guide, thanks
Hey Rax, you were 10 mins into this video, and i already learned that my double swing barb was built wrong. 😆 I realized i didn't have to min/max everything the first time out. Im constantly being harped on by my friends for taking so long in town. My favorite part of this particularly awesomely informational video was the descriptive showcase you used. It was great. Bang in a few helpful affixes or skill tips and BOOM, back out to kick some badguy butt. WELL DONE, SIR!!
In almost every MMO, I always take a long time in town. That's just how I am lol 😆It's usually because I am thorough, and making sure I got everything. If I'm rushed, I always forget something.
Yeah, I still don’t understand how to play this game 😅 everyone just jumps from one dungeon to the next and does 100x the damage i do, meanwhile i die from a single hit (not even boss fights), and then just to recycle all my gear i spend so much time in town, i still don’t know how they don’t do anything in town and are ready for the next one almost immediately.
Hey Raxx, you might give a look to WW dust devils. For me the build came online considerably earlier than Double Swing. Once DS does come online it's probably better, but WW felt good very early. Just something to consider.
Thanks Raxx, As a casual player I never spent much time early game tempering or rerolling affixes as I just figured I’d find something better in a few levels. I always waited towards the end, that is if I didn’t give up due to frustration on being weaker all around, seeing this video it makes so much more sense to me now. Thanks again Raxx
Raxx you’re the fucking goat. I just got back into d4, and you’re making my life so much easier. I’m playing double swing dust barb so this video is perfect
very helpful for me personally. im always never sure how much you guys pay attention to gear in lower levels. sometimes i feel im wasting my time tempering or enchanting when i know im gonna find gear that makes it obsolete in like 5 more levels. it's nice to see your thought process on it all, probably one of the most useful guides for me
You get yellows with level 10, and ring / amu level 15, if you temper all of it, you are fine until word tear 3, than you get your first batch of sacred gear. If you temper it, this is fine until level 55 (when you can carry world tier 4 gear), do at level 55 the capstone to play it safe (with your starting sacred gear), than switch to ancestory gear. That starting WT4 gear with two tempering slots, should be fine until level 70-80. From level 65 you start to drop masterwork items, and than you slowly replace your starting WT4 with masterwork gear.
juggernaut and disobedience aspects for my necromancer.. ohhh my god. i've been building a bone spear with minions glass cannon and bro these two aspects completely changed how i can clear. i still melt and die like 80% less
My man. I am the cliche Dad gamer....I learned more in this video than I have in all the previous videos I have watched to date. Wish this was the first video I ever watched because it would have saved me who-the-hell-knows how much time, gold, and energy. Your sir have a new subscriber. Fucking fantastic information and delivery of knowledge.
I feel bad for the noobs who think attack power is an indicator of a good build or any type of power increase. It's a completely arbitrary number. The numbers that matter are the specifics like weapons damage, stats, and flat/ additive / multiplicative damage types. My paragon node essentially gives me 50% more damage for every ability casted, whether I have it on my paragon board or not my attack power doesn't increase or decrease at all. Yet it quite literally doubles my DPS. Don't be trapped by attack power as a number , check out a maxroll damage guide
@@vipertoasties8017 My other comment got deleted. I'm thinking you reported it like a snowflake. But the fact that you replied shows you read and care about what I wrote. I understand if you don't care about my opinion, but don't talk nonsense and come off as ignorant. You seem like the kind of person who judges builds solely on attack power and brags about it, nobody will take you seriously.
These kinds of vids are the apex of content for gamers. Naturally, because i over think while levelling, i had 85% of this but tweaking that last 15% - and getting that next level of understanding - is just priceless. So clear. Clean. Concise. 🏆
i consider myself a blaster, however i still watch these videos cuz you never know what tips you might pick up :) thanks Raxx awesome educational video
The events in NM dungeons are not consistent. You don't always get them, and time spent running around looking for everything you can click on in a dungeon is wasted. So I don't really care if they give eleventy-gajillion-xp-per-femto-second. For an AVERAGE player who doesnt have their every action planned out before they make their character, Helltide is the way to go. For diablo playing androids who can run every random permutation of NM dungeon in their sleep and has the location of every possible dungeon event memorized with an optimized route for each, that might be a few seconds faster. Paper calculations rarely translate well to actual gameplay.
Er versucht bloß zu helfen. Außerdem, zeig doch, dass du recht hast? :D Wenn "auf dem Papier" steht, dass die Höllenflut auch ansatzweise gleich schnell ist.
When you’re on your 12th D4 character and you realise you’ve been levelling wrong the entire time 😢 Thanks for this Rax. Literal game changer. I had allowed myself to be conditioned into thinking enchanting, imprinting, tempering before 100/ancestral was a complete waste of time. Watched this yesterday with my Barb at 50 in tier 3. Applied your ideas and a couple of hours later I’m 84 and decimating everything in helltides and nmd’s. Love it.
Yup just started playing a week ago game (came free with my Xbox and decided to try it after months of owning it) started with Druid (54 currently) then necromancer (91) and now barbarian (82) my barb is probably strongest character currently and it only took me 2 days
I'm lvl 64 barb rn. Been playing mostly solo, just doing t4 nm dungeons. I have a pretty decent build rn, I haven't failed out of a dungeon yet and enemies are 15+ levels ahead of me. I say that just to emphasize the fact I haven't tempered or enchanted anything. I only break shi down at the smith, and I only hit the occultist once for the quest. I'm surprised how much of an effect tempering/enchanting has. The system seemed convoluted and I didn't feel like learning or reading anything, so I've straight ignored it until today. So excited to go test and see how my build improves haha. The mf dust devil size temper is nuts, can't believe I didn't know 😅😂
Also what helped me from the vid, was literally just breaking down the concepts of tempering/enchanting, when playing with friends you don't really got time to read a tutorial and get in the nitty gritty. So this definitely helped me understand the systems (which are quite a lot tbh, since everything in this 40 min vid was so useful) and exactly what to prioritize for barb at least.
The whole thing helped me, Raxx! Helpful to know what's in your mind and then be able to see it represented on screen. Beautiful illustrative demonstration
Its crazy how often i roll the same shit temper 3-5 times in a row... it feels terrible and almost like blizzard has some algorithm in the tempering meant to say fuck your gear
I found everything in this video to be very helpful. I appreciate the hands on approach but also explaining why you’re wanting something like jug on an amulet
I watched your 6h barb run and did not understand how you were blasting so fast. THANK YOU for this video. Your content is what makes this game fun for some of us that can't theorycraft (1h of gaming per day tops).
As a casual player, this video was exactly what I needed. The step by step directions and the reasoning behind them really helped a noob like me. You have a new sub!
What I've been doing on my alts is tempering thorns onto one piece of gear instead of max life. One thorns roll is enough to carry you through WT2 by itself.
Barbs get 2x Two handed weapons which gives them TWO bonus aspects at 100% and Blizz wonders why barbarian is the top damage dealing and tanking class every season. I.WONDER.WHY?
That was sick. Thank you. I'm new to diablo 4, and the guides were confusing. I had some idea from the game that I could enchant and temper, but I didn't really understand how powerful it was. This will help me greatly.
Thanks again, Raxx! I learned more about the crafting process and understand it better. Please keep the instruction coming. I now know what to do to stay alive. The aspect explanations helped immensely.
The Pit also provides XP. I didn't realize that until I started doing a couple runs at ~95, but I leveled up super quickly from 95-100. Not sure if you've run the numbers on that though! Thanks for the advice! The examples definitely help a lot!
Amazing! You helped by presenting each type of gear/item, showing the individual steps, based on the guiding concepts . When you pointed out a few aspects which are good for any class, that was new to me. You help bec you do not talk fast, and you don't use expert gamer jargon. You are a gifted teacher ! Thank you, Raxx!
One of the things I found most helpfull was talking about not trying to micro-manage or perfect your gear. I wasted a lot of time doing just that. A few pieces drop each run and I would try to perfect them, the stats, or resists while trying to level up to T4.
I think people are pushing the helltides for leveling because for most the goal is not "level 100 as fast as possible" but "max iron wolf rep as fast as possible" for the resplendent spark.
fantastic video. I am new to diablo and was just powering through without much thought. This gives me a new understanding especially about tempering and changing affixes.
Great breakdown! In case anyone was wondering. The breakdown below is what his gear went from, just by tempering and enchanting. Gear stats Before : 8,821 Attack Power, 4,515 Armor, 18,686 Life Gear stats AFTER: 19,738 Attack Power, 7,570 Armor, 21,671 Life Total gain: +10,917 Attack Power, +3,055 Armor, +2,985 Life
your vids are always super approachable. I send some, like this one, to my wife who likes to play but doesn't want to think too much, and this approach breaks it down simply & effectively. Excellent.
I find that NMD in WT3 hardly reward any glyph XP. I just run Helltides until WT4, then switch to NMD. This way I stock up on all the helltides mats, like Angelbreath and Veiled Crystal's, that I won't have to worry about it again. And NMD in WT4 reward enough XP for you to max all 7 glyphs before you hit 100. At least it was enough for me.
Lvl 65 Necro in Tier 3. First time playing since D2. Great guide and learned a lot about tempering additional aspects that I didn’t even know I could do on my gear! I’m running infernal hordes but still spending too much time reviewing gear drops. What’s the gear strategy once I’ve set my current gear up? Since it’s all legendary lvl 60 gear do i sell or salvage EVERYTHING until I get to Tier 4? At end of hordes do I choose gear or mats or gold?
Do you ever fuck with dodge while leveling? There is a defensive aspect that gives 5-20% life recovery when you dodge, and another that gives you 5-10% fortify on dodge. Each of those aspects gives you 8% flat dodge for a total of 16% which WILL NOT appear on the character sheet but does seem to work. You can get natural dodge rolls 5-7% on legs, boots, and amulet for 15-21% dodge and another 5-7% defensive tempered dodge roll on helmet, chest, legs, and amulet for another 20-28% dodge. This adds up to 51-65% dodge with 100% uptime and 100% chance to 5-20% heal and 5-10% fortify when you dodge. The healing is scaled by healing effectiveness, which helps that stat be less useless. WHY? Why do this? Do you let a toddler farm helltides for you? I do. My girl likes the horse and big slams on baddies. She does not understand much else about the game, since she’s 3 and this is her first game. WHAT ELSE IS NEEDED TO TODDLER AFK HELLTIDES? 1-2 rolls of Life Per Second helps a ton with the randomness of dodge, especially if there are not a lot of small hits flying around. I usually avoid rerolling ONE of these rolls. Besides that, you want Juggernaut aspect for 85% phys reduction since your toddler doesn’t use Evade anyway. And finally, you used 3 defensive aspects already, so whatever resistances you can get elsewhere is valuable. Jewelry that comes with sockets on it is primo for getting fire, lightning, and poison res for helltides. OFFENSE? you do you. I’ve found that boiling blood aspect on the amulet + guaranteed overpower aspects and skills with large AOE everywhere else works well for the toddler strategy. On Barb, that’s usually upheaval. Big upheaval makes it so she doesn’t miss, so that’s a nice temper for ancestral weapons. Also, thorns is awesome for toddler gameplay. Not the razor plate body armor, just stack life in WT4 and then let your life pool do the thorns for you. On Druid, pulverize. On necro, blood surge + minions for AFK safety. Rogue and Mage, idk. I haven’t played them recently, but the defensive I mented above is amazing for any non-barrier build. WHY NOT? You lose a lot of life and res doing this, as well as two defensive aspects. You lose a damage explicit and damage temper on your amulet. You might not need this healing if you actually play the game and are not AFK / a toddler.
Not sure if he said this. But you can press space to favorite Aspects you want for leveling and they will be on the top :D
Wow didnt now that, ty
How u do that for console
@@michaelscott4175X button I think
Hit the square button if your on playstation
Ty. I did not know this.
The actual demonstration helped the most. I am a more casual player and this was gold. I get in my head about trying to min/max and waste so much time trying to figure out the best gear only to do it all over again 30 min later.
Rax, you are the perfect example of thinking in first principles. The way you explain concepts and how you make us think about the why behind each decision sets you apart from the rest. Thank you.
As someone who returned to D4 in s4 those guides are actually very helpful. My firewall sorc is blasting in tier 4 while leveling. Always to the point and very specific. Love the guide.
It was nice how you put everything in order and how you look at the game. I just watched you do the last speed run and I had to watch some more of your stuff and this is the first time it was explained in detail how to set up stuff and what to watch out for.
Such a good video because Rax is not just giving you some guide you need to follow like you are braindead but explains how you should approach thinking about your build. Absolutely perfect for beginners like me
This whole video will help me. I'm super casual and just hit 72 this weekend. I haven't tempered any of my gear, nor enchanted, but did use aspects. I've been in T4 since 64 but man, it would have been much, much easier and nicer if I had this video a week ago. I'm glad you put it together and this is going to save me tons of time now and later. I might actually hit lvl 100 this season! Appreciate ya!
Thanks man. All of this was very helpful. I tend to not play for months at a time ,and when I return I totally do not know what to do, and the game feels 'not fun'. you have a keen sense of what that feeling is, and why it is happening so it made me pay attention to your guide.
This was super helpful. I just pounded through nightmares to get to 100. Plus now all my glyphs are at least 15. Now to figure out how to get the best gear at 100 my gear is solid but still need a little more.
the blue hoody gives a lot of bonus exp.
Update: Yeah...my barb is waaaaaay better now after applying the knowledge from the video. Thanks!!!
Thanks a lot for the tips Raxx
Best video ever! Thanks my man!
May I ask a completely stupid question? Did you open holes in your hoodie to listen to your headset or you just up the sound? I tried to do that to be more confortable in the winter but the sound is so bad...
It's simply the truth. There it is without embellishment.
Nice info Raxx. Appreciate the vid for noobs
Rax is ALWAYS the best youtuber to lay everything down easy and straightforward, never leaving any holes or questions. Such a pro at his job.
Also, if you listen closely to this here, take notice on certain leaderboards that most of the high end players have their profiles set to private is because they dont want to share their recepits. Rax just gave it too us at 13:42. I love him much more for this. I also think certain things apply on POE too but im guessing on that. Again, thanks Rax.
Too bad he talks down to you the whole time!
@@TheChriscrowder I think you can’t comprehend sarcasm or dry humor which he uses a lot as far as I can see. Any examples you can share?
@@Zooral45 No, I retract my statement. I just watched his stream and he gave his personal fire gloves to a viewer to help him! I think the beginning of this video gave me a bad first impression.
I know it went longer than you may have wanted, but it's a game changer for me. You often joke about middle-aged dads who can't devote the time to min-max everything and understand every system and synergy. I am that dad. This tutorial broke it down in easy to chew bites and gave me a good 10 tier jump with ease on nightmare dungeons immediately. Thanks Raxx
same, i followed this and got into world tier3 way.earlier than my last character this season
same here :) I am clearing very easly NMDs 10-12 levels above my character level ! thanks Raxx, you presented everything very logic and straight forward, very easy to understand even for a very casual player (full time dad & job :D) ! I purely loved and enjoyed your explanations !
Could not agree more (also in the same boat)
In the same proverbial boat! Thank you 😊
Time to create the Out-of-time Dads Clan.
God damnit Rax, this is THE FIRST Guide that gives me as a casual some real tools in my hands. May I bag you for making a guide in this style for "casual" Endgame progression?
This right here Raxx is what sets you apart from the other content creators my dude. Your viewers were saying how they feel they suck and it can be a feels bad moment sometimes (I was one of them). And you make a video in response to try to help that segement of the audiance that watches your content.
This man just saved people millions of gold for thier endgame, some people don't even realize. ❤😂 great video!
16:35 is by far the best part of this video
That shit is my fucking life right now. Only on the best gear though.
Sadly that shit happened to my 2 greater affix amazing ring and i had to sell it. 4 times in a row damage to distant on Barbarian.
Missed opportunity to pull an asmon and just alt F4 the game before launching PoE and just continue blasting with his tornado shot deadeye as though nothing happened
This is worth a special short video
Yeah, there has to be an issue in the code, once it hits on a temper it just stays on it
What helped me specifically is the part about not min-maxing until level 100. At WT4 I spend a lot of time in town changing gear when a slightly better one drops.
Guilty myself. Now i know. So many hours saved to 100 now.
yep!
Me as well
me too!
TOWN IS LAVA
I know basically all this info, but you explaining your thoughts behind it is so insightful. Really appreciated it. I always understand things better when i know the "why" behind it.
Hi Rax, thanks for the video been watching since your D3 stuff.
Biggest part for me was how simple terms and showing on the screen at the same time. Like we used to do in school here in the uk - show and tell!
I dont know how possible it is, but videos like this for "how to sorcerer" or "how to barb" in this way would be great for alot of casual gamers like my partner. 10 mins here is the load outs you need for sorc fire/ice/lightning here is the tempers you want for x y z
I think it would help alot of people not just myself
I play only couch co-op with my partner, we did the same with D3 and moves into D4 when that came, we have watched you every season and all the information has been so helpful that by season 3 we were very confindent in what we were doing and able to get to 75+ nightmare dungeons and kill duriel several times etc so just wanted to say thanks and i'll look forward to your stuff in season 5 and beyond
For me, I liked to hear your thoughts and thinking process behind the choices you do. And you did great simplifying the process of what to do during the different phases to 100. So now the leveling seems more easy and approachable, and I can actually think for myself instead of braindead follow a guide. (Guides are great, but I also like to understand the why).
Demonstrating and showing during the explanations are very valuable, easier to follow along and see what you are talking about.
Awesome work Raxx!
One of the best videos Ever for understanding D4. This is my 2nd season and I learned a lot thank you for your efforts!
I didn’t realize how much i sucked at this game 😂
Right? Lol
And you save 90%+ of your gold too. Tier 1-3 spending millions is a waste
My experience with tempering in a nutshell @16:42 lol
Thnx for these video's Rax!
Too true. 'Damage to distant' has become my greatest nemesis. If only that was my preferred stat I would have never bricked an item. I believed I rolled it 9 nine times in a row once.
It's funny he jokes about going to PoE, but this experience also exists in much of PoE crafting. 90% of PoE's crafting mechanics exist to improve odds of hitting mods you want.
Nothing feels worse than missing multiple consecutive attempts in the 40-60% chance range. Missing even 3 or 4 coinflips in a row feels like the entire world is against you lol.
@@discrep Playin' with a friend 2 days ago, needed any res other than cold. Rolled Cold res 6 times in a row (on 2 pieces of gear, obviously). Not sure what the world is trying to tell me. 0.2^6.
I had atleast 10 rings die because i rolled the same useless tempering affix 5 times in a row.
It feels terrible, and almost intentional doesn't it. It honest to god feels like some algorithm to purposely brick items
If you role the same affix 2 times in a row, put a new item on the tempering box and temper it then switch back and continue it helps to get bad roll luck out of the way on a useless item, i keep a similar item for my bad rolls.
Great info Raxx! I consider myself a "Casual Try-Hard Dad Gamer". I play more than a lot of casuals but not enough as hardcore players with life and kids and all. I feel I understand the new systems and theories behind them but when you explain the magnitude of Tempering and how you go about it as you go up in World Tiers, it really helps me realize it is not a waste to temper or mess with those things prior to WT4. Its not just a small boost to your build but truly a massive power increase. Videos like this are where you really excel comparing to a lot of the other content creators for D4. Keep up the hard work man!
TRIM -Temper, Reroll, Imprint, Masterwork
TEIM
I'm gonna TRIM my ballsack.
@@vuminhdang5724stop tryna copy this dude. Leave it at trim bud
TUDPOE - temper uninstall download path of exile
Love it bro!!!
Guys if you make new alts as soon as you get yellow or legendary items you can put max level tempers you earned on you max level character on your new characters gear. For example say you get a legendary chestplate at level 15 you can put the temper that gives you max life and it’s between 300-500 which is insane amounts of health for level 15 do this on all gear that can take health you’ll be able to tank everything in the early game. Something I discovered is max level Elemental surge is insanely good early game. Use a basic skill that has a high lucky chance and put elemental surge on all weapons. On two handed you get a chance to do 8000 damage and 4000 damage on one handed which is insane damage early game. This should carry you until level 60-70 then you should start transitioning to your end game build once you start getting ancestral items.
This on season server or eternal server ?
Tempering is actually so fun. I love making an alt and destroying early levels with close damage
I like how you went step by step. What you do first, second, etc., and the thought process behind your decisions. Makes it easy to duplicate. Thanks Raxx!!
I've searched high and low across RUclips and Reddit for any in depth advice on efficient levelling as well as understanding certain core mechanics of the game; not once however has anyone compiled, compressed and relayed such a vast wealth of knowledge in the way that you have. I honestly feel that my understanding of the game has increased tenfold and has bought to light many mistakes and errors I've made across a plethora of previous characters. I cannot thank you enough for this video, you've gained a sub and I'll be sure to look out for any future videos. Top stuff my guy
Great video as always! Can you please explain how armor cap works? How much is it and does it depend on your level?
This is the greatest video for D4 comebacker or new player.
Can’t stress how informative this video was, don’t usually comment. But man the step by step was fantastic. New to D4 ( played D3 for 10k hours). Still was very confused with all the broken information. The biggest thing was every RUclips video assume I know what the hell they talking about when it comes to tempering and other mechanics. Keep it up 🎉
Diablo 4 season 4 was the first time I have ever played a diablo game. I have been so lost on how to get stronger. All my friends just kept telling me to get better gear and I just couldn't figure out what makes gear "better". This video is the first thing I've seen that I actually understood. Please make more "diablo for dummies" guides like this. You broke down everything I needed to know in a way I can understand. Great video please keep up the good work.
Fantastic video. I was missing the knowledge of what's required to build good damage and survivability. The synergies you broke down were impeccable.
The tempering section of this video had me laughing irl. The funny part is that I imagine the only people who can't intuitively receive a recipe, see it offers a crap ton of damage, and proceed to go x9 their damage at the blacksmith, blows my mind. I imagine it's just the 5 year olds who haven't been doing that by default.
Of course, it's very detailed; Raxx did a great job explaining. It just made me chuckle that people have to be told to do this when the tooltips show you'll do substantially more damage, if you go do this easy task.
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The most helpful thing for me was seeing how you quickly make decisions on stats - tempering & enchanting. Seeing you hit that exception case and hearing your thoughts with the poison & lighting res was awesome. Thank you!
This video captivated me from start to finish - I usually skip around until I find the info I need, but this one was different. I'm new to your channel, but this barb video was truly amazing. It taught me so much about being more efficient, and I was surprised by how much I learned. I never thought I could be so productive! The video was well-organized and easy to follow, and the presenter was engaging and knowledgeable. I'm definitely going to subscribe to your channel and watch more of your videos.
I was particularly impressed by the way you explained complex concepts in a clear and concise manner. The examples were relatable and easy to understand. I also appreciated the presenter's enthusiasm and passion for the subject. It was clear that they genuinely cared about sharing their knowledge with others.
Overall, this video was a valuable learning experience for me. I feel more confident in my ability to be efficient and productive, and I am excited to apply the tips and techniques that I learned from the video. I would highly recommend this video to anyone who is looking to improve their efficiency and productivity.
Wow you just broke down this so easy and smart is crazy I just learned to play 300 hours and it took 40 mins to learn a lot, I like how you showed what you would do and what not to do really help me , thanks rax your a legend shine on brother 💯
U think I can make a good rouge build video ?
Very excellent video. I learned a bunch. 😊 I am curious how you manage your loot chest with so many characters. Maybe you could do a video on that.
Great vid Raxx! Seeing the order and methodology as well as the reasoning behind the choices was extremely helpful. Would love to see something very similar covering the ins and outs of the paragon board. I think that is one aspect that is not explained very well for new players. See you on the streams!
4x rolls in a row to Damage to distant on a an amulet: "I'm gonna install POE 4x times in a row, what is wrong with you Blizzard" :D:D Haha, I lauged hard :D Great guide, thanks
Hey Rax, you were 10 mins into this video, and i already learned that my double swing barb was built wrong. 😆 I realized i didn't have to min/max everything the first time out. Im constantly being harped on by my friends for taking so long in town.
My favorite part of this particularly awesomely informational video was the descriptive showcase you used. It was great. Bang in a few helpful affixes or skill tips and BOOM, back out to kick some badguy butt.
WELL DONE, SIR!!
In almost every MMO, I always take a long time in town. That's just how I am lol 😆It's usually because I am thorough, and making sure I got everything. If I'm rushed, I always forget something.
Yeah, I still don’t understand how to play this game 😅 everyone just jumps from one dungeon to the next and does 100x the damage i do, meanwhile i die from a single hit (not even boss fights), and then just to recycle all my gear i spend so much time in town, i still don’t know how they don’t do anything in town and are ready for the next one almost immediately.
Hey Raxx, you might give a look to WW dust devils. For me the build came online considerably earlier than Double Swing. Once DS does come online it's probably better, but WW felt good very early. Just something to consider.
Thanks Raxx, As a casual player I never spent much time early game tempering or rerolling affixes as I just figured I’d find something better in a few levels. I always waited towards the end, that is if I didn’t give up due to frustration on being weaker all around, seeing this video it makes so much more sense to me now. Thanks again Raxx
Raxx you’re the fucking goat. I just got back into d4, and you’re making my life so much easier. I’m playing double swing dust barb so this video is perfect
very helpful for me personally. im always never sure how much you guys pay attention to gear in lower levels. sometimes i feel im wasting my time tempering or enchanting when i know im gonna find gear that makes it obsolete in like 5 more levels.
it's nice to see your thought process on it all, probably one of the most useful guides for me
You get yellows with level 10, and ring / amu level 15, if you temper all of it, you are fine until word tear 3, than you get your first batch of sacred gear. If you temper it, this is fine until level 55 (when you can carry world tier 4 gear), do at level 55 the capstone to play it safe (with your starting sacred gear), than switch to ancestory gear.
That starting WT4 gear with two tempering slots, should be fine until level 70-80. From level 65 you start to drop masterwork items, and than you slowly replace your starting WT4 with masterwork gear.
juggernaut and disobedience aspects for my necromancer.. ohhh my god. i've been building a bone spear with minions glass cannon and bro these two aspects completely changed how i can clear. i still melt and die like 80% less
Rax for prezident!
My man. I am the cliche Dad gamer....I learned more in this video than I have in all the previous videos I have watched to date. Wish this was the first video I ever watched because it would have saved me who-the-hell-knows how much time, gold, and energy. Your sir have a new subscriber. Fucking fantastic information and delivery of knowledge.
"I was here 4th" is what I supposed to be saying right?
I was here… too!
15:46 "the game feels fun"
16:46 "this game took everything from me. how could you do this to me blizzard."
Watching your atk power go from 8k to 19k in 20 minutes with trash gear is incredible. I can’t wait to try this out when I finish work
I feel bad for the noobs who think attack power is an indicator of a good build or any type of power increase. It's a completely arbitrary number. The numbers that matter are the specifics like weapons damage, stats, and flat/ additive / multiplicative damage types. My paragon node essentially gives me 50% more damage for every ability casted, whether I have it on my paragon board or not my attack power doesn't increase or decrease at all. Yet it quite literally doubles my DPS. Don't be trapped by attack power as a number , check out a maxroll damage guide
@@trash6960 don’t care didn’t ask
@@vipertoasties8017 My other comment got deleted. I'm thinking you reported it like a snowflake. But the fact that you replied shows you read and care about what I wrote. I understand if you don't care about my opinion, but don't talk nonsense and come off as ignorant. You seem like the kind of person who judges builds solely on attack power and brags about it, nobody will take you seriously.
@@vipertoasties8017 I see, you're new to the internet. Nobody needs permission to comment on your stupidity.
Thanks for the guide! This made leveling feel even faster and more enjoyable without any good aspects lol.
These kinds of vids are the apex of content for gamers. Naturally, because i over think while levelling, i had 85% of this but tweaking that last 15% - and getting that next level of understanding - is just priceless.
So clear. Clean. Concise. 🏆
Thank you for this it helped a lot i killed Curator with my lvl 32 barb easy thanks to this Video.
sometimes longer videos are good and this is one of those cases....my man thank you for the video. helpful as always.
I would live to see a video on how to power up AFTER reaching 100.
If he has crap gear on then how is his life at 18000 ? Riddle me that Batman
since ur always in a hoodie u should look at blanket sweaters, they are lit
@16:23 I hate this so much when it happens. This is so badly designed.
i consider myself a blaster, however i still watch these videos cuz you never know what tips you might pick up :) thanks Raxx awesome educational video
The events in NM dungeons are not consistent. You don't always get them, and time spent running around looking for everything you can click on in a dungeon is wasted. So I don't really care if they give eleventy-gajillion-xp-per-femto-second. For an AVERAGE player who doesnt have their every action planned out before they make their character, Helltide is the way to go. For diablo playing androids who can run every random permutation of NM dungeon in their sleep and has the location of every possible dungeon event memorized with an optimized route for each, that might be a few seconds faster. Paper calculations rarely translate well to actual gameplay.
Er versucht bloß zu helfen.
Außerdem, zeig doch, dass du recht hast? :D Wenn "auf dem Papier" steht, dass die Höllenflut auch ansatzweise gleich schnell ist.
hearing Kyovashad called K-mart was worth it for me lol
When you’re on your 12th D4 character and you realise you’ve been levelling wrong the entire time 😢 Thanks for this Rax. Literal game changer. I had allowed myself to be conditioned into thinking enchanting, imprinting, tempering before 100/ancestral was a complete waste of time. Watched this yesterday with my Barb at 50 in tier 3. Applied your ideas and a couple of hours later I’m 84 and decimating everything in helltides and nmd’s. Love it.
Yup just started playing a week ago game (came free with my Xbox and decided to try it after months of owning it) started with Druid (54 currently) then necromancer (91) and now barbarian (82) my barb is probably strongest character currently and it only took me 2 days
I'm lvl 64 barb rn. Been playing mostly solo, just doing t4 nm dungeons. I have a pretty decent build rn, I haven't failed out of a dungeon yet and enemies are 15+ levels ahead of me.
I say that just to emphasize the fact I haven't tempered or enchanted anything. I only break shi down at the smith, and I only hit the occultist once for the quest.
I'm surprised how much of an effect tempering/enchanting has. The system seemed convoluted and I didn't feel like learning or reading anything, so I've straight ignored it until today. So excited to go test and see how my build improves haha. The mf dust devil size temper is nuts, can't believe I didn't know 😅😂
Also what helped me from the vid, was literally just breaking down the concepts of tempering/enchanting, when playing with friends you don't really got time to read a tutorial and get in the nitty gritty. So this definitely helped me understand the systems (which are quite a lot tbh, since everything in this 40 min vid was so useful) and exactly what to prioritize for barb at least.
But are you not replacing all of this gear every 10mins or less? Or you recommending this just before each capstone or milestone etc?
I'm also wondering about this.
The whole thing helped me, Raxx! Helpful to know what's in your mind and then be able to see it represented on screen. Beautiful illustrative demonstration
Its crazy how often i roll the same shit temper 3-5 times in a row... it feels terrible and almost like blizzard has some algorithm in the tempering meant to say fuck your gear
I found everything in this video to be very helpful. I appreciate the hands on approach but also explaining why you’re wanting something like jug on an amulet
Great video, very helpful. I like how you broke up each way to add power, and the explanation for each part was very thorough. Thank you.
I watched your 6h barb run and did not understand how you were blasting so fast.
THANK YOU for this video.
Your content is what makes this game fun for some of us that can't theorycraft (1h of gaming per day tops).
Great freaking video! Love the practical real-time examples and the explanation of your thoughts processes of why and when.
As a casual player, this video was exactly what I needed. The step by step directions and the reasoning behind them really helped a noob like me. You have a new sub!
What I've been doing on my alts is tempering thorns onto one piece of gear instead of max life. One thorns roll is enough to carry you through WT2 by itself.
Do you use any aspect for thorns with it or literally just 1 thorns temper
@mattb6646 just one temper. 800 thorns damage makes everything in WT2 kill itself in a hit or two.
@@Narfmann369 cool, have to try on next alt
Barbs get 2x Two handed weapons which gives them TWO bonus aspects at 100% and Blizz wonders why barbarian is the top damage dealing and tanking class every season. I.WONDER.WHY?
Best weapons for the barbarian ?
That was sick. Thank you. I'm new to diablo 4, and the guides were confusing. I had some idea from the game that I could enchant and temper, but I didn't really understand how powerful it was. This will help me greatly.
Thanks again, Raxx! I learned more about the crafting process and understand it better. Please keep the instruction coming. I now know what to do to stay alive. The aspect explanations helped immensely.
The Pit also provides XP. I didn't realize that until I started doing a couple runs at ~95, but I leveled up super quickly from 95-100. Not sure if you've run the numbers on that though!
Thanks for the advice!
The examples definitely help a lot!
Amazing! You helped by presenting each type of gear/item, showing the individual steps, based on the guiding concepts . When you pointed out a few aspects which are good for any class, that was new to me. You help bec you do not talk fast, and you don't use expert gamer jargon. You are a gifted teacher ! Thank you, Raxx!
rax i dont see dust devil build on maxroll how did they called it ?? thanks for your video really help me
It's "Double Swing Twisters Barbarian"
@@RamyRafik thanks you very much
One of the things I found most helpfull was talking about not trying to micro-manage or perfect your gear. I wasted a lot of time doing just that. A few pieces drop each run and I would try to perfect them, the stats, or resists while trying to level up to T4.
I think people are pushing the helltides for leveling because for most the goal is not "level 100 as fast as possible" but "max iron wolf rep as fast as possible" for the resplendent spark.
fantastic video. I am new to diablo and was just powering through without much thought. This gives me a new understanding especially about tempering and changing affixes.
Great breakdown! In case anyone was wondering. The breakdown below is what his gear went from, just by tempering and enchanting.
Gear stats Before : 8,821 Attack Power, 4,515 Armor, 18,686 Life
Gear stats AFTER: 19,738 Attack Power, 7,570 Armor, 21,671 Life
Total gain: +10,917 Attack Power, +3,055 Armor, +2,985 Life
Let's be honest, you are a godsend.
your vids are always super approachable. I send some, like this one, to my wife who likes to play but doesn't want to think too much, and this approach breaks it down simply & effectively. Excellent.
I find that NMD in WT3 hardly reward any glyph XP. I just run Helltides until WT4, then switch to NMD. This way I stock up on all the helltides mats, like Angelbreath and Veiled Crystal's, that I won't have to worry about it again. And NMD in WT4 reward enough XP for you to max all 7 glyphs before you hit 100. At least it was enough for me.
YOU ARE A FUCKING BEAST BRO!!! TY FRFR 💯
Shit bout got discouraged at lvl 90 appreciate the breakdown. Thanks bro...
Lvl 65 Necro in Tier 3. First time playing since D2. Great guide and learned a lot about tempering additional aspects that I didn’t even know I could do on my gear! I’m running infernal hordes but still spending too much time reviewing gear drops. What’s the gear strategy once I’ve set my current gear up? Since it’s all legendary lvl 60 gear do i sell or salvage EVERYTHING until I get to Tier 4? At end of hordes do I choose gear or mats or gold?
This was by far the best video I’ve seen on D4. Thanks so much. Very helpful on how all this stuff works. I learned a lot
Do you ever fuck with dodge while leveling?
There is a defensive aspect that gives 5-20% life recovery when you dodge, and another that gives you 5-10% fortify on dodge. Each of those aspects gives you 8% flat dodge for a total of 16% which WILL NOT appear on the character sheet but does seem to work.
You can get natural dodge rolls 5-7% on legs, boots, and amulet for 15-21% dodge and another 5-7% defensive tempered dodge roll on helmet, chest, legs, and amulet for another 20-28% dodge. This adds up to 51-65% dodge with 100% uptime and 100% chance to 5-20% heal and 5-10% fortify when you dodge.
The healing is scaled by healing effectiveness, which helps that stat be less useless.
WHY? Why do this? Do you let a toddler farm helltides for you? I do. My girl likes the horse and big slams on baddies. She does not understand much else about the game, since she’s 3 and this is her first game.
WHAT ELSE IS NEEDED TO TODDLER AFK HELLTIDES?
1-2 rolls of Life Per Second helps a ton with the randomness of dodge, especially if there are not a lot of small hits flying around. I usually avoid rerolling ONE of these rolls.
Besides that, you want Juggernaut aspect for 85% phys reduction since your toddler doesn’t use Evade anyway. And finally, you used 3 defensive aspects already, so whatever resistances you can get elsewhere is valuable. Jewelry that comes with sockets on it is primo for getting fire, lightning, and poison res for helltides.
OFFENSE?
you do you. I’ve found that boiling blood aspect on the amulet + guaranteed overpower aspects and skills with large AOE everywhere else works well for the toddler strategy.
On Barb, that’s usually upheaval. Big upheaval makes it so she doesn’t miss, so that’s a nice temper for ancestral weapons. Also, thorns is awesome for toddler gameplay. Not the razor plate body armor, just stack life in WT4 and then let your life pool do the thorns for you.
On Druid, pulverize.
On necro, blood surge + minions for AFK safety.
Rogue and Mage, idk. I haven’t played them recently, but the defensive I mented above is amazing for any non-barrier build.
WHY NOT?
You lose a lot of life and res doing this, as well as two defensive aspects. You lose a damage explicit and damage temper on your amulet. You might not need this healing if you actually play the game and are not AFK / a toddler.