Raxx, this is like attending a master class with a professor with a PhD in Diablo and the prof winds up being super chill & cool with a great sense of humor. Thank you for this. 👍😊
The thing I like about Raxx is his clear and direct advice: “Do THIS, upgrade THIS, augment THIS.” It really shows the level of thought that goes into his videos. A lot of other pro gamers just give you some loose guidelines and say “You might do this, but it’s up to you, maybe it’ll work.”
The fact that he has to explain it in play school style is worrying to be honest. and what is up with pro gamers? are you offended or jealous, or both? they know the game by reading the ingame library, they had no teacher, they learned by testing, reading and doing math. thats how it works buddy. dont start to run when you didnt even try to walk first. everything he explained is ingame readable its not magic my friend you just have to open your eyes. Goes for everything in life as well. Or do you go blindfolded everywhere you go with no exploring and finding a way of best success? :-D kinda stupid if you do so, but no offense! An example of me trying a new game is always open the option menu and look what is there and what to optimize, make keybindings, then read the ingame needed things to survive dmg, how can gain life back or other form of defensive option that that game has to offer, what weapon types are in there, wich form of dmg types, how to scale my dmg, is it dot dmg, is it caster or attack, melee or range/short/mid range. like thats basic stuff you have to know in order to play. i dont understand why you guys are playing, when you dont even read what the game has to offer. :-D
@@axzantos4968 This is all true, but has nothing to do with his ability to explain strats. You can learn by yourself, but it's easier if some shows you. Like you said it applies to life as a general rule, but it depend on how much, let's say resource you have (time, money etc) Do I want to spend 800 bucks for Level 1 and 2 of CSS for a weekend, or I want to learn all that shit covered by those 2 levels only by watching the movie (Twist of the wrist II) for like 3 months, for example?
0:35 - Vow 0:45 - Basics - What is an Augment? 2:29 - Should I level my main gems first or my augment gem first? 3:26 - Which gem should I use for augments? 4:27 - When should I augment? 4:45 - Which character should I augment on first? 5:15 - What level of gem should I augment at? 5:45 - Can I replace an augment? 6:11 - When should I replace an augment if ever? 6:56 - Which piece should I augment first? 9:08 - Should I augment bad rolled ancient at the beginning? 10:32 - How to get duplicate legendary gems? 12:38 - I don't have enough gems to augment. What should I do? 16:18 - How to augment? 20:18 - How good augments are?
I only started playing last season and than I didn't know augments existed. I can't explain how much my damage has improved this season from using them. This video was very high quality and informative for a newer player like me. Thank you.
Note: 3:35 Watch him mouse over the gems (mutilation guard at 3:57 is a good example) and in the top right you'll see either Rank # or Rank #/#. Rank #/# indicates how high it can go. If it's not there it can scale up to the max.
Hey Rax, as a long-term-Diablo Player, I wanna say that I´m really thankful to play this game while watching mostly all of your guides and obvs the guides on Maxroll. Thanks for all of your work and love in those topics. Glad to see, even the game is so old right now, to have your guides still on my side. Thanks and wish you the best! Cheers
Should have mentioned that if you don’t have a great ancient and you’re looking for an upgrade, as soon as you invest the time and resources into augmenting the not-great ancient a better one will drop.
This was actually insanely helpful. I've never augmented before and I've played the game off and on for a few years and never knew what it was. I'm grinding this out ASAP.
I never augmented because I was afraid of "wasting" a gem on ancients that weren't god rolls. I didn't even consider leveling a gem that I wasn't wearing for the purpose of augmenting. Funny how something so simple just didn't cross my mind.
Just started season 24 about 7 days ago, previous played was season 21. This video is a killer! I augmented my gear IMMEDIATELY (level 100) after I saw this video. Key in this video: 1. I solemnly swear I will augment my character. 2. Don't worry about it, TRUST! Thanks Raxx, You've got yourself sub!
Rax, I’m just getting back into d3 after a few years. I was never all that srs abt it. I played campaign and didn’t try adventure mode for lack of an understanding of it. So I didn’t know half of the more in-depth terminology or “things to do” like greater rifts, augs, reforging, etc. Your vids are simple to understand, not condescending, you don’t mumble or talk monotone like some other d3 RUclipsrs I tried to watch… Thanks for the great vids and guides. It’s helped a ton.
Jesus. I've been playing this game since it came out and never had any idea of this concept. Guess I'm going to have to make up some lost time this weekend. This was great Raxx; thank you for always being so generous with your knowledge and experience.
Hey Raxx! Thanks for the content as always! Mutilation Guard can't go to 150. When there is a cap, it's written on the top right corner. Mutilation Guard has a "Rank 0/100" there.
This is a great video Raxx, now everytime someone asks me about augs I will link this video! My personal preference is always gem 100, 120 then 140+ for augs. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for this! I don't know where I read/heard it before, but I was always in the mindset that augmenting is only after you've already gotten near perfect items. This makes way more sense and will assist me in my progression. I started the season late so I'm looking forward to getting my Augments done!
It's so beautiful...the importance of augmentation can't be over-stated enough thank you! Another good counter-argument too "I want to save it till I find GG ancient/primal" is great then when you get that GG ancient/primal you can use your next tier 20+ to put it on..now put it on your not so GG ancient, *NOW* :)
I had been waiting to aug because I didn't have enough stat gems. I knew I could convert them, but I didn't have 9. I didn't even think about broken crown on follower, good tip!
Thanks Raxx for confirming what I had already learned about augmenting. You have truly compiled what is known about augments, great job. Hope you have as much fun with season 24 as I am having and will have.
First off...Raxx, I do solemnly swear to augment my gear in the beginning. I did not adhere to this before watching this video today but I trust you 100%. 7:14 is great advice as well as the whole video and I am grateful for your teachings, Raxx. You have made me a happier player with your Maxroll, Twitch and RUclips content. I can't say thank you enough. I'm piperAKAmatt(Twitch) that mentioned in your stream a few weeks ago, that I admire you because you are like a machine(In the absolute most positive way) and that your dedication to spreading knowledge has literally made mine, and countless others', D3 experience more fun. That's freakin priceless. I just started playing S 27 and am employing many tips and advice that you have given us/me over the years. When I first heard you say certain things, I was like "DUH. Why didn't I think of that." Cheers to you, my blue hooded homie!
It's actually really hard to teach things that are basic knowledge to yourself to others who don't know them. Raxx, you do a fantastic job here. A diablo player on such a high level trying (and succeding) to help newer or more casual players is a rare gem indeed. I'll show this video to a friend of mine - he's playing games in a very casual (I would go as far and say... unthinking) way. He has put countless hours in D3 and still doesn't know what stats can be on which items, what stats to reroll and so on. He just never thinks about it. I am sure he can learn a lot from watching your videos. Thank you for caring about even the casual or newer players!
As always, thanks for the information. You're vids have transformed my approach to the game and improved my experience exponentially. Now I can play with confidence instead of frustration.
i just started diablo 3 again. when it came out i was just doing bullshit untill i had enough. now i actually want to know how this game works and how to be superpowerful like all the youtubers and streamers. Good thing i found you man, what a legend.
Raxx, this video is incredible. It really left no question in my mind about how to go about augmenting. I'd love it if you could do something similar with blood shards. I'm at the point with my Monk where I have all the items for the build and I'm starting to augment my gear, but not everything is ancient and I'm not sure what the best approach is for the shards. Currently I'm dumping them into a 31 witch doctor to turn into puzzle rings so I can fund the GR gem levels. I can't imagine this is the best idea, but trying to force a specific item as ancient from gambling hasn't really paid off. What's the optimal thing to do with the blood shards?
However redundant it may be!!! Thank you THANK YOU!🤘🏻 quick I’m 47 yr old carpenter, not that makes a lot of difference. I’m trying to say , until about 16 months ago , I was not a gamer or really a fan. My son got me to play Diablo. He is away and in his absence, I bought D3 eternal collection. I’m hooked. 100% I seem to really like DEX character, played monk FOREVER, finally with your guidance I have a DH, w/ Maraud. Seem to feel TOTALLY. Stuck at , GR 50 paragon 3-400 Any PARTICULAR video to watch? Maybe I’m asking wrong questions.
One question that I would've liked answered is If I'm a newer player and don't have my final build ancients yet, when do I augment? How to decide on my final build? what if I augment an item that isn't for my final build? is that 20 GR runs down the drain? awesome guides btw!
I just came back to D3 having no idea what is going on, since i stopped playing before grifts came out. This has been the most helpful guide to understand how things work. Just straight up pin point advice on what to do, with no ifs or maybes.
i somehow knew all of this, yet actually knew none of this.... all the information in 1 video and showing how much difference it makes at the end was really helpful.
Been playing D3 for 5 years and I never knew you could use recipes to turn gems into other gems...always wondered what those Squirt recipes were, but never thought to check...thanks!
Already knew most of this info from playing this game so long but still a fantastic video going through it for those who need it. Loved the Jay Wilson comment too!
Again a great video. I knew all of the stuff, but i love to see how you explain those things in such a detail. Every new player who saw your videos, immediately get better instead of getting frustrated. Keep up the good work :)
Amazing as always, id love an op af guide to stats, like additive, multiplicative, the diffs between, how to tell or find out whats what, dim returns, etc, that would be A M A Z I N G, but there might v well be one already and also would take a v v long time I'd expect, your vids are still the best things to listen to at work, where I can go back when im home to relisten, and actually watch them again, wish there were more people like you, but none could come close as it is, thanks mate
A awesome thing in Raxx’s videos are that he takes and answers all the question you actually have so you don’t need to go and watch multiple different videos on the one topic you can just come here and it’s all answered. You know have a very clear understanding of what you need to do.
just getting back into D3 after not playing since 2019 so these videos are great for info and as a refresher on how to play, thanks for the great info!
When this came up in my feed I got super excited. Love your videos that explain things like this. Great video, appreciate the content. My go to source for Diablo info
Raxx, Thank you for the vids. It is difficult for me to do what I need, to achieve what I want. You might say that is easy, hence why I say you are smart. Lemme simplify my dumbness to you, I came to understand it when you taught me how to play GoD DH. I Knew That I needed to maintain the stacks, I knew I needed to find a way to fire my primary skills at intervals, I knew that I can't strafe while firing my primary skills, I know about force stand still. And when I tried to put two and two together all I got was a headache and gave up on GoD DH. When you said "I keybinds my force stand still on my spacebar and constantly hold space" I smacked myself in the head. If I had a nice mahogany table, I would have use that instead. TLDR: Thanks for the great classes and making them so understandable.
This video needs to be shown to every player when the start the game, because I've played for a while, but until I saw this I had no idea what augmenting even did
Rax, you might be joking about the "ancient" technique of throwing a gem on the ground to get a new one, but I've been making a new character every time I need a new gem, so I can put it in his inventory... Your video saved me a lot of character naming, thanks!
Even as a veteran I still watch guides just in case I'm missing something. Solid guide and an extra tip you might wish to add if ever updating. IMHO I would only re aug a piece once I have augmented all pieces. Eg your last piece getting a 130 aug is more power the upgrading 4 pieces from 100 to 130. Cheers Rax gl with ya ssf.im hoping they may add this as a dlc in the future. Yea I'm dreaming 😌
This guy is perhaps the smartest content creator o have ever seen. Everything he does is simply smarter than everyone else. I love watching his content.
Thanks, Raxx, for the great guide!!! Running from season to season, I look into augmenting my ancients, but jothing is sweeter than augmenting primals!
I did not learn anything on this video but i still apreciate the quality of it :) You give very good hints and you explained everything very well. Couln'd do it better. If someone didn't know how to augment, they know it now. Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much for this video! I wanted to find a good explanation for all of this augment topic and your video was super helpful and explained everything so well! Now my Crusader will be so much better! :D
Hello Rax. I have an addition to suggest if you do not have a Puzzle Ring to open Vault to get gems. Put the broken Crown or in your Kanai’s Cube or on your pet. Put the gem that you’re looking for on your own helm. Then go seek in each city, the Boss that give a chess when kill. When you open the chess you will have plenty of gems. The more the level of Torment, the more gems you’ll get.
Finding this a year late, I have a Meteor wizard who is stuck on GR 130 in season 28 with all of the shrine nodes filled besides having pets pick things up. Never augmented items, not really. Now I know why I can never do the great damage I see streamers doing! Thank you Raxx!!!
This is only my 2nd week playing this game and omg the difference this makes I spent a couple days grinding gem lvls (only to 100) but man does it help
The game only checks your stash and the current character's inventory when picking the gem to drop. Dropping it on the ground risks losing the gem if the game or server crashes so I've always just moved the gems I want more copies of to another character's inventory. Thanks for the great explanation.
Video Popped up as a suggestion while at work I was just looking at my gear to decide what to try for this weeked The answer? Speed rift gems up to augment
Something I like to do for my HC toons is copy my main gems to use for augs. That way, if I die, I'll have some gems available so I don't start from scratch (you can also give the gem you want to copy to a separate toon, if leaving a high level gem on the floor makes you queasy)
I always thought I should wait for the best drops to augment, never really considered the fact that the augments will help get those drops faster and more consistently. Gonna aug tf outta my Barb as soon as I'm off work lol
even tho im already augumented and know diablo pretty well, i watched the entire thing to see if I didnt know something. unfortunetly not, but maybe on the next one! Thanks for the advice!
Thanks Rax, now I freaking know how to aug correctly and when and which gems should use. Thanks a lot, since i started seeing your vids, i got to 100Gr, learnt so freaking much. The only thing I can't say is that i got higher in the leader board, because i don't have ps plus..but still...my chars are a lot more stronger than before starting to see your vids.. oh and now i can complete all weekly Challenges thanks to your guides :) keep up the amazing work.
If you look at mutilation guard, it tells you 0/100, so it can be leveled to 100. For players with connection issued, gems might also be put in the inventory of an alternate character (if present). This will still throw a new legendary gem of that type. One more thing: The level of the gem will equal the amount of paragon it simulates. So, a lvl 100 gem used for an augment will give 500 main stat, just as 100 paragon in mainstat would. That is an easy way of picturing what augmenting really means in D3.
This has been so informative, I really like how you not only say what to do specifically but why to do it . Great content my friend, you have yourself a new sub. Keep up the great work
This was bloody brilliant, Rax. I'm a casual and have 'never' augmented a piece of gear, dating back to season 3 when I started. QUESTION: is it worth it to aug as low as gem level 50? You said 'sure, aug at 100, 120, 130' but i've never been that far with gems lol. I'm struggling for gem level 80 right now. Invest in some level 60-70 augs or just hold out?
I’m not nearly as good as raxx but chances are your build needs work if you can’t clear 80’s reliably. I used to do that tho, push as high as I could then I would aug 1-2 pieces and would help me clear a few more
You can also put the legendary gem in the inventory of another character to trick Diablo into believing that you don't have that legendary gem. That way you prevent loosing the gem if your game crashes or disconnects from server.
Thank you for this video. I haven't taken diablo that seriously in previous seasons but I'm slowly getting better. Have finally completed a GR of 108 which is much higher than I used to get. Up to the part now where I need to do stuff like this and look more into better versions of my gear. Awesome videos, going to subscribe now :D
Very underrated channel, not huge on Diablo 3 other than casual but this video was ridiculous format to explain all the needed questions in great examples, Awesome work and can't wait to see the channel grow, what other games will you be doing content for?
When you know you'll clear. Personally depends on your gold reserve and what level the gems are. Don't want to be doing speed 120s, when you are leveling a gem from one. Better to solo low grs to get them to level 80 first, then change to higher grs to keep increasing
Great advice and very instructive as always Raxx. This also showed me how much easier it is to upgrade gems and deal with paragons on PC compared to console!
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Raxx, this is like attending a master class with a professor with a PhD in Diablo and the prof winds up being super chill & cool with a great sense of humor. Thank you for this. 👍😊
You MUST augment IMMEDIATELY! This is NO laughing matter! If you don't, he will hunt you down online, he will find you and he will PK you! ;)
PhD in Diablo omg...
Meanwhile I'm the dunce still trying to find the cow level in the hidden cellar
Great video
@@Dkallbot there is no cow level.
@@callsignjoker1 MICHAEL!!!!
The thing I like about Raxx is his clear and direct advice: “Do THIS, upgrade THIS, augment THIS.” It really shows the level of thought that goes into his videos. A lot of other pro gamers just give you some loose guidelines and say “You might do this, but it’s up to you, maybe it’ll work.”
EXACTLY...none of this "do what fits your playstyle" bs - just what works and what doesn't! :)
Exactly. I think he's pretty goofy lol but yeah he definitely does a great job at leaving you without questioning things.
He explains it as easy as possible for all to understand
The fact that he has to explain it in play school style is worrying to be honest. and what is up with pro gamers? are you offended or jealous, or both? they know the game by reading the ingame library, they had no teacher, they learned by testing, reading and doing math. thats how it works buddy. dont start to run when you didnt even try to walk first. everything he explained is ingame readable its not magic my friend you just have to open your eyes. Goes for everything in life as well. Or do you go blindfolded everywhere you go with no exploring and finding a way of best success? :-D kinda stupid if you do so, but no offense! An example of me trying a new game is always open the option menu and look what is there and what to optimize, make keybindings, then read the ingame needed things to survive dmg, how can gain life back or other form of defensive option that that game has to offer, what weapon types are in there, wich form of dmg types, how to scale my dmg, is it dot dmg, is it caster or attack, melee or range/short/mid range. like thats basic stuff you have to know in order to play. i dont understand why you guys are playing, when you dont even read what the game has to offer. :-D
@@axzantos4968 This is all true, but has nothing to do with his ability to explain strats. You can learn by yourself, but it's easier if some shows you.
Like you said it applies to life as a general rule, but it depend on how much, let's say resource you have (time, money etc)
Do I want to spend 800 bucks for Level 1 and 2 of CSS for a weekend, or I want to learn all that shit covered by those 2 levels only by watching the movie (Twist of the wrist II) for like 3 months, for example?
0:35 - Vow
0:45 - Basics - What is an Augment?
2:29 - Should I level my main gems first or my augment gem first?
3:26 - Which gem should I use for augments?
4:27 - When should I augment?
4:45 - Which character should I augment on first?
5:15 - What level of gem should I augment at?
5:45 - Can I replace an augment?
6:11 - When should I replace an augment if ever?
6:56 - Which piece should I augment first?
9:08 - Should I augment bad rolled ancient at the beginning?
10:32 - How to get duplicate legendary gems?
12:38 - I don't have enough gems to augment. What should I do?
16:18 - How to augment?
20:18 - How good augments are?
You are doing gods work.
@@aayushs8128 I'm just returning a favor to people doing the same elsewhere :P
I'll add this to the description, thank you!
@@AbrahamLincoln_ I had to be dramatic, couldn't help myself.
"Time to install POE"...Rax ..what a Beast!! lol
I only started playing last season and than I didn't know augments existed. I can't explain how much my damage has improved this season from using them. This video was very high quality and informative for a newer player like me. Thank you.
Note: 3:35 Watch him mouse over the gems (mutilation guard at 3:57 is a good example) and in the top right you'll see either Rank # or Rank #/#. Rank #/# indicates how high it can go. If it's not there it can scale up to the max.
Nice! Appreciate the info
Hey Rax, as a long-term-Diablo Player, I wanna say that I´m really thankful to play this game while watching mostly all of your guides and obvs the guides on Maxroll.
Thanks for all of your work and love in those topics. Glad to see, even the game is so old right now, to have your guides still on my side. Thanks and wish you the best!
Cheers
Should have mentioned that if you don’t have a great ancient and you’re looking for an upgrade, as soon as you invest the time and resources into augmenting the not-great ancient a better one will drop.
So you're telling me, all I had to do to get better shoulders was waste my time leveling gems and getting loot. That doesn't seem like a bad thing
@@TheWiggleFish0114 Yup, and at some point you will have so much resource that you can just keep ugrading rares untill you get what you want.
@@crewcutter2030 That "some point" is strictly behind the 'double DB drops during craptonn of bounties' door.
This was actually insanely helpful. I've never augmented before and I've played the game off and on for a few years and never knew what it was. I'm grinding this out ASAP.
I never augmented because I was afraid of "wasting" a gem on ancients that weren't god rolls. I didn't even consider leveling a gem that I wasn't wearing for the purpose of augmenting. Funny how something so simple just didn't cross my mind.
You know, it's not really explained on Blizzards behalf.. kinda not surprising that people have this issue.
Just started season 24 about 7 days ago, previous played was season 21. This video is a killer! I augmented my gear IMMEDIATELY (level 100) after I saw this video. Key in this video:
1. I solemnly swear I will augment my character.
2. Don't worry about it, TRUST!
Thanks Raxx, You've got yourself sub!
This is like watching my own experience from the last 5 years condensed into 24 minutes.
Amazing vid, keep it up
I already knew this stuff but the way you explain it, will convince even casuals. Brilliant!
"that would be time to install PoE" I laughed out loud at that :D
I did too :D
it's always time to install PoE
I keep forgetting, what's PoE?
at the 22:00 mark if anyone didn't watch the whole video
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Rax, I’m just getting back into d3 after a few years. I was never all that srs abt it. I played campaign and didn’t try adventure mode for lack of an understanding of it. So I didn’t know half of the more in-depth terminology or “things to do” like greater rifts, augs, reforging, etc. Your vids are simple to understand, not condescending, you don’t mumble or talk monotone like some other d3 RUclipsrs I tried to watch… Thanks for the great vids and guides. It’s helped a ton.
I learned and improved so much with your guides, thanks !!!!
Jesus. I've been playing this game since it came out and never had any idea of this concept. Guess I'm going to have to make up some lost time this weekend. This was great Raxx; thank you for always being so generous with your knowledge and experience.
I never realised how much more of difference this was going to make. This is gonna be a bloody game changer for me from now on. Thank you so much!
man I haven't played d3 in years, but I love these videos. rax is great and he really makes me want to play again
this was legit god tier info. i held off on auigs because i thought they were way harder than they actually are. thanks for info
God i love everything about you Raxx. From your calm voice to your simple but very effective explaining
Hey Raxx! Thanks for the content as always! Mutilation Guard can't go to 150. When there is a cap, it's written on the top right corner. Mutilation Guard has a "Rank 0/100" there.
Gogok has a cap of 150. Guessing, if the GR level increases beyond 150, Gogok won't.
This is a great video Raxx, now everytime someone asks me about augs I will link this video! My personal preference is always gem 100, 120 then 140+ for augs. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for this! I don't know where I read/heard it before, but I was always in the mindset that augmenting is only after you've already gotten near perfect items.
This makes way more sense and will assist me in my progression. I started the season late so I'm looking forward to getting my Augments done!
It's so beautiful...the importance of augmentation can't be over-stated enough thank you!
Another good counter-argument too "I want to save it till I find GG ancient/primal" is great then when you get that GG ancient/primal you can use your next tier 20+ to put it on..now put it on your not so GG ancient, *NOW* :)
I had been waiting to aug because I didn't have enough stat gems. I knew I could convert them, but I didn't have 9. I didn't even think about broken crown on follower, good tip!
Awesome. So many years dabbling in this game and still learning so many new things. Thank you.
Thanks Raxx for confirming what I had already learned about augmenting. You have truly compiled what is known about augments, great job. Hope you have as much fun with season 24 as I am having and will have.
First off...Raxx, I do solemnly swear to augment my gear in the beginning. I did not adhere to this before watching this video today but I trust you 100%. 7:14 is great advice as well as the whole video and I am grateful for your teachings, Raxx. You have made me a happier player with your Maxroll, Twitch and RUclips content. I can't say thank you enough. I'm piperAKAmatt(Twitch) that mentioned in your stream a few weeks ago, that I admire you because you are like a machine(In the absolute most positive way) and that your dedication to spreading knowledge has literally made mine, and countless others', D3 experience more fun. That's freakin priceless. I just started playing S 27 and am employing many tips and advice that you have given us/me over the years. When I first heard you say certain things, I was like "DUH. Why didn't I think of that." Cheers to you, my blue hooded homie!
It's actually really hard to teach things that are basic knowledge to yourself to others who don't know them. Raxx, you do a fantastic job here. A diablo player on such a high level trying (and succeding) to help newer or more casual players is a rare gem indeed.
I'll show this video to a friend of mine - he's playing games in a very casual (I would go as far and say... unthinking) way. He has put countless hours in D3 and still doesn't know what stats can be on which items, what stats to reroll and so on. He just never thinks about it. I am sure he can learn a lot from watching your videos. Thank you for caring about even the casual or newer players!
Tip on the top right on each gem in Gray it lists the X/MAX if they have a max. so the Mutilate gem is limit 100.
As always, thanks for the information. You're vids have transformed my approach to the game and improved my experience exponentially. Now I can play with confidence instead of frustration.
i just started diablo 3 again. when it came out i was just doing bullshit untill i had enough. now i actually want to know how this game works and how to be superpowerful like all the youtubers and streamers. Good thing i found you man, what a legend.
Raxx, this video is incredible. It really left no question in my mind about how to go about augmenting. I'd love it if you could do something similar with blood shards. I'm at the point with my Monk where I have all the items for the build and I'm starting to augment my gear, but not everything is ancient and I'm not sure what the best approach is for the shards. Currently I'm dumping them into a 31 witch doctor to turn into puzzle rings so I can fund the GR gem levels. I can't imagine this is the best idea, but trying to force a specific item as ancient from gambling hasn't really paid off. What's the optimal thing to do with the blood shards?
However redundant it may be!!! Thank you THANK YOU!🤘🏻 quick I’m 47 yr old carpenter, not that makes a lot of difference.
I’m trying to say , until about 16 months ago , I was not a gamer or really a fan.
My son got me to play Diablo. He is away and in his absence, I bought D3 eternal collection.
I’m hooked. 100%
I seem to really like DEX character, played monk FOREVER, finally with your guidance I have a DH, w/ Maraud. Seem to feel TOTALLY. Stuck at , GR 50 paragon 3-400
Any PARTICULAR video to watch?
Maybe I’m asking wrong questions.
Thanks Raxx. I am fairly new to D3 and I do SWEAR to use augments!!
nice i went from not even knowing what the despair thing meant to knowing everything i need to know about augments! thanks for the guide! :D
time to UNisntall poe!
Clear and concise instructions. I had no idea augmentation helped that much. Thank you
This is a gem video. Very easy to understand, straight to the point and informative and on top of it, has a demo as well.
instantly subscribed! 👌👌
One question that I would've liked answered is
If I'm a newer player and don't have my final build ancients yet, when do I augment?
How to decide on my final build? what if I augment an item that isn't for my final build? is that 20 GR runs down the drain?
awesome guides btw!
I just came back to D3 having no idea what is going on, since i stopped playing before grifts came out. This has been the most helpful guide to understand how things work. Just straight up pin point advice on what to do, with no ifs or maybes.
love how thorough you were. appreciate your time and work!
I knew most of this but still sat through all of it. Really well explained. Love the vids.
i somehow knew all of this, yet actually knew none of this.... all the information in 1 video and showing how much difference it makes at the end was really helpful.
Thank you for this. I always glanced over the auguments. But now i dont have any excuses.
Been playing D3 for 5 years and I never knew you could use recipes to turn gems into other gems...always wondered what those Squirt recipes were, but never thought to check...thanks!
Already knew most of this info from playing this game so long but still a fantastic video going through it for those who need it. Loved the Jay Wilson comment too!
Again a great video.
I knew all of the stuff, but i love to see how you explain those things in such a detail.
Every new player who saw your videos, immediately get better instead of getting frustrated.
Keep up the good work :)
A Raxx video pops up, I watch it! Thanks for all the insight you provide to the community. Your breakdown video style is much appreciated sir!
I don't even play D3 and still watched this for some reason. Looking forward on your awesome guides for D4!
Amazing as always, id love an op af guide to stats, like additive, multiplicative, the diffs between, how to tell or find out whats what, dim returns, etc, that would be A M A Z I N G, but there might v well be one already and also would take a v v long time I'd expect, your vids are still the best things to listen to at work, where I can go back when im home to relisten, and actually watch them again, wish there were more people like you, but none could come close as it is, thanks mate
A awesome thing in Raxx’s videos are that he takes and answers all the question you actually have so you don’t need to go and watch multiple different videos on the one topic you can just come here and it’s all answered. You know have a very clear understanding of what you need to do.
just getting back into D3 after not playing since 2019 so these videos are great for info and as a refresher on how to play, thanks for the great info!
THE ANCIENT AZTEC TECHNIQUE!!! Changed my life!!
In seriousness, thank you for this clear and concise guide :) helps a ton
I've been playing Diablo 3 for a little while, but I didn't even know what augments were until watching this video! Thanks for the info
Very useful video! I've been hitting a plateau with my character and I didn't know how to improve. This will definitely help!
When this came up in my feed I got super excited. Love your videos that explain things like this. Great video, appreciate the content. My go to source for Diablo info
2 years later and youre still teaching me things, thank you!
I already started this asap, and knew nearly everything. However I'm running out of gems and didn't think of the broken crown so thank you very much!
Raxx, Thank you for the vids. It is difficult for me to do what I need, to achieve what I want. You might say that is easy, hence why I say you are smart.
Lemme simplify my dumbness to you, I came to understand it when you taught me how to play GoD DH. I Knew That I needed to maintain the stacks, I knew I needed to find a way to fire my primary skills at intervals, I knew that I can't strafe while firing my primary skills, I know about force stand still. And when I tried to put two and two together all I got was a headache and gave up on GoD DH.
When you said "I keybinds my force stand still on my spacebar and constantly hold space" I smacked myself in the head. If I had a nice mahogany table, I would have use that instead.
TLDR: Thanks for the great classes and making them so understandable.
This video needs to be shown to every player when the start the game, because I've played for a while, but until I saw this I had no idea what augmenting even did
Rax, you might be joking about the "ancient" technique of throwing a gem on the ground to get a new one, but I've been making a new character every time I need a new gem, so I can put it in his inventory... Your video saved me a lot of character naming, thanks!
Even as a veteran I still watch guides just in case I'm missing something. Solid guide and an extra tip you might wish to add if ever updating. IMHO I would only re aug a piece once I have augmented all pieces. Eg your last piece getting a 130 aug is more power the upgrading 4 pieces from 100 to 130. Cheers Rax gl with ya ssf.im hoping they may add this as a dlc in the future. Yea I'm dreaming 😌
This guy is perhaps the smartest content creator o have ever seen. Everything he does is simply smarter than everyone else. I love watching his content.
Thanks, Raxx, for the great guide!!! Running from season to season, I look into augmenting my ancients, but jothing is sweeter than augmenting primals!
Best guides on youtube. So clear and easy to understand.
I did not learn anything on this video but i still apreciate the quality of it :)
You give very good hints and you explained everything very well. Couln'd do it better.
If someone didn't know how to augment, they know it now.
Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much for this video! I wanted to find a good explanation for all of this augment topic and your video was super helpful and explained everything so well! Now my Crusader will be so much better! :D
I'm new guy for Diablo, but damn mate, I've learned more from you in few videos than from other guys in a long time! Thanks mate!
the explanation about everything in this video is amazing and easy to understand. Thanks for the guide.
Hello Rax. I have an addition to suggest if you do not have a Puzzle Ring to open Vault to get gems. Put the broken Crown or in your Kanai’s Cube or on your pet. Put the gem that you’re looking for on your own helm. Then go seek in each city, the Boss that give a chess when kill. When you open the chess you will have plenty of gems. The more the level of Torment, the more gems you’ll get.
Jewel and gem generation tricks were gold... thanks
I already knew most of this, but thank you very much for making a path, and clearly explaining the finer points 👍
Thank you Bro! I had no clue about augmenting. And I didnt even know you can level up your legendary gems so much. You.....are.....the......man!
Diablo 101. I just learned so much that I never knew before. Thanks Raxx
Finding this a year late, I have a Meteor wizard who is stuck on GR 130 in season 28 with all of the shrine nodes filled besides having pets pick things up.
Never augmented items, not really. Now I know why I can never do the great damage I see streamers doing! Thank you Raxx!!!
This is only my 2nd week playing this game and omg the difference this makes I spent a couple days grinding gem lvls (only to 100) but man does it help
The game only checks your stash and the current character's inventory when picking the gem to drop. Dropping it on the ground risks losing the gem if the game or server crashes so I've always just moved the gems I want more copies of to another character's inventory. Thanks for the great explanation.
Every single time you said “the next question I get asked is..” it was the exact question I had in my head lol. Great video man
Video Popped up as a suggestion while at work
I was just looking at my gear to decide what to try for this weeked
The answer? Speed rift gems up to augment
Something I like to do for my HC toons is copy my main gems to use for augs. That way, if I die, I'll have some gems available so I don't start from scratch (you can also give the gem you want to copy to a separate toon, if leaving a high level gem on the floor makes you queasy)
I always thought I should wait for the best drops to augment, never really considered the fact that the augments will help get those drops faster and more consistently. Gonna aug tf outta my Barb as soon as I'm off work lol
even tho im already augumented and know diablo pretty well, i watched the entire thing to see if I didnt know something. unfortunetly not, but maybe on the next one! Thanks for the advice!
Thanks Rax, now I freaking know how to aug correctly and when and which gems should use.
Thanks a lot, since i started seeing your vids, i got to 100Gr, learnt so freaking much. The only thing I can't say is that i got higher in the leader board, because i don't have ps plus..but still...my chars are a lot more stronger than before starting to see your vids.. oh and now i can complete all weekly Challenges thanks to your guides :) keep up the amazing work.
If you look at mutilation guard, it tells you 0/100, so it can be leveled to 100.
For players with connection issued, gems might also be put in the inventory of an alternate character (if present). This will still throw a new legendary gem of that type.
One more thing: The level of the gem will equal the amount of paragon it simulates. So, a lvl 100 gem used for an augment will give 500 main stat, just as 100 paragon in mainstat would. That is an easy way of picturing what augmenting really means in D3.
This has been so informative, I really like how you not only say what to do specifically but why to do it .
Great content my friend, you have yourself a new sub. Keep up the great work
Great guide
I'm experimenting with builds and once I learned how to augment it made a huge difference.
Just as a little addition, you see on the top right of the gem info if it has a levelling cap.
I was sitting here talking to my monitor saying...it shows you what it levels to.
This doesn’t show on console, so listing the non-150 ones is very helpful
Just trying out Diablo 3, Made it to end game after enjoying the campaign. These vids help a ton!
This was bloody brilliant, Rax. I'm a casual and have 'never' augmented a piece of gear, dating back to season 3 when I started. QUESTION: is it worth it to aug as low as gem level 50? You said 'sure, aug at 100, 120, 130' but i've never been that far with gems lol. I'm struggling for gem level 80 right now. Invest in some level 60-70 augs or just hold out?
I’m not nearly as good as raxx but chances are your build needs work if you can’t clear 80’s reliably. I used to do that tho, push as high as I could then I would aug 1-2 pieces and would help me clear a few more
You can also put the legendary gem in the inventory of another character to trick Diablo into believing that you don't have that legendary gem. That way you prevent loosing the gem if your game crashes or disconnects from server.
I laughed so hard, when you dropped the gem...
made my day :-)
Thank you for this video. I haven't taken diablo that seriously in previous seasons but I'm slowly getting better. Have finally completed a GR of 108 which is much higher than I used to get. Up to the part now where I need to do stuff like this and look more into better versions of my gear.
Awesome videos, going to subscribe now :D
Just started playing d3 again after a 5 year or so break this was Really helpful thanks!
Very underrated channel, not huge on Diablo 3 other than casual but this video was ridiculous format to explain all the needed questions in great examples, Awesome work and can't wait to see the channel grow, what other games will you be doing content for?
The broken crown gem tip is actually insane an an absolute life saver. I solemnly sware to augment all of my gear.
Question? When to empower rift and when not to. Always when you have the gold? Low GRs? High GRs?
Top notch content and commentary.
When you know you'll clear. Personally depends on your gold reserve and what level the gems are. Don't want to be doing speed 120s, when you are leveling a gem from one. Better to solo low grs to get them to level 80 first, then change to higher grs to keep increasing
Great advice and very instructive as always Raxx. This also showed me how much easier it is to upgrade gems and deal with paragons on PC compared to console!
@Ogerlordzz can you bulk upgrade gems? Maybe it's something I've missed but it's a painful "x" fest upgrading them one by one.
Great video. Knew a lot about augments before, but this last part with comparison is the bread and butter :) TY :)
This video was the most informative I have found- know I know what I was missing to go further thank you !!!