When the new terror rifts was added I wasn't strong enough to do them at Infernal 5 even though I had the cr for it, barely. I moved back down to Infernal 4 for now. That helped out a lot and I did destroy one tower. But I noticed tat my kill speed was still slow. So I gathered together 2 piece Grace, 2 piece Vithus's and 4 piece Banquet of Eyes. Then I swapped two gems a one star Invigorate for Eye of the Unyielding. Then swapped Power and Command a two star gem for Igneous Scorn. Then I went to the training dummy and seen the increase in damage. I actually gained a rank for the one star. I had a rank 8 invigorate and was able to move to a rank 9 for Eye of the Unyielding. Then I went back into terror rifts. That boosted my damage so much that now I am able to clear two towers with three minutes left even if I have other players present. That does mean that due to my current setup I will be forced into using continuous damage builds regardless of the class that I play but I am cool with that. Since I don't PvP I don't mind not having any gear that is not awakened. Now if Blizz changes its egregious monetization model to a pay to progress faster in the game. Also making changes where you can grind for whatever you want without it taking decades to get there. Then it will become a fine game. Right now it is just a good game not anywhere near being great. With the right changes though it can be made into a great game.
@@MrGilfredlol I don't know how ppl have difficultly with these, I've always done them on inf6 and always finish all 4 pillars with 500-800 leftovers craps to spare
@@-ANNIHILATOR Great point then set bonuses don't mean a thing. having all defensive gems would do it even easier right Or maybe have your legendary gems all over the place along with gear that and skills. Not a good build with synergy and you still won't struggle right. Silly me I should be able to handle in6 at around 31, 500 cr. And even terror rifts at the same combat rating. It gets worse for a new player that can have their build, normal gems, legendary gems, and gear all over the place maybe even some skills on the action bar that are not supported by any piece of gear. Sure the paragon level and cr will catch up quickly for a lot f players but there are other things that won't such as Helliquary, Legacy of the horadrim, gear levels, legendary gem levels, normal gem levels, etc... There aren't a lot of decent catch up mechanics in the game as there is for paragon and cr. Then there are some that are better skilled at playing games than others. Some people play casual and others grind. Some are free to play like myself and others are whales. Some love PvP and others love PvE.
One important thing you guys missed. Reso is not playing in PvP as much as you think... At the moment all depends how high is your secondary stats are (armour, armour penetrations, potency, resistance). You can have 100 resonance but if you have high secondaries you will kill anyone with higher resonance as long they have lower secondary stats than you. So even if you have all awoken 1 or 2 star gems but low secondary stats you will never play good in BG so remember that! Cuz people after watching this video might swap their gems and not play as good as WhyTry.
This was just patched. The latest update matches you with others based on your secondary stat value a lot more heavily than anything else. There's no more smurfing anymore.
@@WhyTry321 yep they did patched that. But what I’m saying here. If people will start getting their 1/2 star games awoken and they neglect their secondaries they will struggle in BG. They need balance between secondary stats and lego gems. In my opinion your secondary stats should be around 1k higher than your reso. This for me feels like a sweet spot. You will be strong in your reso brackets and still have a chance against players with bit higher reso. I’m sitting at 3,6k reso with secondaries around 4,6k and I do have good matches even against whales
@@zigadisic8602 secondary gems (aquamarine, sapphire, citrine and topaz) you can get them by doing hidden lairs (you can do 21 a week) also doing sanctum (collect 387 keys to open all chest at once). This the problem they don’t really see. F2P players still need platinum to buy some legendary gems and the only way to get platinum is to sell the secondary gems which equals huge mistake cuz your secondary stats will be really bad. Even with awoken all slots with all 2 star gems if you have 1 k armor penetration you will do zero dmg to someone who has 3k armor.
I have Viper’s Bite Awakened. The bonuses are Primary Attack increased by 3%, Skill Damage increased by 2%, and Damage done increased by 1% per party member.
I'm 1k res barb in my alt. I defend vault with a regular cadre of teammates. I was #1 Immortal barb last week, #2 immo barb this week, top 10 immortal every week. I am hated by all who come up against me - server's most hated wallbarian. My armor pen is 4300. My armor is 2500. Rest is under 2k. I have 3 awakened slots, some internal awakening. I am awakening a 4th gear piece soon. Everlasting Torment, Berzerker's Eye, Blessed Pebble (and need about 50 more gem power to awaken slot with Fervant Fang). I use Battleguard, rank 5. Mothers lament Rank 5. Frozen Heart - RANK 1 and Spiteful Blood RANK 1. Many 5 stars do more than you'd think, just at rank 1. I do not have BSJ - one has never dropped for me. And they are too hard to get on the market. Other than awakening, I only buy $5 battle pass. To awaken, I buy Prodigy's Path. I've been playing this alt daily since last June In vault, no one in my party is over 3200. We are now killing 7k res, and winning many those raids. 8K is out of our range. We are typically up against 4-5K res players, win most vaults. BG is harder bcz you cannot communicate with your team really. Just pugs. I am usually in with whales and I do ok, especially considering I'm only 1k res. I'm at 33.8K CR. Inferno 6. Typically get most, if not all, chests of glory in i5 raids. You dont HAVE to be high res to enjoy DI. You just need to know some basic background, (and I learned from my mistakes on my main).
I built 1 stars until I could awaken them then bought enough orbs to awaken the slots currently five slots are awakened but over time I’ve replaced 4 of the 1 stars with two stars to rank ten. Last night’s I finally got enough gems in those awakened slots to finally get my puberty wings. Nothing more satisfying than plucking feathers off high res players. Free to play or low spend are never going to awaken 5 star gems go for 1’s and slowly change over to 2’s.
Even though putting gem power towards 5stars is more efficient I prefer 1/2 star gems just because I enjoy being able to rank up gems and see progress. I can't do that pretty quick with 5stars after a certain point. Even if I had full 2star gems/full resonance I'd rather rank up more 1/2star gems for options for different builds/classes.
@WhyTry321 I'm surprised seeing someone else using a similar essence setup as my offensive for bg, but you should make several changes that I evolved into after using the exact essences as yours for quite some time. In my opinion using banner is a much stronger option than concentration because it provides the crit boost for dmg dealt from "all sources" with 40% dot dmg reduction from offhand. Definitely must try cavalier's courtware knocking away for draw&quarter, I also use to use the gold pony for his 30% dmg multiplayer, but result is not nearly as strong. Must use the shoulder +10% dmg dealt from "all sources" while conjur is active, also stack's perfectly with my personal favorite the 4pc baron +20% dmg dealt from "all sources"(dot effects are classified as harmful effects)(+%dmg dealt from all sources is HUGE) 2pc banquet 2pc vit. I promise you will get a much higher dmg output and melt everyone in your path, spent about $250 throughout the time since game was released I'm almost 2.2k reso with blue secondaries 4k, 4.5k, 5 awakened 2 star, family bonuses ×3 tremor ×3 jolt ×3 barrior. I don't use willpower for any of my builds I don't use any triple stat gear for pvp because by using 2 stat gear my attributes are significantly higher. Fortitude is your best friend. I get increase to my armor/armpen by 400-500 versus what I would be getting by using crappy 3 stat gear, that is huge! as well as 2 stat demonic remains fort/vit or fort/str. Wierd 6pc cursed, warden+protector are always a must for shields, move spd and hp. Cr entirely disregarded my when I matchup with similar reso I always get over 30 kills without much effort quite often end up undefeated and matchups with high reso I'm able to compete on similar level as the 5-7 k players.
Ive actually tried some variants like this, and it is also very strong indeed. While it is of course amazing hitting all crits while banner is up, it also reduces your crit dmg. I don't feel like it's doing much for me when I'm only dealing dmg with falling sword and horse then too. Alternatively, I now use mothers lament and roiling consequence for crit chance, which both stack, and the 20 second cooldown on them aligns perfectly with CoL anyway. Both gems trigger each time I run back in. So with consecration, I still have pretty good crit chance, only my crit damage is not reduced, and I have a 3rd damage skill. Consecration hits quite hard too. As far as cavaliers legs for horse, I've tried this as well and it nice for sure having a little knockback effect on enemies. The biggest reason I use Galloping Brilliance though, is because it counts as a buff and all my beneficial effect duration increases it. This allows me to run through enemies the entire time CoL is active. This is also why I use wind-blessed pauldrons, for the extended duration. The longer CoL.and horse combo allows me to be a part of the fight more before retreating. I actually have very little downtime between rotations. I will admit, it probably is more dmg with cavaliers and the shoulders for 10% increased dmg during CoL, but it doesn't allow you to stay in the fight as long. I currently have a 4pc angmets, 2pc barons, 2 vithus, but I have to admit the 4pc barons/2 banquet instead does sound intriguing. I'll have to test it out. I love the 4pc angs ignite stacks paired with 2 barons and high potency for longer durations, but 20% increased dmg from all sources could be fun too. Whats nice about barons is that a dmg multiplier isn't going to be dependent on my potency/enemy resistance either. I'm kinda excited to try this now. As far as secondary stats go, I know a lot of people that go for all 2 stat exceptional with fort/willpower too, but now with this latest update that considers secondary stats more in the matching algorithm, that might not be such a great thing. Anywho, appreciate all the feedback bud!
@@WhyTry321 I can see that You legitimately know what you're talking about and have an understanding on the hidden mechs, barons 4pac is a win since your potency will play quite a big factor here and I see you did make the proper choices for your setup, my blue bubble 4 legged glory's is definitely a bit shorter but makes up for it with the extra punch, my focus is dealing the absolute most possible dps that I can squeeze out of myself and my1250 potency from using less than 1k combined willpower before getting destroyed by their dots lol, all my gems are dmg producers and multiplayers so event a small surge from me will carry the condensed dmg from them. I can see your build works for you perfectly fine when for me it wouldn't. This ability to brake their backline wiz/dhs can be pretty game changing though. Afterwards Sader always was and continues being the most versatile class.
@@soybeans2559 2st*r LC, PC, FF, VB (awake) 5st*r BoH, VS, BsJ, RC However I will be destroying my r4 BsJ for 2st*r GR, even though I got 4 BsJ copies. Reson is with GR at r4 I already do more dmg than with BsJ r4 truth is BsJ is pretty much only good for its movement speed dmg wise r10 Berserk gives higher dmg than a r5 BsJ I'm sure GR r10 will be stronger than BsJ r9 and currently there are a lot more ways to get high speed
Thank u u2 awesome gem and slots info. Just got mh first 170 1* in awakened slot berserk as eye. Working on vipers or fervant ns yet. But now can seethe buffs.
Bro those awaken slots with all the gems max out inside is not close to small spenders. Imagine his vipers bite has 1 star gem inside max 196 gem powers with duplicates, 2 rank 2 stars gems each 685 max rank so total of 1566 gem powers without dups and he awaken 6 slots total of 9,396 gem powers lol 😂 no f2p or small spender can reach that level trust me
This guy has spent probably 5k or more. The issue is he has no idea what he spent. It all adds up quick 2 year playing everyday And him saying oh I spent only 200 in the game Come off it. Y try ego is way too big. He will invest in his toon as much as he can
WhyTry and the Revenants discord is a great resource for Crusaders across the game, agreed. Thank for the Echo chamber (pun intended) in shining a light on gem strategy.
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I'm at 2200 resonance with secondaries all around 2800. Yet I fight whales all day long with secondaries over 8k. What do I do about that? I can't just lower my resonance down to 1 and 2 star gems to fight weaker players because my gems are already 1 and 2 stars.
I'm going to assume your bg rank is higher than most. Probably in gold1 or higher? Rank is also a factor in the matchmaking, so if you're far above others there, you could also see a lot of whales. This is a lot more common early on in a new bg season like we still are now.
@@WhyTry321 Yes. My bg ranking is Gold 2 however, the beginning of the season doesn't seem to affect it. At the end of the cycle I was still stuck fighting max resonance people.
I’m mostly rank 10 - 2 and 1 star except for a rank 5 four star Bottled Hope and a rank 5 three star Frozen Heart and I’m in with 6-9.5K whales most of the time. Learn your character optimizing it for its roll and purpose then develop your play style and remember the objective is for your team to win not for you to rank up a body count. I’ve seen players camp the spawn just to tally up the bodies with no regard to winning the match.
Agreed. Also, a screenshot of reso and kill streak doesn't mean anything. There's also a lot of misinformation in here, there's also some stuff that should be explained. The WHY and the mechanics aren't talked about. I can pick apart many of the things they talk about. At least in ways that they could be explained better as to not mislead people who don't understand Additive bonuses or even what resonance actually does besides "make you stronger". They talked about matchmaking with some errors too. Crusader is broken OP right now also.
Lol where is this number 5000 coming from? One look at my gems and you think you know my spending? I've been playing since day 1, and all of these 1 and 2 star gems can be crafted. This is what 2 years of playing daily looks like.
That's a better way to go honestly. Go for CR as much as possible at lower difficulty so you can get to higher difficulties and get better gear drops. Don't neglect farming 21 hidden lairs a week. These you can do at lower difficulties so it'll be faster. I'm inferno 5, almost 6, and I still drop to hell 1 to run through the hidden lairs quickly. Other than that, it's a marathon, not a sprint. Good luck, have fun!
Oh also every time you get a combat rating boost, get to the highest challenge rift you can. And get into a warband that does regular raids. Those two things determine the quality of gear drops.
@@Jcs57 Have you not prefarmed inferno 6 gear yet ? I mean I'm sitting at inferno 6 combat rating already and I am free to play . My stash is completely full of prefarmed inf 6 gear and half my bag is full as well plus my mystery legos and set items I have around 20 of those . I'd have more but I changed classes ,so had to use some for essences . I think my cr is around 34,150 or so . And 2850 resonance . It seems good for a f2p account .
Although I did have to sacrifice set bonuses for cr because I am 28 levels away from inf 6 . However I have multiple sets for inf 6 already so I'll be fine once I hit the milestone .
I don't know what server cluster you guys are on, but it's clearly not west coast. I'm a hair under 2k regularly facing 3-5k, and occasionally 6-9k. I do ok vs 3-5k, but 6-9k is just impossible.
Bottle Hope is one of the only 5 stars worth pursuing as low spender or free 2 play. Seeping Bile isn’t worth the time or resources, the Jade is another good one but get them ranked up is time consuming and requires a lot or resources. I would pass on anything that has percent chance of doing anything and stick to time centric gems.
@@deadred80 Haven’t found one yet. I only get free crests so my elder rift runs aren’t as often as someone that buys them. Takes me awhile to accumulate 10 crests and when I get ten I go but so far I haven’t gotten the new gems so I couldn’t offer an experienced opinion on it. When/if I get one I’ll get it ranked high enough to see if it fits my style.
Starfire is great, new gem is great, and BSJ can be a good aux gem on any junk 3-5 you get via drop. It's all about doing the best you can with what you get.
My normal gems are indeed all rank7. Secondary stats are roughly: Armor: 4000 Armor Pen: 3800 Potency: 4100 Resistance: 3700 But that doesn't change the facts in this video. If anything, the new patch has made it so lower secondary stats than this will help you even more now that the matchmaking algorithm consideries secondary stats more heavily.
@@majorfps1341 that's essentially smurfing, which has been patched. Algorithm considers secondary stats more strongly now and this doesn't happen near as often anymore.
Not to poke holes, because you guys are trying to create hope for low spenders; but what is the difference in terms of gem power required, between getting a 5/5 5* gem to rank 5, as opposed to getting a 2* gem to rank ten, and then fully awakening it? It’s shocking….and not in a good way. You will also have just as much trouble getting the gem power required to build this 2* load out, as you will trying to acquire the 5* gems. Then there are factors such as the CR booste you get from resonance, which helps you in all facets of the game.
My brother has 4 2 star gems that are rank 7 at them moment . I play for him because he works alot . I'll have all 4 of them to rank 10 in the next 3 to 4 months. You need to run 21 hidden lairs a week and sell normal gems to get the platinum .
@@deadred80 Another 3-4 months… and then the real journey begins after you awaken them. It will take an eternity to get the gem power required to get a loadout of 2* gems fully awoken. The only way to get there in less than 25 years is to buy, and if you buy, you may as well invest in 5* gems. To put it bluntly, this game puts walls up that F2P players can’t punch through. They do this because it’s a business and f2p don’t invest.
@@jesseguertin1158 maxing elder rift and the lairs and then selling gems and pets I maxed a igneous scorn which I got in elder rift from a free crest earned from the elder rift embers that was made at the jewelers in just under a month. I bought dupes and made dupes. Started March 3rd when I got the Scorn and finished last day of March. Admittedly that was a quick one it usually averages about 45 days start to finish a 2 star and a lot less for a 1 star. I do the one stars first to ten using them until I have a 2 star to rank 5 then eat the one star to finish the 2 star ezpz.
The main message here is thst rank10 gems should be your goal. Whether that's 1 star gems, 2 star, or 5 star. Yes, I have a lot of 2 star gems at rank10, which each have another 1star and two 2star rank10s inside them. Altogether looking at roughly 2250 gem power per slot. That is about equivalent to a rank8 5star gem, however, that will allow cost you 37 gem dupes that you can't craft. Alternatively, you could go for 1star rank10 gems and still get awakening bonuses plus resonance bonuses. This is only about 600 gem power per slot to fully max out, or like a rank5 5star gem. Whether you have 1 stars or 2 stars, getting all the awakenings and resonance bonuses is stronger than the alternative with 5 stars.
@@WhyTry321 Yes, rank 10 gems are the clear goal, always. Yet, unless you are planning to just rank up all 1* gems; getting 2* (fully awoken) or 5* gems to rank 10 is realistically not attainable for low spenders or F2P players. Point blank. The amount of gem power a 2* gem requires to max out is total insanity. So this is where my point comes in. I feel it is best for most players to have a blend. You don’t want to miss out on BSJ or Roiling Consequence. The power they provide (even at low rank) + the CR and reso booste they give are no brainers. If you focus on all 1* and 2* gems, the chances you will get them upgraded enough to overcome the CR and Resonance boosts that come with 5* gems is very thin. People are often in the middle. They can’t afford to upgrade a 5* past rank 4, but they also can’t afford to upgrade a 2* to rank 10 and awaken it fully. This leaves them in limbo. This is where people should be encouraging the blend technique with efficiency, instead of denouncing one or the other.
Yes, it's not a class specific thing. Anyone can invest in 1 and 2 star gems and have a stronger build that way than you would with low or mid lvl 5 star gems
Yeah but what about normal gems? Its where the real power is at. Rank 7 is attainable by low spenders even rank 8. What the gap between rank 8 and 10 is huge!
Due @echogamming, dont like to comment but I can tell u. I HAVE BEEN here snice u start and the game. I am 3.3k res barn, and I have learn that u dont neeed that much res. The avg. Res per server is like 3.6k res, okay I say again per server. U go in bg that is whatvu going found, they have to put whales because they are part of game. BUT MOST PPL ARE 1K TO 3K RES.. THEY JUSR NEED TO KNOW THERE GEMS. I am fithing agains 3k, 4k, 5k and 6k res and still dominating them because my gem set up. My own clan leader knows it, and send me in front of everything because my set up. I can takebthe damage of a 8k res and still 3.3 res
No it definitely isn't. Took me 2 years to get this point with alt farming and a lot of buying/selling stuff on market to get the platinum for buying gem power. But I've reached the dolphin end game, and it IS obtainable. If I had put all my resources into 5star gems instead, I'd still be trying to rank10 the first 1. Then you've got three 2 star gems, and two more 5 star gems to put inside that yet for the resonance bonuses within that one single 5star gem. You're looking at over 14000 gem power, and 219 5star dupes to fully max out 1 single 5star gem. Just 7 more slots to go...
Bsj is a must have man, I can't blame him lol. Also you copied some of my stuff try. I'm telling you mobility is essential for pvp. I also told greed this because he needed the same thing too but he got a lot of reso so hes got a little bit of air to breath especially against high reso players.
2 piece windloft and 2 piece issatar along with the blood soaked jade and offhand essence that increases movement speed on wizard . Plus 2 piece vithus and 2 piece warrags and all the beneficial effects reforges that can be stacked . My brother's wizard is out running saders on horses . How's that for mobility ? And the windloft and issater was by accident . Close to inferno 6 already prefarmed next sets . Wich will be 2 piece vithus ,2 piece grace,2 piece augments and 2 piece banquet . .. Running BSJ,Bottled Hope,Star fire shard,seeping bile,pain clasp,Mothers lament,Vipers bite and ignious scorn . As a free to play wizard this toon is awesome .
Hey Echo, I really like your content mate, but I gotta write something.. please don't get offended.. with your build and stats the only game aspect you could dominate is pvm.. Honestly, not even that, as your cr is still low due to low reso and low items' upgrades.. As for pvp, you're a one-hitter.. running with 1500 reso and rank 6 plain gems won't do anything in pvp.. sad but true.. :/ even players with 3k left stats will own you, not to mention a lot of players are 5k+ in plain stats now and these will one-shot you in a milisecond..
He's definitely more than a low spender. There's some misinformation about the matchmaking. Awakening damage bonuses are Additive so they aren't as strong as you think. The Cooldown ones are the main reason. But people should understand Resonance. You guys that have a platform to spread information need to stop saying "how is this possible at this reso?", or "his kills don't match up with your Resonance". You literally talked about how his "lower" reso is matching him with people around his strength. So... he's good at fighting people just as strong as him. That's great, but that has nothing to do with reso and more with skill and gem usage and strategy. I spend less than him and do just as well, although he's a Crusader who are broken OP right now and I'm a Barb 4 life. The Awakening bonuses are also only good for the Cooldown ones. Man I could keep going here, but I may need to make s reaction video to this to comment on some of these points so as not to mislead people that really don't understand. There's also plenty of 5* gems that are far better than a 10% damage Awakening bonus. Uhhgggg this interview made me want to slap them both and correct them. There's the Aux system that makes 5* gems work well at Rank 1.
Reso is still one of the main factors in the matchmaking algorithm for bgs. On average, I will be matched up against other players AT my reso. Thus, maximizing my build while keeping the reso low IS exactly what gives me an edge. Vault is another scenario where most immortal teams skip higher reso teams. Being lower reso allows me to get these balanced matches. Im not saying resonance is bad. You get more dmg, life, and cr with better gems, but this is only really ever needed if you're pushing for immortal on your own server. Fixed fights like RoE where both sides choose their teams, there is no algorithm in play that's balancing it out. So yes, it wouldn't matter if I'm stronger than others at my reso lvl cuz the opposing team is going to be all their highest reso players in that clan anyway. Personally I never try for immortal though, and I'd much rather enjoy every other aspect of the game instead of focusing on this 1 single weekly fight. Awakening bonuses are so much more than you make them out to be though. While I agree the cooldown bonuses are the most helpful ones, these damage bonuses from awakened gear are not strifed either. So it may only be 10% here and there, but that's more of a bonus than a max lvl gem after the pvp reductions. Furthermore, the awakenings themselves aren't the only thing you're getting from a rank10 gem. Once it is awakened, it allows you to get the additional gem resonance bonuses inside that rank10 as well. While these may seem like small bonuses too, with just 3% primary attack damage, 2% skill dmg, or 1% dmg per party member...it adds up when you're getting these bonuses from multiple gems. To say that there are plenty of 5 star gems that are better than a 10% awakening bonus is misleading in itself. Gotta compare the entire gem slots of a 5star vs a 2star, not a whole 5star vs 1 mere side effect of a 2 star. I get a higher dmg boost on a 2 star rank10 than I could with like a rank 7 or even 8 bsj or bottled hope, then there's the additional 10% dmg awakening bonus (unstrifed), and there's also the 3% primary attack, 2%skill dmg, 1% dmg per party bonuses too yet. Also unnoted, is the main topic of the video which is really about the matchmaking. The game tries to match players of even resonance. So the whole point of this strategy puts me against a lot of players that have all 5 star gems, but they're all like rank4-6 because that's even with my 3k resonance gained from maxing out all these 1 and 2 stars. I could have alternatively invested all my gem power into 5 star gems and probably been at 5k reso myself, and while that's stronger damage, life, and cr...it also means I'll see all whales in bgs. That same 5k gem build could probably beat my 3k gem build, but in a balanced match when the bg algorithm kicks in, I shouldn't ever see a 5k reso player. It does still happen of course, but on average, I will get matched up against others at my reso and have a great match. THAT is the message here. "Smart gem investing to work the system." Not trying to be the highest reso I can be. I don't even know where to start with your auxiliary gem comment. Completely contradictory to this entire video. You never want to keep high reso from a ranked up gem when you're only getting those rank1 gem effects from the auxiliary gem. That only hurts yourself by keeping you in the higher reso matchmaking bracket, but with nerfed gem effects. You completely missed the mark on the point this whole video is getting across.
@@WhyTry321 no I understand exactly what you're doing, I'm similar and stay very competitive. It's the way Echo words questions that don't make things as clear as they can be. No shade on you, I've been telling echo he should go over what he's going to say in his vids but he wants everything. No shade on him either. I'm that rare person on the Internet that I say everything with love and don't fight just converse. My frustration came out in that comment because this is an ongoing thing that I think someone with an audience should try to get into the under the hood workings of the game mechanics instead of guessing. I think it's strange he's had many many videos about reso but not once has actually told newbies what it's doing for them. And yes I know reso is a major factor I didn't say otherwise. It's worth mentioning that the matching was just overhauled a week ago. Stuff like that. All that came out of this video was I found you. Although I do stand by my statement that I disagree with Awakening being better always. And since you can move what pieces you have awake around if things change (new essences) I only would really need maybe 3 or 4. But my 2 get me the Cooldown reductions I need. It's also not easy filling an awakened 2* with full other 2*s like that. I only spend on the battle pass and when I get gift cards for presents. I have all rank 8 and 9s but takes A LOT to get that last hurdle. That's going to take money that puts one over low spender in my opinion. That's a dolphin, which low spender is below. I started rambling, sorry. But this is the stuff I would have loved to talk to you about and the information i believe is important for people to know in addition to everything you said.
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When the new terror rifts was added I wasn't strong enough to do them at Infernal 5 even though I had the cr for it, barely. I moved back down to Infernal 4 for now. That helped out a lot and I did destroy one tower. But I noticed tat my kill speed was still slow. So I gathered together 2 piece Grace, 2 piece Vithus's and 4 piece Banquet of Eyes. Then I swapped two gems a one star Invigorate for Eye of the Unyielding. Then swapped Power and Command a two star gem for Igneous Scorn. Then I went to the training dummy and seen the increase in damage. I actually gained a rank for the one star. I had a rank 8 invigorate and was able to move to a rank 9 for Eye of the Unyielding. Then I went back into terror rifts. That boosted my damage so much that now I am able to clear two towers with three minutes left even if I have other players present.
That does mean that due to my current setup I will be forced into using continuous damage builds regardless of the class that I play but I am cool with that. Since I don't PvP I don't mind not having any gear that is not awakened. Now if Blizz changes its egregious monetization model to a pay to progress faster in the game. Also making changes where you can grind for whatever you want without it taking decades to get there. Then it will become a fine game. Right now it is just a good game not anywhere near being great. With the right changes though it can be made into a great game.
@@MrGilfredlol I don't know how ppl have difficultly with these, I've always done them on inf6 and always finish all 4 pillars with 500-800 leftovers craps to spare
@@-ANNIHILATOR Great point then set bonuses don't mean a thing. having all defensive gems would do it even easier right Or maybe have your legendary gems all over the place along with gear that and skills. Not a good build with synergy and you still won't struggle right. Silly me I should be able to handle in6 at around 31, 500 cr. And even terror rifts at the same combat rating.
It gets worse for a new player that can have their build, normal gems, legendary gems, and gear all over the place maybe even some skills on the action bar that are not supported by any piece of gear.
Sure the paragon level and cr will catch up quickly for a lot f players but there are other things that won't such as Helliquary, Legacy of the horadrim, gear levels, legendary gem levels, normal gem levels, etc... There aren't a lot of decent catch up mechanics in the game as there is for paragon and cr.
Then there are some that are better skilled at playing games than others. Some people play casual and others grind. Some are free to play like myself and others are whales. Some love PvP and others love PvE.
One important thing you guys missed. Reso is not playing in PvP as much as you think... At the moment all depends how high is your secondary stats are (armour, armour penetrations, potency, resistance). You can have 100 resonance but if you have high secondaries you will kill anyone with higher resonance as long they have lower secondary stats than you.
So even if you have all awoken 1 or 2 star gems but low secondary stats you will never play good in BG so remember that! Cuz people after watching this video might swap their gems and not play as good as WhyTry.
This was just patched. The latest update matches you with others based on your secondary stat value a lot more heavily than anything else. There's no more smurfing anymore.
@@WhyTry321 yep they did patched that.
But what I’m saying here. If people will start getting their 1/2 star games awoken and they neglect their secondaries they will struggle in BG. They need balance between secondary stats and lego gems.
In my opinion your secondary stats should be around 1k higher than your reso. This for me feels like a sweet spot. You will be strong in your reso brackets and still have a chance against players with bit higher reso.
I’m sitting at 3,6k reso with secondaries around 4,6k and I do have good matches even against whales
How to increase secondary stats?
@@zigadisic8602 secondary gems (aquamarine, sapphire, citrine and topaz) you can get them by doing hidden lairs (you can do 21 a week) also doing sanctum (collect 387 keys to open all chest at once).
This the problem they don’t really see. F2P players still need platinum to buy some legendary gems and the only way to get platinum is to sell the secondary gems which equals huge mistake cuz your secondary stats will be really bad.
Even with awoken all slots with all 2 star gems if you have 1 k armor penetration you will do zero dmg to someone who has 3k armor.
@@zigadisic8602 upgrade your plain gems / Iben Fahd sanctum board, Helliquary, Tableau etc..
I have Viper’s Bite Awakened. The bonuses are Primary Attack increased by 3%, Skill Damage increased by 2%, and Damage done increased by 1% per party member.
I'm 1k res barb in my alt. I defend vault with a regular cadre of teammates. I was #1 Immortal barb last week, #2 immo barb this week, top 10 immortal every week.
I am hated by all who come up against me - server's most hated wallbarian. My armor pen is 4300. My armor is 2500. Rest is under 2k.
I have 3 awakened slots, some internal awakening. I am awakening a 4th gear piece soon. Everlasting Torment, Berzerker's Eye, Blessed Pebble (and need about 50 more gem power to awaken slot with Fervant Fang). I use Battleguard, rank 5. Mothers lament Rank 5. Frozen Heart - RANK 1 and Spiteful Blood RANK 1. Many 5 stars do more than you'd think, just at rank 1.
I do not have BSJ - one has never dropped for me. And they are too hard to get on the market.
Other than awakening, I only buy $5 battle pass. To awaken, I buy Prodigy's Path. I've been playing this alt daily since last June
In vault, no one in my party is over 3200. We are now killing 7k res, and winning many those raids. 8K is out of our range. We are typically up against 4-5K res players, win most vaults.
BG is harder bcz you cannot communicate with your team really. Just pugs. I am usually in with whales and I do ok, especially considering I'm only 1k res.
I'm at 33.8K CR. Inferno 6. Typically get most, if not all, chests of glory in i5 raids.
You dont HAVE to be high res to enjoy DI. You just need to know some basic background, (and I learned from my mistakes on my main).
Whats your build for pvp essences and what skills you using? Am 1k reso barb too some help would be great 😊
Yeah I hate you already ..
People naturally mistake their feelings of envy and jealousy by anger, good work
Thats really high armor pen for your reso.
How do u increase secondary stats so much? Is it gear slots lvl ?
I built 1 stars until I could awaken them then bought enough orbs to awaken the slots currently five slots are awakened but over time I’ve replaced 4 of the 1 stars with two stars to rank ten. Last night’s I finally got enough gems in those awakened slots to finally get my puberty wings. Nothing more satisfying than plucking feathers off high res players. Free to play or low spend are never going to awaken 5 star gems go for 1’s and slowly change over to 2’s.
I don't mess with 1 stars
I mess with 10 stars .
Even though putting gem power towards 5stars is more efficient I prefer 1/2 star gems just because I enjoy being able to rank up gems and see progress. I can't do that pretty quick with 5stars after a certain point. Even if I had full 2star gems/full resonance I'd rather rank up more 1/2star gems for options for different builds/classes.
@WhyTry321
I'm surprised seeing someone else using a similar essence setup as my offensive for bg, but you should make several changes that I evolved into after using the exact essences as yours for quite some time. In my opinion using banner is a much stronger option than concentration because it provides the crit boost for dmg dealt from "all sources" with 40% dot dmg reduction from offhand. Definitely must try cavalier's courtware knocking away for draw&quarter, I also use to use the gold pony for his 30% dmg multiplayer, but result is not nearly as strong. Must use the shoulder +10% dmg dealt from "all sources" while conjur is active, also stack's perfectly with my personal favorite the 4pc baron +20% dmg dealt from "all sources"(dot effects are classified as harmful effects)(+%dmg dealt from all sources is HUGE) 2pc banquet 2pc vit. I promise you will get a much higher dmg output and melt everyone in your path, spent about $250 throughout the time since game was released I'm almost 2.2k reso with blue secondaries 4k, 4.5k, 5 awakened 2 star, family bonuses ×3 tremor ×3 jolt ×3 barrior. I don't use willpower for any of my builds I don't use any triple stat gear for pvp because by using 2 stat gear my attributes are significantly higher. Fortitude is your best friend. I get increase to my armor/armpen by 400-500 versus what I would be getting by using crappy 3 stat gear, that is huge! as well as 2 stat demonic remains fort/vit or fort/str. Wierd 6pc cursed, warden+protector are always a must for shields, move spd and hp. Cr entirely disregarded my when I matchup with similar reso I always get over 30 kills without much effort quite often end up undefeated and matchups with high reso I'm able to compete on similar level as the 5-7 k players.
what is your gem setup?
Ive actually tried some variants like this, and it is also very strong indeed. While it is of course amazing hitting all crits while banner is up, it also reduces your crit dmg. I don't feel like it's doing much for me when I'm only dealing dmg with falling sword and horse then too. Alternatively, I now use mothers lament and roiling consequence for crit chance, which both stack, and the 20 second cooldown on them aligns perfectly with CoL anyway. Both gems trigger each time I run back in. So with consecration, I still have pretty good crit chance, only my crit damage is not reduced, and I have a 3rd damage skill. Consecration hits quite hard too.
As far as cavaliers legs for horse, I've tried this as well and it nice for sure having a little knockback effect on enemies. The biggest reason I use Galloping Brilliance though, is because it counts as a buff and all my beneficial effect duration increases it. This allows me to run through enemies the entire time CoL is active. This is also why I use wind-blessed pauldrons, for the extended duration. The longer CoL.and horse combo allows me to be a part of the fight more before retreating. I actually have very little downtime between rotations. I will admit, it probably is more dmg with cavaliers and the shoulders for 10% increased dmg during CoL, but it doesn't allow you to stay in the fight as long.
I currently have a 4pc angmets, 2pc barons, 2 vithus, but I have to admit the 4pc barons/2 banquet instead does sound intriguing. I'll have to test it out. I love the 4pc angs ignite stacks paired with 2 barons and high potency for longer durations, but 20% increased dmg from all sources could be fun too. Whats nice about barons is that a dmg multiplier isn't going to be dependent on my potency/enemy resistance either. I'm kinda excited to try this now.
As far as secondary stats go, I know a lot of people that go for all 2 stat exceptional with fort/willpower too, but now with this latest update that considers secondary stats more in the matching algorithm, that might not be such a great thing. Anywho, appreciate all the feedback bud!
@@WhyTry321 I can see that You legitimately know what you're talking about and have an understanding on the hidden mechs, barons 4pac is a win since your potency will play quite a big factor here and I see you did make the proper choices for your setup, my blue bubble 4 legged glory's is definitely a bit shorter but makes up for it with the extra punch, my focus is dealing the absolute most possible dps that I can squeeze out of myself and my1250 potency from using less than 1k combined willpower before getting destroyed by their dots lol, all my gems are dmg producers and multiplayers so event a small surge from me will carry the condensed dmg from them. I can see your build works for you perfectly fine when for me it wouldn't. This ability to brake their backline wiz/dhs can be pretty game changing though. Afterwards Sader always was and continues being the most versatile class.
@@soybeans2559
2st*r LC, PC, FF, VB (awake)
5st*r BoH, VS, BsJ, RC
However I will be destroying my r4 BsJ for 2st*r GR, even though I got 4 BsJ copies.
Reson is with GR at r4 I already do more dmg than with BsJ r4 truth is BsJ is pretty much only good for its movement speed dmg wise r10 Berserk gives higher dmg than a r5 BsJ I'm sure GR r10 will be stronger than BsJ r9 and currently there are a lot more ways to get high speed
Thank u u2 awesome gem and slots info. Just got mh first 170 1* in awakened slot berserk as eye. Working on vipers or fervant ns yet. But now can seethe buffs.
I love ZerkersEye, and Ferv Fang.
I unlocked both lol. Played since game launch though.
Need some videos on Blood Night Please
I notice I do a lot better in pvp with the 2 knockback horses whilst if I run in on a horse I just get Cc'd to death.
Bro those awaken slots with all the gems max out inside is not close to small spenders. Imagine his vipers bite has 1 star gem inside max 196 gem powers with duplicates, 2 rank 2 stars gems each 685 max rank so total of 1566 gem powers without dups and he awaken 6 slots total of 9,396 gem powers lol 😂 no f2p or small spender can reach that level trust me
This guy has spent probably 5k or more. The issue is he has no idea what he spent. It all adds up quick
2 year playing everyday
And him saying oh I spent only 200 in the game
Come off it. Y try ego is way too big. He will invest in his toon as much as he can
It’s self explanatory what he’s implying if you play the game and do what you should to progress daily
@@user-kd3sp4hf1kit’s also self explanatory that even without spending, there are caps on everything…
WhyTry and the Revenants discord is a great resource for Crusaders across the game, agreed. Thank for the Echo chamber (pun intended) in shining a light on gem strategy.
Do you happen to have the link to that discord? The one linked in this video doesn’t actually connect me to the channel.. ty
لمذا لايضعون زر بجانب ازرار القتال يخولك للتحول الى شخصية اخرى تختارها انت مثلا الى البربري وعندها تقاتل فلبربري وتتحول دروعك فقط وخصائصك الى البربري مثلا وتقاتل فيه وعندما تريد ان ترجع الى شخصيتك الثانية تضغط على الزر وتتحول الى شخصيتك الثانية وتقاتل فيها هذا سوف يكون ممتع جدا ويخولك لاستراتيجيات جديدة وعندها سوف يكون اللعب اكثر متعه ..يكون معك بربري وساحر وتبدل بينهم ..وووواو سوف يكون ممتع جدا
I'm at 2200 resonance with secondaries all around 2800. Yet I fight whales all day long with secondaries over 8k. What do I do about that? I can't just lower my resonance down to 1 and 2 star gems to fight weaker players because my gems are already 1 and 2 stars.
I'm going to assume your bg rank is higher than most. Probably in gold1 or higher? Rank is also a factor in the matchmaking, so if you're far above others there, you could also see a lot of whales. This is a lot more common early on in a new bg season like we still are now.
@@WhyTry321 Yes. My bg ranking is Gold 2 however, the beginning of the season doesn't seem to affect it. At the end of the cycle I was still stuck fighting max resonance people.
Hi to you,Brother of Arms..we are sharing the exact same sad fate it seems: almost exactly the same here......... 'so fun'! And fair! 😮😂🎉
I’m mostly rank 10 - 2 and 1 star except for a rank 5 four star Bottled Hope and a rank 5 three star Frozen Heart and I’m in with 6-9.5K whales most of the time. Learn your character optimizing it for its roll and purpose then develop your play style and remember the objective is for your team to win not for you to rank up a body count. I’ve seen players camp the spawn just to tally up the bodies with no regard to winning the match.
Sounds legit
Is it better to sell 5 star gems for platinum or ha e them go dormant and get them gems power from them?
5000 dollars is not low spend
Facts, I haven't even spent that amount over the years I've been gaming, nevermind only on one game.
Agreed. Also, a screenshot of reso and kill streak doesn't mean anything.
There's also a lot of misinformation in here, there's also some stuff that should be explained. The WHY and the mechanics aren't talked about.
I can pick apart many of the things they talk about. At least in ways that they could be explained better as to not mislead people who don't understand Additive bonuses or even what resonance actually does besides "make you stronger". They talked about matchmaking with some errors too.
Crusader is broken OP right now also.
It kind of is when the high end is $100-200k+. A dude in another video was spending $10k per week trying to level up
In general when compared to what whales spent.. it is hellllla low spend. Ftp and low spend are 2 very different levels
Lol where is this number 5000 coming from? One look at my gems and you think you know my spending? I've been playing since day 1, and all of these 1 and 2 star gems can be crafted. This is what 2 years of playing daily looks like.
Super helpful 😊
I had to sacrifice my set bonuses for combat rating because I am 28 levels away from inferno 6 . :-(
That's a better way to go honestly. Go for CR as much as possible at lower difficulty so you can get to higher difficulties and get better gear drops. Don't neglect farming 21 hidden lairs a week. These you can do at lower difficulties so it'll be faster. I'm inferno 5, almost 6, and I still drop to hell 1 to run through the hidden lairs quickly.
Other than that, it's a marathon, not a sprint. Good luck, have fun!
Oh also every time you get a combat rating boost, get to the highest challenge rift you can. And get into a warband that does regular raids. Those two things determine the quality of gear drops.
The only problem is Lego drops in those lower level lairs are just salvage items at that point.
@@Jcs57 Have you not prefarmed inferno 6 gear yet ? I mean I'm sitting at inferno 6 combat rating already and I am free to play . My stash is completely full of prefarmed inf 6 gear and half my bag is full as well plus my mystery legos and set items I have around 20 of those . I'd have more but I changed classes ,so had to use some for essences . I think my cr is around 34,150 or so . And 2850 resonance . It seems good for a f2p account .
Although I did have to sacrifice set bonuses for cr because I am 28 levels away from inf 6 . However I have multiple sets for inf 6 already so I'll be fine once I hit the milestone .
I don't know what server cluster you guys are on, but it's clearly not west coast. I'm a hair under 2k regularly facing 3-5k, and occasionally 6-9k. I do ok vs 3-5k, but 6-9k is just impossible.
Bottle Hope is one of the only 5 stars worth pursuing as low spender or free 2 play. Seeping Bile isn’t worth the time or resources, the Jade is another good one but get them ranked up is time consuming and requires a lot or resources. I would pass on anything that has percent chance of doing anything and stick to time centric gems.
You forgot the new gem . It's great .
@@deadred80 Haven’t found one yet. I only get free crests so my elder rift runs aren’t as often as someone that buys them. Takes me awhile to accumulate 10 crests and when I get ten I go but so far I haven’t gotten the new gems so I couldn’t offer an experienced opinion on it. When/if I get one I’ll get it ranked high enough to see if it fits my style.
Starfire is great, new gem is great, and BSJ can be a good aux gem on any junk 3-5 you get via drop. It's all about doing the best you can with what you get.
He will definitely has 4-5k armor and armor penetration with 4-5k potency and resistance so f*** this off
My normal gems are indeed all rank7. Secondary stats are roughly:
Armor: 4000
Armor Pen: 3800
Potency: 4100
Resistance: 3700
But that doesn't change the facts in this video. If anything, the new patch has made it so lower secondary stats than this will help you even more now that the matchmaking algorithm consideries secondary stats more heavily.
Bro 4k armor and near 4k armor pen even with 1.5k reso you can kill plenty of players 😂
@@majorfps1341 that's essentially smurfing, which has been patched. Algorithm considers secondary stats more strongly now and this doesn't happen near as often anymore.
I’m not able to get the Revenant discord link to actually take me to that page.. does anyone have the normal link so I can type it in
discord.com/invite/hveMfEk2zx
Not to poke holes, because you guys are trying to create hope for low spenders; but what is the difference in terms of gem power required, between getting a 5/5 5* gem to rank 5, as opposed to getting a 2* gem to rank ten, and then fully awakening it? It’s shocking….and not in a good way. You will also have just as much trouble getting the gem power required to build this 2* load out, as you will trying to acquire the 5* gems. Then there are factors such as the CR booste you get from resonance, which helps you in all facets of the game.
My brother has 4 2 star gems that are rank 7 at them moment . I play for him because he works alot . I'll have all 4 of them to rank 10 in the next 3 to 4 months. You need to run 21 hidden lairs a week and sell normal gems to get the platinum .
@@deadred80 Another 3-4 months… and then the real journey begins after you awaken them. It will take an eternity to get the gem power required to get a loadout of 2* gems fully awoken. The only way to get there in less than 25 years is to buy, and if you buy, you may as well invest in 5* gems. To put it bluntly, this game puts walls up that F2P players can’t punch through. They do this because it’s a business and f2p don’t invest.
@@jesseguertin1158 maxing elder rift and the lairs and then selling gems and pets I maxed a igneous scorn which I got in elder rift from a free crest earned from the elder rift embers that was made at the jewelers in just under a month. I bought dupes and made dupes. Started March 3rd when I got the Scorn and finished last day of March. Admittedly that was a quick one it usually averages about 45 days start to finish a 2 star and a lot less for a 1 star. I do the one stars first to ten using them until I have a 2 star to rank 5 then eat the one star to finish the 2 star ezpz.
The main message here is thst rank10 gems should be your goal. Whether that's 1 star gems, 2 star, or 5 star. Yes, I have a lot of 2 star gems at rank10, which each have another 1star and two 2star rank10s inside them. Altogether looking at roughly 2250 gem power per slot. That is about equivalent to a rank8 5star gem, however, that will allow cost you 37 gem dupes that you can't craft.
Alternatively, you could go for 1star rank10 gems and still get awakening bonuses plus resonance bonuses. This is only about 600 gem power per slot to fully max out, or like a rank5 5star gem.
Whether you have 1 stars or 2 stars, getting all the awakenings and resonance bonuses is stronger than the alternative with 5 stars.
@@WhyTry321 Yes, rank 10 gems are the clear goal, always. Yet, unless you are planning to just rank up all 1* gems; getting 2* (fully awoken) or 5* gems to rank 10 is realistically not attainable for low spenders or F2P players. Point blank. The amount of gem power a 2* gem requires to max out is total insanity.
So this is where my point comes in. I feel it is best for most players to have a blend. You don’t want to miss out on BSJ or Roiling Consequence. The power they provide (even at low rank) + the CR and reso booste they give are no brainers. If you focus on all 1* and 2* gems, the chances you will get them upgraded enough to overcome the CR and Resonance boosts that come with 5* gems is very thin.
People are often in the middle. They can’t afford to upgrade a 5* past rank 4, but they also can’t afford to upgrade a 2* to rank 10 and awaken it fully. This leaves them in limbo. This is where people should be encouraging the blend technique with efficiency, instead of denouncing one or the other.
Dude he's not low spender but rather SMART SPENDER. The only 5 star that I've upgraded to level 5 are the bsj and bottled hope. The rest are 2 stars.
All about that Swenson haunting
hasn't shown his secondaries, which is even more important for PvP these days :)
Yep and mine are hurting atm :-(
better 2 star gem lvl 10 awaken then 5 star gem lvl 5
can that trick be benefial to DH?
Yes, it's not a class specific thing. Anyone can invest in 1 and 2 star gems and have a stronger build that way than you would with low or mid lvl 5 star gems
@@WhyTry321ok…thank you… i asked cuz i noticed he is using crusader class.
Ride that horsey
Yeah but what about normal gems? Its where the real power is at. Rank 7 is attainable by low spenders even rank 8. What the gap between rank 8 and 10 is huge!
Due @echogamming, dont like to comment but I can tell u. I HAVE BEEN here snice u start and the game. I am 3.3k res barn, and I have learn that u dont neeed that much res. The avg. Res per server is like 3.6k res, okay I say again per server. U go in bg that is whatvu going found, they have to put whales because they are part of game. BUT MOST PPL ARE 1K TO 3K RES.. THEY JUSR NEED TO KNOW THERE GEMS. I am fithing agains 3k, 4k, 5k and 6k res and still dominating them because my gem set up. My own clan leader knows it, and send me in front of everything because my set up. I can takebthe damage of a 8k res and still 3.3 res
if you're why try im glad to say that i smashed you in every BG :)
Low spend, build its not. Far from.... And no 2 attributes showing, so important to mention attributes...Quiet sure that it didnt come cheap either.
Yup, rank 7 normal gems… is about 250k platinum
full sloted 2 stars are not cheap either...
Full clip of ammo ain't cheap either
No it definitely isn't. Took me 2 years to get this point with alt farming and a lot of buying/selling stuff on market to get the platinum for buying gem power. But I've reached the dolphin end game, and it IS obtainable.
If I had put all my resources into 5star gems instead, I'd still be trying to rank10 the first 1. Then you've got three 2 star gems, and two more 5 star gems to put inside that yet for the resonance bonuses within that one single 5star gem. You're looking at over 14000 gem power, and 219 5star dupes to fully max out 1 single 5star gem. Just 7 more slots to go...
lol its kinda big spender here :))
Bsj is a must have man, I can't blame him lol. Also you copied some of my stuff try. I'm telling you mobility is essential for pvp. I also told greed this because he needed the same thing too but he got a lot of reso so hes got a little bit of air to breath especially against high reso players.
2 piece windloft and 2 piece issatar along with the blood soaked jade and offhand essence that increases movement speed on wizard . Plus 2 piece vithus and 2 piece warrags and all the beneficial effects reforges that can be stacked . My brother's wizard is out running saders on horses . How's that for mobility ? And the windloft and issater was by accident . Close to inferno 6 already prefarmed next sets . Wich will be 2 piece vithus ,2 piece grace,2 piece augments and 2 piece banquet . ..
Running BSJ,Bottled Hope,Star fire shard,seeping bile,pain clasp,Mothers lament,Vipers bite and ignious scorn . As a free to play wizard this toon is awesome .
Same strategy 🫡👍
Echo your secondary attributes is really low that's the why your not seeing good result in BG stop selling your normal gems.
'low spending' (a bargain!)... only a few thousand of €/$ at the end, and not hundreds of thousand!.. enjoy the good tips! 😅😂😂🎉😊
I've probably spent 1500 in game over the passed 2 1/5 years .
But I went free to play 8 months ago .
Hey Echo, I really like your content mate, but I gotta write something.. please don't get offended.. with your build and stats the only game aspect you could dominate is pvm.. Honestly, not even that, as your cr is still low due to low reso and low items' upgrades.. As for pvp, you're a one-hitter.. running with 1500 reso and rank 6 plain gems won't do anything in pvp.. sad but true.. :/ even players with 3k left stats will own you, not to mention a lot of players are 5k+ in plain stats now and these will one-shot you in a milisecond..
asdasdasd a mantra is done FIRST!!!😁😁😂😂
Whytry your voice is so hawt brah. Love Grimmwulf
Lolz 😂
i can smell the redditers runnnig to this video
He's definitely more than a low spender.
There's some misinformation about the matchmaking.
Awakening damage bonuses are Additive so they aren't as strong as you think. The Cooldown ones are the main reason.
But people should understand Resonance. You guys that have a platform to spread information need to stop saying "how is this possible at this reso?", or "his kills don't match up with your Resonance".
You literally talked about how his "lower" reso is matching him with people around his strength.
So... he's good at fighting people just as strong as him. That's great, but that has nothing to do with reso and more with skill and gem usage and strategy.
I spend less than him and do just as well, although he's a Crusader who are broken OP right now and I'm a Barb 4 life.
The Awakening bonuses are also only good for the Cooldown ones.
Man I could keep going here, but I may need to make s reaction video to this to comment on some of these points so as not to mislead people that really don't understand.
There's also plenty of 5* gems that are far better than a 10% damage Awakening bonus.
Uhhgggg this interview made me want to slap them both and correct them.
There's the Aux system that makes 5* gems work well at Rank 1.
Reso is still one of the main factors in the matchmaking algorithm for bgs. On average, I will be matched up against other players AT my reso. Thus, maximizing my build while keeping the reso low IS exactly what gives me an edge.
Vault is another scenario where most immortal teams skip higher reso teams. Being lower reso allows me to get these balanced matches.
Im not saying resonance is bad. You get more dmg, life, and cr with better gems, but this is only really ever needed if you're pushing for immortal on your own server. Fixed fights like RoE where both sides choose their teams, there is no algorithm in play that's balancing it out. So yes, it wouldn't matter if I'm stronger than others at my reso lvl cuz the opposing team is going to be all their highest reso players in that clan anyway. Personally I never try for immortal though, and I'd much rather enjoy every other aspect of the game instead of focusing on this 1 single weekly fight.
Awakening bonuses are so much more than you make them out to be though. While I agree the cooldown bonuses are the most helpful ones, these damage bonuses from awakened gear are not strifed either. So it may only be 10% here and there, but that's more of a bonus than a max lvl gem after the pvp reductions. Furthermore, the awakenings themselves aren't the only thing you're getting from a rank10 gem. Once it is awakened, it allows you to get the additional gem resonance bonuses inside that rank10 as well. While these may seem like small bonuses too, with just 3% primary attack damage, 2% skill dmg, or 1% dmg per party member...it adds up when you're getting these bonuses from multiple gems.
To say that there are plenty of 5 star gems that are better than a 10% awakening bonus is misleading in itself. Gotta compare the entire gem slots of a 5star vs a 2star, not a whole 5star vs 1 mere side effect of a 2 star. I get a higher dmg boost on a 2 star rank10 than I could with like a rank 7 or even 8 bsj or bottled hope, then there's the additional 10% dmg awakening bonus (unstrifed), and there's also the 3% primary attack, 2%skill dmg, 1% dmg per party bonuses too yet.
Also unnoted, is the main topic of the video which is really about the matchmaking. The game tries to match players of even resonance. So the whole point of this strategy puts me against a lot of players that have all 5 star gems, but they're all like rank4-6 because that's even with my 3k resonance gained from maxing out all these 1 and 2 stars. I could have alternatively invested all my gem power into 5 star gems and probably been at 5k reso myself, and while that's stronger damage, life, and cr...it also means I'll see all whales in bgs. That same 5k gem build could probably beat my 3k gem build, but in a balanced match when the bg algorithm kicks in, I shouldn't ever see a 5k reso player. It does still happen of course, but on average, I will get matched up against others at my reso and have a great match. THAT is the message here. "Smart gem investing to work the system." Not trying to be the highest reso I can be.
I don't even know where to start with your auxiliary gem comment. Completely contradictory to this entire video. You never want to keep high reso from a ranked up gem when you're only getting those rank1 gem effects from the auxiliary gem. That only hurts yourself by keeping you in the higher reso matchmaking bracket, but with nerfed gem effects. You completely missed the mark on the point this whole video is getting across.
@@WhyTry321 no I understand exactly what you're doing, I'm similar and stay very competitive. It's the way Echo words questions that don't make things as clear as they can be.
No shade on you, I've been telling echo he should go over what he's going to say in his vids but he wants everything.
No shade on him either. I'm that rare person on the Internet that I say everything with love and don't fight just converse.
My frustration came out in that comment because this is an ongoing thing that I think someone with an audience should try to get into the under the hood workings of the game mechanics instead of guessing.
I think it's strange he's had many many videos about reso but not once has actually told newbies what it's doing for them.
And yes I know reso is a major factor I didn't say otherwise. It's worth mentioning that the matching was just overhauled a week ago.
Stuff like that. All that came out of this video was I found you.
Although I do stand by my statement that I disagree with Awakening being better always. And since you can move what pieces you have awake around if things change (new essences) I only would really need maybe 3 or 4. But my 2 get me the Cooldown reductions I need.
It's also not easy filling an awakened 2* with full other 2*s like that. I only spend on the battle pass and when I get gift cards for presents. I have all rank 8 and 9s but takes A LOT to get that last hurdle. That's going to take money that puts one over low spender in my opinion. That's a dolphin, which low spender is below.
I started rambling, sorry. But this is the stuff I would have loved to talk to you about and the information i believe is important for people to know in addition to everything you said.
Dude my warband buddy was at a little over 100 resonance and I got him his 1k wings in less than a week . No money spent..
@@deadred80 well yeah pretty much 2k can be done quickly especially with help.