Alright folks, today I got totally fed up with how slow my usual farming felt in Diablo 3. Needed something faster, simpler for my Necro. Kept seeing Rathma builds mentioned, but man, all those guides looked like rocket science. Figured screw it, I’ll cobble together my own dumb version. Here’s exactly how I did it.
The Big Idea
Wanted just one thing: move fast, blow stuff up fast, pick loot up fast. No fancy rotations, no complicated timings. Pure, lazy speed farming for rifts and bounties. Rathma skeletons seemed perfect for this – they fight while I run like a headless chicken.
Slapping On Gear
First, dug through my stash like a goblin hoarder. Grabbed whatever had Rathma’s name on it:
- Head, Hands, Legs, Chest, Feet, Shoulders: Just slapped on the full Rathma set bonus. Easy win.
- Weapon & Offhand: Found that Jesseth Skullsycthe and Shield combo in my junk pile. Skeletons hit harder? Don’t mind if I do. Nice! This is the lazy way.
- Necklace & Rings: Stuck some random stuff I had lying around – Traveler’s Pledge, Compass Rose, Kreig’s Ring. Why? Because survivability while running felt nice.
- Bracers: Found some Nemesis Bracers tucked away. Opened doors way faster! Big yes.
- Belt: Slapped on Goldwrap, because why die?
Honestly, didn’t sweat the stats too much. Just looked for “Movement Speed,” “Cooldown Reduction,” stuff that makes me zoom or keeps my dumb skeletons alive longer.
Picking Skills Like Throwing Darts
Opened the skill menu feeling lazy as hell. Just picked whatever sounded fast and let the minions do the work:
- Skeletons! (Command Skeletons): Duh. Made ’em Frenzy for attacking faster. Just slapped it on.
- Revives! (Revive): Grabbed the ones that give health globe chance. Why? More globe = more skeletons alive. Simple.
- Blood Rush! (Molting): Main move! Just spammed this constantly to zoom through levels. Felt great.
- Bone Armor (Dislocation): Hit the button every few seconds. Stuns stuff around me? Useful! Keep those elite packs dizzy.
- Decrepify (Borrowed Time): Shouted at things to slow them. Made my cooldowns come back a tiny bit quicker. Win-win.
- Simulacrum (Reservoir): BIG DUDE. Double my skeleton nonsense? Absolute madness. Pressed it for bosses or nasty elites.
- Passives: Fed skeletons their own HP? (Dark Reaping). Needed that. Globemancer? More globes! Spreading that curse further? (Bone Prison). Felt like cheating. Stand together more? (Stand Alone). Sure why not.
Trying It Out (And Dying)
Took this hot mess into a Torment XIII rift. Got my ass kicked three times almost immediately. Skeletons kept popping like balloons! Oh right, the dumb gear matters… Needed better toughness stuff. Went back, shoved some more defensive stats on gear. Tried again. Way smoother!
Gameplay was stupid simple:
- Walk in room.
- Press Decrepify. Moan at everything.
- Spam Blood Rush like a maniac. Left skellies behind to do the killing.
- Watch gold pile up INSANELY thanks to Goldwrap. Become invincible!
- See Elite? Bone Armor. Stun. Keep moving.
- See Boss? Simulacrum. Spam skeletons. Watch health bar melt. Pick up loot.
Rift done in like 2 minutes. Tried a bounty run. Completed five in maybe 10 minutes? Felt like lightning.
Fine-Tuning for a Smooth Ride
Realized a few things after doing this a bunch:
- Movement Speed is GOD. Stacked it everywhere possible.
- Those damn Skeletons NEED health. Kept rolling gear to give Command Skeletons health bonus. Made ’em way less squishy.
- Gems: Threw in some simple gems – Boon of the Hoarder (GOLD + Speed!), Esoteric Alteration (Less dead!), and Bane of the Powerful (Because bigger numbers = faster dead stuff).
- Kanais Cube: Shoved In-Geom in there. Sped up my Blood Rush even MORE after killing elites. Pure zoom.
Why This Dumb Build Rocks for Me
It’s not fancy. It’s not pushing high GRs. But for pure brain-off speed farming for keys and gear? Absolutely perfect.
- Super tanky because GOLDWRAP IS BROKEN! Doesn’t matter how much damage stuff does.
- Blasts through low Torments like butter. Don’t gotta stop!
- Setup took like 10 minutes. Easy to get rolling.
- Controls are mash two buttons (Blood Rush + Decrepify). Zero thought required. Watching a movie? No problem.
Seriously, if you want to farm stupid amounts of materials fast without stressing, this clunky Rathma mess is the way to go. Got all the mats I needed for my real build in no time. That’s how a lazy guy farms.
Just set the skellies loose and run like your pants are on fire. Can’t stop giggling at how dumb easy this is now. Gonna farm some more!