Freezing Pull Tank Barbarian GR 35+

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by user-4290538 last updated Oct 21, 2014 ( Patch 2.1 )

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Skills

Whirlwind Hurricane
- Whirlwind
Cost: 10 Fury

Deliver multiple attacks to everything in your path for 340% weapon damage.

While whirlwinding, you move at 100% movement speed.
Hurricane

Pull enemies from up to 35 yards away towards you while whirlwinding.

Whirlwind's damage turns into Cold.
Leap Iron Impact
- Leap
Generate: 15 Fury
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Leap into the air, dealing 180% weapon damage to all enemies within 10 yards of your destination and slowing their movement speed by 60% for 3 seconds.
Iron Impact

Gain 150% additional Armor for 4 seconds after landing.
Wrath of the Berserker Striding Giant
- Wrath of the Berserker
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Enter a berserker rage which raises several attributes for 20 seconds.

Critical Hit Chance: 10%
Attack Speed: 25%
Dodge Chance: 20%
Movement Speed: 20%
Striding Giant

Reduce all damage taken by 50%.
War Cry Hardened Wrath
- War Cry
Generate: 20 Fury
Cooldown: 20 seconds

Unleash a rallying cry to increase Armor for you and all allies within 100 yards by 20% for 120 seconds.
Hardened Wrath

For the first 5 seconds, gain an additional 60% increased Armor.
Threatening Shout Intimidate
- Threatening Shout
Generate: 15 Fury
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Shout with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within 25 yards by 20% for 15 seconds.
Intimidate

Affected enemies also have their movement speed reduced by 60%.
Earthquake Chilling Earth
- Earthquake
Cost: 25 Fury
Cooldown: 60 seconds

Shake the ground violently, dealing 4800% weapon damage as Fire over 8 seconds to all enemies within 18 yards.
Chilling Earth

Create an icy patch, causing Earthquake to Freeze all enemies hit and deal Cold damage.

Nerves of Steel
- Nerves of Steel
Fatal damage instead reduces you to 15% Life. For 3 seconds afterward, you take 95% reduced damage and are immune to all control-impairing effects.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.
Boon of Bul-Kathos
- Boon of Bul-Kathos
Reduce the cooldowns of your:
Earthquake by 15 seconds.
Call of the Ancients by 30 seconds.
Wrath of the Berserker by 30 seconds.
Superstition
- Superstition
Reduce all non-Physical damage by 20%. When you take damage from a ranged or elemental attack, you have a chance to gain 2 Fury.
Tough as Nails
- Tough as Nails
Increase Armor by 25%.
Increase Thorns by 100%.

Items

Leoric's Crown

Legendary Helm

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase the effect of any gem socketed into this item by 75–100%. This effect does not apply to Legendary Gems.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–26 Dexterity

+18–26 Strength

+18–26 Intelligence
Spires of the Earth

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+91–100 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Might of the Earth
Pull of the Earth
Eyes of the Earth
Weight of the Earth
Spires of the Earth
Spirit of the Earth
Foundation of the Earth
(2) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Earthquake, Avalanche, Leap, and Ground Stomp by 1 second for every 30 Fury you spend with an attack.
(4) Set: Leap causes an Earthquake when you land. Additionally, Leap gains the effect of the Iron Impact rune and the rune's effect and duration are increased by 150%.
(6) Set: Increase the damage of Earthquake, Avalanche, Leap, Ground Stomp, Ancient Spear and Seismic Slam by 1200%.
Countess Julia's Cameo

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%

Secondary Stats

Prevent all Arcane damage taken and heal yourself for 20 - 25% of the amount prevented.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Born's Frozen Soul

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Born's Command
Born's Frozen Soul
Born's Privilege
Born's Furious Wrath
(2) Set: +15% Life
(3) Set: Reduces cooldown of all skills by +10%.+20% Experience. (0.2*10|1| % at level 70)
Strongarm Bracers

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+220–349 Vitality
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Enemies hit by knockbacks suffer 20–30% increased damage for 6 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Pull of the Earth

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength

+626–750 Intelligence

Might of the Earth
Pull of the Earth
Eyes of the Earth
Weight of the Earth
Spires of the Earth
Spirit of the Earth
Foundation of the Earth
(2) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Earthquake, Avalanche, Leap, and Ground Stomp by 1 second for every 30 Fury you spend with an attack.
(4) Set: Leap causes an Earthquake when you land. Additionally, Leap gains the effect of the Iron Impact rune and the rune's effect and duration are increased by 150%.
(6) Set: Increase the damage of Earthquake, Avalanche, Leap, Ground Stomp, Ancient Spear and Seismic Slam by 1200%.
Vigilante Belt

Legendary Belt

24 - 28 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4 - 7%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Weight of the Earth

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Might of the Earth
Pull of the Earth
Eyes of the Earth
Weight of the Earth
Spires of the Earth
Spirit of the Earth
Foundation of the Earth
(2) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Earthquake, Avalanche, Leap, and Ground Stomp by 1 second for every 30 Fury you spend with an attack.
(4) Set: Leap causes an Earthquake when you land. Additionally, Leap gains the effect of the Iron Impact rune and the rune's effect and duration are increased by 150%.
(6) Set: Increase the damage of Earthquake, Avalanche, Leap, Ground Stomp, Ancient Spear and Seismic Slam by 1200%.
Lut Socks

Legendary Boots

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Leap can be cast up to three times within 2 seconds before the cooldown begins.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–23 Dexterity

+18–23 Strength

+18–23 Intelligence
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Rogar's Huge Stone

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase your Life per Second by up to 75–100% based on your missing Life.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
The Burning Axe of Sankis

Legendary Axe

Primary Stats

+(610–745)–(731–926) Fire Damage
Fire skills deal 15–20% more damage.
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Chance to fight through the pain when enemies hit you.
Stormshield

Legendary Shield

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces damage from melee attacks by 25.0–30.0%
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Spires of the Earth
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Countess Julia's Cameo
- Xephirian Amulet
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Born's Frozen Soul
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Strongarm Bracers
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Pull of the Earth
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Vigilante Belt
- String of Ears
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Weight of the Earth
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Lut Socks
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Rogar's Huge Stone
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- The Burning Axe of Sankis
- Born's Furious Wrath
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Stormshield
- Stat Priority: None

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Vitality
Movement Speed
Maximum Resource

Offense

Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Life
Armor
Resist All
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

This build is not as tough as monk, but can be very fun to play in groups. With my so-so gear I managed to get to 500M toughness. Skill usage as follows:

Whirlwind - used to pull enemies on ice patch; Leap - Iron Impact - this can stack up for toughness build up and is used with boots to create huge surface of ice for CC, WotB - Striding Giant - 50% damage reduction; War Cry for toughness; Threatening shout - damage reduction; Earthquake - needed for build. Passives you can experiment, but I think this is OK.

For legendary gem use Moratorium.

As for gear, you need CDR on all items (you need it to jump all the time and to get WoTB to full uptime) + tank stats. I use Burning axe as it processes like ignore pain skill but Born's sword is essential (you can try with Born's sword and shield, leave that up to you). You can use String of ears belt for more damage reduction or Vigilante belt for more CDR. Leoric Crown is a must for double gem value and, as for the amulet, I leave that up to you (what you have in stash) but with CDR.

You can check my gear at http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/RaistlinM-2638/hero/6036993 and see that it's not so good, but still manage to get to 500M toughness on group of monsters I jump on. Did GR 38 with a friend, but since I lack proper amulets was problematic on electric and arcane mobs.

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