Barb Season 2 Leveling Build

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by Gnada last updated Mar 31, 2015 ( Patch 2.1.2 )

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Skills

Frenzy Vanguard
- Frenzy
Generate: 4 Fury per attack

Swing for 220% weapon damage. Frenzy's attack speed increases by 15% for 4 seconds with each swing. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
Vanguard

Gain 5% movement speed for each stack of Frenzy.
Rend Bloodbath
- Rend
Cost: 20 Fury

A sweeping strike causes all enemies within 12 yards to Bleed for 1100% weapon damage as Physical over 5 seconds.
Bloodbath

Enemies killed while bleeding cause all enemies within 10 yards to begin bleeding for 1100% weapon damage as Physical over 5 seconds.
War Cry Invigorate
- 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.
Invigorate

Increase maximum Life by 10% and Life regeneration by 13411 per second while affected by War Cry.
Battle Rage Bloodshed
- Battle Rage
Cost: 20 Fury

Enter a rage which increases your damage by 10% and Critical Hit Chance by 3%. Lasts 120 seconds.
Bloodshed

Critical Hits cause an explosion of blood dealing 20% of the damage done to all other nearby enemies.
Furious Charge Merciless Assault
- Furious Charge
Cost: 1 Charge
Generate: 15 Fury

Rush forward knocking back and dealing 600% weapon damage to enemies along your path.

You gain a charge every 10 seconds and can have up to 1 charge stored at a time.
Merciless Assault

Recharge time is reduced by 2 seconds for every enemy hit. This effect can reduce the recharge time by up to 10 seconds.
Sprint Run Like the Wind
- Sprint
Cost: 20 Fury

Increase movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.
Run Like the Wind

Tornadoes rage in your wake, each dealing 60% weapon damage as Physical for 3 seconds to nearby enemies.

Weapons Master
- Weapons Master
Gain a bonus based on the weapon type of your main hand weapon:
Swords/Daggers: 8% increased damage
Maces/Axes: 5% Critical Hit Chance
Polearms/Spears: 8% attack speed
Mighty Weapons: 2 Fury per hit
Ruthless
- Ruthless
You deal 40% additional damage to enemies below 30% health.
Unforgiving
- Unforgiving
You no longer degenerate Fury. Instead, you generate 2 Fury every 1 second.
Rampage
- Rampage
Increase Strength by 1% for 8 seconds after killing or assisting in killing an enemy. This effect stacks up to 25 times.

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
Aughild's Power

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Aughild's Authority
Aughild's Power
Aughild's Search
Aughild's Rule
Aughild's Spike
(2) Set: Reduces damage from melee attacks by 7%Reduces damage from ranged attacks by 7%.
(3) Set: Reduces damage from elites by 15%Increases damage against elites by 15%
Eye of Etlich

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces damage from ranged attacks by 27.7–32.9%.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

Physical skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Lightning skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Cold skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Fire skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Arcane skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Poison skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Holy skills deal 5–10% more damage.
Reaper's Wraps

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+8 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Health globes restore 25–30% of your primary resource.
The Undisputed Champion

Legendary Mighty Belt

Primary Stats

+18–23 Strength
+11–20 Resistance to All Elements
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Frenzy gains the effect of every rune.
Blackthorne's Jousting Mail

Set Pants

Primary Stats

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

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Blackthorne's Battlegear
Blackthorne's Duncraig Cross
Blackthorne's Spurs
Blackthorne's Surcoat
Blackthorne's Notched Belt
Blackthorne's Jousting Mail
(2) Set: +250 VitalityIncreases damage against elites by 10%
(3) Set: Reduces damage from elites by 10%+25% Extra Gold from Monsters
(4) Set: You are immune to Desecrator, Molten, and Plagued monster ground effects.
Blackthorne's Spurs

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+220–349 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Blackthorne's Battlegear
Blackthorne's Duncraig Cross
Blackthorne's Spurs
Blackthorne's Surcoat
Blackthorne's Notched Belt
Blackthorne's Jousting Mail
(2) Set: +250 VitalityIncreases damage against elites by 10%
(3) Set: Reduces damage from elites by 10%+25% Extra Gold from Monsters
(4) Set: You are immune to Desecrator, Molten, and Plagued monster ground effects.
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
Stone of Jordan

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Increases damage against elites by 25.0–30.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties
One of 6 Magic Properties (varies)

+8–10 Maximum Discipline (Demon Hunter Only)

+7–8 Maximum Fury (Barbarian Only)

+7–9 Maximum Arcane Power (Wizard Only)

+105–119 Maximum Mana (Witch Doctor Only)

+13–14 Maximum Spirit (Monk Only)

+7–8 Maximum Wrath

One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

Physical skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Lightning skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Cold skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Fire skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Arcane skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Poison skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Holy skills deal 15–20% more damage.
Heart Slaughter

Legendary Polearm

Primary Stats

+(180–220)–(216–274) Damage
Physical skills deal 25–30% more damage.
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

+868–1420 Life after Each Kill
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+360–404 Strength

+360–404 Intelligence

+360–404 Dexterity

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CHC Socket
Shoulders
- Aughild's Power
- Vile Ward
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR
Amulet
- Eye of Etlich
- The Ess of Johan
- Blackthorne's Duncraig Cross
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC Physical % Socket
Torso
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Socket
Wrists
- Reaper's Wraps
- Aughild's Search
- Ancient Parthan Defenders
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CHC Physical %
Hands
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CHD CHC
Waist
- The Undisputed Champion
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR
Legs
- Blackthorne's Jousting Mail
- Depth Diggers
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Socket
Feet
- Blackthorne's Spurs
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR
Rings
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Stone of Jordan
- Unity
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC Socket
Weapon
- Heart Slaughter
- The Furnace
- Sunder
- Stat Priority: Str Socket
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
  All enemies you poison take 10% increased damage from all sources and deal 10% less damage. (Requires Rank 25)
- Pain Enhancer
  Pain Enhancer
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Critical hits cause the enemy to bleed for 2500.0% weapon damage as Physical over 3 seconds.
  Gain Blood Frenzy, granting you 3% increased Attack Speed for each bleeding enemy within 20 yards. (Requires Rank 25)
- Bane of the Powerful
  Bane of the Powerful
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain 20% increased damage for 30 seconds after killing an elite pack.

Itemization

There are no real required items. I've made some general suggestions above, the most notable of which is the new Undisputed Champion belt that enables all the runes for Frenzy. This makes for a significant increase in single (and multi-target) DPS and utility (stuns).

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find

Movement speed is my preference. Otherwise Strength.

Balance Crit Change and Damage

Resist All is king early on

Area Damage is the best option for Utility early

Build Guide

Sharing the build I used leveling up to 70 and until I completed my first T6 capable set (which happened to be Raekor). I was able to zoom through T4 with this build solo or in groups.

The beauty of the build is that it provides flexibility in gear and successfully bridges the gap between pre-T6 gameplay and end game set builds by creating sustainable Fury pool (less dependent on Fury too), efficiency (good single and multi-target DPS), and mobility+speed.

I tried Whirlwind and just didn't find it to compete in terms of utility and damage output, though you could replace Furious Charge with WW if you prefer that and maintain the same concept (for example if you found a great piece or two of gear with +WW dmg on it).

Basic Skill Build: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#WckRSU!YZhj!bcbcZc

Skill Notes: Many of the abilities can be swapped out to fit your play style and needs i reaction to the gear you find. For example. I found a sweet pair for StrongArms around LvL 60, so I started using Ground Stomp with Wrenching Smash to proc the 25% dmg increase until that not longer served me as well as other options.

If you don't have a lot of crit early on, you can use Battle Rage - Maurader's Rage instead.

Swap out the War Cry rune what makes the party and you most effectively. I generally think Impunity and Invigorate are the best options.

Change the sprint rune if you are in a party to Forced March if appropriate to keep up your group run.

Basic Gameplay: 1) Assess situation

2) Less than 4 mobs generally = Rend and then Frenzy.

3) More than 4 mobs generally = Furious Charge, Rend and repeatedly Charge thanks to Merciless Assault to spread more Rend.

4) Keep Battle Rage and War Cry up

5) Sprint to keep up the pace.

Misc Notes As a rule, try to spread Rend with Bloodbath.

Don't charge single or small groups of mobs less than 4-5. This will help ensure your Furious Charge cooldown stays up. It's a great way to escape in an emergency too.

Swap out passive skills to meet your needs.

Weaknesses: Waller packs

Progression: Fill in Raekor's pieces as you get them. Raekors 4pc is a big boost, so get the Ring of Royal Grandeur and Charge to win once you have 3pc Raekors.

Suggestions/Feedback/Constructive Criticism are welcomed!

-Gnada

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Gnada-1471/hero/57480222

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