zDPS Barb with Cold/Freeze

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by flawssy last updated Sep 11, 2015 ( Patch 2.3 )

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Skills

Cleave Gathering Storm
- Cleave
Generate: 6 Fury per attack

Swing your weapon in a wide arc to deal 200% weapon damage to all enemies caught in the swing.
Gathering Storm

Enemies cleaved are Chilled and take 10% increased damage from all sources for 3 seconds.

Cleave's damage turns into Cold.
Rend Mutilate
- Rend
Cost: 20 Fury

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

Affected enemies are Chilled and take 10% increased damage from all sources.

Rend's damage turns into Cold.
Ancient Spear Rage Flip
- Ancient Spear
Cost: 25 Fury

Throw a spear that pierces enemies and deals 500% weapon damage.
Rage Flip

Add a chain to the spear to throw all enemies hit behind you and Slow them by 60% for 1 second.
War Cry Impunity
- 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.
Impunity

Increase resistance to all elements by 20% while affected by War Cry.
Ignore Pain Mob Rule
- Ignore Pain
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Reduce all damage taken by 50% and gain Immunity to all control-impairing effects for 5 seconds.
Mob Rule

Allies within 50 yards also gain 25% damage reduction and Immunity to control-impairing effects for 5 seconds.
Threatening Shout Falter
- 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.
Falter

Enemies instead take 25% increased damage for 6 seconds.

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.
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%.
Relentless
- Relentless
While below 35% Life, all skills cost 50% less Fury, Life per Fury Spent is doubled, and all damage taken is reduced by 50%.

Items

Leoric's Crown

Legendary Helm

72 - 89 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)
+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

Increase the effect of any gem socketed into your helm by 100%. This effect does not apply to Legendary Gems.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Born's Privilege

Set Shoulders

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)
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.
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
Frostburn

Legendary Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Cold skills deal 15–20% increased damage and have a 50% chance to Freeze enemies.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle

Set Belt

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Captain Crimson's Trimmings
Captain Crimson's Waders
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
Captain Crimson's Thrust
(2) Set: Reduces cooldown of all skills by +10%.Regenerates 6000 Life per Second
(3) Set: Reduces all resource costs by 10%.+50 Resistance to All Elements
Captain Crimson's Thrust

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Captain Crimson's Trimmings
Captain Crimson's Waders
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
Captain Crimson's Thrust
(2) Set: Reduces cooldown of all skills by +10%.Regenerates 6000 Life per Second
(3) Set: Reduces all resource costs by 10%.+50 Resistance to All Elements
Illusory Boots

Legendary Boots

Primary Stats

+11–20 Resistance to All Elements
+10–12% Movement Speed
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

You may move unhindered through enemies.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Ignores Durability Loss
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4 - 7%.
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5 - 6%
Reduces all resource costs by 5 - 7%.

Secondary Stats

Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 second when you hit with a resource-spending attack.

+ 1 Random Magic Properties
Oculus Ring

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Chance to create an area of focused power on killing a monster. Damage is increased by 70–85% while standing in the area.
Empty Socket
Eun-jang-do

Legendary Dagger
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: Str Vit Life Socket
Shoulders
- Born's Privilege
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Life CDR
Amulet
- Eye of Etlich
- The Star of Azkaranth
- Countess Julia's Cameo
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CDR Socket
Torso
- Born's Frozen Soul
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Reduced Elite Dmg Socket
Wrists
- Strongarm Bracers
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Armor +
Hands
- Frostburn
- St. Archew's Gage
- Stone Gauntlets
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CDR AR
Waist
- Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
- Vigilante Belt
- String of Ears
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Life AR
Legs
- Captain Crimson's Thrust
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Socket
Feet
- Illusory Boots
- Captain Crimson's Waders
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Armor +
Rings
- Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
- Oculus Ring
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CDR Socket
Weapon
- Eun-jang-do
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CDR Socket
Offhand
- Stormshield
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CDR Socket

Legendary Gems
- Esoteric Alteration
  Esoteric Alteration
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 10.0% non-Physical damage reduction.
  While below 50% Life, your resistances to Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Arcane are increased by 75%. (Requires Rank 25)
- 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)
- Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Regenerates 10000 Life per Second.

Kanai's Cube

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker

Legendary Sword

Primary Stats

+(32–39)–(39–49) Lightning Damage
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Chance on hit to blast your enemy with Lightning, dealing 279–372% weapon damage as Lightning and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Each enemy hit has their attack speed and movement speed reduced by 30% for 3 seconds. Jumps up to 5 targets.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+128–163 Dexterity

+128–163 Strength

+128–163 Intelligence
Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Pride of Cassius

Legendary Mighty Belt

Primary Stats

+85–108 Strength
+11–20 Resistance to All Elements
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increases the duration of Ignore Pain by 4–6 seconds.
Pride of Cassius
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
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Diamond gems in helm and armors.

Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard is interchangeable. Gogok of Swiftness for CDR and Moratarium are a good alternatives.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Resist All
Life
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Gold Find

Build Guide

Get as much CDR as you can, wherever you can. Build focuses on spamming ignore pain, boosting dmg of allies, and crowd controlling monsters with cold/freeze mechanics. Cleave, Rend, and GoET gem boost the dps of party.

You can switch Cleave for Whirlwind Blood Funnel or Hurricane if you don't have enough CDR to spam Ignore Pain.

You can switch Relentless passive for Inspiring Presence so that your Threatening Shout lasts twice as long on enemies.

If you use WW instead of Cleave, you should use 2 piece set of Bul Krathos Oath instead of Eun Jang Do and Stormshield, drop Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle for String of Ears, and drop Illusory boots for Captain Crimson's Waders.

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