I'm of course going 1h + Shield.
The gear focus are as followed:
1. Strength
2. Vitality
3. All Resistances (or) Health Regeneration
Right now my Barbarian isn't max or close to max level. My Wizard is max level and farming Act 1 Inferno but I've played her from day 1 so I'm looking into a tank class.
I decided to play as a tank Barbarian instead of a Monk Tank, because when I played beta I didn't like 1h + shields and did duel wielding. duel wielding is good for normal, but in nightmare on it isn't viable or at lease that is how I view it. I have watched plenty of barbarians that teamed up with my wizard in act 2 hell to act 4 hell which I ended up teaming up with a friend who was a monk tank and his demon hunter friend to kill Diablo Hell difficulty.
One thing I don't know and I did want to concur this about my build.
I'm using both shouts and I'm curious are the shouts like the shields on wizards? such as you can have only 1 up?
Right now I'm trying to reduce all damage by 20% for 15 seconds flat and give us MF bonus.
Then I picked up my shout to increase armor and give me a nice health regen which also I gain 1% of my max health from my passive when I use this as well.
My tank is all about returning my health and really just sitting in their face if I can.
On break woot,
Anyways, I wanted to look into some CC, even small amount as I forgot that is important as well.
I was looking into changing my frenzy rune to smite.
I forgot that if you change your runes in inferno, you lose the bonus buff. While I am all about sustain healing per sec, that is still more monk than I want my barb to be. Thus I figure smite is a good choice as it gives my allies or my self that 1.5 seconds to pop a pot or what not when I attack. Figure 20% chance is pretty good as 1 out of every 5 attacks will stun.
I'm using both shouts and I'm curious are the shouts like the shields on wizards? such as you can have only 1 up?
No, you can use both War Cry and Threatening Shout at the same time.
Right now I'm trying to reduce all damage by 20% for 15 seconds flat and give us MF bonus.
Then I picked up my shout to increase armor and give me a nice health regen which also I gain 1% of my max health from my passive when I use this as well.
I guess you want input regarding inferno difficulty. So lets look at your skill choices one by one.
- Frenzy: Frenzy is the barbarian's best single target damage source. I personally don't really like life over time. In inferno, 6 seconds seems like forever as a melee. It is very likely that your health will drop from 100 to zero in a second, so the rune just doesn't provide that much survivability in my opinion. You also loose much damage potential by not picking Sidearm (great AoE damage) or Maniac.
- Rend: I haven't used rend in any of my builds, so I can't say much about the skill.
- Ignore Pain + Ignorance is bliss: Great skill/rune-combination, I love it. No need to say more.
- Revenge + Provocation: Same as above. Revenge is really mandatory in Inferno and provides incredible heal. The rune increases its reliability, which is great.
- War Cry + Invigorate: War Cry is a great skill, I highly recommend you use it in combination with Impunity. It increases your resistances by 50% and is also mandatory if you want to survive.
- Threatening Shout + Grim Harvest: TS is a nice skill, but I have no place for it in my build. The rune is a waste, you really can't afford it in inferno difficulty.
Passives:
If you want to beat act 2+ I highly recommend picking Tough As Nails, Superstition and Nerves Of Steel for the survivability. I guess relentless is also viable, but I don't use it.
Your build also lacks a skill for mobility. Leap and Furious Charge are both such skills. Leap + Iron Impact basically makes you invincible for 4 seconds after using it. FC + Dreadnought provides great heal at the same time. I currently use both of them and wouldn't want to miss a single one of them.
Well, that's just my opinion and others might disagree with me. I hope I could be of help for you and wish you good luck and much fun with your barbarian!
What are your stats? hp/dps/armor/resist all with shout and enchantress
I'm using the same build as you, and I can breeze through act 2 inferno maintaining 5 stacks without a problem.
My stats with shout and enchantress are 9628 armor, ~41.5k hp, 10.7k dps, and 940-1100 resist all (940 phys -_-) with around 400 life on hit.
I don't have a stormshield, string of ears, justice lantern or helm of command....just using a blue shield with 70 resist all, a lot of armor and around 3700 block value.
i think my stats are decent enough, yet I still get shit on in act 3, I am sometimes able to kill rare packs because of Tyrael, but usually I just end up getting destroyed.
I'm assuming you solo, If you don't solo then disregard this post.
I recently bought a 25% stormshield and a 18% string, the damage reduce is noticible. In return, my resists and life points dropped a bit. I'm currently working on improving my life on hit rating as that is what I lack most.
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That is the set up I'm going for for Skills + Runes.
I'm of course going 1h + Shield.
The gear focus are as followed:
1. Strength
2. Vitality
3. All Resistances (or) Health Regeneration
Right now my Barbarian isn't max or close to max level. My Wizard is max level and farming Act 1 Inferno but I've played her from day 1 so I'm looking into a tank class.
I decided to play as a tank Barbarian instead of a Monk Tank, because when I played beta I didn't like 1h + shields and did duel wielding. duel wielding is good for normal, but in nightmare on it isn't viable or at lease that is how I view it. I have watched plenty of barbarians that teamed up with my wizard in act 2 hell to act 4 hell which I ended up teaming up with a friend who was a monk tank and his demon hunter friend to kill Diablo Hell difficulty.
One thing I don't know and I did want to concur this about my build.
I'm using both shouts and I'm curious are the shouts like the shields on wizards? such as you can have only 1 up?
Right now I'm trying to reduce all damage by 20% for 15 seconds flat and give us MF bonus.
Then I picked up my shout to increase armor and give me a nice health regen which also I gain 1% of my max health from my passive when I use this as well.
My tank is all about returning my health and really just sitting in their face if I can.
Hopefully someone can give me some input on my build.
Thanks guys/gals.
Anyways, I wanted to look into some CC, even small amount as I forgot that is important as well.
I was looking into changing my frenzy rune to smite.
I forgot that if you change your runes in inferno, you lose the bonus buff. While I am all about sustain healing per sec, that is still more monk than I want my barb to be. Thus I figure smite is a good choice as it gives my allies or my self that 1.5 seconds to pop a pot or what not when I attack. Figure 20% chance is pretty good as 1 out of every 5 attacks will stun.
What are your stats? hp/dps/armor/resist all with shout and enchantress
I'm using the same build as you, and I can breeze through act 2 inferno maintaining 5 stacks without a problem.
My stats with shout and enchantress are 9628 armor, ~41.5k hp, 10.7k dps, and 940-1100 resist all (940 phys -_-) with around 400 life on hit.
I don't have a stormshield, string of ears, justice lantern or helm of command....just using a blue shield with 70 resist all, a lot of armor and around 3700 block value.
i think my stats are decent enough, yet I still get shit on in act 3, I am sometimes able to kill rare packs because of Tyrael, but usually I just end up getting destroyed.
I'm assuming you solo, If you don't solo then disregard this post.