Your current build doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Are you able to maintain Thrive on Chaos without BR: Into the Fray? I think you'd be better off with either a different WotB rune or switching to BR: ItF. The latter option is what I'd recommend, though it might also require a slightly bigger focus on crit chance, which is fine since crit chance / crit damage is the best way to increase DPS anyway. If you do a significant portion of your damage with RltW tornadoes, it may also be worth dropping either Overpower or Cleave for WW: Hurricane since it lets you move through enemies and drop RltW tornadoes directly on top of them.
Gear-wise, you've got a higher attack speed focus than I think I've ever seen on a Barb, but very low health, low-ish crit chance and very low crit damage. It's hard for me to give you much specific advice here because your build and current gear are so non-standard. For my general thoughts on gearing barbs, check this thread: http://www.diablofan...d-items-better/ Also, note that when I talk about WW in that thread, I'm referring to WW builds and primarily to RltW tornadoes, so much or most of it would apply to you if you do a large portion of your damage that way.
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...and if you disagree with me, you're probably <insert random ad hominem attack here>.
Your current build doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Are you able to maintain Thrive on Chaos without BR: Into the Fray? I think you'd be better off with either a different WotB rune or switching to BR: ItF. The latter option is what I'd recommend, though it would also require a bigger focus on crit, which is fine since crit chance / crit damage is the best way to increase DPS anyway. If you do a significant portion of your damage with RltW tornadoes, it may also be worth dropping either Overpower or Cleave for WW: Hurricane since it lets you move through enemies and drop RltW tornadoes directly on top of them.
Gear-wise, you've got a higher attack speed focus than I think I've ever seen on a Barb, but very low health, crit chance and crit damage. It's hard for me to give you much specific advice here because your build and current gear are so non-standard. For my general thoughts on gearing barbs, check this thread: http://www.diablofan...d-items-better/ Also, note that when I talk about WW in that thread, I'm referring to WW builds and primarily to RltW tornadoes, so much or most of it would apply to you if you do a large portion of your damage that way.
My spec is the Build that is currently on the main page.
Also, I would like to stay away from the standard WW/Sprint build, I used that spec for so long it's incredibly boring to me. So I'd like to not use it.
Interesting, I hadn't seen that build. The part I was missing before was that you were running a mighty weapon. Watching the videos, I wonder if the build wouldn't be better off with Sprint: Marathon since he appears to do almost zero tornado damage as he's neither kiting nor whirling / running back and forth.
Anyway, I get why you have such a high attack speed focus now. Unfortunately, as the thread you linked notes, that means this is a very expensive build. I'm not sure what sort of budget it's going to ultimately take, but here's what I'd be looking at slot by slot if it were me:
Helm: Mempo or IK -- Normally I'd recommend IK over a non-crit Mempo, but I think the IAS is necessary enough in this build to justify the non-crit Mempo. If you find you are able to get enough attack speed on other slots to make the build work though, it may be worth running an IK instead until you can afford a crit Mempo because it allows you to run trifecta gloves and a Witching Hour without losing the IK 2-set bonus and the crit chance will make up for the DPS loss from the IAS.
Chest: IK -- This is really the only option in my opinion unless this was the only IK slot you were going to run. In that case, I'd probably try to craft this slot, but that would really demand a very high gear level since that extra 60 all resist is so strong.
Shoulders: Crafted of Vit, Crafted of Strength (my recommendation) -- Of Vit has a higher max roll, but until the rest of your crafted slots are near perfect, you're better off with Strength. Vile Wards aren't terrible though, so this slot can definitely wait.
Gloves: Trifecta (preferably crafted of strength) or IK -- You may end up needing to sacrifice either attack speed or crit damage in this slot in order to get the 2-set IK bonus if you stick with a Mempo and run a WH.
Bracers: Crafted of Strength or Lacuni's -- This is a tough call. If any build wants to run Lacuni bracers, it's this one. Still, crafted bracers are really strong and Natalya's two-set also seems made for this build.
Belt: Witching hour -- This is hands down the best belt for this build in my opinion. It should be a lot cheaper to get comparable DPS pairing a WH with an IK helm than by pairing a mempo with IK belt and you can maintain the same attack speed. This does mean you need at least one weapon with lifesteal though, unless you want to run Bloodthirst which is not ideal.
Pants: Inna's -- Since this build thrives on attack speed, this seems like a no-brainer. Heck, it's usually the best choice even when you don't care about attack speed due to the movement speed bonus.
Boots: Natalya's (with ring) -- This will net you some extra crit chance and the ring comes with attack speed. The other option would be something like Ice Climbers if you went with Lacuni bracers and Inna's pants since that'd be 24% movement speed already.
Rings: Natalya's (with boots), other rare / unique -- IAS / crit chance / crit damage / min-max damage are all strong here. If you can get enough IAS elsewhere, that would be my stat of choice to drop on your rings.
Amulet: Crafted of Strength -- Once you get reasonable bracers / shoulders if you craft those slots at all, it's probably worth burning all of your essences here since this build could benefit from an amazing amulet even more than most barbs.
Weapons: Mighty + EF obviously -- Picking up lifesteal on at least one of these lets you run Witching Hour.
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...and if you disagree with me, you're probably <insert random ad hominem attack here>.
Interesting, I hadn't seen that build. The part I was missing before was that you were running a mighty weapon. Watching the videos, I wonder if the build wouldn't be better off with Sprint: Marathon since he appears to do almost zero tornado damage as he's neither kiting nor whirling / running back and forth.
Anyway, I get why you have such a high attack speed focus now. Unfortunately, as the thread you linked notes, that means this is a very expensive build. I'm not sure what sort of budget it's going to ultimately take, but here's what I'd be looking at slot by slot if it were me:
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Thank you so much for all this input! I greatly appreciate it
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http://us.battle.net...1/hero/19577629
What should I upgrade next?
I was thinking of getting another piece of the Immortal Kings set to get the +60 all resist since a lot of my resist is under 500.
Any thoughts? Suggestions?
Thanks!
EDIT: I bought the Imortal Kings belt, I now have about 530 resist to everything.
Gear-wise, you've got a higher attack speed focus than I think I've ever seen on a Barb, but very low health, low-ish crit chance and very low crit damage. It's hard for me to give you much specific advice here because your build and current gear are so non-standard. For my general thoughts on gearing barbs, check this thread: http://www.diablofan...d-items-better/ Also, note that when I talk about WW in that thread, I'm referring to WW builds and primarily to RltW tornadoes, so much or most of it would apply to you if you do a large portion of your damage that way.
My spec is the Build that is currently on the main page.
http://www.diablofan...-stuff-up-barb/
Also, I would like to stay away from the standard WW/Sprint build, I used that spec for so long it's incredibly boring to me. So I'd like to not use it.
Anyway, I get why you have such a high attack speed focus now. Unfortunately, as the thread you linked notes, that means this is a very expensive build. I'm not sure what sort of budget it's going to ultimately take, but here's what I'd be looking at slot by slot if it were me:
Thank you so much for all this input! I greatly appreciate it