Here is a list of my gear, can someone point out something I am missing critically, I can do okay in act 2 right now inferno. Struggling in the latter half of Act 2.
Get a Sacred Shield (same icon as yours) with a block 25%+. And whatever other stats you want (str, vit, resist all, etc). A high armor value helps, though not any more than it does on the rest of your gear.
You are beating me in just about every important stat except for block and hp and I'm not dying in late A2 (haven't pushed much further). The only thing that takes me down faster than I heal is Desecrator/Plagued. So if you are dying to melee attacks I highly suggest grabbing some combination of Helm of Command/Justice Lantern/String of Ears.
Your shield sucks. A 25% block Aegis, which blocks much less damage per block, would block more damage on average. It's not worth it to have such low block, even if your shield is very high level. Just go buy a shield with >25% block and at least 50RA.
Get more vit.
Really though, with your gear you could totally own inferno right now with a different skill and passive build. You have 3 defensive passives available to you and are using none of them (Tough as Nails, Superstition, Nerves of Steel). You aren't using War Cry with Impunity, Furious Charge with Dreadnought or Leap with Iron Impact. Having passed up all of these opportunities to stay alive, it shouldn't be a mystery why you are struggling to stay alive.
The fact that your dps is 18k should make the transition to a more defensive build very easy. Try it out.
I suggest replacing Call of the Ancients with War Cry/Impunity right away.
A general advise: don't try to get str/vit/res on all your items. Instead for example search for one item with high str/res and another one with vit/res, so the stats will be the same in total. By this, you will save a lot of money early on.
Yeah this is really good AH advice, I do this also and there are some very good deals to be found on items like this.
Your shield sucks. A 25% block Aegis, which blocks much less damage per block, would block more damage on average. It's not worth it to have such low block, even if your shield is very high level. Just go buy a shield with >25% block and at least 50RA.
Get more vit.
Really though, with your gear you could totally own inferno right now with a different skill and passive build. You have 3 defensive passives available to you and are using none of them (Tough as Nails, Superstition, Nerves of Steel). You aren't using War Cry with Impunity, Furious Charge with Dreadnought or Leap with Iron Impact. Having passed up all of these opportunities to stay alive, it shouldn't be a mystery why you are struggling to stay alive.
The fact that your dps is 18k should make the transition to a more defensive build very easy. Try it out.
I suggest replacing Call of the Ancients with War Cry/Impunity right away.
I am using Warcry w/Impunity and Tough as Nails right now. The build you see on my signature isn't updated(Whoops I should do that)
My Build is
Warcry w/impunity
Revenge w/Rune for Critical Hits
Overpower w/Rune for Critical Hits
Wotb w/Rune for longer duraction
Frenzy w/Sidearm
Ignore Pain w/Rune for extra 2 seconds
Wow. So, you're using a weapon with 100 less dps than me and have 100-150 less strength than me, yet you're donig 6k more damage than me. The only difference is that my rings have 25% increased crit and your rings have 15% IAS. Is IAS really that ludicrus of a dps change?
You could have 4times that block chance. Get a high % Sacred Shield, a Helm of Command and a Justice's Lantern to achieve that. String of Ears is also a very valuable item to have. Upgrade the amethyst in the weapon to at least the +300 one if you have the luxury of a socketed weapon.
Your shield sucks. A 25% block Aegis, which blocks much less damage per block, would block more damage on average. It's not worth it to have such low block, even if your shield is very high level. Just go buy a shield with >25% block and at least 50RA.
Get more vit.
Really though, with your gear you could totally own inferno right now with a different skill and passive build. You have 3 defensive passives available to you and are using none of them (Tough as Nails, Superstition, Nerves of Steel). You aren't using War Cry with Impunity, Furious Charge with Dreadnought or Leap with Iron Impact. Having passed up all of these opportunities to stay alive, it shouldn't be a mystery why you are struggling to stay alive.
The fact that your dps is 18k should make the transition to a more defensive build very easy. Try it out.
I suggest replacing Call of the Ancients with War Cry/Impunity right away.
Yeah this is really good AH advice, I do this also and there are some very good deals to be found on items like this.
I am using Warcry w/Impunity and Tough as Nails right now. The build you see on my signature isn't updated(Whoops I should do that)
My Build is
Warcry w/impunity
Revenge w/Rune for Critical Hits
Overpower w/Rune for Critical Hits
Wotb w/Rune for longer duraction
Frenzy w/Sidearm
Ignore Pain w/Rune for extra 2 seconds
Passives
Tough as Nails
Ruthless
Weapons master
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Sol77-2972/hero/66110450
Hence why Blizzard is looking at Nerfing IAS.