i am a sword and board barb currently in act 3 at the catapults area. I am getting my !@# handed to me in that area especially vs fire chains, molten and poison pools elites. Anyone can give me advice on what to improve on my gear atm to complete act 3 and 4 and also skills to use? Thanks a lot for the help.
My stats are ahead of yours in every respect and my gear cost less than your skull grasp alone. I know that sounds rude and not helpful, but honestly whether or not you have gold already that ring of yours could fund a set capable of getting your through act3 with no problems.
You have a lot of dps sir! Dps is nice and all, but it's not the main thing you need for progression. You have a perfectly fine amount of health as well. What you really need is more life on hit, more all resist, and to a lesser extent, more armor.
You only have one boss left with an enrage timer, and that's Siegebreaker. With your current stats, you'll destroy him. After that, dps won't really matter too much. Even against champions and elites, there are still ways you can take them down before enrage. Here's some strategies. I could try to explain these strategies myself, but I think a video will work better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrLeWqyhWAE&feature=plcp
Full credit to Kripparrian for the video.
One of the biggest mistakes that people make when doing progression is not having enough Life on Hit. There are a lot of good cheap weapons you can get on the AH. You can usually find something for around 200-500k with at least 600 dps, and 700+ LOH. And that's all you really need for a great progression weapon! Personally, I'd go with a 1 handed sword, since attack speed is important for your LOH per second, and I find swords to have a good balance of damage and speed.
From there, you just need a few hundred more all resist, and you should have no problem showing Diablo who's boss!
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i am a sword and board barb currently in act 3 at the catapults area. I am getting my !@# handed to me in that area especially vs fire chains, molten and poison pools elites. Anyone can give me advice on what to improve on my gear atm to complete act 3 and 4 and also skills to use? Thanks a lot for the help.
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You only have one boss left with an enrage timer, and that's Siegebreaker. With your current stats, you'll destroy him. After that, dps won't really matter too much. Even against champions and elites, there are still ways you can take them down before enrage. Here's some strategies. I could try to explain these strategies myself, but I think a video will work better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrLeWqyhWAE&feature=plcp
Full credit to Kripparrian for the video.
One of the biggest mistakes that people make when doing progression is not having enough Life on Hit. There are a lot of good cheap weapons you can get on the AH. You can usually find something for around 200-500k with at least 600 dps, and 700+ LOH. And that's all you really need for a great progression weapon! Personally, I'd go with a 1 handed sword, since attack speed is important for your LOH per second, and I find swords to have a good balance of damage and speed.
From there, you just need a few hundred more all resist, and you should have no problem showing Diablo who's boss!