I, like many others I'm sure, am planning my WW Barbarian and would really like to see the type of gear you guys have used to defeat Diablo on Inferno. Stats alone are OK, but they are so affected by skills that it's hard to know what is native to the gear and what has been enhanced by the build (i.e., Crit Chance, in particular). in what I've noticed so far, many downplay entirely LoH, Regen, even Resists in favor of Crit Chance and Crit Damage ... all while trying to average about 900+ DPS between a mace and a dagger.
Hehe: I was going to ask if you used all that magic find to find the gear you're wearing. But that's like asking: "What came first, the chicken or the egg?"
Hehe: I was going to ask if you used all that magic find to find the gear you're wearing. But that's like asking: "What came first, the chicken or the egg?"
I'm currently leveling my own WW barb, and I notice most people tend to dual-wield (some of you go with a shield) but I rearely see anyone going with a 2H weapon. Why? Is it because of attack speed? Or additional stats on the off-hand weapon?
I'm curious since I just found a really nice 2H 1100 dps polearm I hope to give my barb
Edit: Sorry if this seems like hijacking a thread, but i think it's kind of relevant.
OP here, and no problem about hijacking. The next patch claims to make 2-handers competitive. It seems from playing other characters, as well as this one, that the stats are not always twice those of 1-handers, you don't get a second gem slot ... I'm sure there are other reasons.
Just a recap: I'm still leveling up, so I haven't done the math yet about where and what stats might be optimal in the gear I look for. But as you might imagine, the skill builds are very consisent. The defining skills for WW are always selected: Whirlwind/Hurricane :: Sprint/Run like the Wind :: Battle Rage/Into the Fray and War Cry/Impunity. Bash/Instigation leads the choice for Primary with Frenzy, 2nd but Frenzy/Sidearm and Frenzy/Maniac are both used, and one guy selected Overpower/Crushing. Wrath of the Berserker is always used with either Thrive or Slaughter runes. Interestingly, everyone uses Passives of Ruthless and Weapons Master, but there were as many choices for the 3rd passive as there were entries --- 7 different selections. I didn't include the non-English choices; I couldn't figure out the runes --- lol.
With berserker rage my crit chance is 58%
Crit dmg is 500%
I don't know why but i never bothered finishing act 4 for some reason, should probably do it soon, since it will look better on my profile
I have been replacing most of my gear the last 7-10 days to magic find items (I'm very much against gear swapping before killing blow), its really hard to balance it out though, i lost a lot of damage and some survivability for it, but this works out great.
I prefer getting a nice amount of yellow items and killing slower then rushing through act 3 and getting much less yellows, looking forward to seeing what blizzard will do with 2 handers in the next patch (will miss my offhand stats though), i would prefer playing WW with a 2 hander D2 style
I dont have great gear but I can kill any elite mob in act 3 only one to give trouble is invulnerable minions and only depending on what kinda mob it is. If its a mob that is going to run away from you its super hard.
Hehe: I was going to ask if you used all that magic find to find the gear you're wearing. But that's like asking: "What came first, the chicken or the egg?"
It's not great but i can farm act 3 only dying once or twice, i guess i just need a little more damage and a little more suvivability
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Decent gear clear act 3 pretty easy , much more fun than my DH
OP here, and no problem about hijacking. The next patch claims to make 2-handers competitive. It seems from playing other characters, as well as this one, that the stats are not always twice those of 1-handers, you don't get a second gem slot ... I'm sure there are other reasons.
With berserker rage my crit chance is 58%
Crit dmg is 500%
I don't know why but i never bothered finishing act 4 for some reason, should probably do it soon, since it will look better on my profile
I have been replacing most of my gear the last 7-10 days to magic find items (I'm very much against gear swapping before killing blow), its really hard to balance it out though, i lost a lot of damage and some survivability for it, but this works out great.
I prefer getting a nice amount of yellow items and killing slower then rushing through act 3 and getting much less yellows, looking forward to seeing what blizzard will do with 2 handers in the next patch (will miss my offhand stats though), i would prefer playing WW with a 2 hander D2 style
Shield ftw.
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