So I've been playing my Barbarian as I have recently become bored with my Monk. I feel like I have some decent gear but don't have too much left to upgrade much. I know my Gems need to be maxed out but like I said, I don't have much left to upgrade after some purchases.
I got lucky and found my Echoing Fury last night giving me a 7k dps bump over my old weapon and am now sitting at 80k unbuffed DPS.
I don't really have much trouble with surviving or killing most monsters in MP4-5 alone accept when I come across a goblin. There are times when they will get away from me with just under 1m health left and it's quite frustrating.
Is my DPS at a respectable level or is it still too low and that is why I am running into this?
Thanks for the reply. I totally forgot about the tornadoes taking dmg from mainhand only. My old offhand was actually much worse so maybe that's the key now that I have the new weapon.
You mentioned bash in your reply. Should I switch cleave out for bash? I have been using cleave to gain fury more quickly if needed. One or two swings with cleave can fill my fury if I get a few crits depending on the size of the pack.
Not sure I'd swap out my chest as of right now. I'm using it for the movement speed since my Ice Climbers don't have it. I do agree with the pants though. Been looking for a decent upgrade.
As for the Echoing Fury, I came to that same conclusion with my Echoing Fury. It has a good amount of Dex on it so I might just give it to my Monk since it will give her far more DPS than the one she is using right now. If not, I can always try and sell it to pick up a replacement weapon.
Inna's pants would be a nice upgrade for the Movement Speed allowing me to swap out my Tyrael's might and not have to lose the 12%. I could also use some nice Lacuni's with Crit chance on them. There are plenty of combinations of upgrades for me but unless I start getting lucky and finding them or some nice items that are worth a decent amount, I fear it will be quite a while before I get that sorted out.
I did switch my Cleave rune to do more dmg and havent run into an issue with goblins in MP5 anymore. I also tried swapping out my Wrath rune for Insanity, It allows me to kill things faster in quick fights but I'll be switching it back to Thrive on Chaos since 15 seconds just isn't long enough for large packs in act 3 since my kill speed has actually gone down.
@Gnarf: Thanks for the post. I have read a lot of your posts on this forum and find them all to be well thought out and extremely helpful. I agree with you on the Dex with a Barb but I found this one so I kept it for now until I can either sell it or save up for a replacement.
@dao: What would you have me swap out for rend in a WW build.......
Im a 80k dps unbuffed ww barb right now and im doing great. Sure the damage is not that high on mp5+ but you are virtually immortal. Atleast wth frenzy, that's how it is.
Here is my profile but its not updated, i changed my armor + pants since the last update and they both had quite a massive strength upgrade that boosted up my damage. http://eu.battle.net...376/hero/611749
I wounder why you are still using War Cry.
Just use Overpower, With crushing advance you are getting 35% extra mitigation, with no DR, and almost 80% uptime e, and 100% up on critical moments; fight start. etc Or just get more resist on other items and go for Overpower, Killing spree, so you 'll get 10% crit chance.
Thus u'll get new spameable skill, whos bossting you defensively or offensively.
I got lucky and found my Echoing Fury last night giving me a 7k dps bump over my old weapon and am now sitting at 80k unbuffed DPS.
I don't really have much trouble with surviving or killing most monsters in MP4-5 alone accept when I come across a goblin. There are times when they will get away from me with just under 1m health left and it's quite frustrating.
Is my DPS at a respectable level or is it still too low and that is why I am running into this?
Here is a link to my Barbarian.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fadeddeath-1784/hero/3897655
Thanks in advance.
Demon Hunter - Fadeddeath
Monk - Lumos
Witch Doctor - Nox
Wizard - Nethershade
You mentioned bash in your reply. Should I switch cleave out for bash? I have been using cleave to gain fury more quickly if needed. One or two swings with cleave can fill my fury if I get a few crits depending on the size of the pack.
Demon Hunter - Fadeddeath
Monk - Lumos
Witch Doctor - Nox
Wizard - Nethershade
As for the Echoing Fury, I came to that same conclusion with my Echoing Fury. It has a good amount of Dex on it so I might just give it to my Monk since it will give her far more DPS than the one she is using right now. If not, I can always try and sell it to pick up a replacement weapon.
Inna's pants would be a nice upgrade for the Movement Speed allowing me to swap out my Tyrael's might and not have to lose the 12%. I could also use some nice Lacuni's with Crit chance on them. There are plenty of combinations of upgrades for me but unless I start getting lucky and finding them or some nice items that are worth a decent amount, I fear it will be quite a while before I get that sorted out.
I did switch my Cleave rune to do more dmg and havent run into an issue with goblins in MP5 anymore. I also tried swapping out my Wrath rune for Insanity, It allows me to kill things faster in quick fights but I'll be switching it back to Thrive on Chaos since 15 seconds just isn't long enough for large packs in act 3 since my kill speed has actually gone down.
Demon Hunter - Fadeddeath
Monk - Lumos
Witch Doctor - Nox
Wizard - Nethershade
@dao: What would you have me swap out for rend in a WW build.......
Demon Hunter - Fadeddeath
Monk - Lumos
Witch Doctor - Nox
Wizard - Nethershade
Here is my profile but its not updated, i changed my armor + pants since the last update and they both had quite a massive strength upgrade that boosted up my damage.
http://eu.battle.net...376/hero/611749
Just use Overpower, With crushing advance you are getting 35% extra mitigation, with no DR, and almost 80% uptime e, and 100% up on critical moments; fight start. etc Or just get more resist on other items and go for Overpower, Killing spree, so you 'll get 10% crit chance.
Thus u'll get new spameable skill, whos bossting you defensively or offensively.
Demon Hunter - Fadeddeath
Monk - Lumos
Witch Doctor - Nox
Wizard - Nethershade