I am currently farming MP7 FW ---> Leoric if < 5 stacks ---> FoM ---> WH, killing all elites and picking up all the rares without having too many issues.
Now my question is, where to go next? I don't really have a lot of gold to spend, and RNG isn't really lending it self to me in terms of drops atm. So I'm looking for advice on cost/effective upgrades that can be achieved within a reasonable budget, that I could work my way towards.
As far as defensive stats go I guess I'm a bit low on all res, and maybe HP if I were to move to MP10 other than that I think I'm pretty much set.
The way I see it, my amulet is my weakest item. Should I try my luck crafting one? I'm guessing I'd need to hit at least a weak trifecta to beat my current one. I've been looking at a better EF but seems like they're quite expensive same goes for a higher dps mainhand. My hellfire ring isn't perfect but I think it's quite decent, is it worth it though? Or should I look for a rare with cc instead? My lacunis are pretty bad, but I kinda need the movement speed. I could work on crafting shoulders as well, but compared to my other items I don't think my Vile Wards are my biggest issue.
GEAR BONUSES
+2387 Strength
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 32.0%
Critical Hit Damage Increased by 420%
Attack Speed Increased by 48%
+523 Vitality
HP @ PL 54: 38.6k (after Perfect Star Amethyst in Helm)
Note (which you know very well): Your current resistance: 80 + 73 + 74 + hmm... where else (you'll have to decide how to make your "Defensive Slots" more defensive while at the same looking rather offensive, the trickiest part for the barb)
Okay now that you have already have a "rather use-able" "Str-ish" Shoulders (aka your current 199str/53vit/80 AR Vile Ward), the most ideal upgrade (which people emphasize on) is to go with:
1) Vitality Shoulders, and hope for a Barbarian upgrade
2) Once you've completed #1, you can change at the very least the VIT GEM in your Ice Climbers to a STR GEM.
3) Your mainhand's Average Damage needs work even though you have all that 109str/78% CHD/2.7%+ LS.
During your Fields of Misery, I hope you entered the Decaying Crypt whenever possible, I'm sure you do.
4) Your amulet could obtain " xx - xx Average Damage " like both your rings do, on top of its current stats, probably losing slightly on that 100% CHD.
Yeah I realise that shoulders are probably the best place for a defensive upgrade, with the vit shoulders being able to roll 300 str in addition to a good chunk of vit. Craftable bracers could yield similar defensive upgrades, yet that would lead to an attack speed loss, as well as having to get the 12% movement speed on boots. But I kinda get the feeling that getting a pair of Ice Climbers with similar stats to my current ones, and movement speed is beyond expensive.
I do Decaying crypt and Scavengers Den when running Fields of Misery.
I have been trying without Bash, I just can't get used to it. I guess I just need to try harder, and experiment a bit with different key binding. Cause you're completely right money, it's pretty much a wasted slot.
Been crafting a bit, no real luck yet so far though. Focusing on amulet and shoulders, got a couple of 400 stat shoulders that were quite decent, they however lacked all res, so despite being a pretty big EHP upgrade kinda useless.
Looks like I might have to wait with the Ice Climbers and thus changing out my Lacunis even when I drop the str to around 100 I haven't been able to find any affordable ones.
I've been practicing not using Bash and instead going with Overpower - Killing Spree, taking some time getting used to, but I'm getting better at it. Hardest thing I find is getting started in Festering Woods and getting the 5 stacks. Fields of Misery and Weeping Hollow isn't as much of a problem.
If I were to swap DW for a Skorn, what kind of minimum stats should I be looking at then? I'm guessing I want at least 1200 DPS and then 5+ LS and 140+ CD and 250+ str.
There's still room for improvement, but the new shoulders and amulet has allowed me to swap some of the vit gems for str gems in addition to boosting my EHP.
Replaced my hellfire ring, which items should be the next ones to focus on? I've got around 8M gold atm, and from what I can see decent climbers with movement speed and a good skorn are both at least 12M, but I'm thinking I should aim for one of the two as the next upgrade seeing as I can't replace my Lacunis until I get movement speed climbers.
And thanks for the advice so far, picked up my hellfire replacement rare ring for 2M earlier today!
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http://d3up.com/b/1087524
I am currently farming MP7 FW ---> Leoric if < 5 stacks ---> FoM ---> WH, killing all elites and picking up all the rares without having too many issues.
Now my question is, where to go next? I don't really have a lot of gold to spend, and RNG isn't really lending it self to me in terms of drops atm. So I'm looking for advice on cost/effective upgrades that can be achieved within a reasonable budget, that I could work my way towards.
As far as defensive stats go I guess I'm a bit low on all res, and maybe HP if I were to move to MP10 other than that I think I'm pretty much set.
The way I see it, my amulet is my weakest item. Should I try my luck crafting one? I'm guessing I'd need to hit at least a weak trifecta to beat my current one. I've been looking at a better EF but seems like they're quite expensive same goes for a higher dps mainhand. My hellfire ring isn't perfect but I think it's quite decent, is it worth it though? Or should I look for a rare with cc instead? My lacunis are pretty bad, but I kinda need the movement speed. I could work on crafting shoulders as well, but compared to my other items I don't think my Vile Wards are my biggest issue.
Any kind of advice is appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Turar
+2387 Strength
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 32.0%
Critical Hit Damage Increased by 420%
Attack Speed Increased by 48%
+523 Vitality
HP @ PL 54: 38.6k (after Perfect Star Amethyst in Helm)
Note (which you know very well): Your current resistance: 80 + 73 + 74 + hmm... where else (you'll have to decide how to make your "Defensive Slots" more defensive while at the same looking rather offensive, the trickiest part for the barb)
Okay now that you have already have a "rather use-able" "Str-ish" Shoulders (aka your current 199str/53vit/80 AR Vile Ward), the most ideal upgrade (which people emphasize on) is to go with:
1) Vitality Shoulders, and hope for a Barbarian upgrade
2) Once you've completed #1, you can change at the very least the VIT GEM in your Ice Climbers to a STR GEM.
3) Your mainhand's Average Damage needs work even though you have all that 109str/78% CHD/2.7%+ LS.
During your Fields of Misery, I hope you entered the Decaying Crypt whenever possible, I'm sure you do.
4) Your amulet could obtain " xx - xx Average Damage " like both your rings do, on top of its current stats, probably losing slightly on that 100% CHD.
Other people can help you more.
1) CMWIZ PL91, [EU]PL62 Crit NatsHelm; 2) 0-CD Dogs since MID-FEB 2013 PL44;
3) "Stunball Barrage" (Tball+F@W) Vengeance DH PL43 (1slot for H.Globe + PUR slot);
4) Lazy-Dbl-LS Monk PL48
5) Fundamental Barb (least played)
I do Decaying crypt and Scavengers Den when running Fields of Misery.
I have been trying without Bash, I just can't get used to it. I guess I just need to try harder, and experiment a bit with different key binding. Cause you're completely right money, it's pretty much a wasted slot.
Looks like I might have to wait with the Ice Climbers and thus changing out my Lacunis even when I drop the str to around 100 I haven't been able to find any affordable ones.
I've been practicing not using Bash and instead going with Overpower - Killing Spree, taking some time getting used to, but I'm getting better at it. Hardest thing I find is getting started in Festering Woods and getting the 5 stacks. Fields of Misery and Weeping Hollow isn't as much of a problem.
If I were to swap DW for a Skorn, what kind of minimum stats should I be looking at then? I'm guessing I want at least 1200 DPS and then 5+ LS and 140+ CD and 250+ str.
http://d3up.com/b/1087524
There's still room for improvement, but the new shoulders and amulet has allowed me to swap some of the vit gems for str gems in addition to boosting my EHP.
And thanks for the advice so far, picked up my hellfire replacement rare ring for 2M earlier today!