Everyday I see posts from barbs asking what they need to do to to become a great barb or at-least improve their barb. There is from what I have seen multiple threads in specific to one build and it doesn't cover everything.
Lets start with the basics and talk about the strongest abilities right now regardless of items.
These are BASIC guidelines. This build could work for the most basic of gear and not completely starve you of your fury. Things could easily be altered to preference and towards ones gear/elemental damage. This build could work for a starter barb who REALLY lacks gear and is trying to push torment 1 and as you start getting set bonuses it becomes easier and easier. A strong thing to realize as a lower tiered barb you may even need to keep bloodthirst and add superstition to help with survivability and its even strong in higher torments.
A strong note is to realize the soft cap for all resist is 800 and after that it loses its potency. This is just a baseline alot of players are going by and ive experimented with it myself and I feel 800 is a nice spot to be in, 600-800. Warcry with impunity could be a great way to help you increase your ar.
If fury becomes a problem you may want to put unforgiving in your build to help a bit.
Below is an example of taking out bloodthirst and warcry if survivability isn't a problem. You could also eliminate ww completely and keep warcry as a generator/defensive.
If you wanted to say focus towards a fire build or physical build than the logical thing to do is eliminate ww completely as its weak and it eats fury. Physical you could lean towards a builder toss build or rend build. As fire you could lean towards a hota build with smash. You guys need to look at the gear you are wearing and see what benefits YOU the most until you can start getting upgrades and start moving towards that dream goal of gear.
Yet another very strong fury generator/dumper alternative build.
Understanding item stats
A lot of people dont really understand how item stats work and they base their dps off of sheet dps. This time has come to an end and its all about crit damage/crit chance and elemental damage.
See the 1.4% damage increase of a trifecta amulet that doesn't take into consideration of the 17% lightning damage?
How do we see the actual difference with no meter? www.diabloprogress.com is by far the easiest way to tell by logging out and comparing.
WOW what a difference, as you can see sheet dps is not everything. All you have to do is go to diablo progress and alter your gear than log out and update and you can see the difference on paper with an accurate calculator. This is by far the easiest method I can suggest to you guys.
So to me Raekor's is my favorite set out of all 3. I have every set on my barb with decent rolls all around and honestly I just love the build and how fun it is to pull mobs around and smash them with hammer. You can go fire or lightning or even physical with this set as it is an amazing fury generator. For me I am lightning and this is my build.
I haven't experimented with it, but I am going to try and drop ww for Battle Rage Bloodshed. My only concern is sometimes furious charge bugs out and you can easily die in high torment heres a video of me doing t6 with the set
Same as any, +elemental damage items and any good weapons.
Okay guys so IK is atm the weakest set of the three, but its still do-able at t5. To me IK is more for a generator than the damage your ancients do, we are not witch doctors. They generate fury incredibly fast letting you use a dumper like hota quite efficiently and this set is easily a gateway to t3-5. Again you have to pick skills to your off pieces whether its lightning or fire or physical, so again you would use hota smash over the lightning rune. If you were physical, again you could use bouldertoss with ancient spear as your dumper instead of hota. Down below is the exact build I used to farm t3-4 until I got my eq/raekor sets.
Any other types of rares that have +elemental damage.
So I am pretty sure the most Mainstream build for barbs does not really require an introduction lol. This build is bananas and you have to be bananas to not really like it. Huge damage and its fun to leap around like a freak.
The earthquake build is pretty straight forward and you can swap out ruthless for weapon master if your heart really desired.
Again guys I need to stress to you that build diversity is based off your current gear and not looking at the mainstream cookie cutter builds you see on streams. You have to progress at your level and with what you have in your inventory, which means make smart decisions with your runes and go a strong route.
If you are just starting out a barb as a secondary character than you could easily farm the mats to make to aughilds which is a great set overall even on ones main. 15% elite damage is amazing if you dont have an soj which we'll talk about down below.
Id like to make a strong mention of these rings for the power of +elite damage. I think getting 45% elite damage off rings is BiS and it should be any builds goal to run these rings and not for the "op damage reduction"
If I have missed something or you guys feel something needs to be added feel free to request me to add it.
800 AR is just a random number. It gradually takes more and more AR for 1% less total damage, a strong note is to realize that the damage reduction relative to the damage you take doesn't change much. Seems like the low AR recommendation and the lack of warcry impunity that the guide is mostly focused on the lower torments.
I'm not a big fan of whirlwind prefer Hota and just use furious charge stamina when undergeared for fury. It works with a lightning build but not sure it's the best when starting out fresh on a barb.
800 AR is just a random number. It gradually takes more and more AR for 1% less total damage, a strong note is to realize that the damage reduction relative to the damage you take doesn't change much. Seems like the low AR recommendation and the lack of warcry impunity that the guide is mostly focused on the lower torments.
I'm not a big fan of whirlwind prefer Hota and just use furious charge stamina when undergeared for fury. It works with a lightning build but not sure it's the best when starting out fresh on a barb.
WW is used to move through mobs, if you get stuck in aoe you will die and ww is quite good in low torments. The base guideline most people will tell you to aim for is 800 ar and I agree with that 600-800. Impunity is alright but even on t6 I don't use it, I prefer charge for that 50 fury. Like I said when survival becomes a problem its your job to figure out a way to live.
I can farm up Asheara set (gloves+pants maybe) to boost 100 ar, will try to gamble Andy face for light dmg. Also im wondering about stast like Area Damage and Attack Speed in my build, WW scaling with AS for example?
I can farm up Asheara set (gloves+pants maybe) to boost 100 ar, will try to gamble Andy face for light dmg. Also im wondering about stast like Area Damage and Attack Speed in my build, WW scaling with AS for example?
thank you
You're at the point where you should drop ww and purely use frenzy/hota with batterage bloodshed. If you combine hota bloodshed with area damage youll notice mobs will melt around you. Beautiful hardcore barb by the way
Thank you for responding, i tried frenzy\hota now, and its overperforming ww for sure, because of crazy amount of damage from procs, when using frenzy.
Can you help a little bit more, im wondering about hota mechanics, it damage counts from weapon in main hand? For example, should i use SoH in mh and get 8% inc. dmg from passive or use Odyn's Son and get 5% cc from passive? But SoH got 2224 dps, and Odyn's Son 2062, but in fact they got equal dmg, since Odyn just slower.
Should i still use ww for escaping or something like this? Or better to swap it for Leap?
And also im not sure about passives. I really like Superstition (guess its musthave in HC) and Weapon Master, almost 100% sure about Bloodthirst, since i need to heal somehow, and what about the last? Relentless looks like other classes "cheat-death" passives (pretty good for HC), or maybe just Tougn as Nails (giving me like 3k armor, ive got almost 14k without it, so there a big diminishing already). Tbh i dont like Rampage, since trash mobs are going down very quickly, and if i wanted damage, it should be damage vs elite packs and rift guardians. Anything else to consider?
- My vaxo didnt proc and that's a shame for this amulet !
- IK Set
I have big trouble with my fury regen, don't know how to change or improve that ...
Also, i have loot my third parts of IK Set but i have helm (str / AR / 6% AR / socket) - boots (STR / AR / MS / VIT) and chest now. Do you think i have to replace my current set up for these parts and the ring in order to improve my fury regen ?
How do use efficently my amulet ?
Do you have comments on my build ?
Thanks in advance.
As a fire barb you cannot get your amulet to proc, unless you used leap with the stun than maybe it would proc. Ik set is good for low torments, t3-4 and even a little bit of 5 but they still die. You don't have a fury generator and no sets, I consider this a problem and the only thing I can think of is if you drop warcry and use a generator.
Everyday I see posts from barbs asking what they need to do to to become a great barb or at-least improve their barb. There is from what I have seen multiple threads in specific to one build and it doesn't cover everything.
Lets start with the basics and talk about the strongest abilities right now regardless of items.
These are BASIC guidelines. This build could work for the most basic of gear and not completely starve you of your fury. Things could easily be altered to preference and towards ones gear/elemental damage. This build could work for a starter barb who REALLY lacks gear and is trying to push torment 1 and as you start getting set bonuses it becomes easier and easier. A strong thing to realize as a lower tiered barb you may even need to keep bloodthirst and add superstition to help with survivability and its even strong in higher torments.
A strong note is to realize the soft cap for all resist is 800 and after that it loses its potency. This is just a baseline alot of players are going by and ive experimented with it myself and I feel 800 is a nice spot to be in, 600-800. Warcry with impunity could be a great way to help you increase your ar.
If fury becomes a problem you may want to put unforgiving in your build to help a bit.
Below is an example of taking out bloodthirst and warcry if survivability isn't a problem. You could also eliminate ww completely and keep warcry as a generator/defensive.
If you wanted to say focus towards a fire build or physical build than the logical thing to do is eliminate ww completely as its weak and it eats fury. Physical you could lean towards a builder toss build or rend build. As fire you could lean towards a hota build with smash. You guys need to look at the gear you are wearing and see what benefits YOU the most until you can start getting upgrades and start moving towards that dream goal of gear.
Yet another very strong fury generator/dumper alternative build.
Understanding item stats
A lot of people dont really understand how item stats work and they base their dps off of sheet dps. This time has come to an end and its all about crit damage/crit chance and elemental damage.
See the 1.4% damage increase of a trifecta amulet that doesn't take into consideration of the 17% lightning damage?
How do we see the actual difference with no meter? www.diabloprogress.com is by far the easiest way to tell by logging out and comparing.
Example with 17% amulet
Example with julia's trifecta amulet
The difference is as follows:
-115,903 Elemental dps
-168,058 Elemental elite dps
WOW what a difference, as you can see sheet dps is not everything. All you have to do is go to diablo progress and alter your gear than log out and update and you can see the difference on paper with an accurate calculator. This is by far the easiest method I can suggest to you guys.
Sets
The Legacy Of Raekor
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/raekors-breeches
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/raekors-burden
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/raekors-heart
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/raekors-striders
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/raekors-will
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/raekors-wraps
Items for the build
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/reapers-wraps
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/strongarm-bracers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-burning-axe-of-sankis
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/devastator
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/stone-of-jordan
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/unity
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/haunt-of-vaxo
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rakoffs-glass-of-life
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/thunderfury-blessed-blade-of-the-windseeker
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/shard-of-hate
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/sun-keeper
So to me Raekor's is my favorite set out of all 3. I have every set on my barb with decent rolls all around and honestly I just love the build and how fun it is to pull mobs around and smash them with hammer. You can go fire or lightning or even physical with this set as it is an amazing fury generator. For me I am lightning and this is my build.
I haven't experimented with it, but I am going to try and drop ww for Battle Rage Bloodshed. My only concern is sometimes furious charge bugs out and you can easily die in high torment heres a video of me doing t6 with the set
http://www.twitch.tv/barrybondz/c/4166630
Immortal King's Call
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/immortal-kings-boulder-breaker
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/immortal-kings-eternal-reign
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/immortal-kings-irons
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/immortal-kings-stride
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/immortal-kings-tribal-binding
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/immortal-kings-triumph
Items for the build
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/reapers-wraps
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/strongarm-bracers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-burning-axe-of-sankis
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/devastator
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/stone-of-jordan
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/unity
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/haunt-of-vaxo
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rakoffs-glass-of-life
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/thunderfury-blessed-blade-of-the-windseeker
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/shard-of-hate
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/sun-keeper
Same as any, +elemental damage items and any good weapons.
Okay guys so IK is atm the weakest set of the three, but its still do-able at t5. To me IK is more for a generator than the damage your ancients do, we are not witch doctors. They generate fury incredibly fast letting you use a dumper like hota quite efficiently and this set is easily a gateway to t3-5. Again you have to pick skills to your off pieces whether its lightning or fire or physical, so again you would use hota smash over the lightning rune. If you were physical, again you could use bouldertoss with ancient spear as your dumper instead of hota. Down below is the exact build I used to farm t3-4 until I got my eq/raekor sets.
Might of the Earth
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/eyes-of-the-earth
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/pull-of-the-earth
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/spires-of-the-earth
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/weight-of-the-earth
Items for the build
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/lut-socks
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/cindercoat
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/reapers-wraps
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/strongarm-bracers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-burning-axe-of-sankis
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/devastator
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/maximus
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/sun-keeper
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/stone-of-jordan
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/unity
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/haunt-of-vaxo
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rakoffs-glass-of-life
Any other types of rares that have +elemental damage.
So I am pretty sure the most Mainstream build for barbs does not really require an introduction lol. This build is bananas and you have to be bananas to not really like it. Huge damage and its fun to leap around like a freak.
The earthquake build is pretty straight forward and you can swap out ruthless for weapon master if your heart really desired.
Again guys I need to stress to you that build diversity is based off your current gear and not looking at the mainstream cookie cutter builds you see on streams. You have to progress at your level and with what you have in your inventory, which means make smart decisions with your runes and go a strong route.
Aughild's Victory
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/aughilds-vestments
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/aughilds-brow
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/aughilds-triumph
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/aughilds-demands
If you are just starting out a barb as a secondary character than you could easily farm the mats to make to aughilds which is a great set overall even on ones main. 15% elite damage is amazing if you dont have an soj which we'll talk about down below.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/stone-of-jordan
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/unity
Id like to make a strong mention of these rings for the power of +elite damage. I think getting 45% elite damage off rings is BiS and it should be any builds goal to run these rings and not for the "op damage reduction"
If I have missed something or you guys feel something needs to be added feel free to request me to add it.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/barrybondz-1111/hero/17437659
I'm not a big fan of whirlwind prefer Hota and just use furious charge stamina when undergeared for fury. It works with a lightning build but not sure it's the best when starting out fresh on a barb.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/barrybondz-1111/hero/17437659
added diabloprogress info for people to understand the +elemantal damage.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/barrybondz-1111/hero/17437659
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/barrybondz-1111/hero/17437659
I lvld up barb as 2nd char, after getting Shard of Hate and Odyn's Son on my crusader.
Here's the profile http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Sattarqt-2876/hero/42803199
I can farm up Asheara set (gloves+pants maybe) to boost 100 ar, will try to gamble Andy face for light dmg. Also im wondering about stast like Area Damage and Attack Speed in my build, WW scaling with AS for example?
thank you
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/barrybondz-1111/hero/17437659
Can you help a little bit more, im wondering about hota mechanics, it damage counts from weapon in main hand? For example, should i use SoH in mh and get 8% inc. dmg from passive or use Odyn's Son and get 5% cc from passive? But SoH got 2224 dps, and Odyn's Son 2062, but in fact they got equal dmg, since Odyn just slower.
Should i still use ww for escaping or something like this? Or better to swap it for Leap?
And also im not sure about passives. I really like Superstition (guess its musthave in HC) and Weapon Master, almost 100% sure about Bloodthirst, since i need to heal somehow, and what about the last? Relentless looks like other classes "cheat-death" passives (pretty good for HC), or maybe just Tougn as Nails (giving me like 3k armor, ive got almost 14k without it, so there a big diminishing already). Tbh i dont like Rampage, since trash mobs are going down very quickly, and if i wanted damage, it should be damage vs elite packs and rift guardians. Anything else to consider?
stats ingame selfbuffed http://i.imgur.com/WFHDief.jpg
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/barrybondz-1111/hero/17437659