THE HULK http://us.battle.net...iSeP!Xgh!ZaZcYZ
Like his/her namesake, this Barbarian becomes increasingly more powerful as his/her anger increases. Coupled with lightning fast attacks, extremely thick skin, and the ability to shrug off blows that would reduce lesser beings into a fine paste, the Hulk is literally a walking weapon of mass destruction.
ACTIVE SKILLS Frenzy (Maniac): This will be your primary attack, for two reasons: for the stacking 15% attack speed/4% damage buff, and for the fast fury generation, allowing you to stay at maximum rage for as much time as possible.
Seismic Slam (Stagger): The purpose of this attack is that it will function as a pseudo-CC for you. You should only use it if you find yourself overwhelmed and in need of some breathing room.
Ignore Pain (Iron Hide) : This skill is just too good to pass up. While Ground Stomp is nice for the stun, its range is too short compared to Seismic Slam's 45 yard cone. Ignore Pain, unlike Threatening Shout and Sprint, is completely free, which is crucial when it comes to maintaining max rage.
War Cry (Impunity) : Generates 30 fury and increases both my armor AND immunities by 50% for 60 seconds? Yes please!
Battle Rage (Marauder's Rage) : If you weren't already able to guess, this build focuses on stacking damage bonuses to borderline absurd amounts. Therefore, a 30% damage increase for 30 seconds is a no brainer. What's nice is that it only costs 20 fury, meaning you can pop War Cry, then Battle Rage, and end up with 10 more fury than you started.
Wrath of the Berserker (Insanity) : Remember what I said before about absurd amounts of damage stacking? So, yeah, I'm pretty sure a 100% damage boost, coupled with all the other damage boosts this build provides, would definitely qualify for being considered 'absurd'.
PASSIVE SKILLS
Berserker Rage : Since you will be using Frenzy most of the time, there's no reason not to put all that excess fury to good use. 25% more damage for not spamming Seismic Slam? Sold!
Brawler : More damage, more damage, more damage! Seriously, how often do you find yourself in a Diablo game NOT surrounded by a least 3 enemies? I can probably count how many times that's happened to me on one hand.
Unforgiving : Depending on how fast you can go from zero to 100% fury, this can possibly be replaced with Boon of Bul-Kathos, or perhaps a more defense-oriented skill if you need more survivability. However, I would personally like to be able to start every fight with full fury and 25% more damage.
So, that's my build. Like everyone else, there's no way I can tell how effective this build will be in the later difficulties. All I know is.......
When setting up my melee Wizard build, I looked for a couple things:
1) Survivability was my top priority. As such, I decided Energy Shield and Diamond Skin would be mandatory.
2) Arcane power regen was another high priority; yellow runed Spectral Blade fills this role nicely.
3) AoE damage: I decided to take black runed Energy Twister and either Blizzard or Meteor. Blizzard for CC or Meteor for more damage.
As for the second question, I'll play this build through the easy difficulties so that I can get used to how it plays and it's strengths/weaknesses in different situations.
This isn't WoW. Like others have said, you're responsible for your own survival, not several healers standing around in the back of a raid. And honestly, would you want Blizzard to further delay D3 just for a stupid meter? I for one do not.
But in all seriousness, I just want to play it sate my appetite until release. I've been playing through D2 again, but it's just making the anticipation for D3 that much worse.
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http://us.battle.net...iSeP!Xgh!ZaZcYZ
Like his/her namesake, this Barbarian becomes increasingly more powerful as his/her anger increases. Coupled with lightning fast attacks, extremely thick skin, and the ability to shrug off blows that would reduce lesser beings into a fine paste, the Hulk is literally a walking weapon of mass destruction.
ACTIVE SKILLS
Frenzy (Maniac): This will be your primary attack, for two reasons: for the stacking 15% attack speed/4% damage buff, and for the fast fury generation, allowing you to stay at maximum rage for as much time as possible.
Seismic Slam (Stagger): The purpose of this attack is that it will function as a pseudo-CC for you. You should only use it if you find yourself overwhelmed and in need of some breathing room.
Ignore Pain (Iron Hide) : This skill is just too good to pass up. While Ground Stomp is nice for the stun, its range is too short compared to Seismic Slam's 45 yard cone. Ignore Pain, unlike Threatening Shout and Sprint, is completely free, which is crucial when it comes to maintaining max rage.
War Cry (Impunity) : Generates 30 fury and increases both my armor AND immunities by 50% for 60 seconds? Yes please!
Battle Rage (Marauder's Rage) : If you weren't already able to guess, this build focuses on stacking damage bonuses to borderline absurd amounts. Therefore, a 30% damage increase for 30 seconds is a no brainer. What's nice is that it only costs 20 fury, meaning you can pop War Cry, then Battle Rage, and end up with 10 more fury than you started.
Wrath of the Berserker (Insanity) : Remember what I said before about absurd amounts of damage stacking? So, yeah, I'm pretty sure a 100% damage boost, coupled with all the other damage boosts this build provides, would definitely qualify for being considered 'absurd'.
PASSIVE SKILLS
Berserker Rage : Since you will be using Frenzy most of the time, there's no reason not to put all that excess fury to good use. 25% more damage for not spamming Seismic Slam? Sold!
Brawler : More damage, more damage, more damage! Seriously, how often do you find yourself in a Diablo game NOT surrounded by a least 3 enemies? I can probably count how many times that's happened to me on one hand.
Unforgiving : Depending on how fast you can go from zero to 100% fury, this can possibly be replaced with Boon of Bul-Kathos, or perhaps a more defense-oriented skill if you need more survivability. However, I would personally like to be able to start every fight with full fury and 25% more damage.
So, that's my build. Like everyone else, there's no way I can tell how effective this build will be in the later difficulties. All I know is.......
HULK SMASH!
1) Survivability was my top priority. As such, I decided Energy Shield and Diamond Skin would be mandatory.
2) Arcane power regen was another high priority; yellow runed Spectral Blade fills this role nicely.
3) AoE damage: I decided to take black runed Energy Twister and either Blizzard or Meteor. Blizzard for CC or Meteor for more damage.
As for the second question, I'll play this build through the easy difficulties so that I can get used to how it plays and it's strengths/weaknesses in different situations.
This isn't WoW. Like others have said, you're responsible for your own survival, not several healers standing around in the back of a raid. And honestly, would you want Blizzard to further delay D3 just for a stupid meter? I for one do not.
Because we needs it precious, yes, precious!
Stupid, fat, tricksy Blizzard hobbitses hates us, doesn't gives us beta key, precious!
But in all seriousness, I just want to play it sate my appetite until release. I've been playing through D2 again, but it's just making the anticipation for D3 that much worse.