I've got a post on these forums somewhere for what I've labeled as the PITA (Pain In The Ass) Barb build. It's not really designed to kill anyone so much as just showcase how much control the Barb can have over the field of play. If you locate it just keep in mind some of the runes have changed since that post so it might not make as much sense as it used to - but for the most part I think you'll agree that the Barb has plenty at his/her disposal to stay competative.
In my opinion the Barb probably has more control than anyone.
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Barbs have a lot of mobility control at their disposal, including some that seem to be designed to specifically counter ranged attackers:
Weapon Throw: Throwing Hammer Rune
Ancient Spear: Any rune really but especially Grappling Hooks/Harpoon
Leap: Call of Arreat/Death From Above
Furious Charge: Again any rune but especially Merciless Assult/Bull Rush/Dreadnought
Seismic Slam: Stagger
Sprint: Marathon/Forced March
That doesn't even take into account their ability to impair movement on enemies once they're within reach... and the barb has more of that than I care to mention...
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Liquid Cooled Intel I7 2700k OC'd to 5.0ghz at a max pull of 1.44v ~ 19-21C Idle ~ 68C max under load.
16GB G Skill Ram ~ 2x Mushkin 120GB SSD's ~ MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozer ~ Asus P8P67 Deluxe
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In my opinion the Barb probably has more control than anyone.
16GB G Skill Ram ~ 2x Mushkin 120GB SSD's ~ MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozer ~ Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Weapon Throw: Throwing Hammer Rune
Ancient Spear: Any rune really but especially Grappling Hooks/Harpoon
Leap: Call of Arreat/Death From Above
Furious Charge: Again any rune but especially Merciless Assult/Bull Rush/Dreadnought
Seismic Slam: Stagger
Sprint: Marathon/Forced March
That doesn't even take into account their ability to impair movement on enemies once they're within reach... and the barb has more of that than I care to mention...
16GB G Skill Ram ~ 2x Mushkin 120GB SSD's ~ MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozer ~ Asus P8P67 Deluxe