Spear Support Barb (PTR)

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by user-8954596 last updated Aug 25, 2015 ( Patch 2.3 )

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Skills

Whirlwind Blood Funnel
- Whirlwind
Cost: 10 Fury

Deliver multiple attacks to everything in your path for 340% weapon damage.

While whirlwinding, you move at 100% movement speed.
Blood Funnel

Critical Hits restore 1% of your maximum Life.
Ancient Spear Harpoon
- Ancient Spear
Cost: 25 Fury

Throw a spear that pierces enemies and deals 500% weapon damage.
Harpoon

Add a chain to the spear to drag all enemies hit back to you and Slow them by 60% for 1 second.
Ignore Pain Mob Rule
- Ignore Pain
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Reduce all damage taken by 50% and gain Immunity to all control-impairing effects for 5 seconds.
Mob Rule

Allies within 50 yards also gain 25% damage reduction and Immunity to control-impairing effects for 5 seconds.
Rend Mutilate
- Rend
Cost: 20 Fury

A sweeping strike causes all enemies within 12 yards to Bleed for 1100% weapon damage as Physical over 5 seconds.
Mutilate

Affected enemies are Chilled and take 10% increased damage from all sources.

Rend's damage turns into Cold.
War Cry Impunity
- War Cry
Generate: 20 Fury
Cooldown: 20 seconds

Unleash a rallying cry to increase Armor for you and all allies within 100 yards by 20% for 120 seconds.
Impunity

Increase resistance to all elements by 20% while affected by War Cry.
Threatening Shout Falter
- Threatening Shout
Generate: 15 Fury
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Shout with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within 25 yards by 20% for 15 seconds.
Falter

Enemies instead take 25% increased damage for 6 seconds.

Nerves of Steel
- Nerves of Steel
Fatal damage instead reduces you to 15% Life. For 3 seconds afterward, you take 95% reduced damage and are immune to all control-impairing effects.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.
Relentless
- Relentless
While below 35% Life, all skills cost 50% less Fury, Life per Fury Spent is doubled, and all damage taken is reduced by 50%.
Weapons Master
- Weapons Master
Gain a bonus based on the weapon type of your main hand weapon:
Swords/Daggers: 8% increased damage
Maces/Axes: 5% Critical Hit Chance
Polearms/Spears: 8% attack speed
Mighty Weapons: 2 Fury per hit
Tough as Nails
- Tough as Nails
Increase Armor by 25%.
Increase Thorns by 100%.

Items

Leoric's Crown

Legendary Helm

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase the effect of any gem socketed into this item by 75–100%. This effect does not apply to Legendary Gems.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–26 Dexterity

+18–26 Strength

+18–26 Intelligence
Pauldrons of the Wastes

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+416–500 Strength
+91–100 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties

Wrath of the Wastes
Helm of the Wastes
Pauldrons of the Wastes
Cuirass of the Wastes
Tasset of the Wastes
Sabaton of the Wastes
Gauntlet of the Wastes
(2) Set: Increase the damage per second of Rend by 500% and its duration to 15 seconds.
(4) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 50% damage reduction and your applied Rends deal triple damage.
(6) Set: Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and all Whirlwind damage is increased by 800%.
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Intelligence

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength
Cuirass of the Wastes

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+416–500 Strength
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Wrath of the Wastes
Helm of the Wastes
Pauldrons of the Wastes
Cuirass of the Wastes
Tasset of the Wastes
Sabaton of the Wastes
Gauntlet of the Wastes
(2) Set: Increase the damage per second of Rend by 500% and its duration to 15 seconds.
(4) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 50% damage reduction and your applied Rends deal triple damage.
(6) Set: Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and all Whirlwind damage is increased by 800%.
Strongarm Bracers

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+220–349 Vitality
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Enemies hit by knockbacks suffer 20–30% increased damage for 6 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Gauntlet of the Wastes

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

+626–750 Strength
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties

Wrath of the Wastes
Helm of the Wastes
Pauldrons of the Wastes
Cuirass of the Wastes
Tasset of the Wastes
Sabaton of the Wastes
Gauntlet of the Wastes
(2) Set: Increase the damage per second of Rend by 500% and its duration to 15 seconds.
(4) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 50% damage reduction and your applied Rends deal triple damage.
(6) Set: Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and all Whirlwind damage is increased by 800%.
Blackthorne's Notched Belt

Set Belt

Primary Stats

+220–349 Vitality
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

+26–28% Extra Gold from Monsters
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Blackthorne's Battlegear
Blackthorne's Duncraig Cross
Blackthorne's Spurs
Blackthorne's Surcoat
Blackthorne's Notched Belt
Blackthorne's Jousting Mail
(2) Set: +250 VitalityIncreases damage against elites by 10%
(3) Set: Reduces damage from elites by 10%+25% Extra Gold from Monsters
(4) Set: You are immune to Desecrator, Molten, and Plagued monster ground effects.
Blackthorne's Jousting Mail

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Blackthorne's Battlegear
Blackthorne's Duncraig Cross
Blackthorne's Spurs
Blackthorne's Surcoat
Blackthorne's Notched Belt
Blackthorne's Jousting Mail
(2) Set: +250 VitalityIncreases damage against elites by 10%
(3) Set: Reduces damage from elites by 10%+25% Extra Gold from Monsters
(4) Set: You are immune to Desecrator, Molten, and Plagued monster ground effects.
Blackthorne's Spurs

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+220–349 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Blackthorne's Battlegear
Blackthorne's Duncraig Cross
Blackthorne's Spurs
Blackthorne's Surcoat
Blackthorne's Notched Belt
Blackthorne's Jousting Mail
(2) Set: +250 VitalityIncreases damage against elites by 10%
(3) Set: Reduces damage from elites by 10%+25% Extra Gold from Monsters
(4) Set: You are immune to Desecrator, Molten, and Plagued monster ground effects.
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 4.0–5.0%
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4.0–7.0%.
Reduces all resource costs by 5.0–7.0%.
+1 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Ignores Durability Loss
Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 seconds when you hit with a resource-spending attack.
Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow

Set Mighty Weapon

Bul-Kathos's Oath
Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow
Bul-Kathos's Warrior Blood
(2) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 30% increased attack speed and movement speed.Increases Fury Generation by 10

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Pauldrons of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Cuirass of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Strongarm Bracers
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Gauntlet of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Blackthorne's Notched Belt
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Blackthorne's Jousting Mail
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Blackthorne's Spurs
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
- Oculus Ring
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow
- Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow
- Vigilance
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Esoteric Alteration
  Esoteric Alteration
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 10.0% non-Physical damage reduction.
  While below 50% Life, your resistances to Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Arcane are increased by 75%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Gogok of Swiftness
  Gogok of Swiftness
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain Swiftness with every attack, increasing your Attack Speed by 1% and Dodge by 0.50% for 4 seconds. This effect stacks up to 15 times.
  Gain 1% Cooldown Reduction per stack of Swiftness. (Requires Rank 25)
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
  All enemies you poison take 10% increased damage from all sources and deal 10% less damage. (Requires Rank 25)

*These gear choices are based on PUSHING 70-80. For xp grind mid 60's you equip the xp sets instead of blackthornes & wastes. And swap in the hellfire (XP) ring.

*In case supports can still stack up bane of the stricken for dps - then this is the obvious choice. (should be fixed tho when patch hits live servers)

*The items cubed are listed as the 2nd recommendation. (obsidian, vigilance & Pride of casius)

*You are always moving slightly ahead of the group, chainpulling mobs with you.

*You provide the group with density, toughness, and some addative dmg

*Probably the CDR is overkill, You can go for more defensive gems (melee dmg reduction).

*Impunity can also be replaced with the 30% dodge rune. This will give more sheet toughness, but it's a bit fake toughness as certan abilities cannot be dodged. Also it can be worse in the example vs hard hitting mobs: A mallet lord would oneshot you if you wont dodge, as where it would drop you to 15% hp with impunity. Also a moment of a few non dodges in a row may kill you.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Vitality
Movement Speed
Maximum Resource

Offense

Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Life
Armor
Resist All
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

<800 for scrubs.

Build Guide

*The items cubed are listed as the 2nd recommendation. (obsidian, vigilance & Pride of casius)

*You are always moving slightly ahead of the group, chainpulling mobs with you.

*You provide the group with density, toughness, and some addative dmg

*Mayb the CDR is overkill, You can go for more defensive gems.

*Replace blackthornse if survivability is good enough, with xp?

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Vox2
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Posted Jul 28, 2015
Vigilance will most likely be removed from the Barb's cube table so I would anticipate that and recommend something else, but other than that this is awesome!

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mbm187
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Posted Aug 2, 2015
what passives should we grab for hellfire amulet? (still learning ins and outs of barbs)

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