Death's Breath 350+/h | IK & In-geom - Barbarian - Diablo III Builds

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Death's Breath 350+/h | IK & In-geom

by Wynadorn last updated Sep 5, 2015 ( Patch 2.3 )

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Skills

Furious Charge Merciless Assault
- Furious Charge
Cost: 1 Charge
Generate: 15 Fury

Rush forward knocking back and dealing 600% weapon damage to enemies along your path.

You gain a charge every 10 seconds and can have up to 1 charge stored at a time.
Merciless Assault

Recharge time is reduced by 2 seconds for every enemy hit. This effect can reduce the recharge time by up to 10 seconds.
Hammer of the Ancients Rolling Thunder
- Hammer of the Ancients
Cost: 20 Fury

Call forth a massive hammer to smash enemies directly in front of you for 535% weapon damage. Hammer of the Ancients has a 1% increased Critical Hit Chance for every 5 Fury that you have.
Rolling Thunder

Create a shockwave that deals 505% weapon damage to all enemies within 22 yards in front of you.
Call of the Ancients Together as One
- Call of the Ancients
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Summon the ancient Barbarians Talic, Korlic, and Madawc to fight alongside you for 20 seconds. Each deals 270% weapon damage per swing in addition to bonus abilities.

Talic wields a sword and shield and uses Whirlwind and Leap.
Korlic wields a massive polearm and uses Cleave and Furious Charge.
Madawc dual-wields axes and uses Weapon Throw and Seismic Slam.
Together as One

50% of all damage dealt to you is instead divided evenly between the Ancients.

The Ancients' damage turns into Lightning.
Wrath of the Berserker Insanity
- Wrath of the Berserker
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Enter a berserker rage which raises several attributes for 20 seconds.

Critical Hit Chance: 10%
Attack Speed: 25%
Dodge Chance: 20%
Movement Speed: 20%
Insanity

While active, gain 50% increased damage.
Sprint Marathon
- Sprint
Cost: 20 Fury

Increase movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.
Marathon

Increase the movement speed bonus to 40% for 4 seconds.
Battle Rage Bloodshed
- Battle Rage
Cost: 20 Fury

Enter a rage which increases your damage by 10% and Critical Hit Chance by 3%. Lasts 120 seconds.
Bloodshed

Critical Hits cause an explosion of blood dealing 20% of the damage done to all other nearby enemies.

Rampage
- Rampage
Increase Strength by 1% for 8 seconds after killing or assisting in killing an enemy. This effect stacks up to 25 times.
Ruthless
- Ruthless
You deal 40% additional damage to enemies below 30% health.
Brawler
- Brawler
As long as there are 3 enemies within 12 yards, all of your damage is increased by 20%.
Animosity
- Animosity
Increase all Fury generation by 10%.
Increase maximum Fury by 20.

Fury is used to fuel your most powerful attacks.

Items

Sage's Apogee

Set Helm

Primary Stats

+5 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Sage's Journey
Sage's Purchase
Sage's Passage
Sage's Apogee
(2) Set: +250 Intelligence+250 Strength+250 Dexterity+250 Vitality
(3) Set: Increases Death's Breath drops by 1.
Fury of the Ancients

Legendary Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Secondary Stats

Call of the Ancients gains the effect of the Ancients' Fury rune.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Secondary Stats
Immortal King's Eternal Reign

Set Chest Armor

398 - 472 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Immortal King's Call
Immortal King's Triumph
Immortal King's Boulder Breaker
Immortal King's Eternal Reign
Immortal King's Tribal Binding
Immortal King's Irons
Immortal King's Stride
Immortal King's Stature
(2) Set: Call of the Ancients last until they die.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients by 3 seconds for every 10 Fury you spend with an attack.
(6) Set: While both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients is active, you deal 1500% increased damage.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Bracers of the First Men

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1.5–2.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Hammer of the Ancients attacks 50% faster and deals 150–200% increased damage.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Sage's Purchase

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Sage's Journey
Sage's Purchase
Sage's Passage
Sage's Apogee
(2) Set: +250 Intelligence+250 Strength+250 Dexterity+250 Vitality
(3) Set: Increases Death's Breath drops by 1.
Immortal King's Tribal Binding

Set Mighty Belt

320 - 419 Armor

Primary Stats

+201 - 230 Vitality
+51 - 60 Resistance to All Elements

Immortal King's Call
Immortal King's Triumph
Immortal King's Boulder Breaker
Immortal King's Eternal Reign
Immortal King's Tribal Binding
Immortal King's Irons
Immortal King's Stride
Immortal King's Stature
(2) Set: Call of the Ancients last until they die.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients by 3 seconds for every 10 Fury you spend with an attack.
(6) Set: While both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients is active, you deal 1500% increased damage.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Immortal King's Stature

Set Pants

398 - 472 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Immortal King's Call
Immortal King's Triumph
Immortal King's Boulder Breaker
Immortal King's Eternal Reign
Immortal King's Tribal Binding
Immortal King's Irons
Immortal King's Stride
Immortal King's Stature
(2) Set: Call of the Ancients last until they die.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients by 3 seconds for every 10 Fury you spend with an attack.
(6) Set: While both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients is active, you deal 1500% increased damage.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Sage's Passage

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Sage's Journey
Sage's Purchase
Sage's Passage
Sage's Apogee
(2) Set: +250 Intelligence+250 Strength+250 Dexterity+250 Vitality
(3) Set: Increases Death's Breath drops by 1.
Focus

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Restraint

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Immortal King's Boulder Breaker

Set Two-Handed Mighty Weapon

Primary Stats

+495–787 Strength
Increases Call of the Ancients Damage by 45–60% (Barbarian Only)
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Ignores Durability Loss
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Arcane Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Poison Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Lightning Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Holy Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Cold Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Fire Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Damage

Immortal King's Call
Immortal King's Triumph
Immortal King's Boulder Breaker
Immortal King's Eternal Reign
Immortal King's Tribal Binding
Immortal King's Irons
Immortal King's Stride
Immortal King's Stature
(2) Set: Call of the Ancients last until they die.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients by 3 seconds for every 10 Fury you spend with an attack.
(6) Set: While both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients is active, you deal 400% increased damage.

More Details

Head
- Sage's Apogee
- Immortal King's Triumph
- Stat Priority: Str Skill: HotA Socket CHC
Shoulders
- Fury of the Ancients
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CDR
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD Socket Physical %
Torso
- Immortal King's Eternal Reign
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Socket
Wrists
- Bracers of the First Men
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CHC Physical %
Hands
- Sage's Purchase
- Immortal King's Irons
- Stat Priority: Str CHD CHC
Waist
- Immortal King's Tribal Binding
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR
Legs
- Immortal King's Stature
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Socket
Feet
- Sage's Passage
- Immortal King's Stride
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Skill: HotA
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Stone of Jordan
- Stat Priority: CHD Socket CHC
Weapon
- Immortal King's Boulder Breaker
- Stat Priority: Str Socket Dmg %
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.
- Bane of the Powerful
  Bane of the Powerful
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain 20% increased damage for 30 seconds after killing an elite pack.
- Wreath of Lightning
  Wreath of Lightning
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  15% chance on hit to gain a Wreath of Lightning, dealing +1250% weapon damage as Lightning every second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.

Kanai's Cube

In-geom

Legendary Sword
In-geom
Nemesis Bracers

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Shrines and Pylons will spawn an enemy champion.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Nemesis Bracers
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
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Gems
Both Bane of the Trapped and Bane of the Powerful act as a multiplier for your damage.

If you have a 3rd socket available one of the following gems would be a decent addition:
- Wreath of Lightning, Provides extra damage and 25% movement speed when ever In-geom isn't active.
- Gogok of Swiftness, While using furious charge you increase your damage and the CDR is useful as well.

Gear
Helm socket: 12,5% Cooldown Reduction.
Chest/Legs: Diamonds or Rubies, depending on toughness.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Maximum Resource
Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Critical Hit Damage
Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance

Defense

Armor
Resist All
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Hammer of the Ancients favours maximum resource and critical hit damage. You gain 1% Crit for every 5 fury.

Build Guide

Game-play
Using this build you should have no problems at all to defeat T7 packs instantly.
Doing so activates your In-geom which allows you to spam Furious Charge without a cooldown.
This allows you to move extremely quickly to the next elite pack, you aim is to kill at least one pack every 15 seconds to keep the In-geom going.
Keep in mind that In-geom only activates if all the minions in an elite pack have been killed.

Missing Fury of the Ancients
If you don't have the Fury of the Ancients shoulders you can make the following changes to your build:
- Call of the Ancients: Together as One to Call of the Ancients: Ancients Fury, You need the fury generation for HotA.
- Wrath of the Berserker: Insanity to Wrath of the Berseker: Striding Giant, To make up for the 50% toughness lost from Together as One.

Packs die too slow
Sprint: Marathon can be replaced with Threatening Shout: Falter for an extra 25% damage.

Using Fire% Gear
Hammer of the Ancients: Rolling Thunder can be replaced with Hammer of the Ancients: Smash but it might become harder to kill elite pack minions due to the smaller AoE range of HotA: Smash.

Nemesis Bracers in inventory
If you want to keep the Nemesis Bracers in your bags instead of Kanai's Cube I recommend using one of the following items instead:
- Gloves of Worship, these gloves would give you multiple buffs while farming.
- Leoric's Crown, An extra 12,5% cooldown reduction, if you think you need more.
- Strongarm Bracers, 20-30% extra damage on everything you charge into.

Efficiency
With additional defensive abilities it would be possible to farm higher torment levels but I've found T7 to be way more efficient.

You can expect at least 350 death's breath an hour using this build. I was able to get 400/h with average gear.
The other barbarian in the video is using this build as well.

Questions/Suggestions?
If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to leave a comment!

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