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by thisisamatt last updated Apr 7, 2018 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

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.
Whirlwind Hurricane
- Whirlwind
Cost: 10 Fury

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

While whirlwinding, you move at 100% movement speed.
Hurricane

Pull enemies from up to 35 yards away towards you while whirlwinding.

Whirlwind's damage turns into Cold.
Sprint Forced March
- Sprint
Cost: 20 Fury

Increase movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.
Forced March

Increase movement speed of allies within 50 yards by 20% for 3 seconds.
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.
War Cry Hardened Wrath
- 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.
Hardened Wrath

For the first 5 seconds, gain an additional 60% increased Armor.
Wrath of the Berserker Striding Giant
- 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%
Striding Giant

Reduce all damage taken by 50%.

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.
Pound of Flesh
- Pound of Flesh
When you are healed by a health globe, gain 2% Life regeneration per second and 4% increased movement speed for 15 seconds. This bonus stacks up to 5 times.
Boon of Bul-Kathos
- Boon of Bul-Kathos
Reduce the cooldowns of your:
Earthquake by 15 seconds.
Call of the Ancients by 30 seconds.
Wrath of the Berserker by 30 seconds.
Animosity
- Animosity
Increase all Fury generation by 10%.
Increase maximum Fury by 20.

Fury is used to fuel your most powerful attacks.

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
Mantle of Channeling

Legendary Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

+201 - 230 Vitality

Secondary Stats

While channeling Whirlwind, Rapid Fire, Strafe, Tempest Rush, Firebats, Arcane Torrent, Disintegrate, or Ray of Frost, you deal 20 - 25% increased damage and take 25% reduced damage.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Rondal's Locket

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 4 - 6 Yards.
Health Globes and Potions Grant +2355 - 3732 Life.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Aquila Cuirass

Legendary Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

While above 90–95% primary resource, all damage taken is reduced by 50%.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+49–60 Dexterity

+49–60 Strength

+49–60 Intelligence
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
Cain's Scrivener

Set Gloves

513 - 590 Armor

Cain's Destiny
Cain's Insight
Cain's Habit
Cain's Scrivener
Cain's Travelers
(2) Set: Attack Speed Increased by +8%
(3) Set: 50% Better Chance of Finding Magical Items
50% Experience. (5% at level 70)

+ 6 Random Magic Properties
Pride of Cassius

Legendary Mighty Belt

Primary Stats

+85–108 Strength
+11–20 Resistance to All Elements
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increases the duration of Ignore Pain by 4–6 seconds.
Cain's Habit

Set Pants

660 - 759 Armor

Cain's Destiny
Cain's Insight
Cain's Habit
Cain's Scrivener
Cain's Travelers
(2) Set: Attack Speed Increased by +8%
(3) Set: 50% Better Chance of Finding Magical Items
50% Experience. (5% at level 70)
Cain's Travelers

Set Boots

513 - 590 Armor

Cain's Destiny
Cain's Insight
Cain's Habit
Cain's Scrivener
Cain's Travelers
(2) Set: Attack Speed Increased by +8%
(3) Set: 50% Better Chance of Finding Magical Items
50% Experience. (5% at level 70)
Hellfire Ring

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

45% Experience. (4.5% at level 70)
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
Bul-Kathos's Warrior Blood

Set Mighty Weapon

277.55 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(132 - 308) Physical Damage

+(132 - 308) Fire Damage

+(132 - 308) Lightning Damage

+(132 - 308) Cold Damage

+(132 - 308) Poison Damage

+(132 - 308) Arcane Damage

+(132 - 308) Holy Damage

Bul-Kathos's Oath
Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow
Bul-Kathos's Warrior Blood
(2) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 45% increased attack speed and movement speed.
Increases Fury Generation by 15

+ 4 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Stat Priority: Pickup Radius Vit Life AR
Shoulders
- Mantle of Channeling
- Stat Priority: Pickup Radius CDR Vit Reduced Resource Cost
Amulet
- Rondal's Locket
- Stat Priority: Pickup Radius CDR
Torso
- Aquila Cuirass
- Stat Priority: Pickup Radius Vit AR Life
Wrists
- Strongarm Bracers
- Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: Pickup Radius Vit AR
Hands
- Cain's Scrivener
- Stat Priority: Pickup Radius CDR Vit
Waist
- Pride of Cassius
- Chilanik's Chain
- Stat Priority: Pickup Radius Vit Life AR
Legs
- Cain's Habit
- Stat Priority: Pickup Radius Vit AR
Feet
- Cain's Travelers
- Stat Priority: Pickup Radius Vit AR
Rings
- Hellfire Ring
- Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
- Oculus Ring
- Stat Priority: CDR
Weapon
- Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow
- Stat Priority: CDR Reduced Resource Cost
Offhand
- Bul-Kathos's Warrior Blood
- Stat Priority: CDR Reduced Resource Cost

Legendary Gems
- Esoteric Alteration
  Esoteric Alteration
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain +10% non-Physical damage reduction.
- 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)

Kanai's Cube

In-geom

Legendary Sword

4.2 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Your skill cooldowns are reduced by 8 - 10 seconds for 15 seconds after killing an elite pack.
One of 8 Magic Properties (varies)
+10 - 15% Damage

+(132 - 308) Physical Damage

+(132 - 308) Fire Damage

+(132 - 308) Lightning Damage

+(132 - 308) Cold Damage

+(132 - 308) Poison Damage

+(132 - 308) Arcane Damage

+(132 - 308) Holy Damage

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
In-geom
Chilanik's Chain

Legendary Mighty Belt

27 - 31 Armor

Secondary Stats

Using War Cry increases the movement speed for you and all allies affected by 30 - 40% for 10 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Chilanik's Chain
Oculus Ring

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

Chance to create an area of focused power on killing a monster. Damage is increased by 70 - 85% while standing in the area.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Oculus Ring

NB. I made an error with my dataset, the actual increase is 4.5% from mobs, not 7%. My apologies for the misleading heading,

* %xp increase does work in GRs (the tooltip is incorrect). When solo you get 10% of the sheet xp increase. In groups this is reduced, but still significant. This build should net your group 4.5% xp increase from mobs.

* Don't use Born's set, it is very slot inefficient. Hellfire ring, Cains set and ruby in helm are the most efficient xp increases - everything else is less efficient or will detract from your utility to the group;

* Removing Oculus will only allow you to gain ~1% extra xp, but an extra Oculus will allow you to clear GRs more than 1% faster (only need to save 2s per run to be better).

Everything else is standard zWW barb, but it is important to hit the following stats:

* Aim for 18+ pickup (though most public groups will expect you to have 22, the max);

* Try to max out CDR on all items. It isn't essential as you have huge overlap on IP, but it allows you to miss the occasional IP when dps' split due to refreshing the cooldown so quickly;

* Enough toughness to survive molten and grotesque pops.

If your znec is wearing Strongarms and Nemesis bracers then use Strongarms yourself and equip hurricane to proc them (damage buff will proc on mobs even if they are CC immune). If your znec is only wearing Nemesis then they should change to just Strongarms and you should wear Nemesis - zbarb cannot proc Strongarms on as many mobs as znec can, so they are better on znec (but best if both have them). You have to proc your own Strongarm bracers.

Other Options:

- Wreath of Lightning instead of Esoteric for more speed;

- Superstition or Inspiring Presence instead of Animosity for more toughness / heals respectively.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Maximum Resource
Vitality
Primary Stat

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Resist All
Life
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find
Area Damage

No Area Damage for support builds.

Max toughness and utility.

Build Guide

Playstyle:

* Stay with your dps heroes. It doesn't matter where the znecro goes, always stay with the dps.

- Any globes picked up more than ~60 yards away will not benefit anyone else;

- Any globes picked up with people on the other side of a wall won't benefit them;

* Stay with your dps heroes;

* Keep IP, War Cry and Sprint buffs up on dps heroes all the time;

* Stay with your dps heroes;

* Try to cast Threatening Shout on all elites and dense clumps of trash mobs;

* Stay with your dps heroes.

As you may have gathered the biggest mistake zbarbs make is they stick with the znec, and the dps' are left without help while moving and recieve fewer globes. Consequently the runs are slower due to lost dps and deaths. zbarbs, stay with your dps heroes.

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