My barbarian just reached Hell difficulty and i am getting pretty much owned.
I read guides on official forum and diablofans (as well as some videos), but i would still like to see more information from the experienced barbarians around here
Instead of posting my gear and what-not, i would like to ask you veteran barbarians some questions, so i can understand this class better..
What are the advantages of using a 2 handed weapon?
What are the advantages of using two 1 handed weapons?
What are the advantages of using a 1handed+shield, aside from more armor?
Of the 3 above weapon comboes, which does the best in Hell/Inferno, and why?
Is there a specific point when Life Leach (life steal?) becomes better than Life on Hit, or is Life on Hit still superior?
Having 2 weapon gem slots when dual wielding (compared to one gem when using a 2handed) seems unbalanced to me, or am i missing something?
How do abilities like Cleave, Whirlwind, Furious Charge, Seismic Slam, Rend (and all the others) scale when using a 2 handed weapon, and how do they scale when using two 1 handed weapons?
I am fairly new to the barbarian class, but to me it seems that pretty much all barb's abilities do much more damage if you are using a 2 handed weapon (for the same time and fury cost) - especially abilities like Rend and Seismic Slam?
To me it looks like that 2 handed weapons are oriented in favor of using strong abilities, while using two 1 handed weapons seems like it is meant for "auto attackIng" (cleave/frenzy/bash) enemies to death - or am i wrong?
I am really confused about which abilities scale better with 2handed and which go better with dual wielding?
2hander: Higher weapon damage good for seismic slam, revenge, overpower, furious charge etc
Dual wield: 2 sockets and a 15% attackspeed bonus, good for abilities that scale with attackspeed like cleave/frenzy/bash but also whirlwind.
Sword and board: Can get a nice amount of stats on the shield, up to 10% crit and a nice amount of all ress, vitality, strength and %life. Plus you only need 1 good weapon instead of 2 for dual wield. For comparison the ~1k armor from the shield is about the same as the passive nerves of steel so you could take 1 more offensive passive instead.
Life leech becomes viable at higher dps levels and with aoe like seismic slam, life on hit is better in almost every other situation.
I read guides on official forum and diablofans (as well as some videos), but i would still like to see more information from the experienced barbarians around here
Instead of posting my gear and what-not, i would like to ask you veteran barbarians some questions, so i can understand this class better..
What are the advantages of using a 2 handed weapon?
What are the advantages of using two 1 handed weapons?
What are the advantages of using a 1handed+shield, aside from more armor?
Of the 3 above weapon comboes, which does the best in Hell/Inferno, and why?
Is there a specific point when Life Leach (life steal?) becomes better than Life on Hit, or is Life on Hit still superior?
Having 2 weapon gem slots when dual wielding (compared to one gem when using a 2handed) seems unbalanced to me, or am i missing something?
How do abilities like Cleave, Whirlwind, Furious Charge, Seismic Slam, Rend (and all the others) scale when using a 2 handed weapon, and how do they scale when using two 1 handed weapons?
I am fairly new to the barbarian class, but to me it seems that pretty much all barb's abilities do much more damage if you are using a 2 handed weapon (for the same time and fury cost) - especially abilities like Rend and Seismic Slam?
To me it looks like that 2 handed weapons are oriented in favor of using strong abilities, while using two 1 handed weapons seems like it is meant for "auto attackIng" (cleave/frenzy/bash) enemies to death - or am i wrong?
I am really confused about which abilities scale better with 2handed and which go better with dual wielding?
Thank you for reading and helping out!
Dual wield: 2 sockets and a 15% attackspeed bonus, good for abilities that scale with attackspeed like cleave/frenzy/bash but also whirlwind.
Sword and board: Can get a nice amount of stats on the shield, up to 10% crit and a nice amount of all ress, vitality, strength and %life. Plus you only need 1 good weapon instead of 2 for dual wield. For comparison the ~1k armor from the shield is about the same as the passive nerves of steel so you could take 1 more offensive passive instead.
Life leech becomes viable at higher dps levels and with aoe like seismic slam, life on hit is better in almost every other situation.
If anyone has any more answers or suggestions, please do post em