Indeed, I did several public games with a CM melee wizard who out-tanked me in every way (save vs. mobile ranged elites). I don't begrudge the class for having such a cool and unique build style, but I certainly don't like the fact I'd have to pay 10mil for an LoH weapon to accomplish similar to his <1mil equipment setup.
CM Wiz equipes are not cheap at all. You need IAS, crit%, armor, int and AR in almost all pieces of gear. Without IAS and crit% you can't recast diamond skin very often. W/o good armor and ar you can't make diamond skin last enough.
Barbs are one of the most gear independent class imo. You get enough armor by stacking STR, you reach the AR thrashehold easily with War Cry and Frenzy + LoH is pure win. Any halfass loh weapon is enough to finish act 2. I awre you already did it, then i'm assuming you're hitting the Act 3 brick wall ?
If thats the case, almost all classes hit it. Kite class-build need some "godly" gear that combines enough resistance and 50k+ DPS. Melee need combine good LoH and dps which is pretty difficult, i agree. I'm just saying, in this patch i don't think barbs are harder to gear up then other classes...
CM Wiz equipes are not cheap at all. You need IAS, crit%, armor, int and AR in almost all pieces of gear. Without IAS and crit% you can't recast diamond skin very often. W/o good armor and ar you can't make diamond skin last enough.
Barbs are one of the most gear independent class imo. You get enough armor by stacking STR, you reach the AR thrashehold easily with War Cry and Frenzy + LoH is pure win. Any halfass loh weapon is enough to finish act 2. I awre you already did it, then i'm assuming you're hitting the Act 3 brick wall ?
If thats the case, almost all classes hit it. Kite class-build need some "godly" gear that combines enough resistance and 50k+ DPS. Melee need combine good LoH and dps which is pretty difficult, i agree. I'm just saying, in this patch i don't think barbs are harder to gear up then other classes...
But i might be mistaken.