Concentration Axe Barb Guide - Topic

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Jul 19 2005 07:11am

Kinky's Concentration Axe Barb Guide

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This build requires Level 93 To Complete.
This build is not meant for the "Poor Man."

This build is for Melee Dueling, Barb Vs. Barb.
This is my first guide, so plz critique/question a lot.

Skills

Concentration - 20
Axe Mastery - 20
Battle Orders - 20
Iron Skin - 20
Shout - 20
Battle Command - 1
Howl [PreRequisite] - 1
Bash [PreRequisite/Syngergy] - 1
Stun [PreRequisite] - 1

Bash is another Synergy of Concentration, along with Battle Orders, however I did not choose to Max it, but instead went with Iron Skin / Shout for the Defense.
If you wish to do more damage, and go beyond level 93, you should invest points into Bash.

Stats

Strength - 100*
Dex - 180**
Vitality - Rest
Energy - Base

* - In order to have 100 Base Strength, you must have a 20 Stat Anni, as well as 20 Strength SteelRends.
** - 180 Worked Well For Me, But You May Want To Go Anywhere From 180-190 Dex.

Equipment

Helm - '40 Ed/15 Ias' Arreats [Try For 200/6 or Eth Glitched, Depending on Your Funds]
Armor - '40 Ed/15 Ias' Ethereal Steel Carapace [Try for 220%, Depending on Your Funds]
Weapon - Ethereal 'Botd' Zerk [Try for 400+/15, Depending on Your Funds]
Shield - '40 Ed/15 Ias' StormShield [Try for Perf 148 Base Def]
Switch - 2x 'FalFal' +3 Warcry Weapons
Gloves - SteelRends* [Try for 50+/20, Depending on Your Funds]
Boots - Gores [Try for Upp'd, Depending on Your Funds]
Belt - 38+/15 Dungos [Try for 40/15, Depending on Your Funds]
Ring1 - 20/240+ RavenFrost [Try for 20/250, Depending on Your Funds]
Ring2 - 20/240+ RavenFrost [Try for 20/250, Depending on Your Funds]
Amulet - HighLords
Charms - 39x Perm 320s / 20/X/X Anni* [Try for 20/20/X, Depending on Your Funds]

* - SteelRends and Anni MUST be 20 Strength/Stat, in order to use the Eth Cara at 100 Base Strength. For every point the Rends or Anni are under 20, put 1 more point in strength. Ex - 18 Attribute Anni + 17 Strength Rends = Base 105 Strength

Dueling Strategy

Before The Duel

Equip PreBuff Equipment [If You Decided To Use It]
Cast Battle Command Twice
Cast Battle Orders Twice
Cast Shout Twice
Note: Cast Twice For Fun, And Sometimes The First One Misses Due To Lag, Etc.

During The Duel

Say 'Go' Above Your Head Before Attacking, Using The ! Command.
Do Not Run, Pot, Etc.
Just Fight It Out Until One Of You Dies [With This Build..Him..]
Unless You Are Both BM'ing, Then You Can Pot Run, Enchant [Muhaha].

After The Duel

Go To Town And Heal [If Needed]
Get Ready For Round #2

Conclusion

Alrighty, thats my guide on how to make a good Concentratio Axe Barb.

Plz Critique.

~Kinky.

koei

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Jul 19 2005 07:22am

Any fhr?

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Jul 19 2005 07:55am

QUOTE (koei @ Jul 19 2005, 09:22 AM)

Any fhr?

I will add the Frames to the guide I guess.

FHR

6th Frame

27%

FBR

5th Frame

20%

IAS

8th Frame

125%

If you want more FHR, you could probably get more by sacrificing some 320s, and getting 4x AR/FHR SCs to hit the 5th Frame [48%].

~Kinky.

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Jul 19 2005 08:13am

i would rather use grief phaseblade for conc barb. whit ur setup u only hit 8.5 fpa. Whit grief phase u hit 7.5 fpa and for that you only need a total of 70 ias so you can replace a 40/15 ias with 40/9dex.

Alsoe grief has better avg dmg and 20% ds

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Jul 19 2005 09:06am

QUOTE (Kosmos @ Jul 19 2005, 10:13 AM)

Alsoe grief has better avg dmg and 20% ds

Yes, Gried is a possibility.

But as you said its better avg dmg, so u lose some max dmg.

Also, you lose the +30 Attributes off Botd, therefore the 40/9 Dex would not help you necessarily gain any dex, maybe even lose some.

Then you would also have to put 30 more into strength to use e cara, and lose 30 Vita.

Overall i believe Botd>Grief.

Lastly, this build doesnt include any Ladder Runewords

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Aug 19 2005 08:37pm

Wouldn't fort make a better armor than an eth carapace?

I was thinking of making one and I couldn't decide between fort, eth valor or eth carapace. A couple of my friends with pretty elite conc barbs all use 15% sup sacred forts, and they have eth valors and e-carapaces in stash (for certain situations). The one even has an eth templars for extra def vs pallies. But I think fort>e-cara cuz of the 300%enhanced dmg, and now even nl people have access to forts.

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Aug 20 2005 08:39am

Quote (kinkykowboy @ Jul 19 2005, 03:11 PM)

[*]Say 'Go' Above Your Head Before Attacking, Using The ! Command.
[*]Do Not Run, Pot, Etc.
[*]Just Fight It Out Until One Of You Dies [With This Build..Him..

]
[*]Unless You Are Both BM'ing, Then You Can Pot Run, Enchant [Muhaha].
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After The Duel

Go To Town And Heal [If Needed]
Get Ready For Round #2

Conclusion

i hope these are jokes

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Aug 20 2005 09:28am

Nice guide, higher dex would raise your barbarians % chance to hit statistic.

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Jan 24 2006 11:14pm

nice

like ur sig:P

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May 13 2006 02:37pm

[COLOR=blue]Yeah well see i have just finished getting some pretty generic barb gear...Ebotdz Beastz Mageplate nigma dungos rfrosts Highlords ect. And looking through the skills have thought about breaking out of mainstream WW barbs and trying to configure a Conc/Berserk barb...If somhow we can figure out how this could be a godly character tell me...
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