I have tried overpower with crushing advance. I find it hard to gain fury, perhaps im not used to it. You are suggesting that i should run right into big mobs and hit overpower. I've 42k hp, 700 AR after buffs, i can die in 2-3 hits while in the mob in act 3.

You may very well not have enough crit chance. And yes you should run into them *and through them*, but you should also have more res if you want to step into act 3, and may very well not have the life leach / life on hit you'd need to survive. Your HP is good enough for act 3 and even act 4 with enough all res and leach.

Using little mobs to keep your fury going steady while trickling down the big mobs with tornadoes while you pull them throughout whatever level you are attacking is very successful for me and many of the friends I've helped out.

I could help more if I knew your unbuffed damage and crit rate. Don't use crushing advance, using killing spree is a synergy to the build and even itself, 10% more crit = that much more fury gained, and that many more crits to lower the cooldown and keep it up all the time. You definitely get hit hard as hell no matter what in act 3 and 4 so you need to pay close attention to the unique monsters affixes to move properly and watch the bigguns swings so you aren't standing in the smash zones. But 700 all res is so low that even having a high amount of leach and loh it probably wouldn't counter the incoming damage, you want a good balance of both because the more all res, the more time you have to gain your hp back, and the more each point of HP is worth.

Edit: I lied a bit. 700 all res can start you through act 3 with enough situational awareness and life leach/loh but will start to be more and more tough as you progress through the act and vs strong combos.

This post was edited by Tyrannical on Jul 19 2012 10:51pm

Great guide, I have used it to great success! I haven't found a faster build for farming act 1-2 yet

How much all res should I have in order to do Act3? I have 780 AR after buffs, 39k health, 36k dmg unbuffed(32% crit) and 500 LoH. I can switch out my OH to have 1370 LoH with 24k dps.

changed some stuff around 49k health / 780 AR / 1300 LoH and 22k dps..

Nice guide Got my barb going a3 siegebreaker to a4 with this guide hehe thanks i lacked crit ^^

Appreciate if i could get more help.

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=63863905&f=142

Thats my stats. Upped my life to 42k, dropped dps to 24k for more loh, which is now 1.7k. Res at 800 still.

Btw, nice guide.

thanks for detailed guide

Out to see the new batman ill get at you guys when im back!

yeah, my barb can steamroll a2 and makes a mockery of a1, but a3 i seem to die way too fast, here's my stats after battle cry + war cry

800 all resist
32k hp
35k dps
48% crit
310% crit damage
1.2k LoH
5k armour (this needs to be beefed up)

my main wep is 950 dps open socket axe with 70% crit gem
offhand is a 215 dps mighty weapon with 68% crit dmg 70% crit gem 700 LoH (which actually lowers my dps when i put it on =p)

Very similar to what I used to do on act 1 & 2. I've switched to a 700 mh weap with more loh. 1.2k might be on the edge. I find I can survive better when having 1.7k now. And my life is at 42k. I heard that less life is more efficient for loh. Why is that so?