Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jul 5 2013 06:56am)

on a skorn setup, 160k dps are easily enough to clear mp10 act1 efficiently if the ehp, skills and playstyle are correct.
like koston said, get one additional pickup radius slot and get more armor. some more res would also be good.

the biggest issue i see is your skill setup:

zombie dogs and sacrifice wont help you that much during fights because you cant cast these skills without interrupting your bats channeling, so get rid of them. replace them with big bad voodoo (slam dance) and either hex or paranoia (with the respective damage rune). voodoo in particular really helps with nasty elites.
additionally, umbral shock on your spirit walk is utter garbage. replace it with honored guest to help with mana regen.
with these changes, you dont need blood ritual anymore and can replace it with spirit vessel. this passive allows you to survive much more elite packs. on top of that, it means that you can use spirit walk more frequently, for cc immunity and mana regen.

also note that wd is a class with very powerful, but resource-intensive attack skills. the consequence is that positioning is MUCH more important on wds than on other classes. having some experience with wds will definitely help you with this positioning, its a matter of practice. so dont get discouraged if you cant play your wd to the max of its capabilities yet.

Quote (Koston @ 6 Jul 2013 08:28)

The problem is - you can have the top gear and still have problems with those particular elites in VotA. They are any firebats WD's weakness because of the way they move around and run away. It's really not that your gear is lacking,  your WD is pretty good and well-balanced, it's more that WD's are geared for a1 unless you want to put in zombie bears. A lot of top WDs can farm a2 and a3 only because they switch back and forth from using firebats to the traditional zombie bears for those pesky elites. I recommend trying it, you may be pleasantly surprised. A barb is probably the most viable character you can make on d3, but it's really no fun because everyone's got the same exact one and they are overpowered. I believe a lot of people make WDs for the challenge/wanting to not follow everyone else. When i got bored of my WD, I made a monk (which is still more viable than a WD, imo), dumped my remaining gold which was like 500m only, and he can do mp9 solo, and it's way fun.

Anyhow no matter what you do, good luck and have fun with it

Quote (ShakoD2jsp @ 7 Jul 2013 03:19)

http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/shako-1126/Hex/33681998

So I'm having difficulties deciding whether to run for 24% ms speed or not. If so should i aim for Lacunis or Inna pants? Suggestions. If lacunis should i aim for Int/All res  or Int/armor. much appreciated and should i ever decide to go back to 1 hand as well? haha

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jul 6 2013 11:56am)

imho wd is the class with which it is cheapest to be able to farm mp10 inlcuding elites. yes, barbs that can own trash on mp10 are much cheaper, but barbs that can take on elites on high mp are super-expensive.

and yes, the blazing guardians in act2 are just about the most difficult mob for a CoB wd. struggling against those is no shame, it happens even to the best geared wds in the game. and yes, sometimes you need to use bears against them.

Quote (ShakoD2jsp @ Jul 6 2013 05:19pm)

http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/shako-1126/Hex/33681998

So I'm having difficulties deciding whether to run for 24% ms speed or not. If so should i aim for Lacunis or Inna pants? Suggestions. If lacunis should i aim for Int/All res  or Int/armor. much appreciated and should i ever decide to go back to 1 hand as well? haha