Improve this barb - Budget - 150m.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/eLL-1406/hero/15479628

I know gems are ghetto more for testing purposes atm.

Anyways Take a Peek, really appreciate any criticism, suggestions!

ATM this boy can handle mp8 - a1 pretty easily. looking to get gear for mp10 ability. even open to skorn rebuilds.

Rare ring and amulet. Improve them.

Change the Punish to Rend Bloodlust
Change the Bloodthirst to Brawler

Will work fine.

Hey men,

I was away from the WW barb theorycrafting business for a long while and haven't followed the patches, so here are some questions:

I still use an old school spec with Frenzy/Maniac and War Cry/Impunity. Exchanging Frenzy with Rend is the way to go now, right? I snatched a solid WH with -5 rend fury cost, so I tried it, but had quite some problems getting "started", i.e. building fury for RLTW+Whirl+Wotb. Any tips?

War Cry/Impunity is still state-of-the-art, right?

Is playing with only 2.8-3% total life leech an option with average damage reduction? Or do reflect mobs own you then? I'm think about dropping LL on my mainhand or bloodthirst.

Here is my profile (buffed)
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/NeuralSpike-2368/hero/17017125

Thank you men


EDIT: Oh, and the Offhand damage is still secondary, right? I know you don't wanna run with a 250 dagger, but 800 vs 900 is still pretty irrelevant for effective dps, right?

This post was edited by OHMSS on Aug 26 2013 01:50am

When you got cc over 60 (buffed), i belive you do not need any fury generator skill at all (only Battle Rage into the fray). The first 20 fury you need can be gathered in town by changing any of your passives to Unforgiving. When you got 20 fury, activate the Battle rage and change the passive back.
OR
You can also tank a few hits to get fury. Yes, when you get hit, you get fury. This also works well when you got enough EHP. So tank a few hit w/o using any fury consumning skill, just hit battle rage - win.

For farming, i use this spec:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#chPRUZ!ZYg!ZZcYZZ

Rend Bloodlust + Hota Smash works well against packs, rest of the trashmobs will die in WW + sprint, exspecially if you use the Brawler passive (pimps your dmg dramatically)

I would get 5+ lifesteal to feel comfortable.
Althou, using Bloodlust is not the best choise, Brawler just gives too much dmg, so rather keep the lifesteal weapon than use Bloodthirst as passive.


Also, if you go solo play, use Templar, Inspire helps a lot to refill your sources.

To compare, this is my profile:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Makkertest-2108/hero/24914924

For pure ww sprint setup, yes. But nowadays Echoing Fury is the best setup, cause the 025 attack speed bonus.
Unless you find a pimpy dagger with 90+cd str vita lifesteal socket (colddmg is nice too, slows enemies)

Also ive just realized that you got 4 ik part but no belt. I would say, try out a simple IK belt (190+str) and change the Bloodthirst to Brawler. When you are fullbuffed and surrounded by zounds of mobs, check your dps, i belive it will be more than when you use WH and bloodthirst.
Also, the 5 Ik part will fix your Fury issues.

Thank you!! That was fast and detailed

Yup, tanking hits was my way to go to gain fury.

I will maintain LL on weapon plus Brawler and maybe exchange it with Bloodthirst if I run into problems with reflects.

EDIT: Yes I'm aware of the 4 part IK thing, it is just a temporary thing b/c the helmed exchanged my andy's yesterday and I am crafting gloves at the moment. But 5 part sounds like a plan too, thank you.

This post was edited by OHMSS on Aug 26 2013 02:14am

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Tom-1984/hero/12667546
What to Improve?
I have a budget of 600M atm..
Or just keep the money and wait for expansion?

just gems and craft archon str shoulders for more dmg

This gear seems fine, pimp your gems if you want upgrade, maybe the shoulders.

Makes no sence to spend hundreds of M for upgrades, when the patch will come and all the recent gear will be "crap"

Keep your gold, invest in craft materials gems etc, those will be useful later.