What I was trying to tell you, shield / Ar / armor not needed for new patch. Crit chance, life leech and speed is everything now.
This barb with no shield, 363AR, 6k armor, less than 40k life, but 72 crit (!) and 9-10 tps nado speed with 8.2 lifesteal and 600 loh (that little loh is crap with 0.08 proc, its like 200 loh in old patch), vs molten golgor pack and bulb always full, when the main one is left his fury is always up too. No kiting at all. Or vs the firechains succubus pack ... never running out of fury / life either, even when they are spread out and the chains are hitting him.
Zero kiting, endless whirl + nado.
90kdps unbuffed so nothing special dmg wise either, as far as a barb is concerned. He doesnt use animosity, unforgiving, 5pc IK bonus, or mighty weapon mainhand. Your barb puts his gear to total shame, but he is never forced to retreat, while having less defenses, hp and no shield. Ias, crit, lifesteal = everything for a barb in new patch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playerembedded&v=gMTt61TIYFc (His tag ''WW barb. No defensive skills, 500 resis and still tanking ML10'' ... also he has close to 400 AR with items and int total, not 500, gear in video and profile is the exact same. Not using warcry, but overpower with crit rune )
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/haiyang-1387/hero/17716826This post was edited by markilbaldacchino on Oct 9 2012 10:08am