gonna try my luck with hardcore, looking for a barb build on minimal fg

Since you don't have much fg, I'd go with enhanced effect weapons, str / dex plate mails, str / dex charms.
Clubs are probably the cheapest weapon atm.

aware of this. looking more for stat distribution on hardcore barb. (i understand hc will be mostly soloing, which will be difficult with limited fg)

If your using clubs, you're probably gonna wanna try and crit some.
Get to 100 dex (including gear) for your final stats, all the rest go into str.

If your nervous, go +5 in vit.

id recommend putting first 5-10 points into vita

find weapons with axe

find charms with str

find armors perferably chain or plate with ee to tank

ur mostly gonna arena because not a lot of ppl play hc so the catacombs are slow

u can go clubs or swords but that is way more expensive than axes.

if u go axe go full str the outcome will be great even if u got a crappy ee axe.