~~ The Chaos Barbarian v2.0 ~~
By 312



Table of Contents ~
I - Introduction
II - Gears
III - Stats
IV - Skills
V - Strategies


I. Introduction~
Hai Guys. Welcome to version 2 of my Chaos Barb Guide.
I'm using my 4th build of this character now, and think I've got the build down.
Made the guide concise the guide as well as refurbished it.

GL and HF!!


With my build you will reach about ~
5-7k Life
1k Mana on tele switch
Max IAS on Phase Blade
Max Damage Reduce (Stacked if you please)
75% Block
80/75/75/75 Resistances (Stacked for vs. Low Res)



II. Gears~
This character can be made Very Cheap or Very Expensive, Depends on your style. Wrote notes on each item as to why I chose it...

Weapon
Grief Phase Blade - 33% + Ias to hit BP.
-Speed / DMG / Ignore Defense / Deadly Strike / Demon DMG

Armour
Enigma - Defense doesn't matter much, go for STYLE!
-Teleport

Hat
Arreats - Ber'd/Um'd
-Skil / FHR /STR /DEX / AR / RES... wow GG
- Ber Rune to stack DR, Um Rune to stack Resi, your choice

Shield
Stormshield - Um'd
-DR / BLOCK / STR

Belt
Verdungo's - Favor DR over VITA.
-DR / VITA / FHR
- Note : I use Tgod's while teleing baals for the Lit absorb.

Gloves
Laying of Hands Bramble Mitts
-IAS / Fire Res / Demon DMG

Boots
Waterwalk's
-DEX / VITA / Max Fire Res

Rings
2x Ravenfrost's - Favor DEX over AR.
-Cannot be Frozen / DEX / AR

Amulet
Highlords - Stats don't vary.
- SKILL / IAS / Deadly Strike / Light Res

Switch
2x Spirit's - 1 sword 1 monarch, adding up to 63% FCR TOTAL.
- FCR / FHR / MANA / SKILL / VITA


MERC - Act 3 Cold -


Mercenary Armour
Guardian Angel - Ethereal if you're feeling perky!

Mercenary Helm
Kira's Helm - Um or Vex it IMO
-MASSIVE RES

Mercenary Shield
Stormshield - I had to Hel it cause of low STR, 15/15 jewel might be GG too.
-DR / BLOCK

Mercenary Weapon
Lawbringer - It's a 3 socketed sword runeword socketed with Amn Lem Ko.
-SANCTUARY WHEN EQUIPPED **This is the key item to your merc. Knockbacks Seis and other undeads in CS. GG.**

Inventory
Any Combo of LIFE / AR / DMG Charms you want. The more the better. All depends on your budget.
Any Anni
Any Barb Torch




III. Stats~

Stats for this are relatively straightforward...

Strength - NOTHING - Use items with lots of STR to get enigma on [Str glitching].
Dexterity - Enough for Max Block.
Vitality - EVERYTHING ELSE.
Energy - NOTHING


IV. Skills~

20 Berserk - Main Skill
20 Howl - Synergy to Berserk and very important skill in Chaos (Makes the monsters run away)
20 Shout - Synergy to Berserk and more defense
20 Bo - Life/Mana
1 Leap - Useful skill in Chaos to knock back and break up groups.
1 Increased Speed - Run fasta.
1 Natural Resist - More Resists
Rest in Sword Mastery (Maxes at Level 99) - Damages/Critical Strike
(1 in all skills leading to these of course)



V. Strategies~

My Level 99 Barb chaosing





Love,


312

This post was edited by 312 on Jan 20 2009 09:59pm

I Made my after your last guide and it works perfectly. 10/10.
- I believe this one is just as good.

2x hoto imo



I like a1 w/ ice better compare?

No block, no fhr, low mana = easy rip when teling. By the way, after lvl 97 or 98 I suggest using Storm on tele switch also.



I also like this one better, because you can howl the monsters away anyway, who needs knockback then.


A note to the author: A3 mercs don't block, so storm is only useful for the DR

Seis gets knocked back, Howl makes monsters run away, but if you are in a pack of Seis and his buddies, they will still attack you,

with sanc they get knocked back and are stunned for a bit.

plus the cold freezes shit so ice isnt really any more helpful..


And on the hotos, what he said

This post was edited by 312 on Jan 21 2009 01:45pm

Give you a free bump.
Just wondering if this is v2 of Mass_BNM's ideas as well?

Personal choice for myself:
Rogue for merc/Faith
Phoenix (PvM, Max block on howling berserker is not needed)
FCR for tele only, not really needed for howling when maxed.

Last IAS bp: what calculator did you use?

who the fuck is Mass_BM

and phoenix wont give you any DR and the aura is pointless since you're not killing monsters....

lol, phoenix interrups ur attacks

Mass_Bnm and QuQu created this build before you. I should know, I debated them for a month because it was just about identical to my Demonbasher guide, which I wrote before them.

Phoenix 350-400% ed, with Max/Ar/?? charms is unbelievable. Also Griefs added damage.

Chaos: only 1 Seal boss physically hits, why do you need DR in Chaos?
... Minions (knights) are melee, but you Howl them away, why do you NEED DR.
Diablo occassionally attacks, but you have 5-7k Life, why do you need DR

Your heading is referring to CHAOS BARB, you have massive DR, BUT WHY????
Only 2 bosses (including Diablo) really does melee attacks, as for the KNIGHTS, you howl them away..... just to confirm one thing about these melee knights in chaos, they can NEVER (besides Monster Shrine) be boss character because the Casters are their bosses, and only the casters will be champions/boss etc.

EDIT: I am sure you are skilled with your Barb enough, that you would not randomly tele into mobs, if so, you have Max Block, this will help you out of a sticky situation.



INCORRECT: it delays next attack by .06 of a second, you can still howl, move etc.

This post was edited by izParagonzi on Jan 21 2009 03:16pm

Pretty nice i will try it sometime soon.